"Sweet Jane" is the song that liberated a generation from classic rock radio. It proved that you could write something durable without resorting to the exhausting riff-mongering...To hear this landmark of art rock used as a prog noodle pot by Reed's touring band is a profoundly disorienting experience, but the whole album is like that.
Fans who encountered Reed's body of work in retrospect may be surprised to learn that Rock 'n' Roll Animal was his first gold album...I urge you to listen to it-if only to understand what might have happened if he had been born an Allman Brother-at some point before you put on The Blue Mask...
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