also originally provided background vocals on "Gravity's Angel" from Mister Heartbreak. Guitarist Adrian Belew sings the part more prominently in the film version. Soundtrack The following pieces are performed in the film: Good Evening (instrumental) Zero and One (spoken word) Excellent Birds Old Hat (spoken word) Drum Dance (instrumental) Smoke Rings Late Show (instrumental with vocal sample by William S. Burroughs) White Lily (spoken word) Sharkey's Day How to Write (instrumental with spoken word introduction by Sang Won Park and featuring Van Tieghem and Belew) Kokoku Radar (instrumental with wordless vocalizations by Anderson) Gravity's Angel Langue d'amour (partially sung in French) Talk Normal Difficult Listening Hour (spoken word) Language Is a Virus Sharkey's Night Credit Racket (instrumental) Only "Late Show", "White Lily", "Radar", and "Sharkey's Night" appear on the soundtrack album as they are performed in the film. Studio versions of "Smoke Rings", "Language Is a Virus", and "Talk Normal" are used on the album, as is "Credit Racket", which is also a studio track that is played over the closing credits in the film. None of the other performances in this film have to date been released in audio format. In addition to the above, William S. Burroughs also performs two brief excerpts from "Sharkey's Night", the song he performs on Anderson's album Mr. Heartbreak. In the film, Anderson performs the complete song herself at the end of the movie. Following "Talk Normal" is an untitled spoken-word sequence with Anderson and Askew having an awkward on-stage telephone conversation. Several times during the film (most notably "Good Evening", "Difficult Listening Hour", "Sharkey's Night"), Anderson digitally modulates her voice to make it sound male; this is an effect she employed in United States and would return to later on projects such as the film What You Mean We, her introductions to the TV series Alive from Off Center and her CD-ROM release, Puppet Motel. See also Big Time - 1988 Tom Waits concert film Stop Making Sense References External links Soundtrack playlist on YouTube 1986 films Concert films Films shot in New Jersey William S. Burroughs Films directed by Laurie Anderson Films scored by Laurie Anderson 1980s English-language films