Post by slakkaPost by slakkaLovely but short little poem Lou did on Brian. Something about "always
a year ahead of things" style wise. Anyone recall please?
Thanks in advance!
Brian Jones, with his puffed-up Pisces, all-knowing suffering fish
eyes, his incredible clothes, those magnificent scarves, Brian always
ahead of style, Perfect Brian.
-- Lou Reed, "Fallen Knights And Fallen Ladies", 1972
Here's another one I found. Author unknown.
Once there was a man I didn't know
I saw him in a band
He flew high too fast he didn't know
where he would even land
He let someone be his eyes
and soon he lost all his sight
Paranoid days and nights
he lost his life
Brian Jones he used to be a man
but did not understand
why he would be the one
to lose all that he had
when everything turned bad
He did not understand
He ruled both time and space he had it all
but they cast him an evil eye
And so the stage was set fate let him fall
when he threw that final die
He lost his soul late one night
when he needed a helping hand
With only fears left for life
he left for life
Brian Jones he tried to be a man
but did not understand
why he would be the one
to lose all that he had
when everything turned bad
He did not understand