The Vinyl Countdown # 59
Lou Reed, Romeo Had Juliette [Single] (1989)
The first song on Lou Reed’s great New York album. What a lyrical tour-de-force. I was listening to it just recently, I Googled the lyrics. I marvelled. I always have. I’m sure I always will. Caught between the twisted stars the plotted lines the faulty map that brought Columbus to New York Betwixt between the…
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