01. NO ONE CAN EVER KNOW/THE TWILIGHT SAD
02. THE HAUNTED MAN/BAT FOR LASHES
03. THE SHALLOWS/I LIKE TRAINS
04. THEATRE IS EVIL/AMANDA PALMER & THE GRAND THEFT ORCHESTRA
05. OSHIN/DIIV
06. AN AWESOME WAVE/ALT-J
07. WITH US UNTIL YOU'RE DEAND/ARCHIVE
08. BLOOM/BEACH HOUSE
09. THE COYOTE/MESITA
10. WIXIW/LIARS
01. WIPED OUT/ARCHIVE
02. DOUSED/DIIV
03. YOUR'RE EARLY/2.54
04. UNDER THE WESTWAY/BLUR
05. MY LOVE IS WINTER/THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
06. BRAINS/LOWER DENS
07. MYTH/BEACH HOUSE
08. TESSELLATE/ALT-J
09. DEFAULT/ATOMS FOR PEACE
10. NO.1 AGAINST THE RUSH/LIARS
11. REAL TALK/BLOC PARTY
12. HEAVY IS AS HEAVY DOES/MENOMENA
13. LAURA/BAT FOR LASHES
14. YET AGAIN/GRIZZLY BEAR
15. ALL THE ROWBOATS/REGINA SPEKTOR
16. REYKJAVIK/I LIKE TRAINS
17. CHAINED/THE XX
18. SUNDAY/DEAF CLUB
19. NOT SLEEPING/THE TWILIGHT SAD
20. GROWN MAN CRY/AMANDA PALMER & THE GRAND THEFT ORCHESTRA
21. EVERY SINGLE NIGHT/FIONA APPLE
22. EVERYTHING IS BURNING/MESITA
Bonus tracks
MYSTERY COLURS/ASTRONAUTS, ETC.
TO SLEEP: PERCHANCE TO DREAM/MICRO
Come on out, come on out
Where’d you go, where’d you go
I don’t mean to play here
Figure out, figure out
What you know, what you know
Figure out how to say it clear
Cause you’re more likely to get cut with a dull tool
Than a sharp one
You
You stuck around
You stuck around
You stuck around
Until you got me
And then
Then you dropped me
You
You don’t kiss when you kiss
You don’t fuck when you fuck
You don’t say what you mean
You don’t talk loud enough
No pulse in your impulse
Celebration’s impossible
You forgot the difference between equanimity and passivity
You forgot you have to try
You have to try
You have to try
You forgot that glorious feeling that you get when you get the truth
So tell that girl you don’t love her
And if you do tell her two times
'Cause you’re more likely to get cut with a dull tool
Than a sharp one
You
You don’t kiss when you kiss
You don’t fuck when you fuck
You don’t say what you mean
You don’t talk loud enough
No pulse in your impulse
Celebration’s impossible
And you don’t kiss when you kiss
You don’t fuck when you fuck
You don’t say what you mean
You don’t talk loud enough
No pulse in your impulse
Celebration’s impossible
You don’t kiss when you kiss
You don’t fuck when you fuck
You don’t say what you mean
You don’t talk loud enough
No pulse in your impulse
Celebration’s impossible
When you don’t kiss when you kiss
You don’t fuck when you fuck
You don’t say what you mean
You don’t talk loud enough
No pulse in your impulse
Celebration’s impossible
Celebration’s impossible
Celebration’s impossible
Celebration’s impossible
Those fingers in my hair
That sly come hither stare
That strips my conscience bare its witchcraft
And I've got no defense for it
The heat is too intense for it
What good would common sense for it do
'Cause it's witchcraft
Wicked witchcraft
And although I know it's strictly taboo
When you arouse the need in me
My heart says yes indeed in me
Proceed with what your leading me to
It's such an ancient pitch
But one I wouldn't switch
'Cause there's no nicer witch than you
'Cause it's witchcraft
That crazy witchcraft
And although I know it's strictly taboo
When you arouse the need in me
My heart says yes indeed in me
Proceed with what your leading me to
It's such an ancient pitch
But one I never switch
'Cause there's no nicer witch than you
This is the end
Hold your breath and count to ten
Feel the earth move and then
Hear my heart burst again
For this is the end
I've drowned and dreamed this moment
So overdue, I owe them
Swept away, I'm stolen
Let the sky fall
When it crumbles
We will stand tall
Or face it all together
Let the sky fall
When it crumbles
We will stand tall
Or face it all together
At skyfall
Skyfall is where we start
A thousand miles and poles apart
When worlds collide and days are dark
You may have my number
You can take my name
But you'll never have my heart
Let the sky fall
When it crumbles
We will stand tall
Or face it all together
Let the sky fall
When it crumbles
We will stand tall
Or face it all together
At skyfall
Where you go I go
What you see I see
I know I'll never be without the security
Are your loving arms
Keeping me from harm
Put your hand in my hand
And we'll stand
Let the sky fall
When it crumbles
We will stand tall
Or face it all together
Let the sky fall
When it crumbles
We will stand tall
Or face it all together
At skyfall
In the hold of Isaac’s hand and led him to the lonesome hill While his daughter hid and watched She dare not breathe she was so still Just as the angel cried for the slaughter Abraham’s daughter raised her voice
Then the angel asked her what her name was She said I have none Then he asked how can this be? My father never gave me one
And when he saw her raised for the slaughter Abraham’s daughter raised her bold How dare you child defy your father? You better than young Isaac cold
I've seen it all I have seen the trees I have seen the willow leaves dancing in the breeze I've seen a man killed by his best friend And lives that were over before they were spent I've seen what I was and I know what I'll be I've seen it all there is no more to see
You haven't seen elephants, kings or Peru I'm happy to say I had better to do What about China? Have you seen the Great Wall? All walls are great if the roof doesn't fall The man you will marry, the home you will share To be honest, I really don't care
You've never been to Niagara Falls? I have seen water It's water, that's all The Eiffel Tower And the Empire State My pulse was as high On my very first date Your grandson's hand As he plays with your hair To be honest, I really don't care
I've seen it all I've seen the dark I've seen the brightness in one little spark I've seen what I choose and I've seen what I need And that is enough To want more would be greed I've seen what I was and I know what I'll be I've seen it all there is no more to see
You've seen it all and all you have seen You can always review on your own little screen The light and the dark the big and the small Just keep in mind you need no more at all You've seen what you were and know what you'll be You've seen it all there is no more to see
And then I heard you You made me long for To be a part of Something that I can’t see I let this be Something that I can’t fear To be a part of The story belongs to you
Something you said was About a pen and a paper You cannot always write in Is something you have to do Gathering stories The story belongs to you Say that it's gone You know that I disappear
Then I hear you Say that it's gone You put me into A radio You are the radio You are my You are my favourite song
Something is growing On little pieces And into the moment So keep from falling
All the stars All the nights All the rain All the bones All the days All the sphears All the stars All the nights All the tides All the rain All the cheers All the nights I keep saying All the nights All the stars Of your life
L'ottavo album della musicista del Dorset è un disco che vive di contrasti: testi dolorosi incentrati principalmente sul tema della guerra dispiegati su melodie folk, aritmiche (The Glorious Land, la splendida All And Everyone), a volte quasi scanzonate (The Last Living Rose, The Words That Maketh Murder). Un atto d'accusa e d'amore allo stesso tempo verso la propria terra, e più in generale riguardo i tempi bui che viviamo, con tutta la classe e l'intenstità di Polly Jean Harvey.
I risultati del sondaggio:
1. LET ENGLAND SHAKE/PJ HARVEY (28%)
2. THE KING OF LIMBS/RADIOHEAD (23%)
VELOCIRAPTOR!/KASABIAN (23%)
4. FATHER, SON, HOLY GHOST/GIRLS (9%)
SMOTHER/WILD BEASTS (9%)
WOUNDED RHYMES/LYKKE LI (9%)
7. I AM VERY FAR/OKKERVIL RIVER (1%)
VIOLET CRIES/ESBEN AND THE WITCH (1%)
9. BUILD A ROCKET BOYS!/ELBOW (0%)
HARBORED MANTRAS/WATER BORDERS (0%)
SKYING/THE HORRORS (0%)
THE FUTURE IS MEDIEVAL/KAISER CHIEFS (0%)
LA CANZONE DELL'ANNO: CODEX/RADIOHEAD
Basterebbe quell'attacco con la voce leggermente roca di Thom Yorke per innamorarsi di questo pezzo al primo ascolto, senza contare il giro di pianoforte, semplice ed eterno, ed il testo, una piccola elegia, magnetico e rassicurante.
