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offline i_x_ten from arsemuncher on 2005-08-12 17:46 [#01693463]
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i've been listening to Big Science quite a bit for the last
two days, never heard before. i think its really fucking
good. what else do you recommend by her, if people like her
at all?


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2005-08-12 17:49 [#01693465]
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is it that good? i've only heard 'o superman'

 

offline xceque on 2005-08-12 17:51 [#01693467]
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I'd recommend Bright Red/Tightrope and Strange Angels. She
sings a bit. Apart from The Ugly One With the Jewels, these
are the only ones I have (and Big Science).


 

offline i_x_ten from arsemuncher on 2005-08-12 17:51 [#01693468]
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thats the track i'm listening to right now! yeah i like it.
i've been warned a lot of it is pretentious, but if you like
idm, chances are that won't bother you.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2005-08-12 20:28 [#01693518]
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it's one of those albums that's at the same time quite good
and quite cringeworthy.

I get really tired of the same inflections she uses when she
reads yet another text, it all smacks of wanting to be..
deep and.. interesting.

she also likes to end a sentence on a d or a t - so she can
make it a nice hard sound.

it gets a bit annoying.

if you like "big science" really your best bet would be the
4-disc set "United States Live I-IV". they're live
recordings of a 7-hour perfomance she used to do called
"United States" and all the material on "big science" and a
lot of material from the albums after that are based on that
performance.

I find "US I-IV" to come closest to "big science". there's
some great stuff on there.


 

offline asymmhead from south pasadena (United States) on 2005-08-12 20:31 [#01693519]
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i have the record in my crate... i was amazed when i played
it at an artgallery once... and a little girl about 8 years
old came up to me and asked me "is that laurie anderson?"...
i was like... yeah... how'd you know... but it turned out
her mom made her come up to me and ask.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2005-08-12 20:44 [#01693521]
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that story started out really well but completely sunk
without a trace towards the end.


 

offline asymmhead from south pasadena (United States) on 2005-08-12 23:07 [#01693553]
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haha... critiquing storys now!

:)

 

offline i_x_ten from arsemuncher on 2005-08-13 08:44 [#01693845]
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i actually think i have access to a copy of that in my
house, so i'll have a scout for it after.


 

offline futureimage from buy FIR from Juno (United Kingdom) on 2005-08-15 00:24 [#01695111]
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Big Science is very good. You should listen to Jean-Michel
Jarre's Zoolook if you like Laurie Anderson. She makes an
appearance on Diva.


 

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