Lou Reed anti-crack TV ad (1986)

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Sheila Klein
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Lou Reed anti-crack TV ad (1986)

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You know a drug is some bad shit when even Lou Reed steers you away from it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27kca1188Iw

session photo courtesy Erik Lindgren (l-r):
Jon Goward (ad man), Jim Fitts (ad man), Lou Reed (talent), unid'd. (recording eng.), Erik Lindgren (composer)

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It was at this session that Lindgren got Reed to autograph his Primitives 45. :P
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hkmartin
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Re: Lou Reed anti-crack TV ad (1986)

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I don't think I ever saw that one, but I remember this one. https://youtu.be/taEeDciR7gg
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peppergomez
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Re: Lou Reed anti-crack TV ad (1986)

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Pretty sure that if crack were around in the 60s and 70s, Lou would have done it
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