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From: pz@emacs.uucp (Paul Czarnecki)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Art of Noise, Laurie Anderson, Klaus Schulze
Message-ID: <131@emacs.uucp>
Date: Tue, 30-Jul-85 12:48:20 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 30 12:48:20 1985
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Keywords: Giorno Anderson
Summary: mini review of Your the Man I want to share my money with

In article <4753@mit-eddie.UUCP> nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan) writes:
>> I have also heard ALL of Laurie Anderson's albums (at least, all that
>> can be found here) and, although she takes some repeat listenings to
>> get accustomed to, I rate her an A+ all around.  Very interresting
>> stuff.
>
>Absolutely!  She's also done some other stuff on the "Dial-A-Poem"
>records and is on an album "You're the Man I Want To Share My Money
>With" (or something like that) with Willian Burrroughs and someone else.
>I haven't heard any of these, though (yet!).  Has anyone heard any of
>this stuff?  How is it?
>

The album is indeed called "You the Man I Want To Share My Money With"
and it is on the Giorno Poetry Systems label.  The third person is, of
course, John Giorno, "noted" poet/performance artist?/strange person.
He name is usually mentioned in the same breath as Burroughs and
Ginsberg.  His (Giorno's) technique is to tape record his "poems" n
different times and play them back all at the same time while he also
recites the stuff live.  Most memorable of his lines to me at least is:

  I don't NEED, I don't WANT it, and you CHEATED me outa it!

He also seems pretty heavy on repetition, banal events, and unusual
accents on his words.

  I was STANDing at the kitchen sink washing the dinner dishes with a
  PLAStic sponge.

  I'd rather stay home and watch tv than go out with ANYbody i know.

  ANGer, ANGer, ANGer...

I heard a nice funk track superimposed upon the above "kitchen" poem by
a local Philadelphia band called the "Junior Mints".  (Actually, some
friends of mine)  Really filled it out some.  

I really wouldn't recommend Giorno except to hardcore weirdness freaks.
I myself don't like him too much.  He is only good for an occasional
giggle and he makes Laurie Anderson sound Top 40.

The album (YtMIWtSMMW :-) is a double album.  Laurie gets side 1,
William, side 2, John, side 3, and they all get side four.  Yup, side 4,
is 3 concentric spirals, each about 5 minutes long.

The music (by Laurie) is much more sparse than her later albums.  Think
of a non trendy Laurie Anderson with no money.  She couldn't afford a
gizillion synths or anything.  I don't have the album in front of me but
I'll make a stab at remembering them all.  "Doctor Miller" is very sharp
and percusive, with a pager-beep used.  "Closed Circuits" is a very
eerie long slow piece Lots of soft electronic sounds here.  "Drums" is
30 seconds of sharp percussion.  It is repeated on side 4.  There is a
thin version of "Born, Never Asked" also.  And we must not forget "And
It Was Up in the Mountains" and "Stucturalist Filmaking" both of which
(I think) are on the Live set.  The last two are good funny stories.
"SF" has some extremely hoky department store muzak in the background.

I recommend the set only if you are a big Anderson fan.  It is needed to
complete a collection, but it should not be the first item.

Oh yeah, Kate Bush.

					"They saw a snail inside"
					pZ
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-- Laying here, Lyin' in bed.

   Paul Czarnecki
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