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Musée d'Art Moderne Paris

Musée d'Art Moderne Paris

“I no longer remember the circumstances in which Serge invented “Mourir à Stalingrad.” His composition was the product of a digression around a Phil Perfect story. The dialogue deserves to be quoted. “You take a large glass and you fill it to the brim with vodka” explains Phil’s Hungarian concierge to Vanina Vannille. “And then?” asks the platinum blonde. “If you insist, you can add an olive.” I later recounted the recipe for this cocktail to Serge Gainsbourg, who knew only too well that one needed to have a great deal to forget in order to down that particular drink. He remained faithful to his famous 102.

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