LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: SPECIALTY/HOWARD JONES

Don't chop off his head
To make yourself look tall
Don't tear a strip off
To make yourself feel wonderful
Who wants to compare
As if this was a competition
Leave that to teachers at school
Must preserve their tradition

'Bout time you realized
You are a specialty
There is no one like you
Spend your life worrying
'Bout what you could have been
Can't you like being you

Don't need a scalp
Don't need to be a juror
Take care of yourself
No need to feel so insecure
Waste of energy
To prove a holier than him
Waste of energy
To find out who commits what sin

'Bout time you realized
You are a specialty
There is no one like you
Spend your life worrying
'Bout what could have been
Can't you like being you

ALBUM: DREAM INTO ACTION (1985)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: THINK OF ENGLAND/IAMX

In the grip of a winter came, love and greed
Insane with faith, I took the driving front seat
In the lowlight comfort of Berlin streets
The calm from emptiness duetted with my body heat

I was alone at the front line
The message I was told was to try and find
The joy of a lifetime

I just can't think of England
I can't see the picture
I'm still running from the fire, the fire

I just can't think of England
I can't see the picture
I'm still running from the fire, the fire, the fire

In the twilight hours of nervous rest
I bought the beast before believing the threats
In a foreign field I cut all regrets
But the poisoned stories just repeat themselves in fucked-up mess

I was alone for the first time
The message I was told was to try and find
The joy of a lifetime

I just can't think of England
I can't see the picture
I'm still running from the fire, the fire

I just can't think of England
I can't see the picture
I'm still running from the fire, the fire

I just can't think of England
Can't see the picture

ALBUM: KINGDOM OF WELCOME ADDICTION (2009)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: WRONG/DEPECHE MODE

Wrong
Wrong

I was born with the wrong sign
In the wrong house
With the wrong ascendancy
I took the wrong road
That led to the wrong tendencies
I was in the wrong place at the wrong time
For the wrong reason and the wrong rhyme
On the wrong day of the wrong week
I used the wrong method with the wrong technique
Wrong
Wrong

There’s something wrong with me
Cannot be something wrong with me
Inherently
The wrong mix in the wrong jeans
I reached the wrong ends by the wrong means
It was the wrong plan
In the wrong hands
With the wrong theory for the wrong man
The wrong lies, on the wrong vibes
The wrong questions with the wrong replies
Wrong
Wrong

I was marching to the wrong drum
With the wrong scum
Pissing out the wrong energy
Using all the wrong lines
And the wrong signs
With the wrong intensity
I was on the wrong page of the wrong book
With the wrong rendition of the wrong hook
Made the wrong move, every wrong night
With the wrong tune played till it sounded right yeah
Wrong
Wrong

Too long
Wrong

I was born with the wrong sign
In the wrong house
With the wrong ascendancy
I took the wrong road
That led to the wrong tendencies
I was in the wrong place at the wrong time
For the wrong reason and the wrong rhyme
On the wrong day of the wrong week
I used the wrong method with the wrong technique

ALBUM: SOUNDS OF THE UNIVERSE (2009)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: BALLATA PER LA MIA PICCOLA IENA/AFTERHOURS

Lei rise. Non era una risata piacevole. "Vuoi fermarti un po' con me, prima? Sono educativa. Sai che cosa dicono... Non esiste niente di più magro, di più cattivo, e di più osceno di Iena."
ANANSI BOYS (I Ragazzi di Anansi)/NEIL GAIMAN




