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04. Okt 2007
"Big Science was an EP - this is an EPIC"
Laurie Anderson's epic United States Live is a contemporary music equivalent to great works such as Kerouac's "On the Road" and "The Dharma Bums" in that she showcases her vision of life across this country; with oddball characters and situations such as a family who named two sons Jim, a teenage girl talking to a stuffed rabbit on a plane while it was experiencing turbulence, the quick stop-n-chat "hi-n-bye" of so-called friends in New York ("New York Social Life"), and even Steven Weed's FBI interrogation after the Hearst kidnapping gets a new point of view (you have to hear it to believe it - I'll offer no spoilers other than what I've already shared). As critics have said before, Laurie Anderson truly does show you something from another angle, coaxing you to see life either upside down or right to left instead of left to right. She even has a theory of the place of Noah's Ark's origin, and asks the musical question, "if there is easy listening music, shouldn't there be difficult listening as well?".
Beautiful violin, cello and bagpipe solos, hysterically funny anecdotes about her everyday life as well as her ever-changing voice all make for a wonderful and unforgettable listening experience. I would highly recommend this to anyone who is looking for something just a little different in contemporary music.
21. Sep 2016
PERFECT
The album itself has some weak moments, side one is a lot more cohesive than side two, which just seems like a bunch of songs thrown together. Possibly due to sequencing or arranging, the second side seems a bit uneven - but an uneven collection of really great songs can only be good.
This record I bought was really my "stay copy" as opposed to a "play copy", so I'll leave this one sealed and just enjoy the other copy. I paid a very reasonable price, the shipping was also reasonable, and it arrived very quickly - sooner than I'd expected.
08. Okt 2015
A Socially Relevant and Satirical Horror Masterpiece
1 von 1 finden das hilfreich Characters in this movie ask who wouldn't want to just toss everything aside and start life anew as a younger, more physically fit version of their old selves. As appetizing a sales pitch as it sounds, it carries a whale of a price. You have to fake your own death, with the help of an organization known as "The Company", who takes charge of all your assets and gives you a new name, face, and body, and creates a back story for the person you are now becoming. A major drawback is that agents of this organization follow you and keep tabs of your every move every step of the way, every minute of the day. One slip up and you're brought back to be turned into a cadaver to be used for the next guy who's dragged into this mire. Did I mention the people in question are lured, drugged and blackmailed into participating in this "new life"? How's it sound so far? You think you can handle this? No? In real life, this would be the most horrifying thing to ever happen in a man's life, but it's a treat and a privilege to watch a film on the subject. This is a film which makes you take a real look at your life and yourself and make you realize that life is pretty okay.
This cinematic masterpiece, and I'm not using the term lightly, features John Randolph as Arthur Hamilton, a successful bank executive by day, depressed family man by night. His marriage is that in name only and it is for convenience. One day during hos commute home from work, he's accosted by a stranger handing him a ticket with an address written on it. He receives a phone call strongly urging him to turn up at this location, and he is met with members of "The Company" and his slow descent into madness begins from there.
Mr Hamilton becomes Mr Wilson, who is played by Rock Hudson, stepping away from the sweetness and light of the Doris Day bedroom franchise. Hudson and Randolph turn in masterful performances in a film written by Lewis John Carlino, based on a mind blowing novel by David Ely, and directed by the late great John Frankenheimer. The two leading actors are joined by an incredible supporting cast including Salome Jens, Will Geer, well-known character actors Jeff Corey and Murray Hamilton and "Six Million Dollar Man" boss Richard Anderson.
Nearly 50 years after its initial release, the film holds up not only as a horror film, not only as a brilliant piece of satire, but it remains socially relevant today as our society becomes more and more image-conscious and youth-obsessed, with middle aged and elderly people not only catering to young people but also struggling with having to step aside and make room for "the youth of today". What will the average guy do to stay "with it"?
"Fairy tales can come true...it can happen to you if you're young at heart" with someone else's face and body and voice and house and girlfriend and career and.......