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Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side Meaning

Album cover for Walk on the Wild Side album cover

Song Released: 1972


Walk on the Wild Side Lyrics

Holly came from Miami, F.L.A.
Hitch-hiked her way across the USA
Plucked her eyebrows on the way
Shaved her legs and then he was a she
She says, Hey babe
Take a walk on the wild side
She said, Hey honey
Take a walk on the wild...

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    anonymous
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    Sep 7th 2007 !⃝

    This song is about all the drag queens that loitered around him in the 60's while hanging out with Andy Warhol.

    "Holly" is Holly Woodlawn
    "Candy" is Candy Darling
    "Little Joe" is Joe Dallesandro
    "Sugar Plum Fairy" is Joe Campbell
    "Jackie" is Jackie Curtis

  2. kolocow
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    Mar 28th 2009 !⃝

    This song is dated. It wouldn't be written now. The wild side is probably wilder now but is more crack whore in the gutter. I guess it had a bit of shock value by telling the world about aspirations of people coming to the NYC and how close to the edge and on the wild side they were. How times have changed. Lou Reid has also got older and wiser. He's a NYC man.

  3. CavGuy
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    Aug 4th 2006 !⃝

    This song is lou reed simply talking about people he knew in nyc, the grenwich village area, in particular. It was, at least in the 60's and 70's, quite the bohemian part of the city.

  4. username
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    Jul 10th 2005 !⃝

    This song is about a tranvestite that goes to NY to get..."work"


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