The memorable bass line is played by Herbie Flowers - he played both upright and electric bass, producing this amazing woody elastic sound. Lou Reed strums a relaxed guitar, the drums are played with quietly swinging brushes. It feels like both an intimate after hours gathering on an empty, graffiti-covered subway car, and bedtime story hour at an 'adults only' bookstore. A lullaby for artistic freaks, fiends and friends living in a depraved and dirty, yet stimulating and inspiring city where anything goes. An ode to the characters who came to New York and became part of Andy Warhol's factory crowd. Top it all off with that fantastic saxophone from Ronnie Ross, and the train clickety clacks away down the tracks with dawn just showing in the east.
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