RavenAmazon. com It's not surprising that Lou Reed finds a kindred spirit in Edgar Allan Poe. The godfather of punk's early ambition was to bring the darker elements of great literature decay, death, and decadence to rock & roll. The Raven was born following a spoken word performance of Poe's "The Tell Tale Heart" during which Reed "came to understand it in a way I never had before." Accordingly, The Raven may strike Reed's longtime fans in a way the