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Is there any actual complete text of the words and phrases on the screens for The Fly at ZooTV? I created a rough one based on the Sydney video but is there one transcription somewhere?
 
I don't think there's a complete transcription anywhere, but some months back, I created a fairly extensive one after slowly going through the performance, frame by frame:


Everything you know is wrong
Lies
Car
The future is a fantasy
Wife
Victim
Rape
Food
Sexy
War
The media is the anti-thought
Bloody Kids
Trash
Mom
Frenzy
Fish
Colour
******
Everyone is a racist except you
Abba
Weasel
Marriage
Crack
Mondo
Gents
Spit
Decor
Fags
Bible
Data
Chicken
Soccer
Beano
Just do me
Bomb
Whore
Ultimately
Japan
Chaos
I want everything
Death is inevitable
Superficiality is God
Avoid Conflict
Ignorance is bliss
Cry more often
Make friends
It's the real thing
Consume later
Do not accept what you cannot change
Change what you cannot accept
Believe everything
Watch more TV
Remember what you dream
Cancer
Do you believe me
You are a victim of your props, your parents, your TV, your hatred,

your apathy
You are a victim of your self
Faust
Snot
Kiss
Milton
Keynes
Spasm
Valve
King
Missile
Tease
Dump
Alien
Taxi
Orgasm
Crude
Nazi
Bird
Lager
Is this all we get?
Massive
Bus stop
Bondage
Hammer
Futon
You'll never walk alone
Ghetto
Baby
Secret
Fear
Boom
Zero
Junk
Urge Earth to survive
What did the first punk rock girl wear to your school?
Fear
A secret is something you tell one other person
Cola
Ca
Plain
Pour
Moi
Ge
Regret
Radioactivo
Glockenspiel
Una
Paloma
Blanca
Jack the lad
Plain
Pour
Friendly fire
Hell
Rien
El Rouge
Olé
Croissant
Crepe
Hole
Ciao
Work is the blackmail of survival
Bon appetit
Fatty
Cum
I want it now
Gun
Pussy
School
I want to charge it
Debt
Doubt
Hype
Hope
Fake
Wear it
Tread Softly
Candy
Napalm
Flower
Atomic
Attitude
Hospital
Panic
Malaise
Are all a part of the
Beware of the bull
Soul
Bear
Disease
Caviar
Glib
Instant
Mission
Attack
Shatter
Heaven
Peace
Speed
Why
Recycle
Ignore
Lust
Love
Solution
Destiny
Boxer
Left
Right
Vote
Who cares
Wear a condom
Suicide
Damage
Money
Nervous
Tutti Frutti
Flag
Country
Hypocrisy
Be gentle with me
This is not a rehearsal
Don't talk to strangers
Enjoy the surface
You have the right to remain silent
Ooh la la
Etc.
Let me hear you say yeah
Walk
Don't walk
Pizza delivery
Free market, free gift, free life, Free Nelson Mandela
Sugar
Free admission
Hello cruel world
Pork
Blind
UFO
Bonk
Cop
Violence
God
Culture
Curse
Bark
That's entertainment
Freedom
Fascist
Scratch
My pleasure
Mozart
weekend
Jelly
Cardboard
Sullen
Boy
Drug
High
Head ache
Voulez vous
Sex
Sox
Sux
Sax
Bust
999
666
Emergency
Walt Disney on ice
Bahnhof
Zum haus
Go
Trip
Word
Achtung
Dust
Dig
Wow
Paranoia
Fuzz
Greed
Van
Baby
Ambition bites the nails of success
It could never happen here
Taste is the enemy of art
I love you TV
Stop
BeLIEve
Gol!
Seed
Riot
Become
Shuffle
Manipulation is art
You are not immune
Every artist is a cannibal
Arm the unemployed
Bang
Dust
Celebrity is a job
Crush
Death is a career move
Zooropa
Use fear
Awkward
Mock the devil and he will flee from thee
Si
Oui
Nein
Rebellion is packaged
Nobody move and nobody gets hurt
Plutonium
Pulse
Deterrent
Waste
Proliferate
Krypton
Secret
Warhead
Fast breeder
Half-life
Windscale
Nuclear
Genetic
Electron winter
Dustbin
M.A.D.
Mutant
Religion is a club
Whore
Reject your weakness
Contradiction is balance
Moriarty
Fairnie
Shalabalom
Braviner
Bruce
Kevin
John
Bits
Monica
Willie
Carol
Alice
Dave
6
Maurice
Mark
Eamo
Hubert
Brokwen
Ned
Richard
Davis
Hugh
Jeff
A friend is someone who lets you help
Trib
Jay
Michael
Neug
Vastola
A liar won't believe anyone else
Be
Bollix
X
Endure
Zoo
I'd like to teach the world to sing
Guilt is not of God
Tomorrow belongs to me
Call your mother
Evolution is over
Silence = Death
Rock and roll is entertainment
Service not included
The future is a fantasy
Pesticide
Jean de Florette
Home sweet home
Fame
Power
Exit
Pride
What a marvelous human being you turned out to be
Peace is a luxury
Berlin
E.C.
C.I.S.
Brazil
Happy Xmas
Prague
Blue
Green
Black
Red
Pink
Yellow
A
AA
AAA
ABC
CBS
IBS
KKK
KLM
S&M
Indulge
Memory
Illusion
Gaudy
Good evening Reykjavik
Angel
Star
It's your world you can change it
 
Wait a minute , Brazil .... :huh: They put the word Brazil in the Fly letters , thats pretty weird , when or where was that , and also did other location or country made it as well
 
Its funny , i dont remember them words but they all look familair.
 
J_NP said:
Wait a minute , Brazil .... :huh: They put the word Brazil in the Fly letters , thats pretty weird , when or where was that , and also did other location or country made it as well
I just checked, the list above is in mostly chronological order (though phrases repeated more than once in the course of the song are only listed once in my list), so based on surrounding phrases, Brazil is probably around "The universe exploded, 'cause of one man's lie", but without going frame by frame, I can't see it at all, but I'll assume it's there because I listed it.

vaz02 said:
Its funny , i dont remember them words but they all look familair.
Isn't it wild how subliminal messaging works? It's too fast to really see, and yet it gets into your head anyway. Though after making that list, I found it a lot easier to notice words and phrases I never saw before (because they were too quick) simply because I already knew they were there.
 
I made a similar list, but yours should fill some holes. This is mine before seeing yours:

(This is purely the word on the screen, if it's a phrade broken up it is listed here broken up.)

EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG
BABY
LIES
CAR
THE
FANTASY
FUTURE
WIFE
VICTIM
FOOD
WAR
MEDIA
KIDS
TRASH
ANTI-CHRIST
BLOODY
FRENZY
FISH
COLOUR
******
EVERYONE
IS
A
RACIST
EXCEPT
YOU
ABBA
WEASEL
MARRIAGE
GENTS
SPICS
BEANO
CHICKEN
SOCCER
DATA
JUST
DO
ME
BOMB
WHORE
JAPAN
CHAOS
I
WANT
EVERYTHING
DENIES
DEATH
IS
INEVITABLE
SPECIALITY IS GOD
AVOID CONFLICT
CRY MORE OFTEN
CONSUME LATER
IGNORANCE IS BLISS
DO NOT ACCEPT WHAT YOU CANNOT CHANGE
CHANGE WHAT YOU CANNOT ACCEPT
REMEMBER WHAT YOU DREAM
MAKE FRIENDS
IT’S THE REAL THING
REMEMBER WHAT YOU DREAM
BELIEVE
ME
YOU
ARE
A
VICTIM
OF
YOUR
APATHY
YOUR
SNOT
KISS
SPASM
VALVE
MISSILE
TEASE
DUMP
ALIEN
ORGASM
NAZI
BIRD
IS
THIS
ALL
WE
GET?
MASSIVE
BUS
STOP
HAMMER
FUTON
YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE
GHETTO
BABY
FEAR
SECRET
BOOM
ZERO
URGE
JUNK
SURVIVE
EARTH
WHAT
DID
THE
FIRST
PUNK
ROCK
GIRL
WEAR
TO
YOUR
SCHOOL?
FEAR
ZOO TV
