Lou Reed was an American singer-songwriter whose place in the rock pantheon rests primarily on his role in guiding the Velvet Underground, a New York City-based quartet that produced four enormously influential studio albums under Reed’s direction from
As solo artists, Reed and Cale introduced the Velvet Underground’s vision andlegacyto a wider audience. Reed had an overdue hit in 1972 with the albumTransformer;coproduced by Velvets admirerDavid Bowie, it featured“Walk on the Wild Side,”which reached number 16 on the American pop chart....
But "Walk on the Wild Side," like the rest of the 'Transformer' album it came from, revealed a new-found fascination with polished pop sounds and AM-radio hooks, all thanks to producer David Bowie. Aerosmith, "Walk This Way" (1975) Columbia Aerosmith, "Walk This Way" (1975) That ...
On Jan. 31, 1970, the Grateful Dead were at the center of adrug raidin New Orleans, an event immortalized in their classic "Truckin'": "Busted down on Bourbon Street / Set up like a bowling pin." The Dead weren't necessarily surprised the raid occurred, but 19 members of their touri...
'Transformer Man' Neil Young in 1983. Gary Gershoff/Getty Images Neil Young went off the deep end withTrans, the notorious synth experiment where he distorted his voice through vocoders. It’s infamous as the flop that led to his label boss David Geffen suing him for making music that was...
From:Transformer(1972) Lou Reed wrote so many songs about drugs that when he wrote songs that werenotabout drugs, people tended not to believe him. Such was the case with "Perfect Day," which many presumed to be another ode to addiction. "No, that's not true," hesaidin 2000. "I ...
But "Walk on the Wild Side," like the rest of the 'Transformer' album it came from, revealed a new-found fascination with polished pop sounds and AM-radio hooks, all thanks to producer David Bowie. Aerosmith, "Walk This Way" (1975) Columbia Aerosmith, "Walk This Way" (1975) That ...
From:Transformer(1972) Lou Reed wrote so many songs about drugs that when he wrote songs that werenotabout drugs, people tended not to believe him. Such was the case with "Perfect Day," which many presumed to be another ode to addiction. "No, that's not true," hesaidin 2000. "I ...
Transformer Piepbahn ▶ Da steppt der Bär ▶ Insgesamt schwanzgesteuert ▶ Rudolf ▶ Bonus Song : Kinder ▶ Bonus Song : Antidemokratiemusik ▶ Album: Echte Freunde Released on:2017-06-09 Number of Songs:4 Echte Freunde - Radio Edit ▶ Echte Freunde - Akustik Version ▶ Ec...
The single comes from the albumTransformerwhich was co-produced byDavid Bowieand Mick Ronson, who were creatively peaking in their own right. The union of these three artists was nothing short of monumental. Bowie was ecstatic to work next to one of his heroes, while Reed benefited from the...