Lou Reed - Oh Jim

I've spent many a happy time staging the full opera in my mind

This song still strikes me to my core. Reminds me oh so much, of my many days in the past on amphetamine-binges playing this song on my guitar over and over. this song speaks so many volumes about the kind of mind-set you have when you are knee-deep in Amphetamine insanity. Lou is God.

Lou Reed is not God. He is a great, talented and introspective musician who's work still rings true because he honestly explores and assesses various elements of the human condition. I never understand people who claim that all of Lou's songs have something to do with drug abuse or addiction. I've never abused drugs but Lou's songs have always spoken to me at the same level you describe. Lou would not have endured as he has if he simply picked at the scab of addictions as you assert.

i LOVE the moments at 1:16 and 2:11. those undulating electrical humming waves that are so perfect to walk down a dark city street to.

This song is brooding nonsense, if you want a good song called 'Oh, Jim' look up the single by Gay Dad, the Britpop group. That track is probably the most perfect song ever written.

ohmigod sir u r a dandy turd. this is my favorite lou song. please piss off.

this song meant so much to me when I was young girl. you may not appreciate but when when you're young, this talks to you

Oh really?  When's YOUR record coming out?

Blues mofo

lemme tell ya dear, they speak to you all over again when you're a middle aged dope who can relate to the 'shooting up of pills' and the 'when you're speeding and lonelies'- i doubt even lou knew his music would be that transcendent and he was a classic megalomaniac