Song of the day for October 27, 2024
Perfect Day by Lou Reed is today’s featured song.
On this day in 2013, Singer, songwriter, poet, and art-rock pioneer, Lou Reed, died at the age of 71. A foundational figure in New York’s underground rock scene, Reed began his career as a songwriter, before forming the Velvet Underground in the mid-60s. The group became an avant-garde sensation, eventually gaining the attention of Andy Warhol, who became the band’s manager. After quitting the band to pursue a solo career in 1970, Reed found mainstream success with albums like Transformer and Sally Can’t Dance. Beloved for his deadpan vocals, his poetic lyricism, and his experimentation in the studio, Reed was inducted posthumously into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in 2015.
