Walk On The Wild Side from the Lou Reed Album TRANSFORMER released on the RCA Record Label Manufactured By MAGTEC in 1972 - Played on a 1962 Crown Tube Reel to Reel Tape Recorder.
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Lou Reed (Lurid) (Lewis Allen Reed), Born March 2, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York, USA - died October 27, 2013, Southampton, New York, USA) was an American rock musician, songwriter and photographer. He was the guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and his subsequent solo career spanned five decades. He began dating Laurie Anderson in 1992 and they married in 2008.
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AllMusic Review by Mark Deming

David Bowie has never been shy about acknowledging his influences, and since the boho decadence and sexual ambiguity of the Velvet Underground's music had a major impact on Bowie's work, it was only fitting that as Ziggy Stardust mania was reaching its peak, Bowie would offer Lou Reed some much-needed help with his career, which was stuck in neutral after his first solo album came and went. Musically, Reed's work didn't have too much in common with the sonic bombast of the glam scene, but at least it was a place where his eccentricities could find a comfortable home, and on Transformer Bowie and his right-hand man, Mick Ronson, crafted a new sound for Reed that was better fitting (and more commercially astute) than the ambivalent tone of his first solo album. Ronson adds some guitar raunch to "Vicious" and "Hangin' Round" that's a lot flashier than what Reed cranked out with the Velvets, but still honors Lou's strengths in guitar-driven hard rock, while the imaginative arrangements Ronson cooked up for "Perfect Day," "Walk on the Wild Side," and "Goodnight Ladies" blend pop polish with musical thinking just as distinctive as Reed's lyrical conceits....(More). www.allmusic.com

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Lyrics
Holly came from Miami F.L.A.
Hitch-hiked her way across the U.S.A.
Plucked her eyebrows on the way
Shaved her legs and then he was a she
She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side,
Said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side.
Candy came from out on the island,
In the backroom she was everybody's darling,
But she never lost her head
Even when she was giving head
She sayes, hey baby, take a walk on the wild side
Said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
And the colored girls go,
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Little Joe never once gave it away
Everybody had to pay and pay
A hustle here and a hustle there
New York City is the place where they said:
Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
I said hey Joe, take a walk on the wild side
Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets
Lookin' for soul food and a place to eat
Went to the Apollo
You should have seen him go, go, go
They said, hey Sugar, take a walk on the wild side
I said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side, alright, huh
Jackie is just speeding away
Thought she was James Dean for a day
Then I guess she had to crash
Valium would have helped that bash
She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
I said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side
And the colored girls say
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Songwriters: Lou Reed

Credits
Arranged By [String And Bass] – Mick Ronson
Arranged By, Guitar, Written-By, Mixed By – Lou Reed
Arranged By, Tuba – Herbie Flowers (tracks: B6)
Backing Vocals – The Thunder Thighs*
Bass – Klaus Voorman*
Bass, Double Bass [String Bass] – Herbie Flowers
Drums – Barry Desouza*, John Halzey*, Ritchie Dharma
Mixed By – Ken Scott, Mike Stone
Photography By [Black And White] – Mick Rock
Photography By [Color] – Karl Stoeker*
Piano, Recorder – Mick Ronson (tracks: B6)
Producer, Backing Vocals, Arranged By, Mixed By – David Bowie
Producer, Backing Vocals, Guitar – Mick Ronson
Saxophone [Baritone] – Ronnie Ross

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In Groups:
Artists United Against Apartheid, Metal Machine Trio, The Amnesty Allstars, The Beachnuts, The Intimates, The Jades (2), The Primitives (3), The Roughnecks (3), The Surfsiders, The Velvet Underground

Lou, The Lou Reed Band, Л. Рид, Лу Рид, Лу Рийд, ルー・リード

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