For those who are curious about what this song means is that the line, “Hello? This is your mother, Are you there? Are you coming home?” Is from a mother writing to her son in war and the line “Well you don't know me, but I know you” Is the Chief of her son's military team writing a letter back to the mom letting her know that her son has died due to not surviving the war.

@albertogregory9678

3 ай бұрын

Hey sorry to bug you, Ive been looking for the letter and can’t find jack. Do you have a name or a url? Thank you!

@donewhiskey

3 ай бұрын

@@albertogregory9678 You won't because there isn't anything. That's stxrzrxvzn's interpretation. Just search the song meaning online and you will find much better information. For example, Anderson drew from the aria from Jules Massenet's 1885 opera Le Cid. The first lines ("O Superman / O Judge / O Mom and Dad") echo the aria. It is also considered a commentary on the Cold War.

@petepleeb9675

3 ай бұрын

"Died due to not surviving the war"... I mean.. you aren't wrong I guess?

@s1lkwyrm205

3 ай бұрын

I think this song is delightfully surreal and by nature evades this kind of direct interpretation. I think its less about war and more about change, sudden and inevitable. A dialogue between a person and the things about to happen to them. On the one side is a person, a strange one, or perhaps made strange only by the context - and something more, unknowable and eldritch. The person attempts to make sense of what they're being told now, but they don't have the tools to do so. They can only wait and see what the voice was talking about, seek comfort in justice force and mom before the shoe drops. That's how I interpret it

@leahsmith5814

3 ай бұрын

The song is criticizing the use of cold war-era military technology. I think the "parents" are referring to the idea that the military industrial complex keeps citizens safe like parents keep children safe. The synth voice beat is meant to mimic an artificial heartbeat to show how there is an offputting and dark side to this. "so hold me mom, in your long arms, in your petrochemical arms, your military arms"

this song is the definition of art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable

@chrisjhart

3 ай бұрын

Damn right

@ShakeeSnake

2 ай бұрын

Wow that's such a good quote

@oliviaybarra7888

2 ай бұрын

this is so scary 😢😅

@gamerschoice3277

2 ай бұрын

What happens when I’m disturbed and comfortable?

@ShakeeSnake

2 ай бұрын

@@gamerschoice3277 Spontaneous combustion

"When love is gone, there's always justice, and when justice is gone, there's always force, and when force is gone, there's always mom, so hold me mom in your long arms."

@anthonysimpson01

Ай бұрын

that part is gonna stick with me for a while, this song is truly beautiful

@user-gm7zm5jp6w

29 күн бұрын

@@anthonysimpson01 to be honest, same

@10thnametried

9 күн бұрын

I know, I miss orangumom - as she liked to be called.

@makd5368

3 күн бұрын

​@@anthonysimpson01 same

This song sounds to me like the sound of a mind breaking, falling into madness. Pain, sadness, heartbreak, loneliness, and emptiness have overcome it, and it breaks.

@patriciahigh1310

3 ай бұрын

This is currently happening to me.

@ghost9499

3 ай бұрын

@@patriciahigh1310 I'm so sorry. Know you're not alone. Every breath is a victory. The worst thing to do is give up.

@saraesther5223

3 ай бұрын

And then there's bliss.

@dropoutclub79

2 ай бұрын

me when i find the song through tiktok and dont know the meaning behind songs

@sammizino8230

2 ай бұрын

Even then, this song is a deep help when tapping into my time when I became undone. The sounds, the words, the mother, this song is the embodiment of my psychosis while simultaneously holding deep political messages about war.. people have the ability to interpret and it’s beautiful..

39 years into the future, this still sounds like the future.

@mac_mcguckin

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! What a great comment 🙂

@davidsilveiradamota4531

2 жыл бұрын

@@mac_mcguckin Totally agree …

@frankfernau1613

2 жыл бұрын

i think in 2060 it will be same

@theodour8617

2 жыл бұрын

Eeeeh, it already sounds very dated. Maybe you are being sarcastic?

@Totalinternalreflection

2 жыл бұрын

@@theodour8617 it’s both. Of course it’s embedded in its time but also it was way ahead of it’s time, not many people listened to this then, people just get it and dismissed it as “queer” in the slur sense of the word.

I don’t know why, but if I had to explain grief to someone I’d just play this.

@pietbels6216

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, thi is like a real soothing grieving help, so beautiful

@rawestmeatevr

5 ай бұрын

I agree, it makes me feel.

@Lyndanet

5 ай бұрын

🤷‍♀️ it means different things to different people

@calcium-is-good

5 ай бұрын

I get that. I feel like there's both grief and nostalgia wrapped up with some survivor's guilt in this song

@samalamadingdong1317

5 ай бұрын

​@@Lyndanetthat makes it art 🎉

The hahaha in the background throughout the piece: it sounds like a woman's laugh, or like she's trying to catch her breath (but can't) while also sounding like a siren. It's very evocative

@xcaliburtmnt

2 ай бұрын

Most likely catching her breath after crying because the song is about her son dying in war and being told my the military chief

@joethomas3249

Ай бұрын

I've always thought of it as a heart rate monitor

@salerio61

Ай бұрын

@@xcaliburtmnt no it isn't

@Stick_and_stone

Ай бұрын

To me it seems like a laugh that gets stuck and loses its positive meaning, turning into something that changes with the shifts in the song

@Zajvoid

Ай бұрын

I thinks almost like an artificial heartbeat. The song has some relation to death and it would make sense.

When I heard the lyric "there's always mom" I cried a lot... that's such impactful storytelling...

@nancymcmonarch

2 ай бұрын

Hi, Mom! 😥 Yeah, my Mama's in a care home with Parkinson's. Nonverbal, pretty much paralyzed, but her mind's still sharp as a tack. Breaks my heart, and there's not a damned thing I can do to help her. Jesus won't either, so to hell with Him too.

@davesmith1695

Ай бұрын

"Mom" is about America resorting to emotional manipulation when all else fails to justify bombing innocent people. "When love is gone, there's always justice / and when justice is gone, there's always force / and when force is gone, there's always mom". There's nothing wholesome about it. Quite the opposite, in fact.

@petermuster5734

Ай бұрын

@@davesmith1695 Wow, i first didnt connect it like that but you're right.

@scheiler6214

Ай бұрын

Maybe let everyone to interpret it on their own? Thats Art, it may have many reasons and inspirations to its existence but I just hate when someone find in Art/Music something to relate to and there comes the Rocket Prophet and explains they are wrong. Andersons words and performance are timeless and the song can be related to many Situations in course of history and Life of many people. War can be fought on the Front, in the Sky, under the Sea or in somebodys head and heart.

@aftonstan5494

Ай бұрын

@@davesmith1695 I know. I still cried. You are correct.

This is one of those obscure songs that doesn't get radio play cause it doesn't fit in radio, but somehow you are just lucky to stumple upon it and ones you hear it you can't leave it.

@remc0s

Жыл бұрын

Dutch radio station KINK 80'S plays this regularly.

