Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side (Official Audio)

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  • Official Audio for ”Walk on the Wild Side” by Lou Reed
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    Lyrics:
    She says, "Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side"
    Said, "Hey honey, take a walk on the wild side"
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  • @notecodeluvrecords7649
    @notecodeluvrecords7649 Před 4 lety +8854

    I used to listen to this when I was 80 and now I'm dead, gosh how time flies.

  • @nathang.justice3258
    @nathang.justice3258 Před 4 lety +3160

    Lou Reed is a cross between David Bowie and Bob Dylan.
    This is when drugs were drugs

    • @jellyfishkiss3886
      @jellyfishkiss3886 Před 4 lety +132

      when drugs were good drugs.

    • @alessandrofilosa7873
      @alessandrofilosa7873 Před 4 lety +91

      Lou is Lou :)

    • @joseneron8023
      @joseneron8023 Před 4 lety +9

      Mook

    • @TheDimachaerus
      @TheDimachaerus Před 4 lety +41

      Interesting comparison, but there is only one Bob Dylan.

    • @dobrozner7784
      @dobrozner7784 Před 4 lety +85

      I mean, Bowie did convince Reed to make the album, then produced it himself, and played backing vocals, keyboards and acoustic guitar on this track lol

  • @gaurikasirohi
    @gaurikasirohi Před 2 dny +2

    How is this not an anthem? It’s so far ahead of it’s time, the music, the way the words make you feel, the do do doo do doo do do doo, it’s a little ridiculous. 2024 and still relevant ❤

    • @markaho4777
      @markaho4777 Před dnem

      John Lennon's imagine should be an Anthem not Lou Reed's Walk on the Wild Side

  • @LynnRowarth
    @LynnRowarth Před 4 dny +8

    I just love this song. When it comes on the radio at work I show off. I know all the words. Take a walk on the wild side.

  • @sophdog1678
    @sophdog1678 Před rokem +1533

    A radio interviewer asked if he was sick of this song, and Lou replied that he loved the song as it had been paying his rent for the last thirty years.

    • @santaclase3410
      @santaclase3410 Před rokem +15

      i'd have to agree with this 1. I'v had morE days Of haPPies then with haVing bad dAys . get well everbody 🥰🥰🥰
      Thanks forn sharing🥰🥰🥰Thanks forn sharing🥰🥰🥰

    • @parkjamesshaw3189
      @parkjamesshaw3189 Před rokem +12

      Great Intel sophdog

    • @thatgirlnamedcarol8268
      @thatgirlnamedcarol8268 Před rokem +41

      I love this answer!
      I remember exactly where I was and who I was with. 30 yrs later I’ve reconnected with the boy that introduced it to me. I used to “sneak” into the restaurant where he was a cook at a tiny old school diner and we had a summer of love. No messy breakups, we didn’t put a label on any of it. He moved and so did I. Now all these years later, we’re madly in love, but still won’t put a label on it!

    • @zaratustra4218
      @zaratustra4218 Před rokem +22

      Here, in Brazil, we use to say "never spit in the plate where you ate". I don't know if the translation was clear.

    • @mattbellmont9380
      @mattbellmont9380 Před rokem +10

      ​@Matt Hartnett here its "don't bite the hand that feeds you"

  • @soulfullmusic100
    @soulfullmusic100 Před 2 lety +7609

    If you don't Like this song take a Covid test, your sense of taste is gone.

  • @paulhill7818
    @paulhill7818 Před 6 dny +8

    64 now and Man i Loved this Song Growing up in the 70s. Still Loving it in May 2024!! 😎

    • @bethgallagher8156
      @bethgallagher8156 Před 4 dny +2

      Me too.. class of 78.. still rocking that music in my house 😀😀❤️

    • @garyterry7443
      @garyterry7443 Před 2 dny +1

      63 this year in Liverpool, England. Cool Times right ?,😅

    • @bekiadam108
      @bekiadam108 Před dnem +1

      Next May, during Brighton Festival, go and see Herbie Flowrrs open house / if he still does it - as he has done in recent years. He’s that iconic bass line. It’s so precious. Kris the photographer neighbour had Heribes Walk o then Wild Side guitar on display.

  • @zinksflame
    @zinksflame Před 16 dny +9

    It's crazy how modern sounding his use of slang is for a song as old as this.

  • @marianagalindobutron3227
    @marianagalindobutron3227 Před 3 lety +1693

    This song just make me feel so relaxed when everything is so fucked up

    • @chriscollins343
      @chriscollins343 Před 3 lety +16

      Seriously me too.

    • @eddiebradley1839
      @eddiebradley1839 Před 3 lety +13

      amen to that.

    • @kubajz896
      @kubajz896 Před 3 lety +15

      Yea it's that time you realize it could be much worse than this and even everything is fucked up.. anyway you've just smiled to that whole situation :))

    • @luigicafolla8614
      @luigicafolla8614 Před 3 lety +4

      You know I have a funny feeling some righteous cunt will get this song Band watch because I love this song just saying

    • @mehdyseraiche3210
      @mehdyseraiche3210 Před 3 lety +5

      Same.

  • @jimburgess7397
    @jimburgess7397 Před 2 lety +2453

    To have the guts, gall and balls, to sing a song like this nearly 50 years ago. Is truely amazing. All hail Lou Reed, an amazing musican and performer.

    • @Rat-mk6fk
      @Rat-mk6fk Před 2 lety +73

      "and the colored girls go do do do do do do" lol

    • @Rat-mk6fk
      @Rat-mk6fk Před 2 lety +30

      He's making fun of the T people lol

    • @christian-helsting4195
      @christian-helsting4195 Před 2 lety +19

      The lyrics actually suck

    • @Rat-mk6fk
      @Rat-mk6fk Před 2 lety +111

      @@christian-helsting4195 The lyrics are great lol

    • @Rat-mk6fk
      @Rat-mk6fk Před 2 lety

      @@christian-helsting4195 "but she never lost her head even when she was giving head"

  • @samh.8965
    @samh.8965 Před rokem +77

    8 years old, 1981, road trip, east Texas, sis in front, Mom driving. First time my ears were blessed by this Tunage.
    "Mom?"
    "Yea son?"
    "What's giving head?"
    Mom- "OOH A&W, Whose hungry?!"

