SOME ISSUES:
- TV, watching, looking, look at me, show business. Quiz shows. Plains.
- "Paradise is exactly like where you are right now only much much better": where is this place "where you are right now"? A theater. A movie theater.
- Paradise vs Language (a virus from the outer space)
-Transnational identities: "home of the brave", but japanese lyrics, french lyrics, spanish lyrics.
- American writers: William Burroughs and Thomas Pynchon.
- Langue d'amour & the paradise.
- Problems of representation: the "double". (It's driving me crazy, it's driving me nut / "Are you talking to me or are you just practising for one of those performances of yours?")
- 0 and 1: American identities and computer age.
- A different design on signs.
- The "macho" construction: "qué es más macho?" -arbitrary answers.
- Technologies as a way of bringing people together: "0" and "1" joined each other for computer systems, Laurie with male voice.
- Multiculturalisms: mexican hats, african masques, japanese songs, "kemo sabe".
- Language as the point in which fluidity stops: japanese "ideograms" starting from a moving element transformed into a graphic.
- Telephones. Messages.
- Humor
- Intertextuality. ("I wanted you and I was looking for you...")
- "Paradise is exactly like where you are right now only much much better": where is this place "where you are right now"? A theater. A movie theater.
- Paradise vs Language (a virus from the outer space)
-Transnational identities: "home of the brave", but japanese lyrics, french lyrics, spanish lyrics.
- American writers: William Burroughs and Thomas Pynchon.
- Langue d'amour & the paradise.
- Problems of representation: the "double". (It's driving me crazy, it's driving me nut / "Are you talking to me or are you just practising for one of those performances of yours?")
- 0 and 1: American identities and computer age.
- A different design on signs.
- The "macho" construction: "qué es más macho?" -arbitrary answers.
- Technologies as a way of bringing people together: "0" and "1" joined each other for computer systems, Laurie with male voice.
- Multiculturalisms: mexican hats, african masques, japanese songs, "kemo sabe".
- Language as the point in which fluidity stops: japanese "ideograms" starting from a moving element transformed into a graphic.
- Telephones. Messages.
- Humor
- Intertextuality. ("I wanted you and I was looking for you...")
Home of the Brave
Words and Music by Laurie Anderson @Difficult Music BMI (c)1986 Warner Bros. Records
1 Good Evening
(instrumental)
2 Zero And One
Good evening. Now, now I'm no mathematician, but I'd like to talk about a just couple of numbers that have really been bothering me lately. And they are zero and one. Now first, let's take a look at zero. Now nobody wants to be a zero. To be a zero means to be a nothing, a nobody, a has-been, a clod.
On the other hand, almost everybody wants to be number one. To be a number one means to be a winner, top of the heap, the acme. And there seems to be a strange kind of national obsession with this particular number.
Now, in my opinion, the problem with these two numbers is that they are just too close. It leaves very little room in there for everybody else. Just not enough range. So first we need to get rid of the value judgements attached to these two numbers, and to realise that to be a zero is no better, no worse than to be number one.
Because, because what we are actually looking at here are the building blocks of the modern computer age. Everything that can be expessed in words or numbers in any language can be communicated using this simple, foolproof system. It's all here in a nutshell, the entire alpha-numerical system, the a to zee - the zero to infinity of digital intelligence. Now this first example is an expression in this code of the first two letters of the first word of the Gettysburg address. And the second example is the expression of the first two numbers of my home phone: the remaining digits are available in a limited edition of autographed floppy disks on sale at the souvenier stand in the lobby. This last example is an expression of a musical phrase -actually part of a chord from the first bar of a song called Sharkey's day; a song I wrote myself, and which you may be interested to learn was composed using this very system.
And can be counted like this. And 0 and 1. And 0 and 1...
3 Excellent Birds
Flying Birds.
Excellent Birds.
Watch them fly.
There they go.
Falling snow.
Excellent snow.
Here it comes.
Watch it fall.
Long words.
Excellent words.
I can hear them now.
This is the picture.
I'm sitting by the window.
Watching the snow fall.
I'm looking out.
And I'm moving.
Turning in time.
Jump up!
And I can land on my feet.
Look out!
This is the picture.
This is the picture.
This is the picture.
This is the picture.
Looking out.
