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 I'm anxious to know if the 2 unpublished song samplers being offered by CDS on June 5th (with AmEx ticket purchases) are these, or some others.--Funhistory 03:43, 11 May 2006 (UTC)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