Lou Reed: An Original Portrait
American treasure Lou Reed did a flawless set last night at The Whitney Museum. He told me, "It''s always fun to play a museum. When I was with Andy Warhol, we played hundreds of them".
Lou's set included, "Dirty Boulevard", "Romeo Had Juliet", "Guilty", "Who Am I", "Ecstasy" and "Power of the Heart." Check out www.loureed.com.
It's also always fun to visit a museum. The Whitney has up at the moment work from the collection. Jacob Lawrence, Georgia O'Keeffe, Willem de Kooning, Ed Ruscha and Jasper Johns, to name a few. Some Claes Oldenberg "Happenings" films, and a Photoconceptualism show with some great Bruce Naumans.
Also, an interesting project from Persol, the wonderful Italian sunglass makers. Marcello Mastroianni, Yves Montand and Marilyn Monroe wore them.
Very cool all around.
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Living in California in the 70s I had lots of friends listening to the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, etc. I was listening to Lou. I've always had an east coast aesthetic. Love this man.
Geez, how is Reed still alive with all that he's been through in his life? And he actually looks good!
Hit the genetic lottery, I guess.
That first Velvet Underground record was so bloody amazing for its time that even if he didn't go on to make albums such as "Transformer," "Sally Can't Dance" "Berlin" and "Rock and Roll Animal," he would still be remembered as a rock pioneer. "Heroin" is one of the most incredible and disturbing tunes ever in the rock genre.
i know! he does heroin for decades and looks like the sensitive boy next door. i miss a good night's sleep and i look like something the cat dragged in. life is so unfair.
oh, it's soooo beyond art, it's tgs
Lou is sooooo NY hot- he just gets better with age!
And his music still rings true.."You need a busload of faith to get by"
Reed is a national treasure. The Velvet Underground is the most important rock band of all time.
Wow, you are soooo right!
I'll sign that petition. And re: that photo -- Lou looks better now than he did 30 years ago.
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