Dzika strona Ulicy. Lou Reed i Walk on the Wild Side
The Wild Side of Street. Lou Reed and Walk on the Wild Side
Author(s): Mariusz CzubajSubject(s): Music, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Sociology of the arts, business, education
Published by: Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej
Keywords: popular culture; popular music; culture in the 1960's; urban culture
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses Lou Reed's "Walk On the Wild Side" - one of the most important songs in rock music history. Out of ethnographic insight on New York Lou Reed creates a story of the '60s, where - in opposition to a hippie utopia - the rational "money philosophy" dominates. Lou Reed also invites new actors of the big city life to the story, playing with pop culture consumer's taste and breaking its taboo.
Journal: Kultura Popularna
- Issue Year: 53/2017
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 8-17
- Page Count: 9
- Language: Polish