Laurie Anderson on Letterman, May 8, 1984

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  • Laurie Anderson performs "Walk the Dog" and then chats briefly with Dave in her only Late Night appearance.

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  • @tescherman3048
    @tescherman3048 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Laurie Anderson is a National Treasure.

    • @maevebrennan8799
      @maevebrennan8799 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      International global Universal! ❤️

    • @tescherman3048
      @tescherman3048 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@justiceBustamante I knew who Laurie Anderson was before I knew who Lou Reed was. And she established her place among the avant-garde over a decade before she even met Reed. She was #2 on the British Charts in 1981. She composed the soundtracks to Spaulding Gray's films "Monster in a Box" and "Swimming to Cambodia" in the mid-80's. And she was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1982 (again, 10 years before she even met Reed), but I guess none of that counts, huh?
      Oh, and did I mention that she has a Grammy? Forgot about that.

    • @tescherman3048
      @tescherman3048 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@justiceBustamante According to her Laurie met Lou Reed in person in 1992, although she was well aware of him before that. I just posted my response to you to point out that Laurie Anderson was a visionary on her own, and owed nothing to Reed before her triumphs in the early '80's. I hope I didn't come across as callous or condescending. My apologies if I did. I met Laurie Anderson in 1987 on a flight in coach. She seemed very surprised that any random person would have even recognized her back then.

    • @ganeshaa23
      @ganeshaa23 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@tescherman3048 don't apologize for your passion

  • @billbackhouse3707
    @billbackhouse3707 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    man she is beautiful

    • @justiceBustamante
      @justiceBustamante ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah nothing nothing makes you feel like you're banging a man other than women with super short hair..she's ugly

  • @williamthazard
    @williamthazard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I never realized this was played on a violin! I’d never seen a performance, just heard the recording. That makes so much sense. Thanks for this

  • @Mark-zu6oz
    @Mark-zu6oz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    You can tell Laurie is having fun messing with Dave.

  • @Alpine_Joe
    @Alpine_Joe 6 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    I love this ... and isn't she beautiful too ?

  • @robinreiley1828
    @robinreiley1828 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I worked as the Flyman and Rigger on the Technical Rehearsals for her "Nerve Bible" and "Moby Dick" Tours. I looked forward to every 16 to 20 hr work day!

  • @MrRaErickson
    @MrRaErickson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Rachel McAdams could play her in a movie

  • @Tacoman1967
    @Tacoman1967 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    She has a way of getting people into a sort of trance. It's a very different type of art. It's sort of an escape into a dreaminess. Art doesn't exist if no one experiences it.

  • @paulmiles9102
    @paulmiles9102 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    legend love this lady and her amazing music o superman a cult classic and this track i can remember being on the other side of the single.

  • @king_chicken36
    @king_chicken36 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I don't know how to feel about the audience laughing and Laurie still being so confident, even though I find Walk The Dog to be a bit of a parody of herself. I'd like to think there's a meaning to it aside from that, but this being the most absurd of all the tracks from her I've heard (not just lyrically but also in terms of vocals and composition) it make me think she just doesn't care about being on late-night TV. I think that she's just taking the piss out of the audience and David knowing that if she played a more meaningful track they would still be just as confused.
    (jesus christ this is worded so poorly)

    • @Feroal2
      @Feroal2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      She probably liked the laughter. Not that they necessarily got the message.

    • @haroldhoot
      @haroldhoot 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I can’t stop laughing everytime I watch this! It is great, and it is darkly hilarious.

    • @ShawnQuinlan
      @ShawnQuinlan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Similar feeling when Nina Hagen was on David Letterman. th-cam.com/video/aEGsTUY8YQo/w-d-xo.html

  • @clemdane
    @clemdane ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was at that show at the Beacon Theatre!

  • @maxshea1829
    @maxshea1829 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Like no other. It was something really avant garde and out there, but you could play it on Sesame Street!

  • @mcs68419
    @mcs68419 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can see how Lou and her were a match. Two people way ahead of their time, and way ahead of the way people are ready to be thinking.

  • @byronp2311
    @byronp2311 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    If Dave is a bit confused (and he is) imagine what the audience was thinking. I adore Laurie, but she's an acquired taste. Lou Reed married her.

