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On This Day – Lou Bitten
On this day in 1973 Lou Reed was playing in Buffalo, New York. A fan scrambled up on stage shouted “Leather!” and bit Lou on the Bum. OK, so it is not the most important ‘On This Day’ that I will ever write but I did miss Lou’s birthday (2nd March) and so will have […]
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Tagged as: berlin, classic rock music, lou reed, On This Day, rock and blues, the tots, transformer
My 100 Essential Albums – 6 – Transformer, Lou Reed
My first experience of Lou Reed’s music was courtesy of John Peel’s radio show. Late at night on an old Bakelite radio while reading in bed, typical teenager stuff. The first Velvet Underground track I heard was (I think) Heroin, but it could have been White Light. In any event, I was sold. Following the […]
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Tagged as: bowie, classic rock, classic rock music, david bowie, essential cds, lou reed, love rock music, mick ronson, my essential 100 albums, perfect day, real blues, real rock, real rock and blues, rock and blues, satellite of love, transformer, velvet underground, walk on the wild side