Thursday, October 31, 2013

Lou Reed: terciopelo por el lado más salvaje


Stefan Sagmeister
(Nueva York, 2.mar.1942 — 27.oct.2013)


Patti Smith—. “Lou fue un poeta muy especial.
Un escritor de Nueva York del mismo modo que Walt Whitman. Una cosa que obtuve de ti, Lou, fue el proceso de tocar en directo, sobre un ritmo, poesía improvisada, cómo desenvolverse sobre tres acordes durante 14 minutos. Eso fue una revelación para mí”.

Deborah Blondie Harry—.
“Desde la primera vez que ví a la Velvet con Lou Reed aún en los 60 me convertí en una devota de por vida de su sonido iconoclasta”.

David Bowie—. “He was a Master”.

Jean Baptiste Mondino

Su última fotografía.



Lou Reed — Romeo had Juliette

http://jenesaispop.com/2013/10/27/lou-reed-es-la-razon-por-la-que-hago-todo/

9 comments:

  1. Romeo Had Juliette
    Lou Reed


    Caught between the twisted stars
    the plotted lines the faulty map
    that brought Columbus to New York
    Betwixt between the East and West
    he calls on her wearing a leather vest
    the earth squeals and shudders to a halt
    A diamond crucifix in his ear
    is used to help ward off the fear
    that he has left his soul in someone's rented car
    Inside his pants he hides a mop
    to clean the mess that he has dropped
    into the life of lithesome Juliette Bell

    And Romeo wanted Juliette
    and Juliette wanted Romeo
    And Romeo wanted Juliette
    and Juliette wanted Romeo

    Romeo Rodriguez squares
    his shoulders and curses Jesus
    runs a comb through his black pony-tail
    He's thinking of his lonely room
    the sink that by his bed gives off a stink
    then smells her perfume in his eyes
    And her voice was like a bell

    Outside the street were steaming the crack
    dealers were dreaming
    of an Uzi someone had just scored
    I betcha I could hit that light
    with my one good arm behind my back
    says little Joey Diaz
    Brother give me another tote
    those downtown hoods are no damn good
    those Italians need a lesson to be taught
    This cop who died in Harlem
    you think they'd get the warnin'
    I was dancing when his brains run out on the street

    And Romeo had Juliette
    and Juliette had her Romeo
    And Romeo had Juliette
    and Juliette had her Romeo

    I'll take Manhattan in a garbage bag
    with Latin written on it that says
    "it's hard to give a shit these days"
    Manhattan's sinking like a rock
    into the filthy Hudson what a shock
    they wrote a book about it
    they said it was like ancient Rome

    The perfume burned his eyes
    holding tightly to her thighs
    And something flickered for a minute
    and then it vanished and was gone

    ReplyDelete
  2. excelente ese link que pusiste al final... tan completo como la misma música de Lou, todo melodía dura, poesía con garra, muchos huevos... el coequiper de mi amado Bowie...

    suerte Lou....

    ReplyDelete
  3. Un genio, evidentemente también le brindé mi humilde homenaje, uno más entre millones simultáneos... qué menos.
    Descanse en paz.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Un grande que se ha ido. Cuando veo todos estos homenajes a una persona que (honestamente) creí que estaba olvidado, me reconcilio con el género humano.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Uno de mis favoritos desde hace mucho tiempo. Me gusta su personalidad rebelde.

    Un abrazo!!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Genio y figura. Toda una declaración de principios.

    ReplyDelete
  7. A Lou Reed no le gustaba el cielo, el siempre ha sido más subterráneo. He sentido su muerte como la de un buen colega.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Juraría que había dejado un comentario hace días. ¿Qué decía yo? ¿Qué decir? Que me gusta mucho como perjeñas tus homenajes. Lou es sin duda uno de los pocos nombres de la música que pasarán a la historia.

    Un abrazo

    ReplyDelete
  9. Uno de los grandes, un hombre con una sombra muy alargada que ha dejado una huella imborrable.

    ReplyDelete