{"id":15622,"date":"2013-03-10T21:06:21","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T05:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=15622"},"modified":"2013-03-11T06:18:29","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T14:18:29","slug":"on-sunday-watch-antony-and-lou-reed-performing-candy-says-in-paris-and-then-watch-as-antony-steals-the-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2013-03\/on-sunday-watch-antony-and-lou-reed-performing-candy-says-in-paris-and-then-watch-as-antony-steals-the-show\/","title":{"rendered":"On Sunday: Watch Antony and Lou Reed Performing “Candy Says” in Paris; And Then Watch As Antony Steals The Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

Antony<\/strong> is a purist currently at the top of his game, though we’ll see what the future brings.\u00a0 He’s a force of nature. Or un-nature, as you wish.\u00a0 There can be no debate, however, that he sings with more heart and soul than many can muster.\u00a0 In Paris<\/strong> this week, as a part of his series of concerts (with big band backing) at\u00a0Salle Pleyel<\/strong>, Antony<\/strong> (again) collaborated with Lou Reed <\/strong>on a stirring rendition of Reed’s sweetly-adroit Candy Says<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, honesty is never inappropriate, and as Reed sings: “Candy says I’ve come to hate my body, and all that it requires in this world.”\u00a0 In that vein, who hasn’t swallowed whole the words, “If I could walk away from me.”\u00a0 Check below as Reed reads it perfectly<\/strong>, and then Antony<\/strong> takes the song over at 7:17.\u00a0 After Candy Says<\/strong><\/em>, watch Antony stake his claim on several other songs as one of the most affecting and effective artists of our generation.\u00a0 All videos courtesy of the superb captures of LysWantTwo<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n