Laurie Anderson - Live In New York
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Free Music Review: She's amazing....
Hit: 5 Stars
Well, the first time I got to see Laurie live lastyear (2001) in a small theater in New Hamsphire
she doesn't sing a word really, it turned out to
be a talk. Sure, I wanted to experience Laurie
Anderson with a band but I'm glad in a way that I
didn't get to hear her perform considering all that had
happened this past year it has made her new/older music so much more
compelling to experience live. I've listened to this many times now
and I find this to be a classic set of songs for troubled times
and I'm just glad there are caring artists around that have
something to say about this or have written songs that still
mean something. I'm more perplexed that musicians as a group
haven't had a whole lot to say about 9/11?? since the fundraisers. It doesn't say to much
to me about the music community of this country? Music in general seems so hard to be all about being young and unstopable but we all learned real quick whats important! many musicians are still caught up in the get rich
quick trip, thanks to Laurie for this gift of music. I also
enjoy the song "Silver Lining" the David Grey song that Bonnie
Raitt covers on her new Cd, she really shines on this, and she
to has something important to say, as well.
Free Music Review: Brave New World
Hit: 5 Stars
Laurie Anderson recently applied for and was hired as kitchen worker at McDonald's hamburger joint near her studio in Manhattan. Huh???...yes it's true, and she recounts her McDonalds experience in her new performance piece, "Happiness". Laurie Anderson can find beauty in strange places. At Town Hall, eight short days after the collapse of the Trade Towers, Laurie found beauty in a terrifying place. She performed "Love Amoung the Sailors", from her Bright Red album and the lyric..."There is no pure land now, no safe place...If this is the work of an angry God, I want to look in his angry face..." ; becomes a prophetic statement of iron willed resolve. "Let X=X" takes on a new meaning as we, the listeners, are placed in an aisle seat of a burning plane. George Bush talked about "wanted dead or alive" and "hunting down terrorists like dogs" and Laurie Anderson talked about the phenomena of flaming birds in the sky after the American planes became guided missles from hell. Now, one year later as Sadam becomes the ghost of Osama, I look to Laurie Anderson's concert at Town Hall as a defining moment in a Brave, New World. Laurie Anderson (not Rudy Guliani) is New York's first citizen and the heart and soul of this planet, Earth.Free Music Review: Stellar!
Hit: 5 Stars
I've seen Laurie Anderson live on a half-dozen occasions, and the shows are always somehow new.
This show is no different. Unlike most of her shows in recent years, this one heavily features her earlier, most-quirky material. But, that material is re-conceived for the live band. Although updated and punched up a bit, it's still true to its original spirit.
The results are wonderful. If you enjoy the earlier albums like Big Science, you'll love hearing their formerly-sparse arrangements augmented with a really great live band. Some of these songs haven't been performed live for many years, and hearing them now is a treat.
I have to agree with the Amazon reviewer and a couple of others: "O Superman" is clearly the climax of the show. The audience's reaction -- surprised and then delighted -- to the opening of O Superman fading in as if sent from long ago is exhilarating.
Knowing the conext of this show and hearing Laurie sing, voice barely controlled, about the "American planes", gives me chills every time I listen. To think that this song was written nearly 20 years before the events of 9/11 is eerie. Extremely powerful stuff.
Free Music Review: The Best Concert I've Ever Seen
Hit: 5 Stars
Firstly, I have yet to hear this album, but I did see her show In Toronto on September 13th, 2001, and I have to say that it was aesthetically and artistically the most incredible concert that I've ever attended. The quality of her performance (and band!) was superb, and the themes that she's been weaving for all of these years really came together. For me, peak of the show was the transition from O Superman to Pieces and Parts: very emotional, new layers of resonance to say the least. She was visibly shaken at the "American Planes" line, almost as though she had just realized what she was singing. The show ran from the quiet and delicate (White Lily) to surprisingly (and successfully) noisy, loud and aggressive (My Compensation), to arty and humourous (distributing pencils and papers for the audience to draw with and pass back after the show). She's consistently been the most interesting American artist for the past 20 years. Content-wise, she has all the bases covered: musicality, intelligence, technique, experimentation, insight, wit, and grace. Inspired.
Free Music Review: The most important thing to come out of this whole mess
Hit: 5 Stars
You know, when I watched the events unfold the week of Sept 11th, I was oddly enough concerned about one person's safety and another one's opinions. The former was an excellent ambient guitarist named Loren Mazzacane Conners, who I knew lived in lower Manhatten. The latter was Laurie Anderson. Being a longtime fan of her work and an avid reader, I knew she was out of harm's way. But I was thinking, "What will she think about this? What will she have to tell us next?". The concept of America, Freedom and Security (among others) have all been central themes to her works. And this 2CD set gives you an unabridged display of her thoughts and feelings.I went to New York last year in May, and oddly enough wanted to run into her (fat chance in a city of millions). I think if there was one musician I could sit down with and just talk to, it would be her. There really is no comparison with seeing her live. My advice is just buy this CD, get in your car, late at night, and start driving to a place not too far away, just picking turns at random until the CD ends.