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| - %22All Tomorrow's Parties%22 is a song by The Velvet Underground, written by Lou Reed and released on the group's 1967 debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico.Inspiration for the song came from Reed's observation of the Warhol clique; according to Reed, the song is %22a very apt description of certain people at the Factory at the time. ... I watched Andy. I watched Andy watching everybody. I would hear people say the most astonishing things, the craziest things, the funniest things, the saddest things.%22 In a 2006 interview Reed's bandmate John Cale stated: %22The song was about a girl called Darryl, a beautiful petite blonde with three kids, two of whom were taken away from her.%22The song was Andy Warhol's favorite by The Velvet Underground.The song has notably lent its name to a music festival, a William Gibson novel, and a Yu Lik-wai film. The song also appears prominently in the horror film The Lords of Salem.
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