Michaelangelo Matos : Impossible to imagine past 50 years of rock without Lou Reed . Comment: His music transgressed , with topics such as S & M , hard drugs ; his view alienated , he says . Matos : ( It also featured a vocal cameo from another fan , Bruce Springsteen . ) Rock was Reed 's poetry , and he became paterfamilias to NYC 's rock scene .
Michaelangelo Matos : Impossible to imagine past 50 years of rock without Lou Reed . Comment: His music transgressed , with topics such as S & M , hard drugs ; his view alienated , he says . Matos : Rock was Reed 's poetry , and he became paterfamilias to NYC 's rock scene .