"Soma", originally called "Coma", is a track on the album Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins.
The song-writing credits list James Iha and Billy Corgan as co-authors, but Corgan claims that Iha only wrote the chord structure for the beginning of the song, and that Corgan himself wrote the rest. One of the longest songs to appear on a Smashing Pumpkins album, it is said to have included up to 40 guitar tracks over the course of the song. Corgan says the song "is based on the idea that a love relationship is almost the same as opium: it slowly puts you to sleep, it soothes you, and gives you the illusion of sureness and security." It was also acknowledged that song was inspired by Corgan's break-up with his ex-wife, Chris Fabian. The song also contains references to a hallucinogenic drug which was featured in Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World and features a prominent piano figure by Mike Mills of R.E.M.
The song received positive reviews. Ned Raggett of Allmusic especially praised the song's guitar solo, while spotting elements from gothic rock and psychedelic rock. The song was also likened to Prince's "The Beautiful Ones". The critically acclaimed guitar solo was rated as the 24th in Rolling Stone's "The 25 Coolest Guitar Solos" list. The guitar solo was placed as 41st in NME's "50 Greatest Guitar Solos" list.
Is This It is the debut studio album by American rock band The Strokes. Recorded at Transporterraum in New York City with producer Gordon Raphael, the album was first released on July 30, 2001, in Australia, with RCA Records as the primary label. The record entered the UK Albums Chart at number two and peaked at number 33 on the U.S. Billboard 200, going on to achieve platinum status in several markets. "Hard to Explain", "Last Nite", and "Someday" were released as singles.
For the album, The Strokes strived to capture a simple rock sound that was not significantly enhanced in the studio. Building on the work of their 2001 debut EP, The Modern Age, the band members molded compositions largely through live takes during the recording sessions, while songwriter Julian Casablancas continued to detail the lives and relationships of urban youth. Following the completion of Is This It, The Strokes embarked on a promotional world tour before its release. The album's cover photograph courted controversy for being too sexually explicit and was replaced for the U.S. market. The American track listing was also amended in light of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Soma (1992, sometimes spelled SoMa) was the second collaborative album by the U.S. ambient musicians Steve Roach and Robert Rich, following their 1990 album Strata.
The liner notes explain that the word soma can be found in the ancient Vedic texts describing a drink made from plants to help commune with the gods (a botanical hallucinogen), and that the same word meant "body" in Ancient Greek.
The music on the album is "tribal ambient" (a mix of tribal house and ambient music) with dark hallucinatory overtones. The album ends with a gentle, serene piece for electric guitar titled "Touch".
All compositions by Steve Roach and Robert Rich.
Vie is a district of Oradea, a city in Romania.
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Vienna International Airport (German: Flughafen Wien-Schwechat; IATA: VIE, ICAO: LOWW) is the international airport of Vienna, the capital of Austria, located in Schwechat, 18 km (11 mi) southeast of central Vienna and 57 km west of Bratislava. It is the country's biggest airport and serves as the hub for Austrian Airlines and Niki. It is capable of handling wide-body aircraft such as the Airbus A380 and the Boeing 747. The airport features a dense network of European destinations as well as long-haul flights to Asia, North America and Africa. During 2015, the airport handled 22,775,054 passengers, a 1.3% increase compared to 2014, and it recorded 226,811 aircraft movements.
Originally built as a military airport in 1938, and used during World War II as the Heinkel firm's southern military aircraft design and production complex, or Heinkel-Süd facility, it was taken over by the British in 1945. In 1954, the Betriebsgesellschaft was founded, and the airport replaced Aspern as Vienna's (and Austria's) principal aerodrome. There was just one runway, which in 1959 was expanded to measure 3,000 m (9,843 ft). The erection of the new airport building starting in 1959.
Je quitte le champs des oiseaux,
Pour le vacarme des armes.
Les phrases des mes ruisseaux,
Pour une vall?e de larmes.
La transparence de mes clairi?res,
Pour la tra?trise des armes.
Au parfum de ma m?re,
Pour les sentiments du fort.
Et tant pis si l’on me dit,
Que c’est de la folie !
A partir d’aujourd’hui,
Je veux une autre vie !
Et tant pis si l’on me dit
Que c’est une h?r?sie !
Pour moi la vraie vie,
C’est celle qu’on choisie !
J’abandonne les nuits sereines,
Pour le doute et l’aventure.
La majest? des grands ch?nes,
Pour un d?nomm? Arthur.
La campagne et la lumi?re,
Pour aller tent? le diable.
La pauvret? de ma terre,
Pour un tr?sor intouchable.
Et tant pis si l’on me dit,
Que c’est de la folie !
A partir d’aujourd’hui,
Je veux une autre vie !
Et tant pis si l’on me dit
Que c’est une h?r?sie !
Pour moi la vraie vie,
C’est celle qu’on choisie ! x2
Je laisse mon insouciance
Pour les plaisirs d?fendus
Mon intimit? du silence
Pour l’appel de l’inconnu
La bien vaillance des fant?mes
Pour les ennemis sans piti?s
Et le plus graves est dans mes paumes
Pour un destin tourment?
Et tant pis si l’on me dit,
Que c’est de la folie !
A partir d’aujourd’hui,
Je veux une autre vie !
Et tant pis si l’on me dit
Que c’est une h?r?sie !
Pour moi la vraie vie,
C’est celle qu’on choisie ! x2