Lou Reed

June 15, 1986 – Lou Reed participates in a benefit concert on behalf of Amnesty International at the Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ

Tom Waits, Paul Young, Joan Baez & The Neville Brothers, Bob Marley, Bryan Adams, The Police & Bono, Santana, The Smiths, Dave Edmunds, The Waterboys, The Cure, Lou Reed. They are the ’80s Throwback’ artists selected among the 271 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy! Tracklist 1 […]

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May 31, 1989 – Robert Palmer, The Bangles, Living Colour, David Bowie‘s Tin Machine, Lou Reed, The Replacements and Keith Richards & the X-Pensive Winos will all be there at the International Rock Awards broadcasted live on ABC.

May 19, 1945 – Pete Townshend, English singer, songwriter and guitarist, founder and member of The Who is 74. Happy Birthday Sir

May 1, 1994 – Lou Reed will play for “Festa del lavoro” at Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome, Italy

Lou Reed, The Rolling Stones, Golden Earring, The Doobie Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Grateful Dead, Ronnie Lane, JD Souther, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Kiss, Queen. They are the 11 ’70s Throwback’ performers selected among the 215 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy! Tracklist 1 . […]

Lou Reed’s ‘Sally Can’t Dance’ is his fourth solo album recorded between March 18 and April 26, 1974 and released in August 1974 by RCA. Track Listing : 1.Ride Sally Ride (Lou Reed) – 04:06 . 2.Animal Language (Lou Reed) – 03:05 . 3.Baby Face (Lou Reed) – 05:06 . 4.N.Y. Stars (Lou Reed) – […]

April 24, 2010 – Lou Reed will improvise with his “Metal Machine Trio” at DR’s Koncerthuset in Copenhagen, Denmark

April 19, 1980 – “Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert” is going to tape Lou Reed for a segment to be aired in November on a TV station near you

‘Lou Reed’ is his eponymous debut solo album recorded in London with Rick Wakeman and Steve Howe among others and released in April 1972 by RCA. Track Listing : 1.I Can’T Stand It (Lou Reed) – 02:37 . 2.Going Down (Lou Reed) – 02:57 . 3.Walk And Talk It (Lou Reed) – 03:40 . 4.Lisa […]

April 7, 1990 – Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young , Elton John, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Guns N’ Roses , etc more than 30 artists participate in “Farm Aid 1990” held at Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, IN

Lou Reed’s ‘Ecstasy’ is his eighteenth (and final) solo album released on April 4, 2000 by Sire. Track Listing : 1.Paranoia Key Of E (Lou Reed) – 04:28 . 2.Mystic Child (Lou Reed) – 05:01 . 3.Mad (Lou Reed) – 04:29 . 4.Ecstasy (Lou Reed) – 04:25 . 5.Modern Dance (Lou Reed) – 04:09 . […]

‘The Velvet Underground’ is their eponymous third album (the first with Doug Yule in replacement to John Cale) recorded in 1968 in Hollywood and released in March 1969 by MGM Track Listing : 1.Candy Says (Lou Reed) – 04:04 . 2.What Goes On (Lou Reed) – 04:55 . 3.Some Kinda Love (Lou Reed) – 04:03 […]

‘The Velvet Underground & Nico’ is their debut album recorded during Andy Warhol’s “Exploding Plastic Inevitable” multimedia event tour and released on March 12, 1967 by Verve Records. Track Listing : 1.Sunday Morning (Lou Reed, John Cale) – 02:54 . 2.I’M Waiting For The Man (Lou Reed) – 04:39 . 3.Femme Fatale (Lou Reed) – […]

March 9, 1942 – John Cale, Welsh singer, musician, composer etc. and ex Lou Reed’s colleague in the Velvet Underground is 77. Happy Birthday, Sir

Gorillaz’s ‘Plastic Beach’ is their third studio album produced by Damon Albarn and released on March 3, 2010 by Parlophone / Virgin Records. Track Listing : 1.Orchestral Intro (Gorillaz) – 01:09 . 2.Welcome To The World Of The Plastic Beach (Gorillaz, Snoop Dogg) – 03:35 . 3.White Flag (Gorillaz, Bashy Kano) – 03:42 . 4.Rhinestone […]

Lou Reed’s ‘The Blue Mask’ is his eleventh studio album recorded in New York City and released on February 23, 1982 by RCA. Track Listing : 1.My House (Lou Reed) – 05:25 . 2.Women (Lou Reed) – 04:57 . 3.Underneath The Bottle (Lou Reed) – 02:33 . 4.The Gun (Lou Reed) – 03:41 . 5.The […]