Negativland - "Time Zones"
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- Negativland - "Time Zones"
Directed by Miguel Soares
Soundtrack available on iTunes at
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I recorded this on a cassette tape as a kid when it was played on college radio and it is now in the most root potion of my memory. I will literally forget my mother's name before I forget the number of time zones in the Soviet Union.
ELEVEN
@Gregor Kerr that's not even funny it's ridiculous
@@blankregistration7301 eleven
my college roommate had the original 12 inch record he played this for me. Fucking awesome. By the way, update for 2021 there are zero time zones and the Soviet union because the Soviet union no longer exists
@Gregor Kerr It’s ridiculous
11 times zones? That's ridiculous. It's not even funny.
DZrache I never really studied that up.
Eleven
Do you play the Kingdom of Loathing
The Autonomous Komi Republic, which is part of the Russian
Federation, is situated in the far northwest of Europe, and spreads up to the Arctic part of the Ural Mountains. It's crossed by 9 northern parallels. Ten fair-sized European states could be placed on its territory. Besides indigenous residents--that is, the Komi people--there are also Russians, Ukranians, Nenetzes, Chuvashis, and Tartars
And now, let's go back into history a little bit. (shortwave radio turns on) A boy lying on skins behind our backs was turning the knobs of a small transistor radio(".....making efforts to use radios as vehicles of the psychological warfare. A subversive....") and the tent was suddenly filled with an announcer's voice speaking Komi. ("Jam, jam, jam, jam, jam, jam...") Then, with music from Moscow, followed by English and French speech. ("The recording was made at the Moscow Theatre of Musical Miniatures.")
Now, back to modern times
(beep)
"Your attention, please: At the Recommendation of the international time bureau, commencing at 23 hours 59 minutes 60 seconds UTC, an extra second will be inserted into the NBS time scale. This adjustment is required to maintain internationally coordinated universal time, as broadcast from this station, in close agreement with UT1, or astronomical time."
("WA6O-DB, with a question....")
"and, uh ..."
"Do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?"
"and about power ..."
"d'you kn--"
"we got so much power now ..."
"Do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?"
"we got so much power now, that's ridiculous."
"d'you kn-- do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?"
"-power, and all that, that's power, we got so much power, that's
Ridiculous."
"We have--"
"power, power, power, power, power, power now, it's ridiculous. We got so much power now ..."
"Do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?"
"It's not even funny."
"D'you--"
"That's ridiculous."
"Do you know how many--"
"It's not even funny."
"D'you kn--"
"That's ridiculous."
"Do you know how many--"
"That's, that's ridiculous."
"Do you know how many time z--"
"That's ridiculous. It's not even funny."
"D'you--"
"It's not even funny."
"D--"
"It's not even funny."
"Do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?"
"It's not even funny. ...How many time zones?"
"Yeah. We have, we have four in this country, right?"
(Hello?)
"How many time zones?"
"Yeah."
(Hello? Yes.)
"1, 2, 3 ..."
"Four in this country, right?"
"Uh, yessir."
"Mm hm."
"Uh, four ... 1, 2, 3 ... yessir."
"Right."
"1, 2, 3 ... yessir."
"Mm hm."
("....radio station, Radio Moscow")
"Uh, four ... time zones?"
"Yeah. We have four in this country, right?"
"Uh, nosir."
"We have, we have--"
"Uh, yessir."
"Mm hm."
"And, uh ..."
"Do you know how many time zones they have?"
"Uh, yessir. Uh, four ... uh, nosir. I never really studied that up."
"Eleven."
"Eleven. It's not even funny."
"Eleven."
"Eleven. That's, that's ridiculous."
"Eleven."
"Eleven. Well, that's what we can do. We can go anywhere, because
We live here, we--"
"Yeah, but--"
"--anywhere else."
"But, not only, not only the right of free travel, I'm saying: Eleven."
"Eleven. 1, 2, 3 ... yessir."
"Mm hm. Eleven."
"Eleven."
"That's how big they are."
"Yeah. Yeah. Eleven."
(What happened to my call?)
"That's how big they are."
"Yeah. Yeah. I, I can believe that, I'm a firm believer in that."
"Alright."
"1, 2, 3 ... uh, four ... yessir. 1, 2 ... yessir. Yessir."
"Mm hm."
(I need Radio Moscow, 215 2101)
"The Soviet Union's the whole half side of the world."
"Yeah."
