I have loved this song deeply since the first time I heard it.
Laurie Anderson - O Superman (For Massenet)
We like to think of Tuneage as a blog aiding music discovery, but it’s also about music appreciation, and Laurie Anderson’s “O Superman”, over 8 minutes long, is a track that certainly deserves a certain some appreciation.
It was first released in 1981, reaching an unexpected #2 in the UK singles charts. Anderson wrote it as a cover of the aria “O Souverain, o juge, o père” from Jules Massnet’s 1885 opera Le Cid, after listening to a recording of it made by Charles Holland. It was released to mixed reception, but stands today as a widely lauded piece of music.
The Wikipedia page for the song has a lot more information about the song, and makes up a surprisingly interesting read.
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My name is Mills Baker; I write about corporate culture, love, religion, music, memory, art, mental illness, media, death, suffering, and the utterly random.
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