A SECRET IS SOMETHING YOU TELL ONE OTHER PERSON
HOLA
HOUR
SECRET
RADIOACTIVO
BULIMIA
COLD
POUR
FIRE
BAD
PLAIN
FIRE
FRIENDLY
FIRE
FRIENDLY
FIRE
HELL
REGRET
OLE
GLOCKENSPIEL
HOLE
THE
PALOMA
REIGN
WORK
IS
THE
BLACKMAIL
OF
SURVIVAL
WORK
IS
THE
BLACKMAIL
OF
SURVIVAL
WORK
IS
THE
BLACKMAIL
OF
SURVIVAL
BON APPETIT
FATTY
CNN
PUSSY
SOCIALIST
SCHOOL
CHARGE
HYPE
DEBT
HOPE
WEAR
A
CONDOM
TREAD SOFTLY
CANDY
ATTITUDE
BEWARE OF THE BULL
URGE
LOVE
BEAR
GLIB
INSTANT
DEATH
IS
INEVITABLE
I
WANT
IT
NOW
GUN
DEBT
REVENGE
LOVE
CHANGE
SURVIVE
DESTINY
LEFT
RIGHT
VOTE
TRUTH
CANDY
WHY
SPEED
FLAG
COUNTRY
HYPOCRISY
DEATH
CHARGE
BE GENTLE WITH ME
THIS IS NOT A REHEARSAL
LOVE IS STRANGE
ENJOY THE SURFACE
EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG
MEDIA
KIDS
FISH
******
BOMB
JAPAN
CHAOS
WANT
IS
GUN
THE
RIGHT
TO
REMAIN
SILENT
SOUTH OF LA
THE
RIGHT
TO
REMAIN
SILENT
ETC.
HEAR
YEAH
PIZZA
DEMETRY
WALK
THE
MARKET
COUNTRY
FREE
NELSON MANDELA
SUGAR
HEAD CRUEL WORDS
PORK
UFO
VIOLENCE
GOD
PAIN
DORK
HEAR
SO
YEAH
THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT
FREE
NELSON MANDELA
FASCIST
FAST
GOD
MY PLEASURE
WEEKEND
MOZART
LET
HEAR
YEAH
WALK
FREE
MARKET
WALK
YOU
HIGH
VOULEZ
VOUS
SEX
SOX
SAX
999
666
ZUMHAUS
GO
WORD
BOOM
SEED
BOB
NERVOUS
THINKING
WHO
DUST
CREED
BUZZ
BABY
DRUG
HIGH
NERVOUS
SPEED
SEX
SOX
SAX
BUST
SOS
DEMOCRACY
BAHNHOF
GO
ZUMHAUS
AMBITION BITES THE NAILS OF SUCCESS
IT COULD NEVER HAPPEN HERE
TASTE IS THE ENEMY OF ART
BELIEVE EVERYTHING
WATCH MORE TV
LOVE
I
LOVE
STOP
I
LOVE
TV
STOP
I
LOVE
TV
I
LOVE
TV
STOP
LOVE
TV
I
LOVE
TV
I
LOVE
STOP
I
LOVE
STOP
TV
STOP
LOVE
BELIEVE
BELIEVE
LIE
GOL!
RIOT
SHUFFLE
MANIPULATION IS ART
YOU ARE NOT IMMUNE
0
EVERY ARTIST IS A CANNIBAL
BANG
CELEBRITY IS A JOB
BLEED
CRUSH
HIGH
NERVOUS
DEATH IS A CAREER MOVE
ZOOROPA
FEAR
FUSE
AWKWARD
MOCK THE DEVIL AND HE WILL FLEE FROM THEE
SI
NEIN
SI
NEIN
REBELLION IS PACKAGED
NOBODY
MOVE
AND
NOBODY
GETS
HURT
PAUSE
DETERRENT
MASSIVE
WASTE
PROLIFERATE
KRYPTON
WARHEAD
PULSE
GENETIC
MUTANT
HALF-LIFE
PLUTONIUM
PULSE
NUCLEAR
RELIGION IS A CLUB
I
WHORE
REJECT YOUR WEAKNESS
I
CHAOS
CONTRADICTION IS BALANCE
MUTANT
FAIR
TYRANNY
JOHN
WILLIE
NICE
BRUTE
JEFF
A FRIEND IS SOMEONE WHO LETS YOU HELP
JAY
MICHAEL
A LIAR WON’T BELIEVE ANYONE ELSE
BE
WOW
PARDON
DIG
WOW
PARDON
DIG
WOW
PARDON
DIG
BOLLIX
ART IS MANIPULATION
X
GO
ARE
YOU’RE
SEED
YOU
WOLF
SAX
YOUR
TRACT
ZOO
NERVOUS
