Laurie Anderson: Defining Avante Garde
Has program notes for The Speed of Darkness, and about nothing else.
http://members.aol.com/markjx/laurie.htm |
DaveMcNally.com: Laurie Anderson
Archive of lyrics.
http://www.davemcnally.com/Lyrics/LaurieAnderson/ |
PopMatters: Talk Normal: The Laurie Anderson Anthology
Review of the compilation album and overview of Anderson's career.
http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/a/andersonlaurie-talk.html |
Laurie Anderson
Official site offers a detailed biography, news, photos and videos.
http://www.laurieanderson.com/ |
Homepage of the Brave: Laurie Anderson
Includes lyrics, related artists, FAQ, and lyric interpretation.
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~jimmyd/laurie-anderson/ |
Laurie Anderson's Work Interpreted
Jimmy Davis' review and annotated links of information about Ms. Anderson's career and works.
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~jimmyd/laurie-anderson/commentary/papers/laurie-dissertation.html |
Amazon offers
Bright Red (Audio CD),25 October, 1994
List price $17.98
The best of the best / 5
I don't normally write reviews (in fact, this is my first one!) however, having read some of the negative reviews for this album, I feel I must add my two cents.
This is possibly the most played cd in my 500-strong collection. There are no dud tracks and it really is quite unlike other Anderson albums: generally her soundscapes are awesomely sparse, but Eno's influence on this is unmistakable and provides a richer, more musical 'background'.
The two-tiered track Night in Baghdad/Tightrope is possibly the most incredible song(s) of all time. Her grasp of the profundities and inanities of life astound me. This song is the only one in my 30 years to have made me cry ("'Did you ever really love me?' 'Only when we danced'").
Bright Red is perhaps not the ideal introduction to Anderson (for that I'd recommend Home Of The Brave or Strange Angels, far and away her most 'accessible' album), but if you've heard and liked some of her previous output and are tossing up whether to make the purchase, do it. Definitely go for this rather than the more recent Life On A String which, for me, is a mediocre replica.
Song "Word Of Mouth"
Now the world is getting older
There's a few things to be said
Do you believe the things they told you
Do you believe the things you've read
There's a rumour on the corner
But it's always been denied
Cause they don't want you any wiser
You're just toeing the party line
From the west side to the east side
From the north side to the south
You'll never get bad information
If you believe in the word of mouth
Look out for those who still want to hang on
Look out for those who live in the past
Get out and listen to the whisper
Because the times are changing fast
From the west side to the east side
From the north side to the south
You'll never get bad information
If you believe in the word of mouth
You don't believe the information
You don't believe it when it's denied
So when you're reading explanations
You have to read between the lines
From the west side to the east side
Through the windows i'm looking out
You'll never get bad information
If you believe in the word of mouth
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Laurie Anderson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sound Zero: Laurie Anderson · The Mathematics of Longing A blog entry that features
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Amazon.com: Catalyst: Books: Laurie Halse Anderson
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Ground and Sky review - Laurie Anderson - Big Science
Highly recommended to anyone that loves the possibilities of music and is open
to a little strangeness. review by Heather Mackenzie — 1-17-03 — ...
http://www.progreviews.com/reviews/display.php?rev=la-bs
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