Your Lou Reed obits: NYT.
The Velvet Underground, which was originally sponsored by Andy Warhol and showcased the songwriting of John Cale as well as Mr. Reed, wrought gradual but profound impact on the high-I.Q., low-virtuosity stratum of punk, alternative and underground rock around the world. Joy Division, Talking Heads, Patti Smith, R.E.M., the Strokes and numerous others were descendants. The composer Brian Eno, in an often-quoted interview from 1982, suggested that if the group’s first album, “The Velvet Underground & Nico,” sold only 30,000 copies during its first five years — a figure probably lower than the reality — “everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band.”
A/V Club.
Why, yes, I actually do own “Metal Machine Music
“, though I haven’t listened to very much of it. (I bought it as a jape at a former co-worker of mine who thought he could engage in a battle of “who can play the most obnoxious music”; said co-worker seriously underestimated me.)
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