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Lou Reed was a hero of mine in the music world. He was most famous for the hit song "Walk on the Wild Side." But when he was older he recorded an album upon the death of his best friend, Delmore Schwartz.
It's called Magic and Loss. It really helped me through the death of a friend of mine, Ignacio Martin-Baro (nicknamed "Nacho"), who was murdered. "Nacho" was a great guy who played guitar and laughed a lot. I spoke at his funeral and got to have some private time at his grave side.
Lou Reed's record Magic and Loss helped. Now I've been playing it in memory of Lou himself today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZHkCB_MREg
All our heroes and matinee idols will die some time, I know. This one just hurts today because it's connected to my actual friend "Nacho" and his passing.
Anybody else ever get choked up a little when a musician died? Like John Lennon or something? I know it sounds silly, but am I the only one?
It's called Magic and Loss. It really helped me through the death of a friend of mine, Ignacio Martin-Baro (nicknamed "Nacho"), who was murdered. "Nacho" was a great guy who played guitar and laughed a lot. I spoke at his funeral and got to have some private time at his grave side.
Lou Reed's record Magic and Loss helped. Now I've been playing it in memory of Lou himself today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZHkCB_MREg
All our heroes and matinee idols will die some time, I know. This one just hurts today because it's connected to my actual friend "Nacho" and his passing.
Anybody else ever get choked up a little when a musician died? Like John Lennon or something? I know it sounds silly, but am I the only one?
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I haven't written in my diary on my computer since May because I thought that my computer was dying. I got away from writing but my computer is hanging in there. I think that I will start writing in it again. It's so therapeutic.
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First, I hope everyone is doing well, and continuing to fight that good fight! Keep up the great work on yourselves; I'm rooting for all of you!So, I started doing therapy at the beginning of the year, when I was in my most depressed state, but with my therapist, I made big changes and steps in the right direction. But, over a month ago, she couldn't take my insurance anymore, and I had to stop...
the very first song i ever sang on stage in front of an audience, blissed out on LSD and beer, was lou reed's `sweet jane'. probably riffed on those 3 chords for 25-30 minutes....hehehe. that was it man....spent the next dozen years chasing the dream.
rest in peace lou. your work, particularily with the velvet underground helped me define what kind of musician i wanted to be.
Yes I was an MJ fan. But in the last year or so, so many songs seem to speak to me. Either standing me up or knocking me down.
J.
Nacho, the real guy I mentioned whose death Lou Reeds album "Magic and Loss" helped me grieve through, was one of the first psychologists who helped me with my PTSD. Rough on me when Nacho died a violent death by murder.
Reed had a way of putting into a song the impossible feelings around things like that. Knowing he wrote that and other people bought the record and listened to it meant I knew I wasnt alone. Like when I come here and know Im not alone.
Miss you, Lou.
Oh Lord, how I loathed disco.
RIP, Lou Reed.
But Janis Joplin did rock my 16 year old world when she died...