18+: Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side" (1972) openly names…

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Did you know? Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side" (1972) openly names transgender Andy Warhol superstars: Holly Woodlawn, Candy Darling, Joe Dallesandro. It was one of the first pop songs to portray them as MAIN characters without judgment. The BBC censored the line "giving head" out of the song for years.

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Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side" (1972) openly names transgender Andy Warhol superstars: Holly Woodlawn, Candy Darling, Joe Dallesandro. It was one of the first pop songs to portray them as MAIN characters without judgment. The BBC censored the line "giving head" out of the song for years.

Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side" (1972) noemt openlijk transgender Andy Warhol-superstars: Holly Woodlawn, Candy Darling, Joe Dallesandro. Het was een van de eerste pop-songs die ze als HOOFDpersonages neerzetten zonder oordeel. De BBC censureerde de regel "giving head" jarenlang uit het lied.

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