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  • Official Audio for ”Perfect Day” by Lou Reed
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    Ask your voice device to play Lou Reed!
    Chorus:
    Oh, it's such a perfect day
    I'm glad I spent it with you
    Oh, such a perfect day
    You just keep me hanging on
    You just keep me hanging on
    #LouReed #PerfectDay #OfficialAudio

КОМЕНТАРІ • 6 тис.

  • @holipinieo1
    @holipinieo1 8 років тому +11298

    It's so strange how a song called "Perfect Day" is one that I find myself wanting to listen to when my day is everything but perfect.

    • @joseph78355
      @joseph78355 8 років тому +108

      False hope. The emotional and mental maggot.

    • @a.bourne6386
      @a.bourne6386 8 років тому +94

      exactly

    • @jimbee01028
      @jimbee01028 7 років тому +102

      what other kind of hope is there???

    • @annagodel951
      @annagodel951 7 років тому +30

      Omg same

    • @kyleashcraft86
      @kyleashcraft86 7 років тому +166

      Its about a perfect day of doin heroin in central park in NYC

  • @SuperDevolution
    @SuperDevolution 4 роки тому +3331

    "You made me forget myself. I thought I was someone else, someone good" might be the most relatable lyric in history.

  • @paulkelly1162
    @paulkelly1162 2 місяці тому +155

    I used to play this song as the heroin hit, every relapse, after relapse. It's the sixth year anniversary of me getting sober today. Still love this song, it just means something very different now.

    • @stereosanct1ty
      @stereosanct1ty 2 місяці тому +5

      Great job dude. Best of luck

    • @roykeene8868
      @roykeene8868 Місяць тому +7

      Train spotting was a good movie but waking up with paramedics around u is a good n bad feeling stay strong brother we are in it together

    • @andreapenarete
      @andreapenarete Місяць тому +2

      Well done! that takes tones of strength and courage ❤

    • @WPAPi3.14
      @WPAPi3.14 Місяць тому +4

      34 years for me

    • @user-ww1gq6qr3l
      @user-ww1gq6qr3l Місяць тому

      transformer what a album i am so free

  • @juanadrianarquinegogomez3610
    @juanadrianarquinegogomez3610 3 місяці тому +375

    best song, best movie. thank you Lou Reed, thank you Wim Wenders.

    • @silvanabalmamion4693
      @silvanabalmamion4693 3 місяці тому +4

      Grazie! Questa canzone sarà per il futuro uno dei motivi che accompagneranno le mie giornate

    • @xavittu
      @xavittu 3 місяці тому +11

      I am so fucking addicted ever since I saw it

    • @OfficialArkoMotions
      @OfficialArkoMotions 2 місяці тому +3

      What film?

    • @mitchbob789
      @mitchbob789 2 місяці тому +6

      Perfect Days directed by Wim Wenders@@OfficialArkoMotions

    • @OfficialArkoMotions
      @OfficialArkoMotions 2 місяці тому +4

      @@mitchbob789 Thank you

  • @Gr13fKvlt
    @Gr13fKvlt 4 роки тому +4641

    My wife and I danced to this at our wedding reception. The greatest day of my life and an appropriate song for the occasion. At the time I was in the Army and was a severe alcoholic. The lyrics at the end was the cherry on top because she was fully aware of what she was willing to get into.
    I’ll never forget hearing her cry over the phone a couple years after we got married when I told her my chain of command signed off for me to get help at a rehabilitation center in Oregon. I got off of heroin through the same means to be able to join the Army so she was aware that I had already gone through a withdrawal process. 7 years clean of heroin, 3 years sober of alcohol. Thank you so much my dear Hannah for taking a chance with me. Thank you so much Lou for all of your work I’ve listened to ever since my father raised me with your art.
    We now have two beautiful children, I was able to successfully transition back into civilian life, and the future looks quite promising. Some folks can’t comprehend the power of art and music, but it’s a power that can’t possibly be denied.

    • @RodHammett95
      @RodHammett95 4 роки тому +86

      Congratulations on your recovery! Keep going strong :)

    • @K1Nd0m
      @K1Nd0m 4 роки тому +67

      RIGHT ON MY DUDE!! you're the fucking man!! congrats!

    • @BrianNewport
      @BrianNewport 4 роки тому +31

      Great story you give us all hope for that we can get thru any dramas! God bless you and your family!

    • @whoman1505
      @whoman1505 4 роки тому +25

      Semper Fi my good man! God bless your family and friends!

    • @vexbotz
      @vexbotz 4 роки тому +47

      Comments like this are diamonds, have a great rest of your life brother.

  • @robbieclark7828
    @robbieclark7828 7 років тому +1516

    This song is like watching something beautiful die.

    • @DoctorBlankenstein
      @DoctorBlankenstein 5 років тому +23

      Robbie Clark like Summer :( see you next year dear friend...

    • @lisaandjonnewhard4430
      @lisaandjonnewhard4430 5 років тому +52

      We're all beautiful and we all die.

    • @gavynfees578
      @gavynfees578 5 років тому +4

      Very that

    • @akarto
      @akarto 5 років тому +5

      This song is like you are the joker and you shoot Every one in the room And at the end
      You drinking vodka 😂😂😂

    • @toffeeapple4145
      @toffeeapple4145 5 років тому +1

      @@akarto exactly what I was thinking

  • @thatjoshwright5577
    @thatjoshwright5577 Рік тому +949

    Lou was a deeply flawed man. His music was honest, simple, and intimate. That’s what makes him so relatable.

    • @riffraffrichard
      @riffraffrichard Рік тому +22

      So true, he had problems but in a way in the time period he was living he was facing them head on through his art.

    • @tammybrunet5739
      @tammybrunet5739 Рік тому +3

      @@riffraffrichard .

    • @samsquanch1996
      @samsquanch1996 Рік тому +9

      His problems were part of what made him such a great musician!

    • @linalicious415
      @linalicious415 Рік тому +16

      We are all deeply flawed...flaws are sexy

    • @thatjoshwright5577
      @thatjoshwright5577 Рік тому +5

      @@linalicious415 indeed flaws ARE sexy 😂

  • @Dremeli
    @Dremeli Рік тому +635

    Reed's voice breaking on 2:11 is one of things which makes this song excellent.

    • @redskies4530
      @redskies4530 Рік тому +14

      Hi I recommend a song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix

    • @angelj4ne
      @angelj4ne Рік тому +11

      literally

    • @ZoeKaylor
      @ZoeKaylor Рік тому +38

      It's the imperfections that make it so perfect.

