Lou Reed (1942-2013)

We caught Lou Reed at the Radio City Music Hall around the time his New York album came out (1989). His guest was Little Jimmy Scott. Here's everyone's favorite side from that album:

In case you didn't catch the last verse:

          Well Americans don't care much for anything,

          land and water the least

          And animal life is so low on the totem pole

          with human life not worth more than infected yeast

          Americans don't care too much for beauty

          They'll shit in a river, dump battery acid in a stream

          They'll watch dead rats wash up on a beach

          and complain if they can't swim

          They say things are done for the majority

          Don't believe half of what you see and none of what you hear

          It's like my painter friend Donald said to me

          “Stick a fork in their ass and turn them over, they're done”