So how do you classify Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side"?
Proto-post-punk-pop?
Mal: You want to tell me how come there's a statue of you here looking at me like I owe him something? Jayne: Wishing I could, Captain.
'Jaynestown'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Gandalfe - Jul 04, 2004 9:49:25 pm PDT #3759 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Jim - Jul 05, 2004 12:57:21 am PDT #3760 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Even nicer WOTWS trivia: the sax solo was by the guy who taught Bowie sax when he was 12. I love that.
tommyrot - Jul 05, 2004 5:16:46 am PDT #3761 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Bowie and Reed were, um... close at the time. Bowie produced Transformer and sang backup on one song.
Damn, this is another album that I have had on LP for ages that I need a CD version. Or else get it from the the iTunes music store.
edit:
Crap, iTunes music store does not have Transformer. Maybe I should see Spider Man and check out a music store. BTW, does anyone like Songs for Drella?
"Walk on the Wild Side" is the Platonic ideal Lou Reed song....
Jim - Jul 05, 2004 5:31:03 am PDT #3762 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
BTW, does anyone like Songs for Drella?
One of the best albums of the '90s. Why people mention the vastly inferior New York as Reed's creative renaissance I'll never know.
Hayden - Jul 05, 2004 7:13:02 am PDT #3763 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I'm not so crazy about Songs for Drella, and New York hasn't aged well at all. The rest of Lou's 90s output was so abysmal that it's not worth having an opinion about.
Jim - Jul 05, 2004 7:20:56 am PDT #3764 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
There's some reasonable songs on Magic and Loss. But Drella (I admit I haven't listened to it this decade) is wonderful.
Michele T. - Jul 05, 2004 8:27:26 am PDT #3765 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
I was very pleased recently to read on Neil Gaiman's blog that he finally had The Talk with his daughter Holli -- that is, the talk in which he explained to her that she was named for the character in "Walk on the Wild Side." She thought it was cool, mercifully.
tommyrot - Jul 05, 2004 9:27:33 am PDT #3766 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I haven't listened to Drella in about five years. I just bought it on iTunes and am listening to it now. Some songs sound kinda dumb (lyrically) but overall I'm really liking it.
I used to love New York, but I just haven't been able to get into it for a while.
One of my favorite Reed songs of the last 20 years is "My Friend George." (Edit: off of New Sensations.) I just love that song to death.
Hayden - Jul 05, 2004 9:59:00 am PDT #3767 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Yeah, I haven't listened to Drella for a bunch of years. I should go back and review it, but I just shudder at the memory of how Not Good I though it was at the time.
Jesse - Jul 05, 2004 12:30:23 pm PDT #3768 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I just skipped some, because I feel the need to comment on a couple of things from days ago:
1) Fergie from Black Eyed Peas was apparently on some kids' show back in the day, but I forget which.
2) I was a senior in college (1994/5) before I learned that the Beastie Boys's "Crafty" opens with a sample. Which is, IIRC, Led Zepplin's "Whole Lotta Love." I had literally never heard the song before.
3) I think there was a third thing, but now I forget. Ah well.