A while back I posted this for about 90 seconds and then took it down on a day when it turned out to be inappropriate. But now, after three days of watching battleground state ads, and with a very strong feeling about where the Romney campaign in particular is headed: here’s Lou Reed (in his brief blond phase) performing “Vicious” in Paris, 1974.

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