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Diario di bordo, Auckland, anno 2002.
Vasti orizzonti azzurri, il mare calmo, la brezza del vento che appena incita le increspatura delle onde e le magiche barche della Coppa America oggi son tutte alla secca della banchina del porto.
Passeggio godendomi il sole di questa bella giornata neozelandese in attesa che si alzi di nuovo il vento e che le barche più belle e veloci del terra fendano mare e cielo per tornare a sfidarsi ancora una volta per quello che è il trofeo velico più prestigioso e antico nel mondo dei mari.
Quest’anno a Black Magic si oppone a final tenzone un competitor che solca velocemente prati e vallate e seppur bene si sta comportando in questo mare antipodale ai suoi laghi alpini, in pochi qua sono pronti a scommettere sulla forza di questo team.
Ma oggi non tira una bava di vento e tutti son chiusi a studiar strategie finali dentro impenetrabili rimesse portuali e quartieri generali.
La cittadella intorno al porto brulica di sottobosco, non c’è l’agitazione dei momenti di gara ma la tensione per i giorni decisivi della sfida a venire si respira ormai da tempo.
Fuori da lì, tanta gente cammina, parla e vive come sempre… come sempre, quando non è giorno di gara!
Nella mia lunga passeggiata lungo i bordi dell’oceano trovo ristoro in un bar, uno tra i tanti colorati del lungomare e mentre io e i miei amici, giunti fin qua per tifare Mascalzone Latino, parliamo su quanto tempo ancora dovremmo fermarci dall’altra parte del mondo, una musica calma si ferma nell’aria, una ragazza, che qua dicon tutti di conoscere, canta le sue storie semplici e la sua voce da quel momento ci accompagnerà lungo questo viaggio come la luce del sole fa con il tempo.
Bic Runga fu una scoperta così piacevole, tanto quanto lo fu la vittoria di Bertarelli durante l’ultima entusiasmante regata.
A distanza di due anni questo disco è arrivato anche lungo le nostre coste italiane, dove però, a differenza dei suoi lidi natali, non è riuscito ad entrare in modo significativo dentro gli i-pod nostrani, assurti ormai ad essere il nuovo strumento metrico per il successo di un cantante.
Forse perché Bic Runga canta una musica adulta fatta di ritmi sincopati ma lenti, di riflessioni canore tenui come la sua voce sempre aggraziata nel non aggredire mai chi l’ascolta, un pop dolce e rilassato, mai sopra le righe e senza arrangiamenti ammiccanti alle classifiche.
“Beautiful Collision” è il compromesso australe tra la Suzanne Vega di “Solitude Standing” e la solitaria Michelle Shocked del primo agreste “The Texas Campfire Tapes”, e Bic Runga è una folk/pop singer che si ritrova a percorrere quella sottile e ideale linea canora che fu tracciata prima da Rickie Lee Jones e poi proseguita da Edie Brickell.
In fondo, questo cd ormai da tempo accompagna la mia vita, fatta di kilometri, di musica e di pensieri che trovano soluzioni di continuità nei passaggi sotto gli archi dei telepass in una mai finita teoria di città, ed io gliene sono grato.
Elenco tracce testi samples e video
01 When I See You Smile (01:46)
when i see you smile
it feels like im falling
it's not for anybody else to know
the way your face could light
the bitter dark
on every street
in every town ill ever go
its not for anybody else to know
for anybody else to know
when i see you smile
first thing in the morning
it raises curtains on your lazy eyes
could it be that you and i
have the greatest love
to ever be
how could this have ever been before
its not for anybody else to know
for anybody else to know
when friday night arrives
let it pass outside the door
this is not for anybody else
anybody else to know
02 Get Some Sleep (03:35)
From here to there to everywhere
And back to Union Square
Where do I get some sleep?
Anywhere the sleep dust lies
It decorates your eyes
Where do I get some sleep?
Stranded in June
Whistling the same old tune
But I do believe I might be having fun
I believe I might be having fun
Impeccably dressed in your second hand vest
We were waiting for the taxi to come
Putting on my daytime eyes
A good enough disguise
Until I get some sleep
Reading out the horoscopes
And using up our jokes
When do we get to sleep?
Stand on the moon
Find the light of my living room
Yes I do believe I might be having fun
I believe I might be having fun
Tune into the station
Make a dedication
This is going out to everyone
This is going out to everyone
This is going out to everyone
Something in the phrasing was quietly amazing
We were waiting for the chorus to come
This is going out to everyone
This is going out to everyone
From here to there to everywhere
And back to union square
Where do I get some sleep?
