Ash Fall
@heymisterrain.bsky.social
early 70s glam punk, avant-garde loving mf. they/them.
aspiring musician & writer.
(pfp is my painting of a lou reed picture.)
aspiring musician & writer.
(pfp is my painting of a lou reed picture.)
except the "don't hit her" part. lou always went fully into the minds of his characters, and in the song in other parts david does the same thing, but not here. he could've called back to There She Goes Again with "y'better hit her!" but i don't think he could pull it off, or be accepted doing so.
January 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
except the "don't hit her" part. lou always went fully into the minds of his characters, and in the song in other parts david does the same thing, but not here. he could've called back to There She Goes Again with "y'better hit her!" but i don't think he could pull it off, or be accepted doing so.
true. both it is! (thanks)
January 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM
true. both it is! (thanks)
like. ok i know it's cliché but it's genuinely suuch an amazing song. maybe i'll write about it lol.
January 3, 2026 at 3:53 PM
like. ok i know it's cliché but it's genuinely suuch an amazing song. maybe i'll write about it lol.
yeah true. it'll probably get lost tho, and idk how many people will see it. but yeah tumblr does work. the desire for something greater is eating away at me. it's bad in this case, i know.
well, who knows, maybe someday i'll have enough for a minizine or something. it'd be fun.
well, who knows, maybe someday i'll have enough for a minizine or something. it'd be fun.
January 3, 2026 at 3:51 PM
yeah true. it'll probably get lost tho, and idk how many people will see it. but yeah tumblr does work. the desire for something greater is eating away at me. it's bad in this case, i know.
well, who knows, maybe someday i'll have enough for a minizine or something. it'd be fun.
well, who knows, maybe someday i'll have enough for a minizine or something. it'd be fun.
spiralling and dancing around lou's words — which, now finding the right companion, seem perfectly delivered. around the end, lou locks on to the viola, and essentially duets it with his vocals. the best stuff i have ever heard. who CARES that it's not the same as the original? i love both versions.
January 3, 2026 at 11:35 AM
spiralling and dancing around lou's words — which, now finding the right companion, seem perfectly delivered. around the end, lou locks on to the viola, and essentially duets it with his vocals. the best stuff i have ever heard. who CARES that it's not the same as the original? i love both versions.
the Le Bataclan Live verison is much less violent, but fucking hell is it beautiful. lou reed introduces it as unintelligible. lou doesn't rapid-fire spit it at you anymore, but whatever, listen to the VIOLA softly in the back, in the beginning, and then as it takes over completely,
January 3, 2026 at 11:35 AM
the Le Bataclan Live verison is much less violent, but fucking hell is it beautiful. lou reed introduces it as unintelligible. lou doesn't rapid-fire spit it at you anymore, but whatever, listen to the VIOLA softly in the back, in the beginning, and then as it takes over completely,
the original was very aggresive and confrontational... violence aimed at the audience without even *doing* anything. it was all the music. it's fucking wonderful, the Pistols or whoever could *never*, that's why they had to resort to stage antics. but not the Velvets. pure violence thru music.
January 3, 2026 at 11:35 AM
the original was very aggresive and confrontational... violence aimed at the audience without even *doing* anything. it was all the music. it's fucking wonderful, the Pistols or whoever could *never*, that's why they had to resort to stage antics. but not the Velvets. pure violence thru music.
it's not too important to the main event of the song, but i Feel Things about those lines. anyway im done now. thanks for listening & ofc if you have any questions wrt my interpretation, or just want to discuss Velvets songs idk, i'd be open. love finding more superfans like me.
January 2, 2026 at 2:52 AM
it's not too important to the main event of the song, but i Feel Things about those lines. anyway im done now. thanks for listening & ofc if you have any questions wrt my interpretation, or just want to discuss Velvets songs idk, i'd be open. love finding more superfans like me.
she's the pride and joy of nothing but the local penny-fair. cheap. nothing so grand at all, but her type of people have always been off to the side and looked down upon haven't they? no matter how beautiful they really are. pride and joy of only the local penny-fair.
January 2, 2026 at 2:52 AM
she's the pride and joy of nothing but the local penny-fair. cheap. nothing so grand at all, but her type of people have always been off to the side and looked down upon haven't they? no matter how beautiful they really are. pride and joy of only the local penny-fair.
the surgery->death, describing her condition before it) and "dressed in silk, latin lace, and envy / pride and joy of the local penny-fair" is one of my favourite lyrics because it initially does convey a sense of grandness (till "pride and joy") but then reveals that she's Not... All That,
January 2, 2026 at 2:52 AM
the surgery->death, describing her condition before it) and "dressed in silk, latin lace, and envy / pride and joy of the local penny-fair" is one of my favourite lyrics because it initially does convey a sense of grandness (till "pride and joy") but then reveals that she's Not... All That,
actually i just thought of this: i don't think the nurse is thinking anything "sweetly" at all. i mean it's a given but i just realised lou coming in with that voice probably was meant to convey this. anyway. i'll calm down now. the beginning of the song is beautiful too (pretty much her life before
January 2, 2026 at 2:52 AM
actually i just thought of this: i don't think the nurse is thinking anything "sweetly" at all. i mean it's a given but i just realised lou coming in with that voice probably was meant to convey this. anyway. i'll calm down now. the beginning of the song is beautiful too (pretty much her life before
add a very nice eerie/tense atmosphere to the whole thing.
also lou reed coming in with the singular words (also at the beginning of the hospital scene) was probably meant to add discordance but it doesn't come off quite like that. stil they tried. i can appreciate the thought.
also lou reed coming in with the singular words (also at the beginning of the hospital scene) was probably meant to add discordance but it doesn't come off quite like that. stil they tried. i can appreciate the thought.
January 2, 2026 at 2:52 AM
add a very nice eerie/tense atmosphere to the whole thing.
also lou reed coming in with the singular words (also at the beginning of the hospital scene) was probably meant to add discordance but it doesn't come off quite like that. stil they tried. i can appreciate the thought.
also lou reed coming in with the singular words (also at the beginning of the hospital scene) was probably meant to add discordance but it doesn't come off quite like that. stil they tried. i can appreciate the thought.
"by the count of ten the head won't move" bcs she was fucking killed intentionally because of her gender.
i really love the laboured breathing at the end of the song. it fades away. she dies.
& ofc john cale's oxygen machine sounds (which start i guess during the time the hospital scene starts)
i really love the laboured breathing at the end of the song. it fades away. she dies.
& ofc john cale's oxygen machine sounds (which start i guess during the time the hospital scene starts)
January 2, 2026 at 2:52 AM
"by the count of ten the head won't move" bcs she was fucking killed intentionally because of her gender.
i really love the laboured breathing at the end of the song. it fades away. she dies.
& ofc john cale's oxygen machine sounds (which start i guess during the time the hospital scene starts)
i really love the laboured breathing at the end of the song. it fades away. she dies.
& ofc john cale's oxygen machine sounds (which start i guess during the time the hospital scene starts)