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Lou Reed

Highest Rated: 98% The Velvet Underground (2021)

Lowest Rated: 0% Arthur and the Great Adventure (2009)

Birthday: Mar 2, 1942

Birthplace: Freeport, New York, USA

One of the most influential figures in rock 'n' roll, Lou Reed was the co-founder and primary songwriter for the Velvet Underground, whose uncompromising records in the late 1960s sold few copies but, as producer Brian Eno once said, influenced everyone who heard them to start their own bands. His stark, highly poetic lyrics, rich with the drama and grit of the New York streets, placed him as a forerunner to the dark, desperate energy of punk, metal and avant-garde bands that followed in his wake, though the mercurial Reed would refuse allegiance to these movements. His eclectic inclinations were also reflected throughout his solo career, which encompassed the bleak beauty of Berlin (1973), the political charge of New York (1990), and the defiant experimentalism of Metal Machine Music (1975), a polarizing LP of feedback and noise. Throughout his career, Reed bucked industry expectations in favor of his own artistic instincts, which resulted in numerous commercial ups and downs. But Reed's music, steeped in the raw power of rock and the transformative nature of poetry, remained an artistic high point in popular music that set the bar for countless musicians in their own career, which in turn enshrined him as one of rock's most influential figures. His October 2013 death occasioned heartfelt eulogies and fond remembrances that belied his flinty, tough guy persona.

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Highest-Rated Movies

98% 81% The Velvet Underground Watchlist
80% 64% Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story
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78% 86% Berlin
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74% 83% Before Night Falls
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54% 87% Faraway, So Close!
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43% 76% Blue in the Face
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29% 58% Prozac Nation
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20% 42% Arthur and the Two Worlds War
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14% 56% Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
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0% 32% Arthur and the Great Adventure
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Filmography

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The Velvet Underground 98% 81% 2021 Actor Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story 80% 64% 2017 Self The 99 Percent: Occupy Everywhere 2013 Narrator Red Shirley 2010 Director Arthur and the Two Worlds War 20% 42% 2010 Emperor Maltazard Voice mindFLUX 2010 Actor Arthur and the Great Adventure 0% 32% 2009 Emperor Maltazard Voice Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard 14% 56% 2009 Maltazard Actor Berlin 78% 86% 2007 Actor, Original Music Velvet Underground: Under Review 86% 2006 Actor Lou Reed - Spanish Fly: Live in Spain 2004 Actor Prozac Nation 29% 58% 2001 Self Before Night Falls 74% 83% 2000 Additional Music Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart 73% 1998 Actor, Original Music Blue in the Face 43% 76% 1995 Man with Strange Glasses Actor September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill 89% 1995 Self Faraway, So Close! 54% 87% 1993 Self Lou Reed - A Night With Lou Reed 1991 Actor Get Crazy 65% 1983 Auden Actor One-Trick Pony 50% 1980 Steve Kunelian Actor
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