Songs for Drella
1990 · 57 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 466 VOTES · DIR. Edward Lachman
Overview
Songs for Drella is a concept album by Lou Reed and John Cale, both formerly of The Velvet Underground, and is dedicated to the memory of Andy Warhol, their mentor, who had died unexpectedly in 1987. Drella was a nickname for Warhol coined by Warhol Superstar Ondine, a contraction of Dracula and Cinderella, used by Warhol's crowd. The song cycle focuses on Warhol's interpersonal relations and experiences, with songs falling roughly into three categories: Warhol's first-person perspective (which makes up the vast majority of the album), third-person narratives chronicling events and affairs, and first-person commentaries on Warhol by Reed and Cale themselves. The songs on the album are, to some extent, in chronological order.
Dialogue Timeline — 631 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:05:10 SMALLTOWN
00:06:59 There is only one good thing about small town
00:09:57 I think I got a job today they want me to draw some shoes
00:12:31 and I won't even be there
00:14:23 WORK
00:15:48 He said, "It's just work"
00:17:50 standing, staring, at this log
00:21:15 Movies with real people
00:23:21 We want to capture them on film
00:25:56 I wish I was a robot or a machine
00:28:54 Images taken from a painting
00:31:26 the images upon the ceiling
00:34:27 Why your thoughts could slowly slip away
00:36:09 you did it to yourself
00:38:51 I believe
00:41:35 although I look like I do not
00:43:48 for nobody but you
00:46:21 but oh it was too late
00:47:36 I mean it's different than Ondine
00:48:37 and I always see it repackaged and I've never gotten a penny from it
00:50:07 There was blood leaking through my shirt from those old scars from being shot
00:52:15 Forever changed
00:55:11 can see me through
00:58:24 You get less time for stealing a car