  • @patthewoodboy
    @patthewoodboy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    swap chairs , Laurie asks the questions ..."whats the song about" .. he answers , if he can 🙂

  • @gabe_s_videos
    @gabe_s_videos 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I feel like this is where Freakazoid got the "What if all of the air turned into wood?" joke.

  • @GaryCrossey
    @GaryCrossey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I think it's interesting that Laurie Anderson performed a song from her prior album (Big Science) and not a track from Mister Heartbreak. Perhaps she knew how the message would be current 37+ years later. Timeless talent.

    • @Mirrorgirl492
      @Mirrorgirl492 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      'Walk the Dog' is not from the original vinyl of 'Big Science' It is the B Side to 'O Superman' but did not appear on the Album.

    • @GaryCrossey
      @GaryCrossey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Mirrorgirl492 Even more impressive

  • @karllux-d6g
    @karllux-d6g 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    She could donate Intelligence in copious amounts and still remain one of the brightest humans on the planet. I was expecting a bit more from ''masterful speaker'' Letterman, but then i saw ''7.18'' on the time counter. But I have to reckon that after such an in-genius song, one may as well fall short of words...

  • @markfrank7207
    @markfrank7207 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Laurie really makes Dave seem like he doesn't belong in New York lol and she does it with a charming smile and and enticing voice

    • @petermoore7796
      @petermoore7796 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      i love her warmth and kindness while hearing letterman hopelessly try to make sense of her song

  • @mbergeron1487
    @mbergeron1487 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I remember this when it aired and was so embarrassed for David when he asked her if there were any dog noises in the performance.

  • @donottrydo46
    @donottrydo46 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i heard that Dave was annoyed with her because it was agreed that she would perform O Superman. And that this wasn't aired. But it seems it was aired? maybe not replayed.

    • @hullygullys
      @hullygullys 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      it was definitely aired. i remember seeing it in 1984. it was my first exposure to her music.

  • @MuzikJunky
    @MuzikJunky 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    She absolutely has one of the most WICKED senses of humor! Peace.

  • @cheeseandonions9558
    @cheeseandonions9558 ปีที่แล้ว

    Back when everyone was hip and beautiful.

  • @caveatemp
    @caveatemp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Knowing a little more of her life from the film Heart of a Dog, this song is makes more sense. Not as famous as Dolly but still found time to walk the dog, and let him play piano.

  • @TheSamLowry
    @TheSamLowry ปีที่แล้ว

    I stopped watching Letterman a couple years later because of Laurie Anderson. Commercials all through primetime announced that she would be on the show, so I stayed up through the news, through Carson, then all the way through Larry "Bud" Melman and Stupid Pet Tricks only for him to say at the end that they didn't have enough time for her.
    That was it, I was done. And my dislike for his show's "humor" turned to hate.
    What bothered me the most, though, was his show was recorded before the first commercials even started airing, so they should have/must have known she wouldn't actually be appearing, but decided to promote her appearance, anyway.

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  ปีที่แล้ว

      Explain why Dave should be held responsible for NBC’s promotion screwup? Also, there were no Stupid Per Tricks the night she was bumped, August 19, 1986.

  • @jmich328
    @jmich328 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I find this strange, confusing, and deeply satisfying.

  • @Bikewithlove
    @Bikewithlove 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Laurie’s hot here. She’s scary attractive. She’s the rare kind of female at the party that I’d have to talk to. Hold my drink…

  • @davidboyce8683
    @davidboyce8683 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    America's John Cooper Clarke?.

  • @blairleblancstudio
    @blairleblancstudio 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sonic Youth wishes

  • @kiadel7502
    @kiadel7502 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Laurie is a superior being.

  • @mrfrontbottom6877
    @mrfrontbottom6877 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Have you got any grapes? Same voice.

  • @peterfuzz3887
    @peterfuzz3887 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    fine ironical answers to futile questions

  • @willfomes406
    @willfomes406 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is kinda funny. But also a little weird.

  • @jimbecarroll5780
    @jimbecarroll5780 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well that was awkward

  • @briantrombini7731
    @briantrombini7731 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dave behave better than I thought he would but she had to have known that going on his show he wasn't going to gush over her music. Dave is like the complete opposite of Laurie- I adore her

  • @keithTCU
    @keithTCU 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    She could screw up a song and nobody would ever know.

