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On 10/28/2013 8:07 PM, Tom Fine wrote: > Marc Myers hits all the right points. Many obituary writers clearly > didn't understand Lou Reed, the NYC arts scene of the 60's through 80's, > and pretty much anything else that was hip and different. Lou Reed's > influence on a certain strain of rock music cannot be overstated. He may > also have influenced the fact that the Czech Republic is a stable > democracy today (one news report indicated that the Velvet Underground > strongly influenced a young Vaclav Havel to become a poet dissident). It's been said that only 250 people bought the first Velvet Underground LP -- but every one of them went out and started a band. Peace, Paul