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  • Official Audio for ”Perfect Day” by Lou Reed
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    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
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Комментарии • 6 тыс.

  • @holipinieo1
    @holipinieo1 8 лет назад +11030

    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 7 лет назад +110

      False hope. The emotional and mental maggot.

    • @a.bourne6386
      @a.bourne6386 7 лет назад +92

      exactly

    • @jimbee01028
      @jimbee01028 7 лет назад +98

      what other kind of hope is there???

    • @annagodel951
      @annagodel951 7 лет назад +26

      Omg same

    • @kyleashcraft86
      @kyleashcraft86 7 лет назад +167

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

  • @SuperDevolution
    @SuperDevolution 3 года назад +3216

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

  • @juanadrianarquinegogomez3610
    @juanadrianarquinegogomez3610 2 месяца назад +303

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

    • @silvanabalmamion4693
      @silvanabalmamion4693 Месяц назад +3

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

    • @xavittu
      @xavittu Месяц назад +9

      I am so fucking addicted ever since I saw it

    • @OfficialArkoMotions
      @OfficialArkoMotions Месяц назад +3

      What film?

    • @mitchbob789
      @mitchbob789 Месяц назад +6

      Perfect Days directed by Wim Wenders@@OfficialArkoMotions

    • @OfficialArkoMotions
      @OfficialArkoMotions Месяц назад +3

      @@mitchbob789 Thank you

  • @paulkelly1162
    @paulkelly1162 Месяц назад +49

    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 Месяц назад +1

      Great job dude. Best of luck

    • @roykeene8868
      @roykeene8868 14 дней назад +2

      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 11 дней назад

      Well done! that takes tones of strength and courage ❤

    • @WPAPi3.14
      @WPAPi3.14 7 дней назад

      34 years for me

    • @user-ww1gq6qr3l
      @user-ww1gq6qr3l 6 дней назад

      transformer what a album i am so free

  • @Gr13fKvlt
    @Gr13fKvlt 4 года назад +4561

    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 года назад +87

      Congratulations on your recovery! Keep going strong :)

    • @K1Nd0m
      @K1Nd0m 4 года назад +67

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

    • @BrianNewport
      @BrianNewport 4 года назад +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 года назад +25

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

    • @vexbotz
      @vexbotz 4 года назад +47

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

  • @hapilydamaged
    @hapilydamaged 4 года назад +2601

    This is what having fun with depression is like.

    • @tao5143
      @tao5143 3 года назад +48

      Exactly, bro.

    • @otemporizador3550
      @otemporizador3550 3 года назад +38

      So true, the teen days

    • @DETRACT0RD00M
      @DETRACT0RD00M 3 года назад +35

      this is what having fun with skagg is like..

    • @oiramsq73
      @oiramsq73 3 года назад +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 года назад +3

      Yeah, funny depression

  • @thatjoshwright5577
    @thatjoshwright5577 Год назад +931

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

    • @riffraffrichard
      @riffraffrichard Год назад +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 Год назад +3

      @@riffraffrichard .

    • @samsquanch1996
      @samsquanch1996 Год назад +9

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

    • @linalicious415
      @linalicious415 Год назад +16

      We are all deeply flawed...flaws are sexy

    • @thatjoshwright5577
      @thatjoshwright5577 Год назад +5

      @@linalicious415 indeed flaws ARE sexy 😂

  • @Dremeli
    @Dremeli Год назад +615

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

    • @redskies4530
      @redskies4530 Год назад +14

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

    • @angelj4ne
      @angelj4ne Год назад +11

      literally

    • @ZoeKaylor
      @ZoeKaylor Год назад +37

      It's the imperfections that make it so perfect.

    • @sonarparth3204
      @sonarparth3204 Год назад +6

      ​@@ZoeKaylor So true

    • @tombirmingham7033
      @tombirmingham7033 11 месяцев назад +12

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

  • @robbieclark7828
    @robbieclark7828 7 лет назад +1476

    This song is like watching something beautiful die.

    • @DoctorBlankenstein
      @DoctorBlankenstein 5 лет назад +22

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

    • @lisaandjonnewhard4430
      @lisaandjonnewhard4430 5 лет назад +48

      We're all beautiful and we all die.

