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"Ego War" è un album che non riesco a digerire!
Lo potrei accettare se fosse stato destinato al solo circuito underground inglese, se avesse avuto come sola pretesa quella di finire nella borsa di qualche giovane dj intenzionato a ravvivare i sui set con qualcosa di nuovo (solo cronologicamente parlando...).
La mia enorme diffidenza nei confronti di questo lavoro si afferma dal preciso momento in cui la stampa inglese (tanto per cambiare...) me lo vuole somministrare come l'ennesimo grande capolavoro, l'irrinunciabile rivelazione del 2003.
A fare da contorno a questa inspiegabile euforia e ad aumentare la mia avversione per queste 12 tracce, ecco gli stessi Audio Bullys che cavalcando il momento fortunato, si permettono il lusso di farci notare, dalle colonne dei giornali compiacenti, quanto la loro "genialità" si fosse già messa in luce in tempi non sospetti allorché, ancora sconosciuti, dai piatti di chissà quale festa di paese mixavano hit dance del momento con mostri sacri quali Clash e Kinks.
Non fatevi ingannare! Se siete in cerca di qualcuno capace di far rivivere in chiave moderna mostri sacri di quel calibro, gli Audio Bullys non fanno per voi.
L'unica cosa che sono stati in grado di fare i due "bulli" di periferia è di rubare qualche riff qua e là (Costello e Joe Cocker sono campionati rispettivamente in "Way Too Long" e "Face In The Cloud") incollandoli con il piú ignobile dei cut'n'paste.
"Ego War" è un grosso pentolone nel quale vengono furbescamente mescolati 10 anni di musica dance inglese. Two step, downbeat (Mr Skinner aka The Street altra classe in confronto), big beat, elettroclash, tormentoni in salsa hip-hop che già i Groove Armada ci avevano fatto il dispiacere di regalarci, tutti elementi amalgamati senza ombra di tocco personale o spunto interessante.
Gli Audio Bullys con questo debutto mostrano il solo pregio di confezionare con enorme facilità hit ballabili fino alla noia, non sono innovativi e e ancora meno sono da etichettare come rivelazione e ancora una volta per contraddire la stampa inglese, si può benissimo rinunciare al loro album.
Elenco tracce testi samples e video
01 Snake (03:36)
Got this feeling in my head
It won't go away, no
Got this feeling in my head
It won't go away, no
Got this feeling in my head
It won't go away, no
I keep on tryin'
To make it up to you and I would be lying
To play a game with you so I just keep walking
Not thinking it all through or even talking
To people about you
Got this feeling in my head
It won't go away, no
Got this feeling in my bed
When I start the thing up
Got this feeling in brain
I wish it would guh-o
Sometimes I just feel insane
I deal with the pain though
I keep on tryin'
To make it up to you, and I would be lyin'
To play a game with you so I just keep walkin'
Not thinkin' it all through or even talkin'
To people about you
From start to cold, new to old, brave to bold, paid to sold
Fresh to crust, still to rust, sure to must, Skin to dust
Gas to fire, phone to wire, played to hire, claim to flier
Head to hat, tape to that, tells a cat, snares a slack
Red to pink, plate to zinc smells a stink, edge to brink
Paid to waltz, shops the malls, tops the talls, pops the collars
Stomps it out, puff to pout, in to out, rain to drought
Shout to scream, sleep to dream, split to seam, unless you want me
Got this feeling in my head
It won't go away, no
Got this feeling in my bed
When I start the thing up
Got this feeling in my head
It won't go away, no
Got this feeling in my bed
When I start the thing up
03 Way Too Long (02:16)
Nobody's been comin round your way
Have you been hearing wat they say?
They were your buddies yesterday
But you took too long to pay
Have you heard the latest news
about the cat that got slapped and bashed and bruised
Yeah, I wouldn't wanna be in his shoes
Now the kid's got fuckall to lose
broken friendships too hard to mention
ran round in venture
only invention
as we step from old to new
Andy knows we always wanted to check the things we do
All those kids who were your mates
You've let them sitting on their hate
When you're asleep or you're awake
You cannot hide from your mistake
Has he checked the fresh tickets?
get my fuckin money or you get my fuckin fist
personality switchin' twitchin
Like the girls in the springer show bitchin'
boy's in major shit now
Hasn't even got a little bit now
cuz he was out on the town
knockin drinks down
spendin all his money
and throwin it around
Nobody's been comin round your way
Have you been hearing wat they say?
They were your buddies yesterday
But you took way too long to pay
All the kids who were your mates
You've left them sitting on their hate
When you're asleep or you're awake
You cannot hide from your mistake
Have you seen where stevie's been?
Well, i've seen him round the way,
If you know wat i mean...
where?
well, he was at the club last night
drinkin with a girl and she looked a bit alright
What the fuck is he doin?
Spending all my money on a girl now im screwin
I only ticked him for a favour
and he pays me back with that kinda behaviour?
And that just seems to be the way things go down
just enjoyance to the point of no return
lets get paid lets just get paid
And that just seems to be the way things go down
just enjoyance to the point of no return
lets get paid lets just get paid
And that just seems to be the way things go down
just enjoyance to the point of no return
lets get paid lets just get paid
05 We Don't Care (03:31)
There's things I haven't told you
I go out late at night
And if I was to tell you
You see my different side
There's things I haven't told you
I go out late at night
And if I was to tell you
You'd see my different side
There's things I haven't told you
I go out late at night
And if I was to tell you
You'd see my different side
There's things I haven't told you
I go out late at night
And if I was to tell you
You'd see my different side
There's things I haven't told you
I go out late at night
And if I was to tell you
You'd see my different side
We don't care
What you say
I'mma do my thing
From day to day
(Get it?)
We don't care
What you think
'Cause in this world
It's Swim-or-Sink
(What the fuck?!)
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