{"id":2448279,"date":"2019-09-03T10:09:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T16:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=879286"},"modified":"2019-09-03T10:09:53","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T16:09:53","slug":"lou-reeds-lyric-book-to-feature-intros-by-laurie-anderson-martin-scorsese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/lou-reeds-lyric-book-to-feature-intros-by-laurie-anderson-martin-scorsese\/","title":{"rendered":"Lou Reed\u2019s Lyric Book to Feature Intros by Laurie Anderson, Martin Scorsese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/lou-reed\/\" id=\"auto-tag_lou-reed\" data-tag=\"lou-reed\">Lou Reed<\/a>\u2019s first expansive book of lyrics, which has been out of print for years, will be reissued by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faber.co.uk\/blog\/faber-to-publish-first-comprehensive-volume-of-lou-reeds-lyrics\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Faber &amp; Faber<\/a> on November 7th. <em>I\u2019ll be Your Mirror: Collected Lyrics<\/em> will feature introductions by Reed\u2019s widow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/laurie-anderson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_laurie-anderson\" data-tag=\"laurie-anderson\">Laurie Anderson<\/a>, Martin Scorsese and James Atlas, as well as the lyrics to <em>Lulu<\/em>, Reed\u2019s final studio album he recorded with Metallica in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The book will be available in hardcover and ebook, as well as a limited edition that features an ornate cover printed in high gloss, reflective silver mirror paper, a black cloth slip case and a pamphlet of&nbsp;previously unpublished handwritten lyrics from \u201cSally Can\u2019t Dance.\u201d The deluxe edition is limited to 250 copies and is available for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faber.co.uk\/shop\/non-fiction\/9780571346004-ill-be-your-mirror.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">pre-order.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Though <em>Lulu<\/em> received poor reviews by critics, it was praised by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/david-bowie\/\" id=\"auto-tag_david-bowie\" data-tag=\"david-bowie\">David Bowie<\/a>. \u201cAfter Lou\u2019s death, David made a big point of saying to me, \u2018Listen, this is Lou\u2019s greatest work,&#8217;\u201d Anderson said during Reed\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/read-laurie-andersons-moving-rock-hall-speech-for-lou-reed-98794\/\">2015 posthumous induction<\/a> into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist. \u201cThis is his masterpiece. Just wait, it will be like <em>Berlin<\/em>. It will take everyone a while to catch up.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts opened a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/lou-reed-archive-new-york-public-library-808621\/\">Lou Reed Archive<\/a> with a limited run of 6,000 library cards featuring the late rocker. According to the library, the expansive archive features \u201capproximately 300 linear feet of paper records, electronic records, and photographs, and approximately 3,600 audio and 1,300 video recordings.\u201d<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-879352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/LouReedBook.jpg?w=700\" alt width=\"700\" height=\"423\"><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/lou-reed-lyric-book-laurie-anderson-martin-scorsese-879286\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lou Reed\u2019s first expansive book of lyrics, which has been out of print for years, will be reissued by Faber &amp; Faber on November 7th. I\u2019ll be Your Mirror: Collected Lyrics will feature introductions by Reed\u2019s widow Laurie Anderson, Martin Scorsese and James Atlas, as well as the lyrics to Lulu, Reed\u2019s final studio album [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2448279","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-27 04:44:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2448279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2448279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2448279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2448279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}