  • @dougmiller1053
    @dougmiller1053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is hilarious. Dave at least thinks she is promoting her latest album, but of course she plays the b-side of O Superman, which sounds like nothing on Mr Heartbreak. Walk the Dog makes complete sense as part of United States I-IV, but is impenetrable on its own; no wonder Dave and the audience were flummoxed. In the interview Dave could have got to safer ground with tech-talk; getting Laurie to explain the voice pitch-shifting.

    • @smoothblink
      @smoothblink 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Totally agree, but I'm glad Laurie had a laugh with it. She's totally alien to Late Night and self aware about it, which makes it feel refreshing instead of completely awkward, imo. Fascinated by her choices here.

  • @jeannefjelstad723
    @jeannefjelstad723 5 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    Laurie autographed and drew a little spaceman on an ocarina I brought to a concert!.I treasure it!

    • @robfitzsimmons8003
      @robfitzsimmons8003 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      LOL for some reason I always thought an ocarina was a brand of vacuum. An ocarina salesman seemed to fit a vacuum.

    • @goodgravy3047
      @goodgravy3047 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lucky!

    • @markmower6507
      @markmower6507 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's Cool! She should come out with a full length album version of It only takes an Expert right now, it would be a guaranteed Grammy! Hahahahahahahaha! !!

    • @adfggffffffddffd
      @adfggffffffddffd 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Damn, I'm jealous!

  • @bobkosturko812
    @bobkosturko812 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    She was really cute when she was young. And such a wicked sense of humor

    • @johnbusher6375
      @johnbusher6375 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ...Beautiful then...beautiful now.

  • @AzimuthTao
    @AzimuthTao 4 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    Dave was completely not understanding the complexity of Laurie's art here but she was gracious and walked him through it.

    • @johnheath970
      @johnheath970 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My guess is he was busy not dumb

    • @jan-martinulvag1953
      @jan-martinulvag1953 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      because it was all just stupid

    • @MrTitaniumDioxide
      @MrTitaniumDioxide 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@jan-martinulvag1953 You should realize there was no need to expose your ignorance and lack of imagination like that. Anderson is one of the cleverest, insightful and adventurous lyricists of our age. And Dave, while no dummy, could and can still often be a butthead.

    • @jan-martinulvag1953
      @jan-martinulvag1953 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MrTitaniumDioxide who are you describing? Me?

    • @lillynietz17
      @lillynietz17 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jan-martinulvag1953 Uhhh...Yeah...apparently the dig was about You....notice
      the Doors song leading into the break....Go!

  • @AHC63
    @AHC63 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I remember watching this and thinking who IS this person? A love affair was born...

  • @RobertoTifi
    @RobertoTifi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I just love her SO MUCH! gifted, talented, beautiful mind...

  • @christianhankel6351
    @christianhankel6351 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I love that Letterman, known for so often being a step ahead and a level above his guests, is completely unable to grasp Anderson.

    • @robandkrissy
      @robandkrissy 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      As am I lol

  • @jamesafenton
    @jamesafenton 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I love that Dave had on many artists of non-commercial "avant" or complex ideas like LA, Beefheart, Zappa & Tom Waits almost as regulars for awhile, a nod to NYC, true art & beauty

  • @Aramanth
    @Aramanth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Laurie mentioned this performance in her book
    *Stories from the Nerve Bible* and said she was
    never asked back again... until 2010 that is!
    *Right there on stage is greatness, and no one noticed!*

    • @foxandscout
      @foxandscout ปีที่แล้ว

      @@justiceBustamante you are so unaware it’s embarrassing. Better to remain silent and be taken for a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
      You have removed all doubt.
      And Laurie has had an acclaimed and successful career. Just because you don’t understand something, don’t project it on others. And don’t be so eager to show your ignorance
      The entire album this song is on is fantastic.

  • @michaelnolan6054
    @michaelnolan6054 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That's NASA's artist in residence. I can't think of anyone better.

  • @spacerockwizard
    @spacerockwizard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Mr. Heartbreak is a fine record indeed with some heavy hitters on it - Adrian Belew, Bill Laswell, David Van Tieghem, Peter Gabriel, not to mention William Burroughs.

  • @beekay5914
    @beekay5914 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    She is so far ahead of us, so beyond us, we will never catch up. Brilliant artist.