I'm watching now.
But when I see the future, I close my eyes.
I can see it now.
I see pictures of people rising up.
I see pictures of people falling down.
I see pictures of people, they're standing on their heads.
They're ready!
I see pictures of people rising up.
I see pictures of people falling down.
I see pictures of people, they're standing on their heads.
They're ready!
They're looking out.
Look out!
They're watching out.
Watch out!
They're looking out.
Look out!
They're watching out.
Watching watching out.
I see pictures of people.
I see pictures of people.
They're watching.
They're watching out.
Watch out.
I see pictures of people.
They're watching.
They're watching out.
I see pictures of people.
Watching.
Watch out.
They're watching.
I see pictures of people.
Watching out.
Watch out.
Pictures of people.
They're watching out.
Excellent Birds.
Watch them fly.
There they go.
Falling snow.
Excellent snow.
Here it comes.
Watch it fall.
Long words.
Excellent words.
I can hear them now.
This is the picture.
I'm sitting by the window.
Watching the snow fall.
I'm looking out.
And I'm moving.
Turning in time.
Jump up!
And I can land on my feet.
Look out!
This is the picture.
This is the picture.
This is the picture.
This is the picture.
Looking out.
I'm watching now.
But when I see the future, I close my eyes.
I can see it now.
I see pictures of people rising up.
I see pictures of people falling down.
I see pictures of people, they're standing on their heads.
They're ready!
I see pictures of people rising up.
I see pictures of people falling down.
I see pictures of people, they're standing on their heads.
They're ready!
They're looking out.
Look out!
They're watching out.
Watch out!
They're looking out.
Look out!
They're watching out.
Watching watching out.
I see pictures of people.
I see pictures of people.
They're watching.
They're watching out.
Watch out.
I see pictures of people.
They're watching.
They're watching out.
I see pictures of people.
Watching.
Watch out.
They're watching.
I see pictures of people.
Watching out.
Watch out.
Pictures of people.
They're watching out.
4 Old Hat
(spoken words)
5 Drum Dance
(instrumental)
6 Smoke Rings
Standby. You're on the air.
Buenos noches Senores y Senoras. Bienvenidos.
La primero pregunta es: Que es mas macho.
pineapple o knife ?
Well
let's Iee. My guess is that a pineapple is more
Macho than a knife Si! Correcto!
Pineapple es mas macho que knife.
La segunda pregunta: Que es mas macho
lightbulb o schoolbus?
Uh
lightbulb?
No! Lo siento. Schoolbus es mas macho que lightbulb
Gracias. And we'll be back in un momento.
Well I had a dream and in it
I went to a little town
And all the girls in town were nomed
Betty.
And they were singing:
Doo doo doo doo doo.
Doo doo doo doo doo.
Ah desire! It's
cold as ice
And then it's hot as fire.
Ah desire! First it's red
And then it's
blue.
And everytime I see an iceberg
It reminds me of you.
Doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo
Que es mas mocho iceberg or volcano ?
Get the blanket from the bedroom
We can go walking once again.
Down in the bayou
Where our sweet love first began.
I'm thinking back to when I was a child-
Way back fo when I was a tot.
When I was on embryo-
A tiny speck. Just o dot.
When I was a Hershey bar-
In my father's back pocket.
Hey look! Over there! It's Frank Sinatra
Sitting in o chair. And he's blowing
Perfect smoke rings
Up into the air. And he's singing:
Smoke makes a staircase for you
To descend. So rare.
Ah desire!
Ah desire!
Ah desire! So random So rare
And everytime I see those smoke rings
I think you're there.
Que es mas macho staircase or smoke rings?
Get the blanket from the bedroom
We can go walking once again.
Down in the boondocks
Where our sweet love first began.
Ooo I'm gonna follow you.
Out in the swamps and into town.
Down under the boardwalk
Track you down.
Doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo
Buenos noches Senores y Senoras. Bienvenidos.
La primero pregunta es: Que es mas macho.
pineapple o knife ?
Well
let's Iee. My guess is that a pineapple is more
Macho than a knife Si! Correcto!
Pineapple es mas macho que knife.
La segunda pregunta: Que es mas macho
lightbulb o schoolbus?
Uh
lightbulb?
