Street Hassle by Lou Reed

“"It always bothers me to see people writing ‘RIP’ when a person dies. It just feels so insincere and like a cop-out. To me, ‘RIP’ is the microwave dinner of posthumous honours." - Lou Reed”

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"It always bothers me to see people writing ‘RIP’ when a person dies. It just feels so insincere and like a cop-out. To me, ‘RIP’ is the microwave dinner of posthumous honours." - Lou Reed

drylightning 1 Nov 2013

RIP   3

Lateman 27 Oct 2013

#TillTheWheelsComeOff Still no word from the ether on my #FinalJam but flying this from The King of NY. A killer 1980 live performance of a rock opera in a single song.   6

adrian4acn 17 Sep 2015

Hard hitting lyrics. Listen to all of it. #BleakBeauty

Babbetfitzsimon 10 Dec 2014

There was nothing no one could do   4

bwhitman 22 Oct 2012

From his 1978 album of the same name. A three part vignette of life on the mean streets. Here is the lush pop treatment that Arista gave him which he dropped when he went back to RCA. Good though and angular rock still leaks through.   13

Axol 15 Jul 2015