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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: "Good Evening Mr. Waldheim" is one of these directed at then-President of Austria Kurt Waldheim who was found to have historical ties to the Nazi Party. However, Lou detours to dedicate an entire verse to deliver another one to Jesse Jackson over his perceived anti-semitism.
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''New York'' is the fifteenth solo album by Music/LouReed, released on January 10, 1989. As a {{concept album}} intended to be listened to in one sitting, "like a book or a movie," it was his take on the poor state of the city at the time, featuring stripped-down rock instrumentation to focus on his introspective lyrics. It was backed by the songs "Romeo Had Juliette," "Dirty Blvd.," and "Busload of Faith."
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''New York'' is the fifteenth solo album by Music/LouReed, released on January 10, 1989.1989 through Creator/SireRecords. As a {{concept album}} intended to be listened to in one sitting, "like a book or a movie," it was his take on the poor state of the city at the time, featuring stripped-down rock instrumentation to focus on his introspective lyrics. It was backed by the songs "Romeo Had Juliette," "Dirty Blvd.," and "Busload of Faith."
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* TheBigRottenApple: The whole album. He even perverts the ''Art/StatueOfLiberty'' in "Dirty Blvd." and "Hold On," calling it "The Statue of Bigotry."
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** From "Dirty Blvd.":
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* TheBigRottenApple: The whole album. He even perverts the ''Art/StatueOfLiberty'' in "Dirty Blvd." and "Hold On," calling it "The Statue of Bigotry."
** From "Dirty Blvd.":" The former song additionally features a parody of "The New Colossus", the poem engraved on the base of the Statue of Liberty, rewriting it to highlight the dissonance between its altruistic, pro-immigration tone and the reality of American nativism and xenophobia.
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* TakeThat: "Good Evening Mr. Waldheim" rips Nazi-turned-[[UsefulNotes/{{Austria}} Austrian]] President Kurt Waldheim, [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Pope John Paul II]] and Jesse Jackson for anti-Semitism; it's worth remembering that Reed himself was Jewish.
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* TakeThat: "Good Evening Mr. Waldheim" rips Nazi-turned-[[UsefulNotes/{{Austria}} Austrian]] Nazi-turned-UsefulNotes/{{Austria}}n President Kurt Waldheim, [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Pope John Paul II]] and Jesse Jackson for anti-Semitism; antisemitism; it's worth remembering that Reed himself was Jewish.
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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: "Beginning of a Great Adventure" is about a guy thinking about having a child, and among the names he considers are "Eggplant," "Dummy," "Star" and "The Glob."
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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: "Beginning of a Great Adventure" is about a guy thinking about having a child, and among the names he considers are "Eggplant," "Dummy," "Star" and "The Glob.""
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''New York'' is the fifteenth solo album by Music/LouReed, released on January 10, 1989. As a {{concept album}} intended to be listened to in one sitting, "like a book or a movie," it was his take on the poor state of the city at the time, featuring stripped-down rock instrumentation to focus on his introspective lyrics. It was backed by the songs "Romeo Had Juliette," "Dirty Blvd.," and "Busload of Faith." It is currently listed at #492 on Website/AcclaimedMusic's [[UsefulNotes/AcclaimedMusicAllTimeTopAlbums compilation of various critics' lists]].
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** "Last Great American Whale" mentions "my painter friend Donald", referring to Music/JohnMellencamp.[[note]]Mellencamp was into painting as well as music at the time[[/note]].
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* SiameseTwinSongs: The whole album can be considered to consist of nothing but this trope, given Lou Reed's statements that the album is best listened to in a single sitting.
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Your poor huddled masses- let's club 'em to death\\
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* EpicRocking: "[=Strawman-]" is borderline, at 5:54.
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* TakeThat: "Good Evening Mr. Waldheim" rips Nazi-turned-[[UsefulNotes/{{Austria}} Austrian]] President Kurt Waldheim, [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Pope John Paul II]] and Jesse Jackson for anti-Semitism.
* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: It's a Lou Reed album of {{Protest Song}}s, meaning the words are more important than sophisticated musicianship.
* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: It's a Lou Reed album of {{Protest Song}}s, meaning the words are more important than sophisticated musicianship.
