Mi pare strano che su DeBaser nessuno abbia ancora fatto una recensione su questo disco, per cui mi appresto a farla. Il disco esce nel 1984, dopo quel capolavoro che risponde al nome di "Restless And Wild", quindi nel periodo d'oro della compagine teutonica.
La prima canzone è la title-track. L'incitamento a distruggere il muro di Berlino è evidente sia dal testo che dal video che accompagnò l'uscita della song, ma partiamo con la descrizione del pezzo. Un riff potente di chitarra fa da introduzione alla voce del nanetto Udo Dirkshneider, prima docile e soffocata poi via via più potente fino al ritornello dove la voce è accompagnata dai cori del resto del gruppo. La canzone prosegue in modo piuttosto lineare fino al tiratissimo assolo alla cui fine il coro ripete con voce bassa "Balls To The Wall" e Udo canta con voce delicata? poi i cori cambiano, diventando come da chiesa, la voce del singer cresce e la canzone riparte rabbiosa dal ritornello. Dopo questa apoteosi fatta musica si sente un intro di batteria e di basso che danno inizio a "London Leatherboys". La batteria ha un ritmo quasi militaresco e Udo canta con voce roca. Pare che la canzone finisca com'è iniziata, ma invece no, visto che subito dopo il ritornello il ritmo cambia e arriva l'assolo molto bello e potente, dopodiché il pezzo riparte dal ritornello che viene ripetuto fino alla fine. Non c'è nemmeno un attimo per riprendere fiato che subito attacca "Fight It Back" con un riff selvaggio e aggressivo, dopodiché Udo caccia un bercio e parte serratissima la ritmica. Il pezzo è simile ai precedenti però è comunque molto bello e Stefan Kauffmann tiene il ritmo con il doppio pedale. Poi l'assolo è qualcosa di spettacolare, con armonici artificiali che fanno impazzire.
Il quarto pezzo è "Head Over Heels", che si apre con un basso inquietante. Questo pezzo è più lento dei precedenti ed ha un ritornello molto orecchiabile. Sono proprio i ritornelli la caratteristica principale degli Accept. "Losing More Than You Never Had" è un pezzo irresistibile che si lascia canticchiare. Quando ormai sembra un pezzo ripetitivo un cambio di ritmo sconvolge tale idea e apre le porte ad un breve intermezzo strumentale che riporta al ritornello e alla conclusione del pezzo. Ora c'è il vero e proprio capolavoro del disco: "Love Child"!!!!!!!!! Un riff sparato a mille, una voce aggressiva, un ritornello da Headbanging sfrenato: sono queste le tre caratteristiche che compongono tale pezzo, senza dimenticare l'assolo, che è qualcosa di epico. E' sicuramente in questo tipo di pezzi che gli Accept mostrano il loro meglio. "Turn Me On" e "Loosers And Winners" sono due pezzi come al solito selvaggi, grezzi e potenti con ritornelli da cantare finche non si sparano fuori le tonsille. Ora un arpeggio delicato stravolge tutto: è l'intro di "Guardian Of The Night", che poi parte come tutti gli altri pezzi. Questo è di certo un pezzo bello, però non è tra i migliori del disco.
Ora un lento pulsare di basso apre "Winter Dreams", canzone dolce, lenta e bellissima. Qua gli Accept danno dimostrazione di poter passare da pezzi aggressivi a pezzi più calmi con una disinvoltura davvero disarmante, e Udo ci dona una delle sue prove migliori usando una voce davvero bellissima. Questa è una canzone da ascoltare di inverno davanti al caminetto. Questa è la fine di "Balls To The Wall", disco eccezionale e degno successore di "Restless And Wild". Mi scuso con i lettori se sono stato troppo sintetico nel descrivere alcune canzoni, ma visto che non sono molto differenti tra di loro non ho voluto appesantire la lettura con inutili ed estenuanti descrizioni. Bene, ora vi saluto citando una parte del testo di "Balls To The Wall":
"Too many slaves in this world
Die by torture and pain
Too many people do not see
They're killing themselves, going insane
Too many people do not know
Bondage is over the human race
They believe slaves are always lose
And this fear keeps them down
Watch the damned - God bless ya
They're gonna break the chains
No, you can't stop them - God bless ya
They're coming to get you"
Elenco tracce testi e video
01 Balls to the Wall (05:43)
Too many slaves in this world die by torture and pain
Too many people do not see
They're killing themselves, going insane
Too many people do not know bondage is over the human race
They believe slaves always lose, and this fear keeps them down
(CHORUS)
Watch the damned (god bless ya)
They're gonna break their chains (hey)
You can't stop them (god bless ya)
They're coming to get you
And then you'll get your balls to the wall
You may screw their brains
You may sacrifice them too
You may mortify their flesh
You may rape them all
One day the tortured stand up and revolt against the evil
They make you drink your blood and tear yourself to peaces
(CHORUS)
Come on man, let's stand up all over the world
Let's plug a bomb in everyone's arse
If they don't keep us alive, we're gonna fight for the right
Build a wall with the bodies of the dead and your saved
Make the world scared
Come on, show me the sign of victory
02 London Leatherboys (03:58)
Walking down the main street
I see a city's face
Boys dressed in leather
Girls dressed in lace
See the easy riders
They're roaring down their way
They need to give full speed ahead
They've been bunched together
To keep their crazy life
They turn on the power
Get wrecked every night
Got some kind of feeling
Looking in his eyes
I feel the power surge to a head
London leatherboys
Nightmare's pleasure, what you've done
London leatherboys
All together
All together - nightmare's pleasure
After all the roaring
The sound of silence scares
Girl of the leader
Cried in his arms
Don't you see the danger
When we are running wild
Please, stop the games, it's getting late
London leatherboys
Nightmare's pleasure, what you've done
London leatherboys
All together
Swearing that he would do - he could not even say
Boy dressed in leather - boy died in pain
They're the easy riders - but heroes die too fast
He was more than the best of the bunch
Best together
Lousy leather
Say what's better
All together
London leatherboys
03 Fight It Back (03:34)
Always been the prophets who make the world evolve.
