И если есть в кармане пачка сигарет, то я нокин он хевенс дорс
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читать дальшеВот это – одна из главных язв Зодиака. Дело в том, что большинство Близнецов страсть как жаждет быть великими и уважаемыми, а так их никто не воспринимает. Посему, заставить Близнеца воспылать жаждой мести очень легко. Удостоившись же мести Близнеца, вы наверняка станете объектом самых невероятных слухов и сплетен, безобразно плоских колкостей и неприкрытой дезинформации. Юноши Близнецы могут даже полезть в драку с превосходящими силами противника (а они всегда превосходящие), но через две минуты эти дон-кихоты будут уже хныкать в уголке. Вот если бы это была компьютерная драка, в ней бы Близнец сделал кого угодно. Так что, всерьез отомстить вам Близнец может только если вы владеете компом – послать, например, какое-нито письмецо с вирусом – это завсегда пожалуйста. При этом, настроение у большинства Близнецов меняется намного быстрее, чем погода. Собравшись утром мстить вам до пенсии, к обеду Близнец уже может предлагать вам взаимовыгодное дельце или делиться с вами свежепридуманными сплетнями о новом объекте, избранном для мести. Впрочем, если вы решили, что мести Близнецов бояться не стоит, то вы ошиблись. Во-первых, люди склонны верить даже самым невероятным слухам (а потом поди отмойся). А во-вторых, Близнецы имеют обыкновение знать все и обо всех, и потому, сочиняя очередную сплетню, могут выдать о вас что-нибудь действительно болезненное и компрометирующее – сами того не подозревая. Вообще, понимание того, что владеющий информацией, владеет миром заложено у этих деятелей на инстинктивном уровне.
Although one of Cohen's best-known songs, it is also one with which he remained dissatisfied. In an interview with Details magazine in 1993 he said:
"I never felt I really sealed that song; I never felt the carpentry was finished. That song and 'Bird on the Wire' were two songs I never successfully finished, but they were good enough to be used. Also, with the poverty of songs I have for each record, I can't afford to discard one as good as that. It's one of the better tunes I've written, but lyrically it's too mysterious, too unclear."
The song describes a love triangle and shares a common plot with his novel, Beautiful Losers. Like many of Cohen's songs it is based on a true story, but on BBC Radio in 1994 he claimed to have forgotten who was involved and how:
"The trouble with that song is that I've forgotten the actual triangle. Whether it was my own … of course. I always felt that there was an invisible male seducing the woman I was with, now whether this one was incarnate or merely imaginary I don't remember, I've always had the sense that either I've been that figure in relation to another couple or there'd been a figure like that in relation to my marriage. I don't quite remember but I did have this feeling that there was always a third party, sometimes me, sometimes another man, sometimes another woman."
However, in the liner notes to 1975's The Best of Leonard Cohen, which includes the song, he alludes that the famous blue raincoat to which he refers actually belonged to him, and not someone else:
"I had a good raincoat then, a Burberry I got in London in 1959. Elizabeth thought I looked like a spider in it. That was probably why she wouldn't go to Greece with me. It hung more heroically when I took out the lining, and achieved glory when the frayed sleeves were repaired with a little leather. Things were clear. I knew how to dress in those days. It was stolen from Marianne's loft in New York sometime during the early seventies. I wasn't wearing it very much toward the end."
Ron Cornelius played guitar on Songs of Love and Hate and was Cohen's band leader for several years. He told Songfacts: "We played that song a lot before it ever went to tape. We knew it was going to be big. We could see what the crowd did - you play the Royal Albert Hall, the crowd goes crazy, and you're really saying something there. If I had to pick a favorite from the album, it would probably be 'Famous Blue Raincoat.'"
И если есть в кармане пачка сигарет, то я нокин он хевенс дорс
Какая славная неделя. Два человека, с которыми я не общался долгое-долгое время, возобновили общение.
Дай... Ну, Дай - он вообще всегда рядом. Так что Даю я рад. С Даем мы года три не контачили. Ну, то есть я всегда о нем помнил, но повода для общения как-то не было. И мы лирично молчали.
И Полотенчик. С ним мы глупо разругались летом. Теперь помирились.
Здорово. Это как возвращение домой.
А Полотенчика я много фотографировал по весне. До ссоры.
И если есть в кармане пачка сигарет, то я нокин он хевенс дорс
Один актер поехал с другом в паб и сильно напился. Посреди пьянки он предложил другу сходить в театр на один спектакль. Друг согласился. Сидят,значит, и вот посреди спектакля актер говорит другу: - Это была блестящая сцена! Мой выход сразу после нее... ЧЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕРТ!!!