    • @gavynfees578
      @gavynfees578 5 лет назад +4

      Very that

    • @akarto
      @akarto 5 лет назад +4

      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 лет назад +1

      @@akarto exactly what I was thinking

  • @ashutoshbhadoria9948
    @ashutoshbhadoria9948 3 года назад +1067

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

    • @monsieurluciferdiablo6871
      @monsieurluciferdiablo6871 3 года назад +7

      🥀

    • @frog_of_winds7459
      @frog_of_winds7459 3 года назад +2

      damn

    • @thebelen2359
      @thebelen2359 2 года назад +3

      @@monsieurluciferdiablo6871 That emoji sums up the whole song

    • @eoinreilly3925
      @eoinreilly3925 2 года назад +1

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

    • @MatthewMuhammad
      @MatthewMuhammad 2 года назад +5

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

  • @montanisemperliberi3153
    @montanisemperliberi3153 Год назад +300

    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 Год назад +18

      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 Год назад +11

      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 Год назад +5

      I have 10 years clean icr

    • @p2pat
      @p2pat Год назад +1

      This song makes me want to use…

    • @Cpl4200
      @Cpl4200 11 месяцев назад +7

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

  • @ronaldsimmons9517
    @ronaldsimmons9517 3 месяца назад +575

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

    • @jkta97
      @jkta97 3 месяца назад +54

      And take photographs of trees

    • @seog1233
      @seog1233 3 месяца назад +45

      And have canned coffee for breakfast

    • @jkta97
      @jkta97 3 месяца назад +2

      @@seog1233 And play shadow tag

    • @natusaddeficiendum
      @natusaddeficiendum 3 месяца назад +41

      And take care of my plants

    • @jkta97
      @jkta97 3 месяца назад +36

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

  • @FultonLMiller
    @FultonLMiller 8 лет назад +2640

    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 лет назад +74

      +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 лет назад +35

      you spoke my heart out mate

    • @haisydaisy10
      @haisydaisy10 8 лет назад +14

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

    • @johncavanaugh1911
      @johncavanaugh1911 8 лет назад +40

      If only only there was a way to add comments to my favorites

    • @rockettlaunch8059
      @rockettlaunch8059 8 лет назад +9

      You're a funny guy.

  • @caitlinteague3193
    @caitlinteague3193 4 года назад +1963

    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 года назад +41

      Rest Easy Maddie.

    • @rickgardner9126
      @rickgardner9126 4 года назад +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 года назад +20

      My deepest condolences to you!

    • @teddng1828
      @teddng1828 4 года назад +20

      May she Rest In Peace...

    • @SlavicUnionGaming
      @SlavicUnionGaming 4 года назад +5

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

  • @Eric578
    @Eric578 2 года назад +492

    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 Год назад +21

      God bless your angel I lost mine in 2013.

    • @flyingsword135
      @flyingsword135 Год назад +12

      Sorry for your loss may her memory sustain you.

    • @Eric578
      @Eric578 Год назад +9

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

    • @Eric578
      @Eric578 Год назад +9

      @@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 Год назад +5

      God bless you ❤❤

  • @pedrobezerra6610
    @pedrobezerra6610 2 года назад +23

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

    • @user-ww1gq6qr3l
      @user-ww1gq6qr3l 6 дней назад

      my mother dead maybe m'y father not biological both passed i miss both

  • @Chiaretta-xl3bf
    @Chiaretta-xl3bf 5 лет назад +708

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

    • @joyvasquez8685
      @joyvasquez8685 4 года назад +3

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

    • @user-rx3js1no3s
      @user-rx3js1no3s 4 года назад +3

      What hurts even more is looking at your ugly mug

    • @jimmyjames950
      @jimmyjames950 3 года назад +1

      If right cc

    • @KK-pw9sq
      @KK-pw9sq 3 года назад +6

      Perfect song for an imperfect day

    • @dailyflash
      @dailyflash 3 года назад +5

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

  • @evancodsworth2
    @evancodsworth2 3 года назад +1074

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

    • @pixelsailor
      @pixelsailor 2 года назад +23

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

    • @JKTube
      @JKTube Год назад +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 Год назад +3

      Light comes - darkness disappears!🤣

    • @MarjorieJCat
      @MarjorieJCat Год назад +4

      Or, if like me, you really dig heroin

    • @criticalmind93
      @criticalmind93 Год назад

      ​@@MarjorieJCatbrownstone

  • @RunsingBagaiNakGila
    @RunsingBagaiNakGila 2 месяца назад +207

    A Japanese toilet cleaner brought me here.