    • @rree9550
      @rree9550 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      she was at the right time and spot

    • @duckbrew
      @duckbrew 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean...

    • @justiceBustamante
      @justiceBustamante ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Who would want to catch up with her? Brilliant artist? Have you lived in a cave and haven't heard any real brilliant artists cuz this broad is very very far from it if she wasn't married to Lou Reed and riding on his name people would laugh her off the stage if not throw Rotten Tomatoes

    • @justiceBustamante
      @justiceBustamante ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rree9550 yeah she married Lou Reed that's the only reason anyone listens to her I would have liked to seeing how far she got with that nonsense if she weren't riding on Lou Reed's name

    • @rree9550
      @rree9550 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@justiceBustamante au contraire. she was there long before lou and still is after him. laurie has the long view. lou was just this "cool" kid bowie built.

  • @bufboston1
    @bufboston1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    So this song probably is intended to provoke some of the afore mentioned questions, and art that operates thus is IMHO sometimes interesting, and I actually think that such an intellectual scaffold can be sufficient to the creation of a work that is "good", if it is indeed good (again, in my opinion). This is also, I think, just a good song, featuring some fine pizzicato and strummed fiddle work (she is I think a remarkable violinist). Her concerts are both aurally and visually extraordinary. One may think this song, her work, her approach unsatisfactory; your loss, IMO.
    And as for any and all contemporary art = a bucket of shit, I have found that whenever I've written off a whole category of something, I've usually missed out on some very good shit indeed. Feel free, however, to miss out all you want; I'd rather not.

  • @andrewaronson3364
    @andrewaronson3364 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I love talk show host discomfort when interviewing someone from the margins. Conan o brian interviewing Allen Ginsburg is a personal favorite

    • @jimspeer3638
      @jimspeer3638 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, it's almost a whole niche genre in itself. Host treats margin artist as if she's either insane, from another planet, or can barely understand English.

    • @joechill1
      @joechill1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well Dave’s no idiot. Do you think that it was magic that brought Captain Beefheart, David Byrne, Brother Theodore and Laurie Anderson to his stage?

    • @mur-dog560
      @mur-dog560 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Most likely it was Paul Shafer(sp?)

    • @andrewaronson3364
      @andrewaronson3364 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@joechill1 agreed. he had lou reed on a bunch too (though i wish it had been at least once as a guest)
      one of my all time favorite videos is the band future islands doing their first ever televised performance on his show, which was absolutely legendary and dave was over the moon and talked about em for months afterward

  • @bradster67
    @bradster67 6 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    I have not seen this until now...but I've heard about this performance. Dave just didn't know what to say to her or really how to take her...although she really didn't give him a lot to go on.
    I've been a huge fan of Laurie Anderson ever since I saw the video to 'O Superman' when it was released in 1981. The song and video have been permanently embedded in my memory and will not ever go away. One of my all time favorite songs.
    Thank you for posting.

    • @PandemoniumMeltDown
      @PandemoniumMeltDown 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah. But she was all there and was as actual as she is now. Who can blame him for just being himself, one of the tv people.

    • @katherenewedic8076
      @katherenewedic8076 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tv show - not tv presence

    • @hansschmidt3561
      @hansschmidt3561 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kindness all around, why not.

    • @oo88oo
      @oo88oo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think her IQ is off the charts

  • @albertoracajmorato3506
    @albertoracajmorato3506 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    In addition, the best thing about this artist is that she does not need drugs or alcohol to be more creative. She is like that.

    • @waypointman
      @waypointman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Then she ended up with Lou Reed...
      go figure!?

  • @AriaMohtadiHaghighi
    @AriaMohtadiHaghighi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Jean Michel Jarre's Zoolook brought me here

  • @markmower6507
    @markmower6507 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This is from united states live pts 1. Through 4. 4. Hours of esoteric music.

    • @far-away-so-close4540
      @far-away-so-close4540 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      United States Live was the tour she did where she performed her first three albums all together, plus other material. Well over four hours. I was fifteen, in 1984, when I went to that concert, talking a friend with a car into going with me. I was already a fan of her music, but was completely blown away by the show, with the multiple screens with recorded images animation and primitive computer graphics, choreography, self-invented instruments (Magnetic tape bow and violin, playing "Listen to my Heart Beat"), spoken and recorded word -- so Dry, philosophical, poetic, enigmatic and funny. My friend didn't know what to think. lol

    • @PandemoniumMeltDown
      @PandemoniumMeltDown 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@far-away-so-close4540 I wonder if that performance is available somewhere...

