• Grah1
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Topic: walk on the wild side

Ive    just  been taking  a  look  at   lou  reeds  walk  on the  wild  side  ,The  last  verse  goes " Then I guess  she  had to  crash  ,Valium would  have  helped  that   bash -she  said "
Its  this  line   that seems  wrong   ,should  it  not  be   "Valium   would  have helped  that vache" vache  being cow  in  french , this  would  perhaps  make  more  sense  with  Lou  refering  to  the  a fore mentioned  Jackie  as  a  cow in french . Or   am I  looking  to  deep  into  the  meaning  of  this  song .

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Re: walk on the wild side

Lots of discussion about the lyrics of Walk on the Wild Side on the web, but I could find nothing on what you are looking for. Here is a good link if you want to check it out: http://songmeanings.com/songs/view/42366/

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Re: walk on the wild side

I looked at the versions we have here and one says Fast and the other was Dash

my papy said son your going too drive me too drinking if you dont stop driving that   Hot  Rod  Lincoln!! Cmdr cody and his lost planet airman
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Re: walk on the wild side

Thanks  guys  ,Jets  the  link  explains  much  about  the  characters  and  that  Jackie  was  a  man ,however   if  you  listen to  this version of it  from a spanish  tv program it  sounds  quite  clear ( to  me at  any  rate )  he  sings  vache http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n87Nx-Rk-pU .Any  way its   a  great  song

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