'Woman'

Old Cale is always hilarious, whether its his fascination with rap, or the mid life crisis that's been going since the mid-80s. The 2005 album 'Black Acetate' is no exception.

'Woman'. This song is really so funny it hurts. And it's also clearly about Lou Reed.

You're ignorant, you're cool, you never learn to say you're sorry.
Cale and Lou's bitter hate-hate-unf relationship is no secret from their fans.

There's a woman in my past
Cale might be parodying Reed's style of writing men as women in his songs: 'Stephanie [in Stephanie Says] is Steve Sesnick. To Lou, everybody's gay' (pg.125 in What's Welsh for Zen). Or referencing gay culture, or just calling Reed a laydee. Cause he's a bitch like that.

living on pins and needles
Cale making a snide remark about their shared affair with hard drugs.

who wants me in her present
The reunions for projects and gigs over the years. Also, gay.

smiling when you're angry
Lou's always posing - you can hear it in the demos from the Velvet's first album, when Lou laughs and then snaps on 'Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams'.

all those memories

In the Circus live version, Cale makes monkey noises, which we decided was about subtlely saying Lou was a monkey. lol.






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