O Superman - Laurie Anderson - as displayed in the MOMA, New York

"O Superman (For Massenet)" is a 1981 song by experimental performance artist and musician Laurie Anderson. Part of the larger work United States, "O Superman," a half-sung, half-spoken, almost minimalist piece unexpectedly rose to #2 on the UK Singles Charts in 1981[2]. Prior to the success of this song, Anderson was little known outside the art world."

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[heyss]

This is genius. Just genius. I'm sorry for the ones who don't get it.

[walstib77]

You saw it in 1984? How perfectly apropos.

[Snipersquirrel1092]

Sounds like there saying o supermang

[CallingDoctorUnk]

Apropos of what?

[landscapecadmonkey]

i remember seeing this on some music video show at the time when i was 14 or so. I was confused, but fascinated.

Confused is good :-) I have always loved it.

[秀和 浅井]

高校の時よく聞いていた、懐かしい



[momsterous]

They're American planes - made in America...and they're flying

It's all going on

It's over your head

[momsterous]

Nailed it, perfectly.

[preppydudetv]

J. Cameron you are 100 % correct

[musicfanatic23]

when i listened to this in my music appreciation class at college for the first time, I and the rest of the class hated it. my teacher told us to go home, and watch it later that night again. now i can see how deep the song actually is, its a kind of masterpiece.