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Waiting for the man : the life & music of Lou Reed

Reed, Jeremy2015
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In Waiting For The Man, Jeremy Reed focuses on Lou Reed as rock's principal literary avatar, paying special attention to his controversial lyrics and prototypical garage sound. Lou Reed influenced generations of copyists that took note of his outlaw status, ambiguous sexual orientation characterized by his seventies relationship with the transvestite Rachel, his implacable mystique, cool and defiant attitude as the narrator of subcultures. Finally the book examines the transcendent, if reluctant calm, that Reed arrived at in later life.
Author:
Imprint:
New York : Omnibus Press, 2015.
Collation:
272 pages, 24 pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Waiting for the man -- Kill your sons -- Put jelly on your shoulder -- Help me New York stars -- Gimme some kicks -- Uptown dirt -- I've always been that way -- Dirty boulevard -- Now I have seen lots of people die -- Sex with your parents -- The sound and the fury -- Slow dazzle.
ISBN:
9781468310672 (hardback)1468310674 (hardback)
Dewey class:
782.421660268782.4216
LC class:
ML420.R299
Language:
English
BRN:
123876
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
Kathleen Syme Carlton-BiographyBIOG 782.4216 REEDAvailable
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