Oggi il leggendario Lou Reed compirebbe 77, se non fosse scomparso 6 anni fa. Ho pensato di ricordarlo, con la canzone Coney Island Baby, con testo e video.
Auguri Lou.
Lou Reed è stato il cantore degli argomenti più scomodi.
Lewis Allan Reed, questo il suo vero nome (New York, 2 marzo 1942 – Southampton, 27 ottobre 2013), è stato un cantautore, chitarrista e poeta, cofondatore dei Velvet Underground.
Lou è stato uno dei più importanti artisti della scena musicale del rock, diventandone l’ Angelo Nero e precursore del Punk.
Nei suoi testi, sono stati affrontati temi scomodissimi, la droga, la bisessualità, la vita degli emarginati.
La sua voce all’ apparenza apatica, dava risalto ai suoi testi ed alla sua musica, passando dal Rock all’ Heavy Metal, con influenze R&B ed altro ancora.
Coney Island Baby è estratta dall’omonimo album di Reed del 1976.
L’album oltre a celebrare la liberazione gay quasi come fosse il seguito di Transformer, la maggior parte dei testi parlano d’amore, e sono riferiti a Rachel (alias Tommy), un travestito con il quale in questo periodo Lou ha un’intensa relazione, esasperata dall’uso sfrenato di Speed (o Metedrina) da parte di entrambi. (Fonte Wikipedia)
Testo : Lou Reed – Coney Island Baby
You know man when I was a young man in high school
you believe it or not
I wanted to play football for the coach
And all those older guys
they said that he was mean and cruel
but you know –
I wanted to play football for the coach
They said I was a little too light weight
to play line-backer
so’s I’m playing right-end
I wanted to play football for the coach
‘Cause you know someday man
you gotta stand up straight
unless you’re gonna fall
then you’re goin’ to die
And the straightest dude
I ever knew was standing
right by me all the time
So I had to play football for the coach
Man I wanted to play football for the coach
When you’re all alone and lonely
in your midnight hour
And you find that your soul it’s been up for sale
And you begin to think ’bout
all the things that you’ve done
And begin to hate just ’bout everything
But remember the princess
who lived on the hill
Who loved you even though
she knew you was wrong
And right now she just might
come shining through
and the-
– Glory of love, glory of love
glory of love
just might come through
When all your two-bit friends
have gone and ripped you off
They’re talking behind your back saying man
you’re never gonna be no human being
Then you start thinking again
’bout all those things that you’ve done
And who it was and what it was
and all the different things
you made every different scene
Ah, but remember that the city is a funny place
Something like a circus or a sewer
And just remember different people
have peculiar tastes and the –
Glory of love, the glory of love
the glory of love, might see you through
yeah, but now-now
Glory of love, the glory of love
the glory of love, might see you through
I’m a Coney Island Baby now
I’d like to send this one out
to Lou and Rachel
and all the kids in PS 192
Man I swear I’d give
the whole thing up for you
Video Youtube : Lou Reed – Coney Island Baby
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