RIP to Sam Shepard, co-writer of the lyrics on this song.
His masterwork, this is in the same league as "Rock Bottom " from Robert Wyatt and "In Camera" from Peter Hammill.
This song is the musical equivalent of Letters from Algernon.
damn life is also wonderful
One of the saddest things I've ever heard...from a very desperate album...
Poor John.
Cale took these lyrics from a Sam Shepard poem in MOTEL CHRONICLES
it's wrong to compare the twos solo careers. together as a band they all together made magic, the same solo though I appreciate cales classical style with the pain of being human. While Reed was more rock with the cities underbelly present in the landscape the music made in our minds. I prefer Jim Carroll for such, but I love and appreciate everything that burns me
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Wow, not gonna get that 3 minutes back
His voice sends chills down my spine.