LA PLAYLIST DEL 20011
01. HOME IS A FIRE/DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
02. CRYSTALLINE/BJORK
03. JUMP INTO THE FOG/THE WOMBATS
04. UBERLIN/R.E.M.
05. I KNOW PLACES/LYKKE LI
06. ALL IN WHITE/THE VACCINES
07. COMING UP FOR AIR/KAISER CHIEFS
08. MYMA/GIRL
09. SUZANNE AND I/ANNA CALVI
10. DAYS ARE FORGOTTEN/KASABIAN
11. STILYAGI/PURO INSTINCT FEAT. ARIEL PINK
12. FOREST/SHORE//DEAF CLUB
13. SUMMON THE SOUND/S.C.U.M.
14. DIVE IN/THE HORRORS
15. PEACE & QUIET/WHITE LIES
16. PLAYTHING/WILD BEASTS
17. CODEX/RADIOHEAD
18. WOLF/TROPHY WIFE
19. ALL AND EVERYONE/PJ HARVEY
20. WARPATH/ESBEN AND THE WITCH
21. TAMER ANIMALS/OTHER LIVES
22. WHITE TELEPHONE/CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG
23. TAPE/YOUAREHERE
24. TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT/LOW ROAR
25. HANGING FROM A HIT/OKKERVIL RIVER
Bonus Tracks
RAZZI ARPIA INFERNO E FIAMME/VERDENA
EXILE VILIFY/THE NATIONAL
IODINE AND IRON/THE VEILS
L'irresistibile danza scomposta di Thom Yorke nel video diretto da Garth Jennings è piaciuta così tanto che in rete sono addirittura spuntati dei tutorial per imparare i passi del balletto. Della serie come essere la più grande band del pianeta e riuscire comunque a prendersi poco sul serio.
LA COPERTINA DELL'ANNO: VELOCIRAPTOR!/KASABIAN (Aitor Throup)
Da un album che si chiama come un dinosauro ci si aspetta una copertina capeggiata da un enorme lucertolone preistorico, ed invece nel progetto grafico ideato dall'illustratore argentino (ma inglese d'adozione) Aitor Throup non c'è traccia di enormi animali estinti. Tuttavia il grido ancestrale che si percepisce dalle figure neanderthaliane ripetute agli angoli dell'immagine riesce perfettamente nell'intento di comunicare la forza primitiva del disco, nonchè la vena psichedelica della musica dei Kasbaian. Un capolavoro.
La minuta artista anglo-italiana fatica a trovare scarpe della sua misura (pare porti addirittura il numero 34) ma non certo consensi, tanto che la stampa specializzata britannica l'ha subito eletta a nuova PJ Harvey, e non è un caso che Nick Cave, che Polly Jean la conosce bene, l'abbia scelta per aprire i concerti dei Grinderman.
Già di per sé i Primal Scream che dopo vent'anni suonano dal vivo per intero Screamadelica, disco simbolo degli anni '90, sarebbe un evento. Se poi ci mettiamo che i fan sul finire dello show fanno invasione di campo (pacifica) costringendo alla resa gli uomini della security e regalando ai posteri una versione memorabile di Rocks, la data romana del tour della band scozzese diventa addirittura leggendaria.
LA COLONNA SONORA DELL'ANNO: SUBMARINE/ALEX TURNER
Uscita in punta di piedi, quasi come un prologo del quarto album degli Arctic Monkeys, Suck It And See (tanto che la ballata Piledriver Waltz ci è finita pari pari dentro), la colonna sonora della pellicola indipendente britannica Submarine rivela un Alex Turner più intimista e minimale, ma di certo non meno ispirato della versione leader della band.
Dopo quasi quattro anni di silenzio, i Verdena tornano con un disco ambizioso, complesso, forse fin troppo lungo, ma di sicuro coraggioso ed intraprendente, impreziosito dal singolo di anticipazione Razzi Arpia Inferno e Fiamme, uno dei pezzi in italiano (seppur non comprensibilissimo) più belli degli ultimi tempi.
DISCO: HIGH VIOLET/THE NATIONAL
CANZONE: LIGHTS/INTERPOL
VIDEO: WE USED TO WAIT/ARCADE FIRE (Chris Milk)
DEBUTTO: CHAPEL CLUB
CONCERTO: THE NATIONAL (Milano/Alcatraz) 16/11/10; INTERPOL (Milano/PalaSharp) 17/11/2010
COLONNA SONORA: THE SOCIAL NETWORK/TRENT REZNOR AND ATTICUS ROSS
DISCO ITALIANO: DEI CANI/NON VOGLIO CHE CLARA
There's glass in the park Darling, I can't help but keep making appointments To sweep beneath the climbing frame
If the sun's in your eyes, I'll tighten your blindfold, baby Don't worry your foot won't get cut Strut carelessly
And when you say that you need me tonight I can't keep my feelings in disguise The white parts of my eyeballs illuminate
And I'll wait for you As if I'm waiting for a stone to stop I've heard them talking About how I'm gonna put you off
There's glass in the park And now that I'm up off my knees I've picked up the speed To jump your palaces
And I shoot through the night And suddenly all those once lost concoctions froth And chase the day away
When you say that you need me tonight I can't keep my feelings in disguise The white part of my eyeballs illuminate
And I'll wait for you As if I'm waiting for the stone to stop I've heard them talking About how I'm gonna put you off
You tell me, how can I put you off when you're a matter of urgency? I've got a million things that I need to do, but they're all secondary Make sure you're not followed Meet me by the Death Balloon
Paraselene woman, I'm your man on the moon And like a grain of diamond dust, you float And my devotion's outer crust' cracks
I was drifting, crying I was looking for an island I was slipping under I'll pull the devil down with me one way or another
I'm out of my mind Think you can wait? I'm way off the line Think you can wait?
