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True Art Is Incomprehensible is now an in-universe trope as per TRS.


* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible:
** The release of ''Music/MetalMachineMusic'' shocked fans and critics alike, with many returning the vinyl to stores believing theirs was damaged, though Reed continues to suggest that it was a landmark for industrial and noise-rock.
** Some of the lyrics to ''Lulu'' fall into this category.

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* QuestionableCasting: Most people are confused by his collaboration with Music/{{Metallica}} on ''Lulu''.



* WTHCastingAgency: Most people's reaction to his collaboration with Music/{{Metallica}} on ''Lulu''.

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* NightmareFuel: The music video for "No Money Down".

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* NightmareFuel: The music video for "No Money Down".Down", with a Lou Reed animatronic [[spoiler:flipping out and tearing its face and jaw off]].


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* UnintentionalUncannyValley: The music video for "No Money Down" shows an ''amazingly'' creepy Lou Reed animatronic lip-syncing the song. [[spoiler:It then proceeds to tear its face apart, putting into question how unintentional this is.]]

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Removing "person dies" Hindsight bits, and NLID no longer allows real life examples.


* HarsherInHindsight:
** A certain [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 PS4]] ad was released featuring Lou Reed's "Perfect Day" as the song for the marketing campaign. Reed would pass away just a bit over a week later.
** It might be hard to listen to ''Le Bataclan '72'' after the November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris, since it happened at the same venue where the album was recorded.

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* HarsherInHindsight:
** A certain [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 PS4]] ad was released featuring Lou Reed's "Perfect Day" as the song for the marketing campaign. Reed would pass away just a bit over a week later.
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HarsherInHindsight: It might be hard to listen to ''Le Bataclan '72'' after the November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris, since it happened at the same venue where the album was recorded.



* HilariousInHindsight: "Satellite of Love" includes the line, "Satellite's gone way up to Mars/Soon it will be filled with parking cars." That was in 1973. It's been over forty years. No cars on Mars yet. Could also count as FunnyAneurysmMoment: If there ever are cars on Mars, Lou Reed won't get to see them.

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* HilariousInHindsight: "Satellite of Love" includes the line, "Satellite's gone way up to Mars/Soon it will be filled with parking cars." That was in 1973. It's been over forty years. No cars on Mars yet. Could also count as FunnyAneurysmMoment: If there ever are cars on Mars, Lou Reed won't get to see them.



* NeverLiveItDown: He was associated with heroin in the popular imagination, though his drugs of choice were amphetamines and alcohol.

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