  • @indiaatkinson1035
    @indiaatkinson1035 Год назад +239

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

    • @shivnorth3141
      @shivnorth3141 Год назад +10

      RIP to your Dad.🥲💚🎶💕🎸💚

    • @hillybilly7165
      @hillybilly7165 Год назад +7

      🥀💔😔

    • @rjohn3471
      @rjohn3471 Год назад +5

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

    • @mikegallagher3700
      @mikegallagher3700 11 месяцев назад +4

      Rip brother 🙏

    • @PuppysMum
      @PuppysMum 9 месяцев назад +4

      That's rough. I'm so sorry. 😢

  • @jamesonjaksch4883
    @jamesonjaksch4883 7 лет назад +434

    This song gives me chills.

    • @sterlingblake7655
      @sterlingblake7655 7 лет назад +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 лет назад +2

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

    • @4narchydigital
      @4narchydigital 7 лет назад +8

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

    • @waynehackney5812
      @waynehackney5812 7 лет назад +1

      JamesonDoesStuff Why?

    • @jamesonjaksch4883
      @jamesonjaksch4883 7 лет назад +1

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

  • @lyndal4227
    @lyndal4227 7 лет назад +1296

    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 лет назад +129

      Lyndal god bless Bowie

    • @wongnaichungrd
      @wongnaichungrd 7 лет назад +7

      Good points!

    • @lyndalbreen7690
      @lyndalbreen7690 7 лет назад +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 лет назад +10

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

    • @UMCProductions2013
      @UMCProductions2013 5 лет назад +2

      Do you know who wrote the lyrics?

  • @PunksInVegas
    @PunksInVegas Месяц назад +9

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

  • @tracey6416
    @tracey6416 11 месяцев назад +71

    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 11 месяцев назад +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 10 месяцев назад +4

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

    • @PuppysMum
      @PuppysMum 9 месяцев назад +3

      I'm so sorry (both of you). 😢

    • @loisarends3968
      @loisarends3968 7 месяцев назад +2

      I'm so sorry ❤ pets truly are family

    • @johnbarry1965
      @johnbarry1965 6 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @joezink881
    @joezink881 8 лет назад +580

    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 лет назад +6

      I agree

    • @hairylox5980
      @hairylox5980 7 лет назад +26

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

    • @olderjeans
      @olderjeans 6 лет назад +2

      ur pretty

    • @officialclownbusiness7788
      @officialclownbusiness7788 6 лет назад

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

    • @mikenichols5473
      @mikenichols5473 6 лет назад +8

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

  • @celticbird2398
    @celticbird2398 8 лет назад +651

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

    • @bevmason5898
      @bevmason5898 8 лет назад +2

      👍 likewise!

    • @BarakaTheGreat
      @BarakaTheGreat 8 лет назад +7

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

    • @celticbird2398
      @celticbird2398 8 лет назад +6

      BarakaTheGreat Yeah, the album Transformer.

    • @jgt-er9nk
      @jgt-er9nk 8 лет назад

      +BarakaTheGreat for true

    • @rickyrhoades4083
      @rickyrhoades4083 8 лет назад

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

  • @NotYoDad482
    @NotYoDad482 Месяц назад +13

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

  • @oludotunjohnshowemimo434
    @oludotunjohnshowemimo434 3 месяца назад +43

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

  • @tonecot8932
    @tonecot8932 8 лет назад +128

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

    • @dexterdog717
      @dexterdog717 8 лет назад +1

      +Velcon Nirnroot There is no other place.

