….‘die Person, die ich auf dieser Welt am meisten liebte‘...
sagte
Laura Phillips "Laurie" Anderson kurz nach dem Tod ihres Mannes
Lou Reed am 27.10.2013.
"As meditators, we had prepared for this – how to move the energy up from the belly and into the heart and out through the head. I have never seen an expression as full of wonder as Lou's as he died. His hands were doing the water-flowing 21-form of tai chi. His eyes were wide open. I was holding in my arms the person I loved the most in the world, and talking to him as he died. His heart stopped. He wasn't afraid. I had gotten to walk with him to the end of the world. Life – so beautiful, painful and dazzling – does not get better than that. And death? I believe that the purpose of death is the release of love." [Laurie Anderson's words on the death of Lou Reed 2013]
Zur Erinnerung an dieses außergewöhnliche musische Paar, die mit ihren Songs mein Leben bereichern, hier zunächst ihr gemeinsames Lied “
In our sleep“.
Abschließend mein erster Genuss von Laurie in ihrem schönen roten Kleid 1989 [
Laurie Anderson – “Beautiful Red Dress“]. Wie aktuell ihr Text bis heute ist, zeigt die Zeile: ”Well they say women shouldn't be the president / 'Cause we go crazy from time to time / Well push my button baby here I come / Yeah look out baby I'm at high tide”
I said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side..