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Title: Between Thought and Expression. Selected Lyrics of Lou Reed
Author: Lou Reed
Language: angielski
Year: 1993
Subjects: N/A
Publisher: Wydawnictwo: Hyperion
ISBN: 9781562829230
Total pages: 9
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When Lou Reed interviewed Vaclav Havel in October 1990, President Havel handed Reed a small black book of his lyrics hand-printed and translated into Czech. Havel told him, "There were only 200 of them. They were very dangerous to have. People went to jail, and now you have one. Keep your fingers crossed for us." Such is the power of Lou Reed’s lyrics, that the president of a newly emancipated country should find them worthy of translation, meditation, and risk.
Lou Reed first gained fame in the 1960’s as a songwriter, singer, and guitarist for the legendary Velvet Underground, and has recorded more than twenty-five albums over the course of a career spanning some three decades.
Now, for the first time. Reed has gathered together some of his most memorable and poetic lyrics. "This is a collection of lyrics which I feel can stand alone from the music for which they were originally written," Reed writes in his introduction. Reed, who studied with the poet Delmore Schwartz, has also included two poems (one of which won a literary award),biographical notes on the h rics, as well as his interviews with Vaclav Havel and Hubert Selby, author of Last Exit to Brooklyn.
As the songwriter who "brought plainspoken urban realism to rock-and-roll" (The New York Times),Reed has always been a sharp-eyed observer of the American social scene. Some of his early songs, such as "Heroin," "Venus in Furs," "Candy Says," and "Walk on the Wild Side" were noted for broadening the parameters of what rock-and-roll could really be about.
Another group of songs was inspired by Andy Warhol, who served as the first producer of the Velvet Underground. Reed wrote "A Dream," not as a literal transcript of Warhol’s diary, but as an attempt "to capture the love of the Andy I knew both inside and out." "Andy’s Chest" is a meditation on the infamous 1968 assassination attempt on the pop-culture icon, while "Hello It’s Me" is a poignant wish for reconciliation with Warhol, with whom Reed had fallen out of touch by the time of his death.
Lyrics from Reed’s New York, which The New York Times called "his best, most hardheaded album in a decade," focus squarely on the problems of urban America with renewed urgency. "The Halloween Parade" is a bittersweet tribute to friends who have died from AIDS. "Dirty Blvd." portrays a young welfare resident named Pedro, whose father "beats him ’cause he’s too tired to beg." "Endless Cycle" is a disturbing vision of two battered children who themselves become abusive parents, whereas "Beginning of a Great Adventure" offers a wry look at the possibility of parenthood.
Diverse as it is provocative. Between Thought and Expression represents the finest work in words from one of rock music’s most influential and enduring artists. Lou Reed’s most recent album is Magic and Loss (Sire Records). He lives in New York City with his wife, Sylvia, and his dog. Champion Mr. Sox.
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