Talk:Quidam CD

Enhanced CD Stuff

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 I'm anxious to know if the 2 unpublished song samplers being offered by CDS on June 5th (with AmEx ticket purchases) are these, or some others.--Funhistory 03:43, 11 May 2006 (UTC)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

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

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!

--Funhistory 18:03, 4 July 2006 (UTC)