Tag: Lou Reed
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As you can see and hear above, Father John Misty has covered Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space.” But where Ryan Adams said he was covering Taylor in the key of The Smiths, Father John Misty has done Taylor in the key of The Velvet Underground, singer Lou Reed in particular. And he sounds almost exactly like…
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Below is Lou Reed’s obituary, as placed in The East Hampton Star, a Long Island newspaper, by Reed’s wife Laurie Anderson. Reed and Anderson had been spending much of their time in Long Island during the past few years. “To our neighbors: What a beautiful fall! Everything shimmering and golden and all that incredible soft…
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It’s a fan-made video — probably from a cell phone — but it’s definitely worth checking out…
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The New York Times has reported that Lou Reed died at his home on Long Island yesterday on October 27, 2013 from an ailment that stemmed from his recent liver transplant. They further state that Dr. Charles Miller, who performed Reed’s transplant at the Cleveland Clinic in April, has revealed that Reed was in Ohio…
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Rock ‘n’ roll icon Lou Reed has died at the age of 71. The famous singer, songwriter and co-founder of The Velvet Underground had a liver transplant in May, according to Rolling Stone. The cause of death has yet to be released. http://youtu.be/B6Ar4xsNNE8 http://youtu.be/MO5reyuzXis
