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"Just Push Play" è l'ennesimo album in casa Aerosmith, uscito nel 2001, quindi quasi trent'anni dopo il loro esordio discografico. Uscito anche un paio d'anni dopo il successo della ballatona commerciale "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing". Quindi i fan dell'ultima ora pronosticavano un album commerciale, e così (almeno in parte) è stato. La copertina sembra ritrarre una sorta di Marylin Monroe futuristica circondata da un sfondo rosa, molto carina.
Il disco si apre con "Beyond Beautiful", ovvero un bel pezzo hard rock che ci fa capire le intenzioni degli Aero, l'inizio non è affatto male, con la chitarra di Joe Perry che intreccia assoli veramente interessanti. Il secondo brano è appunto "Just Push Play", brano che farà storcere il naso ai fan storici della band: qui troviamo un pezzo elettronico miscelato a un pizzico di hard rock, tuttavia il pezzo è davvero tostissimo e provoca un'insana voglia di ballare seguendo i riffettini di Joe Perry e le voci di Tyler che qui vengono mixate e scratchate; al tutto aggiungete non una, ma due batterie e otterete un mix esplosivo!! Non so perchè ma dopo un paio di ascolti mi rendo conto che questo pezzo sembra avere più di un riferimento a "Walk This Way"... E' il turno di "Jaded", pezzo con un ritmica molto interessante e con un video davvero fantastico, il pezzo ci riporta agli Aerosmith più classici anche se il pezzo in questione può essere benissimo etichettato come commerciale. Tocca alla ballatona di turno, ovvero "Fly Away From Here", pezzo molto interessante ma che all'epoca ebbe scarso successo come singolo, forse perchè paragonata alla strafamosissima canzone di Armageddon; tuttavia il testo è bellissimo e la prima parte (voce più pianoforte in crescendo) è davvero bellissima ed emozionante. Aggiungete poi una spolveratina di orchestra ed otterete un pezzo orecchiabile e dolcissimo allo stesso tempo. Torniamo ad atmosfere più rockeggianti con "Trip Hoppin'", dove l'hard rock si unisce a una sezione fiati molto interessante, il pezzo è abbastanza carino ma forse si poteva fare meglio, a salvare la baracca ci pensa Joe Perry che con la sua chitarra ci regala assoli, riff in quantità industriali. "Sunshine" è anch'esso un pezzo molto "poco rock" con la presenza di chitarre acustiche, ma putroppo questo brano lascia parecchio indifferenti.
"Under My Skin" ha un intro molto elettronica, intro che viene poi devastata dall'ingresso della chitarra di Perry e dal suo riff schiacciasassi, il disco recupera un pò grazie a questo pezzo e al suo ritornello molto orecchiabile e alla fisarmonica di Tyler, che qui si miscela a un pizzico di orchestra e di sezione fiati. Altra ballatona: "Luv Lies", abbiamo qui brano un pò più "povero" di arrangiamenti e comunque emozionale: purtroppo però abbiamo la conferma che il gruppo si è un pò troppo fossilizzato con le ballate e ha messo da parte il lato più hard del loro repertorio musicale. "Outta Your Head", altro pezzo elettronico e hard rock, dove Tyler... rappa!! Cazzo, questa non me l'aspettavo!! L'esperimento tuttavia può risultare interessante anche se dagli Aerosmith ci si aspetta più rock e meno rap. Anche "Drop Dead Gorgeous" ci segnala la presenza di sintetizzatori e quant'altro: la strofa è affidata al cantato poco efficace di Joe Perry mentre nel ritornello si vede, anzi si sente Mr. Tyler come sempre in grandissima forma. "Light Inside" è un buon pezzo hard rock che finalmente alza il livello dell'album: una strofa veloce, hard, e un cantato altrettanto veloce di Steven, peccato che il ritornello sia qualcosa di elettronico meglio identificabile come merda... peccato!! Per chiudere il disco in bellezza cosa serve?? Una ballata, è ovvio!! "Avant Garden" è un pezzo molto intimo almeno nei primi secondi (chitarra acustica e voce suadente del singer), poi si arricchisce di batteria e naturalmente orchestra... Abbiamo poi una bonus track che, paradossalmente, è forse uno dei pezzi migliori del disco, anche perchè non è pomposo come i precendenti brani, molto interessante.
Alla fine questo disco può essere bollato come "sperimentale", anche perchè qui il gruppo entra in contatto (e pesantemente anche) con l'elettronica, peccato che il risultato non sia del migliori. Quello che ci si aspetta dagli Aerosmith, ripeto, è il buon vecchio hard rock che ci hanno sempre propinato ma che, almeno per chi scrive, non è mai stato banale o ripetitivo. Due aggettivi che caratterizzano questo disco.
