"Femme Fatale" is from the 1967 album 'The Velvet Underground & Nico.' The album is one of the greatest and most influential of all time. Even the Andy Warhol banana cover is legendary. The early LP release had a peel off banana on the cover, with a peeled banana underneath.... I don't know how many of them made it to New Zealand, but I sure would love to, at least, see one... the chances of buying one may be limited. Anyway, back to "Femme Fatale," which was sung by Nico and was written by Lou Reed about Edie Sedgwick after Andy Warhol had asked him to write a song about her. Apparently Andy had stated something like "Don't you think she is a femme fatale" to Lou Reed during the conversation that took place after the request was made.... and the rest is history. Edie Sedgwick was the ultimate 'it-girl' and she makes all the others that followed, look like pretenders.
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