Coney Island Baby

[freshborn66]

this song, i have learned to love because of my boyfriend,my partner, my rock, my best friend, everytime i hear it i think of him,the glory of love !! xxxxxxxxxx

[aqtna22]

The day after 9/11 was when I first heard this song and I thought it was the perfect song for New York at that time.

[soymilkcat]

this song is too damn good

[sussie2622]

I have loved this album since the mid 70s, I think it's brilliant

[allaboutdatGDA]

ahh, memories of sandusky

[gofindyourmusic]

@allaboutdatGDA sick humor is ok some times ...

[homesize]

this is way too innermost.....amazing!!!!!

[WESSYS]

Lou`s voice is at it`s best when he is relax....

[WESSYS]

OHHH LOU!!!

[freshborn66]

what a brilliant song of life, leaves u speachless, love it , xx

[chrisve1973]

Reed is out of this fucking world

[davidgrahamscott]

You ever been ripped off by some '2-bit friends'?

[sachi106]

love the electric guitar in this

[MagiKpeople]

This could easily be mistaken Dire Straits song. The guitar sounds so much like Mark Knopfler, it's incredible! Even the vocals sound like him at some moments!

[davidgrahamscott]

@MagiKpeople only difference being Dire Straits were rubbish

[MagiKpeople]

@davidgrahamscott Dire Straits were amazing. If you think they're rubbish, then you probably haven't really given them a try. Either that or it's your musical tastes that are rubbish. Mark Knopfler is an amazing guitarist. Telegraph Road ranks among my top 10 favorite songs of all time.

[davidgrahamscott]

@MagiKpeople Talented maybe but an almost polar opposite to Lou Reed. I did listen to them but hated that twangy guitar style.

[MagiKpeople]

@davidgrahamscott That's fine! You don't have to like them either, everyone's got different opinions! :)

[Exilemainstreet]

I always considered this to be Lou's best song to date.

[stiggyh]

"when youre all alone and lonely in your midnight hour "  ;))

[davidgrahamscott]

@stiggyh been there man..been there

[mharrin5507]

But remember the Princess who lived on the hill - who loved ya even though she knew you was wrong.

[shinelikethunder100]

One of the best songs ever written by 'The Poet of New York'!

A seriously cool track!!:)

[edbo1967]

Perfect song, before you go to sleep.....!

[zkafel]

Good morning, Lou Reed.

[Zepster77]

Why isn't this recognized as the American classic that it is??

[justinbellful]

Some birds can not fly in, Asian busizz4me.info

[rabbotts1]

Tuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeee­e!!!!!!!!!

[unclecider]

well done doctorluv, i love this song, it reminds me of friends long gone and also the ones still here, still enjoying the 70's etc

[Bane279]

this is so religious song. I was listening this before I became believer. I cry every time I hear this song. fkn New York is this! shit n love.

[tondi69]

adoro la sua voce la sua chitarra e la sua piu bella canzone d,amore

[jimotazertaki]

Looking for Friendship Fun Asians busizz4me.info

[zapthedead]

can anyone else take so much and make it seem so simple. Please let me know if so, I want to listen to that!

[COMMUNISTPHILOSOPHY]

Lou Reed IS New York

[bass109]

jesus cares for you friend

[astroboirap]

"man i'd swear i'd give the whole thing up for you" the timbre of his voice and the way he utters that line. love you lou.

[berkgaard]

I love this song so so much.

[Marchhairful]

Most likely the essential Lou Reed song. From his own words, "If you want to know about me listen to Coney Island Baby. That's a paraphrase from a BIO I have. Of course Lou in his inmittable(is that a word?) style would deny saying that. Dear Lou would Laurie and You come to Denver? Pleeeeeeeese!

[narred]

mix .17 meow and .28 ket. u will be there

[WEIR4EVER]

Wonderful!

[000TQ000]

Why does this dood sound like a sultan of swing?

[mickwillie1]

the fags didn,t make it to coney island,they were in other gangs trying to stop them.go warriors .

[greencatmusic]

Perfect.

[mariannagane]

thank lou!!!!!! with this song i can see the lights, the life, the persons, the dark soul of New York. Glory at you Lou

[KERJER111]

Midnight, stale smell of cigarettes fill the musty air, combined with industrial made light through the windows fill your room. You look out the window to see nothing but a fake lit world. Knowing outside is no place for you.