    • @claudegagnon999
      @claudegagnon999 Před měsícem +5

      Good joke...american style!

    • @BeardedFrog
      @BeardedFrog Před 24 dny +4

      Hey mum, what's a coloured girl? XD

    • @paulhill7818
      @paulhill7818 Před 6 dny +1

      Lol.. Mom gave You the answer You were looking for.. 😎

  • @cedar5531
    @cedar5531 Před měsícem +99

    This song is beautiful, not just for itself, but because it comes from a time of innocence and freedom when there were no "community standards" on any media to censor what we can say, express or like. I bought this album when it came out and now I'm 83 and still loving it!

    • @swrennie
      @swrennie Před měsícem +10

      Pffft. Tell that to Lenny Bruce, Black people from that era and Vietnam.

    • @swrennie
      @swrennie Před měsícem +6

      Or The Smothers Brothers, gay people and the Democratic Committee National Headquarters situated in the Watergate Hotel.

    • @disposablecynic
      @disposablecynic Před 23 dny +1

      ​@@swrenniePipe down woke agent 🤦

    • @leftylou6070
      @leftylou6070 Před 18 dny

      If that's what you think, you sure do have a wild imagination. Carry on brother police dog.

    • @joecaluorie3452
      @joecaluorie3452 Před 10 dny

      ​@@swrenniea aquarium qqqqqqqq a

  • @Tasoq
    @Tasoq Před 4 lety +5472

    My boyfriend always greets me with "hey babe" and i'm always tempted to just reply with "Take a walk on the wild side" 😂

    • @dermotleslie3610
      @dermotleslie3610 Před 4 lety +235

      Do it.

    • @M4T1J4P0
      @M4T1J4P0 Před 4 lety +191

      Live a little.

    • @faro8784
      @faro8784 Před 4 lety +64

      M4T1J4P0 or walk on the wild side, perhaps?

    • @Tasoq
      @Tasoq Před 4 lety +68

      I have before, but I don't think he'd appreciate it every single time lol

    • @faro8784
      @faro8784 Před 4 lety +44

      Tasoq HE MUST LEARN TO

  • @DavidSmith-qs2mw
    @DavidSmith-qs2mw Před 11 měsíci +822

    Not many songs can be calming, mysterious, hilarious, cool and meaningful all at the same time. Cool song.

    • @user-kv6vh5ug4i
      @user-kv6vh5ug4i Před 9 měsíci +8

      yup neli

    • @sylviemermet4078
      @sylviemermet4078 Před 9 měsíci

      ​@JP-qk6jf😂❤

    • @kiwimanetta
      @kiwimanetta Před 8 měsíci +9

      agreed.. and I believe it's because the instrumental is so incredibly hypnotic, that people struggle to realize some parts of the lyrics

    • @claude-co4yo
      @claude-co4yo Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@user-kv6vh5ug4iNFL foot ball

    • @charleshales4634
      @charleshales4634 Před 7 měsíci +5

      Yes, indeed!

  • @user-nc5tb5go3d
    @user-nc5tb5go3d Před 5 měsíci +143

    I am 71 and still kicking when this song was in the charts I couldn't hear it enough. I have every intention that when I'm in my coffin this will be played. In my humble opinion this is the best single I have ever heard. RIP Lou.

    • @brigittea5110
      @brigittea5110 Před 5 měsíci +18

      My brother had just bought 2 tickets for the Lou Reed concert in Luxemburg when the doctors told him that he had endstage cancer. They gave him a few month, maybe just a few weeks. The concert was 8 months later. My brother said that he is not planning on dieing before seeing Lou Reed. He had a spontaneous remission of the cancer.The doctors called it a medical miracle when they discharged him from the hospital. My brother went to the Lou Reed concert as he had said. He even outlived Lou Reed by 2 years.

    • @williambrindle8574
      @williambrindle8574 Před 4 měsíci +8

      I'm also 71 & have not gotten tired of hearing this song.

    • @robertorrom8712
      @robertorrom8712 Před 4 měsíci +6

      71 as well and still rocking

    • @thomasfisher5742
      @thomasfisher5742 Před 3 měsíci

      And hire a chorus of colored. girls to sing DO T DO T DO T DO...STAY WELL

    • @BonnieHaynes-gg4nk
      @BonnieHaynes-gg4nk Před 3 měsíci +3

      Lou Reed agreed with you.

  • @russs7574
    @russs7574 Před 5 měsíci +202

    I graduated high school in '73. Everybody in school LOVED this song. Maybe 10% knew what the lyrics meant.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @bonitasilver9379
      @bonitasilver9379 Před 4 měsíci +5

      great time for music. graduated 74. Loved this song.

    • @danielmccurdy9948
      @danielmccurdy9948 Před 4 měsíci +3

      russs7574
      I graduated in '73 also. I liked it alot back then. Everyone in our hick country school knew what it was about. I don't care too much for it now. I saw Lou in concert a couple of years later.

    • @hightops77
      @hightops77 Před 4 měsíci +4

      I’ve first heard it 50: years ago and have no idea what the lyrics mean , it’s just a fantastic song . 😂😂

    • @MrNajibrazak
      @MrNajibrazak Před 4 měsíci +6

      i first heard of it in 1988, something inside my head told me i should try smoke weed. i was 13.

    • @BonnieHaynes-gg4nk
      @BonnieHaynes-gg4nk Před 3 měsíci +2

      68...baby the rain must fall was pretty good

  • @misterhot9163
    @misterhot9163 Před 2 lety +2245

    Can’t believe this song is more than 50 years old, still sounds fantastic!!

    • @markrichards6863
      @markrichards6863 Před 2 lety +70

      And they'll still be listening to it 50 years from now.

    • @christophedallaporta8836
      @christophedallaporta8836 Před 2 lety +15

      Good old jazz gets better as years go by. It has gained some sort of classy aura which none of the stuff they produce these days will ever get as no one will remember it anyway.

