Lou Reed and John Cale: Songs for Drella
Lou Reed and John Cale: Songs for Drella

Lou Reed and John Cale: Songs for Drella

January 17, 1990 | 57 min

Songs for Drella is a concept album by Lou Reed and John Cale, both formerly of The Velvet Underground, and is dedicated to the memory of Andy Warhol, their mentor, who had died unexpectedly in 1987. Drella was a nickname for Warhol coined by Warhol Superstar Ondine, a contraction of Dracula and Cinderella, used by Warhol's crowd. The song cycle focuses on Warhol's interpersonal relations and experiences, with songs falling roughly into three categories: Warhol's first-person perspective (which makes up the vast majority of the album), third-person narratives chronicling events and affairs, and first-person commentaries on Warhol by Reed and Cale themselves. The songs on the album are, to some extent, in chronological order.

Genres

Music Documentary

Cast

Naomi Scott

Lou Reed

Naomi Scott

John Cale

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