LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: LAY YOUR CARDS OUT/POLIÇA

In these little moments
Get your cards out
I am waiting
In these little moments
Get your cards out
I am waiting
By the waterside summer wading in sunder
Girl get your head right
By the waterside summer wading in sunder
Girl get your head right
In these little moments
Get your cards out
I am waiting
In these little moments
Get your cards out
I am waiting
By the waterside summer wading in sunder
Girl get your head right
By the waterside summer wading in sunder
Girl get your head right
In these little moments
Get your cards out
I am waiting
In these little moments
Get your cards out
I am waiting
By the waterside summer wading in sunder
Get your head right
By the waterside summer wading in sunder
Girl get your head right

Girl get your head right
I am waiting
Girl get your head right
I am waiting
I am waiting

ALBUM: GIVE YOU THE GHOST (2012)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: ARIEL/STATELESS

Deep in a bunker underground
There is a voice that makes no sound
Invisible wars It's always home
Silently stirred by a howling storm

Ariel there was a fire in your house they say
And that your bedroom is all up in flames
There was a fire in your house they say
They say you've been dancing with the devil

You lady are the war of this dream
I tore the sand into the wind
Every grain burst into flame
And the wind blows it back again

Ariel there was a fire in your house they say
And that your bedroom is all up in flames
There was a fire in your house they say
They say you've been dancing with the devil

Ariel has disappeared
How could she be so damn naive
(Dancing with the devil)
Maybe the devil took her
Or maybe she just choose to leave
(Dancing with the devil)

Ariel there was a fire in your house they say
And that your bedroom is all up in flames
There was a fire in your house they say
They say you've been dancing with the devil

ALBUM: MATILDA (2011)

VOTA IL MIGLIOR DISCO DEL 2010: I RISULTATI DEL SONDAGGIO

BLOODBUZZ OHIO/THE NATIONAL

I voti dei lettori (pochi, ma buoni) del blog hanno confermato High Violet dei National quale miglior album del 2010.
Ecco i risultati nel dettaglio:

01. HIGH VIOLET/THE NATIONAL (40%)

02. TOTAL LIFE FOREVER/FOALS (20%)

03. INTERPOL/INTERPOL (10%)
MINES/MENOMENA (10%)
CONTRA/VAMPIRE WEEKEND (10%)
EXPO 86/WOLF PARADE (10%)

04. THE SUBURBS/ARCADE FIRE (0%)
PLASTIC BEACH/GORILLAZ (0%)
HELIGOLAND/MASSIVE ATTACK (0%)
THE PLACE WE RAN FROM/TIRED PONY (0%)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: ALL MINE/PORTISHEAD

All the stars may shine bright
All the clouds may be white
But when you smile
How I feel so good
That I can hardly wait
To hold you
Enfold you
Never enough
Render your heart to me

All mine
You have to be

From that cloud number nine
Danger starts the sharp incline
And such sad regrets
Oh as those starry skies
As they swiftly fall
Make no mistake
You shan't escape
Tethered and tied
There's nowhere to hide from me

All mine
You have to be

So don't resist
We shall exist
Until the day
Until the day I die

All mine
You have to be

ALBUM: PORTISHEAD (1997)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: ANGEL/MASSIVE ATTACK

You are my angel
Come from way above
To bring me love

Her eyes
She's on the dark side
Neutralize
Every man in sight

To love you, love you, love you, love you ...

You are my angel
Come from way above

To love you, love you, love you, love you ...

