Sweet Jane (Live 1969) by The Velvet Underground with Lou Reed
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I think that when you are the child of an addict, you move through the world with a sort of constant underlying sadness. My father has never been a consistent part of my life due to his alcoholism, which is deeply unfortunate for a number of reasons, but the one I want to talk about today is his love for music, the solace and transcendence he found in it, and how much sooner I would have discovered the good shit if I'd been able to spend more time with him. The death of Lou Reed makes me think of my dad, because I will always remember the only moment he ever appeared truly happy and unconstrained: when he stayed up all night talking to me on one of our rare visits, sneaking into the kitchen periodically to smoke weed, and cranking Lou Reed up at 4am, proceeding to dance around the living room. I just sort of watched him in wonder. I now wish I had joined him but I'm glad I sat and captured this memory in its fullness, because it is how I always want to remember him. RIP Lou Reed. <3
RIP Lou Reed. "I was talking to Lou Reed today and he said that the first Velvet Underground record sold only 30,000 copies in its first five years.Yet that was an enormously important record for so many people. I think everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band!" (Brian Eno)
