Monday, December 03, 2007

Alice Cooper - Oh no!

Just realized that Billion Dollar babies, the album and song I listened to when I was ten or eleven influenced me more than I thought. Listening to the title track and decomposing it to Am F G Am - and the solo, all stuff I have internalized completely, unconsiously. My heart leaps.

Laurie Anderson rehearsing in 1980
. Anderson was known for inventing the tape-bow violin in the late 70s. Magnetic tape replaced the traditional horsehair bow and a magnetic tape head was placed in the bridge to create an electric sound