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One of the most important musicians of all time. The Velvet Underground inspired countless musicians and greatly influenced whole genres of music, it's hard to
by wavesounds 13y ago
One of the most important musicians of all time. The Velvet Underground inspired countless musicians and greatly influenced whole genres of music, it's hard to see how Punk would have existed without the Velvet Underground.
Lou Reed's greatest contribution though was his ability to mix great song writing with artful experimentation. From ST with Nico to Loaded to White Light White Heat to Vicious and Metal Machine Music, Lou consistently wrote great songs and expanded the worlds musical pallet. He will be missed.
- anaphor 13y agoJohn Cale was an equally large part of what made the VU great, and he's still touring and making great music. I'd be interested to hear his thoughts.
- mturmon 13y agoSpeaking of Cale and Reed, I still enjoy listening to their 1990 album Songs for Drella about their time with Andy Warhol. It's a very personal record, rather quiet, and gives a lot of insight in to who Warhol was from both Reed and Cale. Here's a sample, with Cale singing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FBvP8o35CA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FBvP8o35CA
- vangale 13y agoI had Metal Machine Music on 8-track tape. This made it even better because of the infinite loop playback and, as the tape inevitably started distorting it didn't really make any difference!