Laurie Anderson Smoke Rings

The live version of Smoke Rings. From 1984's Home of the Brave. Sorry for the bad quality, recorded from an old VHS version of the show.

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• Smoke
• Rings
• Home
• of
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• Brave

[adamfirebear]

we have all this sound and video technology made so easy now but no one so interesting to watch use it. i met laurie anderson and she shook my hand and spoke to me for a moment and that's one of my favourite moments in my life. she inspires! cheers to all the above comments and the person who took the time to put this up.

[ARTUROSANTAMARIAJUAR]

Standby. You're on the air. Buenas noches Señores y Señoras. Bienvenidos. La primera pregunta es: ¿Qué es más macho, pineapple or knife? Well, let's see. My guess is that a pineapple is more macho than a knife. Sí! Correcto! Pineapple es más macho que knife. La segunda pregunta es: ¿Qué es más macho, lightbulb or schoolbus? Uh, lightbulb? No! Lo siento, Schoolbus es más macho que lightbulb. Gracias. And we'll be back in un momento.

[littlecave]

god, she is so cool.

[wiccamoon13]

that's some fancy dancin'!

[kerinbot]

I saw one of the concerts on this tour and it was AMAZING! She's playing in Berkeley this friday - gonna see it! My greatest regret concert wise is missing the concert she did based on Mobyy Dick. It was playing nearby and i just didn't hear about it!.

[modular77]

@warwickharris ...of course, this is all coincidence and very wide speculation. but yes i know about the sept 2001 laurie anderson concert..

she did perform o'superman, i think if anything 9/11 just casts a different light over 'o'superman' and since the attack, it -sort of- gives the song a new context..

[modular77]

as for 'smoke rings',i think 'smoke rings' is just a song about someone lamenting the past, like past relationships, or friendships.. and i think the "911" screen is only a reference to 'calling 9-11' because somehtings wrong... similar to the "Sos" graphics, and the 'morse code'-ish plucking sounds in the song..

it really is a strangely powerful song emotionally, and theres even a lot of satire and humor in the song..

i guess in the end, laurie just wrote a really cool song...

[warwickharris]

@modular77 i personally think laurie is finely tuned into jung's universal consciousness... her whole reason for being an artist is to observe life and interpret it. she sees & feels more than the average person on a conscious and subconscious level so anything is possible, but one cant set it all in stone. never the less = very interesting

[warwickharris]

@modular77 did you know laurie was scheduled to perform 3 days after 911??? the show was scheduled months before. itz not like she chose three days. she still performed but when she did o superman and sang' they american planes, made in america,' her voice was shaky with emotion. i find performing 3 days after 911 very interesting. was it chance? who knows?

[Rubenpapa]

Quality might be a bit ropey, but at least it plays on my iPod, so thanks for this. One of my favourite live Laurie tracks.

[circulodedanteX]

great!

[Spreken1]

Why are they creepy? It's 911, the american version of 999, following from the previous graphics of SOS...