No! Lo siento. Schoolbus es mas macho que lightbulb
Gracias. And we'll be back in un momento.
Well I had a dream and in it
I went to a little town
And all the girls in town were nomed
Betty.
And they were singing:
Doo doo doo doo doo.
Doo doo doo doo doo.
Ah desire! It's
cold as ice
And then it's hot as fire.
Ah desire! First it's red
And then it's
blue.
And everytime I see an iceberg
It reminds me of you.
Doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo
Que es mas mocho iceberg or volcano ?
Get the blanket from the bedroom
We can go walking once again.
Down in the bayou
Where our sweet love first began.
I'm thinking back to when I was a child-
Way back fo when I was a tot.
When I was on embryo-
A tiny speck. Just o dot.
When I was a Hershey bar-
In my father's back pocket.
Hey look! Over there! It's Frank Sinatra
Sitting in o chair. And he's blowing
Perfect smoke rings
Up into the air. And he's singing:
Smoke makes a staircase for you
To descend. So rare.
Ah desire!
Ah desire!
Ah desire! So random So rare
And everytime I see those smoke rings
I think you're there.
Que es mas macho staircase or smoke rings?
Get the blanket from the bedroom
We can go walking once again.
Down in the boondocks
Where our sweet love first began.
Ooo I'm gonna follow you.
Out in the swamps and into town.
Down under the boardwalk
Track you down.
Doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo
7 Late Show
(instrumental with vocal sample by William S. Burroughs)
L-L-L L-L-Listen Listen T- L-L- Listen to my hearbeat.
8 White Lilly
What Fassbinder film is it? The one-armed Man walks into a flower shop and says: What flower expresses Days go by And they just keep going by endlessly Pulling you Into the future. Days go by Endlessly Endlessly pulling you Into the future. And the florist says: White Lily.
9 Sharkey's Day
Sun's coming up. Like a big bald head.
Poking up over the grocery store.
It's Sharkey's day. It's Sharkey's day today.
Sharkey wakes up and Sharkey says: There was this man...
And there was this road...And if only I could remember these dreams...
I know they're trying to tell me...something.
Ooooeee. Strange dreams.(Strange dreams). Oh yeah.
And Sharkey says: I turn around, it's fear. I turn around aagain
And it's love. Oh yeah. Strange dreams.
And the little girls sing:Oooee Sharkey.
And the manager says: Mr. Sharkey? He's not at his desk right now.
Could I take a message?
And the little girls sing:Oooeee Sharkey. He's Mister Heartbreak.
They sing: Oooeee Sharkey. Yeah. He's Mister Heartbreak.
And Sharkey says: All of nature talks to me. If I could just
figure out what it was trying to tell me. Listen!
Trees are swinging in the breeze. They're talking to me.
Insects are rubbing their legs together.
They're all talking. They're talking to me. And short animals-
They're bucking up on their hind legs. Talking. Talking to me.
Hey! Look out! Bugs are crawling up my legs!
You know? I'd rather see this on TV. Tones it down.
And Sharkey says: I turn around, it's fear.
I turn around again, and it's love.
Nobody knows me. Nobody knows my name.
And Sharkey says: All night long I think of those little planes up there.
Flying around. UYou can't even see them. They're specks!
And they're full of tiny people. Going places.
And Sharkey says: You know? I bet they could all land
on the head of a pin.
And the little girls sing: Ooooeee. Sharkey!
He's Mister Heartbreak. They sing: Oooeee. That Sharkey!
He's a slow dance on the edge of the lake. He's a whole landscape
gone to seed. He's gone wild! He's screeching tires
on an oil slick at midnight on the road to Boston a long time ago.
And Sharkey says: Lights! Camera! Action! TIMBER!
At the beginning of the movie, they know they have to find each other.
But they ride off in opposite directions.
Sharkey says: I turn around, it's fear.
I turn around again, and it's love.
Nobody knows me. Nobody knows my name.
You know? They're growing mechanical trees.
They grow to their full height. And then they chop themselves down.
Sharkey says: All of life comes from some strange lagoon.
It rises up, it bucks up to it's full height from a boggy swamp
on a foggy night. It creeps into your house. It's life! It's life!
I turn around, it's fear. I turn around again, and it's love.
Nobody knows me. Nobody knows my name.
