to rise twice to object almost cultic veneration should succeed the fewest musicians. and despite strict and steady shift away idol to advance the taste of the masses to such an equally difficult. Lou Reed is probably one of the few artists of all because sauf has received series. with its - strongly sponsored by Andy Warhol - band Velvet Underground, he reached a cult status, which is likely to be unsurpassed to this day. famous were many commercially successful even very many - but hardly a band should have had such a great impact on future generations of musicians as just Velvet Underground. breakup as Velvet Underground 1970 Reed takes a first office action. downright shameful for a former rock star one might think. in the case of Lou Reed but seemingly an important time of reflection and reorientation. because when he in 1972 - first in London - again appears on the scene, he quickly becomes a cult object. First, it is mainly his past as a legendary Velvet Underground man, which makes him so fascinating. but as one of his biggest fans he jumps at the latest music aside, Lou Reed is also with his own new material once more a cult figure. This fan is none other than David Bowie and cooperation between the two leads in the album "Transformer". As for Velvet Underground times shows Reed here as a great and especially casual provocative texter. at all is probably this his greatest trump: whether sadomasochism, drugs, homosexuality or transsexuality - Lou Reed sings his subjects down with a stoic calm, as if he was about the weather unterhalten.und exactly in this serenity is also a latent sexual potential that each potential scream, groan, moan and groan in terms of effect far exceeds. you can be sure that Lou Reed deeply disturbed with his record in 1972 and many people will have scared. Only the cover design - come across borders is likely at the beginning of the 70s series to a whole moral - with a transvestite and a from today's perspective cliché-homosexual with leather cap, tight jeans and huge member. Lou Reed's lyrics are as descriptions of an underworld - scary and fascinating. that he was one of the first personages with this plate, the open sexuality has become a "very variable" known is only incidentally noted. and not only that: in the song "make up" he sings "we come out / out of our closets." the battle cry of the Gay Liberation Front. the struggle for recognition of homosexual had with "Transformer" a powerful mouthpiece bekommen.- David Wonschewski -
