Laurie Anderson - Only An Expert (Live)

[withholeyshoes1]

Love this...thanks for uploading. Slight correction in the lyrics but "death" works too...lol

"Now in America we like solutions

We like solutions to problems

And there’s so many companies that offer solutions

Companies with names like Pet Solution

The Hair Solution.

The DEBT Solution.

The World Solution.

The Sushi Solution.

[withholeyshoes1]

Love this...thanks for uploading.

Slight correction in the lyrics but "death" works too...lol

"Now in America we like solutions

We like solutions to problems

And there’s so many companies that offer solutions

Companies with names like Pet Solution

The Hair Solution.

The DEBT Solution.

The World Solution.

The Sushi Solution.

[objectimpermanence]

I don't know how I could have gotten so detached as to not have heard this before tonight. Holy crap this is some of her very best work.

[53mileswestofvenus]

In my expert opinion, this is a masterpiece.

[themadchives]

happy birthday laurie, and a big thanks :):):)

[JohnFarallo]

hey a fun song I like it ....and I am an expert

[cliftut]

And more captions:

"

Principal in the sixties...

Mysteries that usually sell twenty people, elected to do so...

It's articles, deals, and sales, techniques, trying, to, solve problems, after, the president's... it.

"

[cliftut]

More fun computer captions (creative license on punctuation):

"

Compliments.

If this is one of the sixty percent of the U.S. population...

one point three weeks ago;

incredibly, twenty, decency, distance, sooner, definition, withdrawal.

"

[cliftut]

According to automatic captions;

"People mistake and delete the problem

only in execution of the problem."

[GlennsMangina69]

Jesus this is terrible. Anyone who enjoys this has serious mental problems that they need to get checked out

[SeethingGreen]

I love this. Excellent post. Please post more!

[louisehutereau]

EEWWWW!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH HER?! WHY DOES SHE MAKE SUCH CRAPPY AND ANNOYING SONGS?!?!?!

[wingsailorflorida]

Performance art and social commentary. -WOW- I saw Laurie on Letterman several weeks back, got on line and purchased two of her CDs. I just added a link to this performance to my website page about medical reform and medical malpractice. Some people just don't get it. As Jack Nickolson said, "You just can't handle the truth."

Roger H Strube, MD

[ybrik222]

@wingsailorflorida

Sounds like you're an expert. :P

[LAfant619]

no expert can deal with her problems

[Methstories]

Annoying song. LOL. the lyrics anyways... I think it could be better instrumental.

[busybdeb]

Laurie Anderson is amazing. A poet. A prophet. A truth-teller. Always ahead of her time.

[thentherewas]

@busybdeb the poetry is fine, but as someone who actually performs avante-garde sound installations and music in galleries, i see very very little aesthetic value to the music if i'm honest.

[superotto80]

What the hell is this?

[JonasRollerConejo]

@superotto80 art

[thentherewas]

This is horrendous. Fair enough to have the poetry on its own, but the music is simply faux-pretentious nonsense.

[cooliestkidsontheblo]

@thentherewas couldnt agree more, saw her on letterman and a puzzled look never left my face

[Vindrag]

Wow! I am going to see her tomorrow and on friday in Sweden. This woman is simply amazing! I dont know other words to describe her. =)

[LAfant619]

@Vindrag ill giv u a few words to describe her. FUKING RETARDED BITCH

[kalinamic]

@LAfant619 You ain't kidding. What a joke. Lou Reed has my sympathies.

[kalinamic]

@LAfant619 What a joke

[LAfant619]

@kalinamic listen to entombment of a machine thats real fuking music, this shit makes my ears bleed.

[kalinamic]

@LAfant619 I am not a dude and I do not like this. A friend of mine said listen to her. He is a real dip. This stuff sucks the big one sorry to say.

[daqueenofgames]

She really hits the nail on the head :)

[Amplidyneeffect]

Laurie is amazing. I really loved this song when I saw her live few years ago.

[365275]

Spookily like George Carlin...!

