The Raven by Lou Reed
One of the most influential and innovative recording artists of the past three decades, Lou Reed has always offered a shrewd view of life in the big city in all its colors. It is no surprise, then, that he considers Edgar Allan Poe a spiritual forefather. In The Raven, Reed immerses himself in Poe's enigmatic world and sets out to reimagine his work to mesmerizing effect. In 2001 Lou Reed, legendary theater director Robert Wilson, and an all-star cast presented the musical POEtry at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Reed's subsequent studio adaptation, The Raven, has been hailed as one of his more daring and challenging albums. Here, accompanied by photographs by the acclaimed artist and director Julian Schnabel, is the definitive text of the CD release. The Raven includes Reed's distinctive takes on Poe's most celebrated works, as well as song lyrics written for the musical. The Raven is a fascinating meeting between a dark chronicler of the twentieth century and his nineteenth-century counterpart; the work on one iconoclastic genius offering a haunting exploration of another.Lou Reed grew raised on Long Island and was born in Brooklyn in 1942. He studied poetry with Delmore Schwartz at Syracuse University and co-founded The Velvet Underground with John Cale in 1964. The Velvet Underground & Nico, the band's debut record, was released in 1967 and is widely considered to be the most celebrated album in rock 'n' roll history. (Rolling Stone called it the most prescient rock record ever made.) Following the band's disbandment in 1973, Reed went on to have a wildly successful solo career, with albums like Transformer, Berlin, and New York. Reed cooperated with a large variety of artists and musicians during the course of his forty-year solo career and produced a number of big projects, including a series of concerts based on his record Berlin, which were held at St.
In 2006, Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn hosted a collaboration with Julian Schnabel, an artist. In 2013, he died of liver illness.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780802117564 |
| ISBN 10 | 0802117562 |
| Title | The Raven |
| Author | Lou Reed |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press |
| Year published | 2003-10-09 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |