Laurie Anderson - Sharkey's Day

Queen of avant garde

[@DrRestezi]

Love everything about this song and video - even Laurie's dancing. Saw her do this live back in 84 and it was amazing. There's a combination of wisdom and impish innocence about her which is so engaging. Even though she's brilliant and says a lot of profound things, she doesn't take herself that seriously and so remains delightful rather than insufferable.

[@kittylaverne]

that's a lovely summary xo

[@jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491]

saw Laurie maybe 1992 pls see my extended comment philosophizing on a personal experience document the ongoin disastrer of human gender relations... Laurie IS exceptional

[@jack-nq1gb]

I genuinely think Laurie Anderson, with her art, has saved my life.

[@tinfoilhatter]

every day, since about 2001 or so, i think , is a sort of a sharkey-type-day yes i remember it even in '84, when i was 19... but at the time it didn't impress me so much, tho i was a prince fan even then, which at the time, was still a fairly cool thing to be, i might add... laurie anderson to me, just looked like a sorta weird baby-boomer, and sure enough, that's what she always will be, only now she just looks greater than ever~

[@Drgonzosfaves]

Glad you made it.😊

[@babyemu4695]

I remember hearing this for the first time in 1984 on auckland uni radio b and was/felt mesmerised/scared/excited/shocked/engaged/challenged thank you Laurie, & for Loving Lou xx

[@anthonylochore3231]

Cool to come across a fellow kiwi comment on a old song. I remember listening to this in my late teen days. Bought her album. I just love her uniqueness.

[@robertwmartens]

I'm feeling so old now. This was so out there back then, now it's retro. Such a weird duality - love it.

[@alienproxy]

I get what you mean! For the record though, I just wound up at this video after a discussion about how Anderson is STILL ahead of the rest. It does feel dated because of the production - but compositionally and texturally she's still swimming ahead of anyone who isn't making so-called "new music", which is not nearly as accessible as this.

[@coleslaw1196]

What a mediocre and dumb comment for such a weird and extraordinary video!

[@veggang]

fuck your retro, cliche simple minded soy-boy bitch

[@tinfoilhatter]

@@veggang hey now! it's a retro atavism, that's what! and what's wrong with soy beans, by the way!

[@tinfoilhatter]

@@veggang dang, mister heartbreak! be nice, ese!~

[@3Dartist247]

Out of the blue, I wondered whether any of Laurie Anderson's works were on KZbin, and here I am. As the director of an alternative artists' space in the late 70's, many performance artists came to my attention. None compared to Laurie Anderson. I was pleased when she released the album this comes from and snapped up a copy. This is probably still my favorite piece. Well done video. So glad to see it.

[@katinka6137]

I remember 1986 : Brian Eno, Talking heads , Laurie Anderson - thank you !!

[@admiralackbar9307]

And David Sylvian

[@regsig7825]

What a good time about music...

[@phildretzka8374]

Whenever I see a sunrise or even a sunset it triggers the words in my head "like a big bald head coming up over the grocery store" and I have to chuckle a bit how Laurie A and Wm S Burroughs put that little brain worm in my head...

[@scottjampa6374]

Phil Dretzka language is a virus

[@funnyandrelatablecommercials]

Criterion needs to do a Laurie Anderson collection, with Heart of a Dog, Home of the Brave, and all of her wonderful music videos and short films remastered. Don't know how possible that is though :-P

[@debdanielle]

Just saw her perform this live in 2024! It's a song that sticks with you.

[@HypnotizedAwake]

I discovered this song on the head of a pin... A green pin on Radio Garden!

[@Long-HairedLuigi]

I once saw this for the very first time in 1988 on Night Tracks (Night Flight), i was fascinated, But I never knew who/what this song was afterwards; I spent literally DECADES tracking it down. Finally, a fellow Bowienetter was able to easily identify it for me just a few years back. ;) I absolutely love watching and hearing this at the same time because, even though I still don’t understand it to this day, it reminds me of children’s songs. ;)

[@peachgrubonalog4921]

She reminds me of the residents

[@SweetSweetWaldo]

Thirty years later this song makes my day every time! : )

[@PFedun]

Whenever I feel depressed, I think of this song and life is good again. "Sun's coming up like a big bald head...it's Sharkey's day. It's Sharkey's day today." We're all Sharkey.

[@BubbaZen10]

I'm not sure if i wanna be Sharkey or not.

[@andrewcavett5691]

Especially those of us with, big bald heads

[@DrVornhoff]

I'll be Sharkey. It is good. I am certainly not Herbert.

[@belgiummanbelgium]

You've had a landmark night when the sun looks like that.

[@free322001]

I turn around.....

[@robertwmartens]

Oh, to be young again and finding this astounding.

[@LeilaSelo]

❤ I love Family Laurie Anderson early ❤ Summer smacks and Huge hugs from Tulebolake ❤ 2024 😊

[@anonymoushuman8344]

I bought Mister Heartbreak after reading a review of the album in Keyboard Magazine back then. The image on the inner sleeve of a harmonic spectral analysis display from her Synclavier added a special technological mystique -- associated with what was, after all, a special instrument and a wonderful technology that she used well. Together with the printed lyrics, the other graphics, and the songs themselves it was like, "Hey, this is cutting edge stuff here. This is some serious, innovative art." I still love the album. It speaks to me in different ways as I age.

[@Aramanth]

Arcadia (Simon Le Bon and Nick Rhodes) showed this on MTV when they were Guest Vjs!! Keith Herring was in the studio covering it with his artwork! It was a very arty hour on MTV! 1:11 The flight map contains Glen Ellyn Illinois... Laurie's birthplace! Thanks for posting!!!

[@glennburch4312]

What an amazing era that was to live in...Laurie helped to make it what it was.

[@larrybeck3488]

Laurie wrote this song as a tip of the hat to her father. He would tell her wild imaginative stories like in the "Sharkey" lyrics before she went to sleep. "The little girl says Ooo Wee" is Laurie.

[@charliekay37]

my dad showed me this song today after telling me a story about him sailing in the virgin islands. I guess this was the song they were listening to when they sailed into sunrise. idk cool story to go along with a great song

[@davidmaholchic6146]

A blast from my past what a wonderful song just wonderful

[@xeniadelfou4356]

this woman is ingredible..!NO ONE LIKE HER...!Such an ARTIST....!

[@clemdane]

I saw this show in 1984, too! It was at the Beacon Theater in New York. My first concert ever.

[@nocilantro_gack]

I love her..I have seen her twice...The Home of The Brave tour was insane...both times so amazing..I miss good music and interesting artists

[@Umbrella2]

This makes me feel so many things, it's totally joyous!

[@homerhoehandle2]

Thanks so much for putting this up! I wore the cassette out, back in the day. I remember the first time a friend heard the whole thing, he said "Oh, I thought this was yuppie music". HA! Guess not. I'm still not sure what it is...but I still love it.

[@anonymoushuman8344]

I can imagine hearing it played in an expensive arty fern bar/gallery. Yuppie avant garde? Maybe. This goes to the issue of class and classism in the consumption and production of art & music. Some say to themselves, as I did at one time, "Ah yes, this is for smart people like us who can appreciate serious art." But there was also -- more importantly -- "This is for weird people like me."

[@resacarat]

nice chops by Adrian Belew on this

[@DavidHolcomb1776]

Damn,I dig this so much.She is brilliant.

[@brandonhill4197]

The intro to this video is like playing a lost level from pole position on Atari 2600

[@patrickeisel1781]

This is the absolute best! I will always remember listening so many times to Laurie Anderson's albums and then finally seeing this movie. So relax...you've already paid for this...now...listen...listen...listen to my heart beat..............

[@ajarvinen]

Ooooh that guitar.

[@hanskovisser2549]

adrian belew, a modest hero!

[@paulsery5878]

Love the 1980's graphics.

[@honeylarue1]

Love this video, song, and graphics💛💙💜❤💚yeah!!!!!!!😃☺😊😄😁

[@rodhancock4682]

It is now 2020. United States 1-5. Where are we now without William Burroughs and Lou? So many hopes. I need someone to remember The Home of the Brave. sharkey was Mr. Heartbreak. It’s Sharkeys day. Or I turn around. ❤️stay safe and stay curious. Laurie has it in her heart for all to ❤️

[@dotarsojat3981]

This song makes me so happy--still remember the first time I heard it!

[@cestall1]

I remember seeing this on MTV back when it was new. I had to watch it then, and I still have to watch it. I mean, you just have to.

[@psychoticnostrils8334]

The Fairlight CMI really did change everything. So much creativity realized.

[@hexyko4850]

Shame it cost two legs and a kidney... especially now :(

[@anonymoushuman8344]

Synclavier. Or did she use a Fairlight, too?

[@davidmaholchic6146]

Fantastic sound quality here I must say wonderful song also

[@Rosalina102798]

Susumu Hirasawa and Laurie Anderson are the avant-garde king and queen of their respective countries.

[@tinaelf7457]

So forward of the life time Path -she is Laurie Anderson 🕯💋❌🙏🏻

[@MythshiftrDungeonSynthPostRock]

reminds me of Animal Collective, in particular Strawberry Jam/MPP era. AC were probably a fan of this album and the more experimental worldbeat influenced new wave bands in general (Talking Heads). Additionally I think their video for 'Bluish' was directly influenced by this video, very similar look.

[@cbaymult9411]

Effin LOVE this song ♥️👍👏👍♥️👍👏

[@Umbrella2]

Shame she isn't more prolific, I want more and more!

[@jeffmusicmanasmr]

I used to play this over and over again!, frickin' *AWESOME!!!*, it's so sad that we don't get to hear any experimentation in music anymore 😞

[@tinfoilhatter]

she's terrific, i always knew that, even before 1984~

[@cheeseandonions9558]

Drugs... they make you more creative... but they come with major problems...

[@jordantannahill4344]

Laurie Anderson is literally the living definition of a prolific artist

[@fatimabarroca4587]

Laurie Anderson changed my concept of art!

[@mamapetillo8675]

My mother adored this song. I was 16. She was pretty durned cool. I wanna play this, at sunset, while we finally release her ashes at Fort Funston.... right at the most apropos moment...mom, I’m sorry we’ve waited for 13 years

[@ndobrev]

Adrian Belew on guitar :)

[@tinfoilhatter]

hey, i had a cat, oddly enough, named adrian ballou, named after one of the guys in frickin' judas priest, that's who~

[@anonymoushuman8344]

It's fun to say "Adrian Belew."

[@BluestormsSong]

So that's where he gets 'bigbaldhead' from. Hm, it's very different, kinda esoteric. I like it. Thanks for sharing, Norman Reedus!

[@kamalmanzukie]

i've been playing this so much it was one of my first thoughts after waking up groggy. then i was like, fuck yeah day, let's do this.

[@luciusavenus8715]

+kamalmanzukie I just did that heh, woke up with O'Superman in my mind.

[@gilbertshark]

Way ahead of its time. Love song.

[@mircoles]

Fortunately I'm currently sober. Otherwise I could not survive seeing this.

[@leviackermann940]

Norman Reedus send me. And I love it :D

[@bigguys45s29]

This music video is like a Sesame Street skit on acid.

[@defforestrobinson6948]

Yep! The Nobody.

[@cheeseandonions9558]

How can such an old song be so in the future?

[@anonymoushuman8344]

Because she can see the future. And because nothing is "old" anymore. It's all here in the same cultural present now. (Or is it more that I am older?)

[@4QBUD]

I love her work. Yes, very much

[@Doolsey]

The first few seconds of this song used to be the sound signature of Lifetime Television in its early days.

[@Razzlersmuzzler]

I want some of what she was smokin' back in the day!

[@seventiesmemories5116]

This was so ahead of its time..

[@chelseaxthayer]

norman reedus company is bigbaldhead, because of this song.

[@AlphaGoII]

Mr Sharkey to you

[@mosewax]

iLove this have the album never saw the vid.thanks

[@peanutbutteroven2660]

That 'DUBEEYA' part is so damn trippy

[@anonymoushuman8344]

More so today.

[@glogirl804]

I ask " Do you like Laurie Anderson?" If they say "Who?" I say "You are not my type." Haa Haa!!! Love you Laurie.

[@GeorgenotSmith]

Simply brilliant. "Paging Mr. Sharkey; white courtesy telephone please."

[@AnthroArcade]

And Sharkey says: All night long I think of those little planes up there flying around; you can't even see them they're specks! And they're full of tiny people going places (And Sharkey says:) y'know, I bet they could all land on the head of a pin! Lights! Camera! Action! Timber! ~Tamagi

[@FGPOST01]

Mejor de lo que lo recordaba.

[@blackbeetle67]

listen to my heartbeat. . . . . .

[@h92o]

i don't usually read the comments - but with Laurie Anderson It is almost all part of the performance.

[@mintona6103]

Norman Reedus :D

[@TimandRuth08]

Everything from Big Science and Mister Heartbreak is fantastic! There's not a dud amongst them and remember when she made these too.... What I would have loved is to have seen some of her performances in NY at the time - imagine!

[@yolandacruzandthedaydreamers]

Norman Reedus!

[@MxG97150]

Ah, c'est vraiment bien. Cela n'a pas vieilli. Very nice of course

[@chiquitaxl]

I love Laurie!!!!

[@0The0Web0]

just great :-)

[@playlistismo]

@ ▷ Laurie Anderson 🎶▷ Sharkey's Day 💿▷ Mister Heartbreak 📅▷ 1984 🎬︎▷ Laurie Anderson & Dean Winkler

[@Billliam69]

amazing

[@jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491]

a true master. my poor wife now ex-victim self-destructively insisted on divorce and cult induction for her future. our last real date was a LAURIE ANDERSON Concert !! all the ladies in the audience looked like university tigresses and their dates looked like old wire clothes hangers. my poor exvictim realized "i have the most passable guy in this Packed venue,, And he dragged me to this master performance!" her brief moments of lucidity were short lived. being a harekrishna with still deep regret i had to show her silently how to open the door to leave. with me it was King Crimson Israel Vibration and Laurie Anderson... a door opens and closes -

[@spudth]

Cleveland public auditorium. Didn't know what I was seeing but I knew half the words.

[@molly463]

riveting. amusing. just - wow!

[@920mclen]

And the little girls sing, oooh weee, its Mister Heartbreak..

[@BeatlesBowieKrimson]

Good gawd, I love this song. Listen to my heart beat! (UGH! Just realized this is the edited version!)

[@hamidsamadani9382]

Crimson Kng the original, a gem .... kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6K1pWmqd9OLY5I

[@ZAii182]

Here because of Norman Reedus ♥

[@antisocialbutterfly8760]

My faveeeee

[@fazalmiles7726]

No doubt Tune - Yards have studied this woman's work.

[@Tonesacco]

awesome!!!

[@downmer]

a kind of a cyber kate bush, in its best meaning..

[@thibautzadina7013]

you should check out akiko yano's stuff, laurie adds some more strong african vibes while akiko is going the asian way but not all the time, she 's great

[@carol.elle82]

Yes, indeed! ❤️ And what a voice!

[@alexhauptmann298]

@@thibautzadina7013 sounds like another artist i gotta check out

[@loisbousselet2716]

who's here after Wired interview of Norman Reedus ?

[@4QBUD]

Sun's comin' up, like a big bald head! Those words will haunt me till I actually see a Big Bald head com in' up like a Yella Sun! OhhhhEeehhhhAhhhh.

[@judsonleach5248]

I've seen Laurie (Let's NOT exagerate,,, SEVEN TIME'S live now! - I LOVE YOU "CRAZY GIRL" (Ya Right !!! LOL "Crazy Like a FOX! LOL"

[@kibakiza]

NORMAN REEDUS!!!

[@kamalmanzukie]

no, louis firbank

[@crybaby2771]

Norman reedus

[@biggasbiggas]

AWESOME! Thx for loading Bro

[@heleneramos889]

Lady icon for eras!

[@user-gf4nu4fg2q]

Norman Reedus

[@DoraGotExplored]

0:20 is amazing

[@MrTomkimber]

What's the smokey dancer effect that starts around 2:38 ? I've seen it elsewhere, but no idea how it's achieved.

[@jeffreycoogan09]

This music video reminds me of Jim Henson's 1966 short film The Organized Mind(AKA) Limbo.

[@kwotaltern]

MaSteRpIeCe~~~

[@geoffreyjonathanwilson9932]

I think Laurie is a creative genius.

[@bigguys45s29]

She's a fucking genius and creative visionary.

[@szaszka444]

OMG, my art teacher danced so :D