LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: SO WHY SO SAD/MANIC STREET PREACHERS

Things get clear when I feel free
When whatever's next comes easily
When gentle hands give life to me
When your eyes fill with tiny tears
When I'm this still you are my life
(When I'm this still you are my life)
So at ease in the midnight sky
(So at ease in the midnight sky)
But my insides will look like war
(My insides will look like war)
Paralysed except through my thought

So why so sad
You live and you love
So why so sad
Dependent on above
Searching for the dead sea scrolls
So why, so why so sad

My smile as real as a hyena's
(My smile as real as a hyena's)
Burns an expressway to my skull
(Burns an expressway to my skull)
But I'll stick myself together again
Spirit so low that I no longer pretend

So why so sad
You live and you love
So why so sad
Dependent on above
Searching for the dead sea scrolls
So why, so why so sad
So why, so why so sad

ALBUM: KNOW YOUR ENEMY (2001)

PLAYLIST/SETTEMBRE

BORN AGAIN/RPA & THE UNITED NATIONS OF SOUND

L'estate sta per finire, con tutti i pro ed i contro della situazione: è partito il campionato, ma si riprende anche a lavorare, e fa più fresco la sera, ma è aumentato pure il traffico. In attesa di capire se esserne contenti o meno, ascoltiamo la playlist di settembre...

01. BORN AGAIN/RPA & THE UNITED NATIONS OF SOUND
(RPA & THE UNITED NATIONS OF SOUND)
02. VENUSHIA/KLAXONS
(SURFING THE VOID)
03. LAREDO/BAND OF HORSES
(INFINITE ARMS)
04. I'M LEAVING YOU FOR SOLITUDE/MANIC STREET PREACHERS
[(IT'S NOT JUST WAR) JUST THE END OF LOVE Single]
05. THROUGH THE IRON GATE/WILD BEASTS
(WE STILL GOT THE TASTE DANCIN' ON OUR TONGUES EP)
06. I'M AWARE/CLINIC
(BUBBLEGUM)
07. BABY LOVES ME/EELS
(TOMORROW MORNING)
08. MEMORY SERVES/INTERPOL
(INTERPOL)
09. MODERN MAN/ARCADE FIRE
(THE SUBURBS)
10. SET NO SUN/UNKLE
(LIVES OF THE ARTISTS II: FOLLOW ME DOWN)
11. YOU WERE A KINDNESS/THE NATIONAL
12. DOWN BY THE WATER/THE DRUMS
(THE DRUMS)

BONUS TRACKS

I WANNA BE ADORED/THE RAVEONETTES
(50 YEARS OF DR. MARTENS)
HIGH AND DRY/AMANDA PALMER
(AMANDA PALMER PERFORMS THE POPULAR HITS OF RADIOHEAD ON HER MAGICAL UKULELE)

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LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD/MANIC STREET PREACHERS

Raindrops keep fallin' on my head
And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed
Nothin' seems to fit
Raindrops keep fallin' on my head, keep a falling

And I just done me some talkin' to the sun
And I said I didn't like the way he got things done
Sleepin' on the job
Raindrops keep fallin' on my head, keep a falling

But there's one thing I know
The blues they send to meet me won't defeat me
It won't be long till happiness steps up to greet me

Raindrops keep fallin' on my head
But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turnin' red
Cryin's not for me
'Cause I ain't gonna stop the rain by complainin'
Because I'm free
Nothin's botherin' me

ALBUM: HELP (1995)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: IF YOU TOLERATE THIS YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE NEXT/MANIC STREET PREACHERS

The future teaches you to be alone
The present to be afraid and cold
So if I can shoot rabbits
Then I can shoot fascists
Bullets for your brain today
But we'll forget it all again
Monuments put from pen to paper
Turns me into a gutless wonder

And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
Will be next, will be next, will be next

Gravity keeps my head down
Or is it maybe shame
At being so young and being so vain
Holes in your head today
But I'm a pacifist
I've walked La Ramblas
But not with real intent

And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
Will be next, will be next, will be next


And on the street tonight an old man plays
With newspaper cuttings of his glory days

And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
Will be next, will be next, will be next

ALBUM: THIS IS MY TRUTH TELL ME YOURS (1998)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: YOUR LOVE ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH/MANIC STREET PREACHERS FEAT. NINA PERSSON

Your love alone is not enough, not enough, not enough
When times get tough, they get tough, they get tough, they get tough
Trade all your heroes in for ghosts, in for ghosts, in for ghosts
They’re always the one’s who love you most, love you most, love you most

Your love alone is not enough, not enough, not enough
It’s what you felt, it’s what you said, what you said, what you said
You said the sky would fall on you, fall on you, fall on you
Through all the pain your eyes stayed blue, they stayed blue, baby blue

But your love alone won’t save the world
You knew the secret of the universe
Despite it all you made it worse
It left you lonely
It left you cursed

You stole the sun straight from my heart, from my heart, from my heart
With no excuses, just fell apart, fell apart, fell apart
No you won’t make a mess of me, mess of me, mess of me
For you’re as blind as a man can be, man can be, man can be

I could have seen for miles and miles
I could have made you feel alive
I could have placed us in exile
I could have written all your lines
I could have shown you how too cry

Your love alone is not enough
Your love alone is not enough

ALBUM: SEND AWAY THE TIGERS (2007)

MUSICA: PLAYLIST/MAGGIO

La playlist di Maggio, in anticipo di un giorno, così domani la ascolto in viaggio...


