Laurie Anderson - Songs for Lines/Songs for Waves (1977) - Full Performance

An early work by performance artist and musician Laurie Anderson that includes elements like visual projection and tape manipulation that would be further developed in her 'United States: Parts I-IV.' Performed at the De Appel art gallery in Amsterdam in May 1977. 0:15 "Ethics is the Esthetics of the Future" - Lenin 1:36 It's Just Hard to Say 4:50 Use What You've Got... A Walking Blues 9:32 New York Social Life 13:15 Songs for Tape Bow Violin 20:50 Song for Anagrams and Muffled Words 24:56 Say What You Mean 26:46 A Man, A Woman, A House, And A Tree... A Song for Slow Scan 29:35 It Depends on Who You're Talking To 33:41 Worse Things Happen at Sea 36:15 Time to Go (for Diego) 39:10 At the Shrinks (a fake hologram) 'Say What You Mean' is adapted from 'You've Got to Give an Account', a traditional black spiritual:    • Dorothy Lee, Norma Jean, Shirley Marie And...