    • @Europa_Del_Este
      @Europa_Del_Este Před 2 lety

      Argentina rock music czcams.com/video/_06QwlefDRs/video.html

    • @sh230968
      @sh230968 Před 2 lety +11

      This song is anything but shy.

    • @gypsy4659
      @gypsy4659 Před 2 lety +9

      Makes me feel old lol

  • @WhatIsTheDill
    @WhatIsTheDill Před 3 lety +4600

    I played this song for a few friends. None of them liked it. Clearly I need new friends.

    • @ronaldreagan850
      @ronaldreagan850 Před 3 lety +43

      Dill I've seen your videos, they are great (You have a good taste in music)

    • @slhue
      @slhue Před 3 lety +142

      Clearly, they need to take a walk on the wild side!

    • @kearl3490
      @kearl3490 Před 3 lety +51

      Clearly. Did you play it from his 1975 Live album? Did they listen to the other cuts? 'Heroin' or, 'Waiting on the Man' or 'Vicious'?
      If they reject them all, I'm afraid they have but one chance left.
      "What a perfect day".
      ...and if they continue to remain unmoved, you never really knew them at all.

    • @johnmartino590
      @johnmartino590 Před 3 lety +15

      Sad. But TRUE.. NO CONCEPTION OF MUSIC

    • @johnmartino590
      @johnmartino590 Před 3 lety +19

      @@slhue THIS IS REAL MUSIC

  • @valwalker25
    @valwalker25 Před 5 měsíci +243

    Hearing this song in 1980 at the age of 19 was the first time I knew that there were other people in the world like me. It still makes me cry even today. Thank you from the bottom of my heart Lou xxxxxx

    • @robertschacter7733
      @robertschacter7733 Před 4 měsíci +5

      ❤😢Me too.

    • @slavec4956
      @slavec4956 Před 3 měsíci +3

      Have you seen the film that was based on the song there’s a music video Director pretty well known who did a 17 minute film sent it around walking on the wild side. He actually interviewed Lou Reed and found out who the people were that he was talking about in the song, some of them were still alive at the time that he did it….

    • @evelynnblack4657
      @evelynnblack4657 Před 3 měsíci +8

      yeah, as a trans woman this song has a special place in my heart

    • @stephgreen8415
      @stephgreen8415 Před 3 měsíci +4

      My heart 3....x

    • @alexiskelley5586
      @alexiskelley5586 Před 3 měsíci +6

      I’m trans and love this song. Will always hold a special place in my heart.

  • @dennisfisher5
    @dennisfisher5 Před rokem +346

    That bass is hypnotic, what a song!

    • @chrisjimenez603
      @chrisjimenez603 Před 11 měsíci +9

      Iconic baseline

    • @ramonluna4266
      @ramonluna4266 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Andy Warhol decía de Lou que era un musico horrible, pero eran muy compinches, antes de morir Andy, estaban peleados. Lou toco lo mejor de su carrera en el funeral de Andy.

    • @liammusgrove6334
      @liammusgrove6334 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Crankin it up on the stereo with the BASS BOOST on... hell yea

    • @benmeltzer
      @benmeltzer Před 8 měsíci +12

      It's two basses: an upright and an electric.

    • @ph03beuwu
      @ph03beuwu Před 5 měsíci +5

      sampled in tribe called quest :)

  • @Whydontijustusespotify123
    @Whydontijustusespotify123 Před 8 lety +86

    A tribe called Quest brought me here lol. Rip Lou Reed and Rip Phife Dawg

  • @harellevi9687
    @harellevi9687 Před 4 lety +4239

    Me: **Trying to sleep**
    My brain: tu tutu tututu tu tutu

  • @joyturner7646
    @joyturner7646 Před měsícem +21

    Listening in 2024. Cool and cute! I’m 63, fine it’s a great song.

    • @eandsm4620
      @eandsm4620 Před měsícem +1

      67 and here too. Hadn't heard this in ages!

  • @eightreasons566
    @eightreasons566 Před 2 lety +547

    Reed never cared what anyone thought of his art, loved or hated. He just made what he felt like making. He was a true artist.

    • @dkara4473
      @dkara4473 Před rokem +3

      great song

    • @techie8359
      @techie8359 Před rokem

      Well he does care, because he removed "colored girls" from the lyrics. He does care, he's a sheep now, bending to commies.

    • @eightreasons566
      @eightreasons566 Před rokem +2

      @@techie8359 hard to be a sheep when you’re under the dirt there chief

    • @nadiamccall4311
      @nadiamccall4311 Před rokem +1

      many artists make what they themselves want to hear or read or see. So, yes, while he was a true artist, he certainly isn't alone in this. It's just people are so used to autotune disgusting pandering bs written by someone else and performed by trained monkeys.

    • @eightreasons566
      @eightreasons566 Před rokem

      @@nadiamccall4311 amen

  • @lorenwalsh6401
    @lorenwalsh6401 Před rokem +742

    What a trailblazer, truth teller, poet and musical genius. A true gift to humanity.. RIP Lou

    • @gobigorange
      @gobigorange Před rokem +11

      Well said ☮️

    • @seanotron4559
      @seanotron4559 Před rokem +7

      😥

    • @mickeyhale890
      @mickeyhale890 Před rokem +9

      This song was one in a long list of nostalgic tunes...1 of all time faves

    • @judith6571
      @judith6571 Před rokem +7

      Amen to that, Friend.

    • @MH-zg5yw
      @MH-zg5yw Před rokem +5

      Not exactly a trailblazer. He was also a pervert

  • @PunkyBruiser-wm1oy
    @PunkyBruiser-wm1oy Před 15 dny +6

    Hey honey take a walk on the walk on the wild side....this album changed my everything

  • @sweper
    @sweper Před 4 měsíci +56

    The first time I heard this song was on a Pan-Am 747 on a flight between London and Los Angeles in 1972. It has been stuck in my head ever since. You could rent headphones for $5 and there were 10 different channels of music to listen to. After about an hour, the music started all over again. I longed for this song every time. The song is timeless.

  • @Justinvestor_
    @Justinvestor_ Před 2 lety +873

    That sax at the end is like the definition of bringing a song home.