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* TakeThat: "Good Evening Mr. Waldheim" rips Nazi-turned-[[UsefulNotes/{{Austria}} Austrian]] President Kurt Waldheim, [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Pope John Paul II]] and Jesse Jackson for anti-Semitism.anti-Semitism; it's worth remembering that Reed himself was Jewish.
* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: It's a Lou Reed album of {{Protest Song}}s, meaning the words are more important than sophisticatedmusicianship.musicianship; Reed himself likened the album more to a poetry piece than a typical rock record.
* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: It's a Lou Reed album of {{Protest Song}}s, meaning the words are more important than sophisticated
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''New York'' is the fifteenth solo album by Music/LouReed, released on January 10, 1989. As a {{concept album}} intended to be listened to in one sitting, "like a book or a movie," it was his take on the poor state of the city at the time, featuring stripped-down rock instrumentation to focus on his introspective lyrics. It was backed by the songs "Romeo Had Juliette," "Dirty Blvd.," and "Busload of Faith." It is currently listed at #492 on Website/AcclaimedMusic's [[UsefulNotes/AcclaimedMusicAllTimeTopAlbums compilation of various critics' lists.
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[[captionright:300:''"You can depend on the worst always happening/ You happening/You need a busload of faith to get by"'']]
''New York'' is the fifteenth solo album by Music/LouReed, released on January 10, 1989. As a {{concept album}} intended to be listened to in one sitting, "like a book or a movie," it was his take on the poor state of the city at the time, featuring stripped-down rock instrumentation to focus on his introspective lyrics. It was backed by the songs "Romeo Had Juliette," "Dirty Blvd.," and "Busload of Faith." It is currently listed at #492 on Website/AcclaimedMusic's [[UsefulNotes/AcclaimedMusicAllTimeTopAlbums compilation of various critics'lists.
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''New York'' is the fifteenth solo album by Music/LouReed, released on January 10, 1989. As a {{concept album}} intended to be listened to in one sitting, "like a book or a movie," it was his take on the poor state of the city at the time, featuring stripped-down rock instrumentation to focus on his introspective lyrics. It was backed by the songs "Romeo Had Juliette," "Dirty Blvd.," and "Busload of Faith." It is currently listed at #492 on Website/AcclaimedMusic's [[UsefulNotes/AcclaimedMusicAllTimeTopAlbums compilation of various critics'
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-->''"You can depend on the worst always happening\\
You need a busload of faith to get by"''
-->--'''Lou Reed''', "Busload of Faith"
''New York'' is a 1989 album by Music/LouReed, his take on the poor state of the city at the time. The album gave him a career boost at the time.
As usual, you can find the basics at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_(album) Wikipedia]].
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-->--'''Lou Reed''', "Busload of Faith"
''New York'' is
As usual, you can find the basics
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#"Romeo Had Juliette"
#"Halloween Parade"
#"Dirty Blvd."
#"Endless Cycle"
#"There Is No Time"
#"Last Great American Whale"
#"Beginning Of A Great Adventure"
#"Busload Of Faith"
#"Sick Of You"
#"Hold On"
#"Good Evening Mr. Waldheim"
#"Xmas in February"
#"Strawman"
#"Dime Store Mystery"
#"Halloween Parade"
#"Dirty Blvd."
#"Endless Cycle"
#"There Is No Time"
#"Last Great American Whale"
#"Beginning Of A Great Adventure"
#"Busload Of Faith"
#"Sick Of You"
#"Hold On"
#"Good Evening Mr. Waldheim"
#"Xmas in February"
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# "Romeo Had
#"Halloween Parade"
#"Dirty
# "Halloween Parade" (3:33)
# "Dirty Blvd.
#"Endless Cycle"
#"There
# "Endless Cycle" (4:01)
# "There Is No
#"Last
# "Last Great American
#"Beginning
# "Beginning Of A Great
#"Busload
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# "Busload Of
#"Sick Of You"
#"Hold On"
#"Good
# "Sick of You" (3:25)
# "Hold On" (3:24)
# "Good Evening Mr.
#"Xmas
# "Xmas in
#"Strawman"
#"Dime
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* NewsParody: "Sick Of You," which the book ''Between Thought And Expression: Selected Lyrics of Lou Reed' described as a "fantasy newscast."