@frycookHJ

Жыл бұрын

it was billboard #2 in the UK in 1981, a year before the full album was released

@thatplantdude7492

8 ай бұрын

They played it on TripleJ Hottest today, this is how I stumbled across it. I had to stop what I was doing.

@po3alily

6 ай бұрын

so glad its popular on tiktok

@westreadwell9675

5 ай бұрын

@@po3alilythat’s how I found also. ❤

to me this song has always felt like the final sunrise at the end of the world, be it a personal and singular end or a true, apocalyptic end. There's such a melancholic and definitive grief to it, like taking a last look around at everything you've ever held in your heart and mind. A dawning of unavoidable and irreversible departure. it makes me need to lay down flat on the floor.

@Jay-kk3dv

5 ай бұрын

💯

@RapidEnding

5 ай бұрын

That's what it is. I didn't enjoy this on a deep level, it's disturbing in the weirdest way and I couldn't place why.

@rhiannonheisey3118

5 ай бұрын

Yes! You described it perfectly

@kachoww5981

5 ай бұрын

Yea it rly gives me that apocalyptic feel like a “what now?” Kinda thing I think

@JaMeS.648

4 ай бұрын

I've never wanted to give a comment a 5 star rating.

I feel so scared of this song. Its so haunting and intimidating but theres beauty here,sad, solumn but comforting beauty that both pushes you away but makes you run back for more...like a mother of some sort. The fear, the comfort, the sadness, the beauty.

@happyorsadkey

Ай бұрын

You can imagine Laurie having makeup on with green glowing eyes smiling and staring at your soul in the music video.

this song makes me unsettled and comforted at the same time bro what

@Jinx-512

2 ай бұрын

Same

@sethmcclimans7502

Ай бұрын

Broken record here but same for me

@user-ok8fi1sg1m

Сағат бұрын

help, the beats made my head wanna dance😭

As a 32 year old it warms my heart seeing the younger kids discover artists like Laurie and Kate Bush. The stuff I got made fun of for liking in the 00s as a teen.

@PhantomZeroes

5 ай бұрын

Exactly this. Like my mom showed me Kate Bush and Laurie Anderson as a kid, and when I was in highschool people thought it was weird and dated. Now the youth bringing it back.

@torquetheprisoner

5 ай бұрын

thats why i like it when show's and other media use's old and obscure songs

@josealvarado3202

5 ай бұрын

I bet you turned out, “alright”

@JoaoPedro-lb6mr

5 ай бұрын

right!!! I don't get why they think this is a scary song but it makes me so happy that they're interested in her

@NeoGee

5 ай бұрын

Have you ever seen any episodes or clips from the old PBS show she did called Alive From Off Center when she hosted?

I do love that Laurie is getting a revisit on social media. She's an absolute pioneer in the world of electronic music.

@onceuponarevenant9409

4 ай бұрын

I was completely unaware of her existence till now.

@KittyCatComa

4 ай бұрын

I recommend watching her 60 Minute interview from a couple years ago then digging in. @@onceuponarevenant9409

@johnindigo5477

4 ай бұрын

Kate Bush effect

@herbert850

3 ай бұрын

no she fricking isnt

@KittyCatComa

3 ай бұрын

You may want to google her career. lol@@herbert850

My mom is 84 I am 63 She passed away a month ago I knew it was coming-she reminded me, we all must go I was the one who cared for her, not knowing she was preparing me to go When my family calls to see how it’s going--i wish I could play this song out my mouth into the phone

@kenzieham

Ай бұрын

I’m so sorry for your loss. I am terrified of losing my mother. I hope you’re doing as okay as you can be now, and remember your mother still loves you even if she isn’t here anymore.

@savannahshumpert

23 күн бұрын

I'm so sorry for your loss. Sending love and prayers ❤️🙏

@katanaki3059

11 күн бұрын

Very close to your sound now

@donwrinkles717

11 сағат бұрын

You're so lucky.

Who’s here 2024?! Anyone?

@lightfrega4106

Ай бұрын

Me. You're not alone.

@paulaecmegian8472

Ай бұрын

Of course 😂

@xxxtentacionfanforevercutt2983

Ай бұрын

I am

@thedaddyhastings7704

Ай бұрын

Meeeee

@MorganJensen-yt7zw

Ай бұрын

Meeeee

"when force is gone, there's always mom.... hi mom!" this line always makes me choke up. such a quick, instant snap of humanity in a song that's supposed to be narrated by a robot.

@archangel.girl.watches.you.

3 ай бұрын

Fr, idk that line in particular makes me feels unsettling yet conforting

The difference in listening to this as an adult now compared to when I heard it as a child is breath-taking. It sounds so sinister and cataclysmic in an awesome end of the World way. You become so used to the constant beat that when it finally stops at the end it's like listening to a heart monitor stop ..... then all you are left with is silence wrapped in the petrochemical arms of 'Mom' .

@havanadaurcy1321

Жыл бұрын

Smoking or non smoking?

@plotstoraisethedead

Жыл бұрын

Blondie or brunette?

@claudiaweil868

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I get the final feeling like the heart has stopped.

@mitch868

Жыл бұрын

Beautifully said!

@davidmcleod4851

Жыл бұрын

This is absolutely remarkable; exactly the feeling I get from the song. It makes me like it's the absolute end. It makes me weep every time I hear it.

I always took the “there’s always mom” line as smth sinister, and felt that my complicated feelings for my mother had been validated. Like when a parent claims theyre doing everything for your own good, but you know its hurting you more than helping. “I’m gonna use love to keep you here with me under my care and control, and if I can’t use love I’ll use justice (try to reason), and if I can’t do that I’ll use force, and even if I can’t do that I’ll still always be here and be a part of you because I’m your Mother”. Thats also the feeling i get from the call, like an overbearing mother who won’t stand to leave her child alone and the child has had enough of it. You’re never gonna outgrow mom (shes not gonna let you leave).

@totallylegitenergy2559

4 ай бұрын

The song is about the hostages of the American embassy hostage crisis that were held for over a year that people believed would never be released.

@arempy5836

3 ай бұрын

Out from mother comes the strangling vines

@skz_mus

3 ай бұрын

@@totallylegitenergy2559 All interpretations are correct, regardless of what is "intended". I think that you (probably) misread this comment, as it is not stating what the commenter believes to be a correct interpretation, but sharing the connection they feel to this song with others who may feel the same connection. The commenter might even already know this, and it wouldn't change what they said. Of course, I don't speak for them, I just saw this and was finally able to put the weird ahh thoughts in my head into words for once.

@totallylegitenergy2559

3 ай бұрын

@@skz_mus Not all interpretations can be correct, especially when it's a historically based song, if they want to attach their own personal feelings that have nothing to do with the song that's fine, I just thought it would be good to clear up the actual meaning of the song since it is a memoriam to both what happened to the people that were taken hostage, and those six service members who lost their lives attempting to retrieve them.

@poptartbumblebeepoop9540

3 ай бұрын

@@totallylegitenergy2559Well youre wrong do shut up

i hate to say it, but i discovered this through a tiktok. but hell im so glad i did. from what im seeing, everyone has their own feelings with this masterpiece, and im no different. there’s something so oddly comforting yet terrifying about it. ive been through a lot these past few years and somehow o superman perfectly encapsulates the feelings in a strange way i could never describe. im very happy this song is in my life now.

@Bellapopj

4 ай бұрын

Agreed

@gingerhoggatt7838

4 ай бұрын

I also discovered through TikTok. It doesn't matter how we got here. It's just good we're here. 🙂

@AmySorrellMusic

4 ай бұрын

​@@gingerhoggatt7838As someone who has been into her since the 90s...WELCOME. 😊

@johnindigo5477

4 ай бұрын

Like bon ivers creeks Or Imogen heaps hide and seek

@MK_-vr1hr

3 ай бұрын

and????? its a song 🤷 same with radio or other social network

the fact that this got to number 2 in the UK singles chart makes me feel uncharacteristically patriotic

@f0nk3m0n

3 ай бұрын

I'm really shocked (but very very pleased) something so experimental got so high on the charts !

"So hold me mom in your long arms" That's going to break and heal my heart every single time.

@nefersguy

2 жыл бұрын

IKR

@ogungou9

Жыл бұрын

@Alexandra Kulik: My mom was hell, total despair, vicious anger, malignant manipulation, and into violent delight ... against my sisters and I since I was 3 years old ans 2/3. So I have a very very different "perspective" of that song since the 80s.

@Dahstin

Жыл бұрын

it is peotry...

@iridesibilla6161

Жыл бұрын

❤️

@henryodonohue9251

Жыл бұрын

Love this song so clever

I get it why people find it disturbing but I find it peaceful on a ethereal (?) level. Nothing extreme or in your face being loud. No immense build up. Just almost like a ocean wave on a calmer day

This song makes me feel like the grim reaper is breathing down my neck and stroking my hair. My heart is pounding with fear and anxiety but I can’t stop listening.

@dead-hq9wp

4 ай бұрын

When it’s a handsome man: 😍 When it’s the grim reaper: 💀

@whatname8952

13 күн бұрын

Stupid comment.

@shmansypants9411

Күн бұрын

if only I could get the grim reaper to stroke me

My siblings and I were obsessed by this album when it was released. Especially this song. We figured out an acapella version (4 voices) so we could sing it when we were working outside (we grew up on a small family farm). One time, after the verse "and when justice is gone.... there's always force" my bother ad-libbed "Hi force!" and we all completely lost it. So many memories made around this mesmerizing album. ❤

@leighlafoster6950

Жыл бұрын

I have been working on a paper about this song for a month or so, and ever since I saw this comment I've heard "Hi force!" every time I listen to it lmao

@LorenaOtegui

Жыл бұрын

Please tell us there’s record of this. I would so much love to hear your a capella…

@HARTYNMUGHES

Жыл бұрын

@@leighlafoster6950 hey! IU'd like to read the paper!

@megavide0

11 ай бұрын

"For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. You must feel the Force around you; here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere, yes." 😉

@Mekaleeto_Worldwide

10 ай бұрын

Only a serial killer would enjoy this weird ass creepy song…. Pun intended.. iykyk.

O Superman O judge O Mom and Dad Mom and Dad Hi. I'm not home right now. But if you want to leave a Message, just start talking at the sound of the tone. Hello? This is your Mother Are you there? Are you coming home? Hello? Is anybody home? Well, you don't know me, but I know you And I've got a message to give to you Here come the planes So you better get ready Ready to go You can come as you are, but pay as you go Pay as you go And I said: OK. Who is this really? And the voice said: This is the hand, the hand that takes This is the hand, the hand that takes This is the hand, the hand that takes Here come the planes. They're American planes Made in America Smoking or non-smoking? And the voice said: Neither snow nor rain nor gloom Of night shall stay these couriers from the swift Completion of their appointed rounds. 'Cause when love is gone There's always justice And when justive is gone There's always force And when force is gone, There's always Mom. Hi Mom! So hold me, Mom, in your long arms So hold me, Mom, in your long arms In your automatic arms. Your electronic arms. In your arms. So hold me, Mom, in your long arms Your petrochemical arms Your military arms In your electronic arms

@samanthapadilla6998

5 ай бұрын

I need to copy thisss omg

@jocelynatkinson593

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for this... I was looking for a lyric video but ur comment gave so much more meaning when listening to the song

@248winter

5 ай бұрын

Thank youuuuu

@theidiot1424

5 ай бұрын

dont forget the huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huhhuh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huhhuh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huhhuh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huhhuh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huhhuh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huhhuh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh

@Rockinfreakapotamus333

5 ай бұрын

Love you for this 💚

Genuinely shocked on how old this song is, truly an ageless song it fits perfectly in any era

Is it bad that this song comforts me without making me feel unnerved in the slightest? Like, it comforts me in a melancholic, doomed way, but comforts me still. Hard to describe.

@EllatheQueen_

5 күн бұрын

Same; I listen to it when I have anxiety & it’s perfect 🥲 no idea why 😩❤️

Im so glad that "well you dont know me but i know you" is becoming popular on tiktok rn, makes me so happy to hear a song i love used in such a meaningful way Edit: I'm referring to the videos that use this to connect with deceased relatives, rather than those sharing mental health issues with others. If y'all could stop trying to argue that a visceral connection some have with those who led similar lives isn't meaningful just because it's on tiktok, that would be fantastic 🥰

@tior598

5 ай бұрын

I know currently googling too!

@staleteethpaste

5 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/paCctdOBocfbfqg.htmlsi=hOUB8jlBENJdyf7x

@isaac-li4bs

5 ай бұрын

Nothing to come out of Tik Tok is meaningful

@stecharanthewarchief3152

5 ай бұрын

"Meaningful"

@dylancurbjumper

5 ай бұрын

@@isaac-li4bs I understand where you're coming from, but once you mature, you'll realize you're sorely mistaken

This song to me will always symbolize death's arrival to claim a loved one. I became obsessed with this song, constantly replaying the lines "Well you don't know me, but I know you" and "This is the hand that takes." I didn't realize it but my father would die after collapsing on the ground four days after I started listening to the song. I hadn't seen him in 3 three years and I know it probably sounds crazy but it felt it listening to this was a personal warning, as if the song was saying, "Death is coming for someone you love, so you better get ready." Such a powerfully haunting song and still one of the best I have heard.

@fauxliage

5 ай бұрын

You got me paranoid now😂

@zurkxees4992

5 ай бұрын

Fax bruh I lost someone around this time 4 years ago don’t play with me

@xxSweetbeansxx

4 ай бұрын

Omg stooppp

@belledeb3303

4 ай бұрын

R.I.P. your father 😭

@pixie_styx

4 ай бұрын

Rest in peace to your father. Wishing you and your family well

I'm a teenager just discovering this master piece of art. It's f amazing

This song makes me cry every time I listen to it. I would kill to hear that level of life in my mother's voice again.

