Ten Favorite Wild Songs: Walk On the Wild Side (#6)
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (62143)
United States
October 21, 2017 8:18pm CST
Look out, it's time to go wild! If my wildness wasn't enough, I've conned, er, talked @teamfreak16 into counting down his favorite songs with "wild" in the title, too! And, for today's song, this is probably THE obvious one, and the one we're most likely to match on.
#6: Walk On the Wild Side - Lou Reed
There's a great quote in the Picky Wedia entry about this song: Reed said, "My obituary has already been written, and it starts 'doot di-doot,di-doot..." 
Of course there was a lot more to Lou Reed than this song, but this is the one that gets airplay all the time. It's a classic song, telling the story of various denizens of Andy Warhol's "Factory" (where Reed himself honed his skills with the Velvet Underground...if you didn't know, Warhol produced and designed the cover of The Velvet Underground and Nico).
You know all of the backstory about this song. You know the song. All I can say is, "enjoy."
Walk On the Wild Side
Written by Lou Reed
Recorded by Lou Reed
From Transformer, 1972
Thought she was James Dean for a day:
Of course there was a lot more to Lou Reed than this song, but this is the one that gets airplay all the time. It's a classic song, telling the story of various denizens of Andy Warhol's "Factory" (where Reed himself honed his skills with the Velvet Underground...if you didn't know, Warhol produced and designed the cover of The Velvet Underground and Nico).
You know all of the backstory about this song. You know the song. All I can say is, "enjoy."
Walk On the Wild Side
Written by Lou Reed
Recorded by Lou Reed
From Transformer, 1972
Thought she was James Dean for a day:
Music video by Lou Reed performing Walk on the Wild Side (audio). (C) 1972 RCA Records a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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@dgobucks226 (34369)
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23 Oct 17
Great Pick! Hello Holly, Little Joe, Sugar Plum Fairy, and Jackie.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
22 Oct 17
I never thought you of Jim Reeves fame would ever pick this underground classic. Bowie and Mick Ronson producing and playing. It's an extraordinary song especially if one is familiar with the Warhol stars mentioned like Joe Dallesandro, Holly Woodlawn and Candy Darling.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
24 Oct 17
Yes, it's a match. So glad I got to see him do this.
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@FourWalls (62143)
• United States
24 Oct 17
It's just one of those songs you can't avoid if you're doing a countdown. Glad it's a match!!
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
24 Oct 17
@FourWalls - It's inevitable that it's going to happen once in awhile. Great songs and great taste in music make it so.
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