"And we're just a little, one little tenth of the globe."
"Yeah."
"They, uh, when you talk about fightin', we're a country that, uh, we're a firm believer on Christ, and it's called help thy neighbor, do not kill, do not, you know, steal, cheat, lie from everybody, that's why we have to have computers, because man--nobody is perfect, you know."
"Mm hm."
"It's not even funny."
"D'you--"
"and about power, man, nobody is perfect. You know."
"So what is your point?"
"Nobody is perfect. You know."
"So what is your point, Glen?"
"There's, there's, there's two things you don't talk about: one's politics, the other one's religion."
"D'you--"
"The reason you don't talk about 'em is because they combine in each other. You know what I'm saying?"
"Do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?"
"You know what I'm saying?"
"Don't you kid yourself. Thanks, Glen, for the uh... well, just thanks for the, the good thoughts."
This concludes our transmission to Oceania. However, listeners in East Asia may continue listening on the following shortwave frequencies:
6110, 7230, 9565, 9760, 15160, and 15425 kilohertz
(shortwave dial spinning)
This deserves more upvotes
@@Demendred r/foundtheredditor
@@howdoipickaname9815 ok
thank you so much, now i can sing along
"That's why we have to have computers because, man, nobody is perfect."
Best part
it's not even funny
Read this right as he said it
@@whimreaper8603 that's why we have computers
If you are just finding this video, just be prepared. It's not even funny.
That's ridiculous. That's not even funny
Do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?
Not only is it not at all very funny - also no sex bits
1, 2, 3, uh yes sir.
Paul Canis Power.
ELEVEN.
that's ridiculous
It’s not even funny.
@Josh Swann Uh, no, sir... I, uh, never really studied that up.
@Josh Swann Eleven
Yes sir. No sir
I remember putting this tape into my friend's Ford Fiesta, dropping acid, huffing whippets and driving through the car wash. Good times.
What did THAT feel like?
Lmao
i feel odd listening to this stone cold sober, cant imagine that
@@howdoipickaname9815 He wasn't the car!
@@onmysoul1241 sounds terrible lol
Thanks Glen for the, uh, well just thanks for the good thoughts.
I think he really meant that to. Don't you kid yourself!
This concludes our transmission to Oceania. However, listeners in East Asia may continue listening on the following shortwave frequencies: 6110, 7230, 9565, 9760, 15160 and 15425 kHz.
after loving this for over 20years, when i played it to him, it took my Russian/Estonian friend to point out that the Commie Republic wasn't Satire. The Komi people are real.
This still holds up as one of the best “musique concrete/collage” tracks ever made. What fantastic use of space, and editing.
I like the part where they say "How many timezones?"
@WPLU572 Trunked Radio - It is heavily edited audio, though. So, we can't be sure how many times he asked about time zones. We can't be sure, the reason we can't be sure is that man, nobody's perfect. That's why we need computers.
Not even funny.
I thought he was saying 'capital pewters' for all 30 yrs I've been listening to this...
It's not even funny...
I like it when he says ELEVEN, and the dude's reality collapses.
The edits on this thing are so clean...and mind you, they were not dealing with mag tape and razor blades back then...it's not even funny. It's ridiculous.
Not sure. by 86 the Akai was in play. for the cutting, but you're probably right about the long sections, as the samplers wouldn't have the capacity.
And the tape reels were spun by hydro power.
The loudspeaker spoke up and said!
I love the part about adding a second to the time scale.
@Gregor Kerr I used to sit up nights waiting for them to announce those.
RIP Don Joyce :(
I've always loved this track! I still remember the first time I heard the Escape from Noise album. Amazing.
Wouldn't it make more sense to just go to ten time zones and make them wider?
But the Soviet Union goes to 11.
That's not even funny, Nigel.
That's rediculous
There's no other possibility
Man.. this is NOT spinal tap!!
Man, nobody is perfect. And i'm saying eleven.
WE CAN GO ANYWHERE, BECAUSE WE LIVE HERE
is there any escape, from noise?
anonymous just posted this..
Anon why did you recommend this to the person I’m following-
i am trying to understand too
finally seeing a video of this is kind of disappointing. I was so scared by this clip as a kid, as well as whatever I'd hear on a SW radio, ah the Cold War...
awesome. thank you for everyone from the negativland crew and/or the video crew. have been enjoying your mayhem since the late 80s.
you guys rule
My dad said "11? That's ridiculous" and it took me way too long to get the joke
You have 11 likes, as of 11/3/22
@@MkeKen67 neeto! :)
It's not even funny
Timeless classic.