I was honored to talk to Mrs Laurie the other day . I told her that I was a huge fan of her music. and I also said to her "Mrs Anderson O Superman sounds like it is due to be released in 2032." She instantly started laughing. She is one of the sweetest, kindest and appreciative artists that I've ever met.

@WolfShenda

Жыл бұрын

As a big fan of her, that never saw her, this checks out. (To this day I hope for a headpat from Laurie before I die)

@Bikewithlove

Жыл бұрын

The world has not caught up yet to what she’s communicating in this piece. I’m here because I’m contemplating how wokeness (postmodern Marxists) are so strongly pro-war, because a war culture is a war culture regardless of its self-proclaimed virtues. Laurie’s work was ahead of its time. If you haven’t heard of him, look up John Maus. His music and videos are similar to Laurie Anderson’s.

@brucekilby9957

Жыл бұрын

A master piece of Lauries. RIP Lou. You both were Perfect for each other. O Superman O George and Lou Reed.🦸‍♂️👨‍🔧🦸‍♂️

@moehammondmedia

Жыл бұрын

@@brucekilby9957 hey Bruce I also talked to her that day about her late great husband Lou Reed. It was amazing. And yes O Superman is a masterpiece

@letXeqX

Жыл бұрын

So cool. Is this a recorded interview that we can hear? or just a private discussion. Love her. Lou too.

Technology. American Military-Industrial complex. American imperialism. Capitalism. Power & comfort. I’ve listened repeatedly the past few days and it gives me chills. Also very timely for it to skyrocket in popularity with the younger generations. Beautiful and eerie performance.

@arkbien9303

4 ай бұрын

This is mostly about Operation Eagle Claw, not imperialism.

@PyroGothNerd

3 ай бұрын

It's literally about Operation Eagle Claw, a failed attempt to rescue hostages from Iranians in the 80's.

@Deadpool4president

3 ай бұрын

​@@arkbien9303It could be argued that Ameican imperialism is one of the things that led to the Iranian hostage crisis

@cliffordohrnberger

3 ай бұрын

​@@arkbien9303 The only reason hostages were taken was because of American imperialism.. American Imperialism is why America has done everything It has done for the last 120 years or so. And also everything done to us. The Iranian hostage situation and 9/11(among many events) are both the results/blowback of American imperialism.

@arkbien9303

3 ай бұрын

@@cliffordohrnberger Am I to assume you agree with what Iran did? You know very damned well that the Ayatollah's response to America's messing around where it shouldn't have has ruined the country, possibly permanently. 😐 Two massive wrongs never make a right and the innocent always suffer. And this song refers to a very specific event, not general American imperialism.

I literally hear “Hello this is your mother are you there are you coming home” in my head when I’m trying to sleep at night

as a 16 year old who ran away from how I dint have to hear the lines "hello, this is your mother, are you there?are you coming home?" my mother left me a voicemail yesterday saying "hey, this is your mama are you ok? and are you ever coming home?"

@wikkeik

3 ай бұрын

are you okay

listen to the words and look at the visuals. this is about American Imperialism. watch it as many times as have to. this is the most genius thing i’ve ever watched and listened to.

@PyroGothNerd

3 ай бұрын

No it's not. She explained in interviews it's about Operation Eagle Claw, a failed attempt to rescue hostages from Iran.

@PyroGothNerd

3 ай бұрын

No it's not. Not sure why KZread erased my original comment, but she said it's about Operation Eagle Claw, a failed attempt to rescue the hostages in Iran in the 1980's

@notransitory1

3 ай бұрын

really sad state of affairs when it seems like most people don't understand its about imperialism, when it's basically explicitly said in the lyrics?!?!?!

@PyroGothNerd

3 ай бұрын

​@@notransitory1She said in interviews it was about Operation Eagle Claw, a failed attempt to rescue hostages

@totallylegitenergy2559

3 ай бұрын

Has nothing to do with imperialism, it is in honor of those who were taken hostage and the six service members who lost their lives.

Yes, it's scary letting go. It's so strange to listen to and watch this weird thing time and again and still be moved by it. This is art and it's a masterpiece.

@yvonnethomas5365

5 ай бұрын

So true

@torquetheprisoner

5 ай бұрын

listen to it during a magic mushroom trip

@user-cf3uv1cl8b

4 ай бұрын

This is real

@Penultimate1785

3 ай бұрын

Then learn real art

Listening to this feels like listening to a conversation someone else is having with God - You're outside of it, and none of it is directed at you, but it's still so incredibly poignant and beautiful to hear.

I remember first hearing it on the cassette radio. I first laughed, then listened, it kept going, I kept listening, and 8 minute later was the longest thing I’ve heard on the radio. After it finished I was hooked. I think this was the greatest musical art of the 80s, Genius.

When justice is gone, there's always force.

@Lyndanet

5 ай бұрын

Yeah I know

@user-wx2sb1ym1w

5 ай бұрын

When force is gone, there’s always mom

@tongue_pop3328

5 ай бұрын

Hi Force!

@littlesadeo

3 ай бұрын

@@user-wx2sb1ym1wWHAT DOES IT MEANNN

@littlesadeo

3 ай бұрын

There’s always family but in the end that will get ruined too? (Electronic arms alluding to manufactured family)

I was a teen when this came out and I remember my dad playing it on his high end stereo, quite loud. I thank him for introducing me to such a range of amazing music.

@mrhappy5236

Жыл бұрын

Gotta love Dad's and their record collections.

@BabylonHits7

6 ай бұрын

Rad profile pic man. When I saw this scene in theaters in Los Angeles, it blew my mind. Sometimes the most fundamental truths are the most profound.

@stevegeek

6 ай бұрын

@@BabylonHits7 Well recognized! 😉👍

@Lyndanet

5 ай бұрын

Your Dad get’s an extra star ⭐️ in my book 📕!

@adrianquiles9825

5 ай бұрын

Dennis Nielsen serial killer . Look it up 😮

i didn't expect this song to make me cry, but i did at the line "so, hold me mom". powerful stuff. thank you laurie anderson for this touching piece of work!

The fact that so many people that are hearing this for the first time have such negativity towards it saddens me. I feel like they are really missing the point. This may be a strange song, but its message is beautiful. It really makes me think about what my life will be like some day, without my mother. I love her more than anyone, and to think one day, she'll be gone, it is such a cruel thing. I think I might go give my mom a call right now.

@montgomerydenzer8805

4 ай бұрын

I think they feel "negative" because it is New and Unknown"- we always fear the unknown

@Rotten.d-jellymm9hz

4 ай бұрын

I like it but every time I hear it people use it in videos like When you see your friend jiggle there leg when they sit:

@HAL-7274

4 ай бұрын

The serial killer Dennis Nilsen was used to listen to this song before killing and dismember his victims. He said it helped to enter in the mood

@Badficwriter

4 ай бұрын

@@HAL-7274 I hear he liked Mothersbaugh's music (singer of Devo). I think he liked all the cool 80's stuff. Its wierd to share taste with a serial killer.

