Walk on the Wild Side
Lou Reed’s “Walk On The Wild Side” was in the Top 20 in early 1973. Its stories about the polymorphous NYC underground raised eyebrows when it came up on pizzeria jukeboxes.
This clip illustrates most of the song’s characters, who were all people Reed knew and hung out with at Max’s Kansas City and elsewhere. RIP Candy Darling, Jackie Curtis, etc.
This is great to see after all these years of imagining these mythical characters and places. Thanks for sharing. Joe