Lou Reed with Anthony DeCurtis 

What’s so weird is it feels like he’s not gone He was so vibrant and full of life in such a different way than most, this video feels like it was recorded today

He had a wonderful sense of humor, and a beautiful laugh. Keep this....you won't see him like this again.

I love that decurtis patiently waits in some places and let’s Lou stay in his whole rhythm- great interview

Still listening to Lou, thanks for the music man!

I'm still hanging around here

R.I.P. Lou Reed 1942-2013

De Curtis is an excellent journalist, in part because he knows how to LISTEN. Also superb writer…Lou? This must be close to the end. Amazing.

I don't know why they laughed at his idea of writing albums for school. That's still one of the best ideas anyone has ever had. It would solve so many problems long term, it's unreal.

Helpful in understanding Lou's creative process, style and vision.

Julian designed Lou's penthouse place, which is very much like the Cloisters and was kind enough to allow us to use his own little personal gym to practice our martial art across the street. Thanks Julian!

This interview was a joy to watch!

I love you and I miss you so much. Thanks for so many great concerts. And our 1:30 a.m. freezing winter subway conversation.

It's funny, I went to see Keith Richards talk at the NY Public Library about his book Life (didn't get in), and who was on the steps but Lou Reed.

Lou reed was a genius.

Lou taught me how a musician has to stay true to the music.

Lou is the greatest singer in my mind 4ever.R.I.P

Did the 14 people with thumbs down have guns to their heads !! Love you Lou, New York and the 🌎 misses U.

I love that acknowledges Dylan and Cohen I’ve always said Lou is right up there with those two greats I think of Lou as the urban Dylan

The DeCurtis book on Lou Reed is a great read and definitely the best bio of Lou ever written.

King of New York

I read 3 Lou Reed biographies in a row: the authors were Victor Bockris, Anthony DeCurtis and Howard Sounes. Anthony DeCurtis wrote the best book by far.

I Still Look Back And Imagine How Audacious It Was For BERLIN To Be The Kind Of Album That It Was - How It Sounded - What The Songs Did To The Listener That Re-Wrote Song Narrative And The Style Of Music Which Was So Brilliant And Dark And Moving - It Really Couldn't Be Done Today Walking A Tightrope As LRD Did On That Album.

Twenty odd minutes in, he does a very good Chris Walken style "wow".

Good to see this essential interview is working its way up the RU-vid-click-ladder. This one is easily the best available on the site, and it covers a lot of gound. There's the musical tech talk, insight on songwriting approach, a smidgen of the personal, and a few little very sharp jabs that Lou could do better than anyone. (imagined self-satisfied comment from a music critic): "Well I know what I like..." Lou: "Oh, I'm sure you do." Ouch.

Lou is the coolest Rock Star ever: irreplaceable.

I look at people like him and Bowie and hear them talk about other fabulously talented people they know and collaborate with and i think that being an incredible and unique artist could be the best life ever.

Great interview... I feel like writing a song after watching this

feel like I've lost a close relative.

Lou was always more respected in France as one of the greatest eclectic and sensible composer than in others countries.

wow.... the truth....Lou's the best. How much of a fool did the person with the ringing cell phone feel? "Did you turn it off?" Classic!

This is amazing. First record was Fats Domino. Being from New Orleans that means a lot to me. The Beatles also loved the Fats/Bartholomew stuff too.

Great interview. Shame about not being able to hear the audience questions, but still good for a Lou Reed interview.

I always read the thumbnail to be 92 years old lou reed

Killers and Strokes were basically the same as far as Lou Reed was concerned

THIS IS THE ART

I miss Lou!

The Raven is brilliant work. Tell Tale heart with all its versions. mmmn. YES!

So surreal to hear him mention Hay Ya by Outkast. Always thought the song was inspired by Sweet Jane.

Lou reed wrote sang written lulu for afridah hossain

I just finished reading Anthony's book on Lou Reed, and it was wonderful. SSo now am listening to the interview which now has more meaning. Has he written any books on Bowie? I read one by Dylan Jones and I wasn't overly impressed; I could tell from his comments in itallics he didn't much like Bowie. Was not a fair and balanced book. Also lots of disorted facts. Anthony wrote what was truthful about Reed and seemed to keep from being opinionated. Thanks for showing the interview!

I was there !

yes or undertitled after wards must be possible but the relaxed talking and among mates is great

Good interview until the interviewer took the spotlight off of Lou when he started eating and chomping into the mic.

