Lou Reed - Dirty Blvd. (Official Music Video) 

Mr. Lou Reed, Mr. New York City, may you rest in peace, I will never forget your absolutely incredible, Uniquely-styled, hard-hitting music. You are one of the greatest legends of rock and roll.

Listening to Lou Reed is more than just hearing music. It's poetry. You can close your eyes and see who he's singing about. Such a legend.

This song is so deep you can't listen to it just once.....the lyrics are haunting.....as is Lou Reed... .

This song, and the whole album, are incredible. I used to listen to this (on cassette) over and over. RIP Lou.

Lou Reed and Little Jimmy Scott... Legends, RIP...

I’m 64 and was amazed by his music years ago. Still AMAZING.

When this album came out, we just played and replayed it in awe.

This album came out about a month and a half before I had tickets to see Lou in Denver at the Paramount theater. My wife and I played it constantly. When we went to the concert, Lou played the album in its entirety. The friend that came with us asked how we knew all the lyric's as we sang along! Such a great concert. Lou was in a really good mood and spoke often between songs, making jokes and basically endearing himself with the audience. One of the greatest concerts I've ever been to.

I remember my older brothers turning me onto this album.... What a revelation... I will be forever grateful 🥲❣️

I never get tired to listening, is addictive ...

Every now and then, music with soul comes into my life... This song brought me to the edge of tears, and I relate in no way to any of its lyrics

I always loved this song. And DAMN! What a mullet!

Syracuse grad ....writing performing a half century ahead of his time ...RIP

I consider this song "dirty blvd" the unofficial sequel to "walk on the wild side"

The lady at the end ❤

When Lou Reed sings I'm Going To Fly Away . . You gotta believe him !

He is the Most Honest musician We Love him

Happy birthday, Lou. We miss you.

Pure magic from the King of New York City himself !

Might be Lou Reed's greatest song after a lifetime of observation. Pretty good anyway.

Great musician Lou Reed..🙏🙇

Nothing captures the grit of the streets like this song.

Sad how well this 1986 record applies to 2019

When the drums kick in it alleviates the song above the ground.

I miss you Lou, you left so many fans down here in Brazil.

This is a masterpiece of music, absolutely love it

Still the MAN . . .

Love Lou and this song. How I wish the words were not so true-to-life. And oh...Is that Little Jimmy Scott singing bg vox??!

Fabulous song

One of mt favorite albums of all time.

completely awesome.

What an uplifting song

I am blessed to lived in this era, i love Lou Reed, i will miss him always, but also happy birthday to Jesus

Ate Sempre Lou

We can't tease Sweet Baby Lou about his mullet. That haircut is up in heaven with Lou.. The party in the back is up in heaven flowing in the gentle breeze. Oh Lou why did you do the mullet?

Happy 80th birthday Lou Reed!!!

Awe-inspiring mullet

Echoes of my soul…smiles and head nods

Wow. That mullet is insane

The KING of 'talkie rock'.

"Give me your hungry, your tired your poor I'll piss on 'em that's what the Statue of Bigotry says Your poor huddled masses, let's club 'em to death and get it over with and just dump 'em on the boulevard." Lou Reed wrote those lyrics in 1989. Might as well have been written for 2017.

Damn, Lou, the States could've done with you and Zappa lately

CLASSIC **LOU REED** LEGEND

Jimmy Scott in backing vocal, great!

