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 1:49 am
Author: k8fan

Length: 00:02:53
Rating: 4.83
Views: 54990

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Video Comments:
CaptMARNEY (September 22, 2008 at 9:37 am)
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 9:15 am)
Mach 20 is not correct. 30 mph or 50 km/h is more correct.
wrothermel (July 18, 2008 at 12:22 pm)
Wow. And to think I liked the song. Thanks for clearing that up!!
foreverdrone (June 23, 2008 at 11:30 pm)
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 23, 2008 at 11:24 pm)
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?
Torc0 (November 22, 2008 at 1:54 am)
Now that you mention it, Lou doesn't look any older now than he did 20 years ago. Maybe he's secretly funneling his age to her!
kludd28 (June 20, 2008 at 4:18 pm)
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 2:16 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 1:40 am)
Yes, she was the host of that episode.
warhola888 (February 21, 2008 at 6:34 pm)
Wow, that blows... me away!