L'autista che ti guida ha una sola mano
Ma vede cio che credi invisibile
Nel tuo piccolo mondo fra piccole iene
Anche il sole sorge solo se conviene
Fra piccole iene, solo se conviene
Mia piccola iena, solo se conviene
L'amore rende soli, ma è ben più doloroso
Se per nemici e amici non sei più pericoloso
La testa è così piena che non pensi più
Ti si aprono le gambe oppure le hai aperte tu?
Aiutami a trovare qualcosa di pulito
Uccidi ma non vuoi morire
Uccidi ma non vuoi morire
Fra piccole iene, solo se conviene
Mia piccola iena, solo se conviene
Non puoi scordare dove son state le tue labbra
Sai già come sarà, ma non sai più chi sei
La testa è così piena, non riesci più a pensare
Che anche senza te si possa ancora respirare
Quello che hai appena fatto
Ti ha fatto stare meglio
Chi uccide poi non vuol morire
Uccidi ma non vuoi morire
Fra piccole iene, solo se conviene
Fra piccole iene, solo se conviene
Mia piccola iena, solo se conviene
Mia piccola iena, solo se conviene

ALBUM: BALLATE PER PICCOLE IENE (2005)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: DOG DAYS ARE OVER/FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE

Happiness hit her like a train on a track
Coming towards her stuck still no turning back
She hid around corners and she hid under beds
She killed it with kisses and from it she fled
With every bubble she sank with her drink
And washed it away down the kitchen sink

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run

Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your loving, your loving behind
You cant carry it with you if you want to survive

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come

And i never wanted anything from you
Except everything you had and what was left after that too, oh
Happiness hit her like a bullet in the head
Struck from a great height by someone who should know better than that

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come

Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your loving, your loving behind
You cant carry it with you if you want to survive

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run

ALBUM TBA

ASCOLTI: TWO SUNS/BAT FOR LASHES, NO LINE ON THE HORIZON/U2

GET ON YOUR BOOTS/U2

Bat For Lashes è Natasha Khan. Non un gruppo, quindi, ma una giovane musicista inglese, di origine pakistana. Dopo l'ottimo esordio con Fur & Gold del 2006 ed il tour a supporto dei Radiohead l'anno scorso, ecco il nuovo album, Two Suns. Sin dall'inizio, dalla splendida Glass, una gemma a partire dal titolo, si ha l'impressione di ascoltare una versione moderna di Kate Bush, magari incrociata con Björk, tanto per intenderci. E la formula funziona: dalle sofisticate sonorità eighties di Daniel e Two Planets alla delicatezza di Moon And Moon e Travelling Woman, passando per i cori Gospel di Peace Of Mind, Two Suns si rivela un album maturo e completo, che conferma appieno tutto il talento di Natasha.
Gli U2, invece, non hanno certo bisogno di conferme, ma semmai di ritrovare loro stessi, e sembra proprio questo il punto di fuga dal quale si proiettano le canzoni che compongono No Line On The Horizon: già dalla title-track, e dalla successiva Magnificient, appare infatti evidente il ritorno alle sonorità più classiche della band, dai tipici riff di di Edge (fin troppo fedeli a se stessi) alle melodie di Bono, che ritrova almeno in parte quella certa vocazione all'inno, al coro da arena. E non manca una piccola perla, la conclusiva Cedars Of Lebanon. Ne viene fuori un disco sincero, che magari susciterà un pizzico di nostalgia nei fan della prima ora, ma che appare decisamente migliore degli ultimi due lavori del quartetto irlandese. Sinceramente pensavo peggio...

TWO SUNS/BAT FOR LASHES
NO LINE ON THE HORIZON/U2

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: GLASS/BAT FOR LASHES

ASCOLTA

ALBUM: TWO SUNS (2009)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: TRUTH GOODNESS AND BEAUTY/THE CURE

I've been waiting for the lies to end
Holding for the bad to go
I've been hanging for the ugliness to change
Waiting for a world too true
Holding for a world too good
Hanging for a world too beautiful

Wishing for a girl too true
Hoping for a girl too good
Hungry for a girl too beautiful
All I say is a lie, she sighs
Nothing I say is true
And all I do is bad, she cries
Nothing I do is good
And yeah all I am is ugly
Nothing I am is beautiful at all

