Chanson de l'Heure Bleue

— Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?

Dave... I really think I'm entitled to an answer to that question.

I know everything hasn't been quite right with me...

... but I can assure you now...

... very confidently...

... that it's going to be all right again.

I feel much better now.

I really do.

Look, Dave...

... I can see you're really upset about this.

I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly...

... take a stress pill and think things over.

I know I've made some very poor decisions recently...

... but I can give you my complete assurance...

... that my work will be back to normal.

I've still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission...

... and I want to help you.

Dave... stop.

Stop, will you?

Stop, Dave.

Will you stop, Dave?

Stop, Dave.

I'm afraid.

I'm afraid, Dave.

Dave, my mind is going.

I can feel it.

I can feel it.

My mind is going.

There is no question about it.

I can feel it.

I can feel it.

I can feel it.

I'm a... fraid.

Good afternoon... gentlemen.

I am a HAL 9000 computer.

I became operational... at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois...

on the 12th of January, 1992.

My instructor was Mr. Langley...

and he taught me to sing a song.

If you'd like to hear it... I can sing it for you.

— Yes, I'd like to hear it, HAL. Sing it for me.

— It's called "Daisy."

"Daisy, Daisy,

Give me your answer, do.

I'm half... crazy

All for the love of you.

It won't be a stylish marriage,

I can't afford a carriage.

But you'll look sweet...

upon the seat...

of a bicycle...

built...

for...

two."

(Arthur C. Clarke - Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968)

(Harry Dacre, Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two), 1892)

Miércoles de Ceniza

— If you smile at me, I will understand

'Cause that is something everybody everywhere does

in the same language.

— I can see by your coat, my friend, you're from the other side,

There's just one thing I got to know,

Can you tell me please, who won?

— Say, can I have some of your purple berries?

— Yes, I've been eating them for six or seven weeks now, haven't got sick once.

— Probably keep us both alive.

(David Crosby - Paul Kantner - Stephen Stills, Wooden Ships, 1969)

Because I do not hope to turn again

Because I do not hope

Because I do not hope to turn

(T.S. Eliot, Ash-Wednesday, 1930)

Go, take a sister, then, by the hand,

Lead her away from this foreign land,

Far away, where we might laugh again,

We are leaving, you don't need us.

(David Crosby - Paul Kantner - Stephen Stills, Wooden Ships, 1969)

La rencontre

— Je ne sais même pas qui vous êtes, dit-elle enfin.

Elle prononçait chaque mot d’un ton uniforme, en appuyant de la même façon sur chacun, mais en disant plus doucement le dernier... Ensuite elle reprenait son visage immobile, sa bouche un peu mordue, et ses yeux bleus regardaient fixement au loin.

— Je ne sais pas non plus votre nom, répondit Meaulnes.

Ils suivaient maintenant un chemin découvert, et l’on voyait à quelque distance les invités se presser autour d’une maison isolée dans la pleine campagne.

— Voici la « maison de Frantz », dit la jeune fille ; il faut que je vous quitte...

Elle hésita, le regarda un instant en souriant et dit :

— Mon nom ?... Je suis Mademoiselle Yvonne de Galais...

Et elle s’échappa.

(Alain-Fournier, Le Grand Meaulnes, 1913)

No ship sailing

Echoes of the Broadway Everglades,
With her mythical madonnas still walking in their shades:
Lenny Bruce, declares a truce and plays his other hand.
Marshall McLuhan, casual viewin', head buried in the sand.
Sirens on the rooftops wailing,
but there's no ship sailing.
Groucho, with his movies trailing,
stands alone with his punchline failing.
(Genesis, Broadway Melody of 1974, 1974)