Watch: Laurie Anderson Shares Classic Music Video for "Beautiful Red Dress," PSAs for 'Strange Angels'

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Laurie Anderson, whose new album, Amelia, is due August 30, has shared music videos from the archives for her 1989 album Strange Angels, originally released on Warner Records, on the Nonesuch Records YouTube channel: "Beautiful Red Dress" and a series of PSAs ("Personal Service Announcements"); you can watch both here. They join her previously posted "O Superman," "Sharkey's Day," and "Language Is a Virus."

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Laurie Anderson, whose new album, Amelia, is due August 30, has shared music videos from the archives for her 1989 album Strange Angels, originally released on Warner Records, on the Nonesuch Records YouTube channel: "Beautiful Red Dress" and a series of PSAs ("Personal Service Announcements"). You can watch them both below. They join her previously posted "O Superman" video and last week's shared "Sharkey's Day" and "Language Is a Virus."

Of "Beautiful Red Dress," Anderson says: "It was a blast to do a dance video and play a waitress. It’s a little corny now but I still like the message. And almost forty years later women still don’t have anything like equal rights. And can you believe the ERA has still not passed?"

Of the PSAs, Anderson says: "Instead of doing a music video starring myself dancing around and looking cool I decided to do a series of public service announcements about things that were on my mind—military spending, the national debt, equal rights. They had zero to do with any of the songs on the record. Oddly, Warners totally accepted them. They even promoted them."

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Laurie Anderson: "Beautiful Red Dress" [video]
  • Friday, August 23, 2024
    Watch: Laurie Anderson Shares Classic Music Video for "Beautiful Red Dress," PSAs for 'Strange Angels'

    Laurie Anderson, whose new album, Amelia, is due August 30, has shared music videos from the archives for her 1989 album Strange Angels, originally released on Warner Records, on the Nonesuch Records YouTube channel: "Beautiful Red Dress" and a series of PSAs ("Personal Service Announcements"). You can watch them both below. They join her previously posted "O Superman" video and last week's shared "Sharkey's Day" and "Language Is a Virus."

    Of "Beautiful Red Dress," Anderson says: "It was a blast to do a dance video and play a waitress. It’s a little corny now but I still like the message. And almost forty years later women still don’t have anything like equal rights. And can you believe the ERA has still not passed?"

    Of the PSAs, Anderson says: "Instead of doing a music video starring myself dancing around and looking cool I decided to do a series of public service announcements about things that were on my mind—military spending, the national debt, equal rights. They had zero to do with any of the songs on the record. Oddly, Warners totally accepted them. They even promoted them."

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