[GooGoo32]

I agree. She's like a female George Carlin put to music.

[Paracaz]

@GooGoo32

Exactly

[Zarathustra06]

That violin kills me every time. Amazing. I saw this live at the Sydney Opera House and it was brilliant.

[StephanConstantial]

Wtf Anderson giving a social commentary about Oprah?

How would I care?

wtf really!

[adiah]

Fantastic. She is still great and maybe even better than ever. The story, the point of view, the weird music, the unexpected singsong. Love it!

[p1gfukker]

luv that electric violin. tight shit.

[MsSwinger]

Großartig!

[Mariucciaorbist]

That's brilliant piece of music and lyrics are awesome and funny.I saw her live in Dublin about two years ago and it was sooo good !

[skeetrosauce]

This is really fuckin cool.

Wicked!

[2short2q]

This here ya see is what they call that there art. Laurie is brilliant.

[MarkJMurphy335]

no offence, i like her, but that is not really a song is it?

[EdwoundWisent]

(^ difficult ..music.

(^ poetry with musical background?

(^ perhaps that is the point?

(^ it's.. a problem.

[mick2spic]

This video is marred by all of these "intellectual" comments below me. I don't think Laurie would like any one of you.

[shellius]

Very cool song. Let's get some experts on the problems we're facing. Thank god the idiot in chief is gone.

[somewhereintyme]

yes,Thank God..and thank God the Savior is NOW in there..we are saved!!!!GLORY!!!

[shellius]

Fucking retard. What's your problem, freak?

[confuseid]

My problem is I am a veteran of the Iraqi and Afghanistan wars, and little fat shits like you don't deserve the protection I give.

Fatass.

[confuseid]

Clearly not enough, because your sorry ass is still alive.

[somewhereintyme]

OK you frickin DUMBASS...the "Savior" I was refering to is probably your frickin IDOL...the New pres of the U.S.A....! as for your slams against the Soldiers,if you dont stand behind them,go FUCKIN stand in front of them...hope you get so deleted from here you stupid frickin IDIOT!!!...and LORI is GREAT!!!

[confuseid]

Yay, idiot in chief is gone...

Now all we have to deal with is a big-mouthed monkey that says shit and does the opposite.

Hooray for excessive spending!

[shellius]

That's a racist comment and should be deleted

[confuseid]

You should be deleted.

[somewhereintyme]

No,YOU are a frickin RACIST COMMENT and should be deleted!!!!DUMBASS!

[somewhereintyme]

OK...thats not cool....no need to be racist....he does talk both sides,but dude...SHELLIUS is right about you....

[cesco7049]

Very nice I do know the song since when I was 15, but I never see this video!! I do love Laurie Anderson!! Thank you very much for share

[hardoss666]

How old are you now ? it's a new song....

[aviramdj]

This song is a problem .

no expert can deal with this problem .

no seriously i like this even though liking this song is twice the problem for me .

[ThisCanadian]

AT&T thanks the Blue Dog Democrats with a lavish party - Greenwald, Salon25Aug08 "Theres nothing unusual about this event — other than that it was more forcibly private than most & just a tad more brazenly sleazy. The democracy-themed stagecraft inside the DNC is for public television consumption, but secret little events of this sort are why people are really here. Just as is true in Washington, this is where — & how & by whom — the business of our Government is conducted."

[TheMicker]

Not terribly subtle, but a great song!

[ThisCanadian]

as subtle as an aerial bombing.

as subtle as rendition & torture.

as subtle as watching a nation scream its 'NUMBER ONE!' while they collapse a global economy & fund WHINSEC to undermine sovereign governments & peoples' unionizers.

yeah. we need more subtle.

[TheMicker]

Politics might be debatable, but none of those masquerade as/overlap with entertainment.

Double-dipping might not bang the message drum, but depending on perspective, it might serve the art a little better.

Not that I was really lodging a positive or negative opinion. Just an observation.

[ThisCanadian]

oh yeah, philosophy & art have no place in POLITICS.

yeah, okay. whatever lets you sleep at night...

