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Dopo il capolavoro "New York" (1989), il buono "Songs For Drella" (1991), il particolarissimo "Magic and Loss" (1992), Lou Reed si prepara ad un nuovo lavoro. Un nuovo lavoro che non racconta storie, non parla di città, non tratta di sperimentazioni, ma questa volta il vecchio Lou racconta di se stesso, delle sue idee, del suo amore (prorio così, infatti il disco è dedicato alla nuova compagna Laurie Anderson, ricordate: quella violinista mezza stralunata della New Wave?).
Il disco si apre con la distortissima "Egg Cream", che tratta della passioni che Lou aveva da piccolo per lo zabaione; si prosegue con "NYC Man", forse una delle canzoni più belle del disco, in cui l'artista parla di se stesso; poi è la volta di due rock "Finish Line" ballata dai toni dolci, e la più nervosa "Trade In". Ecco allora "Hang on to your emotions" ballatona acustica, romantica e dolce, in cui fa la comparsa Laurie Anderson. Ma adesso è il momento per Lou di mostrare le proprie idee, e lo fa con la rabbia e l'aggressività di "Sex with your parents": una lunga denuncia contro i repubblicani, la ps92, e tutta la merda americana derivante da queste cose. Ci si avvia verso la fine del disco: "Hooky Wooky" è un rock molto ballabile e spassoso, "The Proposition", "Adventurer" e la distorta "Riptide" continuano sulla linea delle precedenti ballate, e portano con piacere al bellissimo capitolo finale. "Set the Twilight Reeling" è un dolce biglietto di San Valentino, ovviamente alla maniera di Lou: la ballata parte acustica, e così si avvia la fine, quando un improvviso attacco di chitarre elettriche cattura l'attenzione e fa alzare la tensione, e con questa potenza la canzone si avvia alla vera conclusione, così come il disco.
Infine il disco è molto piacevole e rivela un Lou Reed ignoto sinora, la band che lo segue è ottima, così come gli arrangiamenti che sono segnati da splendidi giri di basso, uso frequente di chitarre acustiche e da chitarre elettriche che si fanno sentire con le loro potenti distorsioni. Un Lou Reed di questo tipo, seppur insolito, sa darci comunque grandi piaceri.
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01 Egg Cream (05:17)
When I was a young man, no bigger than this
a chocolate egg cream was not to be missed
Some U Bet's Chocolate Syrup, seltzer water mixed with milk
you stir it up into a heady fro, tasted just like silk
You scream, I steam, we all want egg cream
You scream, I steam, we all want egg cream
Now you can go to Junior's, Dave's on Canal Street
and I think there's Ken's in Boston
there must be something in L.A.
But Becky's on Kings Highway, was the egg cream of choice
and if you don't believe me, go ask any of the boys
You scream, I steam, we all want egg cream
You scream, I steam, we all want egg cream
The only good thing I have to say about P.S. 92
was the egg cream served at Becky's, it was a fearsome brew
For 50 cents you got a shot, choco bubbles up your nose
that made it easier to deal with knife fights
and kids pissing in the street
You scream, I steam, we all want egg cream
You scream, I steam, we all want egg cream
So the next time you're in Brooklyn, please say hello for me
at Totonno's for Pizza and ice cream at Al and Shirley's
But mostly you go to Becky's, sit in a booth and say hello
and have two chocolate egg cream, one to stay and one to go
You scream, I steam, we all want egg cream, ah
You scream, I steam, we all want egg cream
You scream, I steam, we all want egg cream
10 Riptide (07:47)
She's out of her mind
like the wind in the storm
Oh, like the ocean in the dawn
as it disappears, with the riptide
She's out of her mind
she's pulled away by the moon
She's ripped from her sleep
as the cold luna sweep gains control
Ooohhh, what you gonna do with your emotions
Ah, ones you barely recognize
In your sleep I heard your screaming, ooohhh
"This is not voluntary! This is not voluntary!
If this is life I'd rather die!"
In the riptide, in the riptide
She's out of her mind, riptide
like a muscle that swells
You know when you trip
whether you're well or sick, your body aches
She's out with the tide
gone to a prisoner's dance
Where a monkey's her date
eating limbs off a plate with a spoon
Ooohhh, what you gonna do with your emotions
said the seagull to the loon
What you gonna do with your emotions
She said "Please wake me up"
She said "Don't touch me now"
She said "I wish I was dead"
With the riptide
She's out of her mind
riptide, you always win
It happens over and over again
riptide
She's out of her mind
like a hurricane's rain
She does not stand a chance
at this luna dance, riptide
I was thinking of Van Gogh's last painting
the wheatfields and the crows
Is that perhaps what you've been feeling
When you see the ground
as you fall from the shy
As the floors disappears from beneath your feet riptide
She's going out of her mind
out with the tide
out of her mind
riptide
She's going out of her mind
with the riptide
She's going out of her mind
ah, riptide
11 Set the Twilight Reeling (05:03)
Take me for what I am
a star newly emerging
Long simmering explodes
inside the self is reeling
In the pocket of the heart, in the rushing of the blood
in the muscle of my sex, in the mindful mindless love
I accept the new found man
and set the twilight reeling
At 5 am the moon and the sun
sit set before my window
Light glances off the blue glass we set
right before the window
And you who accept, in your soul and your head
what was misunderstood, what was thought of with dread
a new self is born, the other self dead
I accept the new found man
and set the twilight reeling
A soul singer stands on the stage
the spotlight shows him sweating
He sinks to one knee, seems to cry
the horn are unrelenting
But as the drums beats he finds himself growing hard
in the microphone's face he sees her face growing large
and the swelling crescendo no longer retards
I accept the new found man and set the twilight reeling
As the twilight sunburst gleams
as the chromium moon it sets
As I lose all my regrets
and set the twilight reeling
I accept the new found man
and set the twilight reeling
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