Here’s to you, Lou
US singer and former Velvet Underground frontman Lou Reed has died at the age of 71.
After quitting The Velvet Underground in 1970, Reed released his self-titled debut in 1972, but it wasn’t until the Bowie-produced LP Transformer later that year – which featured both Perfect Day and Walk on the Wild Side – that brought him chart success.
Perfect Day enjoyed a second bout of success in 1996 when it was featured in Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting, and again a year later when it was re-recorded by a celebrity cast for a BBC charity single.
Music producer Brian Eno summed up their influence by saying: “The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band.”
The song Perfect Day was also used on this Playstation 4 spot created by BBH New York and is this week’s top pic on Bestads.
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Now that’s true genius. Not found in last year’s award annual, for sure.
RIP.