Word: reed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Buried somewhere in the left speaker of the Velvet Underground's "The Murder Mystery," Lou Reed speaks "with words nearly singed." In 1969 the phrase flew by, drowned out by the cascade of sounds--another lyric stereo right, the guitar riff, tape hiss...
...time, it was both a description of the Velvets' sonic experiments and a jab at Reed's own less-than-operatic singing voice. Today, "with words nearly singed" could be the motto and the challenge of his new book Between Thought and Expression...
...Over the past few years I have done occasional 'poetry' readings,"--like the one at Boston University two weeks ago and the one in Central Park last summer--"always using my lyrics as the basis," Reed says in the introduction...
There are few other figures in pop music today who could make the transition from poetic lyrics to lyric poetry with such confidence--Dylan, MacGowan and Stipe come to mind--or such success. Reed knows the stakes and the difficulties, making his achievement more impressive: The book is an obliging read...
...help the reader in the transition from sung to read, Reed often includes small biographical or explanatory footnotes for the songs. These in themselves give one the impression of a ruthless self-assessment taking place on the page, and they convey the seriousness of the task at hand...