    • @antygoniusz
      @antygoniusz 8 лет назад +1

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

    • @gilliangracee
      @gilliangracee 8 лет назад +1

      +tonecot89 Now Prince as well :(

    • @antygoniusz
      @antygoniusz 8 лет назад +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 лет назад

      Yeah...

  • @lucanclair2414
    @lucanclair2414 7 лет назад +237

    R.I.P Lou Reed

    • @carrieambrosini8553
      @carrieambrosini8553 6 лет назад +2

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

    • @breyonnasimpsfor2dmen401
      @breyonnasimpsfor2dmen401 5 лет назад +1

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

    • @neptunestardust
      @neptunestardust 5 лет назад

      CJ P.
      😭

    • @googlereviewer4039
      @googlereviewer4039 3 года назад

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

  • @user-ie4xi8kj1g
    @user-ie4xi8kj1g 3 месяца назад +21

    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!!

  • @etherdog
    @etherdog 28 дней назад +5

    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.

  • @javascriptkiddie2718
    @javascriptkiddie2718 5 лет назад +271

    This song perfectly describes how I feel about this song

  • @blake432
    @blake432 5 лет назад +289

    had the honor of meeting him once. RIP Lou.

    • @Gr13fKvlt
      @Gr13fKvlt 4 года назад +4

      Blake
      How was the encounter?

    • @benkenon
      @benkenon 4 года назад +2

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

    • @giannagiavelli5098
      @giannagiavelli5098 3 года назад +1

      wait what? hes dead? NO!

    • @giannagiavelli5098
      @giannagiavelli5098 3 года назад +1

      chrieke 2013. sheesh. RIP slack man

    • @Futurevenomzone
      @Futurevenomzone 3 года назад +1

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

  • @newyorkvulgarian8865
    @newyorkvulgarian8865 10 месяцев назад +101

    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 8 месяцев назад +3

      Thank you. Thanx people like you are among us

    • @newyorkvulgarian8865
      @newyorkvulgarian8865 8 месяцев назад +2

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

    • @juniornunez2583
      @juniornunez2583 4 месяца назад +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

    • @newyorkvulgarian8865
      @newyorkvulgarian8865 4 месяца назад +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.

  • @barneyhansford411
    @barneyhansford411 2 года назад +69

    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 7 месяцев назад +7

      Mick was behind my favorite albums in rock history.

    • @yudhasibarani8476
      @yudhasibarani8476 5 месяцев назад +4

      Ronno the hidden gem in rock

    • @RiverRat_1977
      @RiverRat_1977 3 месяца назад +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!

  • @aldrichuyliong8143
    @aldrichuyliong8143 2 года назад +214

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

  • @John_Notmylastname
    @John_Notmylastname 4 года назад +71

    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 Год назад +1

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

    • @hildagadea1685
      @hildagadea1685 2 месяца назад

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

  • @phoenixmastrogiovanni157
    @phoenixmastrogiovanni157 Год назад +52

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

    • @AmyEG1988
      @AmyEG1988 Год назад +2

      Cheers…

    • @jbranum3087
      @jbranum3087 9 месяцев назад +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 8 месяцев назад

      stay safe bro

    • @phoenixmastrogiovanni157
      @phoenixmastrogiovanni157 8 месяцев назад

      @@jamiechappell9116 not a bro

    • @r2dxhate
      @r2dxhate 5 месяцев назад

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

  • @kaned5543
    @kaned5543 2 года назад +125

    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

  • @Claudia-wx3vq
    @Claudia-wx3vq 7 лет назад +77

    Lou Reed brought me here

  • @adamhagen6639
    @adamhagen6639 2 года назад +540

    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 года назад

      Exactly how I feel about this Nico tune.
      Perfectly imperfect!
      ruclips.net/video/-nGLqXZ-f70/видео.html

    • @salvo3650
      @salvo3650 2 года назад +5

      Agree

    • @karolk7711
      @karolk7711 Год назад +6

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

    • @FucklesTheEnchilada
      @FucklesTheEnchilada Год назад +32

      @@karolk7711 well it worked for Lou.

