"I'm waiting for my man, $26 in my hand." During an age of peace, love, and politics, the Velvet Underground went in a different direction. Many of their songs involved the dirty side of drug use. In this piece, the main character is going downtown to score some heroin. There is even a minor confrontation with a black character denoting the schism between suburban whites and urban blacks. There is nothing glamorous or exciting about the drug culture here. Instead, this is an honest look at a junkie coming to get his fix for the day.
Lou Reed and John Cale live:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rhiqI6PlTo
Studio version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hugY9CwhfzE
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