Laurie Anderson - Mach 20

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Laurie's piece "Mach 20" from "United States Live". This was on a short-lived TV show called "The New Show".

Channel: Music
Uploaded: August 5, 2006 at 9:49 am
Author: k8fan

Length: 00:02:53
Rating: 4.83
Views: 52636

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Video Comments:
CaptMARNEY (September 22, 2008 at 5:37 pm)
I luv the idiosynchroses of her speech pattern, and her body language and facial expressions in this performance make her seem like a narrator of a nature program! Laurie Anderson still performing to this day!:D
latexinuit (July 3, 2008 at 5:15 pm)
Mach 20 is not correct. 30 mph or 50 km/h is more correct.
wrothermel (July 18, 2008 at 8:22 pm)
Wow. And to think I liked the song. Thanks for clearing that up!!
foreverdrone (June 24, 2008 at 7:30 am)
and yeah you're right...laurie anderson's voice is amazing. not only the prosody but the timbre. i think she would be worth hearing even if she were reading her grocery list.

the Voice of Authority..."now why would anyone want to talk like that?"

"...take a wild guess."
foreverdrone (June 24, 2008 at 7:24 am)
one of the funniest parts of United States...no small distinction, considering how long it is.

saw on YouTube where Laurie was recently interviewed on Swedish television. she looks so old! she IS, I know... it's just that I look at the Mapplethorpe photo on Strange Angels...she looked good! and (earlier than that) Laurie I seem to recall turned 50 when I was in college 20 years ago! it's as if she's been ageless...until very recently.

so...

is it lou reed's fault?
kludd28 (June 21, 2008 at 12:18 am)
I've always loved the short, choppy, ...(pause)...emphatic way that she talks when using the 'voice of authority' filter. It's not that she doesn't perform like that without it, but the combination is so unusual, you have to listen. You have to know, what the heck is she talking about? Who cares? How do you make music like that? What an original.
SLAM234 (April 7, 2008 at 10:16 am)
What a great clip. Are you sure this was "the New Show?" That looked like Lorraine Newman to me...
k8fan (April 10, 2008 at 9:40 am)
Yes, she was the host of that episode.
warhola888 (February 22, 2008 at 2:34 am)
Wow, that blows... me away!
fed111r (December 28, 2007 at 8:14 am)
shes awesome i saw her and will never forget the "sandbox" story, about the greatest wisdom she ever heard in chat room, deep deep metaphorical message of life... turns out it was a 5 year old talking about playing in a sandbox... haha -