    • @sonarparth3204
      @sonarparth3204 Рік тому +6

      ​@@ZoeKaylor So true

    • @tombirmingham7033
      @tombirmingham7033 Рік тому +12

      Reed wrote a song so powerful that when it's in personal context you can't help but cry

  • @FultonLMiller
    @FultonLMiller 8 років тому +2651

    I can't explain the nightmare I just went through searching for this song, the sense of relief I am feeling having found it, but I will try. I thought I was going fucking nuts. When all you can remember from this song is, "You just keep me hangin on," which only returns results for "You Keep Me Hangin On", a completely different song from the 1960s, and not at all what you're looking for. "Okay," you think, "I'll give it a listen and see if the song I'm looking for is some sort of modern cover." Fuckin' nope, not even close. You look through three pages of results, none of which have this song, and you honestly have no idea what you can do to refine a search for the only six words you remember from a song. At this point you begin to question your own sanity, is the song real at all? Did I get the words wrong in some small way that means I may never figure out what song I'm actually looking for? Am I doomed to be nervous and angry until by chance I suddenly figure out what song I've been looking for? You just want to break things, because in no way should it be this difficult to find a catchy song on the *internet!* WHERE IS IT?! Is there some kind of grand conspiracy to keep you from finding this song? Make you doubt your own mental faculties until you are left a dribbling, emotionally ruined shell of your former self?
    If you don't figure out what song this is, you aren't eating, you aren't going to bed, you aren't doing anything because now it's personal. *You* can't find this song, and if you can't find it that means you are wrong, and you know you aren't wrong. It's a horrifying paradox, you cannot give up or else every day that you live having not found that song will be a day lived in agony at the knowledge that you can never prove what you know to be real. Why even continue living?
    Anyway, I finally found it, by chance after a couple days. The real struggle is figuring out how I'm going to dispose of these bodies.

    • @deansaldanha1468
      @deansaldanha1468 8 років тому +75

      +FultonLMiller that was intense mate.. rather start watching some amazing movies .. like this song is in the movie trainspotting ..! Great movies have great soundtracks!

    • @qwer3881
      @qwer3881 8 років тому +35

      you spoke my heart out mate

    • @haisydaisy10
      @haisydaisy10 8 років тому +14

      oh my god. Ive had so many nightmares to this song too...

    • @rockettlaunch8059
      @rockettlaunch8059 8 років тому +9

      You're a funny guy.

    • @teddybear1829
      @teddybear1829 8 років тому +33

      Yes man I feel connected with you when you say that, I finally found it today...gonna say sound cheesy but I've been searching for this for a good 10 years haha, I used to ask everyone I know I never knew the words I just had to hum it to people and they didn't have a clue...and today I randomly hummed it to my nan and she told me straight away I actually nearly cried while listening to it haha

  • @caitlinteague3193
    @caitlinteague3193 4 роки тому +1974

    my friend Maddie died in April. This was one of her favourite songs, and they played it at her funeral.
    It reminds me of her everytime I listen to it.
    “it’s such a perfect day.. I’m glad I spent it with you...”
    I love you Maddie. I miss you every single day. ❤️

    • @thorazine666
      @thorazine666 4 роки тому +41

      Rest Easy Maddie.

    • @rickgardner9126
      @rickgardner9126 4 роки тому +27

      My God Caitlin! I’m sorry for your loss. There is something so sweet and beautiful about it too at the same time. You hang in there!

    • @AntonioMaceo0740
      @AntonioMaceo0740 4 роки тому +20

      My deepest condolences to you!

    • @teddng1828
      @teddng1828 4 роки тому +20

      May she Rest In Peace...

    • @SlavicUnionGaming
      @SlavicUnionGaming 4 роки тому +5

      No, why would you play this at a funeral!!?? Its fits better in a wedding

  • @pedrobezerra6610
    @pedrobezerra6610 2 роки тому +56

    My father died about 9 months ago...
    I'm glad I spent 17 years with you, dad.

  • @Eric578
    @Eric578 2 роки тому +502

    This was "our song"! My fiancée and I kept each other hanging on... every day was a perfect day with her!
    I miss her so much! Rest in peace Shelly. I love you!!! Always and forever!!! ♥️♥️♥️

    • @fernandeaux1631
      @fernandeaux1631 2 роки тому +22

      God bless your angel I lost mine in 2013.

    • @flyingsword135
      @flyingsword135 2 роки тому +13

      Sorry for your loss may her memory sustain you.

    • @Eric578
      @Eric578 Рік тому +10

      @@fernandeaux1631 I'm very sorry for your loss. Our angels have wings now.
      Maybe they'll find each other and fly together.

    • @Eric578
      @Eric578 Рік тому +10

      @@flyingsword135 Thank you!
      She still "keeps me hanging on"...
      I miss her every day! But, I keep hanging on to the hope that I'll be with her again, someday.

    • @valerioria8505
      @valerioria8505 Рік тому +5

      God bless you ❤❤

  • @ashutoshbhadoria9948
    @ashutoshbhadoria9948 3 роки тому +1097

    "You made me forget myself. I thought I was someone else, someone good". Hits too hard man. Too hard

    • @monsieurluciferdiablo6871
      @monsieurluciferdiablo6871 3 роки тому +7

      🥀

    • @frog_of_winds7459
      @frog_of_winds7459 3 роки тому +2

      damn

    • @thebelen2359
      @thebelen2359 3 роки тому +4

      @@monsieurluciferdiablo6871 That emoji sums up the whole song

    • @eoinreilly3925
      @eoinreilly3925 2 роки тому +1

      Someone good, yeah??
      Various artists for comic relief 98 I think is when I first heard it

    • @MatthewMuhammad
      @MatthewMuhammad 2 роки тому +5

      Same, dude. This is my first time hearing this, and I think it strikes a brilliant balance between happy and melancholic.

  • @lyndal4227
    @lyndal4227 7 років тому +1319

    Produced by David Bowie
    Lou Reed - vocals
    Mick Ronson - piano, string arrangements
    David Bowie - keyboards
    Trevor Bolder: trumpet
    Herbie Flowers: tuba
    Klaus Voormann - bass
    John Halsey - drums

    • @GOW397
      @GOW397 7 років тому +130

      Lyndal god bless Bowie

    • @wongnaichungrd
      @wongnaichungrd 7 років тому +7

      Good points!

    • @lyndalbreen7690
      @lyndalbreen7690 7 років тому +70

      Ronson's piano is so strong, it completely lifts the song above and beyond. Ronson was recognised as a very talented arranger too. But you can't pull Bowie out of the equation. Reed, Ronson, Bolder all had more prominent careers because of their association with Bowie. As for the money, we all know that many 70s musicians were done down by their managers and this was the experience of Bowie, Ronson and Bolder with Tony Defries. Bowie ended up very wealthy due to his decision to manage himself and later through the creation of the Bowie bonds which allowed him to buy back his own back catalogue.

    • @Captainawesomesauce
      @Captainawesomesauce 6 років тому +10

      I don't have anything to add, but this discussion is fantastic!

    • @UMCProductions2013
      @UMCProductions2013 6 років тому +2

      Do you know who wrote the lyrics?

  • @montanisemperliberi3153
    @montanisemperliberi3153 Рік тому +317

    When I was in active heroin addiction I truly understood the bittersweet feel of this song. Longing for the high and longing to be clean at the same time. Clean today I still love it.

    • @kimberlyharshfield8629
      @kimberlyharshfield8629 Рік тому +19

      I feel ya!!! clean for 3 now after struggling for 34! Still love this song,and can honestly say, i can listen to it , and it doesn't make me wanna get high now! 👍😜 Yay for us!

    • @jonatanlj747
      @jonatanlj747 Рік тому +12

      To both of you, you should be incredibly proud of yourselves. Knowing the struggle I've had with alcohol, I can only imagine the superhuman strength and commitment needed to get off of heroin. Take care of yourselves.

    • @alicelovell3905
      @alicelovell3905 Рік тому +6

      I have 10 years clean icr

    • @p2pat
      @p2pat Рік тому +1

      This song makes me want to use…

    • @Cpl4200
      @Cpl4200 Рік тому +7

      Guess this was a "Perfect" song for the movie Trainspotting!!