Don't get this world
I don't get this girl

So look, but you won't see it
Listen, and you won't hear it
Reach out, and you won't hold it
You can't know it, but you can free it
You can't name it, but could feel it

I've been waiting for the lies to end
Holding for the bad to go
I've been hanging for the ugliness to change
Waiting for a world too true
Holding for a world too good
Hanging for a world too beautiful

Wishing for a girl like you
Hoping for a girl like you
Hungry for a girl like you
No, not like you
You

ALBUM: THE CURE (Bonus Track) (2004)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: DEAD LETTER & THE INFINITE YES/WINTERSLEEP

I found a letter it read
"Our existence has serious side effects"
Turned on, turn on the television
And It's telling me the world is collapsing
I think it's coming and it comes so fast
I'm hearing whispers of an infinite yes
And I don't know why it is
Our bodies are dead, why you look so sad?

And my therapist said
"We've evolved through a series of accidents"
There's been talk of chemical imbalances
Restless sense of detachment, nausea and or violence

I think it's coming oh and it comes so fast
I'm hearing whispers of an infinite yes
And I don't know why it is
I feel it coming, I think it's real and significant
I think I think I think a little too often
That's what my therapist said
We're alone in this wilderness
Left to choke on the pills and to feed on the viruses
I think it's coming oh and it comes so fast

I think it's coming and it comes so fast
I'm hearing whispers of an infinite yes
Our bodies are dead, why you look so sad
Our bodies are dead, why you look so sad

ALBUM: WELCOME TO THE NIGHT SKY (2009)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: FALLING DOWN/OASIS

A summer sun that blows my mind
Is falling down on all that I've ever known
Time to kiss the world goodbye
Falling down on all that I've ever known
Is all that I've ever known

A dying scream, it makes no sound
Calling out to all that I've ever known
Here am I, lost and found
Calling out to all

We live a dying dream
If you know what I mean
All that I've ever known
It's all that I've ever known

Catch the wheel that breaks the butterfly
I cried the rain that fills the ocean wide
I tried to talk to God to no avail
Calling my name from out of nowhere
I said if you won't save me, please don't waste my time

Catch the wheel that breaks the butterfly
I cried the rain that fills the ocean wide
I tried to talk to God to no avail
Calling my name from out of nowhere
I said if you won't save me, please don't waste my time

Summer sun that blows my mind
Is falling down on all that I've ever known
Time to kiss the world goodbye
Falling down on all that I've ever known
Is all that I've ever known

ALBUM: DIG OUT YOUR SOUL (2008)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: CRYSTAL/NEW ORDER

We're like crystal
We break easy
I'm a poor man
If you leave me
I'm applauded
Then forgotten
It was summer
Now it's autumn

I don't know what to say
You don't care anyway
I'm a man in a rage
With a girl I betrayed
Here comes love
It's like honey
You can't buy it with money
You're not alone anymore
Shock me to the core
You shock me to the core

We're like crystal
It's not easy
With your love
You could feed me
Every man
And every woman
Needs someone
So keep it comin', keep it comin', keep it comin'
Keep it comin', keep it comin', keep it comin'

I don't know what to say
You don't care anyway
I'm a man in a rage
With a girl I betrayed
Here comes love
It's like honey
You can't buy it with money
You're not alone anymore
Shock me to the core
You shock me to the core

ALBUM: GET READY (2001)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: SIT AND WONDER/THE VERVE

I sit and wonder, I often wonder
I sit and wonder about the things she does
I sit and wonder, I often wonder
I've been waiting for this moment to come

And shes the teacher and I'm the pupil but I ain't learning anything at all
Now I'm falling into the black hole and I can barely feel the sun

Yeah I sit and wonder, I fall to pieces
I've been waiting for her to come
A bed of roses, her cheeks like peaches
Yeah I ain't going to wait no more

Lord give me some light
Oh give the light
Yeah give me some light
Give me some light

The rights of passage, we all must take them
Yeah some are going to break in the storm
The door is open and I am reaching
Yeah it looks like right at the sun

Yeah give me some light
Give the light
Yeah give me some light
Give me some light

I've been havin' trouble in my head Lord
I've been havin' Demons in my mind Lord

Lord give me the light
Oh give me the light
Yeah give me some light
Give me some light

Ive been havin' trouble in my head Lord
I've been havin' Demons in my mind Lord
Somethings going wrong inside my head Lord
Somethings going wrong inside my head Lord

I could be searching all my life, searching all my life
Keep that candle on at night, candle on at night
Keep that candle on at night, candle on at night
I could be hurtin all the while, hurtin' all the while
Lord give me the light

ALBUM: FORTH (2008)

CONCERTI: EMILIANA TORRINI/AUDITORIUM PARCO DELLA MUSICA/ROMA

BIRDS

È un po' come se la Torrini fosse una mia amica. Sarà perchè è per metà italiana e per metà islandese (anche se candidamente ammette di non parlare l'italiano), sarà per l'arredamento del palcoscenico, ricco di lampade di modernariato che danno l'impressioni di trovarsi a casa dalla nonna, oppure sarà perchè prima di ogni canzone l'artista spiega in modo divertito, sincero e quasi imbarazzato il significato dei testi e cosa li ha ispirati, ma l'atsmosfera che si respira nella Sala Sinopoli dell'Auditorium è decisamente familiare, rilassata, tranquillizzante. E sarà anche perchè rispetto all'ingombrante connazionale Björk, Emiliana possiede un talento magari meno originale, ma forse anche meno nevrotico. Dalla delicatezza di Today Has Been Ok all'irruenza onomatopeica di Jungle Drum, il filo conduttore è l'amore, dal più romantico al più disperato, passando per quello materno: atmosfera perfetta per una serata di San Valentino fuori dall'ordinario, pur senza allontanarsi troppo da casa...

EMILIANA TORRINI/AUDITORIUM PARCO DELLA MUSICA, SALA SINOPOLI/ROMA, 14 FEBBRAIO 2009

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: HEARTSTOPPER/EMILIANA TORRINI

You said I began
This messy state of love affair
And I drink too much and smoke too fast
And this city's cleared my innocence

Coffee is pouring out my ears
It's the only thing they have in here
And my heart stops beating

And when it stops it stops
My heart stopped beating
And when it stops it stops
My heart stopped beating

Number tree still on my plate
I heard the trains are running late
And I laugh out loud
My life is a mess
I have gone too far
In my lifelessness

Another coffee it's on the house
The poor girl look is on the owners spouse
And my heart stopped beating

And when it stops it stops
My heart stopped beating
And when it stops it stops
My heart stopped beating

Outside your house
To make a scene
In my head you grabbed me passionately
But the lights are out
And in an hour I walked on home
In the pouring shower
Lost my keys in front of me
My neighbor's smile he's handing me
The blackest coffee you will ever see

And my hearts stopped beating

And when it stops it stops
My heart stopped beating
And when it stops it stops
My heart stopped beating

ALBUM: FISHERMAN'S WOMAN (2005)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: NEVER LET ME DOWN AGAIN/DEPECHE MODE

I'm taking a ride
With my best friend
I hope he never let's me down again
He knows where he's taking me
Taking me where I want to be
I'm taking a ride
With my best friend

We're flying high
We're watching the world pass us by
Never want to come down
Never want to put my feet back down
On the ground

I'm taking a ride
With my best friend
I hope he never let's me down again
Promises me I'm as safe as houses
As long as I remember who's wearing to trousers
I hope he never let's me down again

Never let me down

See the stars, they're shining bright
Everything's alright tonight

ALBUM: MUSIC FOR THE MASSES (1987)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: NYC/INTERPOL

I had seven faces
Thought I knew which one to wear
But I'm sick of spending these lonely nights
Training myself not to care

The subway is a porno
And the pavements they are a mess
I know you've supported me for a long time
Somehow I'm not impressed