@stanoslinga.

4 ай бұрын

it’s not negativity. it’s just creepy.

The best Black Mirror ending brought me here, I was crying so much because of that scene, jesus that was such a deep masterpiece

@operatorspeaks3921

5 жыл бұрын

Albert Damdin 😕🙁☹️😢😭 I think any “normal” person will agree with you!

@plunixx

5 жыл бұрын

@Amir Tamaddon Well put. It did for me too. I didn't even realize that until I read your comment.

@Thrifty032781

2 жыл бұрын

@Anthony Andrea It's a TV show on Netflix. This particular episode is from an episode called Bandersnatch, which is an interactive episode. You get to make choices throughout the episode. Getting to this ending is kinda tricky though. I think you have to go through a bunch of others first.

@archangel.girl.watches.you.

3 ай бұрын

Fr that ending got me bawling my eyes out but it was the best one in my opinion

Once you hear this song you never will forget it.

@deename1670

Жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more. I just recalled this song because I'm staying with friends, and their shower's drain makes this exact beat for about three minutes after you turn off the water. With that beat of pipes pumping together closed, in an instant I was 13 years old again. Crossed legged at 3AM watching this song on RAGE for the first time. Never will I forget it or that moment. Ever.

@robertflores8234

Жыл бұрын

I’ve been searching for this song ever since I saw it on MTV! It was sometime in the 90’s and I recently stumbled across a top 10 list of Vocoder songs. I never forgot the beat! 😅

@GoodMusicManiac999

Жыл бұрын

Uh, sure. Made me terrified by HIV more than probably 300.000 debates about it.

@bubbercakes528

Жыл бұрын

But I’m trying to! 😂

@bubbercakes528

Жыл бұрын

Almost as bad as Elvira by the Statler Bros.

this song freaks me out in the best way possible

I saw Laurie in concert in Lawrence KS at the Lied center in the 90s with my late Dad. So comforting. Reminds me of good days. ❤️ I love how music can take you right back to a time and place in your mind. This song does that.

This song always moves me to tears, and makes me realize how mean I was to my mom growing up my whole life, and how much I wish I could’ve changed my behavior. I love her so much and shes getting older, we’re losing time and I don’t want her to pass away thinking I didn’t love her with my whole heart. Laurie Anderson really was way ahead of her time with this song, absolutely beautiful and brilliant.

@user-hq3gp9zb1l

5 ай бұрын

You have time to make up for it, she knows you love her, she understands.

@kd8opi

5 ай бұрын

I’m glad the song moves you, but it’s about the botched 1979 Iran hostage rescue.

@marielpare8290

5 ай бұрын

@@kd8opiShe made this song as a piece of performance art and I think she’d be okay with the different ways the song resonates with people.

@Ltb0904

5 ай бұрын

Was your mother the american industrial war machine?

@kd8opi

5 ай бұрын

@@marielpare8290 I know. Just saying the “mother” character is not really anyones mother. It’s trying to fool the person being called. The song is deep.

Made a deep impact on me as a young child when my parents played this song in the car driving back home in the evening from anywhere. Always got goosebumps when I woke up. Felt like I was in another world looking out of the car in to the dark night, with the metallic distorted voice of Laurie and the sound of minimalistic bleeps on the background. Thankfull for these musical experiences my parents gave me.

@rocco...

Жыл бұрын

Kraftwerk had similar effects on me.

This bizarre song is oddly comforting but sends chills down my spine and makes my arm hair stand up, and yet I adore it.

This song permanently changed my life when I heard it on vinyl in my parent's living room the year it came out. My mom had heard it on the radio and just pulled over to the side of the road and forgot everything in life except for the song until it ended. Then she drove straight to a record store to buy it and brought it home like she'd found the holy grail. And sonically that's what it was to me as a young kid. It takes over your entire consciousness. Even though it's my favorite song, I have only listened to it maybe 6-7 times in my entire life, because it impacts me so powerfully I never want it to lose that power. I'm particularly sensitive to music and this is the only music that has impacted me this powerfully other than the first time I heard Beethoven's Symphony no6.

@humanentity5890

3 жыл бұрын

some are easily amused.

@miguelcardenas5041

3 жыл бұрын

They played this on the radio!? Unfortunately, I never heard it on the radio - I am sad about the current state of radio - it's automated garbage. I remember when radio brought people together and had the opportunity to change lives (like your wonderful story) - thank you for sharing. She DID find the holy grail

@stevekovalic3546

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing.... Two great performance pieces! Also love pastoral symphony...so evocative! Listen to Beethoven piano concerto #5. Sublime. Make sure it's a good performance...and pianist. Grimaud Andsnes Uchida Barenboim It's just ethereal.

@MkeKen67

3 жыл бұрын

The first time I heard Talking Heads' Once in a Lifetime, I felt like a whole new kind of music sprang into being. And then I heard Laurie Anderson, and another whole new kind of music sprang up. In the same decade, no less. It was a great time to be a teenager.

@LordBatRastard

2 жыл бұрын

It is a very profound song, love it! Try “Song of Fand” by the Enid. Another masterpiece!

This song feels like the arrival of the angels while they sing a chorus to the end of the world. Poignant, beautiful and so so melancholic.

@supernova4011

6 ай бұрын

Literally no better explanation

@supernova4011

6 ай бұрын

Feels something beyond human nature

@uglydoves

5 ай бұрын

13 angels standing guard round’ your bed

@qlam1575

5 ай бұрын

​@@uglydovesbeautiful song from a great album

A boy at my school was supposed to sign on for the military today but he was found unresponsive in his bed. The JROTC instructor was holding back tears.

@savannahshumpert

23 күн бұрын

That's so sad. I'm so sorry. Sending love and prayers ❤️🙏

This song reminds me of what it felt like to be in foster care. It's both pleasant, and horrifying. The deepening on "are you coming home?" broke my heart. To think I'd tried to take my own life so many times and I could've been nothing but a voice on an answering machine is saddening. This song is both beautiful and heartbreaking. I adore it.

That part when she sings "well you don't know me but i know you" is excellent audio and video

The first time I listened to this song, I found it funny that I was getting strangely emotional over it. The second time I listened to it, I dashed to the bathroom halfway through, where I bawled my eyes out uncontrollably for a solid ten minutes, and I just couldn't figure out why. Even now, when I really let the song get a hold of me, I start crying. I don't understand why I feel this way.

@mallyosih7455

5 ай бұрын

It kinda feels like the ghost of people past who didnt get the end they wanted. Kinda. Idk, kinda

@TitusFFM

5 ай бұрын

I feel you. As a kid I liked or loved this song so much now 41 years old I'm getting panic attack hearing it. It scares the shit out of me and I have zero explanations or any reason why. There is something in it that I can't explain.

