Pump è il secondo dei tre "Big Ones" degli Aerosmith, i tre gioielli della discografia della veterana band di Boston.
Gioielli non solo dal punto di vista qualitativo davvero eccelso, ma anche dall'incredibile successo commerciale che quei tre album riscossero: una vera fonte di singoli e hits che spopolarono tra gli anni '80 e i '90 e che vennero successivamente raccolte nella compilation "Big Ones" (appunto!).
Pump dunque, arriva in un periodo d'oro per gli Aerosmith già forti del successo di quel "Permanent Vacation" che al suo interno conteneva gli inni immortali di "Dude (Looks Like A Lady)", l'incessante battito della batteria di "Rag Doll", la strappalacrime "Angel" e quanto altro ancora che fecero la gioia di tutti: dagli amanti dell'hard rock (davvero in voga all'epoca), fino al pubblico di Mtv (allora diverso da quello attuale, ma non di tantissimo alla fin fine ;) ).
Ma stiamo parlando di "Pump" o sbaglio? E allora perchè tutta questa introduzione su "Permanent Vacation"? Beh, semplicemente perchè con "Pump" la storia si ripete! Si ripete e oserei dire che addirittura migliora, sotto tutti i punti di vista.
"Pump" rappresenta in pieno quello che gli Aerosmith sono stati (e sono tuttora): una band fortemente rock, col maledetto vizio di azzeccare i ritornelli e i refrain per rendere irresistibili le canzoni, potenziate dai riff inossidabili di Perry e dalla voce unica di Tyler.
Già, i Toxic Twins (non so se si chiamavano ancora così allora, ma sicuramente lo sono stati per un bel pezzo) sono gli assoluti protagonisti di un album stellare, fatto di 10 astri più luminosi che mai! Dall'iniziale "Young Lust" alla conclusiva "What It Takes" è un susseguirsi di brani ad alto potenziale radiofonico, ma anche ad alto tasso artistico non semplicemente commericiale e fine a se stesso.
"Love In An Elevator", "The Otherside", "Janie's Got A Gun" e la già citata "What It Takes" sono gli assi portanti di questo disco, che hanno contribuito largamente alle fortune della band, ma anche pezzi come "Young Lust", "F.I.N.E." e la splendida "Voodoo Medicine Man" sono qualcosa di imperdibile e persino i pezzi "più deboli" (le viroglette non sono messe a caso) come "My Girl" e "Monkey On My Back" sono dei mezzi capolavori, tanto che è davvero difficile trovare difetti a questo album che, effettivamente, risulta esserne privo.
Qualcuno potrebbe obiettare sulla svolta commerciale degli Aerosmith di questo periodo, ma se il risultato è questo, allora ben venga questa svolta (ed il risultato sarà infatti il medesimo anche nei successivi due album... se non tre).
Da avere, da ascoltare, da amare. AVVERTENZA: NON CONTIENE PUNTI MORTI!
Elenco tracce testi e samples
01 Young Lust (04:20)
Young lust
Happy just to be in lust
Never have to eat no dust
Everybody talk about
Young lust
You're dyin' and you're screamin' inside
You're guilty way before you been tried
It's crazy but you're diggin' it
Young lust
You feel it in the summertime blues
Easy when there's nothin' to lose
And baby you been missin' out
Young lust
Sometimes you need it so bad
It's enough to drive a young girl mad
So what you gonna do about it?
A little bit o' nasty
You look a little sleazy
But don't get any on you
Young lust
You better keep your daughter inside
Or she's gonna get a dose of my pride
Yeah, everybody talks about it
Young lust
Once you had it you can never go back
Don't you ever let 'em give you no slack
When you're streakin' down the alleyway
Checkin' out the ladies
Who didn't bring their boyfriends
Who love to get in trouble
I got to say I'll see you later, meet me in the elevator
Always gettin' stronger
Never gettin' weaker
My love is gettin' longer
I'll keep it in my sneaker
Never keep a secret
Never feelin' guilty
Never gettin' lonely
Never gettin' no peace
Hidin' from the police
Sneakin' out the back way
Sneakin' down the alleyway
Gotta do it my way
Do it in the sunshine
Hangin' from the clothesline
Find another tree to climb
Young lust
There's no time for lovin'
Young lust
No, don't need one in the oven
Young lust
I'm a-pushin' and a-shovin' it
Young lust
Come on now I just can't wait
Are you fishin' or you gonna cut bait?
