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

8 жыл бұрын

False hope. The emotional and mental maggot.

@a.bourne6386

8 жыл бұрын

exactly

@jimbee01028

7 жыл бұрын

what other kind of hope is there???

@annagodel951

7 жыл бұрын

Omg same

@kyleashcraft86

7 жыл бұрын

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

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

@igotthepowers

4 жыл бұрын

Good point, really fucking brilliant. And so relatable!

@adrianramsey1369

4 жыл бұрын

It hit home

@ferdinandreinheimer1080

3 жыл бұрын

oh yeah, that's the undisputed truth !

@RPPification

3 жыл бұрын

@Auxiliary Stream Services Why are you here?

@Kieransm09

3 жыл бұрын

Wow so edgy

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

2 ай бұрын

Great job dude. Best of luck

@roykeene8868

Ай бұрын

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

Ай бұрын

Well done! that takes tones of strength and courage ❤

@WPAPi3.14

Ай бұрын

34 years for me

@user-ww1gq6qr3l

Ай бұрын

transformer what a album i am so free

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

@silvanabalmamion4693

3 ай бұрын

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

@xavittu

3 ай бұрын

I am so fucking addicted ever since I saw it

@OfficialArkoMotions

3 ай бұрын

What film?

@mitchbob789

3 ай бұрын

Perfect Days directed by Wim Wenders@@OfficialArkoMotions

@OfficialArkoMotions

3 ай бұрын

@@mitchbob789 Thank you

This song is like watching something beautiful die.

@DoctorBlankenstein

5 жыл бұрын

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

@lisaandjonnewhard4430

5 жыл бұрын

We're all beautiful and we all die.

@gavynfees578

5 жыл бұрын

Very that

@akarto

5 жыл бұрын

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

@toffeeapple4145

5 жыл бұрын

@@akarto exactly what I was thinking

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

4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on your recovery! Keep going strong :)

@K1Nd0m

4 жыл бұрын

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

@BrianNewport

4 жыл бұрын

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

@whoman1505

4 жыл бұрын

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

@vexbotz

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

@redskies4530

Жыл бұрын

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

@angelj4ne

Жыл бұрын

literally

@ZoeKaylor

Жыл бұрын

It's the imperfections that make it so perfect.

@sonarparth3204

Жыл бұрын

​@@ZoeKaylor So true

@tombirmingham7033

Жыл бұрын

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

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

@user-ww1gq6qr3l

Ай бұрын

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

@waltercolombe6105

Ай бұрын

I hope your greif has healed some in the past 2 years.

@richardplume3212

16 күн бұрын

Only in the next room friends

@ozrevealbyself5957

8 күн бұрын

Im so sorry for your loss.

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

@monsieurluciferdiablo6871

3 жыл бұрын

🥀

@frog_of_winds7459

3 жыл бұрын

damn

@thebelen2359

3 жыл бұрын

@@monsieurluciferdiablo6871 That emoji sums up the whole song

@eoinreilly3925

2 жыл бұрын

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

@MatthewMuhammad

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

@joyvasquez8685

4 жыл бұрын

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

@user-rx3js1no3s

4 жыл бұрын

What hurts even more is looking at your ugly mug

@jimmyjames950

3 жыл бұрын

If right cc

@KK-pw9sq

3 жыл бұрын

Perfect song for an imperfect day

@dailyflash

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

@riffraffrichard

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

@@riffraffrichard .

@samsquanch1996

Жыл бұрын

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

@linalicious415

Жыл бұрын

We are all deeply flawed...flaws are sexy

@thatjoshwright5577

Жыл бұрын

@@linalicious415 indeed flaws ARE sexy 😂

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

This is what having fun with depression is like.

@tao5143

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly, bro.

@otemporizador3550

3 жыл бұрын

So true, the teen days

@DETRACT0RD00M

3 жыл бұрын

this is what having fun with skagg is like..

@oiramsq73

3 жыл бұрын

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

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, funny depression

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

7 жыл бұрын

Lyndal god bless Bowie

@wongnaichungrd

7 жыл бұрын

Good points!

@lyndalbreen7690

7 жыл бұрын

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

6 жыл бұрын

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

@UMCProductions2013

6 жыл бұрын

Do you know who wrote the lyrics?

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

2 жыл бұрын

God bless your angel I lost mine in 2013.

@flyingsword135

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss may her memory sustain you.

@Eric578

Жыл бұрын

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

@Eric578

Жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

God bless you ❤❤

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

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

I have 10 years clean icr

@p2pat

Жыл бұрын

This song makes me want to use…

@Cpl4200

Жыл бұрын

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

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

@bevmason5898

8 жыл бұрын

👍 likewise!

@BarakaTheGreat

8 жыл бұрын

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

@celticbird2398

8 жыл бұрын

BarakaTheGreat Yeah, the album Transformer.

