SALLY CAN'T DANCE
LOU REED
SONGWRITER: LOU REED
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: SALLY CAN’T DANCE
LABEL: RCA
RECORDS
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1974
Lewis Allan
Reed(March 2, 1942– October 27, 2013) was an American musician, singer,
songwriter, and poet. He was the guitarist, singer, and principal songwriter
for the rock band the
Velvet Underground and had a solo career that spanned
five decades. The Velvet Underground was not a commercial success during its
existence, but became regarded as one of the most influential bands in the
history of underground and alternative rock music. Reed's distinctive deadpan voice, poetic and transgressive
lyrics, and experimental guitar playing were trademarks throughout his long
career.
After
leaving the band in 1970, Reed released twenty solo studio albums. His second, Transformer (1972), was
produced by David Bowie and arranged by Mick Ronson, and
brought him mainstream recognition. The album is considered an influential
landmark of the glam rock genre, anchored by Reed's most successful single, "Walk on the Wild Side".
After Transformer, the less commercial but critically acclaimed Berlin peaked at Nº 7 on the UK Albums Chart. Rock
'n' Roll Animal(a live album released in 1974) sold strongly, and Sally
Can't Dance (1974) peaked at Nº 10 on the Billboard 200; but for a long
period after, Reed's work did not translate into sales, leading him deeper into
drug addiction and alcoholism. Reed cleaned up in the early 1980s, and
gradually returned to prominence with The Blue Mask and New Sensations(1984),
reaching a critical and commercial career peak with his 1989 album New York.
Sally Can't Dance is the fourth solo studio album by American musician Lou Reed, released in August 1974 by RCA Records. Steve Katz and Reed produced the album. It remains
Reed's highest-charting album in the United States, having peaked at #10 during
a 14-week stay on the Billboard 200 album chart in October 1974. It is
also the first solo Lou Reed album not to feature any songs originally recorded
by Reed's earlier band, the Velvet Underground, as well as the first of Reed's solo studio
albums to be recorded in the United States (Reed's previous three albums were
all recorded in the United Kingdom).
Sally dances on the
floor
She says that she can't do it anymore
She walks down St. Marks Place
And eats natural food at my place
Now Sally can't dance
no more
she can't get it off of the floor
Sally can't dance no more
Sally, she can't dance no more
Sally is losing her
face
She lives on St. Marks Place
In a rent-controlled apartment, eighty dollars a month
She has lots of fun, she has lots of fun
But, Sally can't
dance no more
Oh Sally she can't dance no more
She went and carried on and can't get off of the floor
Now Sally, oh she can't dance no more
She was the first
girl in the neighborhood
To wear tied-dyed pants, like she should
She was the first girl that I've ever seen
That had flowers painted on her jeans
Now she wears a sword, like Napoleon
And she kills the boys and acts like a son
Sally can't dance no
more
Sally can't dance no more
Sally can't dance no more
Sally, hey she can't dance no more
Sally can't dance
Sally can't dance
She knew all the really right people
She went to Les Jardins
She danced with Picasso's illegitimate mistress
and wore Kenneth Lane jewels, really hey, it's trash, but
Sally, can't dance no
more, yeah
Sally, she can't dance no more, you tell 'em about it
Sally can't get herself off the floor
Hey, Sally, girl, she can't dance no more
Sally can't dance
Sally can't dance.
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