![Lou Reed in Amsterdam in 1972, the year 'Transformer' was published.](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/CWWGF23HOFFR5I5RI4NKDK6PBQ.jpg?auth=f5c52fe8c500190186fc512e9518c44d7abbcf5eda64cf997e583df0a79e7f11&width=414&height=233&focal=1580%2C965)
Fifty years of Lou Reed’s ‘Transformer’: Life without the wild side is not worth living
One of the most unorthodox, dazzling and wild albums in the history of pop music marks half a century
One of the most unorthodox, dazzling and wild albums in the history of pop music marks half a century
On my most recent train trip, I watched a group of ill-mannered, uncouth and even cruel Spaniards appropriate our public space