― X. Y. Zedd, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Kev, Tuesday, 14 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Jeff Guidry, Wednesday, 21 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― bob snoom, Wednesday, 21 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Robin Carmody, Wednesday, 21 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu...
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 21 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Cos I just found the 7" in a pile of old, er, 7"s and slapped it on, nonchalantly, only to have my brain accidentally realligned by its planet-conquering GREATNESS. God, it's like drugs, *proper* drugs, disorienting and euphoric and scary and wide-eyed and legless and...fucking hell.
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 28 August 2003 15:10 (twenty years ago) link
― mitch L=lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Thursday, 28 August 2003 15:34 (twenty years ago) link
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― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Thursday, 28 August 2003 15:44 (twenty years ago) link
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― amateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 28 August 2003 15:50 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 28 August 2003 15:51 (twenty years ago) link
― Aaron A., Thursday, 28 August 2003 16:09 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 28 August 2003 16:34 (twenty years ago) link
So hold me, Mom, in your long arms. So hold me,Mom, in your long arms.In your automatic arms. Your electronic arms.In your arms.So hold me, Mom, in your long arms.Your petrochemical arms. Your military arms.In your arms.
they was she refers to the military industrial complex while superficilly also talking about physical intimacy and more specifically finding safety in your mothers arms in very moving i think.
But then i always cry at songs featuring robots.
― jed_e_3 (jed_e_3), Thursday, 28 August 2003 16:43 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 28 August 2003 17:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Momus (Momus), Thursday, 28 August 2003 17:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Tom Breihan (Tom Breihan), Thursday, 28 August 2003 18:11 (twenty years ago) link
― Evan, Thursday, 28 August 2003 18:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 28 August 2003 18:37 (twenty years ago) link
― amateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 28 August 2003 18:45 (twenty years ago) link
― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Thursday, 28 August 2003 18:46 (twenty years ago) link
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 28 August 2003 18:49 (twenty years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 29 August 2003 00:10 (twenty years ago) link
Line of the day, young Tom...line of the day.
And in answer to your query, yes you are! But trust me, it'd be awful.
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 29 August 2003 01:22 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 29 August 2003 01:23 (twenty years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 29 August 2003 02:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Jesse Fuchs (Jesse Fuchs), Friday, 29 August 2003 02:46 (twenty years ago) link
― juiceboxxx (juiceboxxx), Friday, 29 August 2003 04:22 (twenty years ago) link
― Sonny A. (Keiko), Friday, 29 August 2003 04:36 (twenty years ago) link
― Jesse Fuchs (Jesse Fuchs), Friday, 29 August 2003 04:38 (twenty years ago) link
― jed_e_3 (jed_e_3), Friday, 29 August 2003 08:53 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 15:22 (twenty years ago) link
How is the comp?
― H (Heruy), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 15:27 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 15:34 (twenty years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 15:40 (twenty years ago) link
The first time I saw Laurie Anderson was when she had six clips on a CD-ROM for Macintosh Quicktime, when she goes off on weird tangents about the national debt and televised school lunch menus. I fell in love right then and there.
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 20:48 (twenty years ago) link
it shocking to me that suck a strange tune would be such a pop hit. it just goes to show you that your average radio listener could like songs that escape the usual formulas.
if only the industry at large would be as bold today. (and it tries and succeeds sometimes, i know, i know. but but but...)
m.
― msp, Thursday, 11 September 2003 18:38 (twenty years ago) link
And then this last verse:
"So hold me, Mom, in your long arms. So hold me, Mom, in your long arms.In your automatic arms. Your electronic arms.In your arms.So hold me, Mom, in your long arms.Your petrochemical arms. Your military arms.In your electronic arms."
It just chilled me to the bone. Still does.
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 11 September 2003 20:50 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 11 September 2003 21:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 11 September 2003 21:30 (twenty years ago) link
― amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 12 September 2003 06:50 (twenty years ago) link
O souverain, o juge, o père
("O sovereign, o judge, o father")
― Ernest P. (ernestp), Friday, 12 September 2003 15:25 (twenty years ago) link
O Superman though, outstanding.
― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Friday, 12 September 2003 16:51 (twenty years ago) link
Her boyfriend, Lou Reed.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 12 September 2003 16:53 (twenty years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Friday, 12 September 2003 17:33 (twenty years ago) link
― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Friday, 12 September 2003 17:42 (twenty years ago) link
'mister heartbreak' is a wonderful album. 'big science' and her tracks on 'you're the guy I want to spend my money with' as well.
― jl (Jon L), Friday, 12 September 2003 18:04 (twenty years ago) link
Could Schneider TM & Kpt.Michigan - "The Light 3000" get to number 2? In the City of Sound perhaps.
I think this is the saddest song.
― David. (Cozen), Saturday, 13 September 2003 08:54 (twenty years ago) link
yeah Josh that is absolutely nuts, what was that like??
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 19:49 (six years ago) link
It was mostly weird. I don't know how old/young any of you are, but that was just a weird day all around. I had a friend interview her the day of, and she told him (iirc) that she had just gotten off the phone with Lou, who was watching the towers burn from their roof. That night at the Park West - and it wasn't late yet - no one really had any idea what was going on, and of course no one had any real idea what was to come. But we all seemed to recognize the prescience of this song, and wondered whether she would even play it. Which she did, with no commentary. So: creepy. But it's only gotten more so in the months and years later. And of course it was pretty creepy to begin with.
I want to say that week I also saw PJ Harvey, who was touring "Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea," which is also infused with all sorts of eerily coincidental 9/11 stuff.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 19:58 (six years ago) link
thanks for sharing that, Josh
^ and yeah stories definitely had that vibe. also mercury rev's all is dream came out on 9/11. lincoln's eyes really creeped me out at that time.
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 20:19 (six years ago) link
'Stories from the City' won the Mercury Prize which was announced on 9/11. She was in Washington and phoned in to receive the award in a ceremony which was as bizarre and downbeat as you'd expect.
― Dan Worsley, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 20:29 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFGqR4b_YG4
― Dan Worsley, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 20:33 (six years ago) link
I saw an insane and devastating German Richard III where Richard's descent into madness was soundtracked to O Superman. Here it is below in German with French Subs (I saw it in English). Shamefully, at the most intense moment in the show (you could hear a pin drop) just after the point where O superman starts properly my phone rang! The whole theatre looked in my direction as I fumbled into my pocket. Richard III stopped acting and looked at me and said "did you set your alarm to wake you up after two hours so you could see the end of the show?". As soon as I managed to switch my phone off he continued the show without missing a beat.
The Breaths from the track start around the jumping off point here and the song proper starts just around 2:04:50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsOtCIpi-M0&t=113m10s
― Susan Stranglehands (jed_), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 20:38 (six years ago) link
imago, i suspect you will love that^^^
― Susan Stranglehands (jed_), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 20:40 (six years ago) link
I'll try again: The breaths start at 1:53:00 The main part of the track starts at around 2:05:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsOtCIpi-M0
― Susan Stranglehands (jed_), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 20:44 (six years ago) link
i killed the thread with radical german theatre!
― Susan Stranglehands (jed_), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 23:36 (six years ago) link
I only heard this song for the first time recently. I've had Mister Heartbreak for years and love it so I have no idea why I never looked further. The refrain popped into my head this morning and it just hit me like a sledgehammer. Such an immense, haunting, beautiful piece. The video had me spellbound. Had no idea about the 9/11 connection until I read this thread.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 23:57 (six years ago) link
One of those songs I wouldn't normally choose to listen to because so well known (and long) but it came on my spotify discover playlist a few weeks ago and yeah, I had a something in my eye moment.
― Monogo doesn't socialise (ledge), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 11:26 (six years ago) link
Lmao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJBZifZ4TIc
― flappy bird, Saturday, 25 November 2017 07:03 (six years ago) link
Ah, Zoo-era totp. See also TVC-15.
― koogs, Saturday, 25 November 2017 10:00 (six years ago) link
The whole theatre looked in my direction as I fumbled into my pocket. Richard III stopped acting and looked at me and said "did you set your alarm to wake you up after two hours so you could see the end of the show?".
new ilm posts which will continue to haunt your thoughts.
― Luna Schlosser, Saturday, 25 November 2017 12:31 (six years ago) link
i really wanted to see that production at the barbican, but I was away
― plax (ico), Saturday, 25 November 2017 13:33 (six years ago) link
This is kinda amazing, I had no idea -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQBlvyE460A
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 14 August 2019 15:34 (four years ago) link
wow, thanks!
― Funky Isolations (jed_), Wednesday, 14 August 2019 16:53 (four years ago) link
Wow
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 14 August 2019 17:06 (four years ago) link
Oh my!
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 15 August 2019 11:30 (four years ago) link
lots of elements of 'Walk The Dog' in the first bit too
― frame casual (dog latin), Thursday, 15 August 2019 12:16 (four years ago) link
This is really something. Part II in particular. Chills. Wow and flutter adding to the queasiness of the strings.
Also...May 17 1980. I remember that weekend (and not just because England got thrashed by Wales) :/
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 15 August 2019 12:50 (four years ago) link
this is crazy
― na (NA), Thursday, 15 August 2019 14:18 (four years ago) link
For dessert - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXfMpZeiKtk
― MaresNest, Thursday, 15 August 2019 14:40 (four years ago) link
this is all great, thanks!
― tylerw, Thursday, 15 August 2019 14:51 (four years ago) link
Sooooo good. Damn
― flappy bird, Sunday, 18 August 2019 05:31 (four years ago) link
yes, incredible. thank you. i'd like to know more about the making of it. the youtube description - "Shortly before beginning work on what would become her magnum opus 'United States Parts I-IV', Laurie Anderson began receiving commissions for new music from several American orchestras. Unfortunately, she had no previous experience writing for orchestras, having preferring to work with small ensembles and electronics in her performance art. The result was an uncomfortable mix of prerecorded tape, electronic instrumentation, and unorthodox orchestral writing" - is kind of pejorative, but the results are stunning. i love work like this that doesn't have an obvious "home" for performance
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 18 August 2019 06:13 (four years ago) link
also the part 7 minutes in is unexpectedly gnarly and heavy
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 18 August 2019 06:14 (four years ago) link
it sounds like work product, which it is - fascinating for fans, by no means something for people who have never heard LA before
― flappy bird, Sunday, 18 August 2019 21:55 (four years ago) link
AH AH AH AH MA MA MA MA DILL DILL DILL DILL OH OH OH OH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgU5Cztx490
― ernestp, Monday, 18 May 2020 21:54 (three years ago) link