Lou Reed & John Cale / Songs For Drella (Sire, 7599-26140-1) <April 11, 1990>

Lou Reed & John Cale / Songs For Drella (Sire, 7599-26140-1) <April 11, 1990>
(side 1) R/S Alsdorf 759 926140-1-A
(side 2) R/S Alsdorf 759 926140-1-B

1987年2月22日にウォーホールが亡くなったことをきっかけに、The Velvet Underground解散後初めてLou ReedとJohn Caleが作り上げた作品です。1989年1月には"Songs for Drella"というタイトルでコンサートをやっているそうですが、このアルバムが発表されたのは1990年4月でした。1989年1月発表のルーの"New York"がヒットしたため会社から「好きなように作品を作っていい」と言われて取りかかり、しかし「ルーとジョンの演奏のみ」と分かってからは横やりが入ったそうです。もちろん二人は方針を曲げずに作り上げたということでしょう。極めてシンプル・地味な作品でに仕上がっています。

悔恨と愛情に溢れたこの最後の曲が特に素晴らしいです

Hello It's Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMH0B4beksE

Andy, it's me, haven't seen you in a while
I wished I talked to you more when you were alive
I thought you were self-assured when you acted shy
Hello, it's me

I really miss you, I really miss your mind
I haven't heard ideas like that for such a long, long time
I loved to watch you draw and watch you paint
But when I saw you last, I turned away

When Billy Name was sick and locked up in his room
You asked me for some speed, I though it was for you
I'm sorry if I doubted your good heart
Things always seem to end before they start

Hello, it's me, that was a great gallery show
Your cow wallpaper and your floating silver pillows
I wish I paid more attention when they laughed at you
Hello, it's me

"Pop goes pop artist", the headline said
"Is shooting a put-on, is Warhol really dead"
You get less time for stealing a car
I remember thinking as I heard my own record in a bar

They really hated you, now all that's changed
But I have some resentments that can never be unmade
You hit me where it hurt I didn't laugh
Your diaries are not a worthy epitaph

Oh well, now Andy, guess we've got to go
I wish some way somehow you like this little show
I know this is late in coming but it's the only way I know
Hello, it's me

Goodnight, Andy
Goodbye, Andy