[kidcalabria]

A great song by one of the best Rock songwriters ever. I bought this record when it came out and I still love it today. Most of Lou Reed's well-known songs are about characters he created, like a novelist. Here he's definitely singing about himself, his soul laid bare. Thank you so much for posting this

[RavetodaGrave]

i can wrap my foreskin over my hand

[truemansparks]

beautiful song,the girl rachel he loves is a transvestite,strangely touching.

[callumbryden]

I love this song but don't why. I love when that happens.

[venisfurs]

MASTERPEICE!

[xxWhiteBrickWallxx]

ahhh, fucking crappy high school years.

This is top of lou's best

[genericusername337]

I think of me in my future thinking of my past when I hear this.

[davidgrahamscott]

This is great...I always think of some poor burnt-out junkie sitting in his lonely apartment thinking back on his life. Hell..that could be me!

[genericusername337]

ah shoot didn't realize someone else said it already

[Circumpunk]

@davidgrahamscott Hell, that IS me, hahahaha!

[davidgrahamscott]

@Circumpunk ha...good on you!!

[Circumpunk]

@davidgrahamscott Yeah mate, sing about football and old flames and I am hooked. Can't wait for the next American football season to start in late August. I've never given L. Reed a lot of time, your upload is causing me to rethink it.

[davidgrahamscott]

@Circumpunk Good stuff!! Always nice to have a rethink!! You take care, my friend!!

[iggyshay]

@Circumpunk --"Vicious" still sounds fresh and dangerous. Check it out if you haven't heard it ... Great pre-punk rock ' n' roll ...

[ManSproutsYum]

@davidgrahamscott True-It IS the STRONG who escape that living Hell-AddictionFree-never wantn to go back there-After a while You 4get the shite times-& remember only the 'good times' on it-&'s why pple 'slip'

Triggers can bring on memories of it-& make you battle yourself to NOT go- All the shite Addiction IS-gets 4got

Heroin isnt worth it-Wierd how memories-overtime-seem to be all the GOOD things you did-& all the Crap that went with it-4got

Not clever-Addiction=No Life beyond 'IT'=TRAPPED:(

[kidaok00]

everytime i hear this song i fall into a trance. i love lou and his amazingly unique voice. one of my to 10 Lou songs. fo sho.

[GigiBuffabio]

my favorite song.. no doubt!

[KJAnsia]

Pure genius.

[cabinbowman]

When your all alone and lonely...in the midnight hour...And you find out that your soul its been up for sale...

[SeriousVoyager]

The princess who lived on the hill,

who loved ya, even though she knew you was wrong......the glory of love....

great

[CITYarts1968]

bullrun what do you mean by understated?

[Cokelike]

This song gets me everytime.

[Hasjiesman]

I kike it also!

[jocksilver7]

yeah you're right but by then he must have been the most anti-kike kike in the whole "woild"...

[LizRichieBand]

@Cokelike

AMEN

[BullRun1861]

Beautiful song...understated yet powerful, with a great guitar hook running through it. Overtones of Mark Knopfler on the guitar....quiet but powerful.

[anagord2010]

This song brings such a melancholy to me! And I absolutely adore it!

[Jofph]

Absolutely amazing song...!!!!

[camiloandrescardoso]

Hey! Thanks for this song! Great putting the lyrics also!

[Cahill206]

Great song

[ProzorVerloc1]

i think lou has got a beautiful voice

he can't sing very high or anything but he can make us cry or... play another song with his voice

[quicksiliva]

Infanticide:

1 Samuel 15:3 God commands the death of helpless "suckling" infants. This literally means that the children god killed were still nursing.

Psalms 135:8 & 136:10 Here god is praised for slaughtering little babies.

Psalms 137:9 Here god commands that infants should be dashed upon the rocks.

[quicksiliva]

Hosea 9:11-16 Hosea prays for Gods intervention. Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer. Give them, 0 Lord: what wilt thou give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. . .Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb. Clearly Hosea desires that the people of Ephraim can no longer have children. God of course obeys by making all their unborn children miscarry.

[WoodRatGirl]

Gorgeous song, I've always loved this.

[apemant]

Lou Reeds trötta pratsång... 5 av 5.

