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Qualcuno ricorda l'Elephant Six? Negli anni Novanta questo collettivo di Athens, modellato basandosi sulle comuni hippie presenti un po' ovunque durante la "Summer Of Love", sfornò un notevole numero di indie bands interessanti e spesso immeritatamente dimenticate come i Neutral Milk Hotel di Jeff Magnum, gli Olivia Tremor Control, gli Of Montreal e, arriviamo al punto, i Beulah.
Capeggiati da Miles Kurosky, i Nostri incisero quattro notevoli dischi, recentemente ristampati, tra cui spicca il conclusivo "The Coast Is Never Clear", del 2003. Album, questo, in cui convivono alla perfezione la psichedelia in bassa fedeltà tipica delle bands Elephant Six ("Hello Resolven", "Gravity‘s Bringing Us Down", con tanto di chitarre degne della miglior Gioventù Sonica nel finale), un gusto retrò per il pop dei Beach Boys periodo "Pet Sounds" ("Popular Mechanics For Lovers"), e bizzarrie assortite (i Pavement con sezione fiati di "Silver Lining"). Il songwriting è maturo, gli arrangiamenti estremamente curati.
Chi vi scrive, inutile dirlo, ama questo lavoro. Non sentitevi disorientati dalla loro inclusione nella colonna sonora (il definitivo sdoganamento del termine "rock indipendente") del celebre serial adolescenziale "The O.C.": si parla di un gruppo con guizzi originali ed assolutamente godibile pur mantenendo un certo appeal da US college band per pochi.
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01 Hello Resolven (01:49)
Hello resolven
Hello to you all
Wake up the king
Wake up the queen
Everybody laugh
Everybody sing
It's over...
Hello resolven
Hello to you all
Wake up the king
Wake up the queen
Everybody laugh
Everybody sing
It's over...
Hello resolven
Hello to you all
Kill off the king
Kill off the queen
Everybody laugh
Everybody sing
It's over...
It's over (x6)
03 What Will You Do When Your Suntan Fades? (04:05)
This is gonna hurt, kid
You better hold on tight, you know
All those drugs you take
Cannot help to save your soul
Smile someday, smile, kid
You're fragile as a scene, ya know
All those things you have
Will not make you come undone
Tell me tell me you'll be alright
When you're in the shade
Tell me tell me you'll be alright
When you start to fade
Who's your only friend, kid?
There's noone else, you know
All those girls you love,
Doesn't mean you feel a thing
Tell me tell me you'll be alright
When you're in the shade
Tell me tell me you'll be alright
When you start to fade
Softly sway, or have you lost your way?
Well I could give you a map
But you know you'd have to stay
You could quit the fight or you can say goodnight
Well if you think it's a joke
Then why do you always cry?
Tell me tell me you'll be alright
When you're in the shade
Tell me tell me you'll be alright
When you start to fade
Have you heard?
The days are getting shorter
And what will you do when your suntan is fading and the summer's gone?
Do you feel afraid
(x3)
The days are getting shorter
And what will you do when your suntan is fading and the summer's gone?
Will you fade away? (x4)
04 Gene Autry (03:35)
Me and Mean Gene's got a beautiful voice
he carries me home on his beautiful horse.
Where she waits, I will ride ride ride
C'mon stranger just sing me a song
And if it's sad, I'll sing along long long
I told you I knew every word
When I get to California,
Gonna write my name in the sand
I'm gonna lay this body down
and watch the waves roll in
and when the city spreads out
just like a cut vein
Everybody drowns, sad and lonely
well everybody drowns, sad and lonely
well everybody drowns, sad and lonely, alright
Sweet dreams and color and sound
Highways in the fog waiting to be found
I'll start gold mines in the sky sky sky
They were clouds just waiting to cry
And with the wind
I'm dancing drift drift drift
in the shapes of the place that I miss
When I get to California,
Gonna write my name in the sand
I'm gonna lay this body down
and watch the waves roll in
I'm gonna rest this weary head
on someone who I think will care
When the stars and the sky start falling
I think you'll understand
That the city spreads out
just like a cut vein
Everybody drowns, sad and lonely
well everybody drowns, sad and lonely
well everybody drowns, sad and lonely, alright
Yeah I'm waiting for something to give
Well I'm waiting, I hope it's not me
Yeah I'm waiting...
05 Silver Lining (02:35)
Punk rock was my first girl
she left me a scar, so I have her still
She's not young, but she's not old yet
We share the same sun, but hers never sets
You want it
Silver linging shining for you
You got it
The dark cloud always waiting for you
Weightless, and tumbling through space
I remember her voice, but not her face
Floating, but she's always near
She wants to stay, but she can't stay here
You want it
Silver linging shining for you
You got it
The dark cloud always waiting for you
Frozen in window displays
Where did you hide all those days we'd waste?
Fading, but I see her still
She'll always be my punk rock girl
06 Popular Mechanics for Lovers (03:04)
I know he knocks you off your feet
You're so bitter; you think he's sweet
Well he's wrong for you, I swear
Did you forget to read the script?