  • @inthekingdom1996
    @inthekingdom1996 Před 15 dny +3

    It's mind numbing that such an old song can play on the radio and still not only sound fresh but be subversive as ever

  • @GamesOverMovies
    @GamesOverMovies Před 2 lety +1149

    the balls on this man to write this back in the day -- damn

    • @eseven2547
      @eseven2547 Před 2 lety +16

      Comment of the year 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @zackzallie8735
      @zackzallie8735 Před 2 lety +37

      the lyrics are so hardcore it could be written by Eminem in 2000.

    • @billinct860
      @billinct860 Před 2 lety +58

      Things were tolerated back then in early 70s. About the same peroid Deep Throat played in local movie houses.

    • @rageagainstthemicrowave1313
      @rageagainstthemicrowave1313 Před 2 lety +29

      @@billinct860 john waters movies too, and a clockwork orange came out in the 70s.

    • @jaybruz.5688
      @jaybruz.5688 Před 2 lety +33

      in some ways the scene was better then because the culture was our own, we werent trying to take over the world

  • @majdrezik8129
    @majdrezik8129 Před 5 měsíci +71

    My 70 year old Italian mother-in-law introduced me to this beautiful song. She's been listening to it since she was a kid. And i think I'll keep listening to it till i reach 70!

    • @MichaelSheffield-ox8yd
      @MichaelSheffield-ox8yd Před 4 měsíci +2

      The great stuff endures. Like the Warhol soup cans.

    • @chanfisch6781
      @chanfisch6781 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Why stop at 70? 😂

    • @garyhink2015
      @garyhink2015 Před 4 měsíci

      Beautiful honesty the music is so very beautiful

    • @coryplace6965
      @coryplace6965 Před 4 měsíci +1

      When u reach her age u will remember her every time u listen to this song

    • @georgedudleysashtray3860
      @georgedudleysashtray3860 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Zoomers man. I'm a millennial and this song was a radio mainstay my whole childhood...

  • @Daniel-ts3uy
    @Daniel-ts3uy Před 5 měsíci +44

    Not many musicians like Lou. Way ahead of his time and still is. They say he was very much loved by his fellow musicians. Had to have been one heck of good dude. I didn't know him but I sure as heck loved him.

  • @mrsbluesky8415
    @mrsbluesky8415 Před 2 lety +819

    It was groundbreaking when FM radio played this 50 years ago but boy what a song. The background singers and sax do it for me more than anything. RIP Lou.

    • @MichaelLaFrance1
      @MichaelLaFrance1 Před rokem +23

      Lou lived a lot longer than I thought he would. Brought a lot of joy. RIP Lou.

    • @sarahstraight4809
      @sarahstraight4809 Před rokem +18

      I love the doubled bass tracks. I guess the studio bassist got paid twice for that.

    • @aabb6677
      @aabb6677 Před rokem +24

      Sax played by jazz musician Ronnie Ross, who had tutored a 12-year-old David Bowie...

    • @colleenuchiyama4916
      @colleenuchiyama4916 Před rokem +6

      I heard this on am! No censoring!

    • @silversnail1413
      @silversnail1413 Před rokem +21

      One of Lou's greatest achievements as an artist is getting a song about transgenderism, drugs and giving head on mainstream radio. Talk about subversive.

  • @Newt0rz
    @Newt0rz Před 5 lety +3038

    What I love about this song, is how Reed obviously met these people, and developed a huge respect for them and their lives. Not for the people that were front and center stage, but for the people in the dark corners, on the street, living their lives more fully than anyone else. He truly spoke for the outsiders.

    • @MrShekoexile
      @MrShekoexile Před 5 lety +38

      Word

    • @luciabraithwaite3446
      @luciabraithwaite3446 Před 5 lety +58

      How absolutely fantastic, I don't know much about him though I have always liked his music. Some people have such incredible depth within themselves - wish I could read more about this remarkable man. Thanks for the info. x

    • @johnhayden2547
      @johnhayden2547 Před 5 lety +10

      Cool do ur thing

    • @kevinpotts123
      @kevinpotts123 Před 5 lety +115

      These were all people he actually met at Andy Warhol's New York studio The Factory.

    • @npcx-mq6cr
      @npcx-mq6cr Před 5 lety +11

      Imagine a verse for Valarie.

  • @phillipsandoval3058
    @phillipsandoval3058 Před 11 hodinami +1

    🇺🇸 the song brings back so many memories

  • @user-vh6rj3be5w
    @user-vh6rj3be5w Před 2 měsíci +16

    This song kinda opened-up a whole world for me. Lou sings it so well; his voice hit the spot..

  • @Gozzillacia
    @Gozzillacia Před 2 lety +603

    Been listening to this song for 50 years - still sounds great.

    • @michaelkline884
      @michaelkline884 Před 2 lety +7

      This was our “unofficial “ senior class song 50 years ago! 😂

    • @kimfarrell1560
      @kimfarrell1560 Před 2 lety +5

      You and me both.❤️

    • @geezermann7865
      @geezermann7865 Před 2 lety +4

      @@michaelkline884 Wow, really? Very few in my class listened to Lou Reed. He wasn't in the "top 40". I guess I was different.

    • @recoswell
      @recoswell Před rokem +3

      i remember in 1980 this song was still getting regular airplay

    • @adrianrijkeboer2185
      @adrianrijkeboer2185 Před rokem +1

      Me too

  • @RK-ml2ns
    @RK-ml2ns Před 3 lety +1287

    This masterpiece is aging like a fine wine. He was highly regarded as a songwriter/musician by his peers.

  • @gogoyubari366
    @gogoyubari366 Před 2 dny +1

    I remember playing this song back in 1802 when I was in the Korean War. My drill Sargent didn't like it, but we went to Canada.

  • @rebeccawagner4167
    @rebeccawagner4167 Před měsícem +4

    This song was way ahead of it's time,and so was the man who sung,it🎉🎉 Lou take a walk on the wild side 🎉🎉

  • @curiousworld7912
    @curiousworld7912 Před 5 lety +472

    Lou Reed frightened my parents more than any other musician or band that I listened to. God bless Lou Reed.

