《The Rotowhirl(Live)》歌词

歌曲： The Rotowhirl(Live)

所属专辑：The Ugly One With The Jewels And Other Stories

歌手： Laurie Anderson

时长： 03:54

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The Rotowhirl (Live) - Laurie Anderson[00:00:00]

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

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

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

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

We became friends[00:00:29]

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

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

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

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

And wrestles me down[00:00:47]

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

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

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

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

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

Because Andy really fought[00:01:17]

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

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

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

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

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

Who were swinging away[00:01:39]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Should they help [00:03:09]

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

I loved Andy[00:03:17]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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