anyone else indifferent lou reed is dead?

Question

he was awful to that ugly scottish quasi mong singer, so he must have been a nasty person in life..

Answer 1

Not too sure about 'indifferent' - just amused. He did show a certain growl to, as you call her, '...that ugly scottish quasi mong singer', but - so saith the Daily Record, made a U Turn, and 'made up' to Susan Boyle.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/music-news/lou-reed-pays-tribute-to-susan-1074852

Of course, that wasn't all - people on here, after he died, didn't know how to act - the lady immediately below me really went bang at it, with - well...at least one (and the best known) title of one of his tunes along with drippings of envy before - yep, you guessed it...which eventually amassed her the ten points, a youtube tune - actually, two were originally offered...but I guess she thought she was really over-egging the 'I know the words and the tunes but will dive on the oh sheesh wasn't he bad' bandwagon...whereas the answer below is the exact opposite...



https://answersrip.com/question/index?qid=20131027134416AAaDr8T



I think most of us on here have dipped in and out of media buckets - but tend to forget, between around 1964 and 1979 that's what (white) pop stars wanted to be like. Now we get people coming on here sneering and snarling at someone who I suspect half had hardly heard of - and if so, it would have been only been that one tune. He lived his life as he wanted to - and that maybe why many are so envious. Could understand your anger if he'd committed a crime...but then again - this is the UK, you don't have to. Just enjoy yourself - you'll be offending at least half the land!

Answer 2

He wasn't Scottish for starters.



I really liked Lou Reed and despite his recent stuff not being commercially succesful, the music he produced down the decades (that's DECADES!) has had a massive influence on modern musicians. You do not have to like him, and your indifference to his passing is neither here nor there, but assuming that he was a nasty person based on his appearance says more about you than him.

Answer 3

I am indifferent mainly because he didn't interest me that much in the first place in a positive or negative way. Everybody has to go sometime... (EDIT: not to suggest it is not a sad event when anyone dies, but many people die every day and most people wouldn't know any different unless they know the person in question. Unlike "celebrities" whose deaths are all over the news.)

Answer 4

I'm indifferent most times someone famous dies really. I mean it's a real shame for the people around him but his music lives on and that's the only interaction I've ever had with him, that's still there.

Answer 5

I liked couple of Velvet Underground songs but I really don't care about Lou Reed dying...

Answer 6

A death is always sad for someone. Lou Reed had a privileged life before he found fame. It was his choice to get involved in all manner of debauched practices. He ended life a wealthy man. One thing that money can't buy is common sense. He had a failing liver and was fortunate enough to be given a transplant liver. If his death was due to this liver transplant failing then I am forced to believe that he continued to over indulge in alcohol and perhaps other intoxicants. I wasn't a fan of his.

Answer 7

You have to respect a musician considered a rock icon whose work spanned decades, who was held in high regard by the likes of Paul Simon, Bowie and other legends. The cretins considered relevant today are flash in the pan by comparison. So no, I'm not indifferent.



Was he a nasty person? I guess you would know.

Answer 8

Why post a question about it, if his passing has left you so 'indifferent'.



Let those that remember and like him have their reflections.

Answer 9

No, but that would surely depend on how much that person affected/influenced your personal life? I think it's always sad when somebody (of my era) pops off. And the next-in-line ............. worrying if inevitable.

Answer 10

TBH I don't really know who he is. He had... the LP with the banana on the cover? Is that right? (The LP I have never listened to.)

Answer 11

He lived a long & self-serving life.



RIP Lou.

That's about how I feel.

RIP.

Answer 12

He wrote one decent song, had Andy Warhol as a manager and I heard people say he inspired David Bowie..to some that makes him a legend..perhaps they are right

Answer 13

So indifferent that you took the trouble to come on here and ask the question, eh Ralfy?

Answer 14

Definitely.

Answer 15

I for one am determined not to let it ruin an otherwise perfect day.

Answer 16

When I was a little boy, my pet turtle died. Truly, I was much more upset at the death of my turtle.

Answer 17

You don't have to like him, but why insult a great singer and writer you do not even know on the day after his death

Answer 18

I have to admit that ive never heard of him

Answer 19

Yes to be honest.



His hey day was well before my time.



I am amazed anyone listens to his old stuff.



It might have been relevant fifty years ago but now?