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Rispolverare questo disco al giorno d'oggi è come rimpiangere di essere cresciuti, lontani da un mondo diverso, migliori in certi aspetti ma pieni di vecchi ricordi che mettono l'amaro in bocca. Nello stesso tempo mi immagino gli Agnostic Front, sicuramente più ricchi, sicuramente pieni di soddisfazioni, ma allo stesso modo diversi, ormai consci di non poter suonare più al CBGB, ormai parte di una scena mutata in qualcosa di completamente differente da quella passata. Oggi anche se attivi e ricchi di buone speranze, devono mettersi l'anima in pace, un album come "Victim in Pain" non riusciranno mai più a registrarlo.
Non che odi come sembra tutta la musica venuta dall'ottantanove in poi, il fatto è che amo semplicemente la musica dettata dall'istinto. Quel "Victim in Pain" ne sapeva qualcosa.
1984, Miret urlava e Stigma non sapeva andare a tempo sopra una batteria troppo veloce, gli strumenti non era cosi ben accordati tra di loro e le canzoni toccavano come l'Hardcore chiedeva quelle quattro note portanti senza andare oltre. Proprio questa incompetenza e questo modo di imporsi al mondo musicale donò alla band un posto sicuro tra i fondatori della scena punk Newyorkese.
Già vivamente portati verso una sonorità metallara, con la quale si battezzarono definitivamente con "Cause for Allarm", gli Agnosti Front si caratterizzarono con cambi repentini di tempo, assoli epilettici e brani suonati a velocità sconvolgente. Il disco dura pochissimo, dieci canzoni suonate a bruciapelo e stop.
Brani epocali come "Blind Justice" rimembrano nel 2008 un mondo finito, dove quei fantastici suoni acidi non erano studiati sopra a mixer lunghi decine di metri, quelle distorsioni che mi ricordano inconsciamente uno sciame di vespe erano il frutto di una coincidenza, il frutto della situazione, diciamocela tutta il frutto del caso trascritto in un disco. Ecco cosa ha rovinato il sound degli Angnostic Front con il passare del tempo, la professionalità, la ricerca dalla perfezione, la perdita di quell'alchimia creata dalla fortuna.
So che per qualcuno di voi questo disco è irrilevante, un ibrido che non è mai stato concepito pienamente, ma questa atmosfera, queste canzoni come "Power", "Victim in Pain", "United and strong" mettono in me una carica unica, una carica in giorni come questi sento sempre di meno trascritta in vinile.
Secondo la mia opinione (nettamente di parte) l'album merita cinque stelle, devo però ammettere che per qualcuno queste sono troppe. Ascoltate e fate voi.
Elenco tracce e testi
01 Victim in Pain (00:50)
People say that I'm insane
A victim of society just in pain
Society's rules have made me cruel
I'm just the opposite, ain't no fool
The way I act or way I dress
Doesn't make me strong or make me best
Soon they'll find my reasons why
I'm open minded and not blind
But why am I going insane
Why am I the one to blame
Open your eyes, don't tell me lies
I'll be the one to live and rise
I'll think for myself and I'm sure to find
That society's rules won't change my mind
02 Remind Them (01:06)
They hate us, we'll hate them
They deny us, we'll defy them
They ignore us, we'll remind them
They taught us to hate and lie
To obey them and look into their selfish eyes
Reject the system and their games
The games they play to rise above
Laws they make, rules they could shove
Ideals to take over our minds
Unjustified greed to rule our lives
Their desire to overpower and conquer
To succeed for their own kind
Reject their authority, be aware of their schism
We won't adjust to their society
Their capitalistic from of prison
Remind them they taught us to lie
Remind them they've corrupted our lives
03 Blind Justice (01:28)
So they say they'll set me free
If I plead guilty and let it be
But I'm not the one who did their crimes
So why should I keep taking their jives
I'm done playing all their games
And being titled low life names
When I'm innocent and concerned
Of who I am and what I've learned
I'm not the one who did their crimes
There's no justice, there's just us
Blind justice screwed all of us
There's no justice, there's just us
We need justice for all of us
04 Last Warning (00:48)
When I try, to do the right
You always put me down
You're always on my back
Why do you hang around?
You can't see beyond your nose
What's making you so blind
The rules you make, those you break
This is your last warning
It isn't just a threat
Choose to disregard it
Wind up with regret
06 Power (01:46)
Power
Anti-social being
Human discharge
A fascist regime
We're fighting in the streets
Trying to be free
They say the regime will save us all
It's anti-social and gonna fall
07 Hiding Inside (01:22)
Hiding your feelings & yourself inside
Because you're afraid to express them
And lose your pride
But why try to be someone you're just not
Why keep hiding, letting the real you rot
Yes, you're afraid to get caught off gaurd
Because you don't know how they'll think
(Is he 'soft' or 'hard')
But does it really matter, does it really bother you?
To try to be someone else, a fool leading
Yourself on to (a life that's not for you)
Can't you act and be yourself
Not another character in a hardcore handbook
Well, we don't need anymore great american heroes
But real people being themselves, not weirdos
08 Fascist Attitudes (02:06)
Why should you go around bashing one another
If they look or think different, why let it bother
Everyones got their own style, their own thoughts
Don't let it bother you, don't let it get caught
Your fascist attitudes - we need the least
With a scene that's fighting for unity & peace
Don't need more anger; no more danger
Don't need to hate; stop before it's too late
Learning how to respect each other is a must
So why start a war of anger & danger among us
It's time to grow out of your nazi hypocrism
When you really don't want part of a fucked up system
10 Your Mistake (01:36)
We're here to be and the ones to succeed
No need for you to tell us how to be
Can't seem to find your reasons why
You tell us lies and think you're wise
Why can't you think before you sink
Why can't you see, then come to me
Tell us lies and ask us why
We hate society
And we're here to fight
I won't shake their hands
'Cause they're not our friends
Won't talk to you 'cause you can't be true
You've got problems, yet you keep hiding them
You entered their gate, but now it's too late
It's your mistake
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