Lou reeeeeddd I doooooooo love lulu the album saved afridah hossains life

ohhh, still hard... I feel I have lost my friend..

- You gonna be doing a series of performances in a couple of months - Berlin - which is a record that when it came out was highly controversial as so many of your records have been ... - Not for good reasons

I LOVED LULU FOR PFFFFFFFSSSS SAKE

kiitos

He does not mention the fact that Bowie co- wrote some of the songs on Transformer eg. Take a walk on the Wild side and produced the album…also Berlin.

A to B was Andy to Brigid Berlin.

Lou Reed en particular de los Estados Unidos y es más que un músico es Dios

Delmore told Lou that he would hunt him if Lou compromised his work,. Lou always remembered Delmore's admonishion.

I remember

Oh how I wished Reed would have explained why MMM was a DOUBLE record!

White Light White Heat going through my veins I love Lou Reed cause he made you think for yourself Listen to Lou always and he's never left us

Some people will never understand why New Yorkers don't like talking about 9/11.

How does a non-genius determine that someone else is a "genius"?

FIND THE GIRL WHOS TYPING THIS NOW IM STILL HERE

🌹👏🏽🌹👏🏽🌹👏🏽🌹

"i was like anybody... in mean.. i was fourteen when i made my first record"

superb book that i`ve read a few times now, and one that is far more balanced the VB`s pretty harsh (but entertaining) bash.

I wish the questions were miked!

Andy is writing Andy is writing

Oh boy u can all hear me I could never polyslav

Just the people wo love me can't access me right now

I listed to lulu to calm myself

Dont lose ur grip now read the acknowledgements over and over again

if hes right that puts his first record at 1956. gee i suppose Delmore and Raymond Chandler really made Lou, so for anyone interested thats a fun think to delve into

I'm ik I'm live action right now baby

The man interviewing has the most aristocratic forced laugh, he looks like he's in pain

Hello folks

What happened with the CIB Outtakes? Tried looking everywhere for a physical copy, but nowhere has it. Found the songs on youtube but I want to own them.

I'm safe

Find the 2 afridahs

Antonio De Curtis... in arte Toto'

😎👍🎸🎸🎸🎸😎

Yet it was Lou who folded and wouldn't sing "and the colored girls"... repeat the question if yer not gonna mic the audience-geez!

Afridah hossain had to live through i andy warhol hadnt

I thought a lot of things for years now I'm trapped in a short smug 16 year olds body

Acknowledgement afridah hossain

I'm not a polyslav

Is there anyone that makes fun of Lou Reed? I have always liked him as an entertainer, but I wonder if there has ever been anyone to make fun of him?

"he may very well be, the american artist" such disdain. of course "the king of NY" would be feel that way.

There are 2 afridahs

Room full of weak sycophants laughs nervously at great man

Andy warhol here

Acknowledgements rahena, cripting now

I absolutely adore him, but... I can't stand Warhol and Burroughs. I *used* to like them, a little. Andy Warhol started something very interesting, and a lot of people wouldn't be around if it weren't for him, but then, maybe Valerie Solanas wasn't altogether...unreasonable. At any rate: Burroughs wrote about one and a half valuable things. And then he beat that shit into the ground... But Lou Reed, man, he's gonna get me through some hard days to come. I think.

I agree afridah does sound like a re in carnated afridah hossain

Acknowledgements miss sypko Shah afridahs year 10 art teacher, yes thats really her name

Focus on finding afridah

I OWN THE ANDY WARHOL DIARIES EDITED BY PATT HACKETT BOOK IM GOING TO READ THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS JAMIE RAAB AT WARNER BOOKS WAS AN ASTUTE ANDSYMPTHETIC EDTOR.

Awkwardness @ 3:20

So how do you make something sound loud, without it damaging your hearing because its loud? Is our perception of loudness RELATIVE, at least partially due to hearing how something sounds relative to something else? So to make something sound loud, would you simply first play something as soft as possible, then play something louder, then play something soft again. The softer you can get the soft sound, the louder the loud sound sounds. You don't have to change the volume of the loud sound, or change anything about the loud sound to make it sound louder. Just change the volume of the soft sound. No?

He looks like a cross between Eddie Van Halen and Keith Richards with dirty pants. But ehhhh.

Find the real afridah

Twin telepathy

Not going in

Being a girl

Clean the urine