The Velvet Underground: Heroin (live)

It's 1966, a ballroom in Ohio, and the Velvet Underground are about to expound on the joys of opiatesOne of the strangest things about the Velvet Underground's reunion gig at Wembley Arena in June 1993 was the reaction of the crowd when the encores came and Heroin was played. As Lou Reed intoned "it's my life and it's my wife", several thousand people cheered lustily, as if he'd just announced a free barbecue outside after the show, rather than sung about opiate addiction.It's unlikely crowds he...

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