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Laurie Anderson — Let X=X
Album: Big Science
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Released: 1990
Length: 3:54
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Lyrics:

I met this guy - and he looked like might have been a hat check clerk at an ice rink.
Which, in fact, he turned out to be.
And I said: Oh boy.
Right again.
Let X=X.
You know, it could be you.
It's a sky-blue sky.
Satellites are out tonight.
Let X=X.
You know, I could write a book.
And this book would be think enough to stun an ox. Cause I can see the future and it's a place - about 70 miles east of here.
Where it's lighter.
Linger on over here.
Got the time?
Let X=X.
I got this postcard.
And it read, it said: Dear Amigo - Dear Partner. Listen, uh - I just want to say thanks.
So...thanks.
Thanks for all the presents.
Thanks for introducing me to the Chief.
Thanks for putting on the feedbag.
Thanks for going all out.
Thanks for showing me your Swiss Army knife and uh - Thanks for letting me autograph your cast.
Hug and kisses. XXXXOOOO.
Oh yeah, P.S. I - feel - feel like - I am - in a burning building - and I gotta go.
Cause I - I feel - feel like - I am - in a burning building - and I gotta go.
Posted 11 months ago by Sofa_King    [ Reply ]
More Laurie Anderson, please!
She´s a "Strange Angel"
Posted 14 years ago by Ingenieur    [ Reply ]
 Limpopoking wrote:
Definitely need more LA here. Monkey's paw, Sharkey's night, Strange Angels... she's a wonderful talent and just the type of music I'd expect to hear on RP.... Bill? ya lissnin?
 
I completly agree, this is a major artist and we need to hear more of her songs on the radio...specially RP

Posted 15 years ago by chickadee    [ Reply ]
Alright Bill, Laurie on RP{#Clap}.  Next time though, you have to also include the It Tango.  Let X= X and It Tango are listed as a single piece on the original album, and play that way.  For some strange reason, however, the cd has a gap that makes it play as two separate numbers. Without the rest, its easy to understand why some folks don't like this.  It just stops, and you're left wondering  —  Huh?
Posted 15 years ago by dedawson    [ Reply ]
Bill... you should check this track. It does seem to end partway through.
Posted 15 years ago by kyleminor    [ Reply ]
I met this guy,
and he looked like he might be a hat check clerk
at an ice rink,
which in fact
he turned out to be.
And I said,
"Oh boy.
Right
again."

O how I love thee, Laurie Anderson. Hugs and kisses xxxx00000...
Posted 15 years ago by kyleminor    [ Reply ]
Oh, boy.  Right....again.
Posted 15 years ago by tpa29970    [ Reply ]
 silvergirl wrote:
Not disappointed that Bill and Rebecca played this...that's part of what makes RP, RP...

but, I won't mind not hearing it again for awhile.  Quite awhile.
 

Nicely said. I greatly respect RP's catholic tastes.

But personally, I always want to kick L Anderson in the pants. Hard. With a Doc Martin's steel-toed boot. OK, I'll stop now. 
Posted 15 years ago by Rotterdam    [ Reply ]
holy mercy !

when i heard the timbre of the very first sound i said  "no way "

then i said ooohhh yeah ... right on  ...

i just want to say thanks .. so ... thanks ...
wait   wait  wait just a minute it just ended right   in the middle ....    wtf... 
Posted 15 years ago by pope183    [ Reply ]
Love Laurie Anderson, she is just so Soho.
Posted 15 years ago by bitbanger    [ Reply ]
oh yah! this takes me back to the mid-80s and being part of fun and wacky dance improv classes to this and other LA pieces.
Posted 15 years ago by tree-hugger    [ Reply ]
This is not good.
Posted 15 years ago by etcarroll    [ Reply ]
They could at least say Let x = x++.   Then we might get some where...
Posted 15 years ago by sqqqrly    [ Reply ]
Not disappointed that Bill and Rebecca played this...that's part of what makes RP, RP...

but, I won't mind not hearing it again for awhile.  Quite awhile.


