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.

Publication Statements

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

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781501323065, 1501323067, 9781501323072, 1501323075, 9781501323089, 1501323083, 1501323059, 9781501323058
oclc:on1004770052
LC Classification:ML420.R299
Dewey Decimal:782.42166092

Fuck you leave me alone don't read my book. Fuck you leave me alone don't read my book ; Lou the queer ; Lou the failure ; Lou and Bowie -- Side one. "Vicious" : Lou and hate ; "Andy's chest" : Lou and Warhol ; "Perfect day" : Lou and Bettye ; "Hangin' 'round" : Lou and coolness ; "Walk on the wild side" : Lou and the underworld -- Side break : Lou in the closet/Transformer in code -- Side two. "Make up" : Lou and gender ; "Satellite of love" : Lou and pop ; "Wagon wheel" : Lou and laziness ; "New York telephone conversation" : Lou and New York ; "I'm so free" : Lou and freedom ; "Goodnight ladies" : Lou and loneliness -- The man himself.

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Criticism, interpretation, etc Individual composers & musicians, speci… MUSIC -- Instruction & Study MUSIC -- Lyrics MUSIC -- Printed Music Music reviews & criticism Reed, Lou Rock (Musique) -- Histoire et critique.… Rock & Pop music Rock music Rock music -- History and criticism. --… United States