    • @janegodson390
      @janegodson390 Před 5 lety +18

      I love that comment hahaha ❤️

    • @sonoyta5386
      @sonoyta5386 Před 4 lety +3

      @@janegodson390 big Mikey....Thx

    • @katezzzz
      @katezzzz Před 4 lety +4

      s p 😂

    • @vandeolkon
      @vandeolkon Před 4 lety +9

      I was singing to it while doing dishes and I think it scared my kids...

    • @kartikaye3313
      @kartikaye3313 Před 3 lety +18

      He frightened my parents in 2011 too.
      My parents are Metallica fans, you see.

  • @jaeyeonkim7656
    @jaeyeonkim7656 Před 7 lety +2572

    I really love this bass line

  • @catlamp4135
    @catlamp4135 Před 9 měsíci +12

    This song ruined my life. And I still love it. The first time I heard this I was 7. I was hypnotized, mesmerized, entranced. I walked the wild side anywhere I could find it. I couldn’t wait until I was old enough to experience real wilderness. And I did. All of it. Now I’m 40, peaceful and happy.

    • @Rick-S-6063
      @Rick-S-6063 Před 9 měsíci

      I remember hearing it for the first time when I was a senior in high school, and that was in late 1972 or early 1973. The people sitting around on lunchbreak were spellbound, wondering just what the song was and what was going on.

    • @user-hh4er7mv7l
      @user-hh4er7mv7l Před měsícem

      Your not the only one. I'm sure many young boys tried it. Now that you admitted it, your free of it, and access to heaven in the end ....Granted!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😜🤸🤸🤸🤸🇺🇸🇨🇦👍

  • @romanvanbuch
    @romanvanbuch Před 9 měsíci +53

    One of the greatest songs ever....

  • @MrKoughee
    @MrKoughee Před 4 lety +417

    This is one of a very limited number of songs that, if it's on the radio while I'm heading to work, I'll clock in late to finish the song.....period.

    • @TheSonnyjim1000
      @TheSonnyjim1000 Před 4 lety +3

      Hell Fucking Yes Baby! That's What I'm talking about!

    • @johnadams-wp2yb
      @johnadams-wp2yb Před 4 lety +3

      Then, you would like the soundtrack to 'The sound of music'

    • @lowendtheory802
      @lowendtheory802 Před 4 lety +1

      MrKoughee can’t miss the sax solo

    • @tomybertsch5391
      @tomybertsch5391 Před 4 lety

      Started to sing this one night to a much younger friend from work you tuned it for him and he's loved it ever since

    • @zeusdarkgod7727
      @zeusdarkgod7727 Před 4 lety +1

      Doing that right now with the gym. Cant miss the sax!

  • @jorgegamarra1524
    @jorgegamarra1524 Před 3 lety +97

    1973 I'm living in Miami a lot memories I was 22 from Lima Peru with 120 dollars in packet but very happy . Listen this song 2021 more happy. Thanks god

    • @iHopeyoure0ffended
      @iHopeyoure0ffended Před 3 lety +3

      God didn't do that for you, you did, congrats on getting yourself to a happy place. 😀

    • @Aaron-8989
      @Aaron-8989 Před 3 lety

      Interesting story hope your doing well !! During this year

    • @jorgegamarra1524
      @jorgegamarra1524 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Aaron-8989 thanks my friend .I'm still alive thanks God . happiness to you

    • @jorgegamarra1524
      @jorgegamarra1524 Před 3 lety

      @@iHopeyoure0ffended thanks Jerry . good vibration for you .from Lima peru

    • @jorgegamarra1524
      @jorgegamarra1524 Před 3 lety

      @@Aaron-8989 thanks .Aaron good vibration to you from Lima peru

  • @EmotionmotionEmotionmotion
    @EmotionmotionEmotionmotion Před 3 měsíci +3

    Just a perfect day,
    I finally found it!

  • @CFB4U
    @CFB4U Před 7 měsíci +2

    Well, what a jolt of reality to hear on the radio - after the VU. Hello everybody!!!!

  • @BlankRami
    @BlankRami Před 3 lety +779

    Our good music taste has brought us here

  • @jeffhamilton2499
    @jeffhamilton2499 Před 3 lety +298

    The bass line ...🤌

    • @richiesnyder9269
      @richiesnyder9269 Před 3 lety +9

      I absolutely love the bass line! I remember hearing this song in a store and at the time I didn't know what the songs name was. I remember hearing the bassline and fell in love with it. It wasn't until a couple months ago until I found this gem.

    • @jacquesanquetil8243
      @jacquesanquetil8243 Před 2 lety +1

      Few better.

    • @markjackson5665
      @markjackson5665 Před 2 lety +8

      Herbie Flowers

    • @JasonCunliffe
      @JasonCunliffe Před 2 lety +6

      I think Toni Visconti said they actually have two bass tracks woven together into the mix..

    • @markjackson5665
      @markjackson5665 Před 2 lety +6

      @@JasonCunliffe That's right. One bass does the C down to F glissando, the other does the high harmony. However during the verse, there is only one bass playing a more jazzed up lick. We could always ask Herbie Flowers for the definitive answer, I guess! ;)

  • @ioannisyfantidis3312
    @ioannisyfantidis3312 Před 10 měsíci +29

    What I love is that nobody has a bad word for Lou, RIP mate

  • @ARTHURNeeleman-ie9cm
    @ARTHURNeeleman-ie9cm Před 11 měsíci +8

    i,m 60 years old now and every single year give it more and more respect for this song thanks mr. lou reed

  • @dalesco4205
    @dalesco4205 Před 2 lety +41

    I may not have much money but my soul is rich in experiences. My life has been a walk on the wild side.

    • @reynru
      @reynru Před 2 lety +2

      That is everything!

  • @WolffBachner
    @WolffBachner Před 2 lety +115

    I love my life and being 70 is cool, but I was twenty years old once too. Miss you, Lou Reed.

    • @susanbaker-schloth1152
      @susanbaker-schloth1152 Před rokem

      My feelings, precisely...
      . And where is Iggy Pop?

    • @kathybouziane5269
      @kathybouziane5269 Před rokem +3

      Yep. 70 here too and still love this song

    • @ericksixtos1069
      @ericksixtos1069 Před rokem +2

      I lobe this comment.. I'm 43.. but ill be 70 one day.......... I hope

    • @madelinesolomon2968
      @madelinesolomon2968 Před rokem +1

      @@susanbaker-schloth1152 Iggy Pop is performing in Europe this summer, Aug 17 at Cossany, Switzerland and a few days later in Vigo, Spain :) You asked a good question so I typed it into Google: where is Iggy Pop? So glad to know he's still with us, still performing. God bless 🙏

    • @junelupescu5334
      @junelupescu5334 Před rokem +2

      Sir you and I were born at the best time for music and life

  • @Tammohawk1
    @Tammohawk1 Před 11 měsíci +80

    I still love this song more than 40 yr. later!! My friends thought I was crazy for liking it. But it's still a favorite for many.

    • @philbraithwaite1316
      @philbraithwaite1316 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Your friends didn't know s**t, you did!

    • @Tammohawk1
      @Tammohawk1 Před 10 měsíci

      @@philbraithwaite1316 Some of them still don't know s**t. lol

  • @mrreeman2829
    @mrreeman2829 Před 10 měsíci +35

    I remember this song growing up...😲...and never batted an eye at its lyrical content.
    It's amazing what you can hear when you listen!

    • @AnnieShakespeare
      @AnnieShakespeare Před 10 měsíci +2

      Me too 😮🙉

    • @breakfreak3181
      @breakfreak3181 Před 2 měsíci

      Same. As a kid, I didn't pay any attention to the lyrics. It's the music that counts

  • @louannpapasodora6315
    @louannpapasodora6315 Před 2 lety +925

    I love this song, it’s cool, singing about people that do their best to exist in this world despite our differences and finding a way to be who they are!

    • @elenaderoet4926
      @elenaderoet4926 Před 2 lety +26

      I love that people still adore Lou's music in 2021. I am glad knowing that a lot of people after 2021 will love it.

    • @axelhagendorf9902
      @axelhagendorf9902 Před 2 lety +1

      Hey

    • @christinafidance340
      @christinafidance340 Před 2 lety +19

      @@elenaderoet4926 This was my mom’s favorite song. She passed away in 2014 and she ALWAYS enjoyed “walking on the wild side”! I miss her SO MUCH!!!

    • @Hannah-kb8ft
      @Hannah-kb8ft Před 2 lety +2

      @@christinafidance340 ❤️

    • @vaughn176
      @vaughn176 Před 2 lety +2

      Agreed!

  • @oneangrygoy
    @oneangrygoy Před 5 lety +1846

    When I was 14, I was sleeping in my room n my dad came bursting in and was excited and said " hey get up, they are playing a song about you on the radio" he was excited so I was excited so he brings me out to the living room and im trying to wake up listing to this song for the first time and figuring out the lyrics and I hear "sugar plum fairy came n hit the streets" I was like awww damn, buuurn, lmao, best dad joke ever! I sure do miss you dad, rip.

    • @Ipam6
      @Ipam6 Před 5 lety +33

      That's so sweet

    • @jimmyyorkshire4495
      @jimmyyorkshire4495 Před 5 lety +11

      Cool 👍

    • @martinblondel1531
      @martinblondel1531 Před 5 lety +4

      Sounded like you was right it’s freaking out

    • @martinblondel1531
      @martinblondel1531 Před 5 lety +6

      Its best you just forget about all that stuff it won’t do you no good thinking about it it will just make it worse

    • @d_murphy4415
      @d_murphy4415 Před 5 lety +4

      I'm trying to be mean put if your old enough for your dad to be dead (RIP) you wouldn't put that on CZcams

  • @brianruppert1071
    @brianruppert1071 Před rokem +11

    You genius, gone ten years. Hard to believe. This song is now 51 years old. Wow.

  • @inez8335
    @inez8335 Před 2 měsíci +3

    This song sure made high school years SO much cooler...what a groove❤‍🔥🎶

  • @SuzyQpip
    @SuzyQpip Před 2 lety +486

    This is without doubt (IMO) one of the coolest songs ever!

    • @giuseppesaporito5581
      @giuseppesaporito5581 Před rokem +3

      Mandate il commento grazie 957 kr

    • @user-xk9rd7no2h
      @user-xk9rd7no2h Před rokem +2

      I recommend Euphrates Ride 'Colours of Grey'... ❤

    • @worlore1651
      @worlore1651 Před rokem

      Devil went down to Georgia and the Johnny cash song where he steals a whole car are other cool ones

    • @chuckwallet
      @chuckwallet Před rokem +3

      Yes! This and Sweet Jane!!! ❤ 🎸 🎷 🎶 🇺🇸

    • @johnseabron
      @johnseabron Před 9 měsíci +1

      As with so many of Lou's. But this one, no doubt - hard to beat.

  • @32mybelle
    @32mybelle Před 8 lety +164

    Bowie produced this album and helped write this song. RIP both of them!

    • @sortilegesmoon4831
      @sortilegesmoon4831 Před 7 lety +9

      mick ronson was the producer in the studio, bowie producer in name and made the connection (spent very little time in the studio), but it was mick ronson's genius that made this record sing.

    • @Nostre38
      @Nostre38 Před 7 lety

      +sortileges moon not really

    • @anabeatrizm9788
      @anabeatrizm9788 Před 6 lety +1

      Cami Castle wow! :c rip

    • @littlebrayutd
      @littlebrayutd Před 5 lety +1

      +sortileges moon yeah your right mick ronson did

  • @omegajrz1269
    @omegajrz1269 Před 2 měsíci +2

    This album does not have any bad songs. That's why it's my favorite
    Bowie had this virtue of seeing the good in people he admired, like Lou and Iggy Pop, and helping them when they were going through bad times so that their careers could have an artistic (if not commercial) rebound.
    The creepy and hypnotic cover, the quality, Lou's deadpan, talky and elegant voice, the realistic lyrics with a mix of humor, glamor and nihilism, Mick Ronson's guitar, David's production... All of this makes Transformer (without fear of saying it) one of the best albums in the history of music.

  • @miahouse3324
    @miahouse3324 Před 10 měsíci +9

    2023 and this song still makes me a child again. People have forgot where we com from and belong.

  • @patriciafootejohnson2817
    @patriciafootejohnson2817 Před rokem +40

    I was a colored girl in the 50s as a child and black detroiter as a teen in the 60s and I love and will always love this song! Also love any song that mentions One of the handsomest and most beautiful man that ever lived James Dean.

    • @christophersteele5709
      @christophersteele5709 Před rokem +6

      i found out about this song causr a tribe called quest samples this song for can i kick it, it amazing to see the influence of previous generations and the evolution of music.

    • @johnoman1710
      @johnoman1710 Před rokem +4

      Good taste girl👍

  • @williamglenn777
    @williamglenn777 Před rokem +49

    I love the fact that David Bowie co-produced this album. Two icons!

  • @vinnyboombatz1399
    @vinnyboombatz1399 Před 6 měsíci +12

    Tell you what.... they sure as hell knew how to write some funky grooves back in the day. Been listening to this jam throughout my life on various classic rock stations, and my mind is STILL blown away by the way the stand up bass (at least, thats what it sounds like to me), the brushed snare, the slide guitar (cant tell if thats the bass sliding or a 6 string) & the kick drum all just quake when they all come together on the up/down beats. And... the sax. Smoove....like buttah.

  • @susangilligan8350
    @susangilligan8350 Před 6 měsíci +4

    Rest in peace lou reed

  • @parsareshite1
    @parsareshite1 Před 2 lety +51

    I will be 70 in three days and when I go this is what's going to be played when I take that last trip. Hey Joe take a walk on the wild side.

  • @milletrad8871
    @milletrad8871 Před rokem +162

    This song never grows old. R.I.P. Lou.

  • @Roland-lo5fu
    @Roland-lo5fu Před 7 měsíci +4

    Only one Lou Reed.......nuff said...Among the Greek God's of Music.....

  • @tiborszentpetery2931
    @tiborszentpetery2931 Před 5 měsíci +20

    That song never gets old !❤❤ I love it so much

  • @adinocc2042
    @adinocc2042 Před 3 lety +309

    Q: Can Lou kick it?
    A: Yes he can!

  • @garysimms6412
    @garysimms6412 Před 3 lety +359

    This song never seems to get old.. it is truly a masterpiece..

  • @Jewels122003
    @Jewels122003 Před rokem +2

    just a few notes will have everyone groovin'. Truly

  • @rayzorin8985
    @rayzorin8985 Před 2 měsíci +2

    This is perhaps one of the greatest records ever produced. PERFECT!!!

  • @broncodeviltexas
    @broncodeviltexas Před 7 lety +1900

    From 1972 and still sounding cool.

    • @VikramSingh-wi1tw
      @VikramSingh-wi1tw Před 7 lety +11

      bronco devil music doesn't get old (: you love it you love it

    • @broncodeviltexas
      @broncodeviltexas Před 7 lety +7

      Well, if you were in 1972 and heard music from 44 years earlier, you'd say it was OLD!

    • @ricardo1232213
      @ricardo1232213 Před 7 lety +29

      bronco devil everything from 1972 is cooler than what we have right now, even disco wasn't that bad.

    • @grimabsolssbm
      @grimabsolssbm Před 6 lety +23

      Richard 3365 You're ignoring all the fact that there was shitty music back then. You know why you haven't heard it? Because people realized it was awful and stopped listening to it.

    • @grimabsolssbm
      @grimabsolssbm Před 6 lety +24

      Jimmy Grant Oh great. It's one of you people

  • @DeadHandX
    @DeadHandX Před 2 lety +142

    Its crazy how many people come back to this everyday... this song is masterpiece!!!!

    • @namenotneeded5654
      @namenotneeded5654 Před 2 lety +2

      To escape this false reality we are forced to exist in. I'd come back for more too.

    • @petersellers3489
      @petersellers3489 Před 2 lety +4

      50 years later still relative and awsome fucking love this song

    • @ulrichwill496
      @ulrichwill496 Před 2 lety +2

      @@petersellers3489 Me too❤️❤️🇨🇭

    • @lisagonzalez1371
      @lisagonzalez1371 Před rokem +2

      Basic ahh comment get out

  • @EricvanDorp007
    @EricvanDorp007 Před 10 měsíci +9

    Found Lou in 1978 as a ten-year-old and never left. Thx Lou for all the good music you gave us....

  • @s.t.8898
    @s.t.8898 Před rokem +2

    VIELEN LIEBEN DANK DIR...FRIEDEN und FREIHEIT...

  • @mintertaining
    @mintertaining Před 2 lety +21

    Millions of miles ahead of its time. We are still trying to catch up.

  • @kyle4605
    @kyle4605 Před rokem +189

    This song never ages. It hits on every known situation, no matter the time.

  • @marlenazawadzka9761
    @marlenazawadzka9761 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Wow it's from 1972! What a ballsy song!!! Whenever I heard it , never paid attention to the lyrics but to the music.... Now M My head is blown! :O

  • @hawkrose8403
    @hawkrose8403 Před měsícem +1

    I can remember listening to this with a friend in HighSchool. We were in the gym and we got caught listening to it. This was in 1999.

  • @parsareshite1
    @parsareshite1 Před 3 lety +80

    I first heard this in 1972 and it has remand my all time favourite single since then I am now 69 no puns please.

