Welcome to Litsy!

"Panic and anxiety so often in my head
But I had a guardian angel
Who took care of me instead

The champagne cork - the nightlight owl?
A raven and a duck
The seed of pining parents
And your despairing love

I have a guardian angel
I keep him in my head
When I'm alone and become afraid
He saved my life instead"

(A beautiful illustration to this poem/lyric, and I obviously couldn't resist posting with my actual nightlight owl!?)

In 2000, Lou presented a musical, POEtry, based on the works of EAP. In 2003 he released a concept album, The Raven, based on the musical, which I've finally got hold of. It's an amazing amalgam of musical styles: rock, electronic, avant-garde, contemporary classical, soul, with guest artists including David Bowie, Anohni and Laurie Anderson. There are extensive spoken word sections, voiced by Willem Dafoe, Steve Buscemi and Amanda Plummer.
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By turns beautiful and disturbing, Lou Reed has adapted the poems and stories of Edgar Allan Poe as a musical, presented here as a book of lyrical poetry and prose. The illustrations by Mattotti are by turns dream-like and nightmarish, in both stark monochromes and vividly febrile colour. 👇👇

I did not know this existed! An illustrated version of a script for a Lou Reed musical based on #Poe and aptly titled POEtry. I need this in my life!