Posted 15 years ago by silvergirl    [ Reply ]
What an LP this was when it came out! Still is....sun's going down like a big bald head!
Posted 15 years ago by guiguy    [ Reply ]
Definitely need more LA here. Monkey's paw, Sharkey's night, Strange Angels... she's a wonderful talent and just the type of music I'd expect to hear on RP.... Bill? ya lissnin?
Posted 15 years ago by Limpopoking    [ Reply ]
x={#Cool}
Posted 15 years ago by georgantas    [ Reply ]
Big Science changed my life.
Anyone remember Night Flight on USA way back when?


Posted 15 years ago by DrCyKosis    [ Reply ]
I wasn't able to give this my full attention yesterday, but I hope to be able to in the future.

Posted 15 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
Ugh. I find this completely unlistenable. {#Yell}
Posted 15 years ago by membeth    [ Reply ]
More Laurie Anderson, please!
Posted 15 years ago by segueman    [ Reply ]
Nothing like an amazing trip to the avante guard for a Tuesday afternoon.  GREAT trip down memory lane.  I'll pull out the Laurie Anderson tonight for sure. Either you get this stuff or you're stupid.
Posted 15 years ago by mrsharkey    [ Reply ]
Most Excellent.
Posted 15 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
I have this album, haven't listened to it in decades. . . and perhaps this song is why. But there are some good cuts on it.
Posted 15 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
Big mathematics. Hallelujah!
Posted 15 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
yahoo!

Thanks for puttin' on the feed bag.


Posted 15 years ago by jjfflyboy    [ Reply ]
 haljordan wrote:
Wow, this is genuinely annoying.
 


Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]

Ah, thanks RP... I have not heard Laurie Anderson in AGES


Posted 15 years ago by mlenihan    [ Reply ]
X=1{#Puke}
Posted 15 years ago by PacificNWPariah    [ Reply ]
O Superwoman
Posted 15 years ago by mavi    [ Reply ]
No thanks.  I find this track to be quite irritating.
Posted 16 years ago by jeremyleo    [ Reply ]
Aw, I needed this today.  Thank you, crazy folks.
Posted 16 years ago by cavalaxis    [ Reply ]
 typecast wrote:
Laurie Anderson for President!
 
bumped for relevancy today {#Yes}
Posted 16 years ago by sirrus    [ Reply ]
oh boy, right again.

this was kind of an anthem of ours back in the day..


Posted 16 years ago by NoEnzLefttoSplit    [ Reply ]
...because otherwise what are the characters going to fall off of?..
Posted 16 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
Wonderful!  {#Clap}
Posted 16 years ago by maryte    [ Reply ]
I'm so happy to hear Laurie Anderson!  Usually the only way I hear her music is if I put it on my own stereo.
Posted 16 years ago by Vogelfrei    [ Reply ]
This is a great CD, though this cut isn't my fave off of it....

I adore the diversity here at RP!
Posted 16 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
Excellent!!!
Posted 16 years ago by cstetler    [ Reply ]
Ah, Laurie Anderson. What a nice change of pace. 
Posted 16 years ago by mattt    [ Reply ]

Posted 16 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
My favorite on this album is "Born, Never Asked" — her violin is great.
Posted 16 years ago by DaWiz    [ Reply ]
Woohoo!.... -   8.
Posted 16 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
Wow, this is genuinely annoying.
Posted 16 years ago by haljordan    [ Reply ]

{#Notworthy}  she came through Eugene twice,the first show was when this disc came out, a feast for the eyes and senses,  was how I would describe the concert! Very eclectic, and have not seen any thing like it since!




Posted 16 years ago by willmcnaught    [ Reply ]
As Delora says, sitting behind me, "I don't care for that."
Posted 16 years ago by Geecheeboy    [ Reply ]
Diggin this!  Way to go Bill.{#Yes}
Posted 16 years ago by saltysanford    [ Reply ]
Let RP = mute.
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
Yes, more Laurie Anderson please.

