Happy Bday Lou. His 100 Favorite Songs, From Ornette Coleman to Commodores
By Keefer “The most important part of my religion is to play guitar.”—Lou Reed. While the guitar was instrumental to Lou Reed’s life in music, his eclectic taste in the art of songwriting has always stretched beyond that one singular instrument. “Rock and roll is so great, people should start dying for it,” the Velvet Underground founder once said. “You don’t understand. The music gave you back your beat so you could dream…The people just have to die for the music. People are dying for everything else, so why not for music? Die for it,” he added, in what is the clearest r...
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