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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 06:46 PM
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Poll question: So is Lou Reed's 'Perfect Day' really about a perfect day, or is it about heroin?
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 06:48 PM
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1. Other: I really think it's about both
It's too sweet a song to be completely about being all up on the junk.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 06:48 PM
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2. Yes - good point...
very good point
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 06:49 PM
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3. Aren't they ALL about heroin?
Metaphorically speaking?
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 06:52 PM
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4. Well sorta...
I mean heroin plays such a big role in his songs...even in songs about OTHER drugs. White Light/White Heat even references Heroin - and that's a song about shooting speed!

I've never done heroin, but I've done its cousins and wow...

But you do have some songs that don't reference it in any way. "Walk on the Wild Side" only references Valium.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 11:00 PM
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5. It's about self-loathing...
and the temporary transcendence of that self-loathing.
He is an equal opportunity misanthrope. With a gift for beauty.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-03-10 08:24 AM
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7. Exactly.
"I thought I was someone else, someone good."
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-03-10 08:11 AM
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6. No. nt
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