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Funeral è un album degno di una attenta analisi essendo il primo album del gruppo Indie Rock canadese Arcade Fire.
È stato pubblicato nel 2004 e sembra un tentativo riuscito di riproporre sonorità nuove e che riesce a spiccare nella enorme comunità musicale del nuovo millennio ricca di nuove influenze e idee che tendono ad oscurare sonorità simili. Il titolo Funeral è dovuto alla scomparsa di molti cari dei membri della band durante le registrazioni del medesimo album.
La musica è molto originale e gonfia in alcune canzoni. La prima canzone è forse la più significativa dell’album, un po’ per il titolo (Neighborhood #1) e un po' per le sonorità composte e pensierose che lasciano l’ascoltatore in trance per i primi quattro minuti per poi abbandonarlo sino a quando non si arriva a Rebellion che dona nuovamente forti emozioni.
La musica è triste ma suonata in modo allegro e in modo che il tutto sembri spontaneo, certo non lascia impronte molto profonde nella memoria ma è disco che vuole farsi ri-ascoltate spesso e volentieri e in modo naturale. Comunque, per essere l’album di esordio rende gli Arcade Fire una band molto promettente e da tenere d’occhio.
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02 Neighborhood #2 (Laïka) (03:32)
Alexander, our older brother,
set out for a great adventure.
He tore our images out of his pictures,
he scratched our names out of all his letters.
Our mother shoulda just named you Laika!
Come on Alex, you can do it.
Come on Alex, there's nothin' to it.
If you want somethin' don't ask for nothin,
if you want nothin' don't ask for somethin'!
Our mother shoulda just named you Laika!
It's for your own good,
it's for the neighborhood!
For the neighborhood
Our older brother bit by a Vampire!
For a year we caught his tears in a cup.
And now we're gonna make him drink it.
Come on Alex don't die or dry up!
Our mother shoulda just named you Laika!
It's for your own good,
it's for the neighborhood!
When daddy comes home you always start a fight,
so the neighbors can dance in the police disco lights.
The police disco lights.
Now the neighbors can dance! (x4)
03 Une année sans lumière (03:41)
Hey! The streetlights all burnt out.
Une année sans lumières.
Je monte un cheval,
Qui porte des oeillères.
Hey, my eyes are shooting sparks,
La nuit, mes yeux t'éclairent.
Ne dis pas à ton père
Qu'il porte des oeillières.
Hey, your old man should know,
If you see a shadow,
There's something there.
So hey! my eyes are shooting sparks,
La nuit mes yeux t'éclairent,
Ne dis pas à ton père
Qu'il porte des oeillères.
Hey, your old man should know,
If you see a shadow,
There's something there
07 Wake Up (05:35)
Somethin' filled up
My heart with nothin',
Someone told me not to cry.
But now that I'm older,
My heart's colder,
And I can see that it's a lie...
Children wake up,
Hold your mistake up,
Before they turn the summer into dust.
If the children don't grow up,
Our bodies get bigger but our hearts get torn up.
We're just a million little gods causin' rain storms, turnin' every good thing to
rust.
I guess we'll just have to adjust!...
With my lightnin' bolts a glowin'
I can see where I am goin' to be
When the reaper he reaches and touches my hand.
With my lightnin' bolts a glowin'
I can see where I am goin’
With my lighnin' bolts a glowin'
I can see where I am go-goin’
You better look out below!
08 Haïti (04:07)
Haïti, mon pays
Wounded mother I'll never see
Ma famille set me free
Throw my ashes into the sea
Mes cousins jamais nés
Hauntent les nuits des Duvaliers
Rien n'arrête nos esprits
Guns can't kill what soldiers can't see
In the forest we are hiding
Unmarked graves where flowers grow
Hear the soldiers angry yelling
In the river we will go
Tous les morts-nés forment une armée
Soon we will reclaim the earth
All the tears and all the bodies
Bring about our second birth
Haïti, never free
N'aie pas peur de sonner l'alarme
Tes enfants sont partis
In those days their blood was still warm.
09 Rebellion (Lies) (05:11)
Sleeping is giving in,
No matter what the time is.
Sleeping is giving in,
So lift those heavy eyelids.
People say that you'll die
Faster than without water.
But we know it's just a lie,
Scare your son, scare your daughter.
People say that your dreams
Are the only things that save ya.
Come on baby in our dreams,
We can live our misbehavior.
Every time you close your eyes
Lies, lies!
Every time you close your eyes
Lies, lies!
Every time you close your eyes
Lies, lies!
Every time you close your eyes
Lies, lies!
Every time you close your eyes
Every time you close your eyes
Every time you close your eyes
Every time you close your eyes
People try and hide the night
Underneath the covers.
People try and hide the light
Underneath the covers.
Come on hide your lovers
Underneath the covers,
Come on hide your lovers
Underneath the covers.
Hidin' from your brothers
Underneath the covers,
Come on hide your lovers
Underneath the covers.
People say let's just die
Faster than without water,
But we know it's just a lie,
Scare your son, scare your daughter,
Scare your son, scare your daughter.
Scare your son, scare your daughter.
Now here's the sun, it's alright!
(Lies, lies!)
Now here's the moon, it's alright!
(Lies, lies!)
Now here's the sun, it's alright!
(Lies, lies!)
Now here's the moon it's alright
(Lies, lies!)
Every time you close your eyes
Lies, lies!
Every time you close your eyes
Lies, lies!
Every time you close your eyes
Lies, lies!
Every time you close your eyes
Lies, lies!
Every time you close your eyes
Every time you close your eyes
(Lies, lies!)
10 In the Backseat (06:20)
I like the peace
In the backseat
I don't have to drive
I don't have to speak
I can watch the countryside
And I can fall asleep
My family tree's
Losing all it's leaves
Crashing towards the driver's seat
The lightning bolt had enough heat
To melt the street beneath your feet
Alice died
In the night
I've been learning to drive
My whole life
I've been learning
I like the peace
In the backseat
I don't have to drive
I don't have to speak
I only can watch the countryside
Alice died
In the night
I've been learning to drive
My whole life
I've been learning how
Carico i commenti... con calma
Altre recensioni
Di damaskinos
Funeral è un paradosso: dovrebbe esprimere mancanza e scoramento, invece suona talmente euforico e life-affirming.
Win Butler e Régine Chassagne hanno una voce che cattura l’attenzione, quasi aliena, capace di attraversare emozioni intense.
Di rob1
Questo esordio degli Arcade Fire è un gran bel dischetto, pieno com'è di intensità, emozioni e almeno un pugno di canzoni memorabili.
Dimentichiamoci quel vocabolo per un momento e immergiamoci, invece, nelle vaporose atmosfere, a volte poco vaghe, di ispirazione ‘70 e del periodo più ispirato del Duca Bianco.
Di Saturnina.Ruby
Non cerco risposte, mi tengo il dottore.
Sto male, mi prescrivono cure a base di leggiadra malinconia e sto bene.
Di diciattre
"Funeral dà euforia, che afferma la vita. E di questi tempi...!"
"Purify the colours, purify my mind and spread the ashes of the colours over this heart of mine!"
