http://crookedtimber.org/2004/08/03/then-and-now/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:14:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://crookedtimber.org/2004/08/03/then-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-37272 Jeremy Osner Tue, 03 Aug 2004 17:23:20 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1965#comment-37272 Funny Rea -- I think of that as Lou Reed breaking character, an aside from the singer. Funny Rea—I think of that as Lou Reed breaking character, an aside from the singer.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/08/03/then-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-37271 rea Tue, 03 Aug 2004 14:37:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1965#comment-37271 "Lou Reed introduces the backing singers at the end of each verse with 'and the coloured girls sing…'. "Unthinkable on a song recorded by a white artist after about 1985, I’d reckon." It's the fictional character in the song who's saying that, not Reed. Otherwise, you have to conclude that Reed is really a street hustler in NYC, inviting tourists to "take a walk on the wild side." :) Mick Jagger isn't really Satan, either. “Lou Reed introduces the backing singers at the end of each verse with ‘and the coloured girls sing…’. “Unthinkable on a song recorded by a white artist after about 1985, I’d reckon.” It’s the fictional character in the song who’s saying that, not Reed. Otherwise, you have to conclude that Reed is really a street hustler in NYC, inviting tourists to “take a walk on the wild side.” :) Mick Jagger isn’t really Satan, either.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/08/03/then-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-37270 praktike Tue, 03 Aug 2004 13:45:42 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1965#comment-37270 It's worth noting that Transformer is one of the greatest albums of all time. It’s worth noting that Transformer is one of the greatest albums of all time.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/08/03/then-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-37269 john b Tue, 03 Aug 2004 12:27:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1965#comment-37269 There's a second interesting 'temporal watershed' moment in Walk on the Wild Side, however - Lou Reed introduces the backing singers at the end of each verse with "and the coloured girls sing...". Unthinkable on a song recorded by a white artist after about 1985, I'd reckon. There’s a second interesting ‘temporal watershed’ moment in Walk on the Wild Side, however – Lou Reed introduces the backing singers at the end of each verse with “and the coloured girls sing…”. Unthinkable on a song recorded by a white artist after about 1985, I’d reckon.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/08/03/then-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-37268 bad Jim Tue, 03 Aug 2004 10:55:41 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1965#comment-37268 The guitar intro was also pretty memorable, if I recall correctly. The guitar intro was also pretty memorable, if I recall correctly.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/08/03/then-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-37267 bad Jim Tue, 03 Aug 2004 10:17:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1965#comment-37267 There is a reason that those few Californians who cling to a few furtive tendrils of memory continue to revere Willie Brown, most recently mayor of San Francisco, previously the speaker of the house in the state assembly of California, author of the bill decriminalizing consensual canoodling statewide. There is a reason that those few Californians who cling to a few furtive tendrils of memory continue to revere Willie Brown, most recently mayor of San Francisco, previously the speaker of the house in the state assembly of California, author of the bill decriminalizing consensual canoodling statewide.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/08/03/then-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-37266 James Russell Tue, 03 Aug 2004 10:13:16 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1965#comment-37266 <i>Remember that next time you hear a commentator deploring the influence of the 1960s.</i> They'd probably point to that bit about the gay concentration camp victims staying locked up as an example of the very thing the 1960s were wrong to destroy... Remember that next time you hear a commentator deploring the influence of the 1960s. They’d probably point to that bit about the gay concentration camp victims staying locked up as an example of the very thing the 1960s were wrong to destroy…

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/08/03/then-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-37265 carolinkus Tue, 03 Aug 2004 08:04:33 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1965#comment-37265 "did you see who did what to whom happens all the time" "oh its such a perfect day, I'm glad I spent it with you, just a perfect day you just keep me hanging on . . . I'm pea green! “did you see who did what to whom happens all the time” “oh its such a perfect day, I’m glad I spent it with you, just a perfect day you just keep me hanging on . . . I’m pea green!

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