Con “Have you Fed the Fish?” Badly Drawn boy abbandona, almeno momentaneamente, le sue radici lo-fi, per terreni più soleggiati e ritmati.
Alla produzione ritroviamo, come gia in “About a Boy” (colonna sonora del film omonimo), Tom Rothrock, al contrario del primo album dove mancava la figura del produttore. Il suono ne risente, gli arrangiamenti risultano più complessi ed è maggiore lo spazio riservato a fiati, archi e tastiere rispetto che nel precedente “The Hour of Bewilderbeast”.
Il risultato? Ugualmente sorprendente secondo me.
Damon Gough a dispetto del suo carattere timido e chiuso, del suo modo lento e prolisso di parlare, riesce a distillare perle poetiche in forma di canzoni pop di tre minuti. Tutte perfette, tutte romantiche e sognanti.
I più hanno ritenuto questo secondo album (terzo se si calcola la colonna sonora di “About A Boy”) leggermente inferiore all’esordio. Io ritengo che i due siano semplicemente diversi. Bellissimi entrambi a modo loro.
Se l’esordio prediligeva il binomio vincente Damon/chitarra, esaltando la scrittura dell’autore, in questa seconda tappa della sua carriera il “ragazzo disegnato male” preferisce dare più spazio alla magniloquenza degli arrangiamenti.
Un album in grado di infiammare la lenta quotidianità.
Elenco tracce testi samples e video
02 Have You Fed the Fish? (04:18)
The keys to your heart
Open the door to the world
You've got to give me two days
And woman, I'll make you a girl
CHORUS
Sometimes you've got to
Rewind, to go forward
There's some
Good times, around the corner
But have you fed the fish today?
Have you made your wish today?
I need a new eiderdown
I want some binoculaurs
Don't want to be obvious
I want to surprise myself
I've killed all the mockingbirds
I've wrestled the octopus
I came out with extra arms
To carry your baggage
CHORUS
05 All Possibilities (03:54)
All possibilities
Are landing at my feet
There's nothing I can see
But possibilities
All colours are changing in my eyes
Your hopes are all fading, that will never do
You're seeing the world through cynical eyes
I'm seeing the world through the eyes of somebody new
Oh there's a hope left, there's a dream still in my heart
Look past the answers, there's a chance that there's no rulebook for this love
All possibilities
Are landing at my feet
There's nothing I can see
But possibilities
All the colours are changing in my eyes
Your hopes are all fading, that will never do
You're seeing the world through cynical eyes
I'm seeing the world through the eyes of somebody new
Oh there's a hope left, there's a dream still in my heart
Look past the answers, there's a chance that there's no rulebook for this love
10 The Further I Slide (03:47)
Starting
Today
We're on
Holiday
Everybody sees you in the wrong way
No one else sees you my way
OoooooOoooOoooOooo
Your gazes cripple me
Keep life a mystery
I don't want it to change
Just keep 'em coming my way
But that's all a lie
I can't rationalise
The further I slide
I can't seem to get back to your side
Cos you're a summer child
And I'm winter mild
I can't stay with the heat
As you blossom out around me
Doodoodoodoodoodoodoo
Doodoodoodoodoodoodoo
Doodoodoodoodoo
Doodoodoodoodoodoodoo
Doodoodoodoodoodoodoo
Doodoodoodoodoo
What if
There is
Nothing
After this?
Your gazes cripple me
Keep life a mystery
I don't want it to change
Just keep 'em coming my way
Doodoodoodoodoodoodoo
Doodoodoodoodoodoodoo
Doodoodoodoodoo
Doodoodoodoodoodoodoo
Doodoodoodoodoodoodoo
Doodoodoodoodoo
15 Bedside Story (04:53)
Goodnight my answer, your dreams are still sweet
Goodnight, be careful with yourself
Don't worry about the money, forget about the wealth
You'll be my angel, divert me from hell
Help me, protect me from myself
Don't worry, don't worry
Goodnight my answer, goodnight my answer
Goodnight my answer
Goodnight my answer
Goodnight my answer
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