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Well, at the beginning, I liked a few of their songs and thought they were okay. A few years later, I discovered people considered their work genius or "arty." Songs like "The Black Angel's Death Song" were considered brilliant, and I looked at them and simply thought they were pretentious (have you HEARD it? It's horrible). But recently, I looked deeper into them and found a lot of genius and innovation with their work. I found Heroin to be impossibly amazing and Venus in Furs is just a bad ass song. That's my story with this band. I would like to hear yours. Tell me what you think.
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one of the most influential bands ever.
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At their best, I love them to death. Never dull IMHO.
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Only albums I've got are 'Loaded' & 'The Velvet Underground', the latter of which is awful. Criminally, I'm still to hear the famous 'Nico' album.
One thing Lou Reed done I'm a big fan of is 'Metal Machine Music'. Approach with caution.
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Mr.Soul Wrote:Only albums I've got are 'Loaded' & 'The Velvet Underground', the latter of which is awful. Criminally, I'm still to hear the famous 'Nico' album.
One thing Lou Reed done I'm a big fan of is 'Metal Machine Music'. Approach with caution.
Probably the only Lou Reed album I refused to purchase
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im not a big lou reed fan, although i was attracted to New York album in the late 1980s, i love that one,ive also got his best of set,double cd, i think most of it is rubbish,
i know millions of people like what he does but it just doesnt gel with me, i do think that i a book of his lyrics was released i would purchase it because he is clever with words and stories.
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^ That's a shame, Lloyd. I think Transformer is a fabulous record.
Of course we can't all like the same music, but I'm surprised you're not more drawn to Lou.
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They are brilliant, especially songs like 'Heroin' and 'Sweet Jane'. Have got the Nico album - if it's the one with the banana on the front. Will have to check out the other albums though.
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Tiggi Wrote:^ That's a shame, Lloyd. I think Transformer is a fabulous record.
Of course we can't all like the same music, but I'm surprised you're not more drawn to Lou.
excellent album, although Berlin is my fav
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Tiggi Wrote:^ That's a shame, Lloyd. I think Transformer is a fabulous record.
Of course we can't all like the same music, but I'm surprised you're not more drawn to Lou.
i dont know why im not drawn to him enough to buy his music because i love his lyrics, like his voice and his guitar playing, so it is all there for me to like, one day something will 'click' and i will pursue him a bit more.
i wish i knew why im not into his material or Cohen when i love Nick Cave????
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