Sad Dads Book Club: "33 1/3: Lou Reed's Transformer" – Ezra Furman • Fairfield, CT • StageOne

Name: Sad Dads Book Club: "33 1/3: Lou Reed's Transformer" – Ezra Furman • Fairfield, CT • StageOne
Start: 2024-10-20T12:00:00-04:00
Location: StageOne

Schedule

Sun Oct 20 2024 at 12:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

StageOne | Fairfield, CT

Sad Dads Book Club: "33 1/3: Lou Reed's Transofrmer" – Ezra Furman
SUN 10/20 • StageOne
Fairfield, CT
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About The Book...
Transformer, Lou Reed's most enduringly popular album, is described with varying labels: it's often called a glam rock album, a proto-punk album, a commercial breakthrough for Lou Reed, and an album about being gay. And yet, it doesn't neatly fit into any of these descriptors. Buried underneath the radio-friendly exterior lie coded confessions of the subversive, wounded intelligence that gives this album its staying power as a work of art. Here Lou Reed managed to make a fun, accessible rock'n'roll record that is also a troubled meditation on the ambiguities-sexual, musical and otherwise-that defined his public persona and helped make him one of the most fascinating and influential figures in rock history. Through close listening and personal reflections, songwriter Ezra Furman explores Reed's and Transformer's unstable identities, and the secrets the songs challenge us to uncover.
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The Sad Dads Book Club, along with its High Fidelity initiative, continues to thrive as a space where readers and music lovers alike can connect, engage, and explore the transformative power of storytelling and song.