We may not deserve Laurie, but the world sure needs her.

@EastmanD

3 жыл бұрын

isn't that the frickin' truth !!!

@frankalfar

2 жыл бұрын

I'm hoping she's working on the pandemic world as she sees it........it she sees all of the frailties....

@lazysingledaisybronwyn8105

2 жыл бұрын

Jackson, perfectly said.

@drdalewisely

2 жыл бұрын

As much as Laurie Anderson is appreciated, Laurie Anderson is under-appreciated.

@lazysingledaisybronwyn8105

2 жыл бұрын

@@drdalewisely always ahead of time, very primordial and perfect NOW. So, blossom ...

Im a 56 year old man covered in battle scars from a life lived hard, . . .and i just cried for 18 minutes straight. Tears for the 16 boy that loved Laurie Anderson. Transcendent. ❤

@ortem000

3 жыл бұрын

💖💖💖

@JacksonBloomston

3 жыл бұрын

I’m in tears too

@giovannitala4452

3 жыл бұрын

I was there crying with you...literally

@charlesfaggart8179

3 жыл бұрын

Half your age and I’m crying with you. Hoping I have an opportunity to earn more battle scars along the way to age 56. An unscarred body is a sign of a boring life.

@narq5099

3 жыл бұрын

I have that same nostalgia. Not crying, but smiling widely- from my heart to my face.

I randomly throw in the line "He may have been a hat check clerk at an ice rink" in conversation, and while nobody ever knows what I am talking about, it makes me happy. Saw Laurie A in Princeton NJ sometime around '84

@davidjordan84

3 жыл бұрын

I do a lot of public speaking, and I constantly use that entire lyric to test the sound system. You're right: no one ever knows, and they often think it was written specifically for practicing enunciation or testing PA systems.

@KimBLloyd1

3 жыл бұрын

o mai. i must use this .

@patrotten1284

3 жыл бұрын

I saw her 4 times. Twice in Buenos Aires, 1992...Madrid 2007 playing with Lou Reed, and the last time, Buenos Aires 2015...And waiting for the next time🔥❤️❤️🎇🎇🎶

@tarablue05

3 жыл бұрын

my go to line is "thinking about the ham and cheese sandwiches in the other room." lol

@duraosunda

3 жыл бұрын

Try it again in a Beyonce discussion forum, you may have better chances.

Big Science was my mother’s house-cleaning album for most of my childhood.

@yvettedouglass4642

3 жыл бұрын

That is soooo cool!

@dudleybarker2273

3 жыл бұрын

Stan bless your mother :)

@JF-kv1gm

Жыл бұрын

Would love to have lived in your house!

@SpecialMutt14

3 ай бұрын

i think that i would have liked your mother

@jojosfunkythreads

2 ай бұрын

Lucky you.

This woman is just working on a different level, what else can you say? True living artwork.

@ToddPalmerVFC

Жыл бұрын

Well put.

O Superman is the song that cracked my mind open to the beauty and power of music. My life was one before seeing this come up on MTV and another one after.

This was beautiful, and it's particularly poignant to hear Laurie singing "O Superman" in a duet with her own voice from 40 years ago.

The magic is still radiating from her eyes. Her facial expressions ALWAYS fascinated me. Oh, I do love this artist.

In 1981, my high school classmate Ted handed me an LP and said, "I think you'll like this." What an understatement. I put it on the turntable and was mesmerized as I listed to it four times straight. Laurie Anderson opened my eyes to storytelling, melody and harmony in ways I hadn't previously considered. I made a point of seeing her in concert every 5 years or so for decades. It's an absolute pleasure to see Roma Baran and Rubin Kodheli perform. Thank you for many years of beauty and joy.

Laurie Anderson was the soundtrack to living room dancing and laughing with my mom in the 80's. Smart, sardonic, irreverent-- such a seminal musical experience for a kid!

