11391 Perfect Day With Title By Lou Reed

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11391 Perfect Day With Title By Lou Reed

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Colin Hunt

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Digital Art - Digital Art

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I See The Music #188 - Perfect Day by Lou Reed
Artwork based upon the sound wave of the song ‘Perfect Day’ written and performed by Lou Reed.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
"Perfect Day" is a song written by Lou Reed in 1972, originally featured on Transformer, Reed's second post-Velvet Underground solo album, and as a double A-side with his major hit, "Walk on the Wild Side". Its fame was given a boost in the 1990s when it was featured in the 1996 film Trainspotting, and after a star-studded version was released as a BBC charity single in 1997, that became the UK's number one single for three weeks. Reed re-recorded the song for his 2003 album The Raven.
A version by Duran Duran reached number 28 on the UK Singles Chart in 1995.

Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942 – October 27, 2013) was an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He was the lead guitarist, singer and principal songwriter for the rock band the Velvet Underground, with a solo career that spanned five decades. The Velvet Underground achieved little commercial success during their existence, but they are now recognized as one of the most influential bands in rock, underground, experimental, and alternative music.
After leaving the band in 1970, he released 20 solo studio albums. Reed's second solo album, Transformer (1972), notably produced by David Bowie and arranged by Mick Ronson, with its lead single "Walk on the Wild Side" which peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 brought Reed mainstream success. Shifting gears artistically, Reed followed up Transformer with the concept album Berlin, which received poor critical reviews and sales at the time of its release but reached No. 7 on the UK Albums Chart (and gained a cult following in later years). While his later glam rock style albums Rock n Roll Animal (a live album released in 1974) sold strongly and Sally Can't Dance (1974) would peak at No. 10 on the Billboard 200, Reed's later major record labels' attempts to repeat his early 1970s Transformer period success did not translate to sales numbers, leading Reed into a descent of serious drug addiction and alcoholism that crippled much of his output in the 1970s. In the early 1980s, Reed made a gradual return to prominence with New Sensations (1984), and his album New York (1989), which had received critical acclaim at the time of its release, is recognised as the height of his mid period. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 81 in their list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". He is a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee – as a member of the Velvet Underground in 1996, and posthumously for his solo career in 2014.
Reed was known for his distinctive deadpan vocal style, poetic lyrics and experimental guitar style, including the use of alternate tuning and feedback; he coined the term "ostrich guitar".


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