Lou Reed

Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed (born on March 2, 1942) is an American rock musician,
songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and
principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo
career, which has spanned several decades. Though the Velvet Underground were
a commercial failure in the late 1960s, the group has gained a ... read more

Old music: Joni Mitchell – Edith and the Kingpin

Even if you like the right music at the wrong time, there's never a wrong time to discover Joni MitchellI liked all the right music. Just not always at the right time. Bo...
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Philip Glass is 75; Das Racist added to Tibet House Benefit!

This thing just keeps growing:WHO: Philip Glass, Lou Reed, James Blake, Das Racist, Antony, Laurie Anderson, Stephin Merritt, Rahzel and Dechen Shak-Dagsay WHAT: 22nd Ann...
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Lou Reed - Stars Turn Out For Glass' 75th Birthday

Music legends Lou Reed Michael Stipe and Paul Simon turned out in New York on Sunday night 29Jan12 to celebrate composer PHILIP GLASS 75th birthday The classical writer w...
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Take a bow: the sounds of A Room for London

Picking 12 acts to play A Room for London wasn't the hard part. For starters, how do you get a piano into a boat on a roof?The Roi des Belges began its life last summer i...
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(Music From) The Elder gets a celluloid Kiss of life

Seb Hunter is making a film based on this unloved glam rock folly. But could crowd-sourcing mean curtains for the concept of 'soundtracks for imaginary movies'?Like Dave ...
Posted 21 January 12.05am — Comment on this

Lou Reed added to Tibet House benefit lineup (duh)

Lou Reed at Prospect Park in 2011 (more by David Andrako) When we first announced this year's Tibet House US benefit, which is happening on February 13 at Carnegie Hall, ...
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The Velvets sue the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts: hands off of the banana

The Velvet Underground have sued the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to stop using the iconic banana for commercial purposes such iPad covers and such. From...
Posted 12 January 8.27pm — Comment on this

Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground Stars Sue Warhol Foundation Over Banana Logo

Velvet Underground founders Lou Reed and John Cale have filed a lawsuit against officials at the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts over the iconic banana image t...
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Velvet Underground moves to protect iconic Banana Album design

New York band launch lawsuit after reading Andy Warhol Foundation had agreed to license design for Apple productsNew York rock group, the Velvet Underground, took legal a...
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METALLICA Say Next Album Will Be Shorter, Heavier; Are Probably Lying

Metallica love giving quotes to the press hyping up their upcoming music. Remember when Lars said that Lulu,their collaboration with Lou Reed, would blow …And Justi...
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Metallica: New Album Will Have A Heavier Sound

After collaborative album with Lou Reed...
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The week in music - in pictures

The week's highlights from planet pop and beyond, starring Lady Gaga, Lou Reed, Sinead O'Connor, KT Tunstall and more
Posted 7 January 7.55pm — Comment on this

Lou Reed - Reed: 'working With Metallica Was Thrilling'

Veteran singer Lou Reed had the time of his life recording an album with Metallica likening the experience to receiving a Ferrari for free The ageing musician teamed up w...
Posted 2 January 9.01pm — Comment on this

Lou Reed Says Working With Metallica Was Like Getting A Ferrari For Free

It was thrilling...
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The Love/Hate News Report 12.29.11: The Cream of the Crap

From Metallica and Lou Reed's "Lulu" to Lupe Fiasco's "Lasers" and more, 411's John Downey takes a look at the 5 worst album of 2011! Plus news and thoughts on Katy Perr...
Posted 29 December 2011 7.07am — Comment on this

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Top songs

The 5 most played Lou Reed songs in the past year.

  • Walk on the wild side  263 plays
  • Perfect Day  157 plays
  • Satellite of Love  138 plays
  • Vicious  16 plays
  • Caroline Says Ii  1 plays

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Absolute Radio stations playing songs by Lou Reed over the past year.

  1. Absolute Classic Rock 303 plays
  2. Absolute Radio 161 plays
  3. Absolute Radio 70s 120 plays
  4. Absolute Radio 90s 9 plays
  5. Absolute 80s 9 plays
  6. Absolute Radio 00s 8 plays

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