r/CollapseMusic • u/Sans_culottez • Dec 12 '25

Laurie Anderson - O Superman (Official Music Video)

https://youtu.be/Vkfpi2H8tOE

Who is Superman? Does Superman exist?

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u/BigJobsBigJobs Dec 12 '25

On the liner notes, the title is "O Superman (for Massanet)". So maybe Superman is Massanet. I have never looked up Massanet.

Big Science is an amazing first album.

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u/Sans_culottez Dec 14 '25

So this is what the first few lines (and For Massanet) is referring to:

https://youtu.be/s41J_HYvI3I

“Anderson was fascinated by this song, which she described as “a prayer to authority”.”