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Lou Reed was born on this day, March 2, 1942.
Today would have been his 79th birthday.
Photo by Waring Abbott from the ‘New York’ album.
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I've been set free and I've been bound
To the memories of yesterday's clowns
I'm set free
I'm set free
#lyric
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I’m Waiting for the Man,” “Heroin,” “Pale Blue Eyes” — In 1965, Lou Reed, with the help of John Cale, recorded the very first known versions of these iconic songs along with a handful of others and mailed the tape to himself as a “poor man’s copyright.”
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45 years ago in July 1973 #RCARecords released Lou's third solo album #Berlin.
Listen @YouTube: buff.ly/2LKNFwc
Listen @Spotify: buff.ly/2OfIPJ5
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Earlier today Hal Willner passed away. Hal was one of Lou’s dearest friends and his sudden departure is a heavy blow. Please keep his family in your thoughts. If you can, light a candle for Hal. Please stay home and stay safe.
Photo of #HalWillner by Lou Reed
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In case you haven't heard, New York is being reissued with 26 previously unheard recordings from Lou's archive! rollingstone.com/music/music…
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77 years ago, Lou arrived on this planet. We're marking the occasion by sharing a previously unheard demo of Endless Cycle from the New York album which is currently enjoying its 30th anniversary.
Happy Birthday Lou! piped.video/P8nV3j4kv4I
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Goodbye Mick and thank you for everything - your work, your stories, your presence
@TheRealMickRock
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This portrait of Lou Reed by artist Chuck Close is one of 12 pieces of artwork in New York City’s newly-opened Secon…
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Happy Birthday Lou!
We’re looking forward to sharing a few exciting upcoming releases starting with Do Angels Need Haircuts?, a book of Lou’s unpublished poetry coming in April 2018 by Anthology Editions. info: anthology.net/book/do-angels…
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Lou Reed
Born: March 2, 1942
Lou Reed at 1996 book signing, holding an LP of Metal Machine
Music.
Photographs: Mila Reynaud
Lou Reed Archive, Music Division, New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
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You can't depend on no miracle
you can't depend on the air
You can't depend on a wise man
You can't find them because they're not there
You can depend on cruelty
Crudity of thought and sound
You can depend on the worst always happening
You need a busload of faith to get by
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In celebration of Lou’s 75th birthday, the @nypl announced its acquisition of Lou’s complete archives. loureed.lnk.to/archiveTA
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Berlin: Live At St. Ann’s Warehouse Directed by Julian Schnabel is streaming for free from November 20-29.
Lou Reed’s grim masterwork from 1973 was finally performed in full in 2006 @stannswarehouse.
Viewing details:
stannswarehouse.org/show/lou…
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Released today: 30th Anniversary edition of Lou's album recorded with his fellow #VelvetUnderground co-founder #JohnCale. A concept album and tribute to their friend and mentor #AndyWarhol. Available from your favorite #vinyl purveyor. #RecordStoreDay #OctoberSurprise
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In 1999 Lou was asked by a magazine to submit his top 10 records of the century. Here is the list he sent them:
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Happy birthday Lou!
Born March 2, 1942.
Here's Lou in Amsterdam, March 1975.
Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot.
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The Velvet Underground And Nico, 50th-anniversary package. Liner notes by @therealjohncale & @Folkrox. Details: buff.ly/2rsRYGI
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'No, Lou Reed's 'Walk on the Wild Side' is not transphobic - Brush up on your history' @Roisin_OConnor @Independent: buff.ly/2rVRcxG
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Happy 30th birthday to Lou’s “New York”
Here’s an interview from March ‘89 about the album piped.video/prcMjyte6eA
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The Art of the Straight Line, a book of essential wisdom covering Tai Chi, mindfulness, creativity, and the art of living and dying goes on sale March 14 and is available for preorder. It will be published by Faber in the UK & Ireland on March 16th.
