Lou Reed's literary influences?
Posted: 19 Dec 2004 00:31
I know he likes Poe, Burroughs, & I assume Whitman... Anyone able to give a rough list? Thanks.
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Posted: 19 Dec 2004 00:55
btw, I just noticed I've been posting a lot of new topics. Sorry if anyone got annoyed... I'm new here and have a lot of repressed VU thoughts.
Posted: 19 Dec 2004 01:04
Delmore Schwartz, of course.
(Don't need to apologize for being an active member of the board. Keep 'em coming.
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(Don't need to apologize for being an active member of the board. Keep 'em coming.
)Posted: 19 Dec 2004 09:00
No, that's good! Keep 'em coming! 8)Stephen Says wrote:btw, I just noticed I've been posting a lot of new topics. Sorry if anyone got annoyed... I'm new here and have a lot of repressed VU thoughts.
Posted: 19 Dec 2004 13:21
William Burroughs, Hubert Selby Jr, Nelson Algren, James Joyce, Shakespeare, Baudelaire, and of course as Chance pointed out, Delmore Schwartz, particularly the short story 'In Dreams Begin Responsibilities'
Posted: 23 Dec 2004 04:00
Joyce and Baudelaire? Very interesting and surprising...
I still think he must have liked Leaves of Grass. It's hard to picture him disagreeing with a single line of it.
I still think he must have liked Leaves of Grass. It's hard to picture him disagreeing with a single line of it.
Posted: 23 Dec 2004 04:11
'Last Exit to Brooklyn' by Hubert Selby is a collection of stories that influenced Reed's songwriting in my opinion. Particularly the late night parties of amphetamine popping transvestites having orgies with local hoodlums. That sounds familiar to a certain song...