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PhysicalStamina ain't nothin' but a party y'all (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
ain't nothin' but a party y'all
#2: Oct 27th 2013 at 11:07:46 AM

That's sad. R.I.P.

Do not spare the feelings of those who would not spare yours.
Boxen whatever he can Since: Jan, 2013
whatever he can
#3: Oct 27th 2013 at 3:36:38 PM

:/

dead devotion
porschelemans Avatar Sakaki Ignore cat from A Giant Hamster Ball Since: Sep, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
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#4: Oct 27th 2013 at 5:48:11 PM

Just heard about this. Sad.

RIP.

I'm so sorry that my avatar doesn't appear fully in the shot, but the cat was threatening the photographer.
Higginbid vee-gor from Mt. Ebott Since: May, 2012
vee-gor
#5: Oct 27th 2013 at 8:59:04 PM

:(

IS THAT ME? AM I THE MOM?
FingerPuppet Since: Sep, 2012
#6: Oct 27th 2013 at 9:16:18 PM

Whoa, wasn't expecting this at all. R.I.P.

Landstander God Of Cake from Somewhere else Since: Jan, 2001
God Of Cake
#7: Oct 27th 2013 at 10:43:53 PM

Feels like a fucking punch in the gut. Such a crazy-beautiful-amazing man, a voice that managed to have incredible emotional range despite being oftentimes monotone, so many songs that gave me reason and purpose through the years. There's not much that can relax me, ever, but the closest I come to feeling like things are gonna be ok are when I'm in some strange city and the last thing I hear at night is "The Velvet Underground and Nico" album on my headphones because it connects me to home. That voice was the soundtrack to so much in my life- traipsing my way through my college campus, having sex with boyfriends and lovers through the years, finding my bearings walking somewhere unfamiliar, being the only tether to sanity on the job. There's still much of his solo work I need to get, but this year has been dominated by repeated listenings to "Transformer"

The Onion AV Club put it best- "As crucial as Reed’s treatment of the darkness was for redefining what is and what can be pop music, it’s important to remember that he was also adept at writing about celebration and release. The characters of “Walk On The Wild Side” are shedding skins to be their true selves. Jenny, the protagonist of the Velvet Underground’s “Rock And Roll,” finds purpose in the sounds emanating from the big city. We will never stop trying to define Lou Reed, but there’s no need: It’s all there in four decades of recordings. Don’t overthink it: Despite all the computations, you know you could dance to the rock ’n’ roll station."

Emperor Wu liked cake, but not exploding cake!
Akalabth Self-loathing and sandwiches. from Ghost Planet Since: Feb, 2012
Self-loathing and sandwiches.
#8: Oct 28th 2013 at 1:19:18 PM

I don't really have words right now. Just ... none.

You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here.
Quag15 Since: Mar, 2012
#9: Oct 28th 2013 at 1:23:52 PM

[up][up] Nicely put.[tup]

[up] Don't have the record where that came from. Might check out in the future.

Neil Gaiman on Lou Reed.

BrainSewage from that one place Since: Jan, 2001
#10: Oct 28th 2013 at 7:17:22 PM

How appropriate, and poetic, and tragic that he died on a Sunday morning.

How dare you disrupt the sanctity of my soliloquy?
Nettacki Since: Jan, 2010
#11: Oct 31st 2013 at 8:54:38 PM

I find it frustrating that his last album was Lulu w/ Metallica. An album that has only ended up harming both of their reputations as music artists even more.

Alucard Lazy? from Vancouver, BC Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
Lazy?
#12: Nov 1st 2013 at 7:23:27 AM

Lou was a tai chi master and spent his last days here being happy and dazzled by the beauty and power and softness of nature. He died on Sunday morning looking at the trees and doing the famous 21 form of tai chi with just his musician hands moving through the air.

http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/lou-reed-died-doing-tai-chi/

If this isn't heartwarming, I probably don't know what is.

edited 1st Nov '13 7:24:02 AM by Alucard

Quag15 Since: Mar, 2012
#13: Nov 1st 2013 at 7:53:03 AM

At least, he died doing something he likes.smile Very poetic indeed.

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