THE DAY LOU REED DIED (3) -- LE CHEVALIER DOUBLE

     

  Young women, never cast your eye on Bohemian bards who recite intoxicating and diabolical verses.  You, young maidens, have faith in no star than the green one.  And you, whose misfortune it is to be double, fight bravely through with your own sword you may have to strike at and wound yourself, the interior enemy, the wicked knight.  

  
  If you ask who brought us this legend from Norway, it was a swan:  a lovely bird with a yellow beak that, half swimming, half flying, crossed the fjord.

Excerpt:  Théophile Gautier, Le Chevalier Double, trans. Leonard Wolf, from Romans et Contes, Paris, Charpentier, 1863.

I'm Set Free -- Velvet Underground (Live At Max's Kansas City Link)

I'M SET FREE

I've been set free and I've been bound
To the memories of yesterday's clouds.
I've been set free and I've been bound
And now I'm set free.
I'm set free.
I'm set free to find a new illusion.
I've been blinded but
Now I can see.
What in the world has happened to me?

Note:  Tying to another VU song, That's The Story Of My Life.  Wishing Lou Reed a speedy, peaceful recovery. It's entirely possible, I'll need to sleep on it, that yesterday was the worst day of my life.


I'm Set Free: Velvet Underground (Link)