LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: PYRAMID SONG/RADIOHEAD

Diretto da SHYNOLA

I jumped in the river and what did I see
Black-eyed angels swam with me
A moon full of stars and astral cards
And all the figures I used to see
All my lovers were there with me
All my past and futures
And we all went to heaven in a little row boat
There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt

I jumped into the river
Black-eyed angels swam with me
A moon full of stars and astral cards
And all the figures I used to see
All my lovers were there with me
All my past and futures
And we all went to heaven in a little row boat
There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt
There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt
There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt

ALBUM: AMNESIAC (2001)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: IN THE DIRECTION OF THE MOON/WOLF PARADE

I am a wall of sand and stone
And you, you're some kind of ivy
I'm trying to hold as best as I can
As best as I can

But I'm a disaster
I could not be burning faster
I stick my arms into webs
I take my meals with weirdos
And play with my rocket ships
And all the while you
You are so composed
So composed
So composed

You are the most gracious thing I know
Touched by crooking flowers
Touched by snow

And I put my rockets away
(I think you're fantastic)
I'll put my rockets away
(I know that you care)
I'll put my rockets away
(And you are a house of skin and hair)
I'll put my rockets away

I've been running off of fumes again
I've been running off my mouth
I've been running in the hours
Between midnight and dawn
In the direction of the moon
With the impression that's the way
The way to find your house
So hey, I will build your bastion
And hey, how long can you put up with these questions
When you got nowhere to go except into the terrible air?

And I put my rockets away
(I think you're fantastic)
I'll put my rockets away
(I know that you care)
I'll put my rockets away
(And you are a house of skin and hair)
I'll put my rockets away

Erring on the side of culture apparently past
Come down from the good rack crystal glass

'Cause I, I'm a wall of sand and stone
And you, your some kind of ivy I'm trying to hold
As best as I can

ALBUM: EXPO 86 (2010)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: THE UNDOING/INTERPOL

I was on my way
I was on my way to tell you it's no good
I was on my way
Chasing my damage
I was chased, thrilled and altered
Chasing my damage
Because I was chased, thrilled and altered
And it raised me

Suele tener
Me suelto
Me suelto en el deshacer
Al puro perder el ganar no compara

I always thought you had great style
And style was worthwhile
Because I was
I was on my way
Sobreviviré
Chasing my damage
I was chased, thrilled and altered
And it raised me
Chasing my damage
Because I was chased, thrilled and altered
And it raised me

Suele tener
Me suelto
Me suelto en el deshacer
Al puro perder el ganar no compara

Please, please the place we're in now
Please

ALBUM: INTERPOL (2010)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: YOU WERE A KINDNESS/THE NATIONAL

I was in a fog I didn't notice everything
It's coming all apart inside of me
There wasn't anyway for anyone to settle in
You made slow disaster out of me
There's a radiant darkness upon us
But I don't want you to worry
I was careful but nothing is harmless
Baby you better hurry

You were a kindness when I was a stranger
But I wouldn't ask for what I didn't need
Everything's weird and we're always in danger
Why would you shatter somebody like me?
It doesn't work that way
Wanting not to want you won't make it so
It doesn't work that way
Don't leave me here alone

I'll do what I can to be confident wreck
Can't feel this way forever I mean
There wasn't any way for anyone to settle in
You made slow disaster out of me
There's a radiant darkness upon us
But I don't want you to worry
I was careful but nothing is harmless
Baby you better hurry

You were a kindness when I was a stranger
But I wouldn't ask for what I didn't need
Everything's weird and we're always in danger
Why would you shatter somebody like me?
It doesn't work that way
Wanting not to want you won't make it so
It doesn't work that way
Don't leave me here alone
It doesn't work that way
Wanting not to want you won't make it so
It doesn't work that way
Don't leave me here alone

Performed live in The Current Studios (2010)

POST-IT: LA COVER DI CREEP...

Non ci credo neanche se me lo dice Thom Yorke in persona che Vasco Rossi ha avuto il benestare dei Radiohead per la tristissima cover di Creep, intitolata Ad Ogni Costo. Magari avrà avuto il l'ok della EMI (proprietaria, purtroppo, del catalogo della band di Oxford fino ad Hail To The Thief del 2003), che non è esattamente la stessa cosa. Per chi volesse avventurarsi nella scoperta della rilettura del rocker italico, a suo rischio e pericolo, ecco il link. Per quanto mi riguarda, meglio ascoltare l'originale...



