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| Title | : | Dirty Blvd.: The Life and Music of Lou Reed |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.90 (770 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 161373106X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-19 |
| Language | : | English |
Drawing from new interviews with many of his artistic collaborators, friends, and romantic partners, as well as from archival material, concert footage, and unreleased bootlegs of live performances, author Aidan Levy paints an intimate portrait of the notoriously uncompromising rock poet who wrote “Heroin,” “Sweet Jane,” “Walk on the Wild Side,” and “Street Hassle”—songs that transcended their genre and established Lou Reed as one of the most influential and enigmatic American artists of the past half-century.. How did this Jewish boy from Long Island, an adolescent doo-wop singer, rise to the status of Godfather of Punk? And how did he maintain that status for decades?Dirty Blvd.—the first new biography of Reed since his death in 2013—digs deep to answer those questions. Born in Brooklyn, Reed was the son of an accountant and a former beauty queen, but he took the road less traveled, trading literary promise for an entry-level job as a budget-l
Born of Jewish parents who hoped to assimilate, Lou was a man who could not. From shock treatment he lunged into shock-rock, singing and living like a rat poet caught in a trap. And if, as Lou’s life-mate said with his parting, we die a final death the last time someone utters our name, then Levy has done his part to keep that name forever on our lips. "Reading Aidan Levy’s Dirty Blvd. is like rolling down lower Broadway after a tickertape parade, a nocturne for Lou Reed piled high with twinkling treasures, dark skeins of insight, and drifts of American excess. It’s a night of a thousand eyes, a book of deep focus, peering with the rapt intent of a biography and the empathy of a memoir. A startling, beautiful and defiant literary debut. Rock t
John E Shafer said Paid a good amount of attention to works which I've felt haven't. It was an entertaining read. Seemed to separate fact from myth well which is a tall order with a genius of Reed's magnitude. Paid a good amount of attention to works which I've felt haven't received their fair amount of attentionSongs For Drella, Blue Mask and Ectasty in particular.. Janet said Heavy on details. This bio of Lou Reed and his music was a bit heavy for me. There was a lot of really strong information, but I found it more music history than personal history. My goal in choosing this book was to find out more about the man behind the music, and I just didn't feel that I got as good a handle on Lou Reed as I would have liked. What is contained in these pages though, is a fantastically detailed account of the making of the albums and music I grew up around. I think this book would appeal to readers that want the "making of" details, and can see it used as reference. I do not recommend anyone try and read it straight th. Thoroughly investigated and well reported. Jennifer L. Greenwood I truly enjoyed this informative and well written bio. The man was complex, dark and difficult to dissect. Mr. Levy's book shines a light on the inner Lou and takes us a long way down the path toward clarity. I recommend it to those actually interested in Lou Reed, the man.
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