  • @indiaatkinson1035
    @indiaatkinson1035 Рік тому +243

    My dads funeral song...died unexpectedly of a heart attack when i was 13...this ones for you dad x

    • @shivnorth3141
      @shivnorth3141 Рік тому +10

      RIP to your Dad.🥲💚🎶💕🎸💚

    • @hillybilly7165
      @hillybilly7165 Рік тому +7

      🥀💔😔

    • @rjohn3471
      @rjohn3471 Рік тому +5

      Wow, at 13, I remember worrying and praying for my Dad. So long ago, my sympathies.

    • @mikegallagher3700
      @mikegallagher3700 Рік тому +4

      Rip brother 🙏

    • @PuppysMum
      @PuppysMum 10 місяців тому +4

      That's rough. I'm so sorry. 😢

  • @hapilydamaged
    @hapilydamaged 4 роки тому +2681

    This is what having fun with depression is like.

    • @tao5143
      @tao5143 3 роки тому +50

      Exactly, bro.

    • @otemporizador3550
      @otemporizador3550 3 роки тому +38

      So true, the teen days

    • @DETRACT0RD00M
      @DETRACT0RD00M 3 роки тому +35

      this is what having fun with skagg is like..

    • @oiramsq73
      @oiramsq73 3 роки тому +12

      Having fun with depression - and David Bowie and ‘Ronno’ otherwise it would just be another unfinished chess game against that one friend who never just never shows up on time or ever.

    • @AAA-et1cf
      @AAA-et1cf 3 роки тому +3

      Yeah, funny depression

  • @celticbird2398
    @celticbird2398 8 років тому +663

    Lou Reed brought me here, nothing less, nothing more.

    • @bevmason5898
      @bevmason5898 8 років тому +2

      👍 likewise!

    • @BarakaTheGreat
      @BarakaTheGreat 8 років тому +7

      +Celtic Bird That's not even possible, you were influenced from an outside source.

    • @celticbird2398
      @celticbird2398 8 років тому +6

      BarakaTheGreat Yeah, the album Transformer.

    • @jgt-er9nk
      @jgt-er9nk 8 років тому

      +BarakaTheGreat for true

    • @rickyrhoades4083
      @rickyrhoades4083 8 років тому

      +Celtic Bird That's way more than enough "Bird" man. Go Green-we need #18!

  • @ronaldsimmons9517
    @ronaldsimmons9517 4 місяці тому +620

    After listening to this I have a sudden urge to clean toilets in Tokyo.

    • @jkta97
      @jkta97 4 місяці тому +57

      And take photographs of trees

    • @seog1233
      @seog1233 4 місяці тому +48

      And have canned coffee for breakfast

    • @jkta97
      @jkta97 4 місяці тому +2

      @@seog1233 And play shadow tag

    • @natusaddeficiendum
      @natusaddeficiendum 4 місяці тому +43

      And take care of my plants

    • @jkta97
      @jkta97 4 місяці тому +39

      @@natusaddeficiendum And look up at the sun every morning on my way out the door.

  • @PunksInVegas
    @PunksInVegas 2 місяці тому +16

    Thank you Wim Winders for giving this classic song new meaning in Perfect Days.

  • @Chiaretta-xl3bf
    @Chiaretta-xl3bf 5 років тому +723

    This song hurts...its a piece of art.

    • @joyvasquez8685
      @joyvasquez8685 4 роки тому +3

      It'll be a better one when you drive on sunsets and speed 😂

    • @user-rx3js1no3s
      @user-rx3js1no3s 4 роки тому +3

      What hurts even more is looking at your ugly mug

    • @jimmyjames950
      @jimmyjames950 3 роки тому +1

      If right cc

    • @KK-pw9sq
      @KK-pw9sq 3 роки тому +6

      Perfect song for an imperfect day

    • @dailyflash
      @dailyflash 3 роки тому +5

      @Auxiliary Stream Services There’s also an art to trolling.

  • @evancodsworth2
    @evancodsworth2 3 роки тому +1088

    A song this beautiful can only be written from the darkest depths of the human mind.

    • @pixelsailor
      @pixelsailor 2 роки тому +23

      So true !!!
      I'm crying at this song...

    • @JKTube
      @JKTube 2 роки тому +7

      @@MickBellTV: No.
      “Perfect Day? Aaaoh, that’s… so laughable. You’re talking to the writer, the person who wrote it. No that’s not true. I don’t object to that, particularly… whatever you think is perfect. But this guy’s vision of a perfect day was the girl, sangria in the park, and then you go home; a perfect day, real simple. I meant just what I said.”

    • @mikevlad13
      @mikevlad13 Рік тому +3

      Light comes - darkness disappears!🤣

    • @MarjorieJCat
      @MarjorieJCat Рік тому +4

      Or, if like me, you really dig heroin

    • @criticalmind93
      @criticalmind93 Рік тому

      ​@@MarjorieJCatbrownstone

  • @oludotunjohnshowemimo434
    @oludotunjohnshowemimo434 4 місяці тому +47

    One of Lou Reed's greatest masterpieces.
    It is always a Perfect Day listening to Lou.

  • @tracey6416
    @tracey6416 Рік тому +74

    I played this song on loop while my cat (my baby) was dying in my arms... such a beautiful song. I still get tears now listening to it and remembering our perfect 15 years together

    • @zamithemyth440
      @zamithemyth440 Рік тому +7

      I´m so sorry for your loss.. My beloved dog died 3 weeks ago and I am also listening to this song to grief.

    • @tracey6416
      @tracey6416 11 місяців тому +4

      ​@@zamithemyth440I am so very sorry for your loss 😢

    • @PuppysMum
      @PuppysMum 10 місяців тому +3

      I'm so sorry (both of you). 😢

    • @loisarends3968
      @loisarends3968 8 місяців тому +2

      I'm so sorry ❤ pets truly are family

    • @johnbarry1965
      @johnbarry1965 7 місяців тому +2

      It's people who have a beautiful soul like you that make me realise that life can be wonderful XXXX

  • @jamesonjaksch4883
    @jamesonjaksch4883 7 років тому +437

    This song gives me chills.

    • @sterlingblake7655
      @sterlingblake7655 7 років тому +2

      HEROIN IS DEATH!!!!!!! DEATH IS BEAUTIFUL. Heroin is heaven CUM too soon; Premature ejaculation and no one is satisfied!!!!!! My best friend just died; AGAIN

    • @bigsweeper8022
      @bigsweeper8022 7 років тому +2

      I am so very So Sorry to hear of such tragic news. Hang in, just hold on..

    • @4narchydigital
      @4narchydigital 7 років тому +8

      it's all fun and games till fentanyl laced dope kills off people you love

    • @waynehackney5812
      @waynehackney5812 7 років тому +1

      JamesonDoesStuff Why?

    • @jamesonjaksch4883
      @jamesonjaksch4883 7 років тому +1

      Wayne Hackney I don't know, maybe its the hook of the song that does it.

  • @joezink881
    @joezink881 8 років тому +587

    This song is a masterpiece. Has a dark undertone to it while explaining joyful things. Then the music ramps up and for a short moment they sync.

    • @samhaghighi8551
      @samhaghighi8551 7 років тому +6

      I agree

    • @hairylox5980
      @hairylox5980 7 років тому +26

      Or, you know, the song itself proves that it has a dark undertone to it...

