Perhaps Lou is able to make this cover his own, because it has the sort of narative you would almost expect from a Lou Reed song. This is from the benefit album called Sweet Relief that came out in the 90's. Here's a little bonus for all of you old 120 Minutes fans, Lou and Ms. Williams (sorta) playing the song live:
I think Victoria Williams is an incredible songwriter, and I was very excited to see her at a music festival that was held by Paste magazine in Decatur GA a couple of years ago. It was one of the most disapointing concerts I have ever been too. She was a mess, couldn't remember words to songs, and it was just abismal. I had to apologize to my wife and her sister, who I dragged there. Maybe she was off that night, I'm not sure, but I certainly wouldn't be so excited to see her if she was playing nearby again.
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this comp and the No Alternative comp came out around the same time. Both still get a lot of air play on my radio at home
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Yeah, they really introduced me to her music. Loose is an incredible album, but I sometimes her voice is so much like a kids it can test you a bit. She does a song called "My Ally" with Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum (whom I'm not a fan) but it will just about make you cry it's so sweet.
I also enjoy the soul asylum cover of "Summer of Drugs" on Sweet Relief as well.
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hhmmm, this is almost like a conceptual follow up to "Sweet Jane". Your right about Lou making it his own...thanks!
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Yeah lyrically, and his delivery is so very Lou. I don't know how he didn't have a hit with it. It is just simple paired down Reed at his best, makes you remember why he was once so great. Maybe he still is, but I haven't given anything past New York a spin.
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Yeah, try "The Raven" - just joking DON'T! (sorry Lou, we love ya)
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Ooh, don't get me started on such laziness! I remember Lou getting all sorts of praise, and I was like, "Really, Edgar Allen Poe? How quaint..." I mean, it's something a person in Jr. High would do. I can't stand it when artists use something so embedded in culture and try to make it "deeper", or some nonsense.
God, that's so overdone. I put actions like this up to the same scrutiny of any contemporary art work that references Greek or Roman mythology. If I see one more recreation of Remus and Romulus at the she-wolf's teet, I'm gonna throw up.