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From: ljp@trwrba.UUCP (Laura J. Pearlman)
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Subject: Re: Laurie Anderson info wanted...
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Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 05:08:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 12 05:08:00 1985
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>> Alan Taylor
> Bill Ingogly

>> I've heard good things about 'United States Live' and would like to buy it.
>> Before I do, I'd like to know if it is like 'Big Science'.

Yes, very much so; in fact, every song in Big Science is also in "United
States", although many of them are performed differently.  The Big Science
album cover describes that record as "songs from `United States I-IV'".

> I THINK fans of Big Science will like U.S. Live, but it all depends on your
> expectations.

Well, I agree, but I'm almost sure that anyone who liked Big Science *more*
than Mister Heartbreak will like United States.

> > Also, is it 
> >"too live", or lacking in a lot of the interesting effects that are so
> >vital to 'Big Science'?  
> 
> Whaa ... You ARE aware that Laurie Andersen is a PERFORMING artist?
> How can music be "too live?"

Before I bought United States, I was a little worried that without any of
the visual effects from the performance's "special blend of music, slides,
films, tapes, ... hand gestures, and more" the music itself might lose a lot
in translation.  It probably has, but what's left is great, anyway.

About "interesting effects" -- she plays with sound a lot on United States.
She finds yet another way to distort her voice in "Walk the Dog"; half of "I
Dreamed I Had to Take a Test" is backwards; she experiments with different
speeds in "So Happy Birthday".

> She tells a HELL of a good story, though, and her sense of humor is a lot
> more evident in the performances in U.S. Live than in Big Science.

True!  But I think her (comic) sense of timing is more well-developed in Big
Science than in United States; compare "From the Air" on Big Science to "The
Language of the Future" on United States.

By the way, does anyone out there know where I could get a copy of
"It's Not the Bullet That Kills You -- It's the Hole", "Word of Mouth",
or "You're the Guy I Want to Share My Money With"?

			Laura Pearlman
			{decvax,ucbvax,hplabs}!trwrb!ljp

"I said, it's just like those lip marks that appear every week on your
mirror.  And she said, what lip marks?"