    • @olderjeans
      @olderjeans 7 років тому +2

      ur pretty

    • @officialclownbusiness7788
      @officialclownbusiness7788 6 років тому

      the perfect day is when I die. not much darker than that.

    • @mikenichols5473
      @mikenichols5473 6 років тому +8

      Lou Reed can't sing a lick. But his songwriting wasn't bad and he knew how to surround himself with terrific musicians.

  • @phoenixmastrogiovanni157
    @phoenixmastrogiovanni157 Рік тому +54

    I've struggled with alcoholism for years, this song hits like nothing else

    • @AmyEG1988
      @AmyEG1988 Рік тому +2

      Cheers…

    • @jbranum3087
      @jbranum3087 10 місяців тому +2

      Keep coming back. You don't have to drink again even if you want to and you don't have to be alone even if you want to.

    • @jamiechappell9116
      @jamiechappell9116 9 місяців тому

      stay safe bro

    • @phoenixmastrogiovanni157
      @phoenixmastrogiovanni157 9 місяців тому

      @@jamiechappell9116 not a bro

    • @r2dxhate
      @r2dxhate 6 місяців тому

      I should not be seeing this comment when I'm drunk.

  • @johnbarry1965
    @johnbarry1965 Рік тому +43

    The greatest feeling ever is forgetting who you are

  • @ROBERIOPIZZA
    @ROBERIOPIZZA 2 роки тому +604

    Just a perfect day
    Drink sangria in the park
    And then later, when it gets dark
    We go home
    Just a perfect day
    Feed animals in the zoo
    Then later a movie, too
    And then home
    Oh, it's such a perfect day
    I'm glad I spent it with you
    Oh, such a perfect day
    You just keep me hanging on
    You just keep me hanging on
    Just a perfect day
    Problems all left alone
    Weekenders on our own
    It's such fun
    Just a perfect day
    You made me forget myself
    I thought I was someone else
    Someone good
    Oh, it's such a perfect day
    I'm glad I spent it with you
    Oh, such a perfect day
    You just keep me hanging on
    You just keep me hanging on
    You're going to reap just what you sow
    You're going to reap just what you sow
    You're going to reap just what you sow
    You're going to reap just what you sow

    • @alexmarshall4331
      @alexmarshall4331 2 роки тому +4

      Thank you from a cold overcast south east London lalala 👉❤👈

    • @auroraborealis13579
      @auroraborealis13579 2 роки тому +4

      Thank You from California 🌴🌞💚

    • @alexmarshall4331
      @alexmarshall4331 2 роки тому +3

      @@auroraborealis13579 Good morning Aurora!!! 👉🇬🇧👈👉💎👈

    • @auroraborealis13579
      @auroraborealis13579 2 роки тому +2

      @@alexmarshall4331 Good Morning, Alex!

    • @alexmarshall4331
      @alexmarshall4331 2 роки тому +2

      @@auroraborealis13579 Hey Aurora! How's the weather in California? It's clear skies but cold here near Waterloo Bridge South East London LALALA... Stay safe... Alex👉🇬🇧👈👉😷👈👉🙏

  • @tonecot8932
    @tonecot8932 8 років тому +132

    Lou, David, and Mick Ronson are playing this in heaven now. :(

    • @dexterdog717
      @dexterdog717 8 років тому +1

      +Velcon Nirnroot There is no other place.

    • @antygoniusz
      @antygoniusz 8 років тому +1

      +nallly there is just one place. The one in your head. Sorry to tell you this...

    • @gilliangracee
      @gilliangracee 8 років тому +1

      +tonecot89 Now Prince as well :(

    • @antygoniusz
      @antygoniusz 8 років тому +1

      +Gillian Bennett let us celebrate just for the idea of those 4 playing one, ultimate, ethernal song somewhere out there.

    • @Danny_Cruz
      @Danny_Cruz 8 років тому

      Yeah...

  • @RunsingBagaiNakGila
    @RunsingBagaiNakGila 3 місяці тому +276

    A Japanese toilet cleaner brought me here.

  • @FormerlyNYVulgarian
    @FormerlyNYVulgarian 11 місяців тому +102

    Can’t keep “You’re going to reap just what you sow” outta my mind every year of my life. I still listen to Perfect Day on rainy days on the streets of NYC. Glad someone like Lou existed.

    • @YasminTheJewish
      @YasminTheJewish 9 місяців тому +3

      Thank you. Thanx people like you are among us

    • @FormerlyNYVulgarian
      @FormerlyNYVulgarian 9 місяців тому +2

      @@YasminTheJewish you are so kind, thanks besides Lou Reed always been my idol as young as I can remember.

    • @juniornunez2583
      @juniornunez2583 5 місяців тому +3

      Me too. I be listening to this every time I ride my bike on a beautiful day through riverside park while I’m headed to Times Square and Union Square looking towards the West Side Highway and the Hudson River

    • @FormerlyNYVulgarian
      @FormerlyNYVulgarian 5 місяців тому +1

      @@juniornunez2583 it’s a great song to listen to while strolling by many picturesque NY locations like the places you mentioned. I listen to it while walking the Brooklyn bridge on warm summer nights. Speed walking through crowds in busy Manhattan streets after a night out drinking.

  • @blake432
    @blake432 5 років тому +291

    had the honor of meeting him once. RIP Lou.

    • @Gr13fKvlt
      @Gr13fKvlt 4 роки тому +4

      Blake
      How was the encounter?

    • @benkenon
      @benkenon 4 роки тому +2

      Gr13f Lou Reed was a notorious curmudgeon. I’d wager not well

    • @giannagiavelli5098
      @giannagiavelli5098 3 роки тому +1

      wait what? hes dead? NO!

    • @giannagiavelli5098
      @giannagiavelli5098 3 роки тому +1

      chrieke 2013. sheesh. RIP slack man

    • @Futurevenomzone
      @Futurevenomzone 3 роки тому +1

      Is it bad that I was expecting this to be a Limmy "Surprisingly down to earth and very funny" reference?

  • @javascriptkiddie2718
    @javascriptkiddie2718 5 років тому +273

    This song perfectly describes how I feel about this song

  • @kaned5543
    @kaned5543 2 роки тому +126

    The use of this song in episode of 9 of Our Flag Means Death felt so great, even more so now that I'm hearing the whole thing and learning the lyrics

  • @loltadynicneni913
    @loltadynicneni913 2 роки тому +42

    anyone here after our flag means death ep. 9 finale? yeah, so this is the sound of my heart breaking, goodbye.
    btw, the bridge at 2:25 slaps.

  • @lucanclair2414
    @lucanclair2414 7 років тому +240

    R.I.P Lou Reed

    • @carrieambrosini8553
      @carrieambrosini8553 6 років тому +3

      I cried for days. Miss everything I felt he was, everything he portrayed himself to be.

    • @breyonnasimpsfor2dmen401
      @breyonnasimpsfor2dmen401 6 років тому +1

      He was a good man his song was on my favorite show Gotham

    • @neptunestardust
      @neptunestardust 5 років тому

      CJ P.
      😭

    • @googlereviewer4039
      @googlereviewer4039 3 роки тому +2

      I miss him. I miss David Bowie. Bowie helped so many new muscians get started. Lou Reed was one of them. Love them both.

  • @aldrichuyliong8143
    @aldrichuyliong8143 2 роки тому +215

    "I thought I was someone else... Someone good"
    Damn that goes straight to the feels.

