Reed, Lou - Modern Dance Lyrics

I found this song in a poetry book here in Mexico.

such an underrated song

I've never seen this super funny video! Grazie! And super song, of course!

He uses words like sand curtains. Love you forever, Lou!

Lou, I'm confused here?

Ate Sempre Lou

Estará vivo em nossos corações.

First time I’ve seen this video - amusing in a droll Lou kind of way.

Manco in pollo lesso sanno fare le Donne di oggi.

Allison eats Lou out.

stop press - lou reed and a sense of humour

Maybe I should go and live in Amsterdam in a side street, in a big canal
Spend my evenings in the Van Gogh Museum
What a dream, Van Gogh Museum

Maybe its time to see Tangiers
A different life-style, some different fears
And maybe I should be Edinburgh

In a kilt in Edinburgh
Doin' a modern dance
Doin' a modern dance

Or maybe I should get a farm in Southern France
Where the winds are wispy and the villagers dance
And you and I we'd sleep beneath a moon
Moon in June and sleep till noon
And maybe you and I could fall in love,
Regain the spirit that we once had
You'd let me hold you and touch the night that shines so bright,

So bright with fright
Doin' a modern dance
Doin' a modern dance

Maybe I could go to Yucatan, where women are women, a man's a man
Ah, no one confused, ever loses place with their place in the human race

Maybe I'm not cut out for city life
The smell of exhaust, the smell of strife
Maybe you don't wanna be a wife

It's not a life being a wife
Doin' a modern dance
Doin' a modern dance

So maybe I should go to Tanganyika where the rivers run, down mountains tall and steep
Or go to India to study chants
and lose romance do a mantra's dance

I need a guru, I need some law
Explain to me the things we saw
And why it always comes to this
It's all downhill after the first kiss

Maybe I should move to Rotterdam
Maybe move to Amsterdam
I should move to Ireland, Italy, Spain,
Afghanistan where there is no rain

Or maybe I should just learn a modern dance
Where roles are shifting
A modern dance
You never touch, you don't know who you're with
this week, this month, this time of year
This week, this month, this time of year

Doin' a modern dance
You don't know who you're with, modern dance
I should move to Pakistan, go to Afghanistan
Dance, you don't know who you're with
Dance, you don't know who you're with
Modern dance
And maybe you don't wanna be a wife
It's not a life being a wife
Doin' a modern dance
You never touch, you don't know who you're with
Dance, modern dance
The roles are shifting dance
You never touch, you don't know who you're with
Dance, modern dance
Maybe you don't wanna be a wife

ㅋㅋㅋ 형은 세젤귀얌

Always found this song very sad.

Miss you Lou

What means "You don't know who you're with this week, this month, this time of year"?

I think it means everyone's trying to find their way in this new landscape where women often have careers and men do cooking and cleaning. There's no routine. You just fulfill the needs you identify on any given afternoon.

@George Hancock Jr., thanks.

What a Dream, Van Gogh Museum ...

I have no words

I love how he shuffles off sadly at the end with his head under his arm.

anybody know the date of it? awesomely silly.

year 2000

Jajaja adoro a Lou Reed XD

still not as stupid as collaborating with metallica.

Lou Reed is the man ...

we miss you lou ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

ooo i miss!!!

love you Lou

I don't even

His best music video. ♥

@Herr Schmidt They say 'never meet your heroes'...

@Dreia Didn't Sagmeister also do design work for Reed?

@Herr Schmidt Indeed, mostly album covers I think. Sagmeister mentions some of that stuff in one of his books “Made You Look” (in case you’re interested) 😊

@Dreia I'll have a look. It is always interesting when artists work with each other for more than a single project. I also like the work Jonathan Barnbrook did for Bowie.

@Herr Schmidt I agree, oftentimes they build a working relationship that allows the creativity to expand more and more, and possibly really stand out from all the clutter. I’ll check that out 👍

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@Deetta Escoto

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