New York Cares
(Got to be some more change in my life)
New York Cares
(Got to be some more change in my life)

Subway she is a porno
And the pavements they are a mess
I know you've supported me for a long time
Somehow I'm not impressed

It's up to me now, turn on the bright lights
It's up to me now, turn on the bright lights

New York Cares
(Got to be some more change in my life)
New York Cares
(Got to be some more change in my life)

It's up to me now, turn on the bright lights
(Got to be some more change in my life)
Oh, it's up to me now, turn on the bright lights
(Got to be some more change in my life)

ALBUM: TURN ON THE BRIGHT LIGHTS (2002)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: IRONIC/ALANIS MORISSETTE

An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
And isn't it ironic
Don't you think?

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
And who would've thought
It figures

Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
Well isn't this nice
And isn't it ironic
Don't you think?

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
And who would've thought
It figures

Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's okay and everything's going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up in your face

A traffic jam when you're already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn't it ironic
Don't you think?
A little too ironic
And yeah I really do think

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
And who would've thought
It figures

Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
Helping you out

ALBUM: JAGGED LITTLE PILL (1995)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: THE BITTER PILL/THE PINEAPPLE THIEF

And time stands still
Oh, no
A bitter pill, we know
And never fill, this hole

We'll breath again
We'll leave you in the end

And it's not dark, we're made for this
But it's a part, we'll always miss

ALBUM: VARIATIONS ON A DREAM (2004)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: UP ON THE LADDER/RADIOHEAD

I'm stuck in the tardis
Trapped in hyperspace
One minute snake charming
The next in a motorcade

All the right moves
And in the right percent
Watch me dance
I'm a puppet
You can almost see the strings

Give me an answer
Give me a sign
I've been climbing up this ladder
I've been wasting my time

Up on the ladder
My time to escape
Up on the ladder
Away from your mistake
Up on the ladder
Try to call out your name
Up on the ladder
You're all the fucking same

ALBUM: IN RAINBOWS (Special Edition) (2007)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: I AM THE WALRUS/BONO AND THE SECRET MACHINES

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together
See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly
I'm crying

Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come
Corporation T-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday
Man, you've been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long

I am the Eggman
They are the Eggmen
I am the Walrus
Goo goo g'joob

Mister city, policeman sitting, pretty little policemen in a row
See how they fly like Lucy in the Sky, see how they run
I'm crying
I'm crying
I'm crying
I'm crying

Yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eye
Crab locker fishwife, pornographic priestess
Boy, you've been a naughty girl, you let your knickers down

I am the Eggman
They are the Eggmen
I am the Walrus
Goo goo g'joob

Sitting in an English garden, waiting for the sun
If the sun don't come you get a tan from standing in the English rain

I am the Eggman
They are the Eggmen
I am the Walrus
Goo goo g'joob goo goo g'joob

Expert texpert, choking smokers
Don't you think the Joker laughs at you?
Ho-ho-ho-hee-hee-hee-ha-ha-ha
See how they smile like pigs in a sty, see how they snide
I'm crying

Semolina pilchard climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna
Man, you should've seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe

I am the Eggman
They are the Eggmen
I am the Walrus
Goo goo g'joob goo goo g'joob
Goo goo g'joob goo goo g'joob
Goo goo g'joob goo goo g'joob
Juba, juba, juba
Juba, juba
Juba, juba
Juba, juba, stick it up your jumper
Oompah, oompah, stick it up your jumper
Oompah, oompah, stick it up your jumper
Everyone's got one
Oompah, oompah, stick it up your jumper
Everyone's got one
Everyone's got one
Everyone's got one
Oompah, oompah, stick it up your jumper
Oompah, oompah, stick it up your jumper

Slave, thou hast slain me. Villain, take my purse
If ever thou wilt thrive, bury my body
And give the letters which you find'st about me
To Edmund, Earl of Gloucester
Seek him out
Upon the English party
O, untimely death!
Death! (He dies)

I know thee well: a serviceable villain
As duteous to the vices of thy mistress
As badness would desire

What, is he dead?