@jgt-er9nk

8 жыл бұрын

+BarakaTheGreat for true

@rickyrhoades4083

8 жыл бұрын

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

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

@pixelsailor

2 жыл бұрын

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

@JKTube

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

Light comes - darkness disappears!🤣

@MarjorieJCat

Жыл бұрын

Or, if like me, you really dig heroin

@criticalmind93

Жыл бұрын

​@@MarjorieJCatbrownstone

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

@stellacappabianca

5 ай бұрын

😅😅😅

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

9 ай бұрын

Thank you. Thanx people like you are among us

@FormerlyNYVulgarian

9 ай бұрын

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

@juniornunez2583

5 ай бұрын

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

5 ай бұрын

@@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.

This song gives me chills.

@sterlingblake7655

7 жыл бұрын

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

7 жыл бұрын

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

@4narchydigital

7 жыл бұрын

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

@waynehackney5812

7 жыл бұрын

JamesonDoesStuff Why?

@jamesonjaksch4883

7 жыл бұрын

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

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

4 жыл бұрын

Rest Easy Maddie.

@rickgardner9126

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

My deepest condolences to you!

@teddng1828

4 жыл бұрын

May she Rest In Peace...

@SlavicUnionGaming

4 жыл бұрын

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

The greatest feeling ever is forgetting who you are

@anneominous7172

Жыл бұрын

Love you, man.

@cathyclayton8444

3 ай бұрын

Actually for me the greatest feeling is knowing exactly who I am

@MauRelita

2 ай бұрын

F A C T S

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

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

7 жыл бұрын

I agree

@hairylox5980

7 жыл бұрын

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

@olderjeans

7 жыл бұрын

ur pretty

@officialclownbusiness7788

6 жыл бұрын

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

@mikenichols5473

6 жыл бұрын

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

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

8 жыл бұрын

+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

8 жыл бұрын

you spoke my heart out mate

@haisydaisy10

8 жыл бұрын

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

@rockettlaunch8059

8 жыл бұрын

You're a funny guy.

@teddybear1829

8 жыл бұрын

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

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

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@PuppysMum

11 ай бұрын

I'm so sorry (both of you). 😢

@loisarends3968

9 ай бұрын

I'm so sorry ❤ pets truly are family

@johnbarry1965

7 ай бұрын

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

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.

R.I.P Lou Reed

@carrieambrosini8553

6 жыл бұрын

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

@breyonnasimpsfor2dmen401

6 жыл бұрын

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

@neptunestardust

6 жыл бұрын

CJ P. 😭

@googlereviewer4039

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@auroraborealis13579

2 жыл бұрын

Thank You from California 🌴🌞💚

@alexmarshall4331

2 жыл бұрын

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

@auroraborealis13579

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexmarshall4331 Good Morning, Alex!

@alexmarshall4331

2 жыл бұрын

@@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👉🇬🇧👈👉😷👈👉🙏

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.

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

@AmyEG1988

Жыл бұрын

Cheers…

@jbranum3087

10 ай бұрын

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

9 ай бұрын

stay safe bro

@phoenixmastrogiovanni157

9 ай бұрын

@@jamiechappell9116 not a bro

@r2dxhate

6 ай бұрын

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

This song perfectly describes how I feel about this song

@ThePatriot2

5 жыл бұрын

Javascript Kiddie facts

@yunglegend146

4 жыл бұрын

underrated comment

@tangerinesarebetterthanora7060

3 жыл бұрын

God I love your pfp.

had the honor of meeting him once. RIP Lou.

@Gr13fKvlt

4 жыл бұрын

Blake How was the encounter?

@benkenon

4 жыл бұрын

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

@giannagiavelli5098

3 жыл бұрын

wait what? hes dead? NO!

@giannagiavelli5098

3 жыл бұрын

chrieke 2013. sheesh. RIP slack man

@Futurevenomzone

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

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

@shivnorth3141

Жыл бұрын

RIP to your Dad.🥲💚🎶💕🎸💚

@hillybilly7165

Жыл бұрын

🥀💔😔

@rjohn3471

Жыл бұрын

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

@mikegallagher3700

Жыл бұрын

Rip brother 🙏

@PuppysMum

11 ай бұрын

That's rough. I'm so sorry. 😢

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

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@hildagadea1685

3 ай бұрын

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

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

Ай бұрын

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。

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

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

@dexterdog717

8 жыл бұрын

+Velcon Nirnroot There is no other place.

@antygoniusz

8 жыл бұрын

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

@gilliangracee

8 жыл бұрын

+tonecot89 Now Prince as well :(

@antygoniusz

8 жыл бұрын

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

@Danny_Cruz

8 жыл бұрын

Yeah...

Lou Reed brought me here

Perfect Days (2023)

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

@jkta97

4 ай бұрын

And take photographs of trees

@seog1233

4 ай бұрын

And have canned coffee for breakfast

@jkta97

4 ай бұрын

@@seog1233 And play shadow tag

@natusaddeficiendum

4 ай бұрын

And take care of my plants

@jkta97

4 ай бұрын

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

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

@emmanueludoh77

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly how I feel about this Nico tune. Perfectly imperfect! kzread.info/dash/bejne/X6J7rtORipDMZ5M.html

@salvo3650

2 жыл бұрын

Agree

@karolk7711

2 жыл бұрын

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

@FucklesTheEnchilada

2 жыл бұрын

@@karolk7711 well it worked for Lou.