Anywhere the sleep dust lies
It decorates your eyes
When do I get some sleep?
Stranded in June
Whistling the same old tune
Yes I do believe I might be having fun
I believe I might be having fun
Tune into the station
Make a dedication
This is going out to everyone
This is going out to everyone
This is going out to everyone
This is going out to everyone
Going out to everyone
This is going out to everyone
03 Something Good (03:18)
Just wanna know ya
Just wanna talk to ya
I wanna hear about your day
I'd never leave ya
Never be mean to ya
I'd always let you get your way
Something good will come our way
And maybe this good thing's gonna happen today
If I were honest I 'd tell you everything
But it keeps coming out as lies
It's not a promise
In case you're wondering
It's not some blessing in disguise
But something good will come our way
And maybe this good thing's gonna happen today
Something good will come our way
And maybe this good things gonna happen today
I know romance is not in fashion
And my heart is on the line
If you would be so kind
To help me kill some time
Then something good just might come crashing
From the stars that light the sky
If you would be so kind
To help me kill some time
Just wanna know ya
Just wanna talk to ya
I wanna hear about your day
I'd never leave ya
Never be mean to ya
I'd always let you get your way
Something good will come our way
And maybe this good thing's gonna happen today
Something good will come our way
And maybe this good things gonna happen today
Something good will come our way
Something good will come our way
Something good will come our way
Something good will come our way
La la la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la
Something good will come our way
04 Precious Things (03:53)
When all the star gazes bloom
And throw their stars around the room
I was waiting for the day
For you to love me
When all the elements conspire
With shiny things that catch the eye
I was waiting for the day
For you to love me
Precious precious thing
You are the thought that makes me sing
Wanna leave all my possessions
It's a rare and precious precious thing
When all the elements conspire
With shiny things that catch the eye
I was waiting for the day
For you to love me
Precious precious thing
You are the thought that makes me sing
Wanna leave all my possessions
It's a rare and precious precious thing
And I know all I need
Is to get on the phone
Is to get on the phone
And call you
Call you
As clear as rain on a street
It shines like bright coloured stone
These things no one can own
They are for you
This is for you
This is for you
This is for you
05 The Be All and End All (03:22)
Flogging a rocking Horse
Getting nowhere
We are a pair to behold
You like a funeral me like a fair
Nobody cares for the show
These days the rapids may drag us from here
And I do not care where we go
And you say that love is what we are my dear
But I just pretend not to know
If it's the be all and end all
Then come on now love lets make a start
When love calls then it's time to play ball
But starting's the easiest part
Counting my blessings like stars in the sky
The sleep walking moon watching on
And she's seen how lovers before us have tried
My darling lets not get it wrong
If it's the be all and end all
Then come on now love lets make a start
When love calls how sudden the fall
But fallings the easiest part
I've had love come to nothing before
But it's alright it's alright
I've welcomed it in
And I've shown it the door
But it's alright it's alright
07 Honest Goodbyes (03:58)
Sink with the tide
Rescue me if you like
I'll be leaving it all up to you
Think how we tried
It's o.k. to be lied to
As long as it's only by you
People say to me it's best that we've parted
'Cause you know I'm better alone
Don't explain to me how you're so broken hearted
I'm too busy mending my own
Ending each night with such honest goodbyes
Such honest goodbyes for the last time
Honest goodbyes only work once or twice
They work once or twice
Then the rest must be lies
Late ever night the colours fade from the sky
And the music is gone from the moon
Standing in line for what used to be mine
What use is the rhyme with no tune
People say to me it's best that we've parted
And nothing is carved out in stone
It's such a shame how we're back where we started
It's late now and time that we go
Ending each night with such honest goodbyes
Such honest goodbyes for the last time
Honest goodbyes only work once or twice
They work once or twice
Then the rest must be lies
The rest must be lies
The rest must be lies
The rest must be lies
The rest must be lies
The rest must be lies
The rest must be lies
The rest must be lies
08 She Left on a Monday (03:57)
She left on a Monday
She's a siren down the road
In your herringbone overcoat
That you don't expect to get back
And it's an ordinary sky
Today's like any other day
When all of the aeroplanes
Write her name in the clouds
And nothing's wrong
But it's already Sunday
And you know just how Sunday
Was the day that she would come around?
Go to her foolish man
What's the