lyrics project

$26
Artist: Slaughter and the Dogs (Original by Lou Reed)
Song: I’m waiting for my man
Album: Do it dog style
Model: ‘Mimi’
Location: Basingstoke, UK


Notes:-
A punk version of the Lou Reed classic grabbed me by the throat and shook me as a young impressionable teenager. I wasn’t sure I knew who Lou Reed was if I’m honest! I do know I was experimenting with music, girls, drink and other vices at the time and it reminds me of the carefree attitude to life I had at that age.

The image reflects this attitude. Money was hard to come by and most desires were financially out of my reach. The happiness and joi de vivre the model has, mimics mine of the time. $26 was a lot of cash (or the sterling equivalent) but I would’ve spent it if I’d had it, on something I probably shouldn’t have (like I did with any cash I could lay my hands on).

Listening now to the song there’s nothing radical about it, the guitar thrash is typical of the music I was listening to but the ending speeding up, stopping and starting again was new and exciting to me. I always love a good ending to a song, it completes it and it’s so often neglected. Thinking about it now, I generally don’t like songs that fade out and is probably why I’ve always disliked radio DJ’s!

$26
Artist: Slaughter and the Dogs (Original by Lou Reed)
Song: I’m waiting for my man
Album: Do it dog style
Model: ‘Mimi’
Location: Basingstoke, UK


Notes:-
A punk version of the Lou Reed classic grabbed me by the throat and shook me as a young impressionable teenager. I wasn’t sure I knew who Lou Reed was if I’m honest! I do know I was experimenting with music, girls, drink and other vices at the time and it reminds me of the carefree attitude to life I had at that age.

The image reflects this attitude. Money was hard to come by and most desires were financially out of my reach. The happiness and joi de vivre the model has, mimics mine of the time. $26 was a lot of cash (or the sterling equivalent) but I would’ve spent it if I’d had it, on something I probably shouldn’t have (like I did with any cash I could lay my hands on).

Listening now to the song there’s nothing radical about it, the guitar thrash is typical of the music I was listening to but the ending speeding up, stopping and starting again was new and exciting to me. I always love a good ending to a song, it completes it and it’s so often neglected. Thinking about it now, I generally don’t like songs that fade out and is probably why I’ve always disliked radio DJ’s!