Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Thanks Lou Reed

A L O H A !
" A hero is 
someone who has given
 his or her life 
to something 
bigger than oneself. "

Joseph Campbell 

"A hero is 
an ordinary individual 
who finds the strength 
to persevere 
and endure 
in spite of 
overwhelming obstacles."

Christopher Reeve 

"Show me a hero 
and I'll write you 
a tragedy."

F. Scott Fitzgerald 



Lou Reed HS Yearbook
By English: Freeport High School. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons


"My God is 

rock’n’roll.

 It’s an obscure power

 that can change your life. 

The most important part 

of my religion 

is to play guitar."

Lou Reed

















" The Velvet Underground's first album
 only sold 30,000 copies 
during its first five years
 but everyone 
who bought one of those 
30,000 copies 
started a band.” 

attributed to Brian Eno from a 1982 interview


=^..^=


Lou was not a loveable "Mop Top"
 playing pop.
He wandered the
 Dirty Boulevard,
talked to the prostitutes,
"deviants"
 drug users,
artists and poets
 he found there.

For lots of us
he let us know
that we were not

Alone

in a scrubbed,
conformist world.



Thanks Lou.

Others today are expressing
why your poetry is important
and the massive effect
you had on the culture
of our times.

I will just say:
"Thanks, Man."


LOU REED, 1942-2013
Outsider Whose Dark, Lyrical Vision Helped Shape Rock ’n’ Roll  (New York Times)   







ALOHA, Friends!
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