    • @riffraffrichard
      @riffraffrichard Год назад +25

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

  • @johnbarry1965
    @johnbarry1965 Год назад +40

    The greatest feeling ever is forgetting who you are

  • @josephrivera1679
    @josephrivera1679 2 года назад +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.

  • @andregrolly
    @andregrolly 2 года назад +275

    The best new literary style is the RUclips 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 года назад +11

      this comment needs more attention! you are so right

    • @stephendoyle4416
      @stephendoyle4416 2 года назад +20

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

    • @iost5459
      @iost5459 2 года назад +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 года назад +2

      Far out

    • @dongately2817
      @dongately2817 2 года назад +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.

  • @rafahounds
    @rafahounds 3 года назад +70

    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.

  • @benjafol
    @benjafol Месяц назад +15

    Perfect Days (2023)

  • @loltadynicneni913
    @loltadynicneni913 2 года назад +40

    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.

  • @soulCracka1
    @soulCracka1 7 лет назад +241

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

    • @leshoc
      @leshoc 6 лет назад +8

      great line

    • @annyfenton1
      @annyfenton1 5 лет назад +5

      You are, buddy.

    • @SuperDevolution
      @SuperDevolution 5 лет назад +12

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

    • @nigelgrolla2268
      @nigelgrolla2268 5 лет назад +2

      reminds me a bit of Charlie Brown

    • @toffeeapple4145
      @toffeeapple4145 5 лет назад +2

      He's singing about a fkn drug

  • @iNiCkGOD
    @iNiCkGOD 7 лет назад +59

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

  • @SamuelEMPowell131
    @SamuelEMPowell131 Год назад +22

    The first time I properly listened to this song I was a teenager about 16, laying at the bottom of a half pipe with my friend who is now a music producer, I had heard it before from trainspotting. We were sharing a head phone each and staring at the stars, I will never forget that night, Thank you Lou, while I'm here I wanna throw my friend some love for all the good times, try searching Lonely Gimmick - All Along the Watchtower, it gives me Lou vibes and I think my friend is really talented and deserves more recognition, he records it all himself on his laptop

  • @skyrulez4837
    @skyrulez4837 2 месяца назад +16

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

  • @Nicholas-tv4do
    @Nicholas-tv4do 7 лет назад +25

    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 лет назад

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

  • @ROBERIOPIZZA
    @ROBERIOPIZZA 2 года назад +589

    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 года назад +4

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

    • @auroraborealis13579
      @auroraborealis13579 2 года назад +4

      Thank You from California 🌴🌞💚

    • @alexmarshall4331
      @alexmarshall4331 2 года назад +3

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

    • @auroraborealis13579
      @auroraborealis13579 2 года назад +2

      @@alexmarshall4331 Good Morning, Alex!

    • @alexmarshall4331
      @alexmarshall4331 2 года назад +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👉🇬🇧👈👉😷👈👉🙏

  • @steffanhoffmann
    @steffanhoffmann 9 месяцев назад +12

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

    • @r2dxhate
      @r2dxhate 5 месяцев назад

      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.

  • @marieeeckhout1689
    @marieeeckhout1689 5 месяцев назад +14

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

    • @thiagom.3097
      @thiagom.3097 3 месяца назад +1

      Conheça Lou Reed, el3 é maravilhosa

    • @HamtaroSan85
      @HamtaroSan85 7 дней назад

      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 !

  • @craigthomas2455
    @craigthomas2455 3 года назад +177

    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.

  • @geryon1162
    @geryon1162 3 года назад +454

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

    • @chuleta441
      @chuleta441 3 года назад +11

      That'll be soon

    • @andrewalison2882
      @andrewalison2882 3 года назад +3

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

    • @mikepatrick5909
      @mikepatrick5909 3 года назад +2

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

    • @mrleet4101
      @mrleet4101 3 года назад +1

      I’m killing myself to it right nos

    • @SuperBandMom
      @SuperBandMom 3 года назад +1

      Just keep hanging on anyway 😘😘😘

  • @worer850
    @worer850 2 месяца назад +5

    love this song. Remembering sitting in the park with my father dying of alzheimer's. Singer together.. ❤❤ 😢

