I CAN REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I HEARD LOU REED DO TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE.
I WAS LISTENING TO WGCL-G 98.5 FM (AS THE STATION CALLED ITSELF).
AND RIGHT AROUND THAT TIME.
THEY WENT FROM PLAYING AUTOMATED MUSIC.
TO USING LIVE D.J.'S..
AND WHEN I HEARD IT!
I THOUGHT "WOW"!!!!!!!!!!
THIS! IS DIFFERENT!
DAVID BOWIE WAS RIGHT ON LOU'S COAT TAILS THEN.
LOU'S NEXT SONG WAS VISCOUS!
ANOTHER GREAT TUNE.
I SEEN ON NETFLIX!
A ROCKUMENTARY ABOUT LOU.
AND IN IT HE SAID THAT HIS MOM ALWAYS SAID TO HIM:"TAKE UP TYPING THIS WAY IF ANYTHING SHOULD GO WRONG YOU WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON"! (THIS WAS IN THE 1970'S WHEN HIS MOM TOLD HIM THIS!)
AND THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE WAS GREAT!
THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY REMEMBER HE ALSO DID A MOTORCYCLE AD.
AND HE SAID AT THE END:"HEY! TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE"!
TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE (RARE VIDEO!)
IN CASE THIS LINK DOES NOT WORK.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsVLIiI8Vfo&feature=youtu.be
AND! OTHER OBSERVATIONS OF WHAT THE SONG MEANS: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1724
I WAS ABOUT 16 WHEN I HEARD IT!
THE LOCAL RADIO STATIONS EDITED THE PART OF GIVING HEAD!
AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT.
ROCKERS SUCH A LOU WERE ALWAYS IN TUNE! ALWAYS IN TOUCH WITH THE WORLD AROUND THEM.
PLEASE LEAVE YOUR MEMORIES AND COMMENTS ABOUT LOU REED.
TY!
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