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Reed and three of the people he has said he described in his lyrics: Holly Woodlawn, Jackie Curtis and Joe Dallesandro In the 2001 documentary Classic Albums: Lou Reed: Transformer, Reed says that it was Nelson Algren's 1956 novel, A Walk on the Wild Side (itself titled after the 1952 song "The Wild Side of Life"), [13] that was the launching point for the song, even though, as it grew, the ...
The song evokes the jazz and gospel music musical styles of the film's New Orleans setting, and the reputation of its Storyville district. It addresses an unnamed straying Christian — or perhaps all who …walk on the wild side Away from the promised land. and seems to threaten them in terms understood within their life style:
Holly Woodlawn (October 26, 1946 – December 6, 2015) was an American actress and Warhol superstar who appeared in the films Trash (1970) and Women in Revolt (1971). [1] [2] [3] She is also known as the Holly in Lou Reed's hit glam rock song "Walk on the Wild Side".
This is a list of songs by their Roud Folk Song Index number; the full catalogue can also be found on the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library website. Some publishers have added Roud numbers to books and liner notes, as has also been done with Child Ballad numbers and Laws numbers.
In 1970, Lou Reed was approached about a project to turn A Walk on the Wild Side into a musical, a story he tells during his song of the same name on his 1978 Live: Take No Prisoners album. The project never materialized, but he used the title for his song, "Walk on the Wild Side", describing the lives of Warhol superstars he saw at The Factory.
Jason Kempin/Getty Images Jason Aldean is standing behind his choice to release “Try That in a Small Town” after the song’s lyrics — and subsequent music video — caused controversy.
The song's lyrics reference Where the Wild Things Are: Newman sings "Do you know where the wild things go?" and the song ends with the repeated refrain "Please don't go, I'll eat you whole / I love you so;" [4] Maurice Sendak's words are: "Oh, please don't go – we'll eat you up – we love you so!" [5]
The original score and band parts for Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'be were lost sometime after its initial run. The only score which is now available comprises previously published song-copy versions of some of the musical numbers, along with handwritten material for the remaining songs.