Always been the average breaking it down.
Majority, the unknown, giving us the rule.
It`s more than luck to get the standard.
You`ll never find me like I hope that I am.
You`ll never treat me like you think you can.
Be always independent, surrendering no way.
I won`t deal with crimes of society.
Now, if you hate it, you gotta fight it back.
You gotta fight it back.
Just try to change it.
Fight, fight it back.
Find myself in crisis, get near to collapse.
Am I forced to live that boring life?
God, I hate the av`rage! Go and nuke it out.
Go piss the accepted; screw them all.
Now, if you hate it...
04 Head Over Heels (04:25)
Late at night in the park
I saw them slipping in the dark
For heaven sake what's going on
It's like someone is here
Gotta follow now
Like being in a trance for me
There's silence here
More than all the noise
Spurting in the dark head over heels
Overheated heart head over heels
Treating it so hard the spurting feels
Everyday, every night
Spurting in the dark head over heels
Overheated heart head over heels
Treating it so hard the spurting feels
Oh yeah
Down on my knees, God help me please
Gotta know who's out in the dark
I've stopped my breath, can feel the hands
Could hear the sound of people making love
I surrender right now
I've to be touched I feel so much
Spurting in the dark head over heels
Overheated heart head over heels
Treating it so hard the spurting feels
Everyday, every night
Spurting in the dark head over heels
Overheated heart head over heels
Treating it so hard the spurting feels
Yeah
Spurting in the dark head over heels
Overheated heart head over heels
Treating it so hard the spurting feels
Everyday, every night
Spurting in the dark head over heels
Overheated heart head over heels
Treating it so hard the spurting feels
Everyday, every night
Spurting in the dark head over heels
05 Losing More Than You've Ever Had (05:09)
Man, I know that you`re out in the crowd,
and I feel, how you burn your hate in my soul.
It`s like I`d have my hands in your coat,
and feel the stainless steel of a sword.
Years have gone by. I know that she`s left you, before I passed by.
I was collecting the dreams of her heart.
And then she was reborn in my arms.
Can`t you see that you`ve lost her soul?
She`s been gone a long time ago.
Man, it`s been a long time since you lost her heart.
Yes, it's been a long time since you've lost her heart.
Man, you`re dying, for what you`ve lost but never had.
`Cause you`ve been losing, more than you have ever had.
Man, stop longing, for the girl you made so sad.
Always losing, for so long.
Man, why are you running blind for the past?
Why don`t you try, to understand?
When I found her she was dying, trying, to kill herself.
Maybe you didn`t know what you`ve done.
But all you wanna do is wrong.
Man, you come to kill, for someone who`s gone
Man, it`s been a long time since you lost her heart.
Man, you`re dying, for what you`ve lost but never had.
`Cause you`ve been losing, more than you have ever had.
Man, stop longing, for the girl you made so sad.
Always losing, for so long...
Man, you`re dying for what you`ve lost but never had.
`Cause you`ve been losing, more than you have ever had.
Man, stop longing, for the girl you made so sad.
Always losing for so long.
06 Love Child (03:34)
Everyone is telling me that he was born as a love child
By looking in his eyes something turned me lose in his hot
nights
Feeling the power of lust when the guy's passing by
Wrecking one's brain and I'm going insane don't know why
I can feel your sex winding up the girl in the red dress
And my brain is gone, what is going on, I'm burning inside
Feeling the power of lust when the guy's passing by
Wrecking one's brain and I'm going insane don't know why
A love child, running wild a love child
A love child, running wild a love child - love child
I gotta tell myself that he was born as a love child
And the story of his way should not make me stay in the hot
night
Feeling the power of lust when the guy's passing by
Wrecking one's brain and I'm going insane don't know why
A love child, running wild a love child
A love child, running wild a love child - love child
Don't know what I am
A woman or a man
Many troubles behind me
I'm doing all I can
But I'm what I am
Leave me alone - don't mistreat me
Feeling the power of lust when the guy's passing by
Wrecking one's brain and I'm going insane don't know why
A love child, running wild a love child
07 Turn Me On (05:12)
I can`t wait to get you down on the dirty door.
