Candy Says

About Candy Says

"Candy Says" is a song written by Lou Reed. It is one of four songs Lou Reed explicitly wrote in the voice of a female character, in the case of "Candy Says", a transsexual, telling her experiences. Each would begin with the woman's name and then be followed by the verb "says." "Stephanie Says" was the first - later adapted into "Caroline Says" on his solo album Berlin. The song is the first on the third album of The Velvet Underground. The song addresses Candy Darling's desire to escape her birth gender. Lou Reed insisted that Doug Yule take the lead vocal on the song. Lou Reed said the song was also, "about something more profound and universal, a universal feeling I think all of us have at some point. We look in the mirror and we don't like what we see... I don't know a person alive who doesn't feel that way."In 2005, Lou Reed joined Antony and the Johnsons for a rendition of "Candy Says" on stage at Antony's Carnegie Hall show that year. Just seven months before Reed died in October 2013, he joined Antony and the Johnsons again onstage at a Paris gig to sing "Candy Says." It wound up being his final public performance. "I'm going to watch the blue birds fly," Reed sang. "Over my shoulder/I'm going to watch them pass me by/Maybe when I'm older/What do you think I'd see/If I could walk away from me." more »

Year:

1995

757 Views

Playlists:

#3

 Become A Better Singer In Only 30 Days, With Easy Video Lessons!

Candy says, I've come to hate my body
And all that it requires in this world

Candy says, I'd like to know completely
What all they discretely talk about

I'm gonna watch the blue birds fly
Over my shoulder
I'm gonna watch them pass me by
Maybe when I'm older

What do you think I'd see
If I could walk away from me

Candy says, I hate the quiet places
That cause the smallest taste of what will be

Candy says, I hate the big decisions
That cause endless revisions in my mind

I'm gonna watch the bluebirds fly
Over my shoulder
I'm gonna watch them pass me by
Maybe when I'm older

What do you think I'd see
If I could walk away from me

 The easy, fast & fun way to learn how to sing: 30DaySinger.com

Lou Reed

Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed (born March 2, 1942) is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his solo career, which has spanned several decades. Though the Velvet Underground were a commercial failure in the late 1960s, the group has gained a considerable cult following in the years since its demise and has gone on to become one of the most widely cited and influential bands of the era. As the Velvet Underground's principal songwriter, Reed wrote about subjects of personal experience that rarely had been examined so openly in rock and roll, including sexuality and drug culture. more »

Follow 5 fans