![]() Strasbourg, France Stade de la Meinau
MacPhisto: "Do you know who I am?" Crowd: [shouts and whistles] MacPhisto: "Look what you've done to me. You've made me very famous, and I thank you. The last time you saw me, I was 5 feet 8 and carrying a white flag. But I know you like your pop stars to be exciting, so I bought these!" [shows off platform boots] "Now look at me – I'm gigantic." Crowd: [cheers and whistles] MacPhisto: "Round about this time at night, I often make a telephone call. Sometimes to the President of the United States. But not tonight. You've got so many important people coming to the capital here – of Zooropa." Crowd: [cheer] MacPhisto: "Maybe I should call the hotel – what is it, the Petite? Regent for the Petite? – and see who's in town. Shall I give them a call? See if we can speak to Margaret Thatcher or somebody." Crowd: [cheer] MacPhisto: "I know an awful lot of important people... in important places." [dials] Man: "Le Régent Petite France & Spa." MacPhisto: "Hello, is that the Regent Petite?" Man: [sounds like "Yeah, who's calling?"] MacPhisto: "Hello, my name is Monsieur MacPhisto, and I'd like to just make some enquiries of you, I'd like to speak to, um... Monsieur Le Pen. Would he be staying with you?" Crowd: [cheers and boos] Man: "No." MacPhisto: "You don't have anybody by the name of Le Pen staying with you?" Man: "No, no, nobody, no." MacPhisto: "Would Helmut Kohl be there?" Man: "Excuse me?" MacPhisto: "Would Helmut Kohl be staying with you tonight?" Man: "I do not understand the name." MacPhisto: "That's Kohl with a K. Margaret Thatcher, perhaps?" Man: "No." MacPhisto: "No. Well... if Monsieur Le Pen books in, I'd just like to leave a message with him." Man: "That's impossible, the hotel is fully booked tonight." MacPhisto: "Oh, but it's never too full for me." Man: "Yeah." MacPhisto: "And I'd like to leave a message for Monsieur Le Pen, I'd like to thank him for letting me back..." Man: "Okay." MacPhisto: "...into the country." Man: "Yes, okay." MacPhisto: "I'm back! I'm back!" [Ultra Violet begins] Man: "Okay, bye-bye." MacPhisto: "I'm back!" |
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