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Treat your ears and listen to the music of Lou Reed. His sound was great, his lyricism was so real, so honest, that every track felt like an individual and unique part of Reed that we were privileged enough to be let in on.
Whether he spoke about addiction, longing, mental health, love, New York, or anything else, he was totally transparent in his unrelenting devotion to truth. His inability to lie within his music bled through into the real world as well, as when Reed was asked for his opinion on different artists of the time, he was brutal in his assessment of them.
Many popular bands and artists were on the receiving end of Reed’s sharp tongue. He had choice words to say about the likes of The Who, The Doors and even The Beatles, so much so that it only feels right that one of us steps in, in a bid to defend the artists that Reed so gleefully slagged off.
Some of his comments might be valid, but others seem far off the mark, and are more a representation of his hatred for specific scenes and people rather than the band themselves. Here are five of the biggest bands that Lou Reed had a problem with and our defence of them.
In defence of the artists that Lou Reed hated
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