Lou Reed Was a Rock Pioneer
Lou Reed was a rock pioneer
His musical interests broadened at Syracuse University in the early 1960s, when he hosted a jazz program on the campus radio station, a post he was later obliged to relinquish after he was heard to belch loudly during a public service announcement …
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Lou Reed, longtime influential rock star, dead at 71
Reed's New York was a jaded city of drag queens, drug addicts and violence, but it was also as wondrous as any Allen comedy, with so many of Reed's songs explorations of right and wrong and quests for transcendence. He had one top 20 hit, "Walk On …
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