Video: Lou Reed and Luciano Pavarotti Perfect Day 2001

Believe what you will with this one, but the Sun is reporting that chart topper Susan Boyle flew to Los Angeles to tape a performance of Lou Reed's 1972 ballad "Perfect Day" (a song, mind you, often thought to refer to the onetime Velvet Underground singer's heroin use) for America's Got Talent yesterday. Alas, the UK paper says the multi-platinum diva was given a last-minute smackdown when Reed denied her covering his song, and said he "didn't like" Boyle. The Sun claims [...]

Lou Reed may have imagined his song "A Perfect Day" could be potentially be featured in a film about drug use, ala Trainspotting. However, I doubt he ever expected the song to soar to the magnificent pinnacle it reached in 2001... If you have never seen Trainspotting, or you aren't familiar with Lou Reed's original version of the song, please allow me to make your introduction. This post [...]

• Lou Reed - Perfect Day

No es broma. Para conmemorar al grandioso Luciano Pavarotti , fallecido esta semana, la gente de Stereogum hizo un post con este video, una presentación del 2001 junto con Lou Reed en la que interpretan con orquesta el memorable tema "Perfect Day" : No es la colaboración más típica. Chequense la gran sonrisa de Reed. Probablemente no había sonreido así en un tiempo y no es para menos, Pavarotti fue [...]

Sadness abound in the opera world this morning as Luciano Pavarotti -- the "King Of The High Cs," the Maestro, the great tenor that crossed over and made fans of operatic neophytes and critics alike -- died Thursday at the age of 71 from complications due to pancreatic cancer. The AP has a rather massive obituary, tracing in detail Pavarotti's rise to acclaim, career highlights and lowlights, and quotes from the remaining of the three tenors. However they don't have YouTube of Luciano duetting with Lou Reed -- that's what we're here [...]

Sadness abound in the opera world this morning as Luciano Pavarotti -- the "King Of The High Cs," the Maestro, the great tenor that crossed over and made fans of operatic neophytes and critics alike -- died Thursday at the age of 71 from complications due to pancreatic cancer. The AP has a rather massive obituary, tracing in detail Pavarotti's rise to acclaim, career highlights and lowlights, and quotes from the remaining of the three tenors. However they don't have YouTube of Luciano duetting with Lou Reed -- that's what we're here [...]

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