AN UPDATED, COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF LYRICS FROM THE VELVET
UNDERGROUND FOUNDER AND SOLO ARTIST LOU REED, INCLUDING INTRODUCTIONS BY
MARTIN SCORSESE, LAURIE ANDERSON, JAMES ATLAS, AND NILS LOFGRENI'll Be
Your Mirroris an updated, comprehensive volume of Lou Reed's lyrics,
featuring a brand-new introduction by Nils Lofgren and a new chapter of
lyrics of songs he and Reed cowrote, as well as introductions from
several other well-known collaborators and lyrics from Reed's final
album with Metallica (Lulu). Through his many incarnations-from
protopunk to glam rocker to elder statesman of the avant garde-Lou
Reed's work has maintained an undeniable vividness and raw beauty,
fueled by precise character studies and rendered with an admirable shot
of moral ambiguity. Beginning with his formative days in the Velvet
Underground and continuing through his remarkable solo albums like
Transformer, Berlin, and New York, I'll Be Your Mirror is
crucial to an appreciation of Lou Reed, not only as a consummate
underground musician, but as one of the truly significant visionary
lyricists of the rock 'n' roll era. Containing a body of work that spans
more than six decades, this is a monument to the literary qualities of
an American original-and a must-have for music lovers everywhere.