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* NewsParody: "Sick Of You," which the book ''Between Thought And Expression: Selected Lyrics of Lou Reed' Reed'' described as a "fantasy newscast.""
-->"All the beaches were closed, the ocean was a red sea\\
But there was no one there to part it in two\\
There was no fresh salad, 'cause there's hypos in the cabbage\\
Staten Island disappeared at noon\\
And they say the Midwest is in great distress\\
And UsefulNotes/{{NASA}} blew up the moon\\
The ozone layer has no ozone anymore\\
[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And you're gonna leave me for the guy next door?]]"
-->"All the beaches were closed, the ocean was a red sea\\
But there was no one there to part it in two\\
There was no fresh salad, 'cause there's hypos in the cabbage\\
Staten Island disappeared at noon\\
And they say the Midwest is in great distress\\
And UsefulNotes/{{NASA}} blew up the moon\\
The ozone layer has no ozone anymore\\
[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And you're gonna leave me for the guy next door?]]"
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* AccentuateTheNegative: Poverty, AIDS, bigotry, violence, environmental destruction...
* MinimalisticCoverArt: As seen above. DeliberatelyMonochrome, and just showing Lou Reed and his band standing around.
* NewsParody: "Sick Of You," which the book ''Between Thought And Expression: Selected Lyrics of Lou Reed' described as a "fantasy newscast."
* NewsParody: "Sick Of You," which the book ''Between Thought And Expression: Selected Lyrics of Lou Reed' described as a "fantasy newscast."
* SpecialGuest: Two of them.
**Former Music/VelvetUnderground drummer Maureen Tucker plays on "Last Great American Whale" and "Dime Store Mystery."
**Dion provides backing vocals on "Dirty Blvd."
**Former Music/VelvetUnderground drummer Maureen Tucker plays on "Last Great American Whale" and "Dime Store Mystery."
**Dion provides backing vocals on "Dirty Blvd."
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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: "Beginning of a Great Adventure," which is about a guy thinking about having a child, and among the names he considers are "Eggplant," "Dummy," "Star" and "The Glob."
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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: "Beginning of a Great Adventure," which Adventure" is about a guy thinking about having a child, and among the names he considers are "Eggplant," "Dummy," "Star" and "The Glob."
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As usual, you can find the basics at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_(album) Wikipedia]].
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-->"The man if he marries will batter his child\\
And have endless excuses\\
The woman, sadly, will do much the same\\
Thinking that's it right and it's proper\\
Better than their mommy and their daddy did\\
Better than the childhood they suffered\\
Truth is they're happier when they're in pain\\
In fact, that's why they got married"
And have endless excuses\\
The woman, sadly, will do much the same\\
Thinking that's it right and it's proper\\
Better than their mommy and their daddy did\\
Better than the childhood they suffered\\
Truth is they're happier when they're in pain\\
In fact, that's why they got married"
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* TheBigRottenApple: The whole album.
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* TheBigRottenApple: The whole album. He even perverts the ''Art/StatueOfLiberty'' in "Dirty Blvd." and "Hold On," calling it "The Statue of Bigotry."
** From "Dirty Blvd.":
-->"Give me your hungry, your tired, your poor, I'll piss on 'em\\
That's what the Statue of Bigotry says\\
Your poor huddled masses- let's club 'em to death\\
and get it over with and just dump 'em on the boulevard"
** From "Dirty Blvd.":
-->"Give me your hungry, your tired, your poor, I'll piss on 'em\\
That's what the Statue of Bigotry says\\
Your poor huddled masses- let's club 'em to death\\
and get it over with and just dump 'em on the boulevard"
* ListSong: "[=Strawman=]" runs down a list of things people don't actually need.
* ShoutOut: "Beginning of a Great Adventure" quotes the "Sylvia how do you call your lover boy" part of Mickey and Sylvia's 1956 RAndB hit "Love Is Strange." Doubles as an InJoke, since Reed's wife at the time was named Sylvia.
* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: It's a Lou Reed album of {{Protest Song}}s, meaning the words are more important than sophisticated musicianship.
