Lou Reed - What's Good (The Thesis) Lyrics
Life's like a mayonnaise soda
And life's like space without room
And life's like bacon and ice cream
That's what life's like without you
But life's forever dealing in hurt
Now life's like death without living
That's what life's like without you
Life's like Sanskrit read to a pony
I see you in my mind's eye strangling on your tongue
What good is knowing such devotion
I've been around, I know what makes things run
What good is seeing eye chocolate
And what good was cancer in April
Why no good, no good at all
What good's a war without killing
What good is rain that falls up
What good's a disease that won't hurt you
Why no good, I guess, no good at all
What good are these thoughts that I'm thinking
It must be better, huh not to be thinking at all
A styrofoam lover with emotions of concrete
No not much, not much at all
What's good is life without living
What good's this lion that barks
You loved a life others throw away nightly
It's not fair, not fair at all
What's good?
Oh baby, what's good?
What's good?
What's good?
Not much at all
Hey baby, what's good?
What's good? Life's good
But not fair at all
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Lou Reed What's Good (The Thesis) Comments
I know this song from the soundtrack to Until the End of the World. I didn't even know there was a video. I kinda wish I still didn't know there was a video. The song remains transcendent.
My best friend died from cancer, now i have only these songs to comfort me
Ate Sempre Lou
One of the best by one of the best. Thanks, Lou!
Buenisimo ,como no recordar ese gran concierto en México Ciudad ...Presentando este discazo!!!
Life's good, but not fair at all, RIP Lou Reed
I'm willing to bet that they made Lou Reed do this. It is much too literal. David Lee Roth warned us about videos like this.
Jason Bentley Jones A lot of Matt Mahurin's videos have a tendency to do that--but I still like it. He's easily my favorite music vid director. (Side note: he also directed David's Sensible Shoes video).
Thank you lou!
What's up with the enormous amount of dislikes?
I don't find it fair. I don't find it good at all.
Life's like a mayonnaise soda
And life's like space without room
And life's like bacon and ice cream
That's what life's like without you
Life's like forever becoming
But life's forever dealing in hurt
Now life's like death without living
That's what life's like without you
Life's like Sanskrit read to a pony
I see you in my mind's eye strangling on your tongue
What good is knowing such devotion
I've been around - I know what makes things run
What good is seeing eye chocolate
What good's a computerized nose
And what good was cancer in April
Why, no good - no good at all
What good's a war without killing
What good is rain that falls up
What good's a disease that won't hurt you
Why, no good, I guess, no good at all
What good are these thoughts that I'm thinking
It must be better not to be thinking at all
A styrofoam lover with emotions of concrete
No not much, not much at all
What's good is life without living
What good's this lion that barks
You loved a life others throw away nightly
It's not fair, not fair at all
What's good?
Oh baby what's good
What's good
What's good
Not much at all
Come on!
Hey baby what's good
What's good
What's good
Not much at all
What's good
What's good
Life's good -
What's good
Life's good
But not fair at all
I feel like this one music video created Neil Gaiman.
Life's like a mayonnaise soda
And life's like space without room
And life's like bacon and ice cream
That's what life's like without you
Life's like forever becoming
But life's forever dealing in hurt
Now life's like death without living
That's what life's like without you
Life's like Sanskrit read to a pony
I see you in my mind's eye strangling on your tongue
What good is knowing such devotion
I've been around, I know what makes things run
What good is seeing eye chocolate
What good's a computerized nose
And what good was cancer in April
Why no good, no good at all
What good's a war without killing
What good is rain that falls up
What good's a disease that won't hurt you
Why no good, I guess, no good at all
What good are these thoughts that I'm thinking
It must be better not to be thinking at all
A Styrofoam lover with emotions of concrete
No not much, not much at all
What good is life without living
What good's this lion that barks
You loved a life others throw away nightly
It's not fair, not fair at all
What's good?
Oh, baby, what's good?
What's good?
What's good?
Not much at all
Hey, baby, what's good?
(What's good?)
What's good?
(What's good?)
What's good?
(What's good?)
Not much at all
What's good?
(What's good?)
What's good?
(Life's good)
Life's good
(Life's good)
What's good?
(Life's good)
But not fair at all
931 dicks! thumbs dwn?
Directed by Tarsem Singh.
KING Actually it was Matt Mahurin.
@lurch321 Wikipedia has wrongly credited Matt Mahurin as the director of this video. Wikipedia has credited Tarsem Singh as the director of this video as well. However the uncanny similarity of Tarsem's video of REM's Losing my Religion is more than enough to confirm that it's indeed Tarsem Singh who directed this video.
I can relate 😔!
great video!! dadaism!!
hell Rhino has been giving us the great tunes for ever Ladies and Gentlemen
hell Rhino has been giving us the great tunes for ever Ladies and Gentlemen
The album Magic and Loss was written as a tribute to a friend of Reed's who had died of cancer. I listen to it when I lose someone important in my life. It helps.
Actually two friends he lost in rapid succession.
Doc pomus
Abel Undercity me too
Mr. SlOpPy HiMsElF!!!! LoU rEeD!!!!
in love, forever, thanks Mr. Reed
Rest easy, dad.
What good is cancer in April? Why no good, no good at all.
this guy was so bizarrely brilliant
great song - tortuously literal video images - almost as poor as the time pans people danced to bankrobber on Uk's Top of the Pops.
Oy vey ad infinitum!
this song is getting even better with age.oh,and magic and loss is one of the best albums ever made.
cosmicdrifter287 😮🙍🏽💀💀🇬🇼🕗🔔
It's not a pessimistic conclusion;it's a realistic one.
Life's good... but not fair at all. What a brilliant pessimistic conclusion!
R.I.P. Lou...
Yes you are right i like this sentence and that’s f****ing true!!!
wtf why so many dislikes for a rare Lou Reed video?
Must be the teen rappers and justin bieber fans :D
wake up!! it's because of copyright!!
图森亚利桑那州!
Don't know. Nothing but positive comments
It isn't pop?
THE VERY START OF THE SONG IS MISSING (snare)
Indeed :)
it's not missing. On the album it's preceded by a separate instrumental called Dorita which runs into it but is a separate track. This is the single version. It;s better though with the intro of Dorita which should never have been listed as a standalone track.
alright now!
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Pure poetry.
Love this song
It all good
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