It was recorded by the Velvet Underground and included on their self-titled third album. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Lou Reed, lower left, with the Velvet Undeground: , John Cale, Maureen Tucker, Nico and Sterling Morrison. Photograph: Alamy Stock PhotoThe poems are part of Lou Reed’s archive, acquired by the New York Public Library following Reed’s death. We all know what Lou Reed’s voice sounds like, and you find yourself projecting that amazing voice onto the poems, backed with some sort of doomy bassline. Bob Dylan’s Tarantula, written in 1965, is a Beat-inspired poetic stream of consciousness, while more recently Tupac Shakur, Ryan Adams, Jill Scott and Tom Waits have all published poetry collections.

Source: The Guardian March 02, 2018 09:13 UTC