I just went through a bunch of her PSAs on YouTube.  Still great.
Posted 16 years ago by vivakitty    [ Reply ]
 steeler wrote:
Putting the E in electic.

She and Lou Reed recently married.

 

'Bout time!

They've only been together for around 20-25 years I think.


Posted 16 years ago by Hairfarmer    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by Danny_G    [ Reply ]
The YIN for Thomas Dolby's YANG...
Posted 16 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
steeler wrote:
She and Lou Reed recently married.
That news makes me happy for some reason. Which is weird because yesterday a friend and I were discussing what bullshit marriage is, in both theory and practice. These two crazy kids just might make it work though. Some do.
Posted 16 years ago by Koan    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of The Portal Song.
Posted 16 years ago by turbowaffle    [ Reply ]
Please shoot me.
Posted 16 years ago by iransofaraway    [ Reply ]
Uhm... Uh... Is this thing on? If so, WHY??
Posted 16 years ago by agnes    [ Reply ]
YES! ok had this LP my first year in college in 80-81 Norman OK so coooool Linger on over here ... oh and uh ... hey Bill.. Thanks for goin all out love and kisses xxxx0000
Posted 16 years ago by pope183    [ Reply ]
Here I am in the middle of grading high school Calculus tests when this song comes along... Nice timing Bill, how did you know? Were you hiding behind my couch?
Posted 16 years ago by Ando    [ Reply ]
Putting the E in electic. She and Lou Reed recently married.
Posted 16 years ago by steeler    [ Reply ]
Pyro wrote:
Laurie is an acquired taste. I'm glad Bill plays her stuff every now and then! I'm not a HUGE fan, but I do think she is brilliant.
So's the unabomber but....
Posted 16 years ago by RobRyan    [ Reply ]
Oh Boy - Right - Again
Posted 16 years ago by Taraincognito    [ Reply ]
"oh superman" was a number 1 hit in the 80s in england.
Posted 16 years ago by milchschnitte    [ Reply ]
Laurie Anderson for President!
Posted 16 years ago by typecast    [ Reply ]
segueman wrote:
We need more Laurie Anderson here. I still only have tapes. How 'bout Sharkey's Day?
You and me both I need to get all her stuff on CD. I miss it.
Posted 16 years ago by Alafia    [ Reply ]
Hooray! MORE Laurie Anderson on RP, please!
Posted 16 years ago by Alafia    [ Reply ]
On_The_Beach wrote:
Thanks for showing me your Swiss Army knife. Thanks for letting me autograph your cast. Hug and kisses. XXXOOO
...If a sperm was the size of a whale, however,...
Posted 16 years ago by Hairfarmer    [ Reply ]
segueman wrote:
We need more Laurie Anderson here. I still only have tapes. How 'bout Sharkey's Day?
Sharkey's Day: Rejected. I may try "Ramon". There's a lot of good stuff on "Strange Angels". "I don't know about your brain, but mine's real .. bossy!"
Posted 17 years ago by Darrooon    [ Reply ]
We need more Laurie Anderson here. I still only have tapes. How 'bout Sharkey's Day?
Posted 17 years ago by segueman    [ Reply ]
saw her back in her hey-day... '86 i think? adrian belew was playing a rubber-necked guitar. it was great. so fun and entertaining. this makes me think of that show. although i own a bunch of her recordings, i don't get as much out of them because the visuals that were meant to accompany the music aren't there. if i had never seen her, i probably wouldn't enjoy this.
Posted 17 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
This is one of the ''songs'' she used to perform wearing a pair of skates stuck in a big ice cube. She kept performing until the ice melted and the skate blades touched the sidewalk then stopped.
Posted 17 years ago by Odyzzeuz    [ Reply ]
I have this on vinyl, and even back then I would get such hostility from people who listened to it. All these years later, as then, I still don't care what they think. A very interesting, talented woman.
Posted 17 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
