Thought of you as my mountain top, Thought of you as my peak.
Thought of you as everything,I’ve had but couldn’t keep. I’ve had but couldn’t keep.
Linger on, your pale blue eyes. Linger on, your pale blue eyes. Pale Blue Eyes, 1969
âAll through this, Iâve always thought that if you thought of all of it as a book then you have the Great American Novel, every record as a chapter,â he told Rolling Stone in 1987. âTheyâre all in chronological order. You take the whole thing, stack it and listen to it in order, thereâs my Great American Novel.â Lou Reed, Velvet Underground Leader and Rock Pioneer, Dead at 71
Just for the ‘record’… Ăhmm…
http://tinypic.com/r/nbag6g/5
Ak ja… En sĂŠrlig sĂŠrling.
Jeg var til denne ‘mindevĂŠrdige’ koncert med ham i 1977:
http://www.aarhusportalen.dk/vis_artikel.asp?ArticleId=16570
Jeg sÄ den fÞrste dÄseÞl der blev kastet fuldkommen umotiveret.
Der blev kun solgt Ceres Âœ liters dĂ„seĂžl. Det var dengang dĂ„sen
nÊrmest var en koncervesdÄse. SÄ med indhold var det ikke
helt ufarligt at blive ramt.
Nummeret her har en fantastisk introduktion til Sweet Jane.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqyv87h_zNA
Jeg fiskede LP’en frem – fra gemmerne kr. 35,50!
“New York Superstar – Take Off”
Ja, sĂ„ dĂžde han sgu mit gamle idol. De sidste optrĂŠdener med Lorie Anderson var ikke hans bedste, men de gamle plader og ikke mindst Velvet-tiden har bestemt vĂŠret nogle af hĂžjdepunkterne i min tid…
R.I.P. Lou…