The avant-garde artist and performer told 60Minutes she sees herself as a storyteller.
Laurie Anderson said the song was inspired by the United States military's failed attempt to rescue American Iran hostages in April 1980, Operation Eagle Claw. Eight members of the U.S. armed forces died in the operation.Laurie Anderson said she originally recorded the song using money from a grant and guessed she had about a hundred records laying around her apartment when a British DJ called and requested 80,000 records to be delivered within a week.
The request led Anderson to ask Warner Bros. for help fulfilling the order. It also led to her signing an eight-record deal with the label.You can watch Laurie Anderson perform alongside cellist Rubin Kodheli and flutist Tenzin Choegyal at a 2022 virtual benefit concert for the Tibet House U.S. below.
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