SIX
MOLLIE
VOLKSWAGON
HIGH
I’D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO SING
GUILT IS NOT OF GOD
TOMORROW BELONGS TO ME
NERVOUS
SPEED
WALT DISNEY
JAPAN
CHAOS
NERVOUS
EVOLUTION IS OVER
SILENCE = DEATH
ROCK AND ROLL IS ENTERTAINMENT
SERVICE NOT INCLUDED
FUTURE
IS
A
FANTASY
FUTURE
IS
A
FANTASY
THE
FUTURE
IS
A
FANTASY
THE FUTURE IS A FANTASY
DE
JEAN
DE
JEAN
FLORETTE
JEAN
DE
BLOODY
KIDS
BLOODY
KIDS
BLOODY
KIDS
BLOODY
KIDS
JAPAN
CHAOS
IS
A
HUMAN
BEING
YOU
TURN
OUT
WEAR
A
CONDOM
BUT
BERLIN
BEAT
BERLIN
BLUE
BLACK
BLUE
BLACK
GREEN
CBS
DIE
KLM
INDULGE
MARRIAGE
SOUL
GAUDY
GOOD EVENING RETROJAUVIE
STAR
IT’S
YOUR
WORLD
YOU
CAN
CHANGE
IT
IT’S
YOUR
WORLD
YOU
CAN
CHANGE
IT
IT’S
YOUR
WORLD
YOU
CAN
CHARGE
IT
IT’S
YOUR
WORLD
YOU
CAN
CHARGE
IT
IT’S
YOUR
WORLD
YOU
CAN
CHANGE
IT
IT’S
YOUR
WORLD
YOU
CAN
CHARGE
IT
WATCH MORE TV
 
I know it's a little pathetic to discuss favorite words displayed on the Fly screens, but I always thought the "bloody kids" thing toward the end was hillarious.
 
DreamOutLoud13 said:


Isn't it wild how subliminal messaging works? It's too fast to really see, and yet it gets into your head anyway. Though after making that list, I found it a lot easier to notice words and phrases I never saw before (because they were too quick) simply because I already knew they were there.
Subliminal messaging is a hoax. It doesn't really work. U2 used it on ZooTV to make fun of the people believing in it.
 
Great thread, I always loved that part of the ZOOTV shows, ive been trying to write them all down for years!
EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG!!
 
i think im going to try make a music video using those words, going to take a long time! lol, see how it comes out, if it works i will upload it, i will try live and studio!
 
prideofzootv said:
i think im going to try make a music video using those words, going to take a long time! lol, see how it comes out, if it works i will upload it, i will try live and studio!

The other list is much better than mine, cause mine was just using YouTube, which has limits to what is readable and when you can pause, etc. The only thing is mine takes phrases and breaks them up screen by screen if it's not on the screen at the same time.

Good for me, I get to fill in holes!
 
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