harpercollins.com/products/t…
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To celebrate the release of Lou's "The Art of the Straight Line" please enjoy this previously unreleased song recorded during the New Sensations sessions in late 1983. loureed.lnk.to/OpenInvitatio…
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The film 'Songs for ‘Drella – A Fiction' will be available for streaming for free at stannswarehouse.org from November 13 through November 19. Lou Reed’s Berlin also streams on the site November 20 through November 29. stannswarehouse.org/show/lou…
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50 years ago today, The Velvet Underground's White Light/White Heat was released. Revisit the album, rated a perfect 10: p4k.in/U7k6daF
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Light In The Attic Records, in cooperation with Laurie Anderson, present “Men of Good Fortune” - a previously unreleased demo recording from Lou Reed - appearing on Words & Music, May 1965, the inaugural title in their forthcoming Lou Reed Archive Series, out September 16th.
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Twilight Sparkle vs. Metal Machine Music fb.me/6ry2zhDkR
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I'm So Free: The 1971 RCA Demos is available to stream! Released this past April on vinyl only for Record Store Day, you can now cue it up on your streaming platform of choice.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/0RMo3…
Apple: music.apple.com/us/album/im-…
YouTube: piped.video/playlist?l…
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“Between two Aprils I lost two friends/Between two Aprils magic and loss…”
The story of Lou Reed's 'Magic and Loss' from @Hayim_Kobi.
Read & listen: buff.ly/2AxnjM3
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'The Bells: A Daylong Celebration of Lou Reed’ is starting at @LincolnCenter! The event is free & open to the public
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'Lou Reed’s 1975 album has been called one of the worst albums ever made. The truth is it is the product of genuine love and passion, still exhilarating and bursting with possibility four decades on.' @MarkRichardson @pitchfork
Read: buff.ly/2iG5LX7
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Tomorrow, for one day, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts will transform its Vincent Astor Gallery into a listening room where visitors can hear, and see, treasures from the newly opened Lou Reed Archive.
Details:
nypl.org/events/programs/201…
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In 1973 Lou released his #45 #single of #SatelliteOfLove on #RCA. Produced by @DavidBowieReal and #MickRonson.
"There's a part at the very end where his voice goes all the way up. It's fabulous." #louquote on Bowie’s #backingvocal.
Stream: buff.ly/2FXGixN
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Happy 80th birthday to @therealjohncale from the #LouReedArchive team. Here's John with Sterling Morrison, Moe Tucker and Lou at Fondation Cartier, Jouy-en-Josas, France on June 15, 1990. Photo by Xavier Lambours
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Lou Reed; the last photo shoot by Jean Baptiste Mondino.
Shot at Industria Superstudio, NYC. September 21, 2013. fb.me/2JD5QHj5w
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Happy 80th birthday Lou!!
Lenny Kaye will be spinning doo-wop and r&b tonight to celebrate, over at @TheLotRadio from 7-9pm ET. Sign up for a reminder at eventbrite.com/e/26711736422…
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Laurie Anderson has put together a playlist of Lou Reed originals she feels best represents him. Listen: smarturl.it/980f2q?IQid=tw
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‘The Blue Mask’ was a back to basics album for Lou and was recorded as a quartet with two guitars, bass and drums.
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Lou Reed’s Berlin was first released #OTD October 1, 1973. To celebrate we’ve created a playlist of the album as well as all the other versions of the songs that Lou recorded both before and after the album.
What's your favorite song from Berlin?
open.spotify.com/playlist/6I…
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You can now stream Lou Reed’s earliest known demo of “Heroin,” from Words & Music, May 1965, the inaugural title from Light In The Attic's forthcoming Lou Reed Archive Series, out August 26th.