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01 Beyond Beautiful (04:47)
You gave up the love you got and that is that
She loves me now she loves you not and that where it's at
Just when you thought your love was deep
It's finder's keeper's losers weep, yeah
Love my love my love du jour she's a mine all mine
My mind's made up ya I'm so sure 'cause there's none so fine
This ain't about no losin' sleep
It's all about the love you keep
Yeah she's beyond beautiful
Yeah she never been nobody's fool that you be stuck with
Yeah it's all about me and you
Believe or not this love that we got
Is beyond beautiful
Full on lust to full on love without no clue
And all I was so unsure of
And then came you
Into my life it served me right
Nobody ever did it quite like you
Yeah she's beyond beautiful
Yeah she's never been nobody's fool that you be stuck with
Yeah its all about me and you
Believe it or not this love that we got
Is beyond beautiful
[Guitar Solo]
Yeah she's beyond beautiful
Yeah she's never been nobody's fool that you can fuck with
Yeah its all about me and you
Believe it or not yeah what we got
Is beyond beautiful
02 Just Push Play (03:53)
She gave you a flower
The one that God gave her
You all up in de kool-aid
But you do not know de flavor
Get into the zone baby
And do yourself a favor
Head down spin around
Get a little refried
If that don't get it you can
Ketch it on the b side
Just push play
Fuckin' A
Just push play
They're gonna bleep it anyway
Just push play
Fuckin' A
Just push play
We're comin' at you anyway
Sweet leaf dreamer you been
Smoking up the ganja
Damned if you do yeah
But don't get any on ya
Kickin' off the cashmere
Putting on the kasbah
It's a kiss, a diss
And trade it for a coo hah
Just push play
Fuckin' A
Just push play
They're gonna bleep it anyway
Just push play
Fuckin' A
Just push play
We're comin' at you anyway
Instead of growin' old
All dapper and neat
I'm gonna grow my hair
Right down to my feet
It's you and me baby
No pimp daddy jack
It's Cadillac wack no Cadillac wack back
Just push play
Fuckin' A
Just push play
They're gonna bleep it anyway
Just push play
Fuckin' A
Just push play
We're comin' at you anyway
Fuckin' A
They're gonna bleep it anyway
Walk this way
We're comin' at you anyway
Just Push play
Fuckin' A
Just push play
They're gonna bleep it anyway
S'il vous plait
Fuckin' A
Just push play
We're comin' at you anyway
03 Jaded (03:30)
Hey, Jaded
You got your mama's style
But you're yesterday's child to me
So jaded
You think that's where it's at
But is that where it's s'posed to be
You're gettin' it all over me
Exer-ated
My my baby blue
Yeah, I've been thinkin' 'bout you
My my baby blue
Yeah, you're so jaded
And I'm the one that jaded you
Hey, Jaded
In all it's misery
It will always be what I love
And hated
And maybe take a ride
To the other side we're thinkin' of
We'll slip into the velvet glove
And be jaded
My my baby blue
Yeah, I been thinkin' 'bout you
My my baby blue
Yeah I'm so jaded
And baby, I'm afraid of you
You're thinkin' so complicated
I've had it all up to here
But it's so overrated
Love and hate it
Wouldn't trade it
Love me Jaded, yeah
Hey, Jaded
There ain't no baby please
When I'm shootin' the breeze with her
When everything you see is a blur
And ecstasy's what you prefer
My my baby blue, yeah
I'm a talkin' 'bout you
My my baby blue
Yeah, I been thinkin' 'bout you
My my baby blue
Yeah, you're so jaded (baby)
Jaded (baby)
You're so jaded
'Cause I'm the one that jaded you
06 Sunshine (03:38)
I sold my soul for a one night stand
I followed Alice into Wonderland
I ate the mushroom and I danced with the queen
Yeah we danced in between all the lines
I followed daylight right into the dark
Took to the hatter like a walk in the park
But then I met her, yeah, she felt so right
No child of the night, yeah, was she
They call her Sunshine
The kind that everybody knows (yeah yeah)
Sunshine
She's finer than a painted rose (yeah yeah)
Sunshine, yeah
Her kinda love's what I adore
What kind of trouble am I in for
My kind of Heaven lies at Hell's back door
And I got more than I need
'Cause I need Sunshine
The kind that everybody knows (yeah yeah)
My Sunshine
She's finer than a painted rose (yeah yeah)
Sunshine, yeah
I got the karma but it don't come free
I chased that rabbit up her bodi tree
The caterpillar's tryin' to cop a plea
But the smoke ain't got nothin' on me (yeah)
Ya gotta have my Sunshine
The kinda that everybody knows (yeah yeah)
my Sunshine,
She finer than a painted rose (yeah yeah)
she's Sunshine
The kind that everybody knows (yeah yeah)
Sunshine
She's finer than a painted rose (yeah yeah)
Sunshine
Sunshine, yeah
07 Under My Skin (03:49)
You breathe I breathe you in
I like alot where youve been
I maka you break the rules
You got me rockin the blues
givie a little bit get a little bit take it for a ride
when you push love so far away it eats you up inside
there's a girl living under my skin
theres this girl & she's wearing me thin
and I think shes the reason
that its open broken hearted season
theres a girl theres a girl
i know you know you are ...
