Talk:Quidam CD
Enhanced CD Stuff
[edit]I just got the enhanced CD & don't know if I'm supposed to be hearing sound or not as I click on things around the stage. I can see the photos & video clips, but the only time I hear sound is during the Dragone interview. Can someone confirm if this is normal? The 14 songs all play fine like a normal CD with Realplayer & Windows Media; it's just that the Quicktime program goes silent.
By the way, Misere & Enfants sound terrific! I had imagined that they'd simply be cuts from the DVD with audience applause, but they sound like regular studio tracks. I'm anxious to know if the 2 unpublished song samplers being offered by CDS on June 5th (with AmEx ticket purchases) are these, or some others.--Funhistory 03:43, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
Zoe's Poem
[edit]I was able to hear the interactive portion of the CD using Windows 98 rather than Windows 2000 (it was made in 1996). Here's a transcription of Zoe's poem written by Loch Ness, read by Liz MacRae:
- When Mommy & Daddy don't listen to me,
- I can suspend them for a minute, or 2, or 3
- Cuz after all, I'm busy too,
- I've got a million things to do.
- All my Quidams are on the go,
- Ready to move & give a show.
- Like there's Johnny & my friend, Karl,
- When they grumble, never snarl,
- If I don't tell them very soon,
- Which one I'll take on my honeymoon.
- So I consult my shamanitas?/chamonittes? in blue,
- They tell me Johnny's a giant too big for me,
- And one day he might be untrue.
- Now Karl is a sweet, but frantic romantic,
- He'll fly with ease from the highest trapeze,
- to prove his love, for a turtledove.
- The truth is, I'm not quite ready for Karl or John,
- This is no time for me to marry,
- When the world is in such a terrible mess.
- S.O.S. to every Quidam!
- To Mommy & Dad & all my friends,
- Like Funny Bunny, who's a genius in ecology,
- lovey-dovey & astrology.
- Where's my Robin Hood with stripes forever,
- So we can get our act together?
- When Quidams go marching in,
- rump-pa-ba-bump with a jolly din,
- You'll wanna be in that number,
- Out of the deep, mysterious slumber.
- And far from human astronauts,
- You shall become true argonauts,
- Kiddy-Quidams, & beautiful forget-me-nots!
I have no idea what she's saying with regards to the Cloud Swing ladies: "shamanitas?/chamonittes?" Does anybody know--Funhistory 17:59, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
Stage Description for Joe
[edit]Here's another narration by Loch Ness on the CD from the sewer under the stage about the stage:
- Look at this, Joe, now that's what I call a stage: a gleaming stage, a beaming stage, a spinning stage, 29,000 beautiful square feet of bright aluminum, color-coated with thousand [sic] pounds of liquid urethane.
- The stage is set; the set is staged: the world of Quidam. And that's you, Joe; that's me. We are Quidams!
- They built an arch across the universe. Built & bent 120 feet of shining steel, across the skies of the big top, big & bold in our sunset strip, 35 feet up in the air. What d' ya say, Joe?
- We can zoom up an armada of 10 computer-guided trolleys along those giant tracks. Hang in there, Joe!
- Standing up or upside-down like bats, we can swing & twirl in space & never lose face. It's our golden gate to glory, Joe!
- Some day you'll understand. Some day you'll know just where you stand. You'll see. This is your odyssey. One day, Joe, you'll be a great Quidam!