LINK: link.lightintheattic.net/her…
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Today marks 30 years since Magic and Loss was released in 1992. Here is a nice deep dive into the themes and figures that inspired this album, written by The Music Aficionado. musicaficionado.blog/2017/11…
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Lou’s first live album features four unrelenting versions of classics he penned for The Velvet Underground. (via bit…
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‘Set the Twilight Reeling’ celebrates its 25th Anniversary with a double LP pressing for the first time, exclusively available for #RSD21 on July 17. Limited to 9,000 copies, it features 3 sides of audio with an etching on side four. recordstoreday.com/ @recordstoreday
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This Thursday - Lou’s 75th Bday Party feat. Lou Crew and Friends at Bowery Electric facebook.com/events/12554412…
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Don Fleming (@DonFleming1) recently gave an interview about the Lou Reed Archive Collection at @nypl_lpa including what sort of material people will be able to access once it's made available to the public.
pleasekillme.com/lou-reed-ar…
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Cool animated gif of 32 Lou stencils via @objectivescenes objectivescenes.com/2011/06/…
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Read Laurie Anderson's Heartbreaking Letter About Lou Reed's Last Days - go.spin.com/1aJyXgj fb.me/1WA375e1x
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Velvet Underground to Receive @RecordingAcad #Grammy #LifetimeAchievementAward. Story: buff.ly/2i672Ah
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Anyone catch the New York tour back in the day, 1989? The stop in NYC was at the St. James Theater, which you may recognize as the filming location from Birdman (2014). @TheFeeliesNJ opened the show.
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SET THE TWILIGHT REELING will be available as a 2LP set to celebrate its 25th Anniversary. This edition features 3 sides of audio with an etching on side four. You can get yours at your local independent retailer tomorrow! recordstoreday.com/Stores #RSDDrops #RecordStoreDay
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Lou performs "Perfect Day" on 'Later... with Jools Holland' in 2003 with #MasterRen and Anohni.
Watch: buff.ly/2jhjt1F
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Lou Reed Tai Chi Day is going online for 2020. @OnlyAnExpert is hosting an online chat with some very special guests including @IggyPop and @Tonuspomus. more info here: facebook.com/events/35405491…
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Lou Reed performs at the 1998 White House State Dinner for President Václav Havel of the Czech Republic. Watch: buff.ly/2nzgsM4
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"There’s a yin and yang to things, ups and downs. I wouldn’t call them dark. I’d call them real life." loureed.lnk.to/mediumTA
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"Take me for what I am
a star newly emerging"
Happy birthday Lou. From your friends, family, and fans.
We... fb.me/1iOFYeeC4
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20 years ago today, Lou joins @DavidBowieReal on stage at David’s 50th birthday concert. piped.video/watch?v=F2orgACr…
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NEW YORK (DELUXE EDITION) is now available!
Purchase: Rhino.lnk.to/NewYorkDlx
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/3qrRr…
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Lou’s papers, photographs & audiovisual recordings now call the @nypl home. Learn more about the Lou Reed Archive: loureed.lnk.to/archive_rsTA
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"Walk on the Wild Side" & "Perfect Day" are on @pitchfork's list of Best Songs of the 1970s smarturl.it/P4k_70s?IQid=twl…
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Lou Reed 'Magic and Loss' @recordstoreday.
The @Rhino_Records 'Magic' from 1992 offers heavyweight vinyl, sumptuous sound, and the first-ever LP release of Reed’s most melancholic rager in ages—dedicated to the late songwriter Doc Pomus. Ah, magic.
-@floodmagazine
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I'll Be Your Mirror: The Collected Lyrics is published today by @FaberBooks. Over six decades of Lou Reed's vivid and
powerful lyrics, with new essays by Martin Scorsese, Laurie
Anderson and James Atlas.
