LYRICS MADE LOUCID I have two questions for you concerning Lou Reed. First, on the song “Kill Your Sons,” he says “CREEM won’t treat me very good,” but what does he say on the next line? I played it over a hundred times but can’t figure it out. Second, have you ever seen Lou with a smile on his face?
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LYRICS MADE LOUCID I have two questions for you concerning Lou Reed. First, on the song “Kill Your Sons,” he says “CREEM won’t treat me very good,” but what does he say on the next line? I played it over a hundred times but can’t figure it out.
Second, have you ever seen Lou with a smile on his face? If you have a pic of him smiling, please print it. I’ll bet ya don’t. If you think my handwriting sucks, you should see my typing.
Jerry Dwaileeke Bradford, Pa.
(On “Kill Your Sons” Lou sings, “Creedmore treated me very good, the Payne Whitney was even better, ” referring to two mental hospitals in New York where he vacationed. Don’t feel bad, first time Lester Bangs heard this he thought Lou was saying “the cane whipping was even better. ” Just goes to show our imaginations are often more puriently inventive than our heroes’. And incidentally, Lou did give CREEM a free plug from the stage during his recent Detroit gig; during the middle of “Walk on the Wild Side” he