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troutman · 03-30-2009, 11:52 AM

I select in the Pop category (at least allmusic calls it pop), LOU REED for NEW YORK (1989):

I like the story-telling on this record. I like the guitar playing by Mike Rathke. Halloween Parade is one of my favorite songs - very bitter-sweet. I lost a friend to AIDS.

There's a Greta Garbo and an Alfred Hitchcock
and some black Jamaican stud
There's five Cinderellas and some leather drags
I almost fell into my mug
There's a Crawford, Davis and a tacky Cary Grant
and some Homeboys lookin' for trouble down here from the Bronx
But there ain't no Hairy and no Virgin Mary
you won't hear those voices again
and Johny Rio and Rotten Rita
you'll never see those faces again
This Halloween is something to be sure
especially to be here without you

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_(album)

New York is a 1989 album by Lou Reed. It was received very warmly as a return to the style of The Velvet Underground, the group which Reed founded in the 1960s and whose legacy had grown in stature during the 1980s as it was carried on by any number of alternative rock acts. Reed's straightforward, rock and roll sound on this album was unusual for the time and along with other releases such as Graham Parker's The Mona Lisa's Sister presaged a back-to-basics turn in mainstream rock music. On the other hand, the lyrics through the 14 songs are profuse and carefully woven, making New York Reed's most overtly conceptual album since the early 1970s. His polemical liner notes direct the listener to hear the 57-minute album in one sitting, "as though it were a book or a movie."

In 1989, Rolling Stone ranked it the 19th best album of the 1980s.

"Dirty Blvd." was a #1 hit on the newly created Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for four weeks.

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...0:gi4zefbkhgfn

New York City figured so prominently in Lou Reed's music for so long that it's surprising it took him until 1989 to make an album simply called New York, a set of 14 scenes and sketches that represents the strongest, best-realized set of songs of Reed's solo career.

Produced with subtle intelligence and a minimum of flash, New York is a masterpiece of literate, adult rock & roll, and the finest album of Reed's solo career.

Dirty Boulevard

Romeo Had Juliette

03-30-2009, 11:52 AM	#959
troutman Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Crowsnest Pass Exp:	I select in the Pop category (at least allmusic calls it pop), LOU REED for NEW YORK (1989): I like the story-telling on this record. I like the guitar playing by Mike Rathke. Halloween Parade is one of my favorite songs - very bitter-sweet. I lost a friend to AIDS. There's a Greta Garbo and an Alfred Hitchcock and some black Jamaican stud There's five Cinderellas and some leather drags I almost fell into my mug There's a Crawford, Davis and a tacky Cary Grant and some Homeboys lookin' for trouble down here from the Bronx But there ain't no Hairy and no Virgin Mary you won't hear those voices again and Johny Rio and Rotten Rita you'll never see those faces again This Halloween is something to be sure especially to be here without you http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_(album) New York is a 1989 album by Lou Reed. It was received very warmly as a return to the style of The Velvet Underground, the group which Reed founded in the 1960s and whose legacy had grown in stature during the 1980s as it was carried on by any number of alternative rock acts. Reed's straightforward, rock and roll sound on this album was unusual for the time and along with other releases such as Graham Parker's The Mona Lisa's Sister presaged a back-to-basics turn in mainstream rock music. On the other hand, the lyrics through the 14 songs are profuse and carefully woven, making New York Reed's most overtly conceptual album since the early 1970s. His polemical liner notes direct the listener to hear the 57-minute album in one sitting, "as though it were a book or a movie." In 1989, Rolling Stone ranked it the 19th best album of the 1980s. "Dirty Blvd." was a #1 hit on the newly created Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for four weeks. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...0:gi4zefbkhgfn New York City figured so prominently in Lou Reed's music for so long that it's surprising it took him until 1989 to make an album simply called New York, a set of 14 scenes and sketches that represents the strongest, best-realized set of songs of Reed's solo career. Produced with subtle intelligence and a minimum of flash, New York is a masterpiece of literate, adult rock & roll, and the finest album of Reed's solo career. Dirty Boulevard YouTube Video Romeo Had Juliette YouTube Video Last edited by troutman; 03-30-2009 at 12:34 PM.