LOU REED IS DEAD MIXTAPE
“There’s a bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even things out.” -Lou Reed
The loss of an artist, especially one as massively iconic as Lou Reed, always brings up a cacophony of different emotions. You’re sad to see them go, but the fact that they’re gone forces you to focus in on the work that they’ve left behind. You’re left only with the synaptic flashes of memories correlated to that art they gave.
Lou laid his guitar down yesterday and we can be glad that he left the amp on. He’s vacated the scene, but the landscapes of distorted guitar, strange tunings, and weird time-signatures he left in his wake remain. He was one of a kind.
Enjoy the White Light.
33-Essential Lou Reed Cuts
- Black Angel Death Song
- Lady Godiva’s Operation
- Beginning To See The Light
- Pale Blue Eyes
- Satellite of Love
- Vicious
- Perfect Day
- Sad Song
- Here She Comes Now
- The Gift
- Heroin
- I’m Set Free
- Andy’s Chest(The VU bside version is also quite endearing)
- The Bed
- Jesus
- Sister Ray
- Walk On The Wild Side
- Metal Machine Music
- Coney Island Baby
- I Love You, Suzanne
- Sunday Morning
- White Light/ White Heat
- I’m Waiting For My Man
- Venus In Furs
- There She Goes Again
- Make Up
- Oh, Sweet Nothin’
- Wagon Wheel
- Sweet Jane
- The Day John Kennedy Died
- Waves of Fear
- Dirty Blvd.
- Hello It’s Me