![]() They’re their songs too still.Įven songs like Venus in Furs encapsulate the VIBES of a heroin high. Even those of us who’ve reached the mountaintop and left drugs like heroin behind for good. They speak to us and very much feel like they were written about us, for us. And for someone who’s living that kind of life now, these songs offer much in the way of catharsis and empathy. And he wrote many songs that perfectly describe and or encapsulate those things. He had days where shit didn’t go so well and he wound up broke and dopesick for over 24 hours. He was an urban smackhead on the streets hustling and bustling to earn his money and get his daily fix. Because Lou Reed, the songwriter is or rather was one of us. Those songs and the many other Velvet songs like them so perfectly describe and encapsulate many aspects of our lives, chiefly the aspects regarding drugs. ![]() Andrew_O'Mara Because songs like “Waiting for the Man” and “Heroin” were literally written for us.
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