Halloween Parade
by Lou Reed
- Artist
- Lou Reed
- First released
- 1989
About this song
Track from Lou Reed's 1989 album New York, set at Greenwich Village's annual Halloween parade and mourning friends lost to the AIDS crisis.
Song themes
Performance tips
- Half-speak, half-sing it in Lou Reed's deadpan conversational style.
- Keep it understated and let the story carry the emotion.
- This is a reflective one, so slow the room down rather than pumping it up.
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