@HibaSheikh-er7kh

5 ай бұрын

​@@TitusFFM then don't watch I'm feelin so strange and weird watching this 😭😭😭😭

@TitusFFM

5 ай бұрын

@@HibaSheikh-er7kh it's not that I don't want to listen to it. It's so wonderful yet so strange at the same time. It's that it's something in my head that reacts to it. And my curiosity what's to know why.

@HibaSheikh-er7kh

5 ай бұрын

@@TitusFFM I kinda find it disturbing i wanna know why is it so disturbing 😭😭😭

i'm not sure why, but seeing her silhouette fade at 2:40 is one of the most unsettling things i've seen in my lifetime

my relationship with my mom is rocky, and we never seem to find a common ground of peace for longer that a few weeks. we fight and we hurt each other and we hate each other’s guts sometimes. but then, when life gets to one of us, when life gets to me, we’re always there with each other. “there’s always mom”. every time i hear this song, no matter how much i think i hate her, i still text her. or call her. tell her i love her. “there’s always mom” and only mom knows how hard life is, only mom understands how terrible this country effects daily life, how much being an adult breaks us down. there’s always mom, and after everything, i love her.

Good god, Bandersnatch gave this song such beautiful and bittersweet meaning. Edit: Should have said “for me” this song now has a “new” association in my mind to a story I found to be sad yet beautiful, and unforgettable.

@pinkeycivic

5 жыл бұрын

⅄

@endowarrior7399

5 жыл бұрын

or the song originally had a bitter sweet meaning you dumb shit

@SuperCommenterGuy

5 жыл бұрын

@@endowarrior7399 What about this song makes you think it has a bittersweet meaning? Bandersnatch easily gave this song a bittersweet meaning.

@R__A

5 жыл бұрын

ScG think it’s all the bombs and I’m pretty sure ‘mom’ in this sense is some kind of army with their automatic, electronic mechanical arms

@kingvon2181

5 жыл бұрын

Grip Langer get a life next

This song has haunted me for over a quarter-century. I met Laurie Anderson once on a Northwest Airlines flight around 1987. She seemed taken aback that anyone would have recognized her then. As if she didn't realize her own influence. Today I still consider her as a master of her craft. She is a true poet.

@JKTube

5 жыл бұрын

+T Escherman: Amen. It's 37 years later, and I can't think of anyone whose had a hit that sounded ANYTHING like this.

@Chaspickle

4 жыл бұрын

Amazing Song....Went on a Surf Trip to Cape Hatteras when I was 14 and I have never forgotten this song....

@suzukinez

4 жыл бұрын

T Escherman I’m 48 I remember being in my room lying on the bed listening to the radio charts this came on,, ,,,,felt in a trance

@dennismosercreativearts

4 жыл бұрын

Met her outside of Borders Bookstore in Ann Arbor, MI... must have been around 1995, or so... still just as modest then, too. An amazing artist...

@spugintrntl

4 жыл бұрын

@@JKTube first time I heard this song on the alternative station where I live I thought it was Imogen Heap. I guess the vocoder-like effect she uses made me think of "hide and seek".

Song never gets old. So glad this generation is starting to listen to our music.

I was 13 in 81’ and obsessed with this album. I didn’t understand the depth of it at all then, but loved it was so inventive.

my dad showed me this song when i was about 7 or 8. i always thought he had the coolest, oddest taste in music. this song, as well as some others he showed me, undoubtedly make me think of him. lost him over two years ago, still can’t believe it. hug ur parents.

@casualpeace3956

4 жыл бұрын

Same thing for me too my dad was watching i guess it was a movie and She played alot of her songs and I was just amazed some thing like this exists, i was about the same age maybe older but it was the late 80's early 90's. opened my mind

@willmac5642

4 жыл бұрын

He certainly did have cool taste

@stephenmedley5844

4 жыл бұрын

I think if somebody shows this kind of music to their kid, they are definitely cool - sorry for your loss, Im sorry he is not among us anymore, even when I do not know him. But if he liked this, it feels like I know him.

@garythain76

4 жыл бұрын

your dad had a rare quality of super coolness! i had a friend like that who had a huge vocabulary that would make us laugh so hard! So rare!

@Bippyboi

4 жыл бұрын

Wow what a shit taste in music

I’m Japanese and I couldn’t understand the meaning completely when I first listened this song,but I really shocked by the sounds. This is like future but somehow I feel comfortable while I’m listening her voice.

@yd3346

Жыл бұрын

Je suis Français. J’ai découvert cette chanson sur une radio de grande écoute tard le soir quand j’étais adolescent au début des années 80. C’était totalement nouveau et hypnotique. Merci à KZread de nous permettre de redécouvrir ce titre et surtout merci à KZread de me permette de lire vos commentaires qui me font penser que nous sommes nombreux à être toujours sous le charme de ce chef d’œuvre unique même si nous ne pratiquons pas la même langue. Je vous embrasse tous.

@yellow_jacket3260

Жыл бұрын

I find it fascinating that even though different cultures are separated by the rules and regulations bound to it, the human condition transcends any language or region, such as what this song evokes

@itsmatt2105

Жыл бұрын

@@yellow_jacket3260 Her voice is soothing and comforting in any language.

@WarrenWright1961

Жыл бұрын

I like your comment. Even as a native English speaker, the poetry here is challenging because these words have so much power & many dimensions of meaning. ❤

I stumbled upon this song a few months ago through tik tok, I listened to it almost daily since. When the doctor told me that my dog had cancer, this song was playing in the background. When I saw him when I got back from school, this song was playing in the background. When we sadly had to put him down so he wouldn't suffer anymore, this song was playing in the background. Now when I want to remember my baby, this is the song I play. If I had to explain grief to someone, I would play this song. 5:30 "And when force is gone, there's always mom. Hi mom!"

Super avant-garde, I love it! One of those songs that just affects you in a way you can't describe.

@wiremuwifebash

3 ай бұрын

It's so alien to think that THIS, of all songs, topped the charts when it first released. Yet at the same time, I understand perfectly why it did.

I`m 53 and it still gives me chills. Played the cassette to death as a teenager. Way ahead of her time.

@sutitigi

Жыл бұрын

54 THIS YEAR, STILL OLVE THIS

@marcus-flavius

Жыл бұрын

Yes, my nutrition-hose was cut in 1969...I exactly know, what you mean! This was a fertile and massive creative time...good Worms Dame from west-Berlin Studios....

@davidsilveiradamota4531

Жыл бұрын

@@marcus-flavius I’m 62, and this song still gives me the chills as well! I also enjoy the remixes of the track that are released from time to time!

@TRealDC

Жыл бұрын

I'm 56. My sister had the album, but I recorded it off the radio. I STILL expect Bachman-Turner Overdrive "Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" to follow after that last 'Ah'.

@derekwhited2555

8 ай бұрын

I'm 20 and its okay i guess

this looks and sounds super cool now but just imagine how fucking mind blowing this would have been to listen to in 1982

@marianrose1259

3 жыл бұрын

It was - and still is!🌟

@robbie7638

3 жыл бұрын

Yup, it was

@symonty

3 жыл бұрын

Was indeed

@claireeyles7560

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, it was amazing hearing this when it was first released.

