"It always bothers me to see people writing ‘RIP’ when a person dies. It just feels so insincere and like a cop-out. To me, ‘RIP’ is the microwave dinner of posthumous honors." - Lou Reed

You are right...I listened to this song today, and thought what a dangerous song it is, and how it glorifies drugs.....tsk, I too have given years to heroin/morphine addiction, and have yet to quit methadone. Heroin when I was young seemed so ''glamorous'', mainly because of songs like this...but my god, what a fool I was. I am sorry about your Girlfriend. Well done for being clean.

I saw Lou do this live in San Francisco where he tied off with the microphone cord and fixed front center stage. I went very close to see and he was not faking.

I've watched this 100 times and I'll watch it 1000 more; so fortunate someone captured this moment in time. Crazy to think how many people will never know it even happened, but us lucky few get to cherish it.

goodbye heroin #3#4 goodbye morphine goodbye (furanyl/butyr)-fentanyl and fucking goodbye to methadone! but i will always be addicted to this song!

Even after you stop getting high this is still a great song.....

"Experienced" him in concert in 1974. Rock 'n' Roll Animal is the greatest rock album of all time!

Who'd have thought we'd have lasted this long? Well done on your 71 years Lou. We had perfect days and your passing leaves a hole in my life.

I was at that show, as well, my first time seeing him. Remember it quite well to this day.

"YOU CAN ALL GO TAKE A FUCKING WALK"

The most amazing song in the world. Lou Reed rocks so hard.

I relapsed yesterday, going to bed clean tonight

can you feel the love HE feels while singing this song?? divine

Lou Reed at this time was incredible & outrageous. You can tell he was out of it. Sometimes he would fake shooting up on stage on that tour during Heroin(1974). This version is great, the way he performs it, the way he turned Heroin in this sort of black mass, with the organ & all. Thanks for uploading this.

So good. One of the best ever live performances.

This is the most incredible version of this song, and one of the best. This is enveloping and direct in a way that no other live recording have been. The controlled blasts of electric guitar are magnificent! Just love this version. Damn this guy was a powerful stage presence

Amsterdam, 70 ties also the ,trip, era... I grew up, and grown older with some very brilliant musicians... There texts aged ,like a good 🍷 wine.... Lou Reed was one of them,... Together with Joe Cocker,.... More ,brass, got into play.. I count myself a Rich man...

love when someone from the audience reminds him about his sunglasses :)

"…it's my wife & it's my life…" Bless you, Lou. Great talent here - from guitar to drums.

LOU REED RULES.

Wish they would offer a digital version. Being a guitar player , this is HEAVY version the guitarist is killing this song with some heavy tone .

Heroin won't be the death of you Lou, you're 70 years old!

This is really a great tune. I use to listen to this in the late 70's, when I was a teenager. We just drank beer and smoked weed....maybe a few other things. I never rode the dragon, and I'm happy I didn't. I lost a niece to this shit last November. My brother tried so hard to help her climb out of her ditch. She was 25....rip Nikkie

I'm 21 and I've been a heroin addict for a year now. There is no such thing as trying heroin, only sharing your life with it. The lyrics Lou sings describe the experience perfectly, it's a beautiful thing. The thing that ruins lives is addiction, it's important to remember that heroin and addiction are two separate things. If you use some of the logic that some people are posting then there should be no love songs either as that inevitably ends up in pain and suffering. This is just a love song.

Every time i listen to this song i ask myself if it was worth it that i detoxt.just remembering the warm feeling,the sloly floating pictures throgh your brain,the totally relaxt feeling...i have to stop

Heroin... It's my life & my wife...

Lou Reed was at his peak during the Rock n Roll Animal era. 👍😎

been a fan of lou reed from day 1. been drug-free from day 1( thank god) had good parents ( a good dad who could be really scary, which every young teenager needs in order 2 stay away from drugs) ...anyone who can survive hard drugs, get clean ,& live 2 tell the tale, i salute u....

Kudos to anyone who was able to get off of such a hardcore drug as Heroin. I'm sure it wasn't easy. The hard part is staying off, and getting their lives back together. Best of luck to all of you who are trying!

lou reed = one of the best lyricists ever

RIP Lou Reed. I forgive you for Lulu. Thank you for the music.

i've been off heroin for a year and it certainly made me feel like a man when i put a spike in my vein

great version

he was my second heroin 1970.......i miss him

Thanks for that great song and performance ! '74 was his best time I think. Rock'n'Roll Animal !!!

yyyyyyyyeeeeeeaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh Peace and love to everybody. love lou reed, and this is his best song ever....

Heroine is not great. It's death. I think, 50% of my dearest friends died from it, during the 80/90s. They are still missed after all these years. Reed was an unique personage translating the rush into words. Rest in peace, my friends.

Loved it. One of my favourites. 'I'm gonna try to nullify my life'; each line is pure poetry. We miss you, Lou.

Well. It's difficult to know what to say. But, that is funny. Thanks for the share. I saw Reed in Winterland in November 1974. He rocked. I'll say, rock on. He's out of pain. I'm happy for him.

representing a great time in my life. Simple garage band sound just worked.

there r alot of things that also feel good and do not destroy ur life....go for that!

