Notes from the Velvet Underground : The Life of Lou Reed

from SeriousGrace

Confessional: I had a really hard time reading about Lou Reed. I had always heard stories about his despicable character and was hoping most of it was a lot of bunk; I wanted it to be that Lou felt he had to keep up a persona cultivated by his involvement with Andy Warhol and the drug infested 19...

from Kellswitch

Before reading this book I didn't really know much at all about Lou Reed beyond his belonging to the Velvet Underground, a history of drugs and a number of his hits songs….and alI can say is I am glad he was never a person in my life. He was a very damaged and very, very unpleasant person who lef...

from pomo58

The Life of Lou Reed: Notes from the Velvet Underground from Howard Sounes is, like most biographies, both enlightening and maddening. That is the nature of the beast. As biographies go, especially of someone as volatile and private as Lou Reed, this volume succeeds far more than it fails. I wasn...

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The Life of Lou Reed: Notes from the Velvet Underground by Howard Sounes is a well-researched account of the life of the music artist. The book follows the life and music career of Lou Reed, pieced together from Sounes' research and interviews with about 140 people. The result is a very fair acco...

from etxgardener

Extremely interesting and exhausting biography of the Velvet Underground rocker, Lou Reed. It's sad that someone who had so much talent could not resist the siren song of drugs, alcohol and bad companions that ultimately killed him.,