"Nine Lives" è un CD bello, ma che lascia l'amaro in bocca. Perché? Beh, perché sembra semplicemente studiato a tavolino. Con questo album gli Aerosmith debuttano sotto mamma Sony, ma non è un debutto con il botto.
Nulla di eclatante, infatti per rilanciare le vendite, la casa discografica ha deciso, in un secondo momento, di aggiungere nella rimasterizzazione il brano di punta della colonna sonora di Armageddon: "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing". A parte questo brano, veramente bello anche se un po' sempliciotto, il CD non raggiunge mai vette come nel CD "Aerosmith" con la bellissima "Dream On".
Nulla da dire, bella "Hole In My Soul", ma niente di più. E così sono "Falling In Love" e "Full Circle", belle, ma senza strafare. L'unica canzone un po' fuori dalle righe è "Pink", dotata di un buon ritmo, la canzone più significativa del CD. In definitiva "Nine Lives" è un album bello e semplice... niente di più.
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03 Hole in My Soul (06:09)
I'm down a one-way street, with a one-night stand
With a one track mind, out in no-man's land
The punishment sometimes don't seem to fit the crime
Yeah, there's a hole in my soul, but one thing I've learned
For every love letter written, there's another one burned
So you tell me how it's gonna be this time
Is it over?
Is it over?
'Cause I'm blowin' out the flame
Take a walk outside your mind
Tell me how it feels to be
The one who turns the knife inside of me
Take a look and you will find
Is nothing there girl, yeah I swear
I'm telling you girl yeah
'Cause there's a hole in my soul
That's been killing me forever
It's a place where a garden never grows
There's a hole in my soul
Yeah, I should have known better
'Cause your love's like a thorn without a rose
Yeah, yeah
I'm as dry as a seven-year drought
I got dust for tears and I'm all tapped out
Sometimes I feel broke and can't get fixed
I know there's been all kinds of shoes underneath your bed
Now I sleep with my boots on but you're still in my head
Something tells me this time I'm down to my last licks
'Cause if it's over
Then it's over
And it's driving me insane
Take a walk outside your mind
Tell me how it feels to be
The one who turns the knife inside of me
Take a look and you will find
Is nothing there girl, yeah I swear
I'm telling you girl, yeah
'Cause there's a hole in my soul
That's been killing me forever
It's a place where a garden never grows
There's a hole in my soul
Yeah, I should have known better
'Cause your love's like a thorn without a rose
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, is it over?
'Cause it's over
And I'm blowin' out the flame
Take a walk outside your mind
Tell me how it feels to be
The one who turns the knife inside of me
Take a look and you will find
There's nothing there girl, yeah I swear
I'm telling you girl, yeah
'Cause there's a hole in my soul
That's been killing me forever
It's a place where a garden never grows
There's a hole in my soul
Yeah, I should have known better
'Cause your love's like a thorn without a rose
Yeah, yeah
04 Taste of India (05:53)
God I love the sweet taste of India
Lingers on the tip of my tongue
Gotta love the sweet taste of India
Blame it on the beat of the drum
God I love the sweet taste of India
Lingers on the tip of my tongue
Gotta know that's what's gotten into ya
Any cat man do when it's done...
Oh yeah she's got that kind of love incense
That lives in her back room
And when it mixes with the funk, my friend
It turns into perfume
When you are born you're afraid of the darkness
And then you're afraid of the light
But I'm not afraid when I dance with my shadow
This time I'm gonna get it right
To think of what I'll get tonight
Just lookin' for a little taste, a taste of India
She'll steal the smile right out of your face
Her yin and yang, Is just the thing
She's unpredictable my friend
God I love the sweet taste of India
Lingers on the tip of my tongue
Gotta know that's what's gotten into ya
Any cat man do when it's done...