There’s a rare interview with David Bowie in the new issue of NME, so we’re looking back at his incredible career. First up in our A-Z, it’s Arcade Fire. An early champion of the band, he appeared onstage with them twice in 2005. Pic: PA Photos
B - Berlin. The small Hansa recording studio where Bowie recorded his ‘Berlin trilogy’ – which used to overlook the wall – is now a tourist destination, although it’s still a working studio: Supergrass and Snow Patrol have worked there in recent years. Pic: PA Photos
C – Cocaine. At the height of his addiction, during the 1974 ‘Diamond Dogs’ tour, Bowie weighed just 95 pounds and supposedly lived on a diet of peppers and milk. All the major food groups covered, then. Pic: PA Photos
D – David. His real name is David Robert Jones. He changed his surname to Bowie to avoid confusion with Davy Jones, then riding high with The Monkees. Pic: PA Photos
E – Eye. Bowie’s right pupil is permanently dilated – a result of his friend George Underwood punching him in the eye while the pair were still at school, in a fight over a girl.
F – The Future. In an interview with the New York Times in 2002, Bowie predicted music would become a commodity, “like running water or electricity”. With the advent of Spotify, free streaming, and cloud computing, this comment now seems remarkable prescient. Pic: PA Photos
G – Glastonbury. Bowie has played Worthy Farm twice. His first appearance was in 1971, when he played at 5am. His second, in 2000, has gone down in Glastonbury lore as one of the greatest sets the festival has seen. Persistent rumours Bowie might be playing the 2010 bash are unfounded. Pic: PA Photos
H – Helicopter. When Bowie was working on the film Prestige, producers made sure he traveled in a blue helicopter. They’d heard that he would refuse to travel in anything else. However, upon seeing the helicopter’s customised décor, he told them he didn’t really give a shit. Pic: PA Photos
I – iPod. According to a recent piece in The Observer, David Bowie’s iPod currently contains Lorraine Ellison’s ‘Stay With Me’, ‘Dinner At Eight’ by Rufus Wainwright, and ‘Gathering Storm’ by Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Pic: PA Photos
J – Joey. In case you’ve ever wondered, Bowie is pronounced to rhyme with Joey - not Howie, or Wowee. Pic: PA Photos
K – Kapranos. Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos was overwhelmed upon meeting his idol in 2004. “There's no actor who'll ever come close to influencing me as much as Bowie,” he said. Pic: PA Photos
L – Lollipop. It’s become a well-work rock tale, but it’s worth repeating – at a gig in Oslo in 2004, Bowie was struck in the eye by a lollipop hurled from the crowd. It became lodged there, before being removed by a member of his road crew. Like a trooper, Bowie then continued with the show.
M – Moon. Bowie made a rare public appearance in summer 2009 at the premiere of his son’s acclaimed debut film, Moon, at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Pic: PA Photos
N – Noel Edmonds. The bearded TV presenter travelled to Live Aid with Bowie in 1985, and pronounced the great man to be “a funny, dry, erudite bloke”. Pic: PA Photos
O – Operation. It was a heart attack requiring emergency surgery in 2004 that caused David Bowie to cancel the remaining 15 dates of what had been his biggest – and best-received world tour in years. Since then, his live appearances have been sporadic. Pic: PA Photos
P - The Prestige. Bowie’s last film role was in this 2006 thriller about rival magicians. Adopting a truly terrible European accent, he played the role of Austrian-born inventor Nikola Tesla. Pic: PA Photos
Q – Queen. The song ‘Under Pressure’ – a collaboration between Bowie and Queen – evolved from a collective jam session at Bowie’s studio in Montreux, Switzerland. He’d originally intended to sing backing vocals on a different Queen song, ‘Cool Cat’. Pic: PA Photos
R – Retirement. In 2006, Bowie announced he was “fed up with the industry, and I’ve been fed up for some time”. Which hasn’t stopped fans speculating – against all available evidence – that he’s poised to make a triumphant comeback.
S – ‘Space Oddity’. This now-famous track was used by the BBC in its coverage of the moon landing in 1969. Bowie was practically unknown back then – the song became his first UK hit.
T – Twitter. A fake Twitter account was set up in David Bowie’s name in January 2009. Despite it only ever having featured one tweet (“Cheers from a snowy Berlin! Working on some new material!”), the account has over 41,000 followers.
U – Under-performer. Bowie left school with just one qualification, an O Level in art. Pic: Photoshot
V – Visconti. Bowie tends to produce his best work when he collaborates with Tony Visconti. After a gap of 20 years, Bowie was reunited with the man who produced his classic ‘70s albums, for the acclaimed albums ‘Heathen’ (2002) and ‘Reality’ (2003). Pic: Photoshot
W – Wizard. At the height of cocaine psychosis, Bowie was so addled and paranoid from drugs, he allegedly stored his own urine in the fridge in case a wizard stole it. Pic: Photoshot
X - The X Factor. Ever the optimist, Simon Cowell told NME recently that he hoped to persuade David Bowie to perform on the ITV talent show. “I think that would be good just because he's a great songwriter," Cowell said. Good luck with that. Pic: Photoshot
Y - 'Young Americans'. Backing vocals on this 1975 soul album were supplied by a young Luther Vandross, who would go on to be one the biggest solo stars of the 1980s.
Z – Ziggy Stardust. Optimistic internet rumours suggested that Bowie might be planning to resurrect his legendary alter-ego to play Coachella this year. “Bollocks, of course,” was the succinct response of NME’s Barry Nicolson. Pic: PA Photos