you are the oh in la la
blow a little kiss get a little bit get a little high yeah yeah
and i can't get you out of me cause your too deep inside
there's a girl living under my skin
theres this girl & she's wearing me thin
and you think shes the reason
that its open broken hearted season
you could spend your whole life time
you could be never more mine
theres a girl theres a girl
theres a girl theres a girl
get a little bit get a little bit get little high yeah
when you push love so far away it eats you up inside
there's a girl living under my skin
theres this girl & she's wearing me thin
and I think shes the reason
that its open broken hearted season
theres a girl theres a girl yeah yeah yeah
theres a girl theres a girl yeah yeah yeah
and I think shes the reason
that its open broken hearted season
theres a girl theres a girl yeah yeah yeah
theres a girl theres a girl yeah yeah yeah
theres a girl theres a girl yeah yeah yeah
theres a girl theres a girl yeah yeah yeah
theres a girl theres a girl
10 Drop Dead Gorgeous (03:44)
Totally out of control
She owns me
I didnt know that she'd know she stoned me
I think I got it bad and I cant let it go
I thought I knew me be much better
Autumn and cashmere all orange and green
Shes naturally drop dead gorgeous
Creme de gardenia and black vaseline
She's naturally drop dead gorgeous
It's so not fair
Completely inside my head imagine pretending
She's the book that I've read with a beautiful ending
It really drives me mad I can't leave her alone
'Cause I won't let me forget her
Rose colored glasses you know what that says
She's naturally drop dead gorgeous
Her sweet molasses on my slice of bread
She's naturally drop dead gorgeous
Totally out of control
She owned me
Sweet almond eyes just to see and be seen
She's naturally drop dead gorgeous
She tasted like cherries sweet loves grenadine
She's naturally drop dead gorgeous
Makes love like a rabbit to my velveteen
She's naturally drop dead gorgeous
A gem with a smile like a young norma jean
She's naturally drop dead gorgeous
11 Light Inside (03:36)
Ohhh yeah there's a place in no way outta sphere
Do ya want burn the midnight oil?
Does it fool ya when you think there's no way out of here?
Let it pull ya from the outside to within
The light inside is burning bright
The light makes everything all right
The light inside is burning bright
The light inside oh yeah all right
Lay yeah introduce you to my point of view
Me I want to get under your skin
I want to find ya from the pleasures that I get from you
I want to drag ya from the outside to within
The light inside is burning bright
The light makes everything all right
The light inside is burning bright
The light inside oh yeah all right
The light inside is burning
The light inside is burning
The light inside is burning bright
The light inside oh yeah all right
The light inside is burning bright
The light makes everything all right
The light inside is burning bright
The light inside oh yeah all right
12 Avant Garden (06:37)
I HAD A FRIEND WHO SPOKE OF FATE AND HE
KNEW OF ANOTHER PLACE IN SPACE AND TIME
HE TOLD OF HOW ME AND MY LADY
COULD LOOK BUT WE WOULD NEVER FIND
SAID "IF YOU PLEASE I BEG YOUR PARDON"
SOMETIMES THE THINGS YOU SEE THEY JUST AIN'T SO
YOUR LIFE CAN BE AN AVANT GARDEN
'CAUSE LOVE'S WHAT MAKES YOUR GARDEN GROW
THE SUN LEADS THE WAY
THE MOON LIGHTS THE SKY
I SEE YOU AND I
LYIN' IN MY AVANT GARDEN
I DREAM OF THE DAY
WHEN OUR WORLDS COLLIDE
WE WON'T BE DENIED
HERE INSIDE OUR AVANT GARDEN
SOMETIMES MY LIFE AIN'T WHAT IT'S SEEMIN'
RIGHT FROM THE START
IT'S WHAT YOUR HEART'S BELIEVIN'
COULD ALL THIS JUST BE LUCID DREAMIN'?
BUT DREAMS JUST AIN'T ENOUGH FOR ME
THE SUN LEADS THE WAY
THE MOON LIGHTS THE SKY
I SEE YOU AND I
LYIN' IN MY AVANT GARDEN
I DREAM OF THE DAY
WHEN OUR WORLDS COLLIDE
WE WON'T BE DENIED
HERE INSIDE OUR AVANT GARDEN
You know it just ain't right,
To deal with other's shite,
No one should ever be so
broken hearted,
Don't never be afraid,
'Cause when you've got it made,
Yeah you don't even have to Try!
SO I'LL BE WAITIN' IN YOUR GARDEN,
WATCHIN' ALL YOUR FLOWERS GROW
THE SUN LEADS THE WAY
THE MOON LIGHTS THE SKY
I SEE YOU AND I
LYIN' IN MY AVANT GARDEN
I DREAM OF THE DAY
WHEN OUR WORLDS COLLIDE
YOU'LL KNOW WE'VE ARRIVED
HERE INSIDE OUR AVANT GARDEN
THE SUN BRINGS THE RAIN
THE MOON NEEDS THE SKY
I SEE YOU AND I
LYIN' IN MY AVANT GARDEN
BEWARE OF THE LIES
A WORD TO THE WISE,
THOSE SWEET CHERRY PIES
AND TRUTH INSIDE OUR AVANT GARDEN....
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