Jesus Christ! Who composide/compiled this vid?!?!??!!
I remember hearing this in 1988 and I/we was/were SO BLOWN AWAY!
but who made these images?!?!?!?! Negativland ITSELF?
Geeeeeeeezus!
so sweet still
yeah this track blew me away then too, it's still awesome. the video is so perfect.
It has to be them
Miguel Soares made them! Check him out
this is so strange I was just reading up about Yakutia and lake Lena and its the 11th longest river in the world and I was thinking about my time there and getting lost and I've somehow ended up here and there's 11 different timezones in the Soviet Union
It's not even funny!
@@maurobrunosolavergara5041 That's ridiculous
Political Juice has send me here, this if weird
Me 2
bro its Fukin gr8\
I came here from that video as well. And I'm just watching this, thinking to myself "what the hell is this?"
Me 4
yep
RIP Richard Lyons,...
I will never forget that voice from Radio Moscow as long as I live.
i was a child in southern england in the late 80s and picking up radio moscow made the distant world seem cool. When the net came along a few years later, I was ALL over that. :)
I've had this on vinyl since the late 80s. One of my favorites.
This is the video that made me blush
I heard this long ago and did not know what it was ... now someone else pointed it out to me again in a different context and I discovered Negativland, thanks!
jesus so so beautiful how how??
Years ago my college station took part of this for a station ID. We have 130 watts which is not all that much. "We got so much power now--that it's ridiculous."
It's not even funny.
Ll
Over the Edge OTE radio sent me here RIP Don Joyce
I was once asked how many time zones they have in Russia as a stumper question. Thank you Negativland.
30 years later still fresh
RIP Don Joyce
An adventurer is you!
Been in to negativland since the early '90s. Grew up during the cold war.
Well, just thanks, thanks for the, the good thoughts.
This concludes our transmission to Oceania. However, listeners in East Asia may continue listening on the following shortwave frequencies: 6110, 7230, 9565, 9760, 15160 and 15425 kHz.
Brilliant brilliant brilliant!
I remember when this was released Andi just had to revisit it today
I grew up listening to these records.
Explains so much 😂
Where it says NVS on the clock, it should be NBS, the National Bureau of Standards, who keep track of the Atomic Timescales with a battery of cesium atomic clocks.
*it's not even funny*
My husband said that this is what disorganized schizophrenia is like to him.
:(
4/11 : never forget!
Of course, shortwave broadcasting may not be around for much longer than 2024.
R.I.P. Don Joyce #itsnotevenfunny
I can believe that. I'm a firm believer in that.
The narrator at the beginning sounds like when you need to sneeze but have to continue reading the script because you are on live TV.
Woah. I've known this track for a long time and today is the first time I saw the video (Thanks for the reminder Alex Koenig). This is freaking amazing. Props to Miguel Soares. Crazy good.
I've played the Kingdom of Loathing for over 14 years and am just now actually finding out where all the "eleven" references come from XD
this video and closed captions have finally clarified what the hell "a boil lying on skins behind our backs" was actually supposed to be and the visuals help further. I'm guessing "lying on skins" means something like kneeling.
I think it means just kneeling on animal skins. Like a native american or inuit may choose to do.
@@Stakker ah that makes sense too. i guess it would be useful to hear the original audio this was taken from to get the context.
Ладно
Positiveland says there are actually...12.
Damn right! like a proper clock. Maybe that's too much power, it's ridiculous.
It's definitely serious.
That's why we need computers because man... nobody's perfect.
I love this
This creeps me out.... I like it
Genius ! !
It's not even funny how much I'm kidding myself.
This was before there were comedic Gmod videos.
What in the world does it have to do with Gmod?
You could make such a masterpiece of a techno set out of this.... Piece of art
one of my fav!
LMAO ANONYMOUS RLLY DID THAT
Who's here after tweet Anonymous 🙄
Clock at 1:20 says "NVS" on it, but it should be "NBS" (National Bureau of Standards). The name changed to "NIST" the year after this album was released , but they still have a shortwave broadcast out of Boulder, CO which gives the time of their atomic clock.
www.nist.gov/time-distribution/radio-station-wwv
not only the right of free travel .. but eleven
Juice boy?
Im here from anonymous
What do you mean?