It's like the first taste love of vindaloo
That sets your heart on fire
And if you let her stuff get into you
It will be all that you desire
When you make love to a sweet tantric priestress
Drinkin' in the bliss of delight
But I'm not afraid when I dance with her shadow
The time I'm gonna get it right
She's gonna whet my appetite
Just lookin' for a little taste, taste of India
She'll steal the smile right out of your face
She friend of mine, She concubine
The sweetest wine, I gotta make her mine
God I love the sweet taste of India
Lingers on the tip of my tongue
Gotta love the sweet taste of India
Blame it on the beat of the drum
God I love that sweet taste of India
Lingers on the tip of my tongue
Gotta know that what's gotten into ya
Any cat man do when it's done
Just think of what I'll get tonight
She's gonna whet my appetite
Just lookin' for a little taste, taste of India
She'll steal the smile right out of your face
05 Full Circle (05:00)
Yeah Yeah
If I could change the world
Like a fairy tale
I would drink the love
From your Holy Grail
I would start with love
Tell ol' Beelzebub
To get outta town
Cause you just lost your job
How did we get so affected (cause I think)
Love is love reflected
Time
Don't let it slip away
Raise your drinkin' glass
Here's to yesterday
In Time
We're all gonna trip away
Don't piss Heaven off
We got Hell to pay
Come full circle
And if
There's a spell on you that
I could take away
I would do the deed
Yeah and by the way
Here's to Heaven know's
As the circle goes
It ain't right
I'm uptight
Yeah and get off my toes
I used to think that every little
thing I did was crazy
But now I think the Karma
cops are comin' after you
Time
Don't let it slip away
Raise your drinkin' glass
Here's to yesterday
In Time
We're all gonna trip away
Don't piss Heaven off
We got Hell to pay
Come full circle
Every time you get yourself caught up inside
Of someone else's crazy dream
Own it, yeah that's a mistake
Everybody's gotta lotta nadda killing them
Instead of killing time
Time
Don't let it slip away
Raise your drinkin' glass
Here's to yesterday
In Time
We're all gonna trip away
Don't piss Heaven off
We got Hell to pay
Time
Don't let it slip away
Raise your drinkin' glass
Here's to yesterday
In Time
We're all gonna trip away
Don't piss Heaven off
We got Hell to pay
Come full circle
06 Something's Gotta Give (03:36)
Cyberotic head explode
Information overload
And I just can't take it anymore
And I'm gonna break
Something's gotta give
Tell me when to turn the screw
Does the noise in my head bother you
Something's gotta give
Comic books are coming true
Does the noise in my head bother you
Digerotic mass appeal
Feels like flesh but tastes unreal
And I'm gonna break
Something's gotta give
Tell me when to turn the screw
Does the noise in my head bother you
Something's gotta give
Don't you like it, Tell me true
Does the noise in my head bother you
Something's gotta give
Hold your breath 'til you turn blue
Does the noise in my head bother you
Something's gotta give
Comic books are comin' true
Does the noise in my head bother you
If love that seemed to fall from grace
Was sitting on your interface
Your megahertz she can't forgive
Your love died before you ever lived
Something's gotta give
Tell me when to turn the screw
Does the noise in my head bother you
Something's gotta give
Don't you like it, Tell me true
Does the noise in my head bother you
Something's gotta give
Hold your breath 'til you turn blue
Does the noise in my head bother you
Something's gotta give
Comic books are comin' true
Does the noise in my head bother you
07 Ain't That a Bitch (05:25)
Up in smoke you've lost another lover
As you take the hit of your last cigarette
Strung out, burnt out
Yeah you're down on your luck
And you don't give a...
'Til the best part of you starts to twitch
Ain't that a bitch
Freak out! I'm alone now
I feel just like I'm losin' my mind
'Cause love is like the right dress
On the wrong girl
You never know what you're gonna find
You think you're high and fine as wine
Then you wind up like a dog in a ditch
'Cause love is like wrong turn
On a cold night...yeah
Ain't that a bitch, Ain't that a bitch
In a daze
In the throes of emotion
You see God in the Devil's eyes
Then you fall so far from grace
You wouldn't know a kiss
If it was on your face
You can tell it to the jury
But you ain't got no case
Freak out! I'm alone now
I feel just like I'm losin' my mind
'Cause love is like the right dress
On the wrong girl
You never know what you're gonna find
You think you're fine as calamine but not
enough to scratch a seven year itch
'Cause love is like the last licks
Outta Hendrix...yeah
Ain't that a bitch, Ain't that a bitch
Then you feel so out of place
Lickin' up the arsenic
From the same old lace
You know the stuff is poison
But you gotta have a taste
You gotta
Freak out! I'm alone now
I feel just like I'm losin' my mind
'Cause love is like the right dress
On the wrong girl
You never know what you're gonna find
You think you're high and fine as wine
Then you wind up with your face in a ditch
'Cause love is like a warm gun
On a cold night...yeah
Ain't that a bitch, Ain't that a bitch
08 The Farm (04:27)
There's a cockroach in my coffee
There's a needle in my arm
And I feel like New York City
Get me to the farm
Get me to the farm
Get me to the farm
Somebody get me to the farm
I got terminal uniqueness
I'm an egocentric man
I get caught up in my freakness
But I ain't no Peter Pan
Get me to the farm
Get me to the farm
Get me to the farm
Get me...
Buckle up straight Jack
Sanity is such a drag
Jelly beam Thorazine
Transcendental jet lag
Sanity I ain't gotta
Feeling like a pinala
Sucker punch-blowin' lung
Motherload-pigeonholed
I'm feeling like I'm gonna explode
I wanna be a Hare Krishna
Tattoo a dot right on my head
And the Prozac is my fixer
I am the living dead
Take me to the farm
Take me to the farm
Somebody take me to the farm
Somebody take me to the farm
Take me to the farm
Take me to the farm
Somebody take me to the farm
Somebody take me to the farm
Take me to the farm
Take me to the farm
Take me to the farm...
