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Sally can't Dance or Billy Don't Be a Hero (or vice-versa I suppose)?
Lou Reed - Sally Can't Dance (1974)
by Nightjar Fri Jun 26, 2020 9:38 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF0CLTDU5fE&list=PLz6cAheObZcjNqAPPWT13vP1-ynLF_9G0
Side A
A1 - Ride Sally Ride
A2 - Animal Language
A3 - Baby Face
A4 - N.Y. Stars
Side B
B1 - Kill Your Sons
B2 - Ennui
B3 - Sally Can't Dance
B4 - Billy
Running time: 34 minutes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Can%27t_Dance
https://www.discogs.com/Lou-Reed-Sally-Cant-Dance/release/1074988
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Re: Lou Reed - Sally Can't Dance (1974)
by Nightjar Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:03 pm
Anyway, we needn't do this.
That said, it's very short and it's the album Lou Reed made after the critical and commercial failure of his magnum opus Berlin.
Basically, he was so disheartened, angry and disillusioned by it that he did that thing musical artistes do occasionally - i.e. go in the studio and create an album that they consider to be a sneering, desultory 'middle-finger' to all and sundry (record company, critics, fans, the lot).
Sometimes they inadvertently fail.
On even rarer occasions they accidentally record a masterpiece.
This isn't an example of the latter case however.
Instead, it's an curate's egg.
To say the least.
That said, it's very short and it's the album Lou Reed made after the critical and commercial failure of his magnum opus Berlin.
Basically, he was so disheartened, angry and disillusioned by it that he did that thing musical artistes do occasionally - i.e. go in the studio and create an album that they consider to be a sneering, desultory 'middle-finger' to all and sundry (record company, critics, fans, the lot).
Sometimes they inadvertently fail.
On even rarer occasions they accidentally record a masterpiece.
This isn't an example of the latter case however.
Instead, it's an curate's egg.
To say the least.
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Re: Lou Reed - Sally Can't Dance (1974)
by The Call of the Wendigo Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:05 pm
I'm available. 
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Re: Lou Reed - Sally Can't Dance (1974)
by Nightjar Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:09 pm
PS - be on the lookout for some the worst lyrics ever written.
Off the top of my head I can think of at least two lyrical moments that Marc Bolan would've'd scribbled out in embarrassment.
PPS - If anyone can tell me what the h*ck track two is about then I'd appreciate it.
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Re: Lou Reed - Sally Can't Dance (1974)
by The Call of the Wendigo Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:30 pm
It's started! 
Track 1 - Ride Sally Ride.
Track 1 - Ride Sally Ride.
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Re: Lou Reed - Sally Can't Dance (1974)
by The Call of the Wendigo Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:30 pm
Piano.
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Re: Lou Reed - Sally Can't Dance (1974)
by The Call of the Wendigo Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:30 pm
Something halfway between singing and speaking.
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Re: Lou Reed - Sally Can't Dance (1974)
by Nightjar Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:31 pm
Mournful intro...
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Re: Lou Reed - Sally Can't Dance (1974)
by Nightjar Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:32 pm
The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Something halfway between singing and speaking.
That's just how Lou Reed sing-speaks.
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Re: Lou Reed - Sally Can't Dance (1974)
by Nightjar Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:32 pm
Still something of Berlin here.
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Re: Lou Reed - Sally Can't Dance (1974)
by The Call of the Wendigo Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:33 pm
Backing singers.
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by The Call of the Wendigo Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:34 pm
Track 2 - Animal Language.
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by The Call of the Wendigo Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:34 pm
Opens with a guitar solo.
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Re: Lou Reed - Sally Can't Dance (1974)
by Nightjar Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:35 pm
Great horns and backing vocals arrangement.
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by The Call of the Wendigo Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:35 pm
"Bow wow."
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by Nightjar Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:35 pm
What the h*ll he's going on about is anyone's guess.
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by The Call of the Wendigo Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:36 pm
This is quite Ringo-esque.
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Re: Lou Reed - Sally Can't Dance (1974)
by Nightjar Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:36 pm
Miss Riley had a dog
She used to keep it in her backyard
And when the dog began to bark
All the neighbors began to shout
Then came a stormy night
Miss Riley let her dog out
And when the neighbors found him 'round
They put a gun down his mouth and shot him down
And he went
Ooohhh-wow, bow-wow
Ooohhh-wow, bow-wow
Miss Murphy had a cat
On her lap it sat
And once in a great big while
It looked like that Cheshire cat did smile
But often it used to chase
Anything that crossed its face
But one day it got so hot
That Cheshire cat had a blood clot
And she said
Ooohhh-meow, me-meow
Ooohhh-meow, me-meow
Meow
And then the dog met the cat
The dog was hot and the cat was wet
Then came some sweaty dude
He put a board between the two
Then they couldn't get at it
Got frustrated all about it
So they did the only thing you could do
They took the dude's sweat and shot it up between the two
And they said
Ooohhh-wow, bow-wow
Ooohhh-wow, bow, me, wow
She used to keep it in her backyard
And when the dog began to bark
All the neighbors began to shout
Then came a stormy night
Miss Riley let her dog out
And when the neighbors found him 'round
They put a gun down his mouth and shot him down
And he went
Ooohhh-wow, bow-wow
Ooohhh-wow, bow-wow
Miss Murphy had a cat
On her lap it sat
And once in a great big while
It looked like that Cheshire cat did smile
But often it used to chase
Anything that crossed its face
But one day it got so hot
That Cheshire cat had a blood clot
And she said
Ooohhh-meow, me-meow
Ooohhh-meow, me-meow
Meow
And then the dog met the cat
The dog was hot and the cat was wet
Then came some sweaty dude
He put a board between the two
Then they couldn't get at it
Got frustrated all about it
So they did the only thing you could do
They took the dude's sweat and shot it up between the two
And they said
Ooohhh-wow, bow-wow
Ooohhh-wow, bow, me, wow
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