C'est sur une triste nouvelle que débute ce blog: la planète rock est en deuil. Lou Reed, grand monsieur du rock'n'roll made in New-York, Prince de la culture souterraine, est décédé hier à l'âge de 71 ans.
Les rockers lui rendent hommage:
"It is with great sadness that we report the death of Lou Reed who died today aged 71. (March 2, 1942 – October 27, 2013)" "He was a master." David Bowie
"Lou Reed is the reason I do everything I do." Julian Casablancas
"'Oh Lou / why did you leave us this way?'
No words to express the sadness at the death of Lou Reed. He had been there all of my life. He will always be pressed to my heart. Thank God for those, like Lou, who move within their own laws, otherwise imagine how dull the world would be. I knew the Lou of recent years and he was always full of good heart. His music will outlive time itself. We are all timebound, but today, with the loss of liberating Lou, life is a pigsty." Morrissey
On connaissait la dépendance de Lou Reed à l'alcool. La raison de son décès reste encore inconnue mais il se remettait d'une greffe du foie, subie en mai dernier.On retiendra notamment de lui l'emblématique album The Velvet Underground and Nico dont la pochette est illustrée par un certain Andy Warhol. La légende dit que seulement 1000 personnes ont acheté l'album à sa sortie, et qu'elles ont toutes formé un groupe.
La signature de Lou Reed se manifestait par des textes poignants évoquant la violence et la noirceur des bas-fond New-Yorkais sur une musique mélancolique.
L'héritage musical de ce véritable poète du rock n'a cessé et ne cessera jamais de se transmettre pour des générations entières de musiciens. Lou Reed est éternel.
Pour revenir sur sa carrière, Lou Reed fait la une de Libération: http://journal.liberation.fr/publication/liberation/1380/#!/0_0
En hommage, je vous propose d'écouter Pale Blue Eyes, un sommet de romantisme, sublime:
Sometimes I feel so happy
Sometimes I feel so sad
Sometimes I feel so happy
But mostly you just make me mad
Baby, you just make me mad
Linger on your pale blue eyes
Linger on your pale blue eyes
Thought of you as my mountain top
Thought of you as my peak
A thought of you as everything
I've had, but couldn't keep
I've had, but couldn't keep
Linger on your pale blue eyes
Linger on your pale blue eyes
Skip a life completely
Stuff it in a cup
They said, Money is like us in time
It lies, but can't stand up
Down for you is up
Linger on your pale blue eyes
Linger on your pale blue eyes
It was good what we did yesterday
And I'd do it once again
The fact that you are married
Only proves you're my best friend
But it's truly, truly a sin
Linger on your pale blue eyes
Linger on your pale blue eyes
If I could make the world as pure
And strange as what I see
I'd put you in a mirror
I'd put in front of me
I'd put in front of me
Linger on your pale blue eyes
Linger on your pale blue eyes
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