#lou-reed

#lou-reed

"Lou Reed Was My Babysitter" is about "the joy in this dark music that Lou Reed made, and the beautiful conflict that it creates when you try and analyze it," Tweedy said in a statement. "And how it was such a positive force for so many people. 'My life was saved by rock'n'roll'-Lou Reed is saying the same thing. I was babysat by fucking Lou Reed, literally, in my bedroom as a 10-year-old, 12-year-old kid. His music was a more legitimate mentor to me than most of my teachers."