The Healing Horn-Laurie Anderson

[ti:The Healing Horn] [ar:Laurie Anderson] [al:United States Live] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Healing Horn - Laurie Anderson [00:01.55]When I was in L A I went to several services run by [00:05.63]An organization called the Universalist World Church [00:09.27] [00:10.68]The services were held in a huge auditorium [00:13.65] [00:14.32]Formerly a used-car showroom The head of this operation [00:19.27]Was a man named Dr J an Egyptologist preacher and [00:24.84]Recording artist At the back of the church he sold [00:29.62]Cassettes he had produced in his home studio [00:31.91] [00:32.58]The cassettes had titles like: "UFOs and the [00:36.69]Creatures Who Drive Them " His assistant was [00:40.91]A tiny woman named Miss Velma a soprano who [00:46.07]Also administered the Oil of Youth at the Healing [00:49.77]Horn The Healing Horn was an actual horn of [00:55.60]Identifiable origins all set in jewels When [01:00.46]You touch the horn you feel a rejuvenating [01:03.53]Surge of energy about fifty volts as long as you [01:09.88]Happen to be standing on the metal plate embedded in the altar [01:15.48]The most spectacular event of the year at the World [01:18.69]Church was a Christmas service There was a giant [01:22.52]Screen painted with a Nativity scene There were lots [01:25.33]Of animals painted on the screen with holes cut out [01:29.49]Where their heads would be; there was a microphone [01:33.36]Behind each hole During the service Miss Velma [01:37.27]Would stand behind the screen and stick her head through [01:41.07]These holes using a different voice for each animal [01:45.30]"Hi I'm the cow and I saw it all " "Hello I'm the dove [01:51.97]The lovely dove And I was there too I saw everything too " [01:57.82] [01:58.81]The service would then abruptly cut to Dr J who would [02:03.34]Announce "First Miss Velma will shoot an arrow through [02:06.50]A balloon Then she will perform an Indian dance [02:11.80] [02:12.34]And finally she will perform a song for you on the [02:15.90]Mellophone " With no further explanation Miss Velma [02:21.31]Comes out from behind the screen First she shoots an [02:25.51]Arrow through a balloon Then she does an Indian dance [02:30.34] [02:31.17]And last she performs a song on the mellophone [02:34.96]And somehow it was amazing First he tells you what will [02:42.31]Happen and then it actually happens just the way he [02:49.32]Said it would Like a prophecy being fulfilled