Like Venus in Furs, Foggy Notion is another twisted excursion into the freaky world of S&M, compliments of the dark imagination of Lou Reed. The pain/pleasure idea. In spite of the subject matter, there are some great sing-a-long lines, like I got my calamine lotion, baby.
The lyrics are pretty sparse for a six and a half minute song. It's mostly about the music, the groove. Hyperkinetic rhythm, pounding beat, guitars flying all over the place. There are five guitar solos:
1)1:00 - 1:39.
2) 2:19 - 2:58.
3) 3:24 - 4:04.
4) 4:45 - 5:03.
5) 5:32 - the end.
Mel Torme was known as the Velvet Fog...I wonder if he was an inspiration? Not sure if he was into S&M but unfortunately he's not with us anymore.
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