There was never a role for him
It was always you and me, just me
Popular mechanics for broken hearts could help me now
I know you never felt romance
And we always lack suspense
I can edit those parts out
I never made you feel complete
I would fall beneath your feet
I would never bring you down, so down
Popular mechanics for broken hearts could help me now
Just because he loves you too
He would never take a bullet for you
Don't believe a word he says
He would never cut his heart out for you
I heard he wrote you a song
But so what
Some guy wrote 69
And one just ain't enough
And there's so sense in trying
I know 'cause I've been
Trying all the time to find something that would make you mine
But all I ever find my love
Are cliches that don't rhyme
Popular mechanics for broken hearts could help me now
Just because he loves you too
He would never take a bullet for you
Don't believe a word he says
He would never cut his heart out for you
07 Gravity's Bringing Us Down (04:39)
I never saw you up there
'Cause you never made a sound
If I knew what you were up to
I would've shot you down
Hey, wouldcha say
I'm on the rebound
Watch me fall
at the speed of sound
Your trigger finger's cocked, and I'm feeling weak
Open wide, I'm paralyzed
You were working on the inside
Disconnecting the alarm
I was messing up your signals
trying to turn me off
Hey, wouldcha say
I'm on the rebound
Watch me fall
at the speed of sound
Your trigger finger's cocked, and I'm feeling weak
Open wide, I'm paralyzed
Over the hills the frequency's breaking down
Don't wanna guess, but I think it's time we turned around
I'm soft, but I'll be alright
Soft, yeah, I'll be alright
Soft, yeah, I'll be alright
Soft...
Hey, wouldcha say
I'm on the rebound
Watch me fall
at the speed of sound
Your trigger finger's cocked, and I'm feeling weak
Open wide, I'm paralyzed
We're getting high, but we're still feeling down
Gravity has a way of pinning us to the ground
I'm soft, but I'll be alright
Soft, yeah, I'll be alright
Soft, yeah, I'll be alright
Soft, yeah, I'll be alright
Lonely
I'm just lonely
I'm just lonely
I'm just lonely
08 Hey Brother (03:28)
Hey brother
get yourself together
Don't you wait
Can't you see
I'm waiting in the shadows
to take your place?
There is a chance
that I'll keep tryin'
to tell you the truth
but end up lyin' to you
You said you were late
and I planned my escape
Such a happy thing
Just another one of my mistakes
So you held your breath
and you cursed the West
said you had no choice
you're moving back east where men are men
Your mother never had a reason to hesitate
Now you're waiting for a warmer welcome in colder states
You said you were late
and I planned my escape
Such a happy thing
Just another one of my mistakes
So you held your breath
and you cursed the West
said you had no choice
you're moving back east where men are men
Love's got no border
Why don't you feel free
to cross my state line
and bring yourself to me?
It's a hell of a struggle
been grounded for years
the words that I use up to, oh
for your ears
09 I'll Be Your Lampshade (04:12)
Though I didn't mention
I prayed for you that day
You left Glasco and your shell
and sailed back to the bay
And though it was predicted
old times always sound so bad
the calendar was the saddest thing
that I ever read
I hope you know you'll always be the life the party
I hope you know you'll always be the life the party
Though I wouldn't mention
I still say hi to you
know you wonder if the timing's off
how I want you too
though we lost direction
bad times always seem so sweet
you push the rhythm but kept uphill
the heart was made of steel
I hope you know you'll always be the life the party
I hope you know you'll always be the life the party
Who knows? I know its our last show
and I hope you know you'll always be
Always be...
One heart it stays racing on
Come on friend
there's poison in your veins
Come on friend
you know I feel the same
I hope you know you'll always be the life the party
I hope you know you'll always be the life the party
Who knows? I know its our last show
I hope you know there never was a party at all
10 Cruel Minor Change (02:26)
My cheeks are red and now they're swollen from the kisses
the strangers dance next to me
They're waiting on the sunrise or the armageddon
doesn't matter which ever comes first
Did you see those fireworks
explode and fall and fade like tears
It's where I waited
it's where I waited
please don't say that something is wrong
I was at the party, you never came
please don't say that something is wrong
I was at the party, you never came
when you are
Our ticket's folded and I hold it like a timebomb
it keeps on ticking, I'm counting down
The last stop on this line was cooler guy station
It's as far as I'll get tonight
Did you see those fireworks
explode and fall and fade like the tears
It's where I waited
it's where I waited
please don't say that something is wrong
I was at the party, you never came
please don't say that something is wrong
I was at the party, you never came
when you are
Cruel minor change
when nothings happen, it's still the same
We're not space age, we won't be saved
We're just holding on again, waiting for the end
Always hoping and
please don't say that something is wrong
I was at the party, you never came
please don't say that something is wrong
I was at the party, you never came
when you are
11 Burned by the Sun (02:47)
High above the border town
I can see the golden ground
If I wasn't looking down,
I might have lost you in the miles
Ocean blue and foaming white
Surround the body of my flight
'Cause I flew out of sight
You were turning in the stars
And I know what it means to you,
And I know what it means to me,
And I know how it feel to be burned by the sun
The sun, I love the sun
Now I'm sleeping on the sand
Of an unfamiliar land
And I'm dreaming up a plan
To get you on a breeze
And I'm staring at the speck
Of the map laid on the deck
It's time to make a trek
On forgiving seas
And I know what it means to you,
And I know what it means to me,
And I know how it feel to be burned by the sun
The sun, I love the sun
And I know what it means to you,
And I know what it means to me,
And I know we all wanna be
Burned by the sun
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Basta una parola per descrivere questo disco: delizioso.
Immaginate Bacharach che suoni il tex-mex, solo che dopo un po' prende in mano la chitarra elettrica ed arruffa il tutto.
