{"id":22580,"date":"2014-10-27T08:55:47","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T16:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=22580"},"modified":"2014-10-27T10:14:38","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T18:14:38","slug":"watch-if-you-were-still-around-john-cales-tribute-to-lou-reed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2014-10\/watch-if-you-were-still-around-john-cales-tribute-to-lou-reed\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch &#8220;If You Were Still Around&#8221;&#8211;John Cale&#8217;s Tribute to Lou Reed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lou-Reed-SEA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-22582\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lou-Reed-SEA-447x600.jpg\" alt=\"Lou Reed--SEA\" width=\"447\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lou-Reed-SEA-447x600.jpg 447w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lou-Reed-SEA-111x150.jpg 111w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lou-Reed-SEA-298x400.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lou-Reed-SEA.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The tributes are pouring in from around the globe to mark the passing of the great <strong>Lou Reed<\/strong> one year ago (see <strong>Village Voice<\/strong> contributor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottandersonstudio.com\/index.php#mi=2&amp;pt=1&amp;pi=10000&amp;s=0&amp;p=0&amp;a=0&amp;at=0\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Scott Anderson&#8217;s<\/strong><\/a> season-appropriate, sweet-Lou tribute above).<\/p>\n<p>One of <strong>Lou&#8217;s<\/strong> longest collaborators (and another founding member of <strong>The Velvet Underground<\/strong>), the multitalented <a href=\"http:\/\/john-cale.com\/post\/101005380363\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>John Cale<\/strong><\/a>, has just released a touching <strong>Lou-tribute<\/strong> video for Cale&#8217;s song entitled\u00a0 <em><strong>If You Were Still Around<\/strong>.\u00a0 <\/em>Watch the tribute to <strong>Lou<\/strong> (and to <strong>Warhol<\/strong> and <strong>Nico<\/strong>) below and recall your favorite Lou moment(s).\u00a0 Most have got one or a hundred.\u00a0 Our personal favorite is of that night at the <strong>Music Hall<\/strong> in <strong>New York City<\/strong> in <strong>May 2007<\/strong> where we watched<strong> Reed<\/strong> come out to join <strong>Bright Eyes<\/strong> for an amazing mini-set of <strong>Reed&#8217;s songs<\/strong> .<\/p>\n<p>Cale posted the video below with these words:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&#8230;thinking of Lou<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>&#8220;A Moth and a Candle met. They decided to become friends. Everyone enjoyed watching their discourse &#8211; especially the risk takers. \u00a0Then one day a big rain came. The Moth couldn&#8217;t fly and the Candle puttered out. Everyone laughed in bitter awe and blamed the rain. Most however knew the deeper truth &#8211; the Candle remains lit and the Moth will stay close.&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>&#8211; John Cale, October 2014<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>RIP Lou<\/strong>.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll see you on the other wild side.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ln77F25hXVQ\" width=\"625\" height=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tributes are pouring in from around the globe to mark the passing of the great Lou Reed one year ago (see Village Voice contributor Scott Anderson&#8217;s season-appropriate, sweet-Lou tribute above). 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