We've been running a sleepless run Been away from the baby way too long We've been holding a good night gone We've been losing our exits one by one
I'm out of my mind Think you can wait? I'm way off the line Think you can wait?
Did I? (All I have is all) Think you can wait? Did I? (All I have is all) Think you can wait?
What I'm thinking is simple I'll sell apples and ice water at the temple I won't make trouble I'll pull the devil down with me one way or another
We've been running a sleepless run Been away from the baby way too long We've been holding a good night gone We've been losing our exits one by one
I'll try I'll try, but I couldn't be better (All I have is all) I'll try, but I couldn't be better (All I have is all) I'll try, but I couldn't be better (All I have is all)
I've got my head, but my head is unraveling
Can't keep control, can't keep track of where it's traveling
I've got my heart but my heart is no good
And you're the only one that's understood
I come along but I don't know where you're taking me
I shouldn't go but you're wrenching, dragging, shaking me
Turn off the sun, pull the stars from the sky
The more I give to you, the more I die
And I want you
And I want you
And I want you
And I want you
You are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug
You are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug
You make me hard, when I'm all soft inside
I see the truth, when I'm all stupid eyed
The arrow goes straight through my heart
Without you everything just falls apart
My blood wants to say hello to you
My fears want to get inside of you
My soul is so afraid to realize
How very little there is left of me
And I want you
And I want you
And I want you
And I want you
You are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug
You are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug
You are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug
You are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug
You are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug
You are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug
You are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug
You are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug
Take me with you
Take me with you
Take me with you
Take me with you
Without you, without you everything falls apart
Without you, it's not as much fun to pick up the pieces
Without you, without you everything falls apart
Without you, it's not as much fun to pick up the pieces
It's not as much fun to pick up the pieces
It's not as much fun to pick up the pieces
Without you, without you everything falls apart
Without you, it's not as much fun to pick up the pieces
I was a heavy heart to carry My beloved was weighed down My arms around his neck My fingers laced a crown I was a heavy heart to carry My feet dragged across the ground And he took me to the river Where he slowly let me drown
My love has concrete feet My love's an iron ball Wrapped around your ankles Over the waterfall
I'm so heavy, heavy, heavy in your arms I'm so heavy, heavy, heavy in your arms
And is it worth the wait All this killing time Are you strong enough to stand Protecting both your heart and mine Who is the betrayer Who's the killer in the crowd The one who creeps in corridors And doesn't make a sound
My love has concrete feet My love's an iron ball Wrapped around your ankles Over the waterfall My love has concrete feet My love's an iron ball Wrapped around your ankles Over the waterfall
I'm so heavy, heavy, heavy in your arms I'm so heavy, heavy, so heavy in your arms
This will be my last confession I love you never felt like any blessing Whisper it like it's a secret Uttered to condemn the one who hears it With a heavy heart
Heavy, heavy, I'm so heavy in your arms Heavy, heavy, I'm so heavy in your arms Heavy, heavy, I'm so heavy in your arms Heavy, heavy, I'm so heavy in your arms
It's a mystery to me We have a greed with which we have agreed And you think you have to want more than you need Until you have it all you won't be free
Society, you're a crazy breed Hope you're not lonely without me
When you want more than you have You think you need And when you think more than you want Your thoughts begin to bleed I think I need to find a bigger place Because when you have more than you think You need more space
Society, you're a crazy breed Hope you're not lonely without me Society, crazy indeed Hope you're not lonely without me
There's those thinking more or less, less is more But if less is more how you keeping score? Means for every point you make your level drops Kinda like you're starting from the top You can't do that
Society, you're a crazy breed Hope you're not lonely without me Society, crazy indeed Hope you're not lonely without me Society, have mercy on me Hope you're not angry if I disagree Society, crazy indeed Hope you're not lonely without me