  • @etherdog
    @etherdog 2 місяці тому +7

    I bought the album the day it came out. It kept me hanging on. The movie "Perfect Days" is a perfect match for the song.

  • @user-ie4xi8kj1g
    @user-ie4xi8kj1g 4 місяці тому +28

    PERFECT DAYS観てきました!
    カセットから流れる音楽の全てがよかった!!

    • @ponty1964
      @ponty1964 23 дні тому +1

      60年代70年代80年代の洋楽は名曲揃いですね。
      輝くこの時代を生きられてよかった。

  • @adamhagen6639
    @adamhagen6639 2 роки тому +541

    This proves you don’t need a perfect voice to make a masterpiece.. Love all the imperfections and pitchyness, feels so natural.

    • @emmanueludoh77
      @emmanueludoh77 2 роки тому

      Exactly how I feel about this Nico tune.
      Perfectly imperfect!
      ua-cam.com/video/-nGLqXZ-f70/v-deo.html

    • @salvo3650
      @salvo3650 2 роки тому +5

      Agree

    • @karolk7711
      @karolk7711 2 роки тому +6

      Yes, then you became songwriter writing songs for artists who actually can sing, not trying to be some rockstar

    • @FucklesTheEnchilada
      @FucklesTheEnchilada 2 роки тому +32

      @@karolk7711 well it worked for Lou.

    • @riffraffrichard
      @riffraffrichard Рік тому +25

      That's exactly what's beautiful about its human and real. There is no perfect voice just different ones.

  • @Nicholas-tv4do
    @Nicholas-tv4do 8 років тому +28

    Depression, love, drugs, suicide, family, friends, music, literature...
    Who gives a fuck, let's just enjoy Lou's work for a few minutes.

    • @gomathcheatz2601
      @gomathcheatz2601 6 років тому

      Nicholas Fillipone how about for an hour on loop and you just sit ba... *_ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ_*

  • @josephrivera1679
    @josephrivera1679 2 роки тому +14

    If the phrase “it’s better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all” were transcribed into an emotion-evoking song, this would be it.

  • @stevelaconte8802
    @stevelaconte8802 Рік тому +44

    He was underrated, everyone knows him from take a walk on the wild side but he was awesome and may he rest in peace

    • @tbrj
      @tbrj Рік тому +5

      I'm not sure that I would refer to Lou Reed or the velvet underground as "underrated"

    • @JKTube
      @JKTube Рік тому +2

      @@tbrj: Only in the sense that they should have sold a lot more records and been much more successful than they were.

    • @armarq8091
      @armarq8091 8 місяців тому

      Underrated? Lol most stupid word for mister Reed who is world famous

  • @John_Notmylastname
    @John_Notmylastname 4 роки тому +73

    I hope everyone reading this finds the love they deserve. Even when you think you don’t, you most certainly do. We all do.

    • @hwoods01
      @hwoods01 Рік тому +1

      I'm 55 and waiting.. I'm getting anxious

    • @hildagadea1685
      @hildagadea1685 3 місяці тому

      GRAZIE.... LO AUGURI A TUTTI ... TROVARE L'AMORE CHE SI MERITA ...

  • @soulCracka1
    @soulCracka1 7 років тому +244

    ...I thought I was someone else, someone good...

    • @leshoc
      @leshoc 6 років тому +8

      great line

    • @annyfenton1
      @annyfenton1 5 років тому +5

      You are, buddy.

    • @SuperDevolution
      @SuperDevolution 5 років тому +12

      Such a devastating line, one I think most of us can relate to at times.

    • @nigelgrolla2268
      @nigelgrolla2268 5 років тому +2

      reminds me a bit of Charlie Brown

    • @toffeeapple4145
      @toffeeapple4145 5 років тому +2

      He's singing about a fkn drug

  • @yinaq2650
    @yinaq2650 Місяць тому +12

    The movie Perfect Days by Wim Wenders took me here. About the days of a janitor in Japan.

  • @chelsiaroberto971
    @chelsiaroberto971 11 місяців тому +33

    I am unable to contemplate how one song can make me so incredibly happy and be the absolute perfect illustration of profound sadness at the same time. This is the power of music. I have a very beautiful memory every time I listen to this song, it reminds me I place where I felt for the first time , that I belong and that I am seen with passionate eyes. It is such a perfect day indeed. Thank u for this masterpiece.

  • @geryon1162
    @geryon1162 3 роки тому +454

    i cannot imagine this song in any other setting but the end of the world

    • @chuleta441
      @chuleta441 3 роки тому +11

      That'll be soon

    • @andrewalison2882
      @andrewalison2882 3 роки тому +3

      Soooo true.them mushroom clouds are rising.AA som.U.K

    • @mikepatrick5909
      @mikepatrick5909 3 роки тому +2

      @@andrewalison2882 A virus outbreak is used before a nuclear war...

    • @mrleet4101
      @mrleet4101 3 роки тому +1

      I’m killing myself to it right nos

    • @SuperBandMom
      @SuperBandMom 3 роки тому +1

      Just keep hanging on anyway 😘😘😘

  • @andregrolly
    @andregrolly 3 роки тому +277

    The best new literary style is the UA-cam coment, I can listen to first-person narrarives of what each piece of art meant to each individual person, and that is so inspiring and humbling and rich.

    • @JoannaSternbergYoutube
      @JoannaSternbergYoutube 2 роки тому +11

      this comment needs more attention! you are so right

    • @stephendoyle4416
      @stephendoyle4416 2 роки тому +20

      Can you believe many official uploads disable comments? Breaks my heart for all of the lost stories

    • @iost5459
      @iost5459 2 роки тому +9

      Which is why it’s a travesty most songs on official pages got their comments auto disabled by youtube. It leads us to uploads from other people rather than the artist just to see comments. In other words, fuck you youtube!

    • @jeffreymccarty1388
      @jeffreymccarty1388 2 роки тому +2

      Far out

    • @dongately2817
      @dongately2817 2 роки тому +1

      This songs about heroin - I always listen to it when I’m ready to go out, fuck somebody over, and score.
      You’re gonna reap what you sew.

  • @motorxrules1
    @motorxrules1 2 роки тому +147

    This is such a clever song.
    From the lyrics describing a mediocre life that's not too downtrodden but subtlety sad. Firmly hammered in by the chorus. Not only by instruments but by a slight voice break indicating a hidden struggle.
    Perfection.

    • @nneisler
      @nneisler Рік тому +8

      It is indeed a clever song that combines a bright, upbeat melody with melancholic lyrics. The juxtaposition creates a unique and compelling listening experience, and the slightly strained vocals in the chorus do add to the emotional impact of the song. It's a great example of how music can communicate complex emotions and experiences in a way that words alone cannot.

    • @angelj4ne
      @angelj4ne Рік тому +3

      think ur reading a little too into it

    • @johnhatchel9681
      @johnhatchel9681 10 місяців тому

      Its about heroin.

    • @guitarheroplayer-fs5js
      @guitarheroplayer-fs5js 9 місяців тому

      @@nneisler doesn't sound to bright and upbeat to me.

