I can recall "O Superman" being something of a novelty hit in the UK charts. I had heard it via John Peel's show, and always reckoned it was far more than merely a summer novelty hit. One of my greatest regrets is that I did not go and see Laurie Anderson in Edinburgh on the eve of my final examinations for my degree.
Subsequently I bought a 5xLP recording of United States I-IV, from which her then stage show was abstracted, but that's no compenation!
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