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| Poll: Any ideas? |
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| His vocals |
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11% |
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| His appearance |
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11% |
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| His attitude |
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40% |
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| His lyrics |
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9% |
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| Help from Bowie on Transformer |
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11% |
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| Other (please state) |
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14% |
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| Total Votes : 42 |
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HazeyTwilight
boyfriend in your wet dreams
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Location: Elmo Knows Where You Live 
- #1
- Posted: 06/02/2013 17:46
- Post subject: What makes Lou Reed so cool?!
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I've been listening to a few songs from The Velvet Underground and his album Transformer and, I've got to say, that he is one of the most laid-back icons in the music business. But what makes him so cool and respectable?
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Norman Bates
Gender: Male
Age: 52
Location: Paris, France 
- #2
- Posted: 06/02/2013 17:59
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All of the above.
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Jasonconfused
If We Make It We Can All Sit Back and Laugh
Gender: Male
Location: Washington 
- #3
- Posted: 06/02/2013 18:00
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Lou Reed comes off as a total pretentious, hipster, douche. That said, Transformer is a phenomenal album and I definitely do enjoy his vocals. This was an easy vote for me. David Bowie's influence on Transformer is what does it for me.
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Mother Nature's Son
Gender: Male
Age: 32
- #4
- Posted: 06/02/2013 18:01
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He wears sunglasses, Andy Warhol was around his band, his album Metal Machine Music exemplifies the modern doesn't-give-a-fuck-attitude, which is extremely popular today, he did (still does maybe, I don't know) drugs. He's cool in many ways.
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HazeyTwilight
boyfriend in your wet dreams
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Location: Elmo Knows Where You Live
- #5
- Posted: 06/02/2013 18:08
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| Mother Nature's Son wrote: | | Andy Warhol was around his band |
I almost forgot about Warhol,  his presense was what brought Velvet Underground to the status it has today, specifically talking about VU&N.
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SamuelPear
Gender: Male
Age: 32
- #6
- Posted: 06/02/2013 18:21
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I respect him a lot but I don't dig his voice, except on Rock N Roll and Sweet Nuthin'. Never liked Transformer too.
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| Norman Bates wrote: | | SamuelPear a le swag |
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Cymro2011
The Beatles were objectively average
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Location: In a deep, dark bubblegum graveyard 
- #7
- Posted: 06/02/2013 18:27
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| SamuelPear wrote: | | I respect him a lot but I don't dig his voice, except on Rock N Roll and Sweet Nuthin'. Never liked Transformer too. |
I'm not 100% positive but I don't think Lou does the vocals on Oh Sweet Nuthin'.
Edit: Actually i'm probably wrong.
Edit 2: aha! I was right! Doug Yule does the vocals on that one.
Last edited by Cymro2011 on 06/02/2013 18:40; edited 1 time in total
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MrFrogger
Where am I
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Location: Oakland
- #8
- Posted: 06/02/2013 18:36
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The coolness is a side effect from the heroin
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Norman Bates
Gender: Male
Age: 52
Location: Paris, France
- #9
- Posted: 06/02/2013 18:38
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| Jasonconfused wrote: | | Lou Reed comes off as (...) hipster(...) |
huh?
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HazeyTwilight
boyfriend in your wet dreams
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Location: Elmo Knows Where You Live
- #10
- Posted: 06/02/2013 18:40
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| MrFrogger wrote: | | The coolness is a side effect from the heroin |
ehh, probably  , but I thought heroin would ruin somebody's life instead of adding something to the coolness factor - while having a somewhat creative endeavour in music - but apparently not him according to the quote.
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