@meggyblue3348

3 жыл бұрын

Snapperoo! But swap the living room for holiday car journeys. Thanks for shaping our childhoods and subsequent adult openness and embrace of the weird and wonderful. Sending this to my mum and sister now 😊

@65TossTrap

3 жыл бұрын

Ya want to clear out a room? Put on a Laurie Anderson album in the eighties. Concert at Va Tech auditorium May 1981. After everyone ran out of the hall with their hands on their ears she let me read a weather report into her echo machine.

@AnimeCatLady69

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this story I hope to share Laurie with my kids when I’m a mother :))

@tarrahassin3796

3 жыл бұрын

@@65TossTrap That's funny.

@helenkusek2297

3 жыл бұрын

Raised my kids on Laurie!

One of my regrets is not "getting" Laurie Anderson all those years ago. Still, better late than not at all. She was aeons ahead of the rest of the pack. Love this woman. 😍🙏🤗

@dudleybarker2273

3 жыл бұрын

you don't get Laurie... she gets you :)

Well, that was an unexpected treat.

This is gratifying in every way except instantly. Hilarious, trivial and playful yet profound, insightful and revelatory. Abstract but emotional, nonsensical but considered. She said it to no-one, but everyone listened.

@af7748

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent liner note 💕 MrDisasterboy

@BailelaVida

3 жыл бұрын

@@af7748 Fully agree with ashly!

@improziv

3 жыл бұрын

Great comment

@fishbear999

2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful

@nternetrat

Жыл бұрын

mm

Watching and smiling with lou

@ijustneedmyself

3 жыл бұрын

🥺

I was incredibly fortunate to meet Laurie Anderson at UC Davis when I was an undergraduate there about 1978. She was brought in as a visiting guest artist. She was relatively Unknown at that point and those of us who were fortunate enough to hear her lecture and take part in an answer question session, we’re pretty blown away, just by what she said, and how she thought. Later that evening, she performed for us in a room which held about 150 people. We stumbled out of there, stunned by her amazing performance and more importantly, the concepts presented and the unique way she presented them. Probably the most exceptional artistic experience I have ever experienced, and I will forever be grateful for it.

To the people I loved, to the people I hurt, so many years ago, when we listened and conversed to Laurie Anderson. I am home now.

i. can NOT get over how happy i am that laurie's still making music. if there is any force in the universe to bless anyone, may it bless her.

Happy Tears from a 55 year old who was formed and inspired by Laurie. Such happy tears and strength!

What an incredible suprise...unbelievably welcome

I almost never comment on anything KZread, but I cannot help but express my love and appreciation for Ms. Anderson, as a fellow musician, artist, and visionary. She is unique, truly one of a kind. By the way, I was not hinting that I am a visionary.

Two years after the fact, I just stumbled upon this. This trio is great and Laurie Anderson still has the same punch to her music as she had 45 years ago.

@AustinTXSlasher

8 ай бұрын

Yep, I just stumbled upon this Tiny Desk performance myself, and I really loved it.

I’ve been on this earth for 40+ years. How am I now just discovering the musical genius which is Laurie Anderson?

I love and adore everyone that made this happen.

0:00 - *Let x=x* (6:20) 7:32 - *Violin Cello Improv* [8:41] - *O Superman* (17:40) [17:55 - Tiny Desk team]

@yumenodaidokoro

2 жыл бұрын

0:15 me 🥰

@sloanlance

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! This needs to be added to the video description or NPR should pin it to the top of the comments.

@chinesecrested9528

5 ай бұрын

Thank you

i’ve seen laurie countless times across the decades but haven’t heard live performances of those 2 songs since their creation so fun to hear them live again

Can you believe this was a pop hit on juke boxes everywhere in its day? A moment when it looked like culture was moving forward. What happened?

@duraosunda

3 жыл бұрын

Greed. Amounts of money beyond any language´s capacity of explanation. As usual.

@5StringTheory

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly my thought when I've heard it for the first time - this was in radio??? Yeah, we strained away from art and went into a pop culture, sadly..

Her music and art knows no time...no dimension....thank you Laurie.

Used to rock my son to sleep to X=X 34 years ago. He is expecting his own baby now and alerted me to this concert. Laurie's magic is vast and generational and divine and she makes me cry at her sheer genius. Thank you.

