Avui fa 112 anys que va néixer a Berlin la tal vegada actriu/cantant amb més glamour de tots els temps: (Maria Magdalena) Marlene Dietricht (27/12/1901 - 06/05/1992)
D´altra banda, Chris Bell (Big Star) va morir amb 27 anys, el 27 de desembre de fa 35 anys, entrant a l´infame club dels 27 (ja sabeu: Cobain, Hendrix, Joplin, Jones, Morrison,...Winehouse).
No fou una mort amb gaire glamour: després d´un període de forta depresió es suposa que relacionada amb el fracàs comercial de la seva carrera en solitari post-Big Star, el tio currava en una cadena de restaurants de menjar ràpid de son pare.
I un vespre sortint de fer feina va estavallar el seu Twingo,... perdó, el seu Triumph contra un poste de llum.
Molt curiosament això passava un dia abans que el seu "gran-estelar" company Alex Chilton cumplís 28 anys el 28 de desembre d´aquell mateix any (27, 27, 28, 28 => n, n, n+1, n+1), de manera que en la ressaca de Nadal, Memphis va viure en un mateix dia el funeral de Bell i l´aniversari de Chilton.
nota: per tancar l´any, Orphans Of Waits tornarà xerrar d´aquesta gran, grandíssima parella de "pauer-poperos".
Una altra curiositat: com Tim Hardin, Chris Bell (a.k.a. En Tòfol del Cosmos) també nasqué i morí durant el mes Capricorni...
CAPRITrack # 4 - I Am The Cosmos
(C. B.; 12/01/1951 - 27/12/1978)
Every night I tell myself
"I am the cosmos, I am the wind"
But that don't get you back again
Just when I was starting to feel okay
You're on the phone
I never wanna be alone
Never wanna be alone
I hate to have to take you home
Wanted too much to say no, no
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Never wanna be alone
I hate to have to take you home
Want you too much to say no, no
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
My feeling's always have been something
I couldn't hide, I can't confide
Don't know what's going on inside
So every night I tell myself
"I am the cosmos, I am the wind"
But that don't get you back again
I'd really like to see you again
I really wanna see you again
I'd really like to see you again
I really wanna see you again
I'd really like to see you again
I really wanna see you again
I never wanna see you again
I really wanna see you again
"I am the cosmos, I am the wind"
But that don't get you back again
Just when I was starting to feel okay
You're on the phone
I never wanna be alone
Never wanna be alone
I hate to have to take you home
Wanted too much to say no, no
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Never wanna be alone
I hate to have to take you home
Want you too much to say no, no
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
My feeling's always have been something
I couldn't hide, I can't confide
Don't know what's going on inside
So every night I tell myself
"I am the cosmos, I am the wind"
But that don't get you back again
I'd really like to see you again
I really wanna see you again
I'd really like to see you again
I really wanna see you again
I'd really like to see you again
I really wanna see you again
I never wanna see you again
I really wanna see you again