    • @thefriend4264
      @thefriend4264 9 місяців тому +1

      ​@@johnhatchel9681no, its a poem that reed wrote to his gf

  • @dirkdiggler6962
    @dirkdiggler6962 Рік тому +14

    The piano solo is so simple yet so beautiful, just pure art.😥😩☺

  • @Claudia-wx3vq
    @Claudia-wx3vq 7 років тому +78

    Lou Reed brought me here

  • @rafahounds
    @rafahounds 3 роки тому +71

    I met Mr Reed as an 18 year old hippie, DuPont Circle , summer of 69. I knew nothing about him except for what he told me, and I didn’t believe him. We spent the afternoon and night trying to score junk from DC’s local junkster, Beethoven, and his associates. I was all acid and a little speed. A new world for this dippy hippie. Cut to 1970 a friend and I were at a place where they were playing The Velvet Underground and Nico. Wow, that’s the guy....!Loved the album, a whole new level for me.
    Cut again to last night and I finally said, “I really need to listen to Perfect Day.” Never heard it before.
    What can I say. Another day, touched by Mr Reed, reaching back from one day and night in 1969. “You’re going to reap just what you sow” ... indeed. Thank you.

  • @gong256
    @gong256 2 місяці тому +17

    It’s so kind of Mika to sing this for us 😊

    • @werwer_yt
      @werwer_yt 2 місяці тому +5

      Are you a fellow vod watcher that had to investigate?

    • @gong256
      @gong256 2 місяці тому +1

      @@werwer_yt feasibly

    • @spottybubbles2861
      @spottybubbles2861 2 місяці тому +3

      Holy shit Mika CAN sing 😮

    • @radicalmars
      @radicalmars 2 місяці тому

      he actually does sound like mika, im never gonna unhear that now

    • @koenbook901
      @koenbook901 2 місяці тому

      Where can I find this. The SDMP vods? May I have a timestamp?

  • @thescientist_83
    @thescientist_83 5 місяців тому +194

    How many people here after watching the movie "Perfect Days" ?

  • @elmochaorejas6122
    @elmochaorejas6122 9 років тому +50

    the best record that Lou Reed ever made, this song is just a perfect song

    • @paulgraymedia
      @paulgraymedia 9 років тому +5

      jaime nuñez I'd rather take a walk on the wild side ;)

    • @Luchacooks
      @Luchacooks 8 років тому

      +Paul Gray Lana omg

    • @coreyreck6144
      @coreyreck6144 7 років тому

      jaime nuñez

  • @craigthomas2455
    @craigthomas2455 3 роки тому +178

    Personally, this is an example of the pure power and magic of music. When a song causes a physical reaction in your body! It may be a shiver up your back, goosebumps all over or make you burst into tears.... that's the power of music. Humans have known this since we've had ears to hear with. It's a beautiful thing.

  • @NotYoDad482
    @NotYoDad482 2 місяці тому +13

    « Next time is next time Now is now ». Thanks you Perfect DayS.

  • @steffanhoffmann
    @steffanhoffmann 11 місяців тому +12

    Probably the most laid back, and yet somewhat similarly, dramatic song; anybody composed.
    Thanks Lou.
    RIP mate.
    🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇸

    • @r2dxhate
      @r2dxhate 6 місяців тому

      You're right, it is dramatic. It's like giving in to an emotion as deep and uncontrollable as rage., except inverted into a jaded sadness.

  • @barneyronnie
    @barneyronnie 5 років тому +89

    Ssgt. John Boyd - Vietnam '68 - 69, '70 - 71; You were Someone Good - One of the Best! RIP

  • @armorers_wrench
    @armorers_wrench 5 років тому +888

    "would you like a starter? Some garlic bread perhaps?
    "No thank you I'll proceed directly to the intravenous injection of hard drugs please"
    What a great film. I personally quit doing opioids but trainspotting is still among my favorite films.

    • @CSestp
      @CSestp 5 років тому +3

      Without context its just a strange movie, with context it is an amazing film.

    • @shaunakmitra963
      @shaunakmitra963 5 років тому +1

      @@zbear5920 yeah lol on some pirates of the Caribbean shit lol

    • @laurarookey5155
      @laurarookey5155 5 років тому

      Wow...you are a peon

    • @laurarookey5155
      @laurarookey5155 5 років тому +11

      I apologize for what I said before I was lost in the song and did not read this in full. High five to you for kicking the monkey. I have as well. I shouldn't read these comments I get far too upset. #FUCKHEROIN

    • @kevinlitton1399
      @kevinlitton1399 5 років тому +9

      Perhaps sir would like for me to call a taxi?

  • @RadagonTheRed
    @RadagonTheRed 2 місяці тому +5

    As someone who has been batting opioid addiction for the last 15 years, the lyrics in the song speak to me so painfully.

    • @nomiddlenamenmn427
      @nomiddlenamenmn427 Місяць тому

      Lou was adamant it was not written about heroin.

    • @fedda9999
      @fedda9999 Місяць тому

      i hope you are doing well

  • @barneyhansford411
    @barneyhansford411 2 роки тому +71

    The great Mick Ronson played the piano and did all the arrangements of this song which is one of the greats of all time

    • @tachyon2357
      @tachyon2357 8 місяців тому +7

      Mick was behind my favorite albums in rock history.

    • @yudhasibarani8476
      @yudhasibarani8476 6 місяців тому +4

      Ronno the hidden gem in rock

    • @RiverRat_1977
      @RiverRat_1977 4 місяці тому +5

      @barneyhansford411 Ronno composed, arranged (orchestrated), and conducted all of the piano and string parts, as well as playing that entire, lovely, and melancholic piano masterpiece that frames the entire song… Bowie only wrote most of the the lyrics and outlined some basic chords that Ronson filled in… not only with the full layout of the song, but he wrote the sheet music as well, which includes arranging all of the individual instruments, with their separate compositions within the song…
      Ronno also knew how to arrange the placement of all the different instruments in the studio for the proper balance of sound since he was a professionally trained musician, composer, and instrumental arranger (he also played the violin and mandolin). Ronno contributed to the lyrics as well according to Angie B!! Mick also did this to most of the other songs on the album, and only for a few bucks… thinking he was doing a favor for a friend and would be looked after and treated as an equal… but Bowie knew how to take advantage of him (just like he did to the Spiders…)
      Ronno also engineered most of the entire album (and parts of others), yet his name doesn’t show up on one credit since Bowie claimed them all for his own greedy narcissistic self!! Ronno gave Bowie his image during the Spiders from Mars period!! So without Mick Ronson David Bowie wouldn’t have received all the the attention and accolades he got… which were mostly due to Ronno… who (along with the other Spiders) was unceremoniously fired like a day labourer!!
      The D.A. Pennebaker movie shows everything Ronno did to encourage Bowie, and Bowie always played with him side by side as equal frontmen, when Ronno was the whole package behind the scenes!! Sometimes when I hear this song it angers me that Ronno didn’t get the credits, royalties, and the professional respect he deserved from Bowie. So whenever I hear this song (especially in Trainspotting) I think of Mick Ronson as the real mastermind behind the scenes!! (Brian Eno would never let Bowie take advantage of him, especially in such a disrespectful way)!!
      Bowie was just a leach!! He didn’t even visit his ‘friend’ and former partner when he was dying of cancer and begging friends for small jobs to keep a roof over his family’s head!! It’s a shame he was so disrespected by Bowie, as Ronno should’ve been one of the great composers and arrangers like John Williams, John Barry, Michael Kamen, etc. But Bowie deliberately held Ronno back and also wouldn’t let other people in his organization tell Ronno how much of an asset he was and what he really deserved and the position he held in creating David Bowie’s image and career!!
      The documentary “Beside Bowie” brings everything into the light, only it wasn’t made until after Mick had passed away (Ian Hunter was there helping to take care of his mate and make sure he had an income)! David Bowie didn’t even attend Ronno’s funeral, nor contribute a single penny to support Mick’s family and the monument they felt he deserved as recognition for his musical contributions that brought an element of fame to the small eastern seaside town of Kingston upon Hull in the County of Yorkshire in Northern England!

