*NSFW* Lou Reed: I wanna be black

Every since the whole Racial Dolezal thing came out this song has been going through my head and I've been laughing.

If you are offended by, say, The Jerk, please do not listen to this song.

You've been warned.



Hey, KAJ is down with Rachel Dolezal identifying as black, so give it a rest all you tight-assed whi' people.

Liberals always get a pass for saying racial stuff. Lenny Bruce is lionized by NPR at least once a year, Ted Danson is famously defended by Whoopi Goldberg, etc. It's all very clever, you know, social commentary when liberals get racial. It's not insensitive at all.

"Some men make glory from a different condition"

All the people had their share of the glory
Looking out after you
It's just a story about winners and glory
And you know that it's true

Oh yeah, you're just a shooting star
Oh yeah, you're just a shooting star

Some men make glory from a different condition, of another car
And later persuasion would permit the arranging of an earthen bar
And to cause all confusion and to make this illusion
Would have gone too far
And it's my ambition, of a jacket ignition, a Cadillac metal car

Oh yeah, you're just a shooting star
Oh yeah, you're just a shooting star
Oh yeah, you're just a shooting star
Oh yeah, you're just a shooting star
You're just a shooting star

"Somebody's cut the string in two."

There is no Lou but Lou

Really liked the bass player in this performance.

I always liked the way Reed spontaneously rephrases his lyrics while making it still sound totally natural. This vid is cool; as it ends you get to follow him backstage, kiss his wife, etc.