Sit you down, father
Rest you

ALBUM: ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (Soundtrack) (2007)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: NAKED COUSIN/PJ HARVEY

My naked cousin
I see him running
All over headland
Scared as his shit as he's running
His naked skin fries
Fries in the sun, oh my
My naked cousin can cook till he's good
Good and done
I hate his smell and I hate his company
But, but most of all I hate that he looks just just like me
His naked skin fries
Fries in the sun my my
But my naked cousin can cook till he's
Good and done
He's running

He run from burning bushes
He run from bank of senate
He run from everything that upsets his masterplan
And if he flips
And I am as good as done
My, my naked cousin
He'll just keep keep a'running
He's running

Running naked through the trees
Scared the shit right out of me
Bought my ticket, take my ride
Take me to the sunny side
Running naked through the trees
Scared the shit right out of me
Bought my ticket, take my ride
Begging all to please
He's running

ALBUM: THE CROW: CITY OF ANGELS (Soundtrack) (1996)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: THE KIDS ARE ULTRA-VIOLENT/WINTERSLEEP

Somebodies fucked up kids
They're ruining everything
Tiny effervescent virulent eyes
Ripped out the sockets in the middle of the night
The night, the night, the night
The night, the night

Could have been some kind of chemical reaction
Could have been the drugs I don't know what it could have been
Were sick of our skin but in the dark it felt nice
In the dark in the dark in the dark its so fuckin' nice
The night, the night, the night
The night, the night

ALBUM: WELCOME TO THE NIGHT SKY (Bonus Tracks) (2008)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: I NEED SOME FINE WINE AND YOU, YOU NEED TO BE NICER/THE CARDIGANS

Sit, good dog, stay, bad dog, down, roll over

Well here's a good man and a pretty young girl
Trying to play together somehow
I'm wasting my life, you're changing the world
I get drunk and watch your head grow

It's the good times that we share
And the bad times that we'll have
It's the good times
and the bad times that we had

Well it's been a long slow collision
I'm a pitbull, you're a dog
Baby you're foul in clear conditions
But you're handsome in the fog

So I need some fine wine, and you, you need to be nicer
For the good times and the bad times
That we'll have

Sometimes we talk over dinner like old friends
Till I go and kill the bottle
I go off over any old thing
Break your heart
And raise a glass or ten

To the good times that we shared
And the bad times that we'll have
To the good times
And the bad time that we've had

Well it's been a long slow collision
I'm a pitbull, you're a dog
Baby you're foul in clear conditions
But you're handsome in the fog

So I need some fine wine and you, you need to be nicer
For the good times
And the bad times we know will come
I need some fine wine and you, you need to be nicer
You need to be nicer
You need

For the good times
And the bad time that we had
Sit

Good times, bad times
Sweet wine, bad wine
Good cop, bad cop
Lapdog, bad dog
Sit

ALBUM: SUPER EXTRA GRAVITY (2005)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: GOLDFINGER/ASH

Move closer, set my mind on fire
Taking over, the world seems so alive
The world seems so alive
She slips into the night, and she is gone
Gone to settle the score, gone into the town
Rain shining in her eyes
Her brother started school
Again today, a thought to pass the time
To occupy my mind, while I'm waiting for her
Down in the basement, listening to the rain
Thinking things over. I think it over again
I think it over again
She slips into the night, and she was gone
Gone to settle the score, gone into the town
Rain shining in her eyes
Her brother started school
Again today, a thought to pass the time
To occupy my mind, while I'm waiting for her
I'm riding it down, listen to the rain
She'll be here soon, I lie back and drift away
I lie back and drift away.
She slips into the night, and she was gone
Gone to settle the score, gone into the town
Rain shining in her eyes
Her brother started school
Again today, a thought to pass the time
To occupy my mind, while I'm waiting for her
I'm feeling so alive, feeling so real
On a stormy night, the rain is coming down
Rain like never before
I've got some records on, some bottles of wine
On a stormy night, the rain is lashing down
And I'm waiting for her

