Una band secondo me grandiosa, anche se incredibilmente tamarra, questi Accept.
Qualcuno li descrive come degli AC/DC incazzati, ma, con tutto il dovuto rispetto per le leggende australiane, sono convinto che gli Accept siano completamente diversi.
Il più grande critico e tuttologo on line (o almeno autoinvestitosi tale), ovvero tale Scaruffi, afferma: "Ogni nuovo fenomeno del metal dura esattamente un disco: il primo".
Con riferimento a questa band tedesca mai affermazione fu più sbagliata: con l'omonimo album pubbblicato nel 1979 gli Accept hanno iniziato una carriera di tutto rispetto migliorandosi nei successivi album, ad esempio "Restless And Wild" del 1982 o "Russian Roulette" del 1986, per poi gradualmente eclissarsi.
Questi quattro rocker, anche se influenzati dal periodo della NWOBHM e dal Classic Rock, hanno saputo costruirsi un loro stile: micidiali riff di chitarre, assoli taglienti, e la fantastica voce di Udo Dirkschneider, sicuramente uno dei cantanti più tamarri che abbia mai visto o sentito. Per alcuni sono i precursori di tutte quelle band che sono state etichettate (perchè etichettare poi?!?) come Power Metal. A me sinceramente questi hanno colpito, più che per l'importanza della loro epopea nella storia della musica o altre simili amenità da finto alternativi/pseudo esperti, per il sound (e, lo riconosco, per l'orrendo stile militare seguito nel vestire!). Per qualcuno questo primo album non sarà originalissimo, la voce pare già sentita, i coretti saranno terribili, la batteria assordante... ma sin da subito questi crucchi mostrano potenza e foga, raggiungendo, secondo il sottoscritto DeMente, un perfetto bilanciamento tra rock e metal, impatto e armonia, semplicità e profondità. E scusate se è poco!
Passando ad una rapida disamina delle canzoni "si parte in tiro" (si vede che ho studiato ad Eaton!) con "Lady Lou". Dopo un breve intro di chitarra e batteria, inizia uno di quei coretti, leit motiv di tutto l'album. Poi vengono la botta, "Tired Of Me", altro pezzo pieno di coretti maleddetamente orecchiabili, tra i quali si inseriscono gli assoli di Wolf Hoffmann, altro membro storico del gruppetto, ed il lentone (qualcuno direbbe alla Scorpion, per fortuna che all'epoca "Wind Of Changes" non fosse ancora uscita), "Seawinds", forse il pezzo meno riuscito dell'album, ma Udo dimostra una voce splendida e versatile, mentre il Lupo anticipa, anche se al rallentatore, quelle melodie che verranno autonomamente riprese per tutti gli anni '80 da molti altri chitarristi. Ed ecco che si ricomincia ad alti ritmi con, in ordine sparso, "Take Him In My Heart", "Free Me Now" e la canzone che preferisco "Sounds Of War", con un intro fantastico e la voce di Udo che sembra lontana, mentre la sezione ritmica è spettacolare! A tutto ciò segue il lamento, la disperazione per l'abbandono, la solitudine, a cui tuttavia i nostri, specie Udo (...e in effetti basta vederlo ah ah ah!), sono abituati al punto da essere "Glad To Be Alone", canzone in cui segnalo ancora la sezione ritmica, semplice, ma efficace, composta da Peter Baltes al basso e Stefan Kaufmann alla batteria. Ma, abbandonati i momenti da disgraziati, "That´ s Rock´n'Roll", come afferma la canzone seguente. "Helldriver" è un altro eccellente pezzo, ed ovviamente il testo è ancora super tamarro ed ispirato al massimo disimpegno. Infine "Street Fighter" che mi ricorda maleddetamente il sound dei grandi Motorhead, con la voce di Udo che richiama il grandissimo Lemmy ed una magistrale prestazione della batteria, con degli strani effetti, quasi degli eco, ed una conferma dalla chitarra del Lupo con un paio di assoli!
Insomma album splendido, purtroppo sottovalutato, se non completamente dimenticato, dal grande pubblico: si sente lo stile che distinguerà gli Accept nei lavori successivi. In questi Udo, Lupo & C. si supereranno, ma questa è un'altra rece.
Elenco tracce e testi
01 Lady Lou (03:02)
Trying to find my ride
C'mon, let's go to town
I wanna live my life
Lady I'm lovin' you
(...)
Woman I lose my way
Cause you can't take me high
Won't you come to me my love - Lady Lou
Won't you come to me my love
Won't you, won't you, won't you
Yeah I see you, come here to me
I said Lay Lady Lou
(Funny, I stand alone)
I gave you all my life
(Honey) don't fool me now
'Cause I don't wanna die
Won't you come to me my love - Lady Lou
Won't you come to me my love
Don't you want me baby
Won't you come to me my love - Lady Lou
Won't you come to me my love
Won't you, won't you, won't you
Won't you come to me my love - Lady Lou
Won't you come to me my love
Don't you want me baby
02 Tired of Me (03:15)
But people have (...)
and nobody wants you
(...) girl riding down highway
(Driving) passing (by ...)
got nobody I say
Tired of me she's got my back to the wall
Tired of me there's nothing at all
Tired of me so I can't call
Laughing at (...) you and your way
But give you freedom, that's what I say
I know, believe what I say
Tired of me she's got my back to the wall
Tired of me there's nothing at all
Tired of me so I can't call
03 Seawinds (04:32)
As I'm walking through the rain
Sit beside the room all night long
In the grey December morning
(I decide to leave my home)....................
