Lou Reed is dead

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Lou Reed is dead

Post by simonm » 27 Oct 2013 18:40

f*** - despite his liver transplant and near-death earlier this year, I was not prepared for this!
He was 71.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... 1-20131027

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Re: Lou Reed is dead

Post by bleach » 27 Oct 2013 18:47

Sad sad..he was looking very frail at the London Transformer event recently but I was hopeful that he was turning around.

Linger on Lou..

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Re: Lou Reed is dead

Post by Warlock » 27 Oct 2013 18:54

Oh that's sad. RIP

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Re: Lou Reed is dead

Post by Doctor Bob » 27 Oct 2013 19:04

Such sad news.

Thank you Lou for all you have given us.
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Post by kkq486x » 27 Oct 2013 19:05

So sad

RIP Lou

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Post by leamanc » 27 Oct 2013 19:08

Terribly sad news, but I can't help but be happy for Lou and the life he got to lead. After he went away to college (i.e., escaped his parents), he did what he wanted and lived life on his own terms.

"Between thought and expression, lies a lifetime."

Those thoughts, and their expression, were his life.

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Post by sars » 27 Oct 2013 19:13

RIP, Lou. Thanks for everything. :(

I was just having a conversation this morning with someone over favorite bands - he asked me if everyone in the VU was alive. I said only Sterling Morrison and Nico had passed away - guess I was wrong :(
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Re: Lou Reed is dead

Post by dial4 » 27 Oct 2013 19:17

I saw him several times on stage, always a good performer but with his health problems we must be prepared to this sad new.

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Post by PhantomRaspberryBlower » 27 Oct 2013 20:06

Literally just heard the news, so popping in to pay my respects. Thanks for the tunes :cry:

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Re: Lou Reed is dead

Post by papaya » 27 Oct 2013 20:21

Thank You for all

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