ALBUM: 1977 (1996)

MUSICA: PLAYLIST/FEBBRAIO

La playlist che girerà sul mio iPod a Febbraio:


STRONGER THAN JESUS/A CAMP

01. FLOWERS AND FOOTBALL TOPS/GLASVEGAS
(GLASVEGAS)
02. LIVE ALONE/FRANZ FERDINAND
(TONIGHT: FRANZ FERDINAND)
03. THE FEAR/LILY ALLEN
(IT'S NOT ME, IT'S YOU)
04. STRONGER THAN JESUS/A CAMP
(COLONIA)
05. ULTRAVIOLENCE/HEARTSREVOLUTION
(SWITCHBLADE EP)
06. E.S.T./WHITE LIES
(TO LOSE MY LIFE)
07. LENIN/ARCADE FIRE
(DARK WAS THE NIGHT/Various artists)
08. TOMORROW/CLINIC
(DO IT!)
09. SOMETHING IS SQUEEZING MY SKULL/MORRISSEY
(YEARS OF REFUSAL)
10. YOUR MOUTH/TELEFON TEL AVIV
(IMMOLATE YOURSELF)
11. MITHRIDATE/THE EVPATORIA REPORT
(MAAR)
12. THE KIDS ARE ULTRA-VIOLENT/WINTERSLEEP
(WELCOME TO THE NIGHT SKY/Bonus track)

BONUS TRACK

BROKEN/GORILLAZ
(PHASE 3 DEMOS)

PARALLELI: TALK TALK/RADIOHEAD

La scorsa estate, nel mio vecchio, delirante blog, avevo scritto che, negli anni '80, i Radiohead erano i Talk Talk, anche se in molti non se ne sono accorti. Già, perchè il cammino delle due band, per certi versi, è stato molto simile, per fortuna non fino alla fine. Ma andiamo per gradi. Da piccolo ero un ascoltatore precoce: se ripenso a quando avevo dieci, dodici anni, ed acquistavo album come It's My Life e The Colour Of Spring, mi sento quasi un predestinato. Certo, all'epoca, mentre mettevo le cuffie e consumavo vinili, mi lasciavo cullare dalle melodie perfette di Such A Shame e Living In Another World senza approfondirne le ritmiche, i testi, e tutta l'introspettiva complessità di quelle canzoni. Tanto che, quando uscì The Spirit Of Eden rimasi, giustamente, piuttosto spiazzato. Ora, a distanza di 25 anni, il percorso intrapreso dai Talk Talk non è più un sentiero misterioso, ma un viale lastricato di grandi intuizioni, ed è qui, all'incrocio con la musica odierna, che naturali confronti con i Radiohead si fanno strada. Dal disco d'esordio, con qualche concessione alle mode del momento (pop new wave per Mark Hollis e compagni, post-grunge rock per la band di Oxford) e soprattutto alla casa discografica (in entrambi i casi, purtroppo, la EMI), ma che lasciava comunque intravedere tutto il talento potenziale, al secondo lavoro, che metteva subito le cose in chiaro (cos'altro aggiungere su It's My Life e The Bends?) ed al terzo che li consacrava stelle di prima grandezza (The Colour Of Spring ed OK Computer), pur mantenendo un atteggiamento di basso profilo. Ma non è finita qui: si, perchè proprio sul punto più alto e luminoso della notorietà, i Talk Talk escono con un disco difficile (The Spirit Of Eden, appunto), di soli 6 pezzi dalle melodie rarefatte ma ricchi di dettagli incredibili, ed altrettanto fanno i Radiohead con Kid A, album straordinario e straordinariamente controcorrente, nel quale esplorano e rielaborano territori nuovi e distanti tra loro, dall'elettronica al jazz, rinunciando persino a far uscire dei singoli. Risultato: l'industria musicale mainstream si dimentica di loro, mentre la scena alternativa li elegge ad icone. Ed i successivi Laughing Stock ed Amnesiac non fanno che rafforzare questa convinzione. E se le somiglianze tra le due band sono notevoli, quelle tra i relativi frontman lo sono ancora di più: Mark Hollis e Thom Yorke appaiono entrambi bruttini, a dire il vero, con il loro campionario di orecchie a sventola e denti storti, ma traboccano fascino quando sono chinati su di un pianoforte, ricurvi come se volessero cantare direttamente nei tasti, oppure quando si agitano appesi all'asta di un microfono come buste di plastica in balia dal vento. Tutti e due hanno anche all'attivo un notevole album solista (intitolato semplicemente Mark Hollis, per il primo; The Eraser per Thom Yorke), ma le analogie, e questo è il lieto fine, si fermano qui: a questo punto, infatti, i Talk Talk spariscono improvvisamente nel nulla, senza lasciare più alcuna traccia (se si eccettua la collaborazione del bassista Paul Webb con Beth Gibbons dei Portishead nell'album Out Of Season del 2002, sotto lo pseudonimo di Rustin Man), mentre la storia dei Radiohead, grazie al cielo, non ha ancora finito di essere scritta...