O Superman was my top played song of 2020. Thank you, Laurie.

Hearing Laurie Anderson still brings that same moment of frisson that it did so many years ago. Thank you for the concert. What a wonderful way to start a day.

Her delivery (timing) is impeccable. And the word rhythm, .... all of a piece, ... the aesthetic, the style, ... the pièce de résistance . Epic, iconic, laurie is a cosmic gift.

Her picking up the violin reminds me of when she had that "fiddle" that was fixed up with an audio tape player head, and a bow that had a tape in it instead of hairs, and she would run it across the tape head and sounds would come out.

Oh, Ms. Anderson ❤ When I was a kid (16 or some, now 52), I was lucky to meet "Big Science" for the first time. And it opened some beautiful doors...

The picture behind them is how this made me feel. The part about when force is gone there's mom had me tearing up. I've missed so much. What all else might have passed me by. 😔

I'm so grateful to have had the chance to see Laurie perform at least a half-dozen times live. Her work is always musically enjoyable, but also the ideas in her lyrics are so intellectually interesting, and delivered with a beautiful subtle sense of humor. Now that the pandemic restrictions are beginning to wane, I hope to be able to see her perform live again.

I remember hearing O Superman on my turntable for the first time sitting in my darkened room in mid 80s from my grad student days. It was other worldly. Even though I don't get to listen to her much these days it is one of those hauntingly beautiful precious experiences that surfaces in my memory time to time and takes me back trying to relive that first time feeling. Had a chance to see her live couple of times many years ago. Remember listening to Strange Angels, Girl in a Red Dress for so many times. Now I am seeing her for the first time in a very long time. Everybody I liked and knew has grown older. Very glad to see she is still performing.

I'm 62 and was gob smacked when I first saw Home Of The Brave back in the late 80's. I'd loved O Superman and still have my single but I'd not followed Laurie at all until giving in and watching this Tiny Desk Home Concert. As I watched I was taken at how Laurie still carries her youthfulness. I closed my eyes during O Superman and revelled in the wondrous aural soundscape. Thank you Laurie for opening up my mind.

There will always be room on my list of badass women for Laurie Anderson. I was captivated as a kid watching her and joyful today. Keep on keeping on Laurie...

He said, Aw, isn’t it…. I saw Lou through Laurie’s eyes and heard him through her voice for an instant. Thank you, Laurie, this was wonderful.

I've been listening in rapt awe to this amazing woman for almost four decades and she has just reminded why and left my jaw hanging. Again. Total love and respect to Ms Anderson and the mighty NPR, the life-affirming soundtrack to my lockdown.

Laurie Anderson has always been an enigmatic warm blanket for me. I have to listen with my peripheral vision, if I look at her art straight on it usually doesn’t make sense. But later on, after it seeps into my subconscious - I get it (clarity) as I pet the dog or taking out the trash…

@umdesch4

9 ай бұрын

This makes a strange kind of sense. I've been listening to her works again recently. Somehow, across the 5 albums I have, like muscle memory, I know every word of every line, right before she says it. It just seeps into your brain, even though you can't pin down exactly what any of it means.

Gawd it's been over thirty years when I first listened to this album, and it made an impression. It makes my heart very heavy and light and free at the same time.

I can't believe the Tiny Desk story! So amazing Laurie is finally featured here, the most important artist of the last 100 years to me.

I appreciate Tiny Desk bringing these interesting artists right to my morning coffee. I may not know anything about these last few artists, but I have enjoyed every one of them in their own way. Thanks.

Laurie Anderson is one of the my fav American singers. Can't believe that her first studio album BIG SCIENCE has been released for near four decades! So much wonderful memories for the first time when I heard her works, especially BIG SCIENCE at UW-Madison when I studied as a graduate student there. As a Taiwanese, I am so happy about her collaboration with a Taiwanese VR artist in recent years.