ALBUM: MEZZANINE (1998)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: SPLITTING THE ATOM/MASSIVE ATTACK

Diretto da EDOUARD SALIER

The baby was born
Nettles and ferns
The evening it chokes
The candle it burns
This disguise covers
Bitter lies
Repeating the joke
The meaning it dies
Pass me a coat I'm not afraid to leave
I'm letting you know
I know what you need
I'll turn you around
This beautiful town
And then you'll believe it when your eyes then deceive you

It's easy, don't let it go
It's easy, don't let it go
It's easy, don't let it go
Don't lose it

Its getting colder outside
Your rented space
They shadow box and they
Paper chase
It never stops
And we'll never learn
No hope without dope
The jobless return
The bankers have bailed
The mighty retreat
The pleasure it fails
At the end of the week
You take it or leave
Or what you receive
To what you receive
Is eternited leave

It's easy, don't let it go
It's easy, don't let it go
It's easy, don't let it go
Don't lose it

Incandescent light at doors
In adolescent menopause
In little clicks you got the music stops
The needle sticks and the penny drops
The summer's gone before you know
The muffled drums of relentless flow
You're looking at stars that give you Vertigo
The sun's still burning and dust will blow
Honey scars I'll keep you near
Our blood is gold nothing to fear
We killed the time and I love you dear
A kiss of wine we'll disappear
The last of the last particles
Divisible invisible
The last of the last particles
Divisible invisible

ALBUM: HELIGOLAND (2010)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: GIRL I LOVE YOU/MASSIVE ATTACK

Girl I love you but your loving has gone forever
Gonna miss you but my love has gone forever

I say I love you but your loving has gone forever
Gonna miss you but my love has gone forever

Girl I'm back in spanish town
Ain't no trouble coming around
You promise you will never let me down
If you love me that much you will stick around

It’s hard to tell that your love exist
But I know this one is for real

Girl I love you but your loving has gone forever
Forever

ALBUM: HELIGOLAND (2010)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: PARADISE CIRCUS/MASSIVE ATTACK FEAT. HOPE SANDOVAL

It's unfortunate that when we feel a storm

We can roll ourselves over 'cause we're uncomfortable 

Oh well, the devil makes us sin

But we like it when we're spinning in his grip



Love is like a sin, my love

For the ones that feel it the most

Look at her with her eyes like a flame

She will love you like a fly will never love you again



It's unfortunate that when we feel a storm

We can roll ourselves over when we're uncomfortable

Oh well, the devil makes us sin

But we like it when we're spinning in his grip



Love is like a sin, my love
For the one that feels it the most

Look at her with a smile like a flame

She will love you like a fly will never love you again

ALBUM: HELIGOLAND (2010)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: SATURDAY COME SLOW/MASSIVE ATTACK FEAT. DAMON ALBARN

Lost in the magic
From the last time
This town turning
My rose to desire

Saturday come slow
Do you love me?
Do you love me?
Is there nothing there

In the limestone caves
In the southways lands
One time in the kingdom
Belief is on the stand

Saturday come slow
Do you love me?
Do you love me?
Is there nothing there

Saturday come slow
Do you love me?
Do you love me?
Do you love me?
Do you love me?
Is there nothing there

ALBUM: HELIGOLAND (2010)

VIDEO: PARADISE CIRCUS/MASSIVE ATTACK

PARADISE CIRCUS/MASSIVE ATTACK

Arriva il primo video per promuovere il nuovo album dei Massive Attack, Heligoland, in uscita il prossimo Febbraio, ed è un'inzio shock: il filmato, infatti, diretto da Toby Dye e realizzato come supporto visivo al brano Paradise Circus (che vede la partecipazione, come vocalist, di Hope Sandoval), è una sorta di intervista alla ex pornostar Georgina Spelvin, e contiene immagini (molto esplicite) tratte dal film hard del 1973 The Devil in Miss Jones.
Sempre a proposito di Heligoland, in rete cominciano a circolare alcuni brani, come Pray For Rain, traccia di apertura nella quale compare Tunde Adebimpe dei Tv On The Radio.

PRAY FOR RAIN/MASSIVE ATTACK FEAT. TUNDE ADEBIMPE

POST-IT: PORTISHEAD/CHASE THE TEAR

Nel 2008, dopo oltre 10 anni di silenzio, i Portishead pubblicarono il loro terzo album. Ora, ad appena 18 mesi dall'evento, tornano con un nuovo brano, Chase The Tear, scritto appositamente per Amnesty International, molto più veloce del resto della produzione della band. Un'eccezione che conferma la regola, quindi, anche se girano voci di un possibile nuovo disco in arrivo al più presto a fine 2010. Forse a Bristol, in questo periodo, vanno di fretta...

