been listening to this alot lately myself for some reason, it seems to always be relevant, somehow
― akm, Tuesday, 12 January 2010 03:14 (fourteen years ago) link
30 y/o today
― y'tulip, y'pea-brained earwig (donna rouge), Monday, 23 April 2012 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
"Gee you look terrible for your age." -- Rose Nylund
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Monday, 23 April 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
your mouthyour eyesthe wayyou holdyour pensand pencils
i no longer love it
― their private gesture for bison (difficult listening hour), Monday, 23 April 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
I haven't done an A/B comparison but my instinct was that all these tracks were better on the huge "United State Live" box.
in no case is this true
― yuppie bullshit chocolate blogbait (contenderizer), Monday, 23 April 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
probably one of my favorite albums of all time, have yet to hear another laurie anderson album that i really like :/
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 23 April 2012 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
o superman came on from some old mix CD this weekend while i was driving around with my 2 1/2 year old."what is she saying?!" "what is that sound!?"
― tylerw, Monday, 23 April 2012 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
neither snow nor rainnor gloom of nightshall stay these couriersfrom the swift completionof their appointed rounds
― tits or kitfo (get bent), Monday, 23 April 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
have yet to hear another laurie anderson album that i really like :/
^^^ what I think about Strange Angels although I like lots of her other albums.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 23 April 2012 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
The Ugly One with the Jewels appeals to the kid in me who still loves storytime.
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Monday, 23 April 2012 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
haven't heard it, but You're the Guy I Want to Share My Money With is a great title
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Monday, 23 April 2012 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
Mr. Heartbreak is mostly killer, a little filler.
Anyway, the O Superman video is sort of shockingly effective to me today given its age and the technology involved: http://vimeo.com/3610524
― Three Word Username, Monday, 23 April 2012 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
Well then, you've forced me to do said comparison!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 23 April 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
'o superman' is wonderful. but not enough is said about the title track. sometimes certain parts will hit me out of nowhere - "Every man for himself. Golden cities. Golden towns."
"Thanks for the ride. Big Science. Hallelujah. Big Science. Yodellayheehoo
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 11 February 2018 06:46 (six years ago) link
It's the best, along with "Let X=X / It Tango"
― startled macropod (MatthewK), Sunday, 11 February 2018 09:04 (six years ago) link
Here's a man who lives a life of danger.Everywhere he goes he stays -a stranger.Howdy stranger. Mind if I smoke?
― startled macropod (MatthewK), Saturday, 17 February 2018 00:44 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqCJkzyYwCM
love
― Eris (Ross), Saturday, 31 March 2018 04:11 (six years ago) link
Well that’s a nice discovery — the album gets a rerelease on Bandcamp tomorrow:https://laurieanderson.bandcamp.com/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 April 2021 13:27 (three years ago) link
Was United States Live ever filmed or videotaped? I wish that could be released, but I guess that's rarely the case with performance pieces like it.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 8 April 2021 13:49 (three years ago) link
I have memories of PBS airplay.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 April 2021 13:52 (three years ago) link
I assumed the revive was for this good appreciation of it by Margaret Atwood https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/08/margaret-atwood-laurie-anderson-big-science-o-superman-prophetic-80s-america-pertinent
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 8 April 2021 13:55 (three years ago) link
Aw nice! There must be a broadcast master somewhere.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 8 April 2021 13:56 (three years ago) link
Oddly enough my own first encounter of her wasn't a broadcast of a full piece straight up but a separate appearance in a PBS documentary series...and I almost want to say it was The Story of English?
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 April 2021 14:46 (three years ago) link
I've never seen any footage of it. You're not getting confused with Alive from Off Center, are you?
― akm, Thursday, 8 April 2021 15:10 (three years ago) link