--- description: The former Velvet Underground member shares an emotional new version of his song "If You Were Still Around" title: Watch John Cale's Tribute to Lou Reed One Year After His Death image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt983d25228a0c9af2/698762e7428a9e0520cc4c0f/lou-reed.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch John Cale's Tribute to Lou Reed One Year After His Death by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 27, 2014 8:14 PM CUT  Lou Reed speaks about his film Red Shirley after its public screening at the festival Visons du Reel in Nyon, Switzerland, Tuesday, April 20, 2010. Lou Reed speaks about his film Red Shirley after its public screening at the festival Visons du Reel in Nyon, Switzerland, Tuesday, April 20, 2010.Salvatore Di Nolfi—Keystone/AP by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 27, 2014 8:14 PM CUT It’s been exactly[ one year](http://entertainment.time.com/2013/10/27/rock-legend-lou-reed-dead-at-71/ "undefined") since rock legend Lou Reed died at age 71\. To pay tribute, Reed’s former Velvet Underground bandmate John Cale released a re-recording of his 1982 tune “If You Were Still Around.” The video mixes new footage of an emotional, tearful Cale with old footage of Reed. Cale also shared a statement, Pitchfork [reports](http://pitchfork.com/news/57210-john-cale-pays-tribute-to-lou-reed-with-new-if-you-were-still-around-video/ "undefined"), alluding to the rockers’ at times contentious relationship: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3541978/john-cale-lou-reed-tribute/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3541978/john-cale-lou-reed-tribute/"},"headline":"Watch John Cale's Tribute to Lou Reed One Year After His Death","datePublished":"2014-10-27T20:14:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:05.667Z","description":"The former Velvet Underground member shares an emotional new version of his song \"If You Were Still Around\"","url":"https://time.com/3541978/john-cale-lou-reed-tribute/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","Appreciation"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt983d25228a0c9af2/698762e7428a9e0520cc4c0f/lou-reed.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt983d25228a0c9af2/698762e7428a9e0520cc4c0f/lou-reed.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Lou Reed","caption":"Lou Reed","creditText":"Salvatore Di Nolfi—Keystone/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3541978/john-cale-lou-reed-tribute/","name":"Watch John Cale's Tribute to Lou Reed One Year After His Death"}}]}] ```