That jam-session in the place called Posterity has just gained a great new addition ...
Gilgamesh of Uruk Censura
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Subject: Re: RIP Lou Reed Mon 28 Oct 2013, 10:23
Wonder what he, Jim Morrison & Nico will be working on first.
Temperance Virgo Vestalis Maxima
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Subject: Re: RIP Lou Reed Mon 28 Oct 2013, 10:39
Undoubtedly a great performer, but also the Patron Saint of the F*cked Up.
"Heroin, be the death of me/Heroin, it's my wife and it's my life..."
I'm not sure we should be glamorising him, but that's probably because I never did quite make it to the wild side. But the accountant's son in him would probably sympathise with that.
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Triceratops Censura
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Subject: Re: RIP Lou Reed Mon 28 Oct 2013, 11:01
Temperance wrote:
Undoubtedly a great performer, but also the Patron Saint of the F*cked Up.
"Heroin, be the death of me/Heroin, my life, my wife..."
Almost inevitable that this LR song would be used in Trainspotting
Temperance Virgo Vestalis Maxima
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Subject: Re: RIP Lou Reed Mon 28 Oct 2013, 11:23
These lyrics do just about sum it all up - the bit about his wishing he'd been a sailor a thousand years ago always gets to me...
I don't know just where I'm going But I'm goin' to try for the kingdom if I can 'Cause it makes me feel like I'm a man When I put a spike into my vein Then I tell you things aren't quite the same
When I'm rushing on my run And I feel just like Jesus' son And I guess I just don't know And I guess that I just don't know
I have made big decision I'm goin' to try to nullify my life 'Cause when the blood begins to flow When it shoots up the dropper's neck When I'm closing in on death
You can't help me not you guys All you sweet girls with all your sweet talk You can all go take a walk And I guess I just don't know And I guess I just don't know
I wish that I was born a thousand years ago I wish that I'd sailed the darkened seas On a great big clipper ship Going from this land here to that I put on a sailor's suit and cap
Away from the big city Where a man cannot be free Of all the evils in this town And of himself and those around Oh, and I guess I just don't know Oh, and I guess I just don't know
Heroin, be the death of me Heroin, it's my wife and it's my life Because a mainer to my vein Leads to a center in my head And then I'm better off than dead
When the smack begins to flow Then I really don't care anymore About all the Jim-Jims in this town And everybody putting everybody else down And all of the politicians makin' crazy sounds All the dead bodies piled up in mounds, yeah
Wow, that heroin is in my blood And the blood is in my head Yeah, thank God that I'm good as dead Ooohhh, thank your God that I'm not aware And thank God that I just don't care And I guess I just don't know And I guess I just don't know
Temperance Virgo Vestalis Maxima
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Subject: Re: RIP Lou Reed Mon 28 Oct 2013, 14:08
One of life's little ironies is that Nico (mentioned in a previous post) - a heroin addict for about fifteen years - gave up the drug in the mid-80s: she began a rigorous regime of healthy eating and regular exercise. While out cycling it seems she suffered a heart attack, fell off her bike and sustained serious head injuries from which she later died.
Nico actually ended up in Salford, (Greater Manchester) during the 80s - she was very friendly with the poet, John Cooper Clarke.
Gilgamesh of Uruk Censura
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Subject: Re: RIP Lou Reed Mon 28 Oct 2013, 15:46
Temperance wrote:
Undoubtedly a great performer, but also the Patron Saint of the F*cked Up.
"Heroin, be the death of me/Heroin, it's my wife and it's my life..."
Nah. He was only an amateur in that league - Yardbird was the real deal.