{"product_id":"9780571345991-ill-be-your-mirror","title":"I'll Be Your Mirror","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Collected Lyrics\u003cbr\u003e'The nature of Lou Reed's lyric writing that had been hitherto unknown in rock . gave us the environment in which to put our more theatrical vision. He supplied us with the stretch and the landscape, and we peopled it.' - David Bowie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2019 Music Book of the Year, THE TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOut of print for several years, a comprehensive volume of \u003cb\u003eLou Reed\u003c\/b\u003e's lyrics with \u003cb\u003ebrand new introductions\u003c\/b\u003e, now updated in a new text design to include the lyrics from his final album with \u003cb\u003eMetallica, \u003ci\u003eLulu\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough his many incarnations-from proto \u003cb\u003epunk \u003c\/b\u003eto \u003cb\u003eglam rocker\u003c\/b\u003e to elder statesman of the\u003cb\u003e avant garde\u003c\/b\u003e 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\u003cb\u003e Velvet Underground\u003c\/b\u003e and continuing through his remarkable solo  albums like \u003cb\u003eTransformer\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003eBerlin\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003cb\u003e New York\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cb\u003e Doin' The Things We Want To \u003c\/b\u003eis crucial to an appreciation of Lou Reed, not only as a consummate \u003cb\u003eunderground musician\u003c\/b\u003e, but as one of the truly significant visionary lyricists of the \u003cb\u003erock n' roll \u003c\/b\u003eera.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContaining a body of work that spans more than six decades, this is a monument to the literary qualities of an \u003cb\u003eAmerican original.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943477719137,"sku":"9780571345991","price":27.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36330344_22f2d0b1-de79-43c3-a729-f2a1e8cb8def.jpg?v=1759409567","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571345991-ill-be-your-mirror","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}