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Reed first found prominence as the guitarist and principal singer-songwriter of [[The Velvet Underground]] (1965 – 1973). The band gained relatively little notice during its life, but is considered by some to be the seed from which much alternative rock music sprang. As the Velvets’ principal songwriter, Reed wrote about subjects such as S&M ("Venus in Furs"), transvestites ("Sister Ray"), and transsexuals undergoing lobotomies ("Lady Godiva's Operation"). As a guitarist, he made use of distortion, volume-driven feedback, and nonstandard tunings.
 
Reed first found prominence as the guitarist and principal singer-songwriter of [[The Velvet Underground]] (1965 – 1973). The band gained relatively little notice during its life, but is considered by some to be the seed from which much alternative rock music sprang. As the Velvets’ principal songwriter, Reed wrote about subjects such as S&M ("Venus in Furs"), transvestites ("Sister Ray"), and transsexuals undergoing lobotomies ("Lady Godiva's Operation"). As a guitarist, he made use of distortion, volume-driven feedback, and nonstandard tunings.
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<blockquote>AZ: When we do a show, when the album is all done, we're going to try and bring back a show ...<br>
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DZ: Or create a new style of show. With us, it's almost as much theatre as anything else because we'll incorporate whatever we're thinking about at that moment. Whatever happened that day that was funny, we like to bring it up onstage, talk about it, have fun with the audience; make a song about it. We'll play certain songs of ours half-steps apart, just wrong and out-of-tune, like [[wikipedia:Lou Reed|Lou Reed]] or something, because we hate Lou Reed.<br>
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AZ: Let's just get this out in the public. Lou Reed is the world's biggest loser, the king of losers. He's commander of the losing side. You see, there is really a good reason why we hate Lou Reed.<br>
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Interviewer: Does it relate to Frank at all?<br>
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AZ: Yes!</blockquote>
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<div align=right>–Form the interview [[Dweezil Goes Out To Lunch.]] with [[Dweezil Zappa|Dweezil]] and [[Ahmet Zappa]]</div>
  
 
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Further reading:<br>
 
[[wikipedia:Lou Reed|Lou Reed]]<br>
 
[[wikipedia:Lou Reed|Lou Reed]]<br>
 
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[[Category:Musicians]]

Revision as of 09:39, 13 May 2007

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed (born March 2, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Reed first found prominence as the guitarist and principal singer-songwriter of The Velvet Underground (1965 – 1973). The band gained relatively little notice during its life, but is considered by some to be the seed from which much alternative rock music sprang. As the Velvets’ principal songwriter, Reed wrote about subjects such as S&M ("Venus in Furs"), transvestites ("Sister Ray"), and transsexuals undergoing lobotomies ("Lady Godiva's Operation"). As a guitarist, he made use of distortion, volume-driven feedback, and nonstandard tunings.

AZ: When we do a show, when the album is all done, we're going to try and bring back a show ...

DZ: Or create a new style of show. With us, it's almost as much theatre as anything else because we'll incorporate whatever we're thinking about at that moment. Whatever happened that day that was funny, we like to bring it up onstage, talk about it, have fun with the audience; make a song about it. We'll play certain songs of ours half-steps apart, just wrong and out-of-tune, like Lou Reed or something, because we hate Lou Reed.
AZ: Let's just get this out in the public. Lou Reed is the world's biggest loser, the king of losers. He's commander of the losing side. You see, there is really a good reason why we hate Lou Reed.
Interviewer: Does it relate to Frank at all?

AZ: Yes!

–Form the interview Dweezil Goes Out To Lunch. with Dweezil and Ahmet Zappa

Further reading:
Lou Reed