Lou Reed，美国摇滚音乐传奇人物，也是大家听极不厌的乐队The Velvet Underground灵魂人物，他的音乐生涯也横跨了整整50个年头，在1967年到1970年在The Velvet Underground推出了四张专辑，包括《The Velvet Underground & Nico》这在后世疯迷的处子作。在离队后的40年中，Lou Reed一共推出了20张个人专辑，当中不乏经典佳作。但是这张《New Sensations》在Lou Reed的创作生涯中，显然是不够格的作品，很多人喜欢这张唱片完全是为了《Doin' The Things That We Want To》这首歌，看看这首歌的歌词就知道了：It reminds me of the movies marty made about new yorkThose frank and brutal movies that are so brilliant"True love" meet"the raging bull"They're very inspirational, I love the things they doDoin' the things that I want toThere's not much you hear on the radio todayBut you could still see a movie or a playHere's to"travis bickle" and here's"johnny boy"Growing up in the mean streets of new yorkI wrote this song 'cause I'd like to shake your handIn a way you guys are the best friends I ever had不但赞扬了纽约名导演Martin Scorsese，也提及了他的电影《愤怒的公牛》、《出租车司机》与《穷街陋巷》。这是一首Lou Reed写给纽约的情歌。（当然，Lou Reed的每一首歌都是写给纽约的情歌。）