CREEP/RADIOHEAD

POST-IT: GLI OASIS SI SCIOLGONO? NO. ANZI, SI

Qualche giorno fa, il Sun, popolare testata inglese, riportava la probabile e prossima scissione degli Oasis a causa dell'ennesima lite tra Liam e Noel, anticipando che il concerto in programma a Milano il 30 agosto sarebbe stato l'ultimo nella storia della band di Manchester. La notizia è stata ovviamente ripresa dai blog di mezzo mondo, salvo poi essere più o meno smentita (l'autorevole The Guardian l'aveva liquidata come "il solito business" dei fratelli Gallagher). Ieri sera, invece, pochi istanti prima di salire sul palco del Rock En Seine di Parigi, i due hanno di nuovo avuto un alterco, questa volta piuttosto violento, venendo persino alle mani. Pare addirittura che Liam abbia distrutto la preziosa chitarra del fratello. Ci sarebbe anche un testimone, la malcapitata cantautrice scozzese Amy MacDonald, anche lei nella line-up del festival parigino, che sulla sua pagina di Twitter ha scritto testualmente: "Oasis cancelled again with one minute to stage time!!! Liam smashesd Noels guitar, huuuge fight!". Fatto sta che, sul MySpace ufficiale degli Oasis è comparso un post, a firma Noel Gallagher, nel quale il musicista annuncia, con tristezza e con gran sollievo, di aver lasciato il gruppo, e che non importa cosa dirà la gente, ma lui semplicemente non può andare avanti così con Liam neanche un altro giorno. Noel inoltre si scusa con tutti i fan che avevano acquistato i biglietti per lo show di ieri a Parigi, e per le date previste per questa sera al Rock Am See Festival di Costanza, in Germania, e per domani all'I-Day Urban Festival di Milano, che a questo punto sembrano definitivamente cancellate. Certo, non si tratta assolutamente della prima lotta interna ai Gallagher Brothers, ma stavolta le cose potrebbero essersi spinte oltre il punto di non ritorno.
Di seguito il testo originale del comunicato pubblicato da Noel su MySpace:

A STATEMENT FROM NOEL

"It's with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight. People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer

"Apologies to all the people who bought tickets for the shows in Paris, Konstanz and Milan."

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: YOU KNOW YOU'RE RIGHT/NIRVANA

I will never bother you
I will never promise to
I will never follow you
I will never bother you
Never speak a word again
I will crawl away for good

I will move away from here
You won't be afraid of fear
No thought was put in to this
I always knew it would come to this
Things have never been so swell
I have never failed to fail

Pain
You know you're right

I'm so warm and calm inside
I no longer have to hide
Let's talk about someone else
Steaming soup against her mouth
Nothing really bothers her
She just wants to love herself

I will move away from here
You won't be afraid of fear
No thought was put into this
I always knew to come like this
Things have never been so swell
I have never failed to fail

Pain
You know you're right
You know you're right
You know you're right
Pain

ALBUM: NIRVANA (2002)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: WE HAVEN'T TURN AROUND/GOMEZ

Diretto da LAURENCE DUNMORE

We came, we came, we came again
To stem the tide and point the blame
Came back for more
Came back to see what you had in store
Everyone join the line, everyone

So you wanna spin the world around?
So you wanna spin the world around?
And anybody else, cut 'em down
So you wanna make catastrophe?
Won't you send it right over to me
I got some time
Everybody running high

The same, the same, the same again
To steal the time and haunt the graves
Just because it's there
Don't mean you see it anywhere
Maybe it's a trick of the light
Maybe, yeah

So you wanna spin the world around?
So you wanna spin the world around?
And anybody else, cut 'em down
So you wanna make catastrophe?
Don't you send it right over to me
I got some time
Everybody come alive

So you wanna spin the world around?
So you wanna spin the world around?
And anybody else, bring 'em down
So you wanna make catastrophe?
Don't you send it right over to me
I got some time
Everybody running high

So you wanna spin the world around?
So you wanna spin the world around?
And anybody else, cut 'em down
So you say we haven't turned around?
So you say we haven't turned around?
Just everybody else is going wrong
Going wrong

ALBUM: LIQUID SKIN (1999)