Transformer

by Furman, Ezra

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Title Statements

Full title :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.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (165 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781501323089, 1501323083, 9781501323058, 1501323059, 9781501323072, 1501323075, 9781501323065, 1501323067
oclc:on1171904078
LC Classification:ML420.R299
Dewey Decimal:782.42166092

Introduction. Lou the Queer ; Lou the Failure ; Lou and Bowie Side -- Side One. "Vicious" -- Lou & Hate ; "Andy's Chest" -- Lou & Warhol ; "Perfect Day" -- Lou & Bettye ; "Hangin' Round" -- Lou & Coolness ; "Walk on the Wild Side" -- Lou & the Underworld ; Side Break: Lou in the Closet / Transformer in Code -- Side Two. "Make Up" -- Lou & Gender ; "Satellite of Love" -- Lou & Pop ; "Wagon Wheel" -- Lou & Laziness ; "New York Telephone Conversation" -- Lou & New York ; "I'm So Free" -- Lou & Freedom ; "Goodnight Ladies" -- Lou & Lonliness -- Outro: The Man Himself -- Enormous Thanks.