Took a train to nowhere - far away - far away
Many thousand miles away
When the moon took to the stars
Dreamed about the days - days gone by - days gone by
In the night, the seawinds are calling
And the city is far far away
Soon the sea turns to darkness
It is night and the seawinds are calling
Seawinds gone, seawinds gone
Took thousand miles away
When the moon took to the stars
Dreamed about the days - days gone by
I've been told so many stories
Of dreams my plans have made
So is no illusion - sail away - sail away
In the night, the seawinds are calling
And the city is far far away
Soon the sea turns to darkness
It is night and the seawinds are calling
Seawinds gone, seawinds gone
05 Sounds of War (04:38)
Sounds of chains we hear from far behind
Mechanic noises of magic kind
Mighty war machines are on their way
I'm knowing here is no place to stay
Time wiil come - we'll have to pay
An evil war will come some day
I feel frosty atmosphere
Don't you see that the point is near
Shooting guns I hear from everywhere loud
Bombs are falling out of dark grey clouds
Tanks are coming - beware of the chains
Children are suffering - they cry for help
But chains are coming and they smash them down
Bombs burn houses and everything around
No use of crying - it seems to be the end
It seems to be the end of this rotten land
I was born - oh, tell me why
I was born - oh, tell me why
Killing children - who doesn't know hatred
Torturing people - what for this mess
Tell me the sense of useless life
Killing each other with guns and knives
I was born - oh, tell me why
I was born - oh, tell me why
Chains are coming and they smash them down
Fires burns houses and everything around
No use of crying - it seems to be the end
It seems to be the end of this rotten land
I was born - oh, tell me why
I was born - oh, tell me why
06 Free Me Now (03:02)
Man he thought the world and just the law was just a lie
Free me now - free me now - free me now
Can't you hear the laughter of the devil in the night
Sure there must be soldiers have no fairer place to fight
Free me now - free me now - free me now
Killing must be faster of the nation (...)
Can't you see the widows - without home and shedding tears
Free me now - free me now - free me now
07 Glad to Be Alone (05:14)
I don't like your fucked up bunch
Of gentle fellows, my dear
I don't like the stupid people
With their well brushed hair
I don't like your well-dressed friends
When they talk about their problems
With that kind of small talk
They feel good - but they are fools
I don't like to sit beside you
In your brand-new car
I don't like the show you need
Every day and night
You come into my life like someone
Being a star but you are no one
After a few days with you
I was glad to be alone again
Glad - so glad - so glad - alone
Glad - so glad - so glad - alone
If you have to work for nothing
Or some pounds a day
Tears and sweat I had in future
Not much more to live
You come into my life like someone
Being a star but you are no one
After a few days with you
I was glad to be alone again
Glad - so glad - so glad - alone
Glad - so glad - so glad - alone
08 That's Rock 'n' Roll (02:53)
Come have some fun, we're gonna run today - run today
Playing on a stage on Sunday night
You'll have a sound that's burning in your brain - in your brain
Hey little woman Accept tonight
Come rock and roll and feel allright
Hey little woman dance tonight
Hey woman, don't you (fight)
Hey little woman Accept tonight
Come rock and roll and hold me tight again
Rockin on stage like a hurricane
Sound goes in your face - right down your mind - down your mind
Come everybody let's move around
Give me all your (...) I'll give you (...) - give you (...)
Hey little woman Accept tonight
Come rock and roll and feel allright
Hey little woman dance tonight
Hey woman, don't you (fight)
Hey little woman Accept tonight
Come rock and roll and hold me tight again
That's rock and roll - that's rock and roll
09 Helldriver (02:42)
Your body looks perfect, your face like a rat
You are a loser, only shit in your head
You are a fighter and devil in bet
Helldriver come to me
Stay with me, drive on with me
Helldriver come to me
Stay with me, (then some)
Driving the speedway like a superstar
The wheels are turning all this crap in your car
The enjine is burning, (...) explode
You know you winner - with ten in a row
Helldriver come to me
Stay with me, drive on with me
Helldriver come to me
Stay with me, (then some)
Down on the speedway and blood in your face
The enjine is broke at the end of the race
Your life was the dagger, the edge of the knife
You thought you're the winner - and you're never right
Helldriver come to me
Stay with me, drive on with me
Helldriver come to me
Stay with me, (then some)
10 Street Fighter (03:28)
All the people gone street fighting mad
(Would it matter hard winner)
That's the reason why they join the gang
No friendship, just cause
We just stay the way we are
(...) heroes
We control the city roads
Free wheelin' on the highway
A hundred enjines are racing around
Like thunder and lightning
Can't you hear the roaring sound
Breaking rules getting on us
You're thinking fat, you are the star
(But we hate you, them faces)
You're little houses and (...) cars
Hate you hate you, leave us alone man
Keep your stuff and stay where you are
Hate you hate you, leave us alone man
Keep your stuff, and stay where you are
Hate you hate you, leave us alone man
Keep your stuff and stay where you are
Hate you hate you, leave us alone man
Keep your stuff, and stay where you are
Like leather, steel enjines
All the people gone street fighting mad
(Would it matter hard winner)
That's the reason why they join the gang
No friendship, just cause
We just stay the way we are
(...) heroes
We control the city roads
Hate you hate you, leave us alone man
Keep your stuff and stay where you are
Hate you hate you, leave us alone man
Keep your stuff, and stay where you are
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