![]() ![]() Had he leapt wholeheartedly into the burgeoning folk scene of the day, perhaps he could have held his own among New York’s finest. After already having written many songs as a staff songwriter for Pickwick Records - where he was paid to compose in the style of whatever was popular at the moment - Reed could convincingly traverse genres. What’s most interesting about this set of songs is the various paths it suggests Reed (and Cale) could have taken. So many demos just show the core of a song and provide the blueprint for where it inevitably needs to go. In this primitive form it still holds its power, but the more innocent mood is entirely different from the later full band approach. This early folky version of “I’m Waiting For The Man,” which stood out in Todd Haynes’ The Velvet Underground documentary, features only Reed on vocals and guitar with John Cale singing harmony and throwing in a harmonica solo near the end. The set contains early demo tapes that Reed mailed to himself as a “poor man’s copyright” and never opened, including early versions of songs that became Velvet Underground classics. Light In the Attic Records recently released Words & Music, May 1965, the first treasure trove of recordings in the Lou Reed Archive series. “I’m Waiting For The Man” - Lou Reed Words & Music, May 1965 (2022) No matter what, each song is worth praising and one that merits further discussion. Some are brand new discoveries, others are long-ingrained favorites some will be completely unfamiliar, others completely inescapable. With stunning irregularity, our editor will add to an ongoing playlist of songs that lack any overlying theme. In a newly revamped format of the Certain Songs Project, Craig Wright examines a standout single song (or songs) in depth.
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