United States Live (noto anche come United States I-IV) è un quadruplo album che documenta lo spettacolo scritto ed eseguito da Laurie Anderson "United States".
Lo spettacolo debutta nel 1980 e tre anni dopo ne viene organizzata una tournée attraverso gli Stati Uniti. Diviso in quattro parti, la sua durata era di circa sei ore.
Brani cantati vengono intercalati ad assoli strumentali - eseguiti con la strumentazione originale ideata dalla stessa Anderson come il tape bow violin - e a recitativi in cui vengono narrati episodi di varia natura, personali e non.
Brani Disco 1 - Prima parte - Say Hello Walk the Dog Violin Solo Closed Circuit (for voice and amplified mic stand) For a Large and Changing Room Pictures of It (for acoustic Tape Bow) The Language of the Future Cartoon Song Small Voice (for speaker-in-mouth) Three Walking Songs (for Tape Bow Violin) The healing Horn New Jersey Turnpike So Happy Birthday EngliSH Dance of Electricity - dedicata alla figura di Nikola Tesla Three Songs for paper, Film and Video
Disco 2 Sax Solo (for Tape Bow Violin) Sax Duet Born, Never Asked - Seconda parte -
From the Air Beginning French O Superman Talkshow Frames for the Pictures Democratic Way Looking for You Walking and Falling Private Property Neon Duet (for violin and neon bow) Let X=X The Mailman's Nightmare Difficult Listening Hour Language is a virus from outer space - dedicata a William S. Burroughs Reverb If You Can't Talk About It, Point to It (for Ludwig Wittgenstein and Reverend Ike) Violin Walk City Song Finnish Farmers
Disco 3 - Terza parte - Red Map Hey Ah Bagpipe Solo Steven Weed Time and a Half Voices on Tape Example #22 Strike False Documents New York Social Life A Curious Phenomenon Yankee See I Dreamed I Had to Take a Test... Running Dogs Four, Three, Two, One The Big Top It Was Up In the Mountains Odd Objects (for light-in-mouth) Dr. Miller Big Science Big Science Reprise
Disco 4 - Quarta parte - Cello Solo It Tango Blue Lagoon Hothead (La Langue d'Amour) Stiff Neck Telephone Song Sweaters We've Got Four Big Clocks (and they're all ticking) Song for Two Jims Over the River Mach 20 Rising Sun The Visitors The Stranger Classified Going Somewhere? Fireworks Dog Show Lighiting Out for the Territories
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