@edwardkay2743

3 жыл бұрын

I did listen to it in 1982, and it was indeed fucking mind blowing. What a privilege.

Actually, in an interview with Anderson Cooper, Laurie Anderson herself said this song is "About how technology can't save you."

I got to see her art show in Denver once. It was very powerful. When she was a child she dove off a really high diving board, broke her back, and had to wear a cast...

@15multiventure51

20 күн бұрын

Relevance to the song ???

“All he did was close his eyes...”

@cyberalcalyx5367

5 жыл бұрын

That ending made me cry wtf

@kbptrinh

5 жыл бұрын

best ending imo. he found his peace with himself

@JackTheCat95

5 жыл бұрын

This was so sad

@squidwardenjoyer2904

5 жыл бұрын

Actually the only real ending. It means you can't go back and change stuff. The episode was about giving us the illusion of free will

@Ookopturcem

5 жыл бұрын

@@squidwardenjoyer2904 Not true. I got this scene and after it was over it sent me back to see the PACS scene.

One of the most hauntingly beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard. I have been listening to it since its release and have never grown tired of it.

This song gives me chills every time I hear it...

Song was so way ahead of its time, you could re-launch this every 30 years and it will sound as good as the day it came out. Genius.

This song reminds me and feels like it was made as a precursor to 9/11. It reminds me of everything I felt that day as a kid in the 4th grade who didn't totally understand how much everything would change for America and for the world at large until after it all happened. It feels like "the hand that takes" is explaining to me how everything will be going Forward, a world where love, and even justice is gone, but where force and profit will be the new way of life. "Here comes the planes, they're American planes, so you'd better get ready, ready to go" just feels like a vague reference to the day that will initiate it all. Coupled with the stoic, nearly psychopathic blood thirsty, cold calculative, empty eyed stare in the video and rigid hand movements, ones where the hand seen to be separated from the mind completely seems like a perfect illustration of "the hand" it's just so haunting and nostalgic in an unexplainable way unless I think of it this way

@byungbunny8553

5 ай бұрын

I was looking for a comment like this I was thinking similar 😭

@douglasincola5

5 ай бұрын

It was originally about the Iran crisis, but she did perform it after 9/11

@maxxmarino6500

5 ай бұрын

@@douglasincola5 it's almost like reverse nostalgia if that's a thing, where you get a sense of nostalgia for something that hasn't happened yet, but then once it comes you understand the feelings of anticipated familiarity. it's pretty haunting, almost like you would swear she knew what was going to happen before she wrote it, or as if she wrote it into existence

@nothingsimpostleble1593

4 ай бұрын

How old are you because i think i was in 3rd grade or 4th, i cant remember 😢 but i do remember that morning... I remember having my papa came and woke me up wayy earlier than normal and the look on his face and watching the planes... And my dad...and asking why somebody would do what they did... He passed away when i was 15...

@KBear628

4 ай бұрын

I was wondering if anyone else thought of their experience with 9/11 while they listened to this song. I was in 4th grade.

this song is uncomfortable and beautiful at the same time

@rree9550

2 жыл бұрын

are there such songs? yeah, plenty...

@RetroReminiscing

2 жыл бұрын

I totally get what you mean

@geoffreyperrin4046

2 ай бұрын

that's art

I'm 32 years old, a previous boss I had showed me this song over 10 years ago, I'm still listening to it today. This was an awesome era for music

A 38 year old man and I've only just found this!!! I dont even know what to say of the feelings this gave me, I've just been stuck in an awkward trance for the last 8:27sec, in the somberness of peaceful sadness, the "huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh" of her voice as the beat felt like a heartbeat on a monitor beating down to its last beat. Didn't feel like i was listening to a song...more like i just witnessed art in sound, like the first time witnessing zdzisław beksiński...its an awkward experience of art that pulls you in. So awkward yet so glad it found me.

❤️❤️❤️ I was fortunate to see Laurie Anderson in a live show in SF. I was 7 months pregnant so despite the fact that the show was over-sold, I was allowed a seat just a few feet away from where she was performing. Both of my sons heard very inventive music before they were born, and they are creative musicians and composers themselves now!

@joeybrazelton3069

5 ай бұрын

That's awesome! Do you have any other recommendations for inventive music?

@Blackoudmusic

4 ай бұрын

​@@joeybrazelton3069 soundtracks For The Blind by swans and i have a very special plan for this world by current 93 are both very experimental and amazing

@incredulity

4 ай бұрын

​@@joeybrazelton3069Aphex Twin, Autechre, Boards of Canada

@gshan994

4 ай бұрын

Bob Marley, no womon no cry ​@@joeybrazelton3069

I saw Laurie Anderson in concert once and time ceased to have meaning during the show. I honestly couldn't tell you if it was 5 minutes or 2 days. It was fantastic. Totally took us all to a new dimension.

@jamesspratt

3 жыл бұрын

It was probably about 2hrs

@samtaylor9714

3 жыл бұрын

Were you on drugs?

@charleybarley914

3 жыл бұрын

saw here during the Strange Angels tour...it was transcendental.

@perfectcirq

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesspratt hahahahah! Probably

@free322001

3 жыл бұрын

FAR OUT man!

Today is the first time I listened to this entire song and I burst into tears. I really enjoy it, but it makes me extremely sad. Does anyone else feel this way?

My dad had this on a tape that we always listened to on road trips when I was growing up. 😂 The nostalgia now is WILD.

1:44 for those looking for it, this is where the popular soundbyte starts 👍

I can tell this song means something, something important, but I can’t tell what it means, and that’s fascinating to me. This is complex music and I never expected to hear something like this.

@TeddyBear-ii4yc

3 ай бұрын

IIRC it's a mid-80s song so with the references to 'American planes' and 'military' I took it to be about dropping the bomb. Didn't she used to go on-stage in a green overall/flightsuit?

@totallylegitenergy2559

3 ай бұрын

It's about operation eagle claw, a failed attempt to rescue us hostages that were taken from the US embassy in Iran that led to the death of six service members while attempting to rescue them.

@compazine

3 ай бұрын

@totallylegitenergy2559 is absolutely correct. The song was inspired by Operation Eagle Claw.

@user-xs1yx9tc9m

2 ай бұрын

Another aspect of this operation that might of been of note to the U.S. public at the time, is the fact that the U.S. hadn't been involved in any military operations for some years. The last u.s. troops to be killed in action being the 1975 'Mayaguez' incident off Cambodia ( another rescue operation.)@@totallylegitenergy2559

I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Laurie Anderson live about 5 times now. She didn’t perform THIS, but she’s amazing. I recommend for the black turtleneck set, or anyone who wants an interesting concert experience.

Ground-breaking, astonishing and unforgettable, a pure masterpiece!

I don’t think you can appreciate now how incredibly unique this was then. I still feel like I did then watching this.