Thanks for the good thoughts.
Do you know how name Beatles songs were sung by Ringo?......
ELEVEN!
This was made before the internet. We all got our news this way back then.
after* internet existed in 1987
ELEVEN
*E-E-E-LEVEN
@Gregor Kerr That's ridiculous.
"We have four in this country, right?"
"Uh no sir."
"We hav- we have-"
"Uh, yes sir"
*Nnmmyeh in agreement*
Probably my favorite part
Im glad theres a video to this and all, but I tell ya; I listened to this So Many times off the Escape from Noise CD... it's not even funny....
HAHAHAHAAA
Thank you for making thism
Do not kill, you know, do not cheat, steal, lie from people...
I like it! Really digging this music video too.
O M G this is soundworld
The r/OldElectronicMusic subreddit brought me here!
🔥 💣 💚
damn dude, he just wants to know how many time zones there are in the soviet union
Eleven
@@maximumcaffeine6003 that’s ridiculous
@@nico70890 It's not even funny
eleven.
well thanks glenn, for the uhh.... the good thoughts.
This concludes our transmission to Oceania. However, listeners in East Asia may continue listening on the following shortwave frequencies: 6110, 7230, 9565, 9760, 15160 and 15425 kHz.
yes sir !
The video is distracting from the amazing audio better to listen and not watch. Helter Stupid - Perfect Cut by Negativland is amazing as well. Right on Negativland.
Yeah, don't need the vidéo (but thanks for putting it online).
I still remember the first time I heard it in 1987.
I was stoned and almost pissed myself !
I don't agree, i think the video is the perfect fit for thie audio, really enhances the experience
Kenny Larkin - TimeZones Classic mx
this was on that mix?
Yup
Do you know how many RBMK reactors there are in the Soviet Union?
11?..eeek! that's ridiculous. I think we got em this time, General.
2222th like.. i wonder if we divide them by 2..
Thats ridiculous.
Wa6odb with a question
*wiff a question
@@sizone now a silent key
Hello
I strongly suspect this may have been inspired by Nurse With Wound's "Duelling Banjos," a track originally appearing on a 1980 UK compilation record called Hoisting the Black Flag (and later reissued on CD on the NWW compilation album sourced here): czcams.com/video/puyfESlxT7A/video.html
The piece was tweaked and released on a NWW compilation album again in 1986, one year before Negativland's album, with a percussive overlay.
Duelling Banjos (Un-natural Aesthetics) • czcams.com/video/AO7mcNZGOrE/video.html
The "song" was also released in a couple more variations as "Registered Nurse" around 1990.
Registered Nurse Second Coming. • czcams.com/video/J2vOx9Njj-8/video.html
Nurse With Wound's piece consists of repetitive, hypnotic dadaist cut-ups of a classic Nichols and May improv record all about doctors and nurses. I encountered both this fantastically mind-warping and memorable Negativland piece and the NWW 1986 "Duelling Bajos" right about the same time and the striking similarity in form struck me then, as I recall even now.
Not to disagree, but this NWW to me sounds more like "Yellow, Black, And Rectangular", Which, honestly, just strengthens your point.
@@mediapathic Ah, yes, that cutup/dialog repetition is also present in this song too, which additionally helped convince me they had heard early NWW. The Automating Vol 1 record had come out right around this time, which has Duelling Banjos on it, so I was imagining Negativland had recently heard the piece, even though the "song" first appeared in 1980 without the percussions.
Not sure about your influence theory but I enjoyed listening thanks!
If you want to end up more broken than Keith Ledger? Listen to Negativland and The Residents- all the time. Ain't it cool?
it's great!
exexpat11 are you kidding? This stuff is such good fun it's not even funny.
No, those things keep people from going full Ledger.
Anyone thinking of Ukraine with this track? ELEVEN
so what is your point?
For dim listeners: The Komi people are NOT Communists. Research it.
Geo T It's an obvious play on words, also known as a "joke."
Tim Stich That's an old archive recording, not word-play. There's a part of Russia named thusly. Most people hearing it might assume it's humor from the phonetics.
+Geo T So what is you're point?
+Adam c There's two things you don't talk about . . .
(Obviously recorded way before the Fight Club movie ;-) )
The archive itself isn't wordplay but the collage presented here is, the "joke" emphasized by the other recordings which mentionin the Soviet Union and Russia....
Don't U kid ur-self...!
wow. trippy.
Don't you kid yourself.