Lou Reed's Transformer

by Furman, Ezra

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Title Statements

Full title :Lou Reed's Transformer / Ezra Furman.

Summary

"Transformer, Lou Reed's most enduringly popular album, is described with varying labels: it's often called a glam rock album, a proto-punk album, a commercial breakthrough for Lou Reed, and an album about being gay. And yet, it doesn't neatly fit into any of these descriptors. Buried underneath the radio-friendly exterior lie coded confessions of the subversive, wounded intelligence that gives this album its staying power as a work of art. Here Lou Reed managed to make a fun, accessible rock'n'roll record that is also a troubled meditation on the ambiguities - sexual, musical and otherwise - that defined his public persona and helped make him one of the most fascinating and influential figures in rock history. Through close listening and personal reflections, songwriter Ezra Furman explores Reed's and Transformer's unstable identities, and the secrets the songs challenge us to uncover."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2018.
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Bloomsbury Academic
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2018.

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The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (165 p.).

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781501323089, 1501323083, 9781501323058, 1501323059, 9781501323072, 1501323075, 9781501323065, 1501323067
oclc:on1167623184
LC Classification:ML420.R299
Dewey Decimal:782.42166092

Fuck you, leave me alone don't read my book -- Side one -- Side break -- Side two -- The man himself.