Oh Superman......

[picanin]

Does anyone remember the "song" Oh Superman by Laurie Anderson? I have just found a copy of her debut album and am listening to it now. The years may ahve passed but Oh Superman still sounds very strange!

[Jangar]

I was lucky enough to pick up an almost mint copy of the album at an antiques fair a few years ago for (I think it was) around £2 and I agree that is one weird song, great but weird. I still have the 7 single somewhere in my collection but sadly that has passed its prime....

I read somewhere that she was an electronics genius and always bought her tools with onto the stage when she was performing so that she could make any repairs needed to the equipment. How true this is I am not sure of though....

[Jangar]

Oh, Superman, oh, judge
Oh, mom and dad, mom and dad

Oh, Superman, oh, judge
Oh, 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 justice 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

[picanin]

Jan I ahve a later album by her called Strange Angels which is far less freaky and far more musical. This one really isnt my taste! Well will give it one more listen to make sure!