Starlight Society - Global Music Discovery

There are a lot of songwriters out there with large bodies of work, but not a lot as openly honest and street level as Lou Reed (1942-2013). Lou passed away before I started the show, so I never got to do an RIP show for him, but I think the scene shows I used to do can be filled with overview shows every now and then, so I wanted to start that tradition by giving you one on Lou Reed, who wrote the first song I ever remember hearing in my life, "Heroin." 

As with all scene shows, it runs a bit longer (about 3 hours), and features a bit more of me talking, so if that's not your bag, we'll see you next week. For the rest of you, let's spend three hours talking about the street poet of NYC, Lou Reed, and the Velvet Underground.

Over the 3 hours, we'll cover the Velvets (with and without Nico), Lou's relationship with Andy Warhol, his relationship with a transgender woman named Rachel, the utter FU that is "Metal Machine Music," the rediscovery of Lou's work in the late 80s, the brief revival of the Velvets, his resurgence in the 90s, the mostly quiet aughts, and the final record he made with Metallica, "Lulu," that a bunch of people don't like, but me and David Bowie both love.

Still miss ya, Lou.

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Setlist:

• "Heroin" - The Velvet Underground & Nico
• "I'm Waiting For The Man" - The Velvet Underground & Nico
• "Femme Fatale" - The Velvet Underground & Nico
• "White Light / White Heat" - The Velvet Underground
• "Pale Blue Eyes" - The Velvet Underground
• "Rock & Roll" - The Velvet Underground
• "I Can't Stand It" - Lou Reed
• "Walk On The Wild Side" - Lou Reed
• "Caroline Says II" - Lou Reed
• "Sally Can't Dance" - Lou Reed
• excerpt from "Metal Machine Music, Part I" - Lou Reed
• "Charley's Girl" - Lou Reed
• "I Believe In Love" - Lou Reed
• "Street Hassle" - Lou Reed
• "City Lights" - Lou Reed
• "The Power Of Positive Drinking" - Lou Reed
• "The Blue Mask" - Lou Reed
• "Bottoming Out" - Lou Reed
• "I Love You, Suzanne" - Lou Reed
• "The Original Wrapper" - Lou Reed
• "Romeo Had Juliette" - Lou Reed
• "Last Great American Whale" - Lou Reed
• "Hello It's Me" - John Cale & Lou Reed
• "Satellite Of Love (live)" U2 & Lou Reed
• "Perfect Day" - Lou Reed
• "NYC Man" - Lou Reed
• "Who Am I? (Triptena's Song)" - Lou Reed
• "Dirty Blvd. (Live)" - Lou Reed
• "Tranquilize" - The Killers (ft. Lou Reed)
• "The Wanderlust" - Metric (ft. Lou Reed)
• "Wind Coda" - Lou Reed
• "Junior Dad" - Lou Reed & Metallica