What does one say to their Heart's Musician? Your understanding of music structure added to life in ways tongue cannot tell. Thank You. 💛

Laurie Anderson?! Wonderful! About a week ago, I had listened to O Superman. Throughout the composition, I was covered in goosebumps. Timeless artists are timeless. 🌸

Laurie is such a master.of dynamics. Legend. ❤️❤️

Once in a while I need to come back here and enjoy this incredible performance. ''I feel like I am in a burning building and I gotta go....". Thank you, Laurie, Roma and Rubin.

@cellistry

3 ай бұрын

Do you think she had a foreboding of 9/11/2001? A bunch of the lyrics seem to point to it.

i have my degree in art history, and recently discovered laurie through o superman, and i never thought i'd get to see her perform. this is a blessing

So grateful to NPR Tiny Desk for continuing to bring us amazing music, right through the lost years. 🤟 Love y'all!!

Space Aliens brought us Laurie as a generous offering but this world isn't worthy of her yet

@angelinavilla7610

3 жыл бұрын

This comment made me smile and laugh out loud. Good day to you

@narq5099

3 жыл бұрын

I just hope they let us keep her.

@claricegoulart2549

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, because there is bolzonaro in it

@nikitrki

3 жыл бұрын

Hai Ragione!

@uranopolisCandiani

3 жыл бұрын

She is a Light thank you for that

Oh wow! I didn't expect to see her on a Tiny Desk. I haven't heard of her since grad school.

I had to laugh at myself because when she started to play a Superman I got all wide eyed because I love that song so much. I love her freedom and innovation. I would so love to meet her someday.

One of the most beloved artists of my life in two centuries and sure to delight and provoke contemplation in many more. Hey, she’s probably already popular intergalactically. If I were an interstellar cosmonaut, I’d be listening to her. Wouldn’t you?

What an excellent surprise! It has just cheered up my morning. Thanks!

What an amazing Human! First record i got from the library when I was 8. born in 1966! Still love your hair and science/music

Autocaption keeps titling "[laughter]" during O Superman. 🙂

@dudleybarker2273

3 жыл бұрын

that's perfect

Laurie was so ahead of the time. She is so underrated

I only just now discovered Laurie via the 60 minutes piece from Anderson Cooper. Her work blows me away. Before you can even reach a conclusion of whether you like it or not her sound captures you and you almost have no choice but to simply listen to the whole thing. That's pretty amazing.

[great cry] thanks miss anderson. I heerd u on cassettee dubbed round 35 year ago n memorized nearly all of yer album. Really cried joyously when i discovered bowie’s cover. People tell me that i dont realize how big an affect i have on others. You cant realize how much you have soothed and comforted me. Thank you.

2 of my Favorite Songs by Laurie Anderson!

She seems like she would be really cool to sit down and talk to. (Especially if its about synths)

so full right now.... beauty- full... I have no words ... except thank you, Laurie Anderson and collaborators, oh, thank you.

Thank you, Laurie! STILL great songs that I move to.

Wonderfull! And I must get that record...

Oh. My. Heaven. Thanks for this. This song led me thru so much life. Let x = x.

Heartbreaking and wonderful. Loved Laurie Anderson's music from when I was a kid and this was all new. Helped me in so many ways. Influenced my whole life. Glad for this performance. Thank you Laurie Anderson and the crew. And Tiny Desk for making this space for wonderful music to take place and be out there.

Legend. This is excellent, thank you.

What a gift on a Friday! Thank you Tiny Desk and thank you Mrs. Laurie Anderson!

Thank YOU Laurie Anderson. That was lovely!

I remember the first time I heard O Superman. I was 17. Back then in 96 I was a raver and my friends and I came back from a hardcore rave in a military base. We all went to one of my friends who was starting to get into DJing and he put the track on his brand new 12's. I was mesmerized.

Is it 40 years ago since I first heard Laurie Anderson's Superman .... amazing back then and amazing today. This 18 minute concert is amazing, pure joy and an absolute pleasure.

I couldn't help myself remembering that light beam inside her mouth on the video for O Superman. An image that's as haunting as astonishing and beautiful too.

I listened to Big Science so much. So moving.

This is fantastic. Brings back many fond memories of listening to Big Science when it first came out while I was a student at Ohio State. Fortunately, my room mates were into alternative music too.

