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"Nostalgia is memory with the pain removed." Herbert Eugene Caen
The song in its original recording glory (The Velvet Underground & Nico, 1967) is easy to the ears, and in less than three minutes of the aural journey, it evokes ample rustic charms, rides through wistful woes and ultimately, brings much solace.
As far as I can remember, the first time I heard the celesta twinkling through this number, I was possibly four or five. Till now, that heavenly keys combined with Lou Reed’s airy whispers possessed this majestic force that transports me back to various moments in time.
And as time persists, some layers of the past just get amplified.
In Memory of Shalahudin Johari (1971-2009)
