Here’s to the late great Lou Reed (March 2, 1942 – October 27, 2013), a true American original, seen and heard above on the BBC Two show, “Later… with Jools Holland,” from 2003. Who could ever replace him? Who will give us the next “perfect day”? (Love the addition of the guy on stage doing Tai chi in the video above!)
Here’s another (strange) version: Lou Reed and operatic soprano Renée Fleming performing “Perfect Day” in Prague with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra on on November 14, 2009, in a concert hosted by Václav Have celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution: