Like the albums of Ned Sublette and Laurie Anderson, this disc presents only the songs that make up part of the material for her extended and inventive performance pieces. Jill Kroesen, a performer as intense as Diamanda Galas and Lydia Lunch but more flexible, has made stage works, including a ballet The Lou and Walter Story, that reduce historical and social icons, like Alexander the Great and even The History of the World as an icon in itself, to the personal and emotional, thereby stripping away much of the pomposity and abstraction that often accompanies the cant of the historical imperative -one European fan said to her "You try to make everything so simple whereas we try to make everything complex." These songs with a beat also make use of electronic and acoustic noise, free-style brass playing, bizarre percussion and mixing, and a totally new approach to the idea of pitched/non-pitched singing. Some of the pieces are "I'm Sorry I'm Such a Weenie," "I Am Not Seeing That You Are Here," "I'm Just a Human Being" ("I'm just a human being who can hardly keep her own house clean. And I lie in bed and think how the president is just a human being and it scares me to think about the life he leads"), "Alexander the Great" ("...I want to travel all around and get lost conquering everybody's ground. And send plunder to my mother and kill my threatening brother, I'm Alexander and I'm pretty and I ain't in no hurry to get home"), and the legendary "Fay Shism Blues." [SOURCE: ALLMUSIC]
Label:
Lovely Music, Ltd. – VR 1501
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:
US
Released:
1982
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Avantgarde
Tracklist:
A1 Wayne Hayes Blues 2:54
A2 I Am Not Seeing That You Are Here 3:00
A3 Ride Your Pony 3:15
A4 Honey, You're So Mean 3:50
A5 I'm Sorry I'm Such A Weenie 2:45
A6 I Am Not Seeing That You Are Here 2:02
B1 Alexander The Great 2:37
B2 Fay Shism Blues 9:20
B3 I'm Just A Human Being 6:23
Notes:
Recorded between December 1979 and February 1982
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