Lou Reed has died...didn't know he was bisexual

[+ azdr0710]

not really my kind of music, but I read the wiki article and found out he was bi....nice high school picture of him.....

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Reed

 

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Lou_Reed_HS_Yearbook_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Lou_Reed_HS_Yearbook_%28cropped%29.jpg

[+ FreshFluff]

I think that one of his signature songs points in that direction.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ88oTITMoM

[Jaker27]

Explains his edginess. A hit song that everyone knew was a part of Gay life.

[+ azdr0710]

yeah, I'd certainly heard that song before, but always thought it was just an "edgy" (thanks, Jaker) song by an "edgy" rock-n-roller....

[BigK]

No cause of death yet, but he had a liver transplant in May.

[bigvalboy]

I think that one of his signature songs points in that direction.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ88oTITMoM

 

Thanks azdr for the thread, and thank you FF for posting the video....THE BEST!!!! Love that song...

[JT Brooklyn]

Anyone in NYC during the Warhol/Velvet Underground Era knew of his Bi-Sexuality. R.I.P. Mr Music Man....

[Guest]

No cause of death yet, but he had a liver transplant in May.

 

Let me guess... Hep C? Well, I guess we'll find out when the death certificate comes out, assuming there's no hanky-panky on the part of the doctor filling it.

[Steven_Draker]

Remembering Lou Reed: "Perfect Day"

 

[video=youtube;WJpQJWpVJds]

 

May he R.I.P.

[JT Brooklyn]

Cool Video... Thanks Steven!

[Phil_musc]

Electro-convulsive therapy to cure his bisexuality? That's shocking - and I don't mean that humorously at all.

 

Yes, nice video - thanks, SD

[+ nycman]

Thanks for the amazing video Steven.

 

Lou Reed was an amazing talent. It was his siren song that drew me to New York.

He made me want to be a New Yorker...before I even really knew what that meant.

I just knew that he was like me and wherever he was was where I wanted to be.

 

His music and lyrics have touched me deeply over the years. I am profoundly saddened

by his death. Nonetheless, it was the music of Lou Reed that first taught me how to

mourn with all my soul and still "fight through the fire to the light".

 

RIP Lou Reed

[bcohen7719]

Did you see the item about his "homo-cure"?

 

BC

 

http://feministing.com/2013/10/29/how-lou-reeds-homosexuality-was-cured/

[Dave]

Lou Reed never hid his sexual orientation. but the song Walk on The Wild Side had nothing to do with gay or bi sex. it it, he sang about transvestites, junkies, and hustlers - but there's really nothing dealing with same-sex sex, per se.

 

perhaps the more telling song showing his own love of men is Oh Jim.

 

I loved - and continue to love - his music. I remember in college laying around with friends, hungover from the nights before, listening to the Velvet Underground. and Transformer - one of the first albums I owned - is still one of my favorites. every fukkin' song on it - absolutely amazing!