Lou Reed

‘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 […]

Huey Lewis & The News, Jennifer Rush, Siouxsie And The Banshees, The Stranglers, Lou Reed, Japan, The Smiths, Robin Trower, Black Sabbath, George Thorogood, Dr. John, Manhattan Transfer. They are the 12 ’80s Throwback’ selected among the 173 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy! Tracklist 1 . […]

Lou Reed’s ‘Coney Island Baby’ is his sixth solo album recorded in New-York and released on January 19, 1976 by RCA Track Listing : 1.Crazy Feeling (Lou Reed) – 02:56 . 2.Charley’S Girl (Lou Reed) – 02:36 . 3.She’S My Best Friend (Lou Reed) – 06:00 . 4.Kicks (Lou Reed) – 06:06 . 5.A Gift […]

Donald Fagen, Madonna, Rod Stewart, Pat Benatar, Van Halen, The Police, Queen, Shirley Bassey, Nina Hagen, Iron Maiden, Lou Reed, David Bowie. They are the 12 ’80s Throwback’ Videos selected among the 180 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy! Tracklist 1 . Donald Fagen – New Frontier […]

Lou Reed’s ‘New York’ feat. ‘Dirty Blvd.’ is his fifteenth solo studio album released on January 10, 1989 by Sire. Track Listing : 1.Romeo Had Juliette (Lou Reed) – 03:09 . 2.Halloween Parade (Lou Reed) – 03:33 . 3.Dirty Blvd. (Lou Reed) – 03:29 . 4.Endless Cycle (Lou Reed) – 04:01 . 5.There Is No […]

January 9, 1997 – David Bowie has invited Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Robert Smith of The Cure fame, Lou Reed, Frank Black and more to join him on stage for his 50th birthday concert at Madison Square Garden in New-York City

Patti Smith, whose birthday is today – Happy Birthday BTW – has covered quite a few songs while performing on the whole world stages. Some songs have landed on her albums, some not. We have selected twelve of them. They are : Don`t Smoke In Bed (Nina Simone), Hey Joe (Jimi Hendrix), O Holy Night, […]

Lou Reed’s ‘Rock n Roll Animal’ is a live album recorded on December 21, 1973 at Venue Howard Stein’s Academy of Music, New York and released in February 1974 by RCA Records. Track Listing : 1.Intro/Sweet Jane (Steve Hunter, Lou Reed) – 07:55 . 2.Heroin (Lou Reed) – 13:05 . 3.White Light/White Heat (Lou Reed) […]

This day (November 21, 1940), in New Orleans, Louisiana, is born Malcolm John ‘Mac’ Rebennack, Jr. , a.k.a. Dr. John, an American singer-songwriter, pianist and guitarist, whose music combines blues, pop, jazz as well as Zydeco, boogie woogie and rock and roll.

The Velvet Underground’s ‘Loaded’ is their fourth studio album (the last with Lou Reed) released on November 15, 1970 by Cotillion / Atlantic Records. Track Listing : 1.Who Loves The Sun (Lou Reed) – 02:45 . 2.Sweet Jane (Lou Reed) – 04:06 . 3.Rock & Roll (Lou Reed) – 04:44 . 4.Cool It Down (Lou […]

November 11, 2011 – if in Germany, do not miss Lou Reed and Metallica giving a special concert and discussing the “Lulu” project on WDR at Atlas Circus in Munich, Germany

Lou Reed’s ‘Transformer’ is his second studio album released on November 8, 1972 by RCA. Track Listing : 1.Vicious (Lou Reed) – 02:55 . 2.Andy’S Chest (Lou Reed) – 03:17 . 3.Perfect Day (Lou Reed) – 03:43 . 4.Hangin’ ‘Round (Lou Reed) – 03:39 . 5.Walk On The Wild Side (Lou Reed) – 04:12 . […]

November 6, 1976 – Lou Reed will perform at Capitol Theatre in Passaic, NJ

October 30, 2009 – Metallica have invited Ozzy Osbourne, Lou Reed & Ray Davies to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, during the second concert at Madison Square Garden in New-York City

To Celebrate Lou Reed, who passed away five years ago, we have selected fourteen solo artists or bands who have covered the songs Lou did either himself or with the Velvet. They are Vanessa Paradis, Dave Stewart, The Jolly Boys, Beck, Suede, Siouxsie Sioux, Mia Dyson, Cowboy Junkies, Tom Wilson, Patti Smith, Bob Seger and […]

October 19, 1997 – Lou Reed takes part in the annual charity concert ‘Bridge School Benefit’ at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, More Info

October 18, 1998 – Lou Reed takes part in the annual charity concert ‘Bridge School Benefit’ at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA,