Puppet Motel

Laurie Anderson

About Puppet Motel

Laurie Anderson's Puppet Motel is a 1995 CD-ROM developed by The Voyager Company. The CD-ROM was based on the song "The Puppet Motel", from Anderson's 1994 album Bright Red. It was a non-mass-market CD-ROM, and along with Who Built America? had only middling financial success and could not prevent the company from a round of lay offs.


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2002
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I live on the highway near the puppet motel I log in every day I know the neighborhood well. no about the residents of the puppet motel they're more than a little spooky and most of them are mea
Ey're runnin' the numbers they're playin' cops and robbers down in the dungeons inside their machines. cause they don't know what's really real now they're havin' fourth dimensional dreams their
S are out on bail now and real is only what it seems. and all the puppets in this digital jail they're runnin' around in a frenzy in search of the holy grail. they're havin' virtual sex. they're
N' virtual food. no wonder these puppets are always in a lousy mood. so if you think we live in a modern world where everything is clean and swell take a walk on the be side of town down by the p
Motel take a whiff. burning plastic. I drink a cup of coffee I try to revive my mind's a blank I'm barely alive my nerves are shot I feel like hell guess it's time to check in at the puppet mot
Oot up. good afternoon. pause
. oooo. I really llike the way you talk. pardon me. shut down.

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Laurie Anderson

Laura Phillips "Laurie" Anderson (born June 5, 1947) is an American experimental performance artist, composer and musician who plays violin and keyboards and sings in a variety of experimental music and art rock styles. Initially trained as a sculptor, Anderson did her first performance-art piece in the late 1960s. Throughout the 1970s, Anderson did a variety of different performance-art activities. She became widely known outside the art world in 1981 when her single "O Superman" reached number two on the UK pop charts. She also starred in and directed the 1986 concert film Home of the Brave. more »

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Written by: Brian Peter George Eno, Laurie Anderson

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Artist Info
"Puppet Motel" is a song by experimental performance artist Laurie Anderson.
Album Record
This track is off Laurie Anderson's sixth studio album, Bright Red, which was released in 1994.
Collaboration
The album, including "Puppet Motel," is a collaborative work with Brian Eno, an English musician, composer, and record producer known for his pioneering work in ambient music.
Concept
Many of the songs on the album, including "Puppet Motel," present a continuation of Laurie Anderson’s experimental, multidisciplinary approach to music, incorporating spoken word, digital effects, and unconventional song structures.
Lyrics Insight
The lyrics of "Puppet Motel" suggest Anderson's view on technology, exploring the ways that we can become enslaved by our own creations.
Interactive Art Piece
"Puppet Motel" was also an interactive art piece created by Laurie Anderson. Released in 1995, it was a CD-Rom for the Macintosh.
CD-ROM Content
This CD-ROM included 3-D graphics and videos and involved exploration of a virtual reality world inspired by Anderson's own music and art, including the song "Puppet Motel".
Music Video
A music video for "Puppet Motel" was directed by Laurie Anderson herself and was one of the works included in the Museum of Modern Art’s first major exhibition of music videos in 2003.
Reception
The song and album received positive reception from critics alike, praising Laurie's unique approach to music and storytelling.
Live Performance
"Puppet Motel" is one of many songs that Anderson would incorporate multimedia effects into during live performances, including images and monologues.
Genre Mix
Like much of Anderson's output, "Puppet Motel" is not easily classified in a single genre, incorporating elements of art-pop, spoken word, and experimental music.

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