He's got his work and she comes easy They each come around when the other is gone Me, I think I got stuck somewhere in between I wouldn't confide in the prodigal son The die has been cast, the battle is won The bullets were blanks, a double aught gun I couldn't admit to a minute of fun
They come and they come and they come and they come I accepted with a gentle tongue No words spoken, no need to speak
Take it, stomp twice, ring the bell Tether that ring and phrase Enough with the rifle and talk already We all know what it means Take this conversation to your great divide I can only swallow what I ate And I don't hate him And I don't hate her
They come and they come and they come and they come I accepted with a gentle tongue No heart broken, no need to speak
Don't talk to me about being alone Don't talk to me about being alone Don't talk to me about being alone Don't talk to me about being alone
Reach for each other before you leave Reach peace with an EAC Don't threaten me with a gentle tease Don't threaten me with angry Please, please, please Don't try to tell me what I am
They come and they come and they come and they come I accepted with a gentle tongue No heart broken, no need to speak
Don't talk to me about being alone Don't talk to me about being alone Don't talk to me Don't talk to me
I can't feel 'Cause I'm numb I can't feel 'Cause I'm numb So what's the worth? In all of this? What's the worth? In all of this? Sing to me Sing to me So what's the worth in all of this If the child in your head If the child is dead Sing to me Sing to me
I would die for you I would die for you I've been dying just to feel you by my side To know that you're mine I will cry for you I will cry for you I will wash away your pain with all my tears And drown your fear
I will pray for you I will pray for you I will sell my soul for something pure and true Someone like you
See your face every place that I walk in Hear your voice every time that I'm talking You will believe in me And I will never be ignored
I will burn for you Feel pain for you I will twist the knife and bleed my aching heart And tear it apart I will lie for you Beg and steal for you I will crawl on hands and knees until you see You're just like me
Violate all the love that I'm missing Throw away all the pain that I'm living You will believe in me And I can never be ignored
I would die for you I would kill for you I will steal for you I'd do time for you I will await for you I'd make room for you I'd sail ships for you To be close to you To be a part of you 'cause I believe in you I believe in you I would die for you
La playlist di marzo, col ritorno degli Unkle, i nuovi singoli di Broken Social Scene, Japandroids, e She & Him, le canzoni di Franz Ferdinand e Robert Smith dei Cure per la colonna sonora parallela di Alice In Wonderland di Tim Burton, e per finire un brano inedito di Thom Yorke.
01. PRAY FOR RAIN/MASSIVE ATTACK (HELIGOLAND) 02. WORLD SICK/BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE (FORGIVENESS ROCK RECORD) 03.GO DO/JÓNSI (GO) 04. NATURAL SELECTION/UNKLE (WHERE DID THE NIGHT FALL) 05. ART CZARS/JAPANDROIDS (ART CZARS 7") 06. TRICK PONY/CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG (IRM) 07. TREMEL/GLASSER (TREMEL 12") 08. YOUR HANDS (TOGETHER)/THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS (TOGETHER) 09. THIEVES/SHE & HIM (VOLOME TWO) 10. I SAW THE LIGHT/SPOON (TRANSFERENCE) 11. SHADOWS HIGH MESETA/SIVERT HØYEM (MOON LANDING) 12. PARADISE BLUES/EELS (END TIMES)
BONUS TRACKS
ELECTROCUTION/NADA SURF (IF I HAD A HI-FI) VERY GOOD ADVICE/ROBERT SMITH (ALMOST ALICE) THE LOBSTER QUADRILLE/FRANZ FERDINAND (ALMOST ALICE) MOUSE, BIRD, DOG (Live)/THOM YORKE
Won't you come see about me? I'll be alone, dancing you know it baby
Tell me your troubles and doubts Giving me everything inside and out and Love's strange so real in the dark Think of the tender things that we were working on
Slow change may pull us apart When the light gets into your heart, baby
Don't you forget about me Don't, don't, don't, don't Don't you forget about me
Will you stand above me? Look my way, never love me Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling Down, down, down
Will you recognise me? Call my name or walk on by Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling Down, down, down, down
Don't you try to pretend It's my feeling we'll win in the end I won't harm you or touch your defenses Vanity and security
Don't you forget about me I'll be alone, dancing you know it baby Going to take you apart I'll put us back together at heart, baby
Don't you forget about me Don't, don't, don't, don't Don't you forget about me
As you walk on by Will you call my name? As you walk on by Will you call my name? When you walk away
Or will you walk away? Will you walk on by? Come on call my name Will you all my name?
