Lou Reed : a life

The Resource Lou Reed : a life
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Lou Reed : a life
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a life
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DeCurtis, Anthony
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eng
Summary
As lead singer and songwriter for the Velvet Underground and a renowned solo artist, Lou Reed invented alternative rock. His music, at once a source of transcendent beauty and coruscating noise, violated all definitions of genre while speaking to millions of fans and inspiring generations of musicians.But while his iconic status may be fixed, the man himself was anything but. Lou Reed's life was a transformer's odyssey. Eternally restless and endlessly hungry for new experiences, Reed reinvented his persona, his sound, even his sexuality time and again. A man of contradictions and extremes, he was fiercely independent yet afraid of being alone, artistically fearless yet deeply paranoid, eager for commercial success yet disdainful of his own triumphs. Channeling his jagged energy and literary sensibility into classic songs - like "Walk on the Wild Side" and "Sweet Jane" - and radically experimental albums alike, Reed remained desperately true to his artistic vision, wherever it led him.Now, just a few years after Reed's death, -- is an illuminating tribute to one of the most incendiary artists of our time
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technical information on music
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B@L
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  • 782.42166092
  • B
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LC call number
ML420.R299
LC item number
D43 2017eab
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biography
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PerformerNote
Coleman, Peter
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