UNLIKEABLE. CRASS. EGOMANIACAL. MISOGYNISTIC. Words assigned on a regular basis to Lou Reed, prior to some mellowing in the twilight Laurie Anderson years. Beautiful. Elegant. Otherworldly. Au fait. Bowie’s yin to Reed’s yang. Nevertheless, and barring the substance-induced punch-in-the-face incident, it does seem that Bowie and Reed were inseparable, creative comrades, the student becoming a near equal to his master.