Laurie Anderson (electronic, albums, review, performance, songs)

MoonlitSunshine · 09-02-2006, 11:17 AM

Not sure where I should put this, kinda 80's electronica really...

Anyway, I came across Big Science recently, and love it. Does Anyone a) Know any of her work b)Have any opinions of her or c) know what any of her other stuff is like?

Kid Entropy · 09-04-2006, 08:12 PM

She had a huge box set in the late eighties- five albums of a live performance, Ithink. It's pretty neat if you like performance-art kinda stuff. I like it.
She is currently married to Lou Reed.

MoonlitSunshine · 09-05-2006, 12:34 PM

haha crazy. Yeah I might try and find some of her stuff at some stage..

Urban Hat€monger ? · 09-05-2006, 12:43 PM

I saw her featured in a documentary a few months back.

Big Science was never an album as such , it was a collection of peices from her performace art that was something like 7 hours long altogether.

She said she had a lot of sh*t to deal with at the time. She said none of the musicians around at the time took her seriously and most of the people she did performace art with accused her of selling out.

shiftael · 09-05-2006, 05:09 PM

I love Big Science... I loved O Superman back when it came out, the video is great, too.

dojo · 09-07-2006, 03:39 PM

I came to listen to some songs when I made an album review on my radio show. I have to confess that I was impressed with her work

spinner · 09-22-2006, 01:10 AM

I also liked O Superman, but found it too minimal and sparse on repeated listenings. Still, I liked how she sort of broke some musical conventions at that time with it... it was really original.

stravinsky · 08-13-2011, 08:46 PM

these posts are so old laurie could write a song about them

starrynight · 08-14-2011, 11:11 AM

Rock critics always go ecstatic over the album with O Superman on (good song), but I find the album patchy. I suppose they see it as the most experimental and so best, but of course those two things don't always go together.

Seltzer · 09-04-2011, 04:39 AM

Homeland (2010) was interesting to say the least, if a little dogmatic for my liking. Nevertheless, I still wanna check out Big Science

09-02-2006, 11:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
MoonlitSunshine Dat's Der Bunny! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 1,088	Laurie Anderson Not sure where I should put this, kinda 80's electronica really... Anyway, I came across Big Science recently, and love it. Does Anyone a) Know any of her work b)Have any opinions of her or c) know what any of her other stuff is like? __________________ "I found it eventually, at the bottom of a locker in a disused laboratory, with a sign on the door saying "Beware of the Leopard". Ever thought of going into Advertising?" - Arthur Dent

09-04-2006, 08:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
Kid Entropy Groupie Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: ottawa Posts: 5	She had a huge box set in the late eighties- five albums of a live performance, Ithink. It's pretty neat if you like performance-art kinda stuff. I like it. She is currently married to Lou Reed. __________________ Hey man, where'd ya get that lotion?

09-05-2006, 12:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
MoonlitSunshine Dat's Der Bunny! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 1,088	haha crazy. Yeah I might try and find some of her stuff at some stage.. __________________ "I found it eventually, at the bottom of a locker in a disused laboratory, with a sign on the door saying "Beware of the Leopard". Ever thought of going into Advertising?" - Arthur Dent

09-05-2006, 12:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	I saw her featured in a documentary a few months back. Big Science was never an album as such , it was a collection of peices from her performace art that was something like 7 hours long altogether. She said she had a lot of sht to deal with at the time. She said none of the musicians around at the time took her seriously and most of the people she did performace art with accused her of selling out. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.*

09-07-2006, 03:39 PM	#6 (permalink)
dojo Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 108	I came to listen to some songs when I made an album review on my radio show. I have to confess that I was impressed with her work __________________ The Blog

09-05-2006, 05:09 PM	#5 (permalink)
shiftael Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 390	I love Big Science... I loved O Superman back when it came out, the video is great, too.

09-22-2006, 01:10 AM	#7 (permalink)
spinner Groupie Join Date: May 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 11	I also liked O Superman, but found it too minimal and sparse on repeated listenings. Still, I liked how she sort of broke some musical conventions at that time with it... it was really original.

08-13-2011, 08:46 PM	#8 (permalink)
stravinsky Groupie Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Blitzed Posts: 1	time these posts are so old laurie could write a song about them

08-14-2011, 11:11 AM	#9 (permalink)
starrynight Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 937	Rock critics always go ecstatic over the album with O Superman on (good song), but I find the album patchy. I suppose they see it as the most experimental and so best, but of course those two things don't always go together. __________________ non-cliquey member of every music forum I participate on

09-04-2011, 04:39 AM	#10 (permalink)
Seltzer Fish in the percolator! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Hobbit Land NZ Posts: 2,870	Homeland (2010) was interesting to say the least, if a little dogmatic for my liking. Nevertheless, I still wanna check out Big Science __________________ In the Court of King Crimson \| Last.fm \| RYM