WOW

It’s a Way- not a blvd👻🤡🤡🏈🤹🏼‍♂️☠️😎❤️

lou lou lou loved him xx

Dirty Boulevard Lyrics Pedro lives out of the Wilshire Hotel He looks out a window without glass The walls are made of cardboard, newspapers on his feet And his father beats him 'cause he's too tired to beg He's got nine brothers and sisters They're brought up on their knees It's hard to run when a coat hanger beats you on the thighs Pedro dreams of being older and killing the old man But that's a slim chance, he's going to the boulevard He's gonna end up on the dirty boulevard He's going out to the dirty boulevard He's going down to the dirty boulevard This room cost $2, 000 dollars a month You can believe it, man, it's true Somewhere a landlord's laughing 'til he wets his pants No one dreams of being a doctor or a lawyer or anything They dream of dealing on the dirty boulevard "Give me your hungry, your tired, your poor, I'll piss on 'em" That's what the statue of bigotry says Your poor huddled masses, let's club 'em to death And get it over with and just dump 'em on the boulevard Get 'em out on the dirty boulevard Going out to the dirty boulevard They're going down on the dirty boulevard Going out... Outside it's a bright night, there's an opera at Lincoln Center Movie stars arrive by limousine The klieg lights shoot up over the skyline of Manhattan But the lights are out on the mean streets A small kid stands by the Lincoln Tunnel He is selling plastic roses for a buck The traffic's backed up to 39th street The TV whores are calling the cops out for a suck And back at the Wilshire, Pedro sits there dreaming He's found a book on magic in a garbage can He looks at the pictures and stares up at the cracked ceiling "At the count of three, " he says, "I hope I can disappear" And fly, fly away from this dirty boulevard I want to fly from dirty boulevard I wanna fly from dirty boulevard I want to fly, fly, fly, fly from dirty boulevard I wanna fly away I wanna fly Fly, fly away I wanna fly Fly, fly away fly, fly away (Fly, fly, fly away) fly away (I wanna fly away) (Fly, fly, fly away) I wanna fly, I'm gonna fly away Source: Musixmatch

love u lou rip

Get Them Out !Dirty Boulevard !

Excellent *******

This is CLASS.. 😎

I love the way he rushes "club 'em to death" in this version (club'm n'death). The first time I heard it, I almost pissed myself laughing. It's so nonchalant and matter-of-factly dripping with exasperated, pointed sarcasm; like when somebody responds to a stupid idea with a vastly stupider idea to belittle the speaker. (Ex. "Let's build a wall to keep out mexicans!" "I've got a better idea. Why don't we just go club 'em to death? get it over with...")

Excelente!!!

This song goes really well with predator and pizza

Thanks that was excellent just what I needed this Sunday/Monday night.

Had this on 📼, thanks Sire

Loooooooooou! We miss you.

Awesome.

New York, It's like my DNA.

WE DESIGNED "NEW YORK" ALBUM-GREAT ALBUM!

Miss ya man

🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🎶🎶Louuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Going Down

love it!!

The first record I ever brought was LOU REED LIVE..

Rest in Peace Lou. May your memory be for a blessing. Dirty Blvd is another NAME for Christo-Fascist thinking.

Impressive mullet

Can't believe i will be the first comment of this beautiful song! Cheers Lou how is everything in paradise?

Who is the beautiful back up singer? I'm jelly and I wanna fly away too

This is why this music is priceless In todays music scene he wouldn’t get a look at on TV, that’s why I hate Idol and X Factor and all these cheap ass rubbish shows……yes there’s talent but not like this GENIUS and other artists of the past…….nothing compares But to find a GEM is almost impossible in todays standards……..People don’t write magic like this anymore!

Lou has a mullet lol

Pedro lives out of the Wilshire Hotel he looks out a window without glass The walls are made of cardboard, newspapers on his feet his father beats him 'cause he's too tired to beg He's got 9 brothers and sisters they're brought up on their knees it's hard to run when a coat hanger beats you on the thighs Pedro dreams of being older and killing the old man but that's a slim chance he's going to the boulevard He's going to end up, on the dirty boulevard he's going out, to the dirty boulevard He's going down, to the dirty boulevard This room cost 2,000 dollars a month you can believe it man it's true somewhere a landlord's laughing till he wets his pants No one here dreams of being a doctor or a lawyer or anything they dream of dealing on the dirty boulevard Give me your hungry, your tired your poor I'll piss on 'em that's what the Statue of Bigotry says Your poor huddled masses, let's club 'em to death and get it over with and just dump 'em on the boulevard Get to end up, on the dirty boulevard going out, to the dirty boulevard He's going down, on the dirty boulevard going out Outside it's a bright night there's an opera at Lincoln Center movie stars arrive by limousine The klieg lights shoot up over the skyline of Manhattan but the lights are out on the Mean Streets A small kid stands by the Lincoln Tunnel he's selling plastic roses for a buck The traffic's backed up to 39th street the TV whores are calling the cops out for a suck And back at the Wilshire, Pedro sits there dreaming he's found a book on magic in a garbage can He looks at the pictures and stares at the cracked ceiling "At the count of 3" he says, "I hope I can disappear" And fly fly away, from this dirty boulevard I want to fly, from dirty boulevard I want to fly, from dirty boulevard I want to fly-fly-fly-fly, from dirty boulevard I want to fly away I want to fly Fly, fly away I want to fly Fly-fly away (Fly a-) fly-fly-fly (-way, ooohhh...) Fly-fly away (I want to fly-fly away) fly away (I want to fly, wow-woh, no, fly away) If you read this, please hit like, it will bring me back to this Dirty Boulevard

This is NOT the Official Music Video! Don't say it is, when it isn't!