    • @-davidolivares
      @-davidolivares 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have my United States albums still. Musta had some cash burning a hole in my pocket. Glad I did.

  • @oa9002
    @oa9002 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm really relieved to see that Paul Shaffer and the band didn't insist on joining in on this one.

  • @BugzKiller
    @BugzKiller 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Love her dimples

    • @mikewebsdale4777
      @mikewebsdale4777 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah she worked a long time developing those at the behest of her agent.

  • @Umbrella2
    @Umbrella2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Love this song, she’s an amazing artist.

  • @DmRofAtoZ
    @DmRofAtoZ 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    what's uncanny is a little sideways Google rabbit hole let me to Laurie Anderson and I wanted to hear Walk The Dog... The full studio version.
    then TH-cam serves up Laurie on Letterman and this was her choice !!?!!
    wonderful stripped-down rearrangement, but ya' kinda still want the drums & that sax riff to come in near the end.

  • @thehimer3903
    @thehimer3903 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    However saw that than and bought the album Mr. Heartbreak would be very surprised about what was actually on that record. One of the greatest art-pop-avantgarde albums of all time!!
    With outstanding musicians....

  • @benevans4500
    @benevans4500 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    God she’s cute

  • @robertmotyka133
    @robertmotyka133 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In 2023 we talk about animal rights and treating animals as living persons, not things, in 1984 she sang songs from the perspective of a dog.

  • @timmyteaching
    @timmyteaching 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Behold what made Letterman a legend in the day. He'd bring this on, brother theodore, terri garr taking a shower, richard simmons. He gave not a single fuck whatsoever, and it was glorious.

  • @Quad8track
    @Quad8track 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I was 10 years old seeing this in early 1984. Blew me away! I've been a fan since.

    • @hullygullys
      @hullygullys 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      same! same age

  • @Babaziba
    @Babaziba 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I loved this, but she was also on Letterman in 2010, performing the track "Only An Expert".

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      July 14. She was also on nine years earlier, on October 30, 2001, performing "Life on a String."

  • @mobiustrip1400
    @mobiustrip1400 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    David Bowie's sister!!!!!

  • @travismiller5548
    @travismiller5548 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Caught an exhibit of her sculpture, unexpectedly, on the other side of the planet from where I'm normally at... What a treat

  • @brionity
    @brionity 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Thank you for posting this. A forever fan. I have seen her live more than any other artist.

  • @h92o
    @h92o 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think ... as parties go, this party is better than like walking the dog because these days there is the pooper scooper law., can I mention that I want to be Laurie's dog. bark bark.

  • @ib03y7
    @ib03y7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Listen to the lyrics, real trip

  • @sevenseasonsofbrown
    @sevenseasonsofbrown 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    She could just use a mandolin as it has the same strings...
    But this is Laurie Anderson we're talking about

    • @PolyQuasi
      @PolyQuasi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      violin is her instrument and she's plays it more conventionally elsewhere

  • @davidames1746
    @davidames1746 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    She did NOT cross over into pop music successfully; should have stayed in her zone. Performance Art. More effective.

  • @raylambert3425
    @raylambert3425 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    She sure knows how to tell em

  • @IanMcCausland
    @IanMcCausland 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    b Side on the O superman 12 inch, I still have it.

  • @0therun1t21
    @0therun1t21 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The baby voice startled me, lol, so glad she was on Letterman. This is so darn cute!

  • @davegann4178
    @davegann4178 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I owned this song on 12" EP. I don't remember it being on the album Mr. Heartbreak. She might have chosen a catchier tune to promote the album--if that is what she wanted to do.

  • @СемёнСемёнов-ы1ь
    @СемёнСемёнов-ы1ь 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The only one act near this level of perfection was Mila Yovovich song There ain't no God for Dogs...

  • @robfitzsimmons8003
    @robfitzsimmons8003 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    A complete original. I saw her live in 83, 90, and 95. Great voice and so off the wall.

