Perfect Lives (Private Parts): "Music Word Fire and I Would Do It Again (Coo Coo)"
by Robert Ashley
- Type: Album
- Released: 1981
- Label: Lovely Music, Ltd.
- Country: United States
- Length: 27:42
- Community rating: 3.75/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A radically unique segment of Robert Ashley's groundbreaking avant-garde television opera. The release features his distinctive, hypnotic spoken-word rhythmic recitations laid over minimalist synthesizer backing, representing a major landmark in late 20th-century experimental music and performance art[cite: 1].
Genres
Descriptors: experimental, avant-garde, spoken-word, conceptual, minimal
Tracklist
- Isolde (Marie Isolde) (6:49)
- Raoul de Noget (No‐Zhay) (6:49)
- Buddy (6:49)
- The Captain of the Football Team (Donnie) (7:15)
Credits
- Robert Ashley - copyright, vocal
- Peter Gordon - analog synthesizer, effects, string synthesizer, vocoder
- David Van Tieghem - drums (drum set), electronic drum set, other vocals vocal, vocal
- “Blue” Gene Tyranny - organ, analog synthesizer, prepared piano solo, vocoder
- Jill Kroesen - vocal
- John Sanborn - vocal