Pass Thru Fire: The Collected Lyrics
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Pass Thru Fire: The Collected Lyrics

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Containing a body of work that spans more than three decades, Pass Thru Fire is a stunning collection of the lyrics of an American original. Through his many incarnations-from proto punk to glam rocker to elder statesman of the avant garde-Lou Reeds work has maintained an undeniable vividness and raw beauty, fueled by precise character studies and rendered with an admirabl...more
Paperback, 608 pages
Published December 9th 2008 by Da Capo Press (first published February 16th 2000)
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Travis Hi.
Turns out, divorced from the music, Reed's fine lyrics can be damn moronic. This is more evidence that lyrics and poetry are not only not synonymous, but often entirely exclusive (or they should be).
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si alguien sabe donde venden ese libro, please tell me... larga historia
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LOU REED!!!! THE VELVET UNDERGROUND!!!!!!
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It's nice to have them all in one place.
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