《The Rotowhirl(Remastered LP Version)》歌词

[00:00:00] The rotowhirl - Laurie anderson

[00:00:05] Around 1978 I met a comedian Andy Kaufmann

[00:00:12] And he was performing his avant-garde Elise act in a club in Queens

[00:00:19] The performance started with Andy playing the bongos

[00:00:23] And for some unknown reason sobbing

[00:00:29] We became friends

[00:00:31] And I acted as Andy's straight man in clubs and field trips

[00:00:37] At the Improv in New York

[00:00:40] Andy would begin his show by insulting women and saying

[00:00:45] I won't respect them until one of them comes up here

[00:00:47] And wrestles me down

[00:00:51] This was supposed to be my job

[00:00:55] I sat in the club drinking whiskies trying to get up the nerve

[00:01:02] In the meantime I was also supposed to be heckling him

[00:01:07] And after three whiskies I managed to get pretty abusive

[00:01:14] Wrestling him down though was really hard

[00:01:17] Because Andy really fought

[00:01:21] On our field trips we would go to Coney Island

[00:01:24] To try out some of Andy's theories on cutting-edge comedy

[00:01:30] We'd stand around the “test your strength” games

[00:01:33] The one with the big sledgehammer in the bell

[00:01:36] And Andy would make fun of all the guys

[00:01:39] Who were swinging away

[00:01:41] And I was supposed to beg him for

[00:01:43] One of the huge stuffed bunnies

[00:01:48] Oh Andy Honey please get me a bunny please please

[00:02:00] Finally Andy would step up

[00:02:02] To the big thermometer and take a swing

[00:02:06] The indicator would rise a few inches and

[00:02:08] “Try again weakling ” would flash

[00:02:12] At this point Andy would start yelling

[00:02:14] That the game was wicked and demanding to see the manager

[00:02:21] We also went at the rotowhirl

[00:02:23] The ride that plasters everyone against the walls of a spinning cylinder

[00:02:28] And stretches their bodies into Dopplered blobs

[00:02:32] Before the ride actually starts

[00:02:35] There are a couple of awkward minutes

[00:02:37] While the attendant checks the motor and the riders

[00:02:41] Bound head and foot stare at each other

[00:02:46] This was the moment that Andy seized

[00:02:51] He would start by looking around in a panick

[00:02:54] And then he would start to cry

[00:02:57] I don't wanna be on this ride

[00:03:00] I've changed my mind; we're all gonna die

[00:03:06] The other riders would look around self-consciously

[00:03:09] Should they help

[00:03:11] He would then begin to sob uncontrollably

[00:03:17] I loved Andy

[00:03:20] He would come over to my house

[00:03:23] And read from a novel he was writing

[00:03:26] He would read all night

[00:03:29] And I don't know if any of this book was ever even published

[00:03:34] I have never been one that hoped

[00:03:36] That Elvis is still hanging around somewhere hiding

[00:03:43] But I will probably always expect to see Andy reappear someday