{"id":262,"date":"2013-10-27T20:08:05","date_gmt":"2013-10-27T19:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andilee.com\/blog\/?p=262"},"modified":"2013-10-27T20:08:05","modified_gmt":"2013-10-27T19:08:05","slug":"r-p-lou-reed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andilee.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/r-p-lou-reed\/","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P. Lou Reed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a teenager I spent a lot of time exploring new music, and one of the happiest discoveries was some old Velvet Underground records in the collection of my friend&#8217;s father. I made copies to tape (I know! Terrible pirate that I was) and I listened to them over and over. I still have an enduring love of those records and of the other later works of John Cale. Though I&#8217;ve not followed Lou Reed&#8217;s career as closely in recent years, I still have fond memories of hearing him on those VU records. Listening to him sing Venus in Furs still sends shivers down my spine. You really could hear the &#8216;different colors made of tears&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Lou and his band performing an amazing version of that song a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6FPTBrBGZGY\" height=\"225\" width=\"400\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a teenager I spent a lot of time exploring new music, and one of the happiest discoveries was some old Velvet Underground records in the collection of my friend&#8217;s father. I made copies to tape (I know! Terrible pirate that I was) and I listened to them over and over. I still have an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/andilee.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/r-p-lou-reed\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">R.I.P. 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