THERE is a consensus that Berlin is a depressing album. For the melancholic Scot, exiled temporarily in London, it is so sunny that I was tempted to do a jig in the aisle. There is domestic abuse, drug-taking, suicide and seedy sex.
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Music: Berlin – Lou Reed, Hammersmith Apollo
THERE is a consensus that Berlin is a depressing album. For the melancholic Scot, exiled temporarily in London, it is so sunny that I was tempted to do a jig in the aisle. There is domestic abuse, drug-taking, suicide and seedy sex. It was enough to bring on a bout of homesickness. Berlin, however, is not all high jinks.