[TheUltimateShield]

This is a great supplement to the live version on here. That's a better performance, but having the lyrics here is awesome!

[harp299]

Yea man, I was 18 and my Mom was cool enough to let me and some buds take her car and go see Lou at the Bottom Line in NYC. Christmas night 1978 Midnight Show. The glory of love might see you through.

[thesuikerlounge]

yeeeeesss, i remember when i was 15 years old... the first time me and my best friend heard this song... alone at night... with some liquer and some green from switzerland... unbelievable beautiful... no time... no truth... no lie... just beauty... a lie that we were living... the only lie we were able to love like the truth we'll never would get access to... whatever.

[knokkernoster]

when you are all a lonely in the midnight hour ...

[ashtongrist]

amazing I can't believe how underrated this guy is.

[WoodRatGirl]

Most decent performers are horribly underrated.

[monchocool]

The perfect song!!!!

[bbwhore]

Ahhh, but remember that the city is a funny place

Something like a circus or a sewer. How true Lou!

[apemant]

"Lou Reeds trötta pratsång" 5/5

[Lamentin1]

Cette chanson est simplement parfaite, plus je l'écoute et plus je l'aime.

[slangshotstudios]

you can play on my team anyday, Lou

[reinsnes1]

this is perfect.

[fzkny]

"Just remember peculiar people have peculiar tastes." Amazing Lou!

[Doxygurl]

That's my favorite line!

[Stefanobrosca]

a human being could not cry listening this song.

God bless lou

[Lithium40]

That riff and bassline go through my head all day!

[bragee]

goose bumps everywhere..

[arnikki]

but no hair anymore ;-)

[kid66625]

BETTER THAN THAT HIP HOP SHIT

[Fredjim187]

Every line of this song just resonates with me!

[berberwhore]

Same here! Love it!

[Vinca66]

Un été, au bord de la piscine, Lou Reed flirted with my man (qui était jeune et si beau!), drinking a bloody-mary. Parmi tous les albums, he signed Coney Island baby. What a memory!

[moondustx8]

quelle merveille !!!! :-)))) beaux souvenirs

[monceau27]

Vraiment/je sais qu'il aime parfois les hommes....

[richbarley]

i want to play football for the coach

[berberwhore]

Love it! Love Lou!

[beecee30]

All your two bit friends have gone and ripped you off..sounds about right

[punkrocker1974]

This song is my life. LOU IS GREAT !

[Jabberw0cky7]

I love this song !

[redsnapper166]

classic Lou, love it

[dre339]

Lovely. I believe it to be the exact version we hear in A la verticale de l'été movie by Tran Ah Hung. Thanks a lot to upload it!

[aamsberry]

You are right!

The English title of the movie: "The vertical ray of the sun".

[fleuristhesex]

This song is so perfect in that film.

[NicoDraak74]

which film?

[NaStiGirLieShow]

I'll never tired to hear this song... Thanks :)

I love you, Lou

[JohnnyTrotz]

--oh i love the song so much-----

[neptune72]

thanks for posting this. It's one of Lou's greats and needs to be here on the 'Tube'

[JohnnyTrotz]

--this was always one my favorite songs of Lou Reed---

cool post

[thelyran]

...this song was written about Lou Reed's girlfriend at the time,a Peurto Rican transvestite,named Rachel...and quite attractive to...the ultimate declaration of love,is this song.lou's finest years...

[fergus1969]

yeah, the best Lou Reed song ever

[DOTRAT69]

lou saw you back in the day London saw maureen john cale in the roundhouse and in Ireland . Hey u the man before there was a man LOU .I saw alot been buying bannas.

[786hanif]

tres poignant...

"man i swear i'd give the whole thing up for you"

"baby if you just say you care, i'll follow you to anywhere"

[kodiakbear64]

Great Song. But those last lyrics you quote don't exist in this song:

"baby if you just say you care, i'll follow you to anywhere"

[786hanif]

yeah, i know. they're from another song (roll away the stones by mott the hoople).

they go together...whenever i hear one i think of the other.

