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Questione di destino. Mi piace pensare che, se questo disco fosse uscito solamente qualche mese prima, al posto dei Coldplay ci sarebbero stati i Doves a godersi un (meritato) successo di massa.
A questo disco, uscito nel 2000, non manca nulla: grandi canzoni con belle e sognanti melodie, sentori di psichedelia tardi anni sessanta, ottima produzione, ottima scelta dei suoni e una certa malinconia di fondo che riesce a tener sempre viva l'attenzione di chi è all'ascolto.
I Doves una volta si chiamavano Sub Sub, e con questa denominazione nella prima metà degli anni novanta ottennero un certo successo in ambito dance per poi abbandonare sequencer e campionatori e compiere una metamorfosi che ha dell'incredibile. "Lost Souls" è il loro esordio ed è stupendo in tutto il suo insieme, anche se manca un singolo in grado di sbancare le classifiche... scrivere pezzi come "Catch The Sun", "Here It Comes" e "The Man Who Told Everything" non è propriamente da tutti, ma forse proprio la mancanza del un super singolo o di un video in grado di colpire la massa, forse l'aspetto non proprio dei più puliti e appetibili dei tre componenti del gruppo o forse solo la mancanza di fortuna hanno fatto si che i Doves non arrivassero mai a compiere il grande passo del successo di massa. Magari a loro non ne importa nulla perchè non lo volevano nemmeno questo successo di massa e badavano solo a suonare quello che piaceva loro, ma in ogni caso è stato meglio così perchè almeno ci è rimasta questa certezza, visto che se anche la loro successiva produzione non è stata all'altezza di questo sontuoso esordio, sono rimasti genuini e coerenti ed hanno continuato a pubblicare album di ottimo livello.
P.s.: anche se la recensione di "Lost Souls" è già presente nel sito, ho voluto rendere omaggio a questo disco a me molto caro dicendo la mia in merito.
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02 Here It Comes (04:50)
This is a call
a call to all
it goes out to those who've been bad
and I should know
cos I have been
maybe once a week on mondays
you should've seen
what I've seen
she doubles up and comes back sundays
and she will come
into your heart
it goes on and on and on
here it comes
here comes my
day in the sun
here it comes
here comes my time
in the sun
this is the day
this is the time
to stare at the world in wonder
we live a lie
you'll never find
never in a month of sundays
you should've seen
what I've seen
he doubles up and comes back mondays
and he will come
into your heart
it goes on and on and on...
03 Break Me Gently (04:38)
Walk inside, gets noticed
Fears conspire, they won't go away
And I know, and I see, you'll be breaking hearts again
You break me gently
Break me gently
Break me gently
Break my fall in vain
Pain won't go, rest in peace
And I look, and I see, you could be breaking souls again
And I see me, break me gently
Break me gently
Break me gently
05 Rise (05:38)
Belly up in a sea of love
Drowning's good in a sea of funk
Drowning's good in a cedar love
I'll keep you there, I'll keep you there
So long...
So long...
City lights come back in June
Seems the sun has gone too soon
Miles away from anywhere
Feels so warm in the southern air
So long...
So long...
06 Lost Souls (06:09)
Trying to make some sense of the days
Now that they're all good
Every little thing that they'd say
Well you know they could
She lies to console
For she cries for a lost soul
You
You know we're gone
We're all so lost, lost
Said I couldnt get out of bed
Is that the law
Every little thing that I said
You just cant ignore
She lies to console
For she cries for a lost soul
You
You know we're gone
Cuz we're all so lost
You
You know its gone, gone
Lost souls
Lost souls
Lost souls
Lost souls
Lost souls
(she cries for, she cries for)
Lost souls
(she cries for the lost souls)
Lost souls
(we're waiting, the lost souls)
Lost souls
(this is for the lost souls)
07 Melody Calls (03:27)
she stops out till morning
she hangs out at fairgrounds
moving to a new sound
waiting to forget the past
a melody calls
loops around, a setting sun
time to lose herself again
a melody calls
a setting sun, a melody calls
time to lose myself again
the words don't come so easy
she can't say what's inside
the sounds they do speak for me
the sounds remain forever
stays with her till morning time
08 Catch the Sun (04:49)
Every day it comes to this
Catch the things you might have missed
You say, get back to yesterday
I ain't ever going back
Back to the place that I can't stand
But I miss the way you lie
I'm always misunderstood
Pulled apart and ripped in two
But I miss the way you lie
Catch the sun, before it's gone
Here it comes, up in smoke and gone
Catch the sun, it never comes
Cry in the sand, lost in the fire
I never really understood
Why I didn't feel so good
But I miss the way you lie
I've always been up and down
Never wanted to hit the ground
But I miss the way you lie
Catch the sun, before it's gone
Here it comes, up in smoke and gone
Catch the sun, it never comes
Cry in the sand, lost in the fire
09 The Man Who Told Everything (05:47)
Get out of bed, pick up the phone
Time to tell the press
Say to myself, I can't do no-one else
There's a whole world outside
I'm gonna tell it all
I'm gonna sell it all
I'm gonna sell
Get out of bed
Come out and sing
Blue skies ahead
The man who told everything
And I feel, like I'm losing my head
I didn't mean to stay
Lives have been wrecked, and I've picked up my cheque
Catch a plane out of here
I'm gonna get out of here
I'm gonna get out of here
I'm gonna sell
Get out of bed
Come out and sing
Blue skies ahead
The man who told everything
10 The Cedar Room (07:38)
stars leave the morning
sleep clouds my view
Don't let them come round here
And call to you
I didn't notice
It's a crime too few
I didn't notice
It's a crime to fear
I tried to sleep alone
But I couldn't do it
You could be sitting next to me
I wouldn't know it
If I told you you were wrong
I don't remember saying it
I don't remember saying it
I'll be a shadow
In the cedar room
leave just a memory
Alone with you
I didn't see that
It's a call too soon
I couldn't see that
It's a call to you
And I tried to sleep alone
But I couldn't do it
You could be sitting next to me
And I wouldn't know it
If I told you you were wrong
I don't remember saying it
I don't remember saying it
The cedar room
The cedar room
The cedar room
12 A House (03:40)
it was a day like this and my house burnt down
and the walls were thin and they crashed to the ground
it was a day like this and my life unwound
you could've struck me a line and that's okay now
we could always put it together again
you could've told me a lie, and a lie so thin, so thin
now everything's clear
day after day and the life goes on
and I try to see the good in everyone
if I ever find myself here again
I'll give everything
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Lost Souls è la perfetta addizione tra due culture: la pop music e la club culture.
Il resto dell’album è tutto da cogliere e da percepire.
