Question
This actress is likened to “red bodega roses” and called the “queen of South Queens” in a song titled for her, which precedes an interlude to end St. Vincent’s album Daddy’s Home. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this Warhol superstar. This trans actress titles a song in which the singer claims that “I’ve come to hate my body / and all that it requires” and plans to “watch the blue birds fly.” Her first or last name is acceptable.
ANSWER: Candy Darling [or Candy Darling; accept “Candy Says”]
[10e] “Candy Says” is by this 1960s band, whose singer Lou Reed also sang about her on “Walk on the Wild Side.” A banana adorns Andy Warhol’s cover art for this band’s debut album, which is titled for them “and Nico.”
ANSWER: The Velvet Underground [prompt on The Velvets]
[10m] Despite rumors, Ray Davies insisted that this song was not about a date with Candy Darling. This song set at a “club down in old Soho” describes someone who “squeezed me tight” and “nearly broke my spine.”
ANSWER: “Lola” (by The Kinks)
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