TRANSCRIPTS
Semioteque (audio from Umberto Eco's lecture in Tartu May 2009)
COVER SONGS
Semioteque (audio from Umberto Eco's lecture in Tartu May 2009)
Featured voices: Alar Karis (rector at University of Tartu), Morten Tønnessen, Umberto Eco
[...]
MT: And I would like you to say something about what role fiction can be said to play within natural science...
Eco: No... No, I missed ... the real question.
MT: Let me finish. Um…
(MT: And I would like you to say something about what role fiction can be said to play within natural science... )
(Eco: No... No, I missed ... the real question.)
MT: And often in applied science, we start out with imagining something that does not exist – it’s totally mind-dependent; and then we carry it into life. … Isn’t that the work of fiction?
Eco: No! I... Take, for instance the cold fusion. Typical example of a scientific hoax.
Eco: I don’t say that it’s a fiction – it’s a mistake, which is different.
Eco: I say that there is fiction when the author pretends to say the truth, and asks you to pretend that you are believing it.
Eco: If not, it’s a lie. If I tell you there is an elephant outside… and you naively go out to see whether it is there or not, that is not a case of fiction, I am only a *** liar... And you are too naive, hehe.
Eco: Except, you are not Thomas Aquinas! His comrades told him… 'Thomas, there is an ass flying on the skies', and he went out … (to) look. Hehe…
MT: Isn’t that the work of fiction?
COVER SONGS
Bookends Theme (SIMON & GARFUNKEL)
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Time it was, and what a time it was, it was
A time of innocence, a time of confidences
Long ago, it must be, I have a photograph
Preserve your memories, they're all that's left you
Jeena kaisa Pyar bina
Is Duniya Mein Aaye ho to
Ek Duje se pyar karo
Jeena kaisa Pyar bina
Is Duniya Mein Aaye ho to
Ek Duje se pyar karo
Look in the eyes
Of the face of love
Look in her eyes
Oh, there is peace
No nothing dies
Within pure light
Only one hour
Of this pure love
To last a life
Of thirty years
Only one hour
So come and go
Jeena kaisa Pyar bina ...
Look in the eyes ...
The Great Event (LEONARD COHEN)
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It’s going to happen very soon. The great event which will end the horror. Which will end the sorrow. Next tuesday, when the sun goes down, I will play the moonlight sonata backwards. This will reverse the effects of the world’s mad plunge into suffering, for the last 200 million years. What a lovely night that would be. What a sigh of relief, as the senile robins become bright red again, and the retired nightingales, pick up their dusty tails, and assert the majesty of creation!
Harrowdown Hill (THOM YORKE)
Don't walk the plank like I did
You will be dispensed with
When you've become inconvenient
In the harrowdown hill
Where you went to school
That's where I am
That's where I'm lying down
Did I fall or was I pushed?
Did I fall or was I pushed?
And where's the blood?
And where's the blood?
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
To make it all right
So dry your eyes
We think the same things at the same time
We just cant do anything about it
So don't ask me
Ask the ministry
Don't ask me
Ask the ministry
We think the same things at the same time
There are so many of us
So you can't count
We think the same things at the same time
There are too many of us
So you can't count
Can you see me when I'm running?
Can you see me when I'm running?
Away from them
I can't take their pressure
No one cares if you live or die
They just want me gone
They want me gone
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
To make it all right
So dry your eyes
We think the same things at the same time
We just cant do anything about it
We think the same things at the same time
There are too many of us
So you can't count
It was a slippery slippery slippery slope
It was a slippery slippery slippery slope
I feel me slipping in and out of consciousness
I feel me slipping in and out of consciousness
I didn’t Understand (ELLIOTT SMITH)
Thought you'd be looking for the next in line to love
Then ignore, put out, and put away
And so you'd soon be leaving me alone like I'm supposed to be
Tonight, tomorrow, and every day
There's nothing here that you'll miss
I can guarantee you this is a cloud of smoke
Trying to occupy space
What a fucking joke
What a fucking joke
I waited for a bus to separate the both of us
And take me off, far away from you
'Cos my feelings never change a bit
I always feel like shit
I don't know why, I guess that I just do
You once talked to me about love
And you painted pictures of a never never land
And I could have gone to that place
But I didn't understand
I didn't understand
I didn't understand
I will (No Man’s Land) (RADIOHEAD)
I will
Lay me down
In a bunker
Underground
I won't let this happen to my children
Meet the real world coming out of your shell
With white elephants
Sitting ducks
I will
Rise up
Little babies eyes eyes eyes eyes
Little babies eyes eyes eyes eyes
Little babies eyes eyes eyes eyes
Little babies eyes eyes eyes
Minute Prologue (LEONARD COHEN)
I've been listening
to all the dissention.