CHASE THE TEAR/PORTISHEAD

POST-IT: MASSIVE ATTACK/HELIGOLAND

L'attesa sta per terminare: Heligoland, il nuovo album dei Massive Attack, sarà pubblicato il prossimo 8 di Febbraio, a 6 anni di distanza da 100th Window del 2003 (se si esclude la colonna sonora di Dannny The Dog, dell'anno successivo). Come si conviene ad un collettivo come quello di Bristol, le collaborazioni eccellenti si sprecano: si va Damon Albarn ad Hope Sandoval, da Martina Topley Bird a Tunde Adebimpe dei Tv On The Radio. E come se non bastasse, sembra probabile l'uscita di un'edizione speciale, che potrebbe accogliere altre tracce realizzate assieme a personaggi del calibro di Stephanie Dosen, Elizabeth Fraser, Mike Patton e Beth Orton. La copertina del disco è stata disegnata da 3D-Robert Del Naja, che del resto è stato un autorevole esponente della stessa generazione di graffitari dalla quale è venuto fuori un certo Banksy...
Ecco la tracklist della versione "normale" di Heligoland:

01. PRAY FOR RAIN (FEAT. TUNDE ADEBIMPE)
02. BABEL (FEAT. MARTINA TOPLEY BIRD)
03. SLITTING THE ATOM (FEAT. GRANT MARSHALL AND HORACE ANDY)
04. GIRL I LOVE YOU (FEAT. HORACE ANDY)
05. PSYCHE (FEAT. MARTINA TOPLEY BIRD)
06. FLAT ON THE BLADE (FEAT. GUY GARVEY)
07. PARADISE CIRCUS (FEAT. HOPE SANDOVAL)
08. RUSH MINUTE
09. SATURDAY COME SLOW (FEAT. DAMON ALBARN)
10. ATLAS AIR

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: EVOLUTION REVOLUTION LOVE/TRICKY FEAT. ED KOWALCZYK & HAWKMAN

Now that you got it right
Bring love and it'll make it alright
Bring love and we'll take it tonight
Now that you got it right

Who wants the sinner
Coming 'round for dinner
Who needs effects
Who needs to pay for sex
When they drop the bomb
Who will stay calm
Blood will spill
Who would you kill

Now that I understand this right
Let me take it to the mic
This revolution has just begun

Now that I understand this right
Let me take it to the mic
This revolution has just begun

Walking down the road with my little rude gun
Top of my gun, cock it for fun
Block on ya tongue
Top of my earth
Tip of my birth
Top of my death
Tip of my breast
Top of my chest
Tip of my guess
I like the singles
I got the jingles
Bet you ate Springles
Walking on your road with my little rude gun

Now that I understand this right
Let me take it to the mic
This revolution has just begun

Now that I understand this right
Let me take it to the mic
This revolution has just begun

Stepping on the street with my little rude girl
Tip of my toes
Top of my world
Top of my world
Top of my earth
Top of my rock
Tip of my block
Now that you got it right
Bring love and I'll make it alright
Bring love and we'll take it tonight
Now that you got it right

Now that I understand this right
Let me take it to the mic
This revolution has just begun

She was born in the ghetto outside the Bronx
In the project blocks
Where time stands still
It don't tick, it don't tock
Top of my sun
Tip of my land
Top of my chest
Tip of my breast
Top of my earth
Tip of my rock
Walking on the road with my soul in my hand
Tip of my toes
Top of my span

Now that I understand this right
Let me take it to the mic
This revolution has
Just begun

