Lou Reed – Walk On the Wild Side

Empezaremos este post con las excusas pertinentes por el largo silencio mantenido. Las razones son muy simples: llevo unas tres semanas ultimando el lanzamiento de un proyecto que hace que mi vida sea un auténtico «wild side» (en el ámbito laboral, porque lo que es el ocioso…). Así que nada más adecuada que esta melodía mitiquísima de Lou Reed (con uno de los estribillos más conocidos). Una oda a lo que muchos no se atrevían a cantar en aquella época (e incluso en ésta): la transexualidad, las drogas, los chaperos y el sexo oral, y el término «de color» para referirse a los afroamericanos.

El nombre de la canción está inspirada en una novela de Nelson Algren (A Walk on the Wild Side, 1956) y apareció por vez primera en su segundo disco en solitario: Transformer (1972). Fue producida por David Bowie, que hace los coros. Tiene infinidad de versiones, pero dejo de vuestra cuenta descubrirlas (y publicarlas en los comentarios ;-)).

Letra:

Holly came from miami f.l.a.
Hitch-hiked her way across the U.S.A.
Plucked her eyebrows on the way
Shaved her leg and then he was a she
She says, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
Said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side

Candy came from out on the island
In the backroom she was everybodys darling
But she never lost her head
Even when she was given head
She says, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
Said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
And the coloured girls go

Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
(doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
(doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
(doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
(doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
(doo)

Little Joe never once gave it away
Everybody had to pay and pay
A hustle here and a hustle there
New York City is the place where they said
Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
I said hey Joe, take a walk on the wild side

Sugar plum fairy came and hit the streets
Looking for soul food and a place to eat
Went to the Apollo
You should have seen him go go go
They said, hey sugar, take a walk on the wild side
I said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side

Jackie is just speeding away
Thought she was james dean for a day
Then I guess she had to crash
Valium would have helped that dash
She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
I said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side
And the coloured girls say

Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
(doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
(doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
(doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
(doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
(doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
(doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
(doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
(doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
(doo)

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