Laurie Anderson is AMAZING! Everything about the way she performs her music and creates her art is so insightful and accessible. I've listened to Radio Paradise for a few years now, and this is the first time I've heard Anderson played. Keep it up!
Posted 17 years ago by rainmonger    [ Reply ]
Huh?!
Posted 17 years ago by Monkeysdad    [ Reply ]
eman wrote:
...this album is awesome...great collection of "off-center" tunes...
"Off center." Is that what crap is called these days?
Posted 17 years ago by mbolch30307    [ Reply ]
Laurie is an acquired taste. I'm glad Bill plays her stuff every now and then! I'm not a HUGE fan, but I do think she is brilliant.
Posted 17 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
I'm grading word problem exams as we speak; I'd give this answer 1 for at least trying
Posted 17 years ago by cmrump    [ Reply ]
Laurie Anderson was my favorite artist from the 80s. I saw her in 2005 after she had been Artist in Residence at NASA (no kidding) and it was still really off-kilter, but not quite so entertaining 25 years later. Her art is observant, self-aware, and incredibly intellectual-yet-intuitive. It is beyond description...perhaps it is gestalt art in-the-here-and-now. It is transcendent. Even if you don't like this particular cut, all her other stuff is unexpected and fantastic. You will learn something about yourself listening to it and reacting. Great artist!
Posted 17 years ago by pianocomposer    [ Reply ]
Thanks for showing me your Swiss Army knife. Thanks for letting me autograph your cast. Hug and kisses. XXXOOO
Posted 17 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Like Dave Mack, I've never heard her before, either! Interesting stuff. What if Laurie Anderson and Thomas Dolby had a love child? "She blinded me with Big Science!"
Posted 17 years ago by NHMick    [ Reply ]
...this album is awesome...great collection of "off-center" tunes...
Posted 17 years ago by eman    [ Reply ]
Well, if Bill says so, I guess...
Posted 17 years ago by Geecheeboy    [ Reply ]
Excellent birds!
Posted 17 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
Yow. Never heard her before, I think. I thought I was hearing a semi-musical version of an Emo Phillips routine.
Posted 17 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
A rare gem! How about more tunes from this album.
Posted 17 years ago by MinMan    [ Reply ]
A great intro to Laurie Anderson for me, I kind of avoided her. Fine pretty melody behind all the electronics.
Posted 17 years ago by Moak    [ Reply ]
Good? Yes
Posted 17 years ago by melus    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by oppositelock    [ Reply ]
that segue wasn't so good.
Posted 17 years ago by tinybubbles    [ Reply ]
A groundbreaking album. Solid 8 for sure
Posted 17 years ago by Johnny_Wave    [ Reply ]
I just love Laurie Anderson! Saw her show finally last year and she was terrific.
Posted 17 years ago by maninblack    [ Reply ]
Artistic? Yes. Geeky? Yes. Good? No. Belongs on RP? Bill said so.
Posted 17 years ago by lixy    [ Reply ]
Kudos to RP for playing Laurie Anderson...eclectic indeed!
Posted 17 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
it came on a tape while we were courting,, so i dig it. now i dug it, cuz shes'my' 'X' Holly crap! why did she give me that song ? holy crap!
Posted 18 years ago by hippiebikercowboymusician    [ Reply ]
redeyespy wrote:
This track is pretty accessible. Some firmly divided camps on her music. A true artist, IMNSHO. This is a good track. We need more Laurie Anderson on RP- I think she would fit in well here- for those in the "pro Laurie" camp.
Posted 19 years ago by Minstrelette    [ Reply ]
This track is pretty accessible. Some firmly divided camps on her music. A true artist, IMNSHO. Satellites are out tonight...
Posted 19 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
Laurie Anderson is "Musical Performance as Art". This piece is very emotionally rich.
Posted 20 years ago by artmarcia    [ Reply ]