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Cooling Marshes, Kent, 7th December 2014
Monday 28 October 2013
Takin' a walk...
This isn't a post that particularly fits the sub-title of this blog, but it's one I couldn't really avoid writing. As a fan of the Velvet Underground, I was sad to hear of Lou Reed's death yesterday. I don't suppose I can add anything new to the great many comments doing the rounds, so I'll let some songs say it all - but where to start, there are just SO many...
Just listening to these again now, every time feels like the first time - I'm still hooked. If you feel at all the same then to celebrate I fully encourage you to stop what you're doing right now, wherever you are, turn up the volume and...Do The Ostrich:
I was wondering if you were going to find a bird connection to finish things off with, and.... ah, well played!
Obviously there's a very vague South-East London / Lou Reed connection too: http://transpont.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/lou-reed-in-greenwich-1972.html Not massively exciting, but it's nice to think that Iggy & The Stooges once practiced underneath a chemists shop on the road between Deptford and Blackheath.
Thanks for that link - what a great bit of useless local trivia. I've walked past that place countless times and never knew, not that it would've made much difference, but still...good to know. The Stooges!
Thanks for this post Pete.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering if you were going to find a bird connection to finish things off with, and.... ah, well played!
Obviously there's a very vague South-East London / Lou Reed connection too: http://transpont.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/lou-reed-in-greenwich-1972.html
Not massively exciting, but it's nice to think that Iggy & The Stooges once practiced underneath a chemists shop on the road between Deptford and Blackheath.
Ha, you know me Ben! ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks for that link - what a great bit of useless local trivia. I've walked past that place countless times and never knew, not that it would've made much difference, but still...good to know. The Stooges!