Take me to the farm
Take me to the farm
Somebody take me to the farm
09 Crash (04:25)
Sitting on a castle
On the floor with Esmorelda
Waiting for the Geezer
Captain Crunch to come around
Feeling suicidal
’Coz of certain situations
Hanging from the stairs
Too long
I think I'm coming down
It's time to crash
Losin’ my mind, losin’ my mind, losin’ my mind
Yeah it's time to crash
Doin’ tons of coke and blow
Stuffing it in every hole
Miles high so am I
Watching Jimi kiss the sky
Salle diner becomes a blur
With everybody jammin’
Republicans begin to sin
The batwings start a slamming
It's time to crash
Losin’ my mind, losin’ my mind, losin’ my mind
Maybe it's a little late but it's time to crash
You drive me crazy
Captain Billy Beemish
Put a lamb up on a rack
Thanks for coming Billy
And we hop you're coming back
The castle will be waiting
For next bangers and mash
Blanche and Marsha Reznick
Put their marmite with their hash
It's time to crash
Losin’ my mind, losin’ my mind, losin’ my mind
Yeah it's time to crash
10 Kiss Your Past Good-Bye (04:31)
Finders keepers, losers weep
Down on 42nd Street
Aw barefoot children cryin', my-oh-my
I watched you on the Avenue
While other men were havin' you
I think that you should let your caged bird fly
And kiss your past goodbye
Kiss your past goodbye, yeah
Kiss your past goodbye, yayah
Kiss your past goodbye
I've been so lost I must confess
I had my share of loneliness
But yeah, it's hard to keep a good man down
The loves you lost were all in vain
The past is all inside your brain
I don't think you need those memories hangin' round
Yeah goodbye
A-Kiss your past goodbye
You gotta learn to fly
And kiss your past goodbye
yeaaaaaah, yeah yeahhhhhhhhhh
Aaaaaaaaa Kiss your past goodbye
Ooooooooo Kiss your past goodbye
And if that bird don't fly away
There's just one thing I've got to say.
Its later than a deuce a ticks
Your broken heart on needs a fix
Your feedin' off a high that will not last
N people they don't seem to care
And sorry just don't cut it, yeah
It seems to me your gettin' nowhere fast
So Kiss... your... past...
or kiss your ass goodbye
Kiss your past goodbye
Thers no more tears to cry, yeah
Kiss your past goodbye
Kiss your past goodbye or
Kiss your ass goodbyeaaaaaaaaaaah
11 Pink (03:55)
Pink it's my new obsession
Pink it's not even a question
Pink on the lips of your lover, 'cause
Pink is the love you discover
Pink as the bing on your cherry
Pink, 'cause you are so very
Pink it's the color of passion
'Cause today it just goes with the fashion
Pink it was love at first sight, yeah
Pink when I turn out the light, and
Pink gets me high as a kite
And I think everything is going to be all right
No matter what we do tonight
You could be my flamingo
'Coz pink is the new kinda lingo
Pink like a deco umbrella
It's kink - but you don't ever tell her
Pink it was love at first sight
Pink when I turn out the light
Pink gets me high as a kite
And I think everything is going to be all right
No matter what we do tonight
I want to be your lover
I wanna wrap you in rubber
As pink as the sheets that we lay on
Pink is my favorite crayon, yeah
Pink it was love at first sight
Pink when I turn out the light
Pink it's like red but not quite
And I think everything is going to be all right
No matter what we do tonight
13 Attitude Adjustment (03:44)
This girl I knew
She loved me and blew me away
We made love no doubt
But she never went out of her way
I keep wonderin', I keep wonderin' why
Do the wings of your butterfly
Lightnin' thunder
I keep wonderin' why
Hey I think you need am attitude adjustment
Knock-down drag out
I got to make myself a latitude adjustment
With or without
I was rather naive
So I didn't believe when you said
Our love is in jail
Honey you hit the nail on the head
I keep wonderin', I keep wonderin' why
Do the wings of your butterfly
Lightnin' thunder
I keep wonderin' why
Hey I think you need am attitude adjustment
Knock-down drag out
Don't you ever baby, wonder where the lust went
With or without
Now I know what it is
Cause I know what you are
No more cryin' eyes my friend
Excusem fuckin' moi
No more wonderin'
I got news for you
Hey I think you need am attitude adjustment
Knock-down drag out
I got to make myself a latitude adjustment
I'm headin' south
Yeah I think you need am attitude adjustment
From inside out
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Di Mr Pink!
La title track davvero hard e d'impatto!
Quest'album ha davvero nove vite!