APPLY/GLASSER

01. LOOK INTO THE LIGHT/GRAHAM COXON
(THE SPINNING TOP)
02. A DIAMOND AND A TETHER/DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
(THE OPEN DOOR EP)
03. LISZTOMANIA/PHOENIX
(WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX)
04. ANGELA/JARVIS COCKER
(FURTHER COMPLICATIONS)
05. THE LETTER/THE VEILS
(SUN GANGS)
06. PERFECT/DEPECHE MODE
(SOUNDS OF THE UNIVERSE)
07. BAG OF BONES/THE MACCABEES
(WALL OF ARMS)
08. FRESH BLOOD/EELS
(HOMBRE LOBO)
09. APPLY/GLASSER
(12" A-SIDE)
10. DOORS CLOSING SLOWLY/MANIC STREET PREACHERS
(JOURNAL FOR PLAGUE LOVERS)
11. APRIL/PJ HARVEY & JOHN PARISH
(A WOMAN A MAN WALKED BY)
12. SHOT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD/MOBY
(WAIT FOR ME)

BONUS TRACKS
HELP I'M ALIVE - ACOUSTIC/METRIC
(FANTASIES PRE-ORDER DIGITAL BUNDLE)
ALL THE BIG TREES/RICEBOY SLEEPS
(RICEBOY SLEEPS)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: JACKIE COLLINS EXISTENTIAL QUESTION TIME/MANIC STREET PREACHERS

Tonight we beg
Tonight we beg the question
If a married man
A married man begs a Catholic
And his wife dies without knowing
Does it make him unfaithful people?

Oh mummy, what's a sex pistol?

Tonight we beg
Tonight we beg the question
If a married man
A married begs a Catholic
Does it mean he has gone to choose?
Or does it mean you owe her nothing?

Oh mummy, what's a sex pistol?


A situation with his sister who is outta control
It separates us with questions in our home

ALBUM: JOURNAL FOR PLAGUE LOVERS (2009)

MUSICA: ASCOLTI MULTIPLI

BATCAT/MOGWAI


Sto ascoltando un sacco di musica nuova, in questo scorcio di fine estate. Tutta piuttosto interessante. È un buon periodo. Mi piacciono i Glasvegas. Sono giovanissimi, vengono da Glasgow, città dalla scena molto fertile, ultimamente. Magari non inventano nulla, in giro per la rete li definiscono i nuovi Manic Street Preachers, ed in effetti l'intensità della voce di James Allan ricorda quella di James Dean Bradfield, ma ascoltarli è davvero un piacere. Mi piace il nuovo album dei Verve, Forth: è rilassato e rilassante, scorre via tranquillo, e lascia il segno. Mi piacciono anche i Kings Of Leon (il singolo Sex On Fire funziona così bene da rischiare la sovraesposizione), ed i Mogwai, che non tradiscono mai, e stavolta aggiungono un tocco di durezza alle loro trame strumentali (come nella potentissima Batcat, primo singolo estratto dall'album). E mi piacciono gli Okkervil River, con le loro ballate da saloon pungenti e malinconiche. Non mi dispiacciono neanche gli I Was A Cub Scout: ironicamente si definiscono una boy band, ma le loro tastiere intriganti hanno qualcosa in più. Del nuovo album di Peter, Bjorn And John mi è rimasto in testa il primo pezzo, Inland Empire, il resto non mi ha colpito granchè. L'elettronica dei Glass Candy è divertente, ma niente di speciale. Gli Absentee sono profondi, ma alla lunga mi stancano. Anche i Metronomy li ho trovati un po' noiosi. I Ra Ra Riot mi sembrano roba da ragazzini. Infine, mi hanno deluso Born Ruffians e Late Of The Pier: ne avevo letto molto bene in giro, ma non mi sono sembrati all'altezza. Ma mi ripropongo di riascoltarli, promesso.
Per ora, nell'iPod, ci sono i Mogwai.

VICTORY SHORTS/ABSENTEE
RED, YELLOW & BLUE/BORN RUFFIANS
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE/I WAS A CUB SCOUT
BEAT BOX/GLASS CANDY
GLASVEGAS/GLASVEGAS
ONLY BY THE NIGHT/KINGS OF LEON
FANTASY BALCK CHANNEL/LATE OF THE PIER
NIGHTS OUT/METRONOMY
THE HAWK IS HOWLING/MOGWAI
THE STAND INS/OKKERVIL RIVER
SEASIDE ROCK/PETER, BJORN AND JOHN
THE RHUMB LINE/RA RA RIOT
FORTH/THE VERVE