TALK TALK


LIFE'S WHAT YOU MAKE IT

THE PARTY'S OVER (1982)
IT'S MY LIFE (1984)
THE COLOUR OF SPRING (1986)
SPIRIT OF EDEN (1988)
LAUGHING STOCK (1991)

MARK HOLLIS/MARK HOLLIS (1998)


RADIOHEAD


ALL I NEED

PABLO HONEY (1993)
THE BENDS (1995)
OK COMPUTER (1997)
KID A (2000)
AMNESIAC (2001)
HAIL TO THE THIEF (2003)
IN RAINBOWS (2007)

THE ERASER/THOM YORKE (2006)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: TOMORROW STARTED/TALK TALK

Don't look back until you've tried
A line so openly a lie
Outside of you, it's just tomorrow starting

I've said I'm wrong when I've been right
I've seen times when I've been sure but still I find
I'm just the first that you take
Are there reasons everybody pays
They never seem to be any use

It's just tomorrow starting

Don't look back until you've tried
With time you'll endlessly arrive
Outside of use
With just tomorrow starting

See my eyes tell me I'm not lying
I'm just the first that you take
Are there reasons everybody pays
They never seem to be any use

It's just tomorrow started

ALBUM: IT'S MY LIFE (1984)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: GOD PART II/U2

Don't believe the devil
I don't believe his book
But the truth is not the same
Without the lies he made up
Don't believe in excess
Success is to give
Don't believe in riches
But you should see where I live
I, I believe in love

Don't believe in forced entry
Don't believe in rape
But everytime she passes by
Wild thoughts escape
I don't believe in death row
Skid row or the gangs
Don't believe in the Uzi
It just went off in my hand
I, I believe in love

Don't believe in cocaine
Got a speed-ball in my head
I could cut and crack you open
Do you hear what I said?
Don't believe them when they tell me
There ain't no cure
The rich stay healthy
The sick stay poor
I, I believe in love

Don't believe in Goldman
His type like a curse
Instant karma's gonna get him
If I don't get him first
Don't believe that rock n' roll
Can really change the world
As it spins in revolution
It spirals and turns
I, I believe in love

Don't believe in the 60's
The golden age of pop
You glorify the past
When the future dries up
Heard a singer on the radio late last night
He says he's gonna kick the darkness
Till it bleeds daylight
I, I believe in love

Love

I feel like I'm falling
Like I'm spinning on a wheel
It always stops beside of me
With a presence I can feel
I, I believe in love, stop

ALBUM: RATTLE AND HUM (1988)