  • @flyingmerkel6
    @flyingmerkel6 5 років тому +276

    Many years ago, I had a Perfect Day with my new wife. We're still married, but her health is deteriorating fast. Perfect days are becoming rarer.

    • @sawtoothiandi
      @sawtoothiandi 4 роки тому +8

      Thats Tough! Godspeed!

    • @sawtoothiandi
      @sawtoothiandi 4 роки тому +8

      Your love for each other is the true essence of being alive as human in the universe today! I send up a prayer that she recovers!!

    • @pauljenkins6807
      @pauljenkins6807 4 роки тому +8

      I hope that you two have many many more perfect days

    • @flyingmerkel6
      @flyingmerkel6 4 роки тому +3

      @@pauljenkins6807 Thanks. Things may not be perfect, but they're still good.

    • @nobodysXghost
      @nobodysXghost 4 роки тому

      is it from addiction? no matter the disease, that is very tough. but your love is beautiful.

  • @buckybarneswhothehellisbucky
    @buckybarneswhothehellisbucky 7 років тому +64

    that piano solo after you just keep hanging on

    • @DoctorBlankenstein
      @DoctorBlankenstein 5 років тому +5

      Clint Francis Barton played by David Bowie

    • @jonathanrandol794
      @jonathanrandol794 5 років тому +1

      Bowie okayed the keyboard... The Piano is ALL Mick Ronson. Musical savant...

  • @marieeeckhout1689
    @marieeeckhout1689 6 місяців тому +15

    J'ai connu cette chanson grâce au film de Wim Wenders "Perfect Days", magnifique.
    👋

    • @thiagom.3097
      @thiagom.3097 4 місяці тому +1

      Conheça Lou Reed, el3 é maravilhosa

    • @HamtaroSan85
      @HamtaroSan85 Місяць тому

      Perfect Days est pour moi un des meilleurs films de 2023 sans hésitation. Une très bonne performance d'acteur de la part de Kōji Yakusho et une histoire qui nous incite à apprécier les choses simple que la vie a à nous offrir et les moments passés avec nos proches, un très bon feel good movie !

  • @jaquejjaqueline
    @jaquejjaqueline 23 дні тому +6

    Trainspotting ♥

  • @nutbastard
    @nutbastard 3 роки тому +48

    It doesn't matter, but I had a perfect day today. It wouldn't be notable but I can't remember the last time I had one. Today was one.
    I wrote a whole long post about why today was perfect but it was a bit too self indulgent. Suffice to say, my last year and change has been astronomically shitty. I'm pretty sure I saved my relationship with the love of my life today.
    It can happen, no matter how shit your life is. Every once in a while, you get a perfect day.
    Step 1: Show up
    Step 2 is up to you.
    UPDATE: I did not in fact save my relationship. She's gone. I ruined it. I guess I reap just what I sow.

    • @the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.
      @the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-. 3 роки тому

      "Love is unreasonable sometimes. Or maybe that was lust. Maybe love is certain is all and won't take yes for an answer.
      A bliss for lust, a lust for bliss."
      ,dan'

  • @Thefabrizzio97
    @Thefabrizzio97 7 років тому +18

    The piano at 2:22 is just beautiful!

  • @laramiebracken9305
    @laramiebracken9305 2 роки тому +5

    I heard this song the first time at a movie theater in Berkley CA in 1996 watching Trainspotting with friends. I had quit smoking about 8 months prior. The movie itself was great, but this song had such a profound effect on me, and the very strange place I was in my life at that time that I left the theater, abandoned my companions (including my girlfriend at the time) and went to a nearby liquor store to purchase a pack of Camels. I starting smoking again that day and didn't quit for 10 more years. "Perfect Day" is such an incredible song. It is this beautiful song that Lou Reed is adamant that he wrote for his high school sweetheart and muse, Shelley. I have never been so deeply moved by a song before or since. I am unable to contemplate how one song can make me so incredibly happy and be the absolute perfect illustration of profound sadness at the same time. RIP Lou Reed and thank you for all of your incredible music.

  • @DanWernerSmith
    @DanWernerSmith День тому +1

    Went to Download Festival 2024, and after A7X on the last day, they played this song this amazing song. I was not expecting this choice, but whomever's idea it was to play it, they deserve their job 100%!

  • @iNiCkGOD
    @iNiCkGOD 7 років тому +59

    3 years ago today we lost Lou . Thank you Mr.Reed for everything youv truly changed my life. Rest easy legend

  • @ru2388
    @ru2388 7 років тому +34

    Oh such a perfect song...

  • @JennifersJourney7695
    @JennifersJourney7695 10 днів тому +2

    Feeling very cathartic today ❤ had to listen to this beautiful tune to suit my mood ❤

  • @ernievame
    @ernievame 2 роки тому +10

    After many love dissapointments, every time I go out and spend a saturday or sunday with my daughters, I finish my day at my appartment listening to this song. And then, I find that life gets so well when the definitive and beloved ones are happy with you by just sharing simple things and you can forget everything when it's spent with them. A day with my daughters is a perfect day.

  • @marcusaurelius7419
    @marcusaurelius7419 2 роки тому +16

    Finally listening to this song on a perfect day. Unironically. God bless.

  • @imsimpingforbillkinandpp2425
    @imsimpingforbillkinandpp2425 2 роки тому +121

    *the irony of this song and the contrast of the vibes the artist gives, its like a song that will play on your last remaining days on earth*
    btw, lorde’s 73 vogue question is the reason why i am here,,

  • @benjafol
    @benjafol 2 місяці тому +22

    Perfect Days (2023)

  • @cobar5342
    @cobar5342 8 місяців тому +22

    Perfect Day is the perfect song. Great lyrics, beautiful arrangement by Mick Ronson with just the right nuances and Reed's somewhat haunting and ironic vocals with a twist of the sardonic. A wonderful track with some very powerful lines

  • @jonfazzone5125
    @jonfazzone5125 3 роки тому +30

    Lou Reed’s Vocals along with Guitarist Mick Ronson’s Piano & Strings on Perfect Day are Perfect

    • @janpakowski3084
      @janpakowski3084 Рік тому +5

      I think that Mick Ronson is one of the best guitarists and even pianoplayers in the world, but truly underrated

  • @db_41000
    @db_41000 6 років тому +1011

    - Have you taken a break since you started drinking?
    - Not until right now.
    - Do you feel like lying on the couch, rubbing your eyes, while listening to Lou Reed’s Perfect Day?
    - Yes!
    - Then I’ll tell you what’s wrong with you, you got a hangover

    • @mattymmmm2362
      @mattymmmm2362 5 років тому +20

      Family Guy

    • @Whaylie
      @Whaylie 5 років тому +30

      Yeah I just saw that and realized I had no idea what Peter was talking about so I thought I'd check this song out.

