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Sad Song/Coney Island Baby

Lou Reed triumphed by turning a love for literature and a philosophy about personal alienation into a recording career. Rock as minimal modernism Lou Reed is why I’m a rabbi   BerlinConey Island Babylou reedmusicsad song

Bowie’s back

The Economist pretty much captures the bind that Bowie has faced over his career. The man who retains the longest stretch of creativity in rock music (1971-1980) blew it by trying to keep cutting edge. With his genuinely great crooning voice he could have out done Rod Stewart’s American Songbook by a mile, but instead…