{"id":18722,"date":"2026-05-28T04:46:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T03:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roglacup.com\/klaus62\/?p=18722"},"modified":"2026-05-28T04:47:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T03:47:31","slug":"morning-song-lou-reed-walk-on-the-wild-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roglacup.com\/klaus62\/2026\/05\/28\/morning-song-lou-reed-walk-on-the-wild-side\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning song #Lou Reed #Walk on the Wild Side"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lou Reed<\/strong>\u00a0(born March 2, 1942,\u00a0Brooklyn<\/a>, New York, U.S.\u2014died October 27, 2013, Springs, New York) was a singer-songwriter whose place in the\u00a0rock<\/a>\u00a0pantheon rests primarily on his role in guiding the\u00a0Velvet Underground<\/a>, a\u00a0New York City<\/a>-based quartet that produced four poor-selling but enormously influential studio albums under Reed\u2019s direction from 1965 to 1970. Reed\u2019s post-Velvets career, though erratic, saw him emerge as a star performer in his own right,\u00a0albeit<\/a>\u00a0an unconventional one, as the chronicler of the misbegotten who trolled New York City\u2019s sleazy after-hours bars, alleys, and drug dens. Reed\u2019s best songs did not judge or exploit his misfit characters; instead, he infused them with a rare dignity, and his lyrics pulsed with literary ambition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After quitting the Velvets, he reemerged as a solo performer in England, where he was adopted by admirers such as\u00a0glam rock<\/a>\u00a0pioneer\u00a0David Bowie<\/a>, who produced and performed on Reed\u2019s breakthrough hit, \u201cWalk on the Wild Side<\/a>\u201d (1973), and\u00a0Mott the Hoople<\/a>, who covered Reed\u2019s Velvets classic \u201cSweet Jane.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Posted from: https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Lou-Reed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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