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CONEY ISLAND BABY (1975)


“Just remember that the city is a funny place / Something like a circus or a sewer…”

June 11th, 2009.

2 Responses to “CONEY ISLAND BABY (1975)”

  1. peadar Says:

    Rachel he dedicates the song to was a transsexual Mexican hairdresser. true story.

  2. Eoin Says:

    That’s right Peadar. There’s a photograph of her in Victor Bockris biography of Reed, she’s actually quite attractive. Except when they’d go on the piss for a few days, she’d start getting all stubbly and people began to twig…

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