Lou Reed
Vinyl Distraction cont.
Lou Reed, ‘Walk on the Wild Side’, 1972. This song drew me in when I saw it in a film clip of Uncle Lou on ‘Top of the Pops’ in 1972. I didn’t know who it was, or what (it wasn’t Bolan, Slade etc. that was for sure), and it wasn’t until seeing Hot Gossip doing a dance routine to it on the ‘Kenny Everett Show’ five years later that I found out. From there I made the link to Bowie, Velvet Underground, John Cale, Nico etc. I ordered the single from Boots, Andover. You could do that in those days. Record companies would keep hits in the catalogue, and you could order them. So, this is my copy, after the event, although I notice my brother tried to claim it by adding an extra stroke to my initial. Cheeky sod.
Lou Reed
Vinyl Distraction cont.
Lou Reed, ‘Walk on the Wild Side’, 1972. This song drew me in when I saw it in a film clip of Uncle Lou on ‘Top of the Pops’ in 1972. I didn’t know who it was, or what (it wasn’t Bolan, Slade etc. that was for sure), and it wasn’t until seeing Hot Gossip doing a dance routine to it on the ‘Kenny Everett Show’ five years later that I found out. From there I made the link to Bowie, Velvet Underground, John Cale, Nico etc. I ordered the single from Boots, Andover. You could do that in those days. Record companies would keep hits in the catalogue, and you could order them. So, this is my copy, after the event, although I notice my brother tried to claim it by adding an extra stroke to my initial. Cheeky sod.