Deep in the heart of darkest America. Home of the brave.
Ha! Ha! Ha! You've already paid for this. Listen to my heart beat.
And the little girls sing: Oooeee Sharkey. He's a slow dance
on the edge of the lake. They sing:Ooooeeee. Sharkey.
HEe's Mister Heartbreak.
Paging Mr. Sharkey. White courtesy telephone please.
And Sharkey says: I turn around, it's fear.
I turn around again, and it's love.
And the little girls sing:Ooooeee Sharkey. Yeah.
On top of Old Smokey all covered with snow.
That's where I wanna, that's where I'm gonna
That's where I'm gonna go.
Poking up over the grocery store.
It's Sharkey's day. It's Sharkey's day today.
Sharkey wakes up and Sharkey says: There was this man...
And there was this road...And if only I could remember these dreams...
I know they're trying to tell me...something.
Ooooeee. Strange dreams.(Strange dreams). Oh yeah.
And Sharkey says: I turn around, it's fear. I turn around aagain
And it's love. Oh yeah. Strange dreams.
And the little girls sing:Oooee Sharkey.
And the manager says: Mr. Sharkey? He's not at his desk right now.
Could I take a message?
And the little girls sing:Oooeee Sharkey. He's Mister Heartbreak.
They sing: Oooeee Sharkey. Yeah. He's Mister Heartbreak.
And Sharkey says: All of nature talks to me. If I could just
figure out what it was trying to tell me. Listen!
Trees are swinging in the breeze. They're talking to me.
Insects are rubbing their legs together.
They're all talking. They're talking to me. And short animals-
They're bucking up on their hind legs. Talking. Talking to me.
Hey! Look out! Bugs are crawling up my legs!
You know? I'd rather see this on TV. Tones it down.
And Sharkey says: I turn around, it's fear.
I turn around again, and it's love.
Nobody knows me. Nobody knows my name.
And Sharkey says: All night long I think of those little planes up there.
Flying around. UYou can't even see them. They're specks!
And they're full of tiny people. Going places.
And Sharkey says: You know? I bet they could all land
on the head of a pin.
And the little girls sing: Ooooeee. Sharkey!
He's Mister Heartbreak. They sing: Oooeee. That Sharkey!
He's a slow dance on the edge of the lake. He's a whole landscape
gone to seed. He's gone wild! He's screeching tires
on an oil slick at midnight on the road to Boston a long time ago.
And Sharkey says: Lights! Camera! Action! TIMBER!
At the beginning of the movie, they know they have to find each other.
But they ride off in opposite directions.
Sharkey says: I turn around, it's fear.
I turn around again, and it's love.
Nobody knows me. Nobody knows my name.
You know? They're growing mechanical trees.
They grow to their full height. And then they chop themselves down.
Sharkey says: All of life comes from some strange lagoon.
It rises up, it bucks up to it's full height from a boggy swamp
on a foggy night. It creeps into your house. It's life! It's life!
I turn around, it's fear. I turn around again, and it's love.
Nobody knows me. Nobody knows my name.
Deep in the heart of darkest America. Home of the brave.
Ha! Ha! Ha! You've already paid for this. Listen to my heart beat.
And the little girls sing: Oooeee Sharkey. He's a slow dance
on the edge of the lake. They sing:Ooooeeee. Sharkey.
HEe's Mister Heartbreak.
Paging Mr. Sharkey. White courtesy telephone please.
And Sharkey says: I turn around, it's fear.
I turn around again, and it's love.
And the little girls sing:Ooooeee Sharkey. Yeah.
On top of Old Smokey all covered with snow.
That's where I wanna, that's where I'm gonna
That's where I'm gonna go.
