History Music / LaurieAnderson

A couple things to note: her most well-known album, 1983's ''United States Live'', was a truncated version of her prominent performance art show recorded over two nights in Brooklyn; it contains the live (pre-single) version of "O Superman" and runs for nearly ''four-and-a-half hours''. She's also made several shorts, as well as two feature films, first a concert film called ''Home of the Brave'' in 1986, followed nearly 30 years later by ''Heart of a Dog'' in 2015, a collage-like rumination on life through the experiences of her late dog, Lolabelle. (It's available from Creator/TheCriterionCollection, spine #846.)

->"''Paradise is exactly like here you are right now, only much much better.''"

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->"''O Franchise/{{Superman}}. O judge. O Mom and Dad. Mom and Dad...''"
-->-'''Laurie Anderson''', "''O Superman''"

-->''I turned the corner in =SoHo= today,''

-->''I turned the corner in SoHo today,''

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->"''O Franchise/{{Superman}}. O judge. O Mom and Dad. Mom and Dad\\
O Superman. O judge. O Mom and Dad. Mom and Dad''"

On the 2009 album "Femina" by Music/JohnZorn she provides the narration.

-->''I turned the corner in Soho today,''
-->''And someone looked right at me and said, "Oh no",''
-->''Another Laurie Anderson clone"!''

* UsefulNotes/StatueOfLiberty: "Statue of Liberty"

->-'''Laurie Anderson''', "''O Superman''"

'''Laurie Anderson''' (b. 1947 in Glen Ellyn, IL) is an American musician, performance artist and composer who is well known for her work in different fields of [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible the avant-garde]] for some 40 years. She was originally trained as a sculptor and began doing performances in the 1960s and throughout the 1970s. While, understandably, not a "pop" artist, she is best known for her 1981 single, "O Superman," which hit Number 2 on the UK charts.

* {{Understatement}}: In "From the Air", as she learns that she's going to be making a crash landing, she says, "Uh-oh. This is gonna be some day!"

* UncommonTime: One of her multimedia creations was "Film Song in 24/24 Time"

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Influences/collaborators: Creator/AndyKaufman, Creator/WilliamSBurroughs, Music/BrianEno, Music/PeterGabriel, Music/LouReed, Music/JeanMichelJarre]

* SesameStreetCred: Voiced "Newborn Baby" in ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie''.

* {{Eagleland}}: Type 3. She loves the U.S. but is not shy about calling out those politicians (e.g., RonaldReagan, longtime Sen. Jesse Helms [R-NC]) she dislikes.

!!! "These are the tropes, the tropes that take":

-->"''O Franchise/{{Superman}}. O judge. O Mom and Dad. Mom and Dad\\
O Superman. O judge. O Mom and Dad. Mom and Dad''"
-->--'''Laurie Anderson''', "''O Superman''"

* StatueOfLiberty: "Statue of Liberty"

* TheCameo: She appeared on "This is the Picture (Excellent Birds)" on Music/PeterGabriel's ''So'', which hit Number 2 on the ''Billboard'' Top 200 albums chart, making it her highest ever appearance on an American chart.

* {{PSA}}: Instead of videos for the songs on ''Strange Angels,'' she made a series of "Personal Service Announcements."

She is currently married to Music/LouReed.

** "Sharkey's Day" was used by {{Lifetime}} as its theme music for a while.

* [[HeAlsoDid She Also Did]]: Hosted Creator/{{PBS}}' ''Alive from Off Center''

* ElectronicMusic: All the time.

-->"''O Superman. O judge. O Mom and Dad. Mom and Dad\\