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From: sjs@u1100s.UUCP (Stan Switzer)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Laurie Anderson & Lester Bangs
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Date: Fri, 17-May-85 10:55:35 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 17 10:55:35 1985
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In article <10622@brl-tgr.ARPA> hofmann@AMSAA.ARPA (RAMD) writes:
> Hey, anybody out there .... is Laurie Anderson's new albumn - "States"
> worth the 30$ or more for it.  I only heard one cut on incredible WHFS
> and it seemed good -something about how we are abandoning farmers.
> 

I assume you refer to "United States I-IV" or some such.  I got it at $26.
Haven't gotten to give it a listen yet, though.  You might try "Big Science."
That is a collection of pieces from I-IV (Stupid me, I bought both).
I believe it has the cut you refer to.  It also has "Superman," and
is well worth the $7 bucks or so for that cut alone.

About a month ago I heard a song on the radio, and I thought "This is a
perfect parody of Laurie Anderson."  It turned out to be Laurie Anderson.
Damn, she took all of the fun out of it.  She had to be parodied, and
she already did the definitive version.  This is also on I-IV (not on Big
Science).

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