I've been listening
to all the pain.
And I feel that no matter
what I do for you,
it's going to come back again.
But I think that I can heal it,
but I think that I can heal it,
I'm a fool, but I think I can heal it
with this song.
Skip Divided (THOM YORKE)
I'm in a skip divided malfunction
I flap around and dive bomb
Frantically around your light
Enveloped in a sad distraction
I got your voice repeating endlessly
Could you guide me in?
Could you smother me?
I swoop around your head
But I never hit
I'm blinded by your daylight
Electric veins pass through me
I thought there was this big connection
I only got my name I only got the situation
I just need a number and location
Without appropriate papers or permissions
I'm known to bite in tight situations
And I head into your french windows
I thought there was a big connection
I only got my name I only got my situation
I just need my number and location
And my mum keeps telling me
Hey hey hey hey hey hey
The devil may
Hey hey hey hey hey hey
You are a fool [x2]
For sticking round [x2]
Yeah you are a fool [x2]
For sticking round [x2]
I tried every trick in the book
I tried to look and knew
Every trick in the book
But how come I look?
No more common dress or elliptical caress
Don't look into your eyes cause I'm desperately in love
In love
When you walk in the room everything disappears
When you walk in the room it's a terrible mess
When you walk in the room I start to melt
When you walk in the room I follow you round
Like a dog, I'm a dog, I'm a dog, I'm a lapdog
I'm your lapdog, yeah
I just got a number and location
I just need my number and location
Strangest Tribe (PEARL JAM)
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It's five below in evidence.
The winded eves and sideways snow.
His eminence has yet to show.
Follow the ageless tide.
Follow the angled light.
Follow the strangest tribe.
I... I... I...
It's 6:00 AM. You're waiting for...
You've had your feast. You're wanting more.
Follow the wayward mile.
Follow the distant high.
Follow the strangest tribe.
I... I... I...
Follow the ancient stride.
Follow the angels try.
Follow the strangest tribe.
I... I... I...
Street Spirit (Fade Out) (RADIOHEAD)
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Rows of houses, all bearing down on me
I can feel their blue hands touching me
All these things into position
All these things we'll one day swallow whole
And fade out again and fade out
This machine will, will not communicate
These thoughts and the strain I am under
Be a world child, form a circle
Before we all go under
And fade out again and fade out again
Cracked eggs, dead birds
Scream as they fight for life
I can feel death, can see its beady eyes
All these things into position
All these things we'll one day swallow whole
And fade out again and fade out again
Immerse your soul in love
IMMERSE YOUR SOUL IN LOVE
ORIGINAL SONGS, WITH LYRICS AND VOICE
Alene
på en stein
i mørket
sitter du
og skriker
ut din smerte
til et univers
som utvider seg
med skrikets hastighet
Atmos
Just breathe with me
Just breathe with me
I can only be your breath for so long
Breathe with me, just breathe with me
You breathe at me, I breathe at you
You breathe in me, I breathe in you (repeat)
Pressure builds up, builds up, builds up
And I am not a ventilator
You breathe at me, I breathe at you
You breathe in me, I breathe in you (repeat)
You breathe at me, I breathe at you
You breathe in me, you breathe in me
You breathe at me, I breathe at you
You breathe in me, I breathe in you
You breathe at me, I breathe at you
I breathe at you, I breathe at you
Just breathe with me
Just breathe with me
I can only be your breath for so long
Breathe with me, just breathe with me
Pressure builds up, builds up, builds up
And I am not a ventilator
Atomic
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Affectionate
Tender
Caring
Affectionate
Tender
Overtly
Mischievous
Idle
Caring
Affectionate
Touchy
Obstructive
Miserable
Imagined
Caring
Affectionate
Tender
Caring
Cecilia
Cecilia
You never
were my baby
Cecilia
Are you
ever gonna be my baby
My baby, my
baby-ooo
My baby, my
baby-ooo
Your heart
beats so fast
But is it
meeeee it is beating for?
My baby, my
baby love,
Your heart
beats so fast
But is it
meeeee it is beating for?