@the2ndcoming135

Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: This was the first nickname given to me by a childhood friend in Los Angeles😉 Edit: My child hood friend would shorten my nickname to Supe. Ironically, he called our rival a bih in the very same breath. I thought that was pretty ironic.

@skyblazeeterno

9 ай бұрын

in 2023 its still pretty unique

@Tyler.254

5 ай бұрын

This song is just very weird. That’s all it is

@GoatMortician

4 ай бұрын

It’s still incredibly unique ❤

Lost my mom last year. When I got this ending of bandersnatch and heard this track I was in tears. I dreamt of hugging my mom so tight that when I woke up I had tears running down my face. Didn't want the dream to stop... Great episode.

@rollmops3113

5 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry for your loss... Your message was very touching. All the best xo

@malmurchison3458

5 жыл бұрын

@@rollmops3113 thank you!

@Nikkstein

5 жыл бұрын

Im sorry about your loss man :(

@darkcrusader.

5 жыл бұрын

God loves everything and everybody else and everyone....

@malcolmshane3039

5 жыл бұрын

Lost my mom at the end of October. The ending immediately ran through my whole body and had me in rushing tears. It was almost too much especially with the song. There are so many paths and they are waiting for us but also with us still

1:26 hurts every time. "This is your mother. Are you there? Are you coming home?" Its kind enough in sound to pass as a mother, missing her kid whos been away from home. The overall tone is daunting enough that you'd easily hear it as a last voice mail from mom before something happens to her or her kid in a movie. But then there's the more horror based take of; why is she clarifying she's someones mother? Surely they'd know, she's their mother. Indicating an unknow change. Either the voice over the phone is lying, or the kid is someone else. Through change or forgetting. Sad and creepy either way. Haunts me in a welcome way

This masterpiece will live on even after the generation who lived it fades ,the lyrics are so powerful

In 1982 I was 15 vears old and heard this song on the radio at night. I was completely mesmerized, because over 8 minutes there was always something NEW happening in this track, only the female breathbeat remained constantly, everything else was shifting, slowly like tectonic plates. I knew nothing about Laurie Anderson, I didn't know that she was beautiful - it was just a pure listening experience.

@mariomarzocchella7140

4 жыл бұрын

for me too...

@ScottEarle

4 жыл бұрын

This was my exact experience too. Blew my tiny mind, it did. I never thought I’d be watching the video on the internet, 37 years later

@thomasgray9170

4 жыл бұрын

I was also 15 in 1982 and considered this then as a pile of monotonous, pseudo intellectual shit.; my view remains the same today - it is simply irritating bollocks that is prlobably played in Guantanamo Bay as part of torture. Americans love crap because the only culture that they have is that which festers in the arse of their oversized pants.

@corkscrewcurly

4 жыл бұрын

@@thomasgray9170 - calm down. I loved this when it came out (I was 18 in 1982) and I still love it now; I think it's inventive and - in 1982 it was bloody unique. Incidentally, I'm not fat and I'm not American.

@thomasgray9170

4 жыл бұрын

@@corkscrewcurly Thank goodness that it was indeed unique, for the sake of the sanity of the masses! Even the lyrics are appalling but the composition surely couldn't have taken more than ten minutes. There is a lot of music that I hate yet can comprehend its appeal or appreciate its craftsmanship but this track's popularity strikes me, to use economics terms, from induced demand rather than autonomous demand. My dad once told me that if the BBC wheeled out a dog turd onto a stage, most British people would applaud. Anyway, I accept my admonishment, providing you buy me a nice pair of ear muffs.

What a glorious time, when experimental pieces like this could actually enter the charts...

@warrenllewellyn144

4 жыл бұрын

How true. Now the youth have Ed Sheeran, Katy Perry and Stormzy bringing pop music to a grinding halt. The cardinal sin of pop music has occurred. It got boring, when once it was mesmerizing.

@rosiebeardshaw658

4 жыл бұрын

No shit . love it I wish it was like that nowadays

@UncommonSituations

4 жыл бұрын

Teddy Dunn pop music means popular music. So, yes, obviously he is talking about music on the radio because the radio plays what is popular.

@patbnj

4 жыл бұрын

What an intelligent and creative woman.

@DaSkonk

4 жыл бұрын

@@tachikomakusanagi3744 stfu and get lost, you ignorant clown!

As a 20 year old young adult I am thankful that my parents are 70s baby’s this is because I was brought up on music like bush, Bowie, pink Floyd , the clash and the police etc. fills me with joy that my friends are now coming across this music

@Ravedaze.

4 ай бұрын

Speaking as a 55yo guy your parents have good taste and you should always listen and take their advice, they love you very much

I've been working in a nursing home for the first time, and the whole experience has been forcing me to confront loss, death, time, suffering, all of the things i never knew I truly feared. I don't want my now 50 yo mom to die one day. I don't wanna suffer in old age. Breaking down as I grow old TERRIFIES ME. I feel like I've seen no greater hell than the look I caught in the eyes of one of my dementia patients as they went into an episode of distress and confusion.

I've only just found this song bit there's something so comfortable about it. I cannot stop listening to it. It makes me feel so calm...

@kj_arts1017

5 ай бұрын

I know exactly what you mean

@af_81

5 ай бұрын

A serial killer loved this song

@deanfowles3707

5 ай бұрын

@@af_81which one?

@AlastorValentine-lq4cl

5 ай бұрын

@user-mg3go3qg4x Okay? Is that important in any way? Are you trying to imply something?

@deanfowles3707

5 ай бұрын

@@AlastorValentine-lq4cl yeah. That’s the songs a bit serial killer ish

It's my first listening and I started tearing up on this point on 5:58, this song it's just so comforting, disturbing, calming and terrifing, all at the same time and it's genius.

@oohlahlash833

4 ай бұрын

You're weird

@oohlahlash833

4 ай бұрын

Physco

@Strawbery_Mocha

4 ай бұрын

@@oohlahlash833 wha-?

@Strawbery_Mocha

4 ай бұрын

@mariacondrat52 btw i agree with you

@mary52183

4 ай бұрын

@@oohlahlash833 Thank you!!

So funny that this was a number 2 single on the UK charts at one point. This avant garde shit would come on the radio and 80s brits were like Yasss my jam

There is something mystical about this song and I don't know how to describe it. I just know that every time I listen to it, it makes me cry. Every single time.

A few years ago I was stuck in a highway traffic jam near a semi truck whose engine made an incredibly annoying "uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh" sound, so after a minute I said to my passenger "oh superman"--she got the reference and busted out laughing.

@mig23flogger88

6 жыл бұрын

Scott Forschler and one minute later you ditched the soppy bltch and turned gay

@teestoful

5 жыл бұрын

you made my day scott. thank u.

@marvinmastiff9603

5 жыл бұрын

Someone lost their virginity in that truck lol

@skylark4901

5 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised anybody knows this song. Never heard it, or even by chance in the U.S. but then I don't look for stuff like this, In fact, I have no idea what I'm doing here.

@ezioauditoredafirenze8352

5 жыл бұрын

MiG23 Flogger You're stupid.