ALBUM: BLOWBACK (2001)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: FALSE FLAGS/MASSIVE ATTACK

In city shoes
Of clueless blues
Pays the views
And no-mans news
Blades will fade from blood to sport
The heroin's cut these fuses short
Smokers rode a colonial pig
Drink and frame this pain i think
I'm melting silver poles my dear
You bleed your wings and then disappear
The moving scenes and pilot lights
Smithereens have got 'em scaling heights
Modern times come talk me down
And battle lines are drawn across this town
Parisian boys without your names
Ghetto stones instead of chains
Talk 'em down cause it's up in flames
And nothing's changed
Parisian boys without your names
Riot like 1968 again
The days of rage yeah nothing's changed
more pretty flames
In school I would just bite my tongue
And now your words they strike me dumb
The flags are false and they contradict
They point and click which wounds to lick
On avenues this christian breeze
Turns its heart to more needles please
Our eyes roll back and we beg for more
It frays this skin and then underscore
The case for war you spin and bleed
The cells you fill screensavers feed
The girls you breed the soaps that you write
The graceless charm of your gutter snipes
The moving scenes and suburbanites
And smithereens got 'em scaling heights
Modern times come talk me down
The battle lines are drawn across this town
English boys without your names
Ghetto stones instead of chains
Hearts and minds and u.s. planes
Nothing's changed
And english boys without your names
Riot like the 1980's again
The days of rage yeah nothing's changed
More pretty flames

ALBUM: COLLECTED (2006)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: SPECIAL CASES/MASSIVE ATTACK FEAT. SINEAD O'CONNOR

Diretto da H5

Don't tell your man what he don't do right
Nor tell him all the things that make you cry
But check yourself, for your own sake
And don't be making out like it's all his

Take a look around the world
You see such bad things happening
There are many good men
Ask yourself: "is he one of them?"

The deadliest of sin is pride
Make you feel like you're always right
But they're always, two sides
It takes two to make love, two to make a life

Take a look around the world
You see such mad things happening
Their the few good men
Thank your lucky star that he's one of them

ALBUM: 100TH WINDOW (2003)

ARTE: BANKSY VS BRISTOL

È il più originale e talentuoso artista dei nostri tempi. Un genio. Sto parlando di Banksy, il writer inglese dall'identità anonima. Di seguito pubblico qualche passo dall'intervista che ha rilasciato alla rivista americana di cultura pop Swindle:

Non m'interessa uscire allo scoperto. Credo ci siano già abbastanza stronzi ostinati che vogliono importi le loro brutte facce
(...)
Cerco solo di rendere belle le immagini; non cerco di rendermi bello. Non mi sento alla moda
(...)
A proposito di 3D dei Massive Attack (ex-writer): 3D ha smesso di fare graffiti ed ha formato i Massive Attack, il che è stato un bene per lui, ma una grossa perdita per la città (Bristol)
(...)
I miei graffiti preferiti sono fatti da gente che non è sui libri. Sono davvero interessato all'arte amatoriale, alle persone che sbucano dal nulla con un pennarello, scrivono qualcosa di divertente per una notte, e poi spariscono
(...)
Fare qualcosa di commerciale non ti trasforma necessariamente in una merda
(...)
A proposito dell'arte contemporanea: è diventata il mezzo più veloce per fare soldi anche senza talento
(...)
A proposito della Barriera di Separazione Israeliana: l'hanno costruita con terra e piante da fiore dal lato israeliano, così quasi non te ne accorgi. Sul lato palestinese, invece, è solo un fottuto, enorme ammasso di cemento
(...)
Fondamentalmente, voglio solo fare il pezzo giusto, al momento giusto, al posto giusto.

Leggi l'intervista integrale (in inglese)

BANKSY VS BRISTOL
13 GIUGNO/31 AGOSTO 2009
BRISTOL MUSEUM
QUEEN'S ROAD, BRISTOL BS8 1RL

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: I WILL LIGHT UP YOUR EYES/THE PINEAPPLE THIEF

Won’t you sow
Some light in here
The faintest glow
Is getting near

And I, I will light up your eyes
I will light up your eyes
I will light up your eyes
I will light up your eyes

And I won’t go
Until I see
The faintest glow
Is enough for me

Cos I, I will light up your eyes
I will light up your eyes
I will light up your eyes
I will light up your eyes

ALBUM: 12 STORIES DOWN/8 DAYS LATER (2005)