LOL -- but "Conservative slant"?? Yeah, the song is probably about either trannys OR drugs -- you can't listen to closely to his words because you'd vomit, but that's a typical Lou Reed song, isn't it?
I read a biography of Andy Warhol recently ("Holy Terror", by Bob Colcacello) and learned how all the characters in "Walk on the Wild Side" were real people in the Warhol Factory. Candy (Darling) really did come from out on the (Long) island, etc. I just thought they were characters for the song!
Wanna WALK ON THE WILD SIDE?
Then check out I Shot Andy Warhol.
Viewer discretion advised.
I myself never doubted it for a moment -- you couldn't make that sh*t [words] up.
Regarding Warhol -- Does anyone know if his tombstone reads, : "My 15 Minutes Are Finally Up"??