Ezra Furman on Lou Reed's genius: 'Queerness is defined by continual transformation'

In an extract from his book on Lou Reed’s classic album Transformer, musician Ezra Furman explores how Reed built up different versions of himself – and violently tore them downLou Reed created selves that he would grow to hate and eventually jettison. He would repeatedly draw near to lasting, full-fledged success and then spit on everyone who thought he might finally have been about to succeed. Look at him wriggling through the seventies: he achieves real superstardom with Transfo...

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