10 How To Write
(instrumental with spoken word introduction by Won-sang Park)
11 Kokoku
I come very briefly to this place. I watch itmove. I watch it shake.Kumowaku yamano. Watashino sakebi. Watashinokoewo.Ushano kokoku. Watashiwa sokoni. Watashiwa asobu.Mountain with clouds. A cry. My voice.Home of the brave. I'm here now. And lost. They say the dead will rise again. And here theycome now.Strange animals out of the Ice Age. And theystare at you.Dumbfounded. Like big mistakes. And we say: Keepcool.Maybe if we pretend this never happened, they'llall just go away. Watashiwa sokoni. Watashiwa asobu. Mewotoji.Mewotoji.Kikunowa kotori. Watashino sakebi. Watashinokoewo.I am here in this place. Losing. My eyes areclosed. Closed.Birds are there. Hearing something. Shouting. Myvoice.(And yet, we could all be wrong. Wouldn't be thefirst time.) Kumowaku yamano. Watashiwa sokoni. Watashiwaasobu.Kumiwaku yamano. Kikunowa kotori. Watashinosakebi.Mountains with clouds. I am there. Lost.Mountains with clouds. Birds are there. Hearingsomething. A shout. They say the world is smaller now. Small world.They say that man is taller now. Tall man.They say the stars are closer now. Thank you,lucky stars.You come very briefly to this place.Jikanwa tomaru. Ushano kokoku.Time is stopped. Home of the brave. And on a very distant star, slimy creatures scanthe skies.They've got plates for hands. And telescopes foreyes. And they say: Look! DownThey say: Watch it move. Watch it shake. Watch itturn. And shake.Watashiwa sokoni. Watashiwa asobu. Kumowakuyamano.Watashino sakebi. Watashino koewo. Mewotoji.Mewotoji.I am there. Lost. Mountains with clouds.A cry. A shout. My eyes are shut. Shut.And we say: Watch us move. Watch us shake. We'reso pretty.We're so pretty. We say: Watch us move now. Watchus shake.We're so pretty. Shake our hands. Shake ourheads. We shake our feet.We're so fine. The way we move. The way we shake.We're so nice.12 Radar
(instrumental with wordless vocalizations by Anderson)
13 Gravity's Angel
You can dance.
You can make me laugh.
You've got x-ray eyes.
You know how to sing.
You're a diplomat.
You've got it all.
Everybody loves you.
You can charm the birds out of the sky, but I, I've got one thing.
You always know just what to say, and when to go,
But I've got one thing, too.
You can see in the dark, but I've got one thing: I loved you better.
Last night I woke up.
Saw this angel.
He flew in my window.
[spoken]
And he said: Girl, pretty proud of yourself, huh?
And I looked around and said: Who me?
And he said: The higher you fly, the faster you fall. He said:
[sung]
Send it up.
Watch it rise.
See it fall.
Gravity's rainbow.
Send it up.
Watch it rise.
See it fall.
Gravity's angel.
[spoken]
Why these mountains?
Why this sky?
This long road?
This ugly train?
Well he was an ugly guy.
With an ugly face.
And also ran in the human race.
And even God got sad just looking at him.
And at his funeral all his friends stood around looking sad, but they were really thinking of all the ham and cheese sandwiches in the next room. And everybody used to hang around him. And I know why.
They said: There but for the grace of the angels go I.
Why these mountains?
Why this sky?
[sung]
Send it up.
Watch it rise.
See it fall.
Gravity's rainbow.
Send it up.
Watch it rise,
And fall.
Gravity's angel.
[spoken]
Well, we were just laying there.
[sung]
And this ghost of your other lover walked in.
[spoken]
And stood there, made of thin air.
[spoken]
Full of desire. Look. Look. Look.
You forgot to take your shirt.
And there's your book.
And there's your pen,
[sung]
sitting on the table.
[spoken]
Why these mountains?
Why this sky?
This long road?
This empty room?
Why these mountains?
Why this sky?
This long road?
This empty room?
You can make me laugh.
You've got x-ray eyes.
You know how to sing.
You're a diplomat.
You've got it all.
Everybody loves you.
You can charm the birds out of the sky, but I, I've got one thing.
You always know just what to say, and when to go,
But I've got one thing, too.
You can see in the dark, but I've got one thing: I loved you better.
Last night I woke up.
Saw this angel.
He flew in my window.
[spoken]
And he said: Girl, pretty proud of yourself, huh?
And I looked around and said: Who me?
And he said: The higher you fly, the faster you fall. He said:
[sung]
Send it up.
Watch it rise.
See it fall.
Gravity's rainbow.
Send it up.
Watch it rise.
See it fall.
Gravity's angel.
[spoken]
Why these mountains?
Why this sky?
This long road?
This ugly train?
Well he was an ugly guy.
With an ugly face.
And also ran in the human race.