  • @aerodicus
    @aerodicus Před 4 lety +203

    “If I'm an advocate for anything, it's to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. The extent to which you can walk in someone else's shoes or at least eat their food, it's a plus for everybody.
    Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.”
    ― Anthony Bourdain

  • @Argentx1965
    @Argentx1965 Před 6 měsíci +7

    Iif this song came out today, it would be #1 and all the rage.
    Timeless classic ❤
    RIP Lou Reed
    Rip David Bowie

    • @garyterry7443
      @garyterry7443 Před 6 měsíci

      Respect from Liverpool England 👍

    • @Rulya-HaShem-Morrigan
      @Rulya-HaShem-Morrigan Před 6 měsíci +4

      Really? You can't be serious. This has post has to be a joke.
      A Hwhyte guy singing, "All the c0l0r3d girls say do ta do ta do ta do...?"
      Are you aware of anything at all that's going on nowadays? I can't even spell that one word correctly bc it'll get deleted.
      Reed would've been canceled asf & his life completely destroyed with just this one song.
      The only reason CZcams allows it on their site now is bc sometimes ad money takes precedence over the Totalitarian agenda.
      That is, unless & until it happens to be specially picked out to cancel. It's already been condemned at least twice in the last few yrs.
      It's a great song, I completely agree, but what's going on nowadays has nothing to do with greatness. Muppet masters are only abt pushing an agenda.
      We're living in one of the worst times & it's going to get a whole lot worse.

    • @LoopyLemon775
      @LoopyLemon775 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@Rulya-HaShem-Morrigan
      Not that serious, no one really cares.
      Majority of the comments here are positive that should tell you all you need to know.
      Instead of crying about how horrible the world is just enjoy the song like a normal person

    • @davidreneau8212
      @davidreneau8212 Před 3 měsíci

      @@Rulya-HaShem-Morrigan what are you talking about? are you paranoid?

  • @twitafftwitaff7029
    @twitafftwitaff7029 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Appropriate for our times. Lou Reed was a futurist artist 🤣

  • @jamescarter2314
    @jamescarter2314 Před 3 lety +354

    Does anyone else wish there was a 10 minute version of this song? It kinda puts me in a trance and I'd love to hear more lyrics ect...

    • @andrewcairns8266
      @andrewcairns8266 Před 3 lety +10

      @Jackson Lewis he said more lyrics. Does looping create new lyrics from the original artist?

    • @jamescarter2314
      @jamescarter2314 Před 3 lety +2

      @@davidkrassner5993 sweet thanks!!

    • @kearl3490
      @kearl3490 Před 3 lety +3

      You need better drugs

    • @T-MIC
      @T-MIC Před 3 lety +2

      Look up can I kick it by tribe called quest...they flipped the beat and fucked this song UP...SO GOOD

    • @jamescarter2314
      @jamescarter2314 Před 3 lety +2

      @@kearl3490 lmao I need to "take a walk on the wild side" ?

  • @justincase4812
    @justincase4812 Před rokem +245

    His lyrics are just so perfectly clear, anyone can follow along.

    • @scottnowlin1787
      @scottnowlin1787 Před rokem +4

      Hey Justin is your brother David CASE AND Did your dad teach at DWYER

    • @captainkeyboard1007
      @captainkeyboard1007 Před 10 měsíci

      The melody keeps me on keel with the song.

  • @phillssongs
    @phillssongs Před 3 měsíci +2

    I am 73 and the first time I heard Walk On the Wild Side, I could not get enough of hearing it.

  • @glennhughes9394
    @glennhughes9394 Před 11 měsíci +11

    I remember when I saw lou reed live at the Sydney entertainment center in th 80s he had an acustic guitar strung over his shoulder while he sang this song strutting his stuff, amazing performance rip lou

    • @philipsoulos3569
      @philipsoulos3569 Před 11 měsíci +1

      He was great, I think. Hard to recall those wonderful substance fuelled nights. Van Morrison played there. Had his back to the audience all the time, but the sound was good. Bob Scaggs at the Horden was fabulous.

    • @janmcintyre2569
      @janmcintyre2569 Před 11 měsíci +1

      How terrific to have seen him perform ❤️

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz Před 10 měsíci

      You were so very lucky!! I would have loved to see him too.

  • @wearealljustclowns
    @wearealljustclowns Před 3 lety +16

    There are 2 kinds of people on this earth. And if you can't just accept both you need to learn how you can.

  • @alexandre.bernalte
    @alexandre.bernalte Před 2 lety +184

    Was my mother's favourite song, I remember hearing at the stereo with less than 6 years. Each time I hear it I think of her. Music has this beautiful thing, evocation.

  • @user-du4uh7ht7s
    @user-du4uh7ht7s Před 8 měsíci +25

    Brilliant the first time I heard it 30 years ago and it gets better with time. A masterpiece

  • @Calypso231
    @Calypso231 Před 6 měsíci +6

    Childhood memories!!! Life so much easier in the 70s

  • @teknocountryboyz
    @teknocountryboyz Před 4 lety +492

    I am 50'ish years old and my father was not only my pastor but high up in the KKK. I was disowned and thrown out of the family after suffering years of abuse for being gay! This was my brother's (1 of) favorite songs~! I wonder if he really knew what this song was really about! ?

    • @superjeesh2777
      @superjeesh2777 Před 4 lety +33

      About taking a walk on the wild side

    • @steve-usmcvet8934
      @steve-usmcvet8934 Před 4 lety +19

      What's more important is: Did your brother know what you were about.... .?.....

    • @drunk3n_m0nk12
      @drunk3n_m0nk12 Před 4 lety +79

      @@Dad-lu1oi I hear they're having sign ups in downtown Atlanta and Minneapolis at the moment. Just show up in your klan outfit. They should let you in.

    • @Gabita989
      @Gabita989 Před 4 lety +69

      I'm so glad that you were able to find your way out of all that hate. I really hope you are OK now.

    • @Dad-lu1oi
      @Dad-lu1oi Před 4 lety +1

      Drunk3n_M0nk I cant get an outfit if I didn’t join yet

  • @malcolmcoco6458
    @malcolmcoco6458 Před 2 lety +262

    i really just feel the rhythm of this song it's so soothing

  • @evanh40
    @evanh40 Před 3 měsíci +2

    So, there's only a few songs that do this for me...but this is a song, when it comes on, I close my eyes and listen.

  • @LorneVignettes
    @LorneVignettes Před 11 měsíci +2

    What a recording for 1972. Recording Quality started getting really good in the early 70s. The quality of this production is on the same level as Dark Side Of The Moon.