Every version I here of this song is pretty fucking good

sober for 3 months and i'm listening to this song... uggg why do i torture myself? put a spike into my vein....

That`s great

Awesome.......

Great song.

beautiful

Real as it Gets. LOU REED Rockn Roll Animal Period . Legendary Live Album . You want Rock nRoll Street Urban . Punk Junkie Attitude . Lou Delievered the Goods. Steve Hunter Dick Wagner dueling Guitars. Great Band backing LOU. This record is Timeless. I first seen Lou Reed in 1976 . Different Band with Lou on Guitar. Seen NY Tour. Magic and Loss. And of course BLUE MASK Tour. Great Band as well. No One does LOU REED . Blessed to have seen him LIVE.

coming from a humiliated full fledged addict, lou loved it like the rest of our clan does. hope hes doing better :]. was his choice to live it. love him and his music forever!

A great of R&R.

In the old days in amsterdam tht was THE song while gettin high lol

Can't stop crying. At least my daughter got to know and love him.

Aesthetic, painfully beautiful, deep...

The best Lou Reed ever.

The poetry of Reed shoots up through me/ & I feel the time code of history/ called music, sweet poetic Lou Reed music...

Amazing live performance of this incredible song!

this is a real gem

@gangstaman97 I was fortunate to see two of his gigs at the ROXY in LA, late seventies, still have the tix stubs. He truly gave it all for his audiences. The 2nd gig was a two show night, we saw the 2nd. He played from like midnight till 4:30, he just kept going. And you could not have said it better in your comment. His music is timeless and has survived while other have simply faded like a sunset. LOU ROCKS!!!! and I am old, hmmmm

Well said my friend.

Nice Find !!

wasnt even born when this song came out yet its still relevent to me today, as someone else said, the jesus of cool...yeah

just Wonderful!

I agree with jonty182. Heroin addiction is a relationship with a beautiful lover. But unless you are prepared to devote your life to her or keep it to weekends only, best to leave her alone.

best live ever

love you for ever..♥

I lost my niece to that shit......sad , but I rocked to this song in the 70's.....we just drank beer and smoked weed. Maybe a few other things,,,,,but never chased the dragon. Guess I was lucky that it wasn't popular in my circle of friends. My niece's death really makes me think back to those days, and what kept me from going over the edge. She's at peace now, and in our hearts.

have,nt heard this song in years . xxx nice 1

Since a few month i hear everytime this great song when i smoke some hero... And today i hear the song, too......and everything seems so warm and good. But i know, tomorrow it´s the same cold and disapointing world....the circle in (my) life since 23 years of pain, love and hate,peace, drugs and neverending hope.

Saw him in Alexandria, VA during this tour at a skating rink....there were no more than 200 people there. It was AWESOME!!!!

this song means so much to me..

Trouble with opiates is the years slip by so fast- and opiates leave you with nothing to show for it... yes, I too have the ''successful friend'' thing, BUT it is never too late to change, and a good partner is worth a lot. Emotions- any recovering addict has to deal with these- but all in all, the ''recovering'' addicts I know of seem much happier in themselves. Good luck

i will cherish our meeting n c.d. signing and pics forever Mr. Reed! only a yr ago

great version.

i was there in the Hague '74 with friends it was GREAT...the greatest live concert ever

he's an unconscious piece of art

Ahh! This is great!

Sublime version!!!

ahh, incredible. all the high I need. thanks for posting.

I wonder how Lou Reed in these years would go over with today's music audience if solo Lou was doing his thing now?

I haven't poked a vein for 22 years now, I wouldn't and actually shouldn't be here. And so many that are gone. I just buried my brother due to the needle and the spoon..

awsome.

You Were The Man -Even Without Heroin- but You Sang about it- so the common peeps would know about all the crap that was going on out there,people would get away from the crap in life by just playing this music- and not do the hard drugs- it was the words and presentation that turned minds artistically. Lou- Lou , you be gone, but your words and artistic presence will remain forever.

Wow!

Fine line between Love and Loathe...between a medicine and a poison.

Was addicted for 6 years and I enjoyed loads of it. Scoring was biggest problem. Then it just kinda lost its edge for me.

that was one amazing performance.....a real star.

Good point,,,,,Gotta wonder how he made it through the 70's....

R.I.P Lou reed !! What a star U were And now are XXX "when i'm rush and on the run "...

you can all go and take a walk Lou reed the best

fantastic document of the man, the myth, the legend. RIP Lou. Much love...

yes for sure!!! i'll back that idea.

The best version i know.

love to all of you. rip lou.

hypnotising.

Thank your God that I appreciate his work and always have and always will.

Pure poetry!

I can't either. the older you get, the worse it feels. Also, when you get older, things like arthritis kick in- when one is young and limber, supple one takes it for granted.. but you are 32, my son is 30, and you still have youth and strength on your side. I don't take valium now, mainly as the quitting is so horrid- but am still taking methadone twice daily - I know once is meant to be enough, but twice is easier for me to make it last better throughout 24hrs.

Play with fire, you get burnt, but the flames entice us no matter what.

''don`t no just where i`am going''

It's Danny Weiss. He played only on the 1974 "Sally Can't Dance" Tour.