  • @user-fo5gc8rf9k
    @user-fo5gc8rf9k Месяц назад +2

    "You're going to reap just what you sow"
    This part was always so ominous to me...everytime I hear it I think about my current problem (whatever it may be) and think "fuck, you're gonna reap just what you sow"

  • @barneyronnie
    @barneyronnie 5 лет назад +89

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

  • @buckybarneswhothehellisbucky
    @buckybarneswhothehellisbucky 7 лет назад +63

    that piano solo after you just keep hanging on

    • @DoctorBlankenstein
      @DoctorBlankenstein 5 лет назад +5

      Clint Francis Barton played by David Bowie

    • @jonathanrandol794
      @jonathanrandol794 5 лет назад +1

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

  • @RadagonTheRed
    @RadagonTheRed Месяц назад +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 13 дней назад

      Lou was adamant it was not written about heroin.

    • @fedda9999
      @fedda9999 6 дней назад

      i hope you are doing well

  • @chelsiaroberto971
    @chelsiaroberto971 10 месяцев назад +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.

  • @elmochaorejas6122
    @elmochaorejas6122 9 лет назад +50

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

  • @flyingmerkel6
    @flyingmerkel6 4 года назад +277

    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 года назад +8

      Thats Tough! Godspeed!

    • @sawtoothiandi
      @sawtoothiandi 4 года назад +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 года назад +8

      I hope that you two have many many more perfect days

    • @flyingmerkel6
      @flyingmerkel6 4 года назад +3

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

    • @nobodysXghost
      @nobodysXghost 4 года назад

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

  • @marcusaurelius7419
    @marcusaurelius7419 2 года назад +14

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

  • @motorxrules1
    @motorxrules1 2 года назад +145

    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 Год назад +7

      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 Год назад +3

      think ur reading a little too into it

    • @johnhatchel9681
      @johnhatchel9681 9 месяцев назад

      Its about heroin.

    • @guitarheroplayer-fs5js
      @guitarheroplayer-fs5js 8 месяцев назад

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

    • @thefriend4264
      @thefriend4264 7 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @Thefabrizzio97
    @Thefabrizzio97 7 лет назад +18

    The piano at 2:22 is just beautiful!

  • @jonfazzone5125
    @jonfazzone5125 3 года назад +30

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

    • @janpakowski3084
      @janpakowski3084 11 месяцев назад +5

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

  • @dustinboyd4345
    @dustinboyd4345 Год назад +5

    I fucking love this song

  • @stevelaconte8802
    @stevelaconte8802 Год назад +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 Год назад +5

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

    • @JKTube
      @JKTube Год назад +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 7 месяцев назад

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

  • @toluca8371
    @toluca8371 5 лет назад +12

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

  • @ru2388
    @ru2388 7 лет назад +33

    Oh such a perfect song...

  • @gong256
    @gong256 Месяц назад +17

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

    • @werwer_yt
      @werwer_yt Месяц назад +5

      Are you a fellow vod watcher that had to investigate?

    • @gong256
      @gong256 Месяц назад +1

      @@werwer_yt feasibly

    • @spottybubbles2861
      @spottybubbles2861 Месяц назад +3

      Holy shit Mika CAN sing 😮

    • @radicalmars
      @radicalmars Месяц назад

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

    • @koenbook901
      @koenbook901 Месяц назад

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

  • @ernievame
    @ernievame 2 года назад +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.

  • @florantejrhermosado5170
    @florantejrhermosado5170 2 года назад +22

    This song made lorde cry 😢

  • @biggywan9765
    @biggywan9765 3 года назад +19

    I am listening to this song in honor of My good friends mother who passed away last night via overdose, Rest easy Gina theres no more pain for you on this earth.

    • @cocob6752
      @cocob6752 3 года назад

      Sorry for your loss and friends loss id be lost w-o mama and im 35 .

  • @cobar5342
    @cobar5342 7 месяцев назад +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

  • @dirkdiggler6962
    @dirkdiggler6962 Год назад +12

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

  • @ice-tsbodycount4054
    @ice-tsbodycount4054 4 года назад +484

    Trainspotting. Deep Overdose scene.