@riffraffrichard

Жыл бұрын

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

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

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

8 ай бұрын

Mick was behind my favorite albums in rock history.

@yudhasibarani8476

6 ай бұрын

Ronno the hidden gem in rock

@RiverRat_1977

5 ай бұрын

@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!

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

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

@leshoc

6 жыл бұрын

great line

@annyfenton1

5 жыл бұрын

You are, buddy.

@SuperDevolution

5 жыл бұрын

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

@nigelgrolla2268

5 жыл бұрын

reminds me a bit of Charlie Brown

@toffeeapple4145

5 жыл бұрын

He's singing about a fkn drug

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

@gomathcheatz2601

6 жыл бұрын

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

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.

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@JKTube

Жыл бұрын

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

@armarq8091

8 ай бұрын

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

that piano solo after you just keep hanging on

@DoctorBlankenstein

5 жыл бұрын

Clint Francis Barton played by David Bowie

@jonathanrandol794

5 жыл бұрын

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

The best new literary style is the KZread 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

3 жыл бұрын

this comment needs more attention! you are so right

@stephendoyle4416

2 жыл бұрын

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

@iost5459

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

Far out

@dongately2817

2 жыл бұрын

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.

You're going to reap, just what you sow.

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

@r2dxhate

6 ай бұрын

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.

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

@paulgraymedia

9 жыл бұрын

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

@Luchacooks

8 жыл бұрын

+Paul Gray Lana omg

@coreyreck6144

7 жыл бұрын

jaime nuñez

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.

@madgebuick6285

5 ай бұрын

Xx

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.

Mick Ronson rules. His piano, his orchestrations.

Oh such a perfect song...

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

@silentpatriot4283

6 жыл бұрын

Dre DaKid 😭

@aod7284

6 жыл бұрын

Everything except Lulu

"You're going to reap just what u sow". 👌🏻

Trainspotting ♥

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.

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

@Wildguns76

2 жыл бұрын

God bless so much

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

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

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

think ur reading a little too into it

@johnhatchel9681

10 ай бұрын

Its about heroin.

@guitarheroplayer-fs5js

9 ай бұрын

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

@thefriend4264

9 ай бұрын

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

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-.

3 жыл бұрын

"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'

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

"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"

@oogieboogie8043

2 жыл бұрын

NOOOOOOO

@whateveryouhearditwasntme4109

2 жыл бұрын

Shut up I can't take this

@SuperClaire35

2 жыл бұрын

Too soon 😭

@Matty442

2 жыл бұрын

I just re watched ofmd and I cried even more this time it was so much worse knowing what was going to happen

What a love song.Its just a perfect song.

The piano at 2:22 is just beautiful!

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

4 жыл бұрын

Thats Tough! Godspeed!

@sawtoothiandi

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

I hope that you two have many many more perfect days

@flyingmerkel6

4 жыл бұрын

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

@nobodysXghost

4 жыл бұрын

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

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%!

@immortalvenerable

8 күн бұрын

yes it was a fitting end to the set

The right song for sad days. 🎶🌻🎶

You make me forget myself, I thought I was someone else,someone good xxxxx Ssgt. John Boyd - Vietnam '68 - 69, '70 - 71; You were Someone Good - One of the Best! RIP

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

@chuleta441

3 жыл бұрын

That'll be soon

@andrewalison2882

3 жыл бұрын

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

@mikepatrick5909

3 жыл бұрын

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

@mrleet4101

3 жыл бұрын

I’m killing myself to it right nos

@SuperBandMom

3 жыл бұрын

Just keep hanging on anyway 😘😘😘

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

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.

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

@janpakowski3084

Жыл бұрын

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

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

If you love this song, go see Perfect Days. A movie about simplicity featuring this song. Set in Tokyo.

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

This song made lorde cry 😢

@qerqeqg.9255

2 жыл бұрын

who is lorde

@olegbutt07

2 жыл бұрын

@Qerqeq G. Randy marsh

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

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

Oh such a Perfect Song.

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

You make me forget myself, I thought I was someone else,someone good xxxxx

Qué bella canción!!!! Gracias W Wenders por hacérmela conocer. Una maravilla la película Días Perfectos!!!

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

@thiagom.3097

4 ай бұрын

Conheça Lou Reed, el3 é maravilhosa

@HamtaroSan85

Ай бұрын

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 !

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.

This is one of the best songs ever

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.

This a beautiful and sullen melody, but I can listen to it for hours on end❤

7 years without you, lou. gone but never forgotten.

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

Perfect day and Perfect movie ❤

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

@nomiddlenamenmn427

Ай бұрын

Lou was adamant it was not written about heroin.

@fedda9999

Ай бұрын

i hope you are doing well