And even God got sad just looking at him.
And at his funeral all his friends stood around looking sad, but they were really thinking of all the ham and cheese sandwiches in the next room. And everybody used to hang around him. And I know why.
They said: There but for the grace of the angels go I.
Why these mountains?
Why this sky?
[sung]
Send it up.
Watch it rise.
See it fall.
Gravity's rainbow.
Send it up.
Watch it rise,
And fall.
Gravity's angel.
[spoken]
Well, we were just laying there.
[sung]
And this ghost of your other lover walked in.
[spoken]
And stood there, made of thin air.
[spoken]
Full of desire. Look. Look. Look.
You forgot to take your shirt.
And there's your book.
And there's your pen,
[sung]
sitting on the table.
[spoken]
Why these mountains?
Why this sky?
This long road?
This empty room?
Why these mountains?
Why this sky?
This long road?
This empty room?
14 Langue D'amour
Let's see. Uh, it was on an island. And there was a snake.
And this snake had legs. And he could walk all around the island.
Yes. That's true. A snake with legs.
And the man and the woman were on the island too.
And they were not very smart.
But they were happy as clams. Yes.
Let's see. Uh... then one evening the snake was walking about
in the garden and he was talking to himself and he saw the woman
and they started to talk. And they became friends.
Very good friends.
And the woman liked the snake very much. Because when he
talked, he made little noises with his tongue, and his long tongue
was lightly licking about his lips.
Like there was a little fire inside his mouth and the flame
would come dancing out of his mouth.
And the woman liked this very much.
And after that, she was bored with the man.
Because no matter what happened,
he was always as happy as a clam.
What did the snake say? Yes! What was he saying?
OK. I will tell you.
The snake told her things about the world. He told her about
the time there was a big typhoon on the island
and all the sharks came out of the water. Yes.
They came out of the water and they walked right into your house
with their big white teeth.
And the woman heard these things. And she was in love.
And the man came out and said: We have to go now!
And the woman did not want to go. Because she was a hothead.
Because she was a woman in love.
Anyway, we got into their boat and left the island.
But they never stayed anywhere very long.
Because the woman was restless. She was a hothead.
She was a woman in love.
And this is not a story my people tell.
It is something I know myself.
And when I do my job, I am thinking about these things.
Because when I do my job, that is what I think about.
Oooo la la la la. Voici. Voilà
Ooo la la la la. Voici le langage de l'amour.
Oooo la la la la. La la la.
Voici. Voilà. La la.
Voici le langage de l'amour.
Ah! Comme ci, comme ça. Voilà. Voilà.
Voici le langage de l'amour.
Voici le langage de l'amour.
Attends! Attends! Attends!
Attends! Attends! Attends!
Écoute. Écoute. Écoute.
Ooooo la la la la. Ooo la la la la.
Yeah. La La La La. Here. And there.
Oh yes. This is the laguage of love.
Oooo. Oh yeah. La la.
Here it is. There it is. La la.
This is the language of love.
Ah! Neither here nor there.
There. There.
This is the language of love.
This is the language of love.
Wait! Wait! Wait!
Wait! Wait! Wait!
Listen. Listen. Listen.
Ooooo. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Yeah.
And this snake had legs. And he could walk all around the island.
Yes. That's true. A snake with legs.
And the man and the woman were on the island too.
And they were not very smart.
But they were happy as clams. Yes.
Let's see. Uh... then one evening the snake was walking about
in the garden and he was talking to himself and he saw the woman
and they started to talk. And they became friends.
Very good friends.
And the woman liked the snake very much. Because when he
talked, he made little noises with his tongue, and his long tongue
was lightly licking about his lips.
Like there was a little fire inside his mouth and the flame
would come dancing out of his mouth.
And the woman liked this very much.
And after that, she was bored with the man.
Because no matter what happened,
he was always as happy as a clam.
What did the snake say? Yes! What was he saying?
OK. I will tell you.
The snake told her things about the world. He told her about
the time there was a big typhoon on the island
and all the sharks came out of the water. Yes.
They came out of the water and they walked right into your house
with their big white teeth.
And the woman heard these things. And she was in love.
And the man came out and said: We have to go now!
And the woman did not want to go. Because she was a hothead.
Because she was a woman in love.