[TheRealNatNat]

One of the best Lou Reed songs in my opinion :)

[borntoscream]

Oh, i couldnt listen to this song for so many years, it just made me to sad, but I finally did today, and man, it still touches me. MAkes me think of my ex-who was a new yorker--an we went to nY together :-)

[iainproclaimer]

sad do

[somnambulistyes]

its yes a great song but its bad for a druggie in the depths of depression it goes right there with you

[Hasjiesman]

Are you a druggie too?

[killacaylo]

i love this song man

im so high nd it still hits me man

[killacaylo]

i love this song man

im so high nd it still hits me man

[keith25658]

it's so suggestive,a wonderfull poetry following such sweet music..and you put in the liryc too,great!!May the glory of love be with you!!

[DOTRAT69]

Back in the Day in Tralee in Ireland i played football for the Coach But i was all alone and lonely.The 2 bit friends did ****me up

[iainproclaimer]

in your midnight hour, think wot life u could have had if u never lived in ireland, glory of love.

[4etuber8]

To all those, all alone and lonely--"They said I was a little too lightweight to play linebacker, so I's playing Right End... Cause you know some day man you gotta stand up straight unless you're gonna fall, then you're gone to die... and the straightest dude I ever knew was standing right by me all the time." Have faith. It will be okay.

[chrisedelic77]

"....man I swear I'd give the whole thing up for you."

[japan314]

Thanks for posting.

I'm alone and lonely in Seattle. Love, in whatever form it may reveal itself, is the only thing that will save me.

I pray for it.

[karlosmadrid1936]

peazo kancion, pone los pelos de punta, porque coño el entrenador no le dejaba jugar al futbol? y Rachel, estaba operada? man i swear i give the whole thing up for you

[fleuristhesex]

thanks so much for posting! i heard this in the film "at the height of summer" by tran anh hung, and just had to look it up. thanks for posting :')

[zigzag80808]

Now I will have to find the movie you mentioned, thank you.

[tykemeawaywyou]

this song makes me tear up

[eoinjmcgrath]

this song means so much to me here in my life in New York City. I'm all alone and loney and my soul is up for sale. I'm thinking about the things that I done here and I really really am beginning to hate just about everything. I miss my Princess on the Hill. God I do.

[doctorluv]

You're absolutely right. I too I'm a lonely guy and sometimes New York can bring the worst out of you and the best.

[maurice2002]

@doctorluv you fags need to get a grip

[Hasjiesman]

In my memories are Rob en Hans de Wit.Rob,you rest in peace.With this song I remember you.

[Resimalona]

THANK U ! !

[chuffyone]

Just picked up a guitar and happily playing along- beautiful- minimal and gorgeous- my kids are howling with laughter at the lyrics- but hey- they never married the Princess who lived on the hill- though she is their mother

[73in83]

I'm from England and actually took a daytrip to Coney Island because of this song. A kind of homage I guess. I tried to walk from Manhattan but gave up halfway through Brooklyn and caught a subway train there instead. It was further than I thought! ... oh, and I wanted a Hotdog too.

[sonofyak]

me too, also, before the trade centre nightmare..

[doctorluv]

Let me start by saying That I really appreciate all of your comments and your views. The first time I heard this song was on a Thursday afternoon and after the first listen I was hooked. The song is so well composed and written and it's one of Lou's greatest songs in my opinion. So again thanks for your comments.

[castingtherunes]

This song always made me cry. Lou at his quiet and spare best.

[cosmosios]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaa one of my favorite Lou Reed Songs

[bragee]

what a song..

..but remember the princess who lived on the hill..

[hatchytheapache]

who loved you, even though she knew you was wrong.

[gavroche67]

one of my favorite song ever, i can't tell what emotions this song make me feel...

[hahoha8448]

amazing!!!

[CannaS88]

credo la piu bella canzone e la piu intima di tutta la carriera di lou lou

[poetictrekker]

A buddy from middle school and high school, Michael Wendroff, does background vocals on this and several other songs. Where'd the Circle days of acapella go? We were so much older then....

[Equalizer316]

Completely chilled out and yet at the same time full of hope and optimism. Absolute magic!

[streethassled]

What a riff. Such laid back cool. Sing it LOU!

[jpfarrell68]

thank you! Glory of Love is such a "Lou" thought. Man, I miss Brooklyn sometimes.

[monceau27]

Finally this marvellous song on You tub accompagnied with a thrilling picture of lou

[103vaughan]

this is genius, aint it !