  • @cheeseandonions9558
    @cheeseandonions9558 ปีที่แล้ว

    Chinese/ Japanese music influence... very strange

  • @dirkmarais6952
    @dirkmarais6952 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Beautiful

  • @brittly14
    @brittly14 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can someone please explain this song to me. Is it meant to be about mundane things? Is it a joke? I love it but can’t understand it and want to.

    • @CTScenic
      @CTScenic 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      not sure what she intended but what hit me was when she was talking about Dolly, she was pointing out how the songs are from a characters perspective. Shes not gonna go back home shes fabulous dolly parton. So Id say it was a comment on art and artifice.

  • @ClarenceFisher
    @ClarenceFisher 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    5:23 - Doesn't she look like Jodie Foster?

  • @jamesdevlin2059
    @jamesdevlin2059 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a beautiful human

  • @radiofriendly
    @radiofriendly ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow

  • @johndalton3180
    @johndalton3180 ปีที่แล้ว

    Strikingly beautiful the way she said "interesting, huh?" Such intelligent eyes.

  • @prokesuk
    @prokesuk 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Regarding those not in the mainstream appearing on Letterman; Eugene Chadbourne has mentioned that Dave Thomas of Pere Ubu was asking people for money to travel to New York to appear on the show. It's not pay to play, but they don't help you to get there.

  • @giantsean
    @giantsean 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Who knew that Laurie Anderson created Mr. Woodchuck?

    • @missyb1020
      @missyb1020 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep! Theres a lid for every pot lol

  • @62426637
    @62426637 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Saw Laurie at the ICA in London in '90. I can hear Hiram Bullock's guitar there too.

  • @missyb1020
    @missyb1020 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awkward lol

  • @awambengeu2525
    @awambengeu2525 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Laurie anderson je suis aux senegal objectif photographie de presse, de Nantes à bientôt sur les combats de la femme awaphotos

  • @wesleycollins726
    @wesleycollins726 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love me two times..

  • @kamuelalee
    @kamuelalee 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    A great artist!

  • @rickmarvin5510
    @rickmarvin5510 ปีที่แล้ว

    I bought the 5 lp set when it came out...still have it.

  • @richardmarkszpigiel684
    @richardmarkszpigiel684 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    omg, loved that. I love Dave but he used to be rather square. (He has become cooler and more embracing of the 'weird' as he has gotten older.) Wonderful Laurie is the geek/genius from another planet and Dave is just trying to be respectful and engaging but I think he really has no idea what is going on here.

    • @grimlock1211
      @grimlock1211 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She sux. Dave rules

  • @willfomes406
    @willfomes406 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Me: Hey there Turret. How was your day?
    The Turret:

  • @radisasimic6433
    @radisasimic6433 2 ปีที่แล้ว

  • @tzazella751
    @tzazella751 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    do you have any grapes?

  • @mfpendle
    @mfpendle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    God, she is so cool. She and Tom Waits have a lot in common.

  • @geraldfrank1630
    @geraldfrank1630 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Unique Artist & kudos to Dave for unleashing her to America! 👌👏👌👏👏

  • @Preliminimal
    @Preliminimal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    my favorite track by Laurie

  • @justinbennett9998
    @justinbennett9998 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow I wonder it's like to be that high? How did I just now find Laurie.

    • @foxbasealpha5171
      @foxbasealpha5171 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Bet she wasn't even high.

    • @tituslafrombois1164
      @tituslafrombois1164 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      She wasn't high. Look at her expressions. She is fully aware of what she is doing and loving every second of it. She was fucking around with every single person in that studio.

    • @smoothblink
      @smoothblink 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She was pretty square when it came to vices. I'm pretty sure she mentioned that she tried a few things and it wasn't for her. She smoked, that's about it. She does have a certain intense energy while performing though, so it's a common assumption.

    • @jimbecarroll5780
      @jimbecarroll5780 ปีที่แล้ว

      Your mode of interpretation has to be sharpened. Or you have to get out more with interesting people who have various ways of thinking so you can develop it more . If an artist who is Not mainstream or predictable, then those who are only use to a that type of person will have limited and knee-jerk reaction to them, to the Way they express themselves. They might be more complex and also subtle where it might not reach you.

    • @justinbennett9998
      @justinbennett9998 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jimbecarroll5780 in what world did I invite you to insult me?