Lou FUCKIN Reed

Funny Lou Reed still got his mullet

Jimmy Scott!

The difference between 55 and dead is significant

Depressing. Genius, but depressing.

Lou making mullets OK

Who is that lady singer?

❤️🇺🇸

Found a book on magic in a garbage can. sigh......

That’s the first time I’ve seen him with long hair. Or is that a wig?

That's what your Statue of Bigotry says..

Who Is the woman who sings the refrain at the end?

Pedro lives out of the Wilshire Hotel He looks out a window without glass The walls are made of cardboard, newspapers on his feet His father beats him cause he's too tired to beg He's got 9 brothers and sisters They're brought up on their knees It's hard to run when a coat hanger beats you on the thighs Pedro dreams of being older and killing the old man But that's a slim chance he's going to the boulevard He's going to end up, on the dirty boulevard He's going out, to the dirty boulevard He's going down, to the dirty boulevard This room cost 2,000 dollars a month You can believe it man it's true Somewhere a landlord's laughing till he wets his pants No one here dreams of being a doctor or a lawyer or anything They dream of dealing on the dirty boulevard Give me your hungry, your tired your poor I'll piss on 'em That's what the Statue of Bigotry says Your poor huddled masses, let's club 'em to death And get it over with and just dump 'em on the boulevard Get 'em out, on the dirty boulevard Going out, to the dirty boulevard They're going down, on the dirty boulevard Going out Outside it's a bright night There's an opera at Lincoln Center Movie stars arrive by limousine The klieg lights shoot up over the skyline of Manhattan But the lights are out on the Mean Streets A small kid stands by the Lincoln Tunnel He's selling plastic roses for a buck The traffic's backed up to 39th street The TV whores are calling the cops out for a suck And back at the Wilshire, Pedro sits there dreaming He's found a book on magic in a garbage can He looks at the pictures and stares at the cracked ceiling "At the count of 3" he says, "I hope I can disappear" And fly fly away, from this dirty boulevard I want to fly, from dirty boulevard I want to fly, from dirty boulevard I want to fly-fly-fly-fly, from dirty boulevard I want to fly away I want to fly Fly, fly away I want to fly Fly-fly away (Fly a-) Fly-fly-fly (-way, ooohhh...) Fly-fly away (I want to fly-fly away) Fly away (I want to fly, wow-woh, no, fly away)

I wonder what Pedro is doing these days.

I love this song, and it is truly sad... How about giving answers instead of moaning about it? Kids are going to be mistreated all over this world and so it seems to me that a change in culture might be appropriate. ... and yes, that's also easy to say! Blacks and other minorities have tried instilling pride into their culture over the decades with little positive results! When gangbangers are your heroes, that's where you derive your pride! No one said it was easy, but work hard and results will come, albeit slower than one may wish. Show that work ethic and things WILL change! Of course, there are douchebags out there that step on minorities out of meanness or straight up hatred! That doesn't mean, 'give up'! There are also those who treat men as men and are fair and do it right thing! I'm always amazed that blacks seemed to hate Condi Rice when she is one of black America's success stories!!! Or Colin Powell! Obama just spouted, "Look at us po' folk'!" while sitting in the White House and doing nothing to inspire his race to greatness! Again, it's easy to bemoan the poor in this country, it's hard to inspire!

This is NOT the "Official Music Video". This is a basic live performance clip.

Can anyone identify the vocalist off to the left? Thank you.

Fucking hell

It's a shame the are leaders would like to dump us on the dirty boulevard

Lou Reed IS/WAS Greg brady

That mullet is a mess!

Was Lou Reed the father of Ari Boulogne? For me it looks so. Nico - the mother. Is Alain Delon right denying? Ari looked liked a mixture of Lou and Nico. Same eyes, same hair. Mothers mouth.

This summer I learned he was dead by my father and I think it's like the bigger tragedy I've ever lived

That fancy drumset is so completely unnecessary for this simple song.

I was 11 when this video came out and even back then I was impressed with his lyrics...

Backup singer spoils this unfortunately