Cecilia,
Cecilia,
Cecilia,
Cecilia,
Cecilia,
You never
were my baby
Cecilia
Are you
ever gonna be
Are you
ever gonna be
Are you
ever gonna be
My baby
En Knott i Havet (Grønt Så Langt)
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En knott i havet
som langsomt vokser seg stor
og så forsvinner
Grønt så langt øyet
kan se svalberg herjet
av regnet som pisker
Heartbeat
My heart, by heart
It beats, it beats
Don’t slap, don’t slap
Listen to your heartbeat, listen in and admit defeat
It’s all my treat, it’s all my meat
Pay attention, don’t cheat, this is my body heat
I have come to take you away
My heart, my heart
It beats, it beats
Slow down, slow down
Listen to your heartbeat ...
Listen ...
I have come to take you away ...
My heart, my heart
It beats, it beats
Oh, stop, oh stop
Listen to your heartbeat ...
Listen ...
I have come to take you away ...
Herfra til ingensteder
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Det var her vi var.
Her. Hvor en verden dveler.
Herfra vi hastet av sted.
Herfra og hittil.
Bestandig på vei
til ingensteder.
Lengre kom vi ikke.
Enn her.
Hvor vi var fra.
Her.
Hvor vi ikke kunne bli værende.
Her.
Hvor alle veier leder til døden.
Bestandig på vei
til ingensteder.
Hey, Thou
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Thought I'd never call you mine
Thought I'd never say that line
And here I am now
Calling out hey, thou
Thought I'd never be this fine
Thought I wasn't of that kind
Hey, don't you see
I am still here with thee
Hey, thou (16x)
Thought I'd never be that blind
Thought I wasn't of that kind
Was it all a lie
Cause you don't call me thy
Thought I'd never call you mine
Thought I'd never say that line
Thought I'd never say that line
But you don't call me thyne
Hey, thou (32x)
Hey, Thou (Tartu Remix) See above
Mist
Here I am
Feeling the heat
It is burning
in my soul
My soul is on fire
I can feel the heat
CHORUS
I can feel it
I can feel it
Bu-uu-uurn
I – I – ay
OCEANS APART
I’m tethered to the foam
I’m tethered to the phone
I’m tethered to the foam
I’m tethered to the bone
Oceans apart
Oceans
I’m battered and I moan
I’m battered to the bone
I’m battered and I moan
I’m battered so I roam
Heavens apart
I’m bothered to the bone
I’m bothered all alone
I’m bothered to the bone
I’m bothered
Oceans apart
Birds can fly
and so can I
I'm just not so good at the landing part
WHAT HE SAID
Hey man, whassup?
Whassup?
I am here ... I am HERE
I am here ... I am HERE
It is not like he said
No I’m not what he said
I am here, I am HERE
CHORUS:
Forgotten - rotten - begotten
Bondage - bandage - blossom
Besiege - bestow - betray
Beg - bend - bear
I am not
I am not
I am not
I am not
What he said
What he said
What he said
What he said
CHORUS:
Forgotten - rotten - begotten
Bondage - bandage - blossom
Besiege - bestow - betray
Beg - bend - bear
ORIGINAL SONGS, WITH MECHANICAL VOICE (AND LYRICS)
This is God Speaking (The Many Voices of God) – featuring MICROSOFT SAM
This is God speaking.
Or is it a piece of art?
Is he the one? you ask. Is she the one?
I am the word – not like you, thinking, acting.
I have no voice, but once you speak it is through me.
I have no eyes, but when you see it is through me.
Through you I speak, through you I act.
I speak six thousand languages and more.
Those which are gone, and those yet to come.
Some I bless with divine inspiration.
You ask for signs. The signs are there.
Is he the one? you ask. Is she the one?
You are the answers to my questions.
Who is the humblest one? Who is the truest one?
You can reach out for me, but you cannot grasp me.
Can you be as humble as the rain?
You both have a lot to learn, still.
Your views are incomplete, your vision clouded.
Teach each other. Be a blessing.
Can you be as humble as the rain?
This was a message from God.
Or art. Or both.
Troll Whisper
I am here night and day
Night and day are here with me
Night and die
I have lost my mind control
I have lost control, my mind
My mind, I have lost control
Cogito, ergo cogito
I am dead by being born
I am dead, am dead, am dead
Being dead is not OK
Oh, well, whatever, nevermind
ARTWORK
Jeg er tenker jeg altså (mekaniske variasjoner over et cartesiansk tema)
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