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Laurie Anderson – Talkshow (1984) | Track profile | Dork

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Laurie Anderson
United States Live (Part 2)
Talkshow

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Laurie Anderson

Talkshow

Release date: 1984

From United States Live (Part 2)

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"Talkshow" is a track by Laurie Anderson, from the album United States Live (Part 2), released 1984. Full lyrics are available below.

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Laurie Anderson

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Talkshow

During the newspaper strike, the networks asked all the writers to read their columns on TV. The writers weren't actors, they did all the wrong things they squinted into the ... lights, wore rumpled! clothes and used BIG WORDS the signs for the deaf were getting more and "more" obscure with lots of qualifying (phrases) and ... uh ... awkward ... pauses so the producers kept saying:

OK! Buzz words only! Two syllabus

Tops!

{Earshot

Talkshow Uplink Update Phaselock

Downtime Hotline Aftermath Upshot

Dropout Nosecone Headset Hotshot

Heatwave Domehead Flashback Feedback}

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From United States Live (Part 2)

1984

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United States Live (Part 2)

Laurie Anderson

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1984

—Beginning French
—The Mailman's Nightmare
—O Superman (For Massenet) [United States Live]
—Finnish Farmers
—Frames for the Pictures
—Let X=X [United States Live]
—Looking for You
—City Song
—Democratic Way
—Difficult Listening Hour
—From The Air [United States Live]
—If You Can't Talk About it, Point to it (for Ludwig Wittgenstein and Reverend Ike)
—Neon Duet (for Violin and Neon Bow)
—Private Property
—Reverb
—Walking and Fallling [United States Live]
—Violin Walk
—Talkshow

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United States Live (Part 4)

In Our Sleep [maxi single]

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