Anyway, we got into their boat and left the island.
But they never stayed anywhere very long.
Because the woman was restless. She was a hothead.
She was a woman in love.
And this is not a story my people tell.
It is something I know myself.
And when I do my job, I am thinking about these things.
Because when I do my job, that is what I think about.
Oooo la la la la. Voici. Voilà
Ooo la la la la. Voici le langage de l'amour.
Oooo la la la la. La la la.
Voici. Voilà. La la.
Voici le langage de l'amour.
Ah! Comme ci, comme ça. Voilà. Voilà.
Voici le langage de l'amour.
Voici le langage de l'amour.
Attends! Attends! Attends!
Attends! Attends! Attends!
Écoute. Écoute. Écoute.
Ooooo la la la la. Ooo la la la la.
Yeah. La La La La. Here. And there.
Oh yes. This is the laguage of love.
Oooo. Oh yeah. La la.
Here it is. There it is. La la.
This is the language of love.
Ah! Neither here nor there.
There. There.
This is the language of love.
This is the language of love.
Wait! Wait! Wait!
Wait! Wait! Wait!
Listen. Listen. Listen.
Ooooo. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Yeah.
15 Talk Normal
I don't know about your dreams
But mine are sort of hackneyed.
Same thin
night after night.
Just...repetitive.
And the color is really bad -
And the themes are just infantile.
And you always get what you want -
And that's just not the way life is.
First National Bank? I love it!
New hat? Forget it!
Moby Dick? Never read it!
I came home today
and both our cars were gone.
And there were all these new pink
Flamingoes arranged in star patterns
All over the lawn.
Then I went into the kitchen
And it looked like a tornado had it.
And then I realized I was
in the wrong house.
Last night I had that dream again.
I dreamed I had to take a test
In a Dairy Queen on another planet.
And then I lokked around
And there was this woman.
And she was making it all up.
She was writing it all down.
And she was laughing.
She was laughing her head off.
And I said: Hey!
Give me that pen!
I turned the corner in Soho
today and someone
Looked right at me and said: Oh no!
Another Laurie Anderson clone!
And I said: Loook at me! Loook
at me! Loook at me!
Loook at me! Loook at me!
Loook at me! Loook at me!
Loook at me! Loook at me!
Loook at me! Loook at me!
But mine are sort of hackneyed.
Same thin
night after night.
Just...repetitive.
And the color is really bad -
And the themes are just infantile.
And you always get what you want -
And that's just not the way life is.
First National Bank? I love it!
New hat? Forget it!
Moby Dick? Never read it!
I came home today
and both our cars were gone.
And there were all these new pink
Flamingoes arranged in star patterns
All over the lawn.
Then I went into the kitchen
And it looked like a tornado had it.
And then I realized I was
in the wrong house.
Last night I had that dream again.
I dreamed I had to take a test
In a Dairy Queen on another planet.
And then I lokked around
And there was this woman.
And she was making it all up.
She was writing it all down.
And she was laughing.
She was laughing her head off.
And I said: Hey!
Give me that pen!
I turned the corner in Soho
today and someone
Looked right at me and said: Oh no!
Another Laurie Anderson clone!
And I said: Loook at me! Loook
at me! Loook at me!
Loook at me! Loook at me!
Loook at me! Loook at me!
Loook at me! Loook at me!
Loook at me! Loook at me!
16 Difficult Listening Hour
(spoken word)
17 Language Is A Virus
Paradise
Is exactly like
Where you are right now
Only much much
Better.
I saw this guy on the train
And he seemed to have gotten stuck
In one of those abstract trances.
And he was going: "Ugh . . .
Ugh . . . Ugh . . . "
And Fred said:
l think he's in some kind
of pain.I think it's a
pain cry.
And I said: "Pain cry?
Then language is a virus."
Language! It's a virus!
Language! It's a virus!
Well I was talking to a friend
And I was saying:
I wanted you.
And I was looking for yov.
But I couldn't find you. I
couldn't find you.
And he said: Hey!
Are you talking to me?
Or are you just practicing
For one of those performances of yours?
Huh?
Language! It's a virus!
Language! It's a virus!
He said: I had to write that
letter to your mother
And I had to tell the
judge that it was you.
And I had to sell the car
and go to Florida.