    • @dermot51
      @dermot51 4 года назад +3

      Well it is about 'horse' ain't it?

    • @Sovairu
      @Sovairu 4 года назад +4

      @@dermot51 No, this song is about a date Lou Reed had with his then fiancée. It was only ever associated with anything else after it was used in Trainspotting.

    • @dermot51
      @dermot51 4 года назад +3

      Well I know he had a heroin habit in the early70s then again all lyrics are open to interpretation I suppose, cheers!

    • @Sovairu
      @Sovairu 4 года назад +8

      @@dermot51 It's not open to interpretation when Lou Reed specifically said in interviews that this song was about that date, and nothing more.

    • @dermot51
      @dermot51 4 года назад +4

      Well he ain't gonna glorify gear to the media is he? but if that his 'official' explanation , so be it

  • @TheLarryburns84
    @TheLarryburns84 6 лет назад +89

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

  • @curlyfm
    @curlyfm Год назад +27

    I love how that song is so positive yet there is undertones of misery.
    A perfect reflection of life. Reap just what you sow.
    Positive outlook, and attitude - good things are abound.
    Negative outlook - bad things await.
    You are the master of your own destiny

  • @BatmanHQYT
    @BatmanHQYT Год назад +7

    Westworld!

  • @Rock-iw7ov
    @Rock-iw7ov 4 года назад +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

  • @imsimpingforbillkinandpp2425
    @imsimpingforbillkinandpp2425 2 года назад +119

    *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,,

  • @thescientist_83
    @thescientist_83 4 месяца назад +150

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

  • @mickcarlon8147
    @mickcarlon8147 Месяц назад +3

    Mick Ronson rules. His piano, his orchestrations.

  • @Anonymous58815
    @Anonymous58815 7 лет назад +452

    Perhaps sir would like for me to call a cab.

    • @eddiespruill605
      @eddiespruill605 7 лет назад +36

      Anonymous58815 Why thank you Mother Superior

    • @kaiser8411
      @kaiser8411 7 лет назад +6

      Anonymous58815 NOIDED

    • @Tennyfun05
      @Tennyfun05 7 лет назад

      Anonymous58815 what is this from??

    • @catalyst4385
      @catalyst4385 7 лет назад +9

      I think it's from Trainspotting

    • @MagickFlavour
      @MagickFlavour 7 лет назад +11

      Anonymous58815 I'd fuck this music and make it cum

  • @db_41000
    @db_41000 6 лет назад +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 лет назад +20

      Family Guy

    • @Whaylie
      @Whaylie 5 лет назад +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 лет назад +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 лет назад +2

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

    • @jonathantwaddell2469
      @jonathantwaddell2469 5 лет назад +2

      D Bail Literally why I’m listening to this

  • @laramiebracken9305
    @laramiebracken9305 Год назад +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.

  • @leehenderson8132
    @leehenderson8132 2 года назад +7

    What a love song.Its just a perfect song.

  • @Mrariesdave
    @Mrariesdave 3 года назад +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.

  • @adrianlee3497
    @adrianlee3497 6 лет назад +40

    The fact that this is one of *the* best albums ever made brought me here.

  • @cancelme4200
    @cancelme4200 Год назад +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 Год назад +3

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

    • @andie1508
      @andie1508 Год назад

      @D Boy what are dillies?

    • @dboy2462
      @dboy2462 Год назад

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

    • @andie1508
      @andie1508 Год назад

      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 Год назад

      @@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.

  • @aliakuhn6320
    @aliakuhn6320 Год назад +4

    Everyday with my boyfriend is a perfect day [ hmu when you read this Christian] ❤️

  • @nutbastard
    @nutbastard 2 года назад +47

    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-. 2 года назад

      "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'

  • @artiebasuko234
    @artiebasuko234 8 лет назад +145

    trainspotting!!!!

  • @wyfcph
    @wyfcph 3 месяца назад +10

    come here after seeing Wim Wenders' Japanese film (2023) with same name 2nd time

  • @ninconanco4926
    @ninconanco4926 Год назад +7

    The right song for sad days.
    🎶🌻🎶