{"product_id":"lou-reed-a-life-paperback","title":"Lou Reed: A Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnthony Decurtis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe essential biography of one of music's most influential icons: Lou Reed.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As lead singer and songwriter for the Velvet Underground and a renowned solo artist, Lou Reed invented alternative rock. His music, at once a source of transcendent beauty and coruscating noise, violated all definitions of genre while speaking to millions of fans and inspiring generations of musicians. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But while his iconic status may be fixed, the man himself was anything but. Lou Reed's life was a transformer's odyssey. Eternally restless and endlessly hungry for new experiences, Reed reinvented his persona, his sound, even his sexuality time and again. A man of contradictions and extremes, he was fiercely independent yet afraid of being alone, artistically fearless yet deeply paranoid, eager for commercial success yet disdainful of his own triumphs. Channeling his jagged energy and literary sensibility into classic songs - like \"Walk on the Wild Side\" and \"Sweet Jane\" - and radically experimental albums alike, Reed remained desperately true to his artistic vision, wherever it led him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now, just a few years after Reed's death, \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e writer Anthony DeCurtis, who knew Reed and interviewed him extensively, tells the provocative story of his complex and chameleonic life. With unparalleled access to dozens of Reed's friends, family, and collaborators, DeCurtis tracks Reed's five-decade career through the accounts of those who knew him and through Reed's most revealing testimony, his music. We travel deep into his defiantly subterranean world, enter the studio as the Velvet Underground record their groundbreaking work, and revel in Reed's relationships with such legendary figures as Andy Warhol, David Bowie, and Laurie Anderson. Gritty, intimate, and unflinching, \u003ci\u003eLou Reed\u003c\/i\u003e is an illuminating tribute to one of the most incendiary artists of our time.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony DeCurtis\u003c\/b\u003e is a contributing editor for \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, where his work has appeared for more than thirty-five years, and a distinguished lecturer in the creative writing program at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eIn Other Words\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRocking My Life Away\u003c\/i\u003e and co-wrote Clive Davis's autobiography, \u003ci\u003eThe Soundtrack of My Life\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e DeCurtis is a Grammy Award winner and has served as a member of the Rock \u0026amp; Roll Hall of Fame nominating committee for twenty-five years.He holds a PhD in American literature and lives in New York City.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 23, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754391240992,"sku":"9780316376563","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bbb6052a5d03fab32c48002d14c5b5ed.webp?v=1780038383","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/lou-reed-a-life-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}