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Lou Reed and John Cale: Songs for Drella (1990)

Lou Reed and John Cale: Songs for Drella (1990)

Music Documentary
Release Date: 1990, January 17
Directors: Edward Lachman
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Production: Sire Records, Channel 4 Television, Channel 4 Television
Cast: Lou Reed, John Cale

Overview:

Songs for Drella is a concept album by Lou Reed and John Cale, both formerly of The Velvet Underground, and is dedicated to the memory of Andy Warhol, their mentor, who had died unexpectedly in 1987. Drella was a nickname for Warhol coined by Warhol Superstar Ondine, a contraction of Dracula and Cinderella, used by Warhol's crowd. The song cycle focuses on Warhol's interpersonal relations and experiences, with songs falling roughly into three categories: Warhol's first-person perspective (which makes up the vast majority of the album), third-person narratives chronicling events and affairs, and first-person commentaries on Warhol by Reed and Cale themselves. The songs on the album are, to some extent, in chronological order.

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avant-garde art