Music Monday - Lou Reed
Today's Music Monday pays a saddening tribute to a figurehead and powerful influence in rock music within the last fifty years, Lou Reed. Passing away on Long Island at age 71, Reed had recently had underwent a liver transplant and had been dealing a mix of other health problems, and was taken back to hospital during the month of July. A singer songwriter known for his brutally honest take to rock and roll lyricism, Lou Reed had the perfect balance of hard noise and the beauty of a simple, well rounded track. The Velvet Underground achieved a significant rise in fame during the 60's, but their influence on music was received much later becoming far more widely recognised. Reed was not one to adapt to the elements of European avant-garde music, providing the public with his own hard hitting styles. Famously quoted Brian Eno was able to sum up the Velvet Underground with: "The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a ...