The lyrics were troubling and risqué for the time for their inclusion in a rock song that heretofore did not make reference to transgender individuals, oral sex and prostitution.
I always thought it would be kinda fun to introduce people to characters they maybe hadn't met before, or hadn't wanted to meet - said the songwriter/performer.
Released on his second solo album Transformer in 1972 this song became a worldwide hit with the single peaking at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1973.
Not a video today.
Just a terrific live recording.
Lou Reed - Live in Hempstead New York, 26th December 1972 and Walk on the Wild Side…….
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