The Velvet Underground Pt I
No Dogs in Space
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Lou Reed's Anxiety Issues
Lou Reed's early musical influences include Alicia and the Rockaways' Why can't I be loved. He was influenced by contemporary beat writers like Jack Kerouac, wrote sex and violence short stories that alluded to secret gay liaisons in which the protagonist would catch someone of indeterminate gender having sex in a public bathroom wink wink. In high school he put together what they called a little Richard act at a high school talent show as long as they didn't do anything to their faces. They played Long Island bars parties and shopping malls on weekends in an early rock and roll style reminiscent of the Everly Brothers R.I.P. Don passed away just last week eventually the shades even recorded
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