Everybody body doin' it
Young lust
Honey now ain't it a bitch
Sometime you gotta scratch that itch
So what you gonna do about it?
02 F.I.N.E. (04:15)
Hot wax drippin'
Honey what do you say
I got a brand new record
That I gotta play
She says not now boy
But I did anyway
Cause I'm ready, so ready
Lip smackin' paddy wackin'
Walkin' the street
I got a rag top Chevy
Now I'm back on my feet
I get an EMHO woody
When I sit in the seat
Cause I'm ready, so ready
I got a girlfriend with the hoochy-coochy eyes
Cause in the pink she look so fine
She got the cracker jack now all I wants the prize, honey
I know these hookers down on 42nd street, but
Ill-gotten booty's not my style
I'll take a rain check 'til I get back on my feet, honey
'Cause I'm
Alright
Your daddy says I'm
Alright
Your momma says
Alright
And my old lady says I'm
Alright
Whip crackin' floozy
Way outta control
She got a new kinda jelly
In her jelly roll
I got the right key baby
But the wrong keyhole
And I'm ready, so ready
I'm a red hot pistol
And I'm ready to fight
I'm a .38 special
On a Saturday night
I'm gonna kiss your boo boo honey
Make it alright
'Cause I'm ready, so ready
I got a cruiser with a bimbo on the dash
It kinda keeps my ass in line
One little french kiss honey that's my kinda trash, yeah
My brand new baby's lookin f-i-n-e, fine
The sun is shinin' every day
Ain't got no rubbers now it's rainin all the time, honey
Since I'm
Alright
My little sister says I'm
Alright
Oh my brother thinks I'm
Alright
And my old lady knows I'm
Alright
I feel like I'm hung up on the line
I'd die for you but we were partners in the crime
Everything about you is so f-i-n-e, fine
Let's put our clothes back on
And by the way girl
What's your name again
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Since I'm
Alright
You're daddy says I'm
Alright
And Tipper thinks I'm
Alright
And Joe Perry says I'm
Alright
Pitched my tent
In the pouring rain
I got a back seat lover
That's callin' my name
She gonna blow my cover
She's hot as a flame
But I'm ready, so ready
I shove my tongue
Right between your cheeks
I haven't made love now
For twenty-five weeks
I hear that your so tight
Your lovin' squeaks
And I'm ready, so ready
10 What It Takes (06:29)
There goes my old girlfriend
There's another diamond ring
And all those late night promises
I guess they don't mean a thing
So baby, what's the story
Did you find another man
Is it easy to sleep in the bed that we made
When you don't look back I guess the feelings start to fade away
I used to feel your fire
But now it's cold inside
And you're back on the street
Like you didn't miss a beat, yeah
Tell me what it takes to let you go
Tell me how the pain's supposed to go
Tell me how it is that you can sleep in the night
Without thinking you lost everything that was good
In your life to the toss of the dice
Tell me what it takes to let you go
Girl before I met you
I was F-I-N-E, fine
But your love made me a prisoner
Yeah, my heart's been doin' time
Spent me up like money
Then you hung me out to dry
It was easy to keep all your lies in disguise
'Cause you had me in deep with the devil in your eyes
Tell me what it takes to let you go
Tell me how the pain's supposed to go
Tell me how it is that you can sleep in the night
Without thinking you lost everything that was good
In your life to the toss of the dice
Tell me what it takes to let you go
Guitar!
Tell me that you're happy that you're on your own
Tell me that it's better when you're all alone
Tell me that your body doesn't miss my touch
Tell me that my lovin' didn't mean that much
Tell me you were lyin' when you cried for me
Tell me what it takes to let you go
Tell me how the pain's supposed to go
Tell me how it is that you can sleep in the night
Without thinking you lost everything that was good
In your life to the toss of the dice
Tell me who's to blame for thinking twice
'Cause I don't wanna burn in paradise
Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go
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Let it go
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Di Hardrock92
«Love in a Elevator è la canzone più bella del disco»
«What it Takes è una ballata veramente spettacolare con un Tyler in formissima»