*rolls eyes*

[TheMicker]

You seem to be too fixated on an agenda to actually read the context. That might be vaguely ironic, given the subject...

[ThisCanadian]

oh I'm sorry, you seem to feel you're an *expert* on what is 'suitable' material for an audience's appreciation of art, which is talking about society...

interesting how you prefer limiting discussion to expanding it.

"its repetitive" gee, really?

ever watch ANY mainstream media 'news'? nah, there's nothing there that would be *double-dipping* or masquerading as entertainment...

[TheMicker]

That's usually what happens when a person isn't interested in expanding on what was initially a vague passing comment.

You still seem to be reading agenda-based interpretations into what I'm saying. I'm surprised you don't find people tuning out more often.

[ThisCanadian]

wow, you're sooo deeep

I bet you get people to tell you how * big * it is first, too.

G*d forbid anybody ever have a thought or idea that you didn't have first... best you not know about it, right?

oh, wait, maybe you can't hear me through the wind whistling through your ears.

Repetition is part of art, has been for a while.

Try reading "Gilgamesh", if you can. They repeated things, too. That happens in art.

You're good at tuning ideas out, you probably make that excuse a LOT.

[SockBoy65]

"The Sushi Soloution?" HEHE :)

[AlexFate101]

Excellent.

TY

Alex

[coffeebeaner]

And if a country tortures people

And holds citizens without cause or trial

And sets up military tribunals

This is also not a problem

Unless there's an expert who says

"This is a beginning of a problem"

Naomi Wolf: The End Of America

[spadesghost]

it means that all evil needs is good men with rational minds ( good men meaning humans, gender nonspecific )

to do nothing. that way evil wins

[lucinda2005]

one point three paychecks away from homelessness. 1.3 wks. take control start neighborhood gardens. call in an expert to solve/deal with the "problem"

[ginoricca]

Or was it Guana Bats ?

[ginolight]

thanks for suggestions fernnchannel, but ubuweb took me for a long ride with green cards won etc. lot of ambushes, on ubusound no result either only all the janita named singers etc.. infact I could loook for Juanita bats, now that I think... however I will try again , but !!!

[Ohkto]

I can't listen to this song constantly, because I sometimes have to leave YouTube. I'd call that a problem. Where's my expert?

[fernnchannel]

patience, the album will soon be out! or you can download the video and rip and mp3 like i did. send me an e-mail and i'll share it with you. problem solved.

[ginoricca]

Does anyone knows the name of a song by laurie where she is telling about a zen monastery and a creature that answers :

"-What your name ?

- Chiqui..tta!". Thank's

[fernnchannel]

its "Juanita!" and not chiquitita. the song is called Song for Juanita, you can find it on ubuweb, on the ubusound section. go there and download it 4 free!

[eddiebast]

Awesome. She still has her finger right on the pulse. i'm going to see this in September!!! :-)

[McDonaldsHamburger]

I LOVE YOU LAURIE ANDERSON.

[mrpentium]

OK, she's right. But let's not hurt ourselves slapping ourselves on the back. Where are her solutions? Don't have to be a genius to realize she's right..now what, genius ?

[duf101101]

I wet the bed. Is that a problem?

[fernnchannel]

call for laurie!

[checkerphil]

White courtesy telephone please!

[fernnchannel]

mr sharkey is not in his desk right now, can i take a message?

[skirmish703]

This is good! I never heard it before.

[foreverdrone]

well you know doctors are experts, and they don't know what causes IBS, so...you don't have a problem. they should know.

sure, you feel awful, and you're afraid to leave your house because you need always to have a bathroom you can get to within 30 seconds.

but it's not a problem. really.

(yeah IBS sucks. Elavil helps but the side effects are nasty, like the when your mouth is so dry all the time and your teeth begin to rot. but I've been told it's not a problem.)

[alien8ted]

Laurie Anderson is a true genius... No problem!

