tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402985451299910936.post7784966748968933971..comments2024-03-12T20:57:55.805-07:00Comments on Just A Song: Let X=XUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402985451299910936.post-20152453338060929392016-11-04T05:46:34.477-07:002016-11-04T05:46:34.477-07:00Laurie Anderson's visual performances & ly...Laurie Anderson's visual performances & lyrical puzzles got me the through the "Reagan Years." Thanks for this flashback from the future.Mother Nature on the Runhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04296115652258583906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402985451299910936.post-26112750388806928512011-01-18T18:15:40.017-08:002011-01-18T18:15:40.017-08:00Thanks for posting this. I loved that song. I sa...Thanks for posting this. I loved that song. I saw Laurie perform it in Manhattan in the early 80's. I remember she segued into it with a line something like this: "Why can't they just ... let X = X".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402985451299910936.post-53178278708138724712010-02-20T09:06:34.512-08:002010-02-20T09:06:34.512-08:00Here's the origin of "Heaven": David...Here's the origin of "Heaven": David Byrne came home after a particularly trying day and said to no one in particular that "heaven is a place where nothing happens." The jam band Widespread Panic performs a fine cover of "Heaven."K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402985451299910936.post-58713322358455229292010-02-19T16:18:01.163-08:002010-02-19T16:18:01.163-08:00Hi Kat: I really liked Talking Heads back in the d...Hi Kat: I really liked Talking Heads back in the day, & I like both of those songs you mention. One Anderson/Talking Heads connection is that Anderson & a least a couple of the TH started out as visual artists. I actually play "Heaven" occasionally myself!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402985451299910936.post-48194623738336180912010-02-19T11:09:25.845-08:002010-02-19T11:09:25.845-08:00I am a little bit surprised at your posting on Lau...I am a little bit surprised at your posting on Laurie Anderson, but after reading your article, it really makes sense, after all. Your non-symbolic approach to your own poetry is very much like Anderson's from what I can tell.<br />I'm not too familiar with her, but I have been a fan of Talking Heads for a long time and I couldn't help but think of two songs in particular as I read this: "Heaven" and "Burning Down the House".<br />I believe this new blog can go a long way to informing my own poetic efforts. Thanks.<br /><br />KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402985451299910936.post-46400376520633984102010-02-18T11:34:24.815-08:002010-02-18T11:34:24.815-08:00Hi Roy: Yes, I don't know her stuff pre 80s, b...Hi Roy: Yes, I don't know her stuff pre 80s, but I do know she was active for a considerable time prior; after all, I think she was in her mid 30s by the time "O Superman" was a hit. As I understand, her initial artistic training was as a sculptor.<br /><br />I have pretty eclectic musical tastes overall, & since lately I've been more involved with my poetry than with performing music (don't like hauling equipment in the winter, & recently published a book of poems I wrote while living in San Francisco in the 90s), some other music has been much on my mind. I like the Kronos Quartet!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402985451299910936.post-3274643390109582682010-02-18T11:21:54.209-08:002010-02-18T11:21:54.209-08:00Ah, I love Laurie Anderson's stuff. I've b...Ah, I love Laurie Anderson's stuff. I've been following her since the '70s, which was even before "O Superman"; she was associated with the Warhol crowd, along with people like Velvet Underground and the New York Dolls, and I had some good friends involved in some of Andy's projects. What I've always liked about Laurie Anderson's music is how she layers things; you can almost watch her "build" a piece of music. In that aspect she shares a lot with Robert Fripp and Brian Eno, both of whom she's collaborated with. <br /><br />And you're right, you're probably the last person associated with this blog that I'd expect to do a post about Laurie. I guess it just shows how complex we all are. So who does one on the Kronos Quartet next? (And yes, they've worked with Laurie, too.)Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.com