    • @Annie2220
      @Annie2220 5 років тому +5

      D. Ball LMAO.
      I'm very sleep deprived tonight and I was watching Season 16 of Family Guy on Netflix today. When Peter mentioned this song I HAD to hear it.
      I was laughing so hard at the next scene, his sunburn, that I had to pause it because my stomach muscles hurt and I was practically crying..LOL

    • @kevinnoonan5534
      @kevinnoonan5534 5 років тому +2

      That episode also taught me about Chris O'Donell who apparently I look like

    • @jonathantwaddell2469
      @jonathantwaddell2469 5 років тому +2

      D Bail Literally why I’m listening to this

  • @steven_dillon
    @steven_dillon 18 днів тому +3

    Spent 5 hrs at two parks with my daughter today.... Most my friends are dead either literally or spiritually and this is a haunting reminder to live each day to its best

    • @JRyzer
      @JRyzer 15 днів тому

      I hear you. Hang in there.

    • @leighclaude
      @leighclaude 7 днів тому

      Yes !!!

  • @cancelme4200
    @cancelme4200 2 роки тому +32

    This song makes me so nostalgic for being high on blues, but also having a pocket full of them. Knowing you’ll be good for at least a few days is a beautiful feeling. Then the end of the song hits and that’s what ultimately is waiting for you.

    • @dboy2462
      @dboy2462 2 роки тому +3

      In Canada, they're prescribing Dillies and pharmaceutical-grade heroin for maintenance. It's a better time, my friend.

    • @andie1508
      @andie1508 Рік тому

      @D Boy what are dillies?

    • @dboy2462
      @dboy2462 Рік тому

      @@andie1508 Dilaudid. Hydromorphone. A semi-synthetic opioid very similar to H.

    • @andie1508
      @andie1508 Рік тому

      Aha, ok I thought you might have meant dilaudid. Are they prescribing it as medication assisted treatment for heroin abuse? (Sorry, American....don't know what yall do up there)

    • @dboy2462
      @dboy2462 Рік тому

      @@andie1508 Yes. But the problem is that the tolerance of many addicts have already been deplected by street fentanyl, so not even injecting those 8mg Dilaudid triangles are enough. It worked for many, but some started selling to buy street fent. In any other circumstance, Dilaudid would be enough to any opioid addict, but not now with the fentanyl disaster. So now they're actually prescribing pharmaceutical fentanyl and sufentanil, and it seems to be working fine.

  • @Rock-iw7ov
    @Rock-iw7ov 5 років тому +29

    So many people view this song ironically, but with how gorgeous it is, even when I listen to it on a bad day, it feels like a perfect day

  • @toluca8371
    @toluca8371 5 років тому +12

    Honestly, this song is a writer's haven. Melancholy, cheerful, pure joy, or a horror scene. You could write anything to this song.

  • @skyrulez4837
    @skyrulez4837 3 місяці тому +17

    Trainspotting & Perfect Days
    Iconic song for movies which can't be more different

  • @mickcarlon8147
    @mickcarlon8147 3 місяці тому +4

    Mick Ronson rules. His piano, his orchestrations.

  • @florantejrhermosado5170
    @florantejrhermosado5170 2 роки тому +22

    This song made lorde cry 😢

  • @Anonymous58815
    @Anonymous58815 7 років тому +452

    Perhaps sir would like for me to call a cab.

    • @eddiespruill605
      @eddiespruill605 7 років тому +36

      Anonymous58815 Why thank you Mother Superior

    • @kaiser8411
      @kaiser8411 7 років тому +6

      Anonymous58815 NOIDED

    • @Tennyfun05
      @Tennyfun05 7 років тому

      Anonymous58815 what is this from??

    • @catalyst4385
      @catalyst4385 7 років тому +9

      I think it's from Trainspotting

    • @MagickFlavour
      @MagickFlavour 7 років тому +11

      Anonymous58815 I'd fuck this music and make it cum

  • @leehenderson8132
    @leehenderson8132 2 роки тому +7

    What a love song.Its just a perfect song.

  • @vinx3078
    @vinx3078 2 роки тому +69

    "hanging on
    By a thread
    Hanging on
    Shouldn't let go
    If I let go
    All will fall
    Fingers bleeding
    Down to the bone now
    Can't let go
    Nothing makes sense
    Hold on
    Hold on
    Hold on"

  • @Nebuchadnezzar31
    @Nebuchadnezzar31 7 років тому +710

    The song I play when I'm feeling fed up

    • @Travio567
      @Travio567 7 років тому +4

      +no day :>

    • @LegionOfEclaires
      @LegionOfEclaires 7 років тому

      Oh such a perfect day.

    • @Dad-lu1oi
      @Dad-lu1oi 7 років тому +3

      ARE U REAL?/

    • @Nebuchadnezzar31
      @Nebuchadnezzar31 7 років тому +1

      TheRobloxNoob ?? Um....yes

    • @ObviousThr33s
      @ObviousThr33s 7 років тому +18

      I wish i could unsee your uploads (to unsuspecting comment readers
      its vore)

  • @TheLarryburns84
    @TheLarryburns84 6 років тому +90

    a combination of my love for the Velvet Underground and mood swings brought me here.

  • @francescadellabona4988
    @francescadellabona4988 11 місяців тому +6

    I'm imaging an epic orchestral version of this song during the final scene of an apocalypse movie

    • @PuppysMum
      @PuppysMum 10 місяців тому

      That would definitely be perfect.

  • @BloodyArmourKnight
    @BloodyArmourKnight Рік тому +7

    That piano outro is really uplifting, but at the same time it makes you feel empty.
    I had heard this song a few years ago, but i didn't think much of it, for some reason, today, it all made sense. As if everything fit together. My new favorite song.

    • @nneisler
      @nneisler Рік тому +2

      When you listen to music, try to be present in the moment and allow yourself to feel the emotions it evokes. It's okay to feel a range of emotions, and it can even be therapeutic to explore these feelings through music. Also, remember that it's normal to revisit music and find new meaning in it over time. Your experiences and emotions may change, and the music can reflect these changes in a new way.

    • @BloodyArmourKnight
      @BloodyArmourKnight Рік тому +1

      @@nneisler Thanks. I had a few sad days when i heard the song, and made me feel the emotions i express in the moment. But now i'm better.

  • @Mrariesdave
    @Mrariesdave 3 роки тому +7

    Always seem to play this song at the end of the day when I feel sad and long for my youth and all my friends who are all dead and gone. Even though I never wanted to be thirty, I somehow always thought I would indeed have all my friends with me when I got older. I will be 66 next month and it is just me and my cat. But 30 years off heroin/coke/benzos/barbiturates/booze. Got this album in '74. Thank you Lou for being on the planet with me.

  • @ProtoMario
    @ProtoMario 3 роки тому +516

    Great song!

  • @davidweston9115
    @davidweston9115 5 місяців тому +4

    Haven't heard this since Trainspotting. Cheers to you Lou Reed. What a beautiful, clear, voice. Not pushed or changed to make it louder or uglier. So rare these days. (those days too).

    • @bsadewitz
      @bsadewitz 5 місяців тому

      Hah, that was roughly 7 centuries ago now, right?
      Are you in the UK? I thought that since you left this 6 hours ago, perhaps you were listening to this upon rising, too. A 6h-old comment in a sea of 2yr+ comments--just had to answer this one.

    • @CameronLopez-rs9sl
      @CameronLopez-rs9sl 5 місяців тому +1

      there's a new movie train spotting 2 but its a real downer

  • @ninconanco4926
    @ninconanco4926 Рік тому +7

    The right song for sad days.
    🎶🌻🎶