Monday, June 07, 2004  

Robert Quine, 1942-2004
"I used to wake up early / I used to try to believe"
"You gonna leave me, baby? / Well be my guest"
"You pull down the blinds and shut out the sky"

Lloyd Cole, "Don't Look Back"
Lloyd Cole, "No Blue Skies"
Lloyd Cole, "Loveless"
from Lloyd Cole (Capitol, 1990)

Robert Quine, the guy who bootlegged the Velvet Underground, died of a heroin overdose. Suicide. He played guitar with many people, most notably Richard Hell and Lou Reed, but I love his lead-guitar playing on Lloyd Cole's first album without the Commotions. Great tone, so friggin' crisp, so damn complementary. Ass ass ass.

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