I know it ain`t a place, but come on and close the floor.
I`m coming down for pleasure, for head games all night long.
Yes indead, I wanna have it now, all what you`ve gotta give
I`m coming to the point where I can`t hold myself.
You shouldn`t hold me back; it has to be done.
Please turn me on, turn me on; I can`t hold it.
Please turn me on, turn me on; I explode.
Would bee good to do it in the nice way,
but sorry, I ain`t got no time.
I know you would like some light, but sorry, here`s no lamp.
So please don`t stop the feeling. Please come close to me.
I`ve got to feel your hand to bring it to an end.
I`m coming to the point...
Baby, that was a hot lick, but someone`s banging the door.
Believe me, I`m sorry to stop you, but I`m coming back for more.
It was more than I could ask for. Sorry, babe; I gotta go.
Guess there`s more than two now who wants to break the door.
Please babe, I`ve gotta go. You have been really good.
I know you want some more, but what can I do? Let`s go ahead!
08 Losers and Winners (04:20)
You told me that you like her, but she doesn`t wanna know.
You tried so much to take her, bur there`s no way to go.
I know that kind of feeling, knocking on someone`s door.
I know the endless crying when you don`t know what you`re living for.
Write a letter. (What`s the matter?)
You`ll find better. (Write a letter.)
You`ll feel better when it`s done.
There`s one way to show what you feel for the girl.
Write her a loveley letter, tell her what you`re looking for.
Don`t think it`s old fashion to take one`s heard (when it`s true).
You gotta take it as a man when you can`t win her in this game.
Write a letter...
There are losers and winners, just like you and me.
You should give me the letter; I`ll use it for my own.
Maybe she wants to take me before she stays alone.
Could be my destination to pick up broken hearts.
Why don`t you take it easy and screw the girls who`s next to you.
Write a letter...
09 Guardian of the Night (04:24)
In the night of the day I was born
Quite sure I wouldn't see no tomorrow
All the days I was wasting alone
Always waiting for the nights without sorrows
Mister, mister, you don't know what I am
Can't you hear it always trembling in my voice
Don't you know I'm doing all that I can
But I'm a man without any choice
Everyday's only pain for me
I don't like the sunlight shining on my head
I'm the man that was born for the dark
Every light that shines is making me feel bad
Lady, lady, put your hand on my head
Can't you feel the grieving sorrows in my brain
'cause I'm the one who's behaving so bad
I need those feelings for you again
Man of the dark - the guardian of the night
Man of the dark - the guardian of the night
I don't like people working all day
Only working just to see next tomorrow
But they are happy while they're living that way
In that world I gotta beg, steel or borrow
Mister, mister, you don't know what I am
Can't you hear it always trembling in my voice
Don't you know I'm doing all that I can
But I'm a man without any choice
Man of the dark - the guardian of the night
Man of the dark - the guardian of the night
Of the night - of the dark
10 Winterdreams (04:54)
There`s snow on the mountains, and fog in the street;
Flickering candles in the room. Hear the churchbell ring.
See the children playing. I feel the pure delight,
And the snow is falling, taking me away.
Cold winter nights, cold winter dreams,
Reflecting the sound of my heart; it`s my taste of freedom.
Cold winter nights, cold winter dreams,
Don`t try to tear me apart; cold winter dreams
Find myself in peace, warm from underneath.
Wish you would be here in this magic scene.
I`ve escaped from reality, dancing in the snow.
Cold, blue sky gives me the innocence I need.
Cold winter nights, cold winter dreams,
Freezing the heat in my heart; it`s my taste of freedom.
Cold winter nights, cold winter dreams,
Chill me and tear me apart; cold winter dreams.
The world seemed so clear, like a wonderful diamond,
Can`t imagine there`s meaness. Can`t imagine one lie
But when I`m dead and gone and snow`s pouring down,
I`m burried and covered, peaceful under millions of stars.
Cold winter nights, cold winter dreams,
Reflecting the sound of my heart; it`s my taste of freedom.
Cold winter nights, cold winter dreams,
Don`t try to tear me apart; cold winter dreams
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Di the alexander
Questo è davvero un disco con le palle!
Una vera e propria macchina da guerra.
Di ELECTRIC EYE
Un disco con le palle davvero per i mitici Accept con al comando vocale il simpatico U.D.O. e un grandissimo chitarrista come Wolf.
ASCOLTATEVELI SE NE AVRETE L'OCCASIONE MERITANO DAVVERO. STAY METALLL!!!