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The Hidden Truths of Lou Reed’s Musical Poetry

Avatar photo by Tim Keane August 22, 2022August 22, 2022

Reed’s terse song-stories rely on humorous and torqued and poignant metaphors, and serve up pop cliches in order to turn them inside out and reveal hidden truths.

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