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* TheVietnamVet: The subject of "Xmas in February."
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* TheVietnamVet: The subject of "Xmas in February."
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: "Beginning of a Great Adventure," which is about a guy thinking about having a child, and among the names he considers are "Eggplant," "Dummy," "Star" and "The Glob."
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: "Beginning of a Great Adventure," which is about a guy thinking about having a child, and among the names he considers are "Eggplant," "Dummy," "Star" and "The Glob."
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-->''"You can depend on the worst always happening\\
You need a busload of faith to get by"''
-->--'''Lou Reed''', "Busload of Faith"
''New York'' is a 1989 album by Music/LouReed, his take on the poor state of the city at the time. The album gave him a career boost at the time.
!!Tracklist:
#"Romeo Had Juliette"
#"Halloween Parade"
#"Dirty Blvd."
#"Endless Cycle"
#"There Is No Time"
#"Last Great American Whale"
#"Beginning Of A Great Adventure"
#"Busload Of Faith"
#"Sick Of You"
#"Hold On"
#"Good Evening Mr. Waldheim"
#"Xmas in February"
#"Strawman"
#"Dime Store Mystery"
!!"Busload Of Tropes":
*FifteenMinutesOfFame: Mentioned by name in "Hold On," doubling as a MythologyGag.
-->"There's no [[TheMafia Mafia]] lawyer to sit in your corner\\
For your fifteen minutes of fame"
**"Dime Store Mystery" is a tribute to Creator/AndyWarhol, the Trope Namer.
*AbusiveParents: The subject of "Endless Cycle."
*TheBigRottenApple: The whole album.
*GreenAesop: "Last Great American Whale" is about humans destroying the environment.
*LiteraryAllusionTitle: "[[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Romeo Had Juliette]]"
*RippedFromTheHeadlines: "Hold On" references the Howard Beach incident, riots in Tompkins Square and medical waste washing up on beaches.
*TakeThat: "Good Evening Mr. Waldheim" rips Nazi-turned-[[UsefulNotes/{{Austria}} Austrian]] President Kurt Waldheim, [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Pope John Paul II]] and Jesse Jackson for anti-Semitism.
*TragicAIDSStory: "Halloween Parade" is about how the disease had claimed so many of the regular participants in the Village's annual parade.
* TheVietnamVet: The subject of "Xmas in February."
-->''"You can depend on the worst always happening\\
You need a busload of faith to get by"''
-->--'''Lou Reed''', "Busload of Faith"
''New York'' is a 1989 album by Music/LouReed, his take on the poor state of the city at the time. The album gave him a career boost at the time.
!!Tracklist:
#"Romeo Had Juliette"
#"Halloween Parade"
#"Dirty Blvd."
#"Endless Cycle"
#"There Is No Time"
#"Last Great American Whale"
#"Beginning Of A Great Adventure"
#"Busload Of Faith"
#"Sick Of You"
#"Hold On"
#"Good Evening Mr. Waldheim"
#"Xmas in February"
#"Strawman"
#"Dime Store Mystery"
!!"Busload Of Tropes":
*FifteenMinutesOfFame: Mentioned by name in "Hold On," doubling as a MythologyGag.
-->"There's no [[TheMafia Mafia]] lawyer to sit in your corner\\
For your fifteen minutes of fame"
**"Dime Store Mystery" is a tribute to Creator/AndyWarhol, the Trope Namer.
*AbusiveParents: The subject of "Endless Cycle."
*TheBigRottenApple: The whole album.
*GreenAesop: "Last Great American Whale" is about humans destroying the environment.
*LiteraryAllusionTitle: "[[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Romeo Had Juliette]]"
*RippedFromTheHeadlines: "Hold On" references the Howard Beach incident, riots in Tompkins Square and medical waste washing up on beaches.
*TakeThat: "Good Evening Mr. Waldheim" rips Nazi-turned-[[UsefulNotes/{{Austria}} Austrian]] President Kurt Waldheim, [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Pope John Paul II]] and Jesse Jackson for anti-Semitism.
*TragicAIDSStory: "Halloween Parade" is about how the disease had claimed so many of the regular participants in the Village's annual parade.
* TheVietnamVet: The subject of "Xmas in February."