[lucinda2005]

CHillin!! it's really really hot, huge hurricanes are wiping out cities. Earthquakes.freakin' tornado's where they have never hit b'4.Did any one believe like me?Tthe rapture of the innocent has been happening since setember 11, 2001. that's when the good guys lost.Good souls are going to be with the lord J. the rest of us r in hell.

[ausseratem]

@ lucinda2005:

its called "PROBLEM - REACTION - SOLUTION", Hegelian Dialectic

[jeanleto]

I'm loosing control ! I'have a problem ! Please bring in expert Laurie Anderson from Laurie Solutions Inc.

Great !!

[ReubenFTourettes]

Her homepage says 'Homeland' won't be released 'till 2009. That's the worst news I've heard all year, besides being diagnosed with IBS!

Ruby

XoX

[evesicular]

is that christian howes on violin?

long time laurie fan, most recently for her NASA show at BAM. loved when she brought the dog out for curtain call...

[boiskeepswinging]

wow. how does she do it?? laurie has been creating insightful and provocative work for decades and her new piece "homeland" is no exception. saw it live recently and am going to see it again at lincoln center in july. she is an amazing, incredibly smart talent and one of the best things ever to come out of america.

[LAfant619]

@boiskeepswinging you are fuked up

[kalinamic]

@LAfant619 enough of this gay

[kalinamic]

@LAfant619 How gay is this? What a joke. Lou Reed has my sympathies

[jazzymermaid]

Marvellous to see Laurie + hear her music...put me to good feelings. Thanks. :)

[highvoltaged]

does anyone know a release date for the album?

[curiousted]

Stevie2112Rush: "Only an Expert" is a part of a larger work called "HOMELAND". She doesn't perform any older stuff.

[brelzeff]

Very pleased to find Laurie Anderson again. Great song.

[Stevie2112Rush]

Ver NICE! It sounds like she is really ready with some new material, I hope she picks some of the best old stuff to do......

-Stevie B

[CS01fanatic]

Laurie is almost unique in a world of musical & performance cliches.

Hope she tours the UK, not seen her live since Puppet Motel.

[vajrayanna]

ive been looking for this one! thanx :)

[acid37]

voici comment faire SANS PROBLEME 8 mm de mauvaise musique !

[Auntchovi]

Thanks for posting! She's a genius! Great to see her still going strong!

[Lexphoto]

Always good.

[aussiekeith]

Great to see that Laurie Anderson is still making music. She was way ahead of her time when she was popular in the 1980`s.

[realnoid]

The electricity just went out...in the city, in the project

in the world? A giant magnetic space born explosion.

I was running on battery power...it was almost a problem...

I was in the dark...I was powerless and frightened and

ready to call an expert to save me..somebody save me...

but no one answered so i called DHS, FISA and Fox News

to deliver me...an expert to save me, and guide me...to

the light.

[maferYT]

Su música es magnética

[quasarsphere]

This is one of the best songs she's ever done!

[socarfiat]

Agree!

[BWFSabian]

I think Laurie should be President... She needs to marry David Byrne..

Maybe she is David Byrne's female form..

Is it wrong for me to want to see Laurie nekkid?

[53mileswestofvenus]

Laurie Anderson has outdone herself with the brilliant, incisive lyrics and social commentary in this beaut! 9 out of 10 experts agree, Laurie Anderson ROCKS! (And even if they didn't, what do they know?) Wow.

[georgia12e]

I saw Laurie perform live in Melbourne on Wednesday night, she was so amazing that I bought another ticket to see her again on Friday night. I can't believe it's humanly possible to be this good! I was totally blown away...I LOVE YOU LAURIE, GOD BLESS YOU!!!

[soymiguel]

no soy un experto ni especialista, pero de mi poca experiencia escuchándola sé que me perdí de algo muy bueno cuando vino a Mty hace días, pero que la seguiré y quizás la escucharé algún día en vivo.

[karonr]

can't wait to get the CD next year!

[jensomshanti]

in my expert opinion i say i like it! ;-)what was the problem again?

[seasqrd]

Fantastic! Thanks for posting

[stankubrickley]

ooooooooh!! spectacular!