Available to the UK and Europe here:
faber.co.uk/books/non-fictio…
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RT “@oldpicsarchive: Lou Reed, Mick Jagger and David Bowie hanging out together at Café Royale, 1973 nitter.app/oldpicsarchive/status/…”
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“I was hearing a degree of cool that I had no idea was humanly sustainable.” -David Bowie. Photo Credit: Ian Dickson
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Laurie Anderson @OnlyAnExpert spoke with @thetimes about Lou's rare early poetry, and the new book, Do Angels Need Haircuts?, that the #LouReedArchive just published with @Anthology_Recs.
buff.ly/2wYOy1B
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Garland Jeffreys @garlandjeffreys talks about his time with Lou at @SyracuseU. theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…
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Read "Lou Reed: In His Own Words” to explore Lou’s own thoughts and words on his instantly recognizable songs: loureed.lnk.to/mediumTA
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Available now—I’ll Be Your Mirror, an updated, collection of lyrics from Lou Reed, including introductions by Martin Scorsese, Laurie Anderson, James Atlas, and @nilslofgren. To preview and order your copy, visit: bit.ly/YourMirrorBook
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Just Announced: "Lou Reed: The RCA & Arista Album Collection," available October 7. smarturl.it/lr_rs?IQid=tw.lr…
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45 years ago this month Metal Machine Music was released into the world. This essay does a good job of contextualizing what it meant at the time of release as well as across the decades since. bigtakeover.com/essays/Ambie…
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Lou Reed and #KrisKristofferson from Feb 1994 on #BottomLineArchiveSeries. Out on Sep 15. Details @RollingStone: buff.ly/2wN6Ktk
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#OTD October 5, 1973 Lou Reed’s #Berlin was released in the #UK.To celebrate we’ve created a playlist of the original Berlin album and other versions of the songs from Berlin that Lou recorded before and after the album.
spoti.fi/2F8D4xi
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Laurie Anderson (@OnlyAnExpert) and Stephan Berwick (@truetaichi), two of the editors of the The Art of the Straight Line, discuss the recently released book thechinaproject.com/2023/03/…
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Archive update:
We found Lou's copy of the VU & Nico LP the other day. He hadn't peeled the sticker. fb.me/1M86OI5yT
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Do Angels Need Haircuts? Early Poems By Lou Reed. A foreword by #AnneWaldman, archival notes by @DonFleming1, & an afterword by Laurie Anderson @OnlyAnExpert. With photos by @TheRealMickRock & #MoeTucker, and a 7” record.
Out May 1st.
@Anthology_Recs: buff.ly/2Ksx7ci
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RT “@DangerMindsBlog: Walter Cronkite introduces the Velvet Underground on national TV, 1965 dngrminds.net/C2NiXc nitter.app/DangerMindsBlog/status…”
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A MESSAGE FROM LOU REED
I am a triumph of modern medicine, physics and chemistry. I am bigger and stronger than... fb.me/18Y97FKqG
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Lou performs "Waves of Fear" #BottomLine #RobertQuine #FernandoSaunders #FredMaher #ANightwithLouReed
Watch: buff.ly/2iXsrAl
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On the cusp of its 50th anniversary, Transformer is being reissued in a special white vinyl "RSD Essential" edition on October 28. You can preorder or find a record store local to you at loureed.lnk.to/transRSD
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#OTD 12MAR1967 The Velvet Underground & Nico was released.
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Laurie Anderson has shared a few of her and Lou's favorite things with @WSJMag: smarturl.it/lr_sl_wsj?IQid=t…
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Celebrate Lou’s work and legacy tomorrow at "The Bells: A Daylong Celebration of Lou Reed.” lcoutofdoors.org/events/the-…
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We are excited to announce a special episode of Light in the Attic's Liner Notes podcast all about Words and Music, May 1965. ruinousmedia.com/litawordsan…
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Tomorrow: Anne Waldman and Laurie Anderson @OnlyAnExpert read from Do Angels Need Haircuts?, along with @DonFleming1, Merrill Reed Weiner (the rocker’s sister), and @WillnerHal. @Anthology_Recs
Pick @NewYorker: buff.ly/2GDR50o
Free to the public: buff.ly/2rjuPDx
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