Lou Reed ɗan wasan kwaikwayo ne haifaffen Amurka, ƙwararren mawaƙin dutse kuma mawaƙi. Fiye da ƙarni ɗaya na duniya sun girma akan ƴan matan sa.
Ya shahara a matsayin shugaban ƙungiyar almara The Velvet Underground, ya shiga tarihi a matsayin ɗan gaba mai haske na zamaninsa.
Yarinta da matashi na Lewis Alan Reed
Cikakken suna Lewis Alan Reed. An haifi yaron a cikin dangin masu hijira a ranar 2 ga Maris, 1942. Iyayensa (Sydney da Toby) sun isa Brooklyn daga Rasha. Lokacin da yake da shekaru 5, Louis yana da 'yar'uwa, Merrol, wanda ya zama amintaccen abokinsa.
Sunan mahaifin na ainihi shine Rabinowitz, amma lokacin da ɗansa yana ɗan shekara 1 ya rage shi - kuma ya zama Reed.
Ko da yana ƙarami, yaron ya nuna iyawar kiɗa. Yakan rika sauraron raƙuman ruwa na rock da roll, blues a rediyon mahaifinsa, kuma ya ƙware wajen buga kadar da kansa.
Haka kuma, ba shi da ilimin kiɗa, kuma aikin koyo ya kasance ta hanyar kunne. Kamar yadda 'yar uwarsa ta ce, shi yaro ne rufe kuma ya buɗe, ya shiga cikin ƙirƙira.
Tun yana da shekaru 16, ya shiga cikin rukunin rock na gida, wanda kawai ya ƙarfafa ƙaunarsa ga kiɗa. Bayan kammala karatunsa daga makaranta a 1960, Lewis ya shiga jami'a a Faculty of Journalism, Literature and Film Directing.
Mafi mahimmanci, yana son waƙa, yana iya zama na sa'o'i a ɗakin karatu, ba tare da lura da yadda lokaci ya wuce ba. Wannan sha'awar ce ta samar da hangen nesa na musamman da tunani mara hankali.
Matakan farko zuwa shahara
Bayan samun takardar shaidar jami'a, ya yanke shawarar komawa babban birnin kasar. Da yake yanke shawarar gwada sa'arsa a ɗakin studio da mataki, ya yi abokantaka da matasa da mawaƙa masu ban sha'awa.
Ba da daɗewa ba abokai sun yanke shawarar ƙirƙirar ƙungiyar inda Lewis ya kasance mawaƙin, Morrison ya ɗauki wurin mawaƙin guitarist, kuma Cale ya zama bassist.
Sunayen kungiyar sun canza da sauri, a cikin shekara guda kawai sune: The Primitives, The Falling Spikes da sunan daga littafin batsa mai suna The Velvet Underground.
A wannan lokacin, ya zo da wani sunan da ya canza sunansa zuwa Lou, wanda a nan gaba ya zama sananne ga dukan duniya.
Duk da mahimmancin aikin farko da aka biya, Angus ya bar layi, don haka ya 'yantar da wurinsa zuwa Maureen Tucker.
Mutanen sun fara wasa a matsayin mawaƙin mazaunin a cafe na Bizarre Greenwich Village, amma a wani dare mai kyau an kore su saboda buga waƙar Mutuwar Black Angels da aka haramta.
A cikin m dare, da abun da ke ciki ya lura da artist Andy Warhol, wanda ya zama m na kungiyar.
Bayan ɗan lokaci, mawaki Niko ya shiga ƙungiyar, kuma mawaƙa sun fara balaguron farko na Amurka da Kanada. A cikin 1970s, Lou ya bar kungiyar kuma ya tafi "wanka kyauta".
Lou Reed solo aiki
Bayan ya yi aiki da kansa, Reed ya fitar da kundi na farko mai suna Lou Reed. Rikodin bai ba da kudade masu kyau ba, amma gwanintar mai yin wasan ya lura da masu sukar kiɗa masu zaman kansu da "masoya" na tsohuwar ƙungiyar.
Ayyuka masu zaman kansu ba su da rikitattun abubuwa na hauka, amma ana siffanta su da zurfin gabatar da wakoki.
A farkon shekarun 1980, an sake saki na gaba na Transformer, wanda ya zama "nasara" mai mahimmanci, an ba da izini a matsayin "albam na zinariya".
A cikin 1973, an sake sake wani tarin, amma bai yi farin ciki da babban matakin tallace-tallace ba kuma ya tilasta Lewis ya ƙaura daga gabatarwar da aka saba na kerawa.
Don haka, a cikin 1975, kundin kiɗan Metal Machine wanda aka 'yantar ba shi da waƙa kuma ya ƙunshi wasan guitar. A lokacin aikin solo, an ƙirƙiri rikodin dozin biyu.
Waɗanda ba a taɓa yin su ba sun bambanta ta hanyar gabatar da salo da kayan aiki.
A cikin 1989, an fitar da kundi na New York (wani "zinariya"), wanda ya kasance babban nasara, an zabi shi don lambar yabo ta Grammy don yin aiki. Koyaya, yana yiwuwa a karɓi kyautar bayan sake rubuta diski.
Matsayin jama'a na mai zane
A lokacin balagagge, mawaƙin ya fuskanci matsaloli masu yawa na shaye-shaye da kwayoyi. Halin tawaye tare da ayyuka masu dacewa, dangantaka ta jima'i tare da mutumin da ya canza jinsi ya haɗu da mawallafin dutsen a matsayin mai son 'yanci.
Duk da haka, da ya auri matarsa ta uku, ya canza rayuwarsa ta daji zuwa rayuwa mai natsuwa da aunawa.
Irin waɗannan canje-canje sun haifar da bacin rai a tsakanin magoya baya, wanda Reid ya mayar da martani sosai. A cikin jawabinsa, ya yi rashin kunya ya bayyana cewa ci gaban halayensa "ba ya tsayawa har yanzu", kuma lokacin tare da ayyukan rash yana da yawa a baya.
Lou Reed ta sirri rayuwa
A 1973, mutumin ya auri mataimakiyarsa, Betty Krondstadt. Matar ta raka shi yawon shakatawa, kuma bayan 'yan watanni ma'auratan sun rabu.
Ya rayu a cikin wani auren da ba na hukuma ba har tsawon shekaru uku tare da mai canza jinsi mai suna Rahila. Ƙarfi mai ƙarfi ga ƙaunataccenta ya ba da gudummawa ga ƙirƙirar jaririn Coney Island Baby.
A ƙarshen 1980s, Lu ya shiga wani aure, kuma kyakkyawa na Burtaniya Sylvia Morales ta zama zaɓaɓɓensa. Godiya ga goyon bayan matarsa, mawaƙin ya kawar da jarabar miyagun ƙwayoyi kuma ya rubuta diski mai nasara.
A cikin 1993, mawaƙin dutsen ya sadu da mawaƙa Lori Anderson, yana jin ruhin dangi, ya shiga cikin ƙungiyar ta waje.
Bayan 'yan watanni, ya gabatar da takardar saki daga Sylvia, kuma ya zauna tare da Anderson fiye da shekaru 15, a 2008 ya halatta dangantakar. Matar ta zama ƙauna ta ƙarshe da matar mai zane.
Tun shekarar 2012, Lou Reed ya kamu da cutar kansar hanta, bayan shekara guda aka yi masa dashen gabobin masu ba da taimako. Duk da haka, tiyata kawai ya sa lamarin ya fi muni. Mutum mai hazaka ya mutu a ranar 27 ga Oktoba, 2013.
