I am a Camera
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Topic: I am a Camera
Posted By: refugee
Subject: I am a Camera
Date Posted: November 17 2011 at 09:19
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I’ve seen this line from the Buggles/Yes song Into the Lens being dissed many times. I guess most people don’t know that it’s a quote from the book Goodbye to Berlin (written by Christopher Isherwood) that later was made into the musical and movie Cabaret. The full sentence reads, "I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking." Does it make the line better? I think it does. And the book is about life in Germany in the 1930s. ------------- He say nothing is quite what it seems; I say nothing is nothing (Peter Hammill) |
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: November 17 2011 at 09:23
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I didn't even know the line "I am a camera" was the cause of derision. I have never had a problem with it. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: November 17 2011 at 11:33
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I’ve seen it quite a few times in different threads. Not recently, though, and unfortunately I’m unable to find any examples now. I’ve never had any problems with that line myself. Maybe it’s because I knew from the start that it was a quote – not because I had read the book (I still haven’t), but because I was told so by my brother (or maybe my mother). ------------- He say nothing is quite what it seems; I say nothing is nothing (Peter Hammill) |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: November 17 2011 at 11:35
| I'm not certain it is a quote. More a coincidence. I care not either way. |
Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: November 17 2011 at 12:02
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_a_Camera_%28song%29" rel="nofollow - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_a_Camera_%28song%29 ------------- He say nothing is quite what it seems; I say nothing is nothing (Peter Hammill) |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: November 17 2011 at 12:11
Wiki isn't proof.  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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refugee wrote:Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: November 17 2011 at 16:58
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Hi,
And I like that album by Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes ... very nice stuff! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |