Lou Reed Summary

Critical Essay by Steve Lake [If Andy] Warhol's paintings and films were merely reflecting the commercial day to day existence of Twentieth Century America then the Velvets' achievement... Read more

Critical Essay by Lester Bangs Why is this guy surviving, who has made a career out of terminal twitches ever since the Velvet Underground surfaced dead on arrival in 1966? Well, for one thing, the V... Read more

Critical Essay by Paul Nelson Perhaps the fact that Lou Reed's curious career continues is more important than what he does with it at this particular stage. Had he accomplished nothing else, ... Read more

Critical Essay by Lenny Kaye Lou Reed has always steadfastly maintained that the Velvet Underground were just another Long Island rock 'n' roll band, but in the past, he really couldn&#... Read more

Critical Essay by David Dalton and Lenny Kaye The Velvet Underground cauterized their time, searing the bloodstream of hedonism and frustration. Theirs was a demimonde, offering salvation in place of... Read more

Critical Essay by Scott Isler The Lou Reed dialectic continues. In the past, this artist's work has zigzagged between extremes of light and darkness with pendular regularity. The felicitously ... Read more