"He gave it a chance for... a lot of people to hear it. And I would never get the chance in the United States. Never."
"It was a kind of national anthem, it was also a kind of weird warped lullaby."
"And to be one of the records in this small box, it makes me so happy, it almost makes me sad."
(Laurie Anderson on 'O Superman' being featured in legendary UK radio DJ John Peel's show in 1981
- as heard on 'John Peel's Record Box', a BBC documentary (2005))
UPDATE: listen to what radio DJ David Jensen, Feargal Sharkey, Laurie Anderson, Sir Elton John and others have to say about 'O Superman's emergence in the UK with the help of John Peel
- John Peel's Record Box: 'O Superman' by Laurie Anderson (audio length: 1 min 21 secs, file size: 1.86 MB)