Becaure that's just my way of
saying (It's a charm.)
That I love you. And I (It's a job.)
Had to call you at the
crack of dawn (Why?)
And list the times that
I've been wrong.
Cause that's just my way of saying
That I'm sorry. (It's a job.)
Language! It's a virus!
Language! It's a virus!
Paradise
Is exactly like
Where you are right now
Only much much (It's a shipwreck)
Better. (It's a job.)
You know? I don't believe there's such
o thing as TV. I mean -
They just keep showing you
The same pictures over ond over.
And when they talk they
just make sounds
That more or less synch up
With their lips.
That's what I think!
Language! It's a virus!
Language! It's a virus!
Language! It's a virus!
Well I dreamed there was an island
That rose up from the sea.
And everybody on the island
Was somebody from TV.
And there was a beautiful view
But nobody could see.
Cause everybody on the island
Was saying: Look ot me! Look at me!
Look at me! Look at me!
Because they all lived on an island
That rose up from the sea
And everybody on the island
Was somebody from TV.
And there was a beautiful view
But nobody could see.
Cause everybody on the island
Was screaming: Look at me!
Look at me! Look at me!
Look at me! Look at me! Why?
Paradise
Is exactly like
Where you are right now
Only much much
Better.
Is exactly like
Where you are right now
Only much much
Better.
I saw this guy on the train
And he seemed to have gotten stuck
In one of those abstract trances.
And he was going: "Ugh . . .
Ugh . . . Ugh . . . "
And Fred said:
l think he's in some kind
of pain.I think it's a
pain cry.
And I said: "Pain cry?
Then language is a virus."
Language! It's a virus!
Language! It's a virus!
Well I was talking to a friend
And I was saying:
I wanted you.
And I was looking for yov.
But I couldn't find you. I
couldn't find you.
And he said: Hey!
Are you talking to me?
Or are you just practicing
For one of those performances of yours?
Huh?
Language! It's a virus!
Language! It's a virus!
He said: I had to write that
letter to your mother
And I had to tell the
judge that it was you.
And I had to sell the car
and go to Florida.
Becaure that's just my way of
saying (It's a charm.)
That I love you. And I (It's a job.)
Had to call you at the
crack of dawn (Why?)
And list the times that
I've been wrong.
Cause that's just my way of saying
That I'm sorry. (It's a job.)
Language! It's a virus!
Language! It's a virus!
Paradise
Is exactly like
Where you are right now
Only much much (It's a shipwreck)
Better. (It's a job.)
You know? I don't believe there's such
o thing as TV. I mean -
They just keep showing you
The same pictures over ond over.
And when they talk they
just make sounds
That more or less synch up
With their lips.
That's what I think!
Language! It's a virus!
Language! It's a virus!
Language! It's a virus!
Well I dreamed there was an island
That rose up from the sea.
And everybody on the island
Was somebody from TV.
And there was a beautiful view
But nobody could see.
Cause everybody on the island
Was saying: Look ot me! Look at me!
Look at me! Look at me!
Because they all lived on an island
That rose up from the sea
And everybody on the island
Was somebody from TV.
And there was a beautiful view
But nobody could see.
Cause everybody on the island
Was screaming: Look at me!
Look at me! Look at me!
Look at me! Look at me! Why?
Paradise
Is exactly like
Where you are right now
Only much much
Better.
18 Sharkey's Night
Sun's going downLike a big bald headDisappearing behind the boulevard. It's Sharkey's night.It's Sharkey's night tonight. And the manager says:Sharkey? He's not at his desk right nowCould I take a message? Hey Kemosabe!Long time no seeHey Sport -You connect the dots!You pick up the pieces! Well I drove down to Big D.C.And I walked into Room 1003And there they wereThe Big Boys.And they were talkingBig BLittle OLittle MSilent BThey were saying:Let's teach those robots how to play hardball.Let's teach those little fellas a littlegratitude. Hey!What's that big noise from the sky?Sounds like thunder -Nope.Sounds like the Fourth of July -Nope...Wrong again.You know? It's just those angels walkingThey're clomping around againWearing those big clumsy shoesWe got for them. Well deepIn the heartOf darkest AmericaHome of the Brave Well HA HA HAYou've already paidFor thisListen to my heartBeat.
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