We really don't realize how lucky we are to see this...

I needed this today. 😭

As a very young man, I carried United States Parts One Through Four from Fairbanks, Alaska to Santo Tomas, Guatemala in the middle-late 1980s. Laurie Anderson has been one of my Main Women ever since. (And, when the Matrix came out -- including the latest, Resurrections, I've greatly enjoyed saying Ms. Anderson in my best Smith voice.) Her work is perhaps the best soundtrack for the end of things that we know, as the unraveling continues.

She is a legend. Amazing artist

Laure has been one of my greatest inspirations in art, life, work.

I saw her 3 times in concert. Two times in 1990, Laurie was alone on stage with keyboards, violin, and videos performance. She speaks in French between songs, great performances. And in 2009 with Lou Reed and John Zorn.

Hello Laurie good to see you again!

it is so good that poetry has no age it is so good it is just amazing

Wow! This was really great! She looks so pure. Like, she has not aged, or changed, one iota. Isn't that weird? I absolutely loved Big Science, when it came out. I drove my sister mad with it. She thoroughly detested it. All avant garde/experimental music. It sounds just as fresh/innovative, now. Even more so. How is that possible? 🤔😘✌️

So glad I've got to see Laurie several times. First at BAM in the early 1980s - USA parts 1-4, where she did a lot of what's on Big Science. Then a couple times in Philly, the Bardo. She is so wonderful, what a gift to us. I love all the quotes mentioned there that people say now & then.

What a surprise! A good one. A gift indeed. Good morning from Brasil

@deborarossifantini7184

3 жыл бұрын

And thanks!

@gailremp8389

3 жыл бұрын

Yep

3 жыл бұрын

Também adoro ela.

@willianii1105

3 жыл бұрын

Conheci Laurie Anderson em 1984 através de uma reportagem do Jornal do Brasil quando Big Science foi lançado no Brasil. Gostei do disco antes mesmo de ouví-lo, só pela descrição feita na reportagem. Anos depois, quando finalmente o comprei, foi paixão a primeira ouvida.

@deborarossifantini7184

3 жыл бұрын

@@willianii1105 conheci Laurie Anderson pela participação dela na faixa Enquanto Isso/Meanwhile do disco Cor de Rosa..., de Marisa Monte. Eu era adolescente, num mundo pré-internet, mas intuí algo sobre Laurie, fui buscando sua obra e ficando cada vez mais maravilhada.

Ahh, so many good memories brought back by this performance.

Laurie you are an international treasure. I just want to say thanks. So, thanks.

She is probably one of few REALLY REALY important musicians

Laurie is genius , why don't we hear more about this artist

This changed everything, my "when Dylan went electric".

This is the first time I've heard Big Science. I'm in love with this album.

What a treat!

I feel like one of the luckiest people on earth- I saw Laurie live in Houston, back in 86, for the Home of the Brave tour. It was, by far, the greatest concert/live experience I have ever witnessed. She and her unbelievably talented band were beyond amazing. The best show ever. And this is coming from a guy who saw the Jean-Michel Jarre concert on the side of the Houston skyscrapers!

@EastmanD

3 жыл бұрын

extremely envious...Home of the Brave with the incomparable Adrian Belew is one of my favorite recordings ! You lucky human !

In high school circa 1984, my friend loaned cassette tapes of Laurie Anderson Big Science and Mister Heartbreak. I remember both of these songs but Gravity's Angel is was and always will be my favorite. I am sure I didn't 'get it' but I loved it and over the course of the next 4 years wore it out (right I never gave them back!). She sounds every bit as amazing now though can I say even now that I understand it - especially since I only learned this YEAR at age 52 that Gravity's Angel was based on Gravity's Rainbow, a novel by Thomas Pynchon. My point is I don't think anyone has to understand it to love what she does with music and vocals and words.

I’m so thankful for Laurie Anderson being placed into my life. Truly a revolutionary.

Thank you Laurie for being so brilliant, it is an honour to be alive in your time and to be inspired by you. Thank you

God she’s amazing!!!