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RIP Lou Reed


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US singer and former Velvet Underground frontman Lou Reed has died at the age of 71.


Known for tracks including Perfect Day and Walk on the Wild Side, Reed was considered one of the most influential singers and songwriters in rock.


The Velvet Underground became renowned for their fusion of art and music and for collaborating with Andy Warhol.


According to the Associated Press news agency, Reed's literary agent said he died of a "liver-related ailment".


Andrew Wylie said the musician died at his home in Long Island, New York, on Sunday morning and had not been well "for a few months".



Will be missed by many.


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SmoothGetaway

I just heard this as well.

 

Fly free our friend. May your music carry us forward to greater heights than you ever imagined.

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yeah, read this last night and was gutted til i realised he was 71. he crammed a hell of of lot into that life and probably should've OD'd in his 20s'. massively talented and influential musician.

 

R.I.P. Brother Uncle.

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HAHA! Good!

 

Thanks, OP, you just made my day! :lol:

 

Errrrrr , did i miss something here ? What a horrible man you are

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HAHA! Good!

 

Thanks, OP, you just made my day! :lol:

No respect for those who have moved on to another dimension, I expected better from you Kifflom...

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HAHA! Good!

 

Thanks, OP, you just made my day! :lol:

 

Well Americans don't care for much of anything

land and water the least

And animal life is low on the totem pole

with human life not worth more than infected yeast

 

Americans don't care too much for beauty

they'll sh*t in a river, dump battery acid in a stream

They'll watch dead rats wash up on the beach

and complain if they can't swim

 

They say things are done for the majority

don't believe half of what you see and none of what you hear

It's like what my painter friend Donald said to me

"Stick a fork in their ass and turn them over, they're done"

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What does this have to do with a gaming forum? There is a news forum for this kind of stuff. Feel i'm being a bit harsh? Go blame the news. I'm tired of reading "BREAKING NEWS! DAVID BECKHAM CRASHES HIS CAR AND SCRATCHES HIS BUMPER! Nobody was hurt.". Dafuq? That ain't breaking news bitch.

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Well he and The VU were overrated as hell, but still, RIP.

nah they weren't

 

sunday morning and i'm falling

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Well he and The VU were overrated as hell, but still, RIP.

nah they weren't

 

sunday morning and i'm falling

Yes...yes they were.

 

Walk on the wild side is probly one of the WORST songs ever. On par even with The Edmond Fitzgerald for doucheyness.

 

That being said tho, he was pretty cool as a guy and yeah lived a helluva life. RIP Lou.

 

PS: they die in 3's so we got two more coming.

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make total destroy

 

Well he and The VU were overrated as hell, but still, RIP.

nah they weren't

 

sunday morning and i'm falling

 

I'm waitin' for my man

26 dollars in my hand

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Dude, who cares? People die everyday. Get over it you sensitive people. Guaranteed, if it was anyone except a white dude, no one would make a thread.

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Holy sh*t Lou Reed is dead? now my musical career ripping off the velvet underground can truely commence!
Nah in all seriousness though, Lou Reed is a bit of a musical legend. RIP

 

Quality tracks:
White Light/White Heat
Sweet Jane
Heroin
Waiting For My Man

Edited by Mikeol1987

RIP Rockstar Games

1998 - 2021

 

 

 

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GTA fan from the United Kingdom

Dude, who cares? People die everyday. Get over it you sensitive people. Guaranteed, if it was anyone except a white dude, no one would make a thread.

 

I wonder if you would still be saying the same thing if one of your close family members died...

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Sally Maclennane

RIP Mr Reed - you touched and influenced many of us.

 

And to the person above who pointed out that this is not games related - I agree, it's not. But go and listen to some of the man's music, GTA's America is the same one Lou Reed wrote about. I bet there's a good few Lou Reed fans in the GTA development team.

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Lou Reed sucked. He was an untalented wannabe who immitated what real musicians were doing. Then that god-awful Lulu came along. That's all Lou Reed right there. Lulu. WTF was Metallica thinking? I know they regret the sh*t outta it now! Condolences but f*ck that clown Lou Reed. And why is this in the V section?

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Lou Reed sucked. He was an untalented wannabe who immitated what real musicians were doing. Then that god-awful Lulu came along. That's all Lou Reed right there. Lulu. WTF was Metallica thinking? I know they regret the sh*t outta it now! Condolences but f*ck that clown Lou Reed. And why is this in the V section?

always trust a hillbilly to be a complete and utter moron

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Do you people go to funerals and say 'Well sure it's a shame he's dead but boy, what a sh*tty plumber'

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RIP Mr Reed - you touched and influenced many of us.

 

And to the person above who pointed out that this is not games related - I agree, it's not. But go and listen to some of the man's music, GTA's America is the same one Lou Reed wrote about. I bet there's a good few Lou Reed fans in the GTA development team.

 

Cheers mate, you described it much better than I could. Sorry guys if it's irrelevant but this is the only forum I visit and I had to post is somewhere as I'm at work with no-one really to speak to. I think a lot of Lou Reeds songs capture the dystopian criminal world with loose morals that the devs at Rockstar capture within their games. I think they are both a delve into the underworld that I know a lot of viewers on this forum appreciate.

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