cambiándole la letra a leonard cohen

Desconozco las causas de esa práctica, pero es real: uno escucha una canción de Cohen y dan ganas de cambiarle la letra.

Quedan para la historia regional de la infamia "Yo soy tu acá" y "¿Quién por huevos?", mis lamentables versiones de "I'm Your Man" y "Who by Fire". Pero ella me ganó de calle:

“Who by Fire” ...this is a song that becomes almost unlistenable with one subtle change: imagine you don't know the title or lyrics and merely replace each intonation of "who" with the word it really sounds like—"poo."

Poo in your merry merry month of May
Poo by very slow decay
Poo by barbiturate
Poo by avalanche
Poo by powder
Poo by accident
Poo in this mirror
Poo by His Lady's command
Poo by his own hand
And Poo, shall I say, is calling?
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the proposition

El hotel se llama Banyon, así que supondremos que el pueblo se llama igual. Aunque llamarlo pueblo es hacerle un favor. Son un puñado de casas en la planicie australiana hacia 1880, donde los vivos, rodeados de moscas y con la ropa llena de bichos, mal se distinguen de los muertos. Esta miseria contrasta con el lujo del paisaje: lentos crepúsculos que abarcan todo el horizonte, noches donde las estrellas son iluminación suficiente para el viajero.

Todo empeño en esa tierra parece cosa de necios, pero el capitán Stanley tiene un plan para civilizar el lugar. Debe detener a Arthur Burns, un hombre brutal (pero de ninguna manera un bruto) que se esconde en las cuevas. Y piensa encargarle el trabajito a Charlie, el hermano de Arthur. La carnada: Mike, el menor de los Burns, morirá si Charlie no cumple.

Una premisa sencilla para una película magnífica. Nick Cave (que además del guion escribió la banda sonora) y el director John Hillcoat colaboraban desde 1988, pero hasta el año pasado encontraron un proyecto donde encajaban perfectamente sus estilos. Vamos, si podría ser otra de las Murder Ballads. Mención especial para John Hurt como el caza recompensas Jellon Lamb, su mejor papel desde The Hit.

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parece salido de un libro de bradbury

Todo lo bueno que ocurre en octubre. La lluvia en verano. Los desvanes que guardan los residuos de varias generaciones. Los monólogos de los peloteros en El campo de los sueños. Sí, la de Kevin Costner, fue el Hurón quien lo notó. O "What's He Building", del Mule Variations.

What's he building in there? What the hell is he building in there? He has subscriptions to those magazines... He never waves when he goes by. He's hiding something from the rest of us... He's all to himself... I think I know why... He took down the tire swing from the Peppertree. He has no children of his wwn you see... He has no dog qnd he has no friends and his lawn is dying... and what about all those packages he sends. What's he building in there? With that hook light on the stairs. What's he building in there... I'll tell you one thing, he's not building a playhouse for the children.
What's he building in there? Now what's that sound from under the door? He's pounding nails into a hardwood floor... and I swear to god I heard someone moaning low... and I keep seeing the blue light of a T.V. show...He has a router and a table saw... and you won't believe what Mr. Sticha saw there's poison underneath the sink of course... But there's also enough formaldehyde to choke a horse... What's he building in there. What the hell is he building in there? I heard he has an ex-wife in some place called Mayors Income, Tennessee and he used to have a consulting business in Indonesia... but what is he building in there? What the hell is building in there?
He has no friends. But he gets a lot of mail. I'll bet he spent a little time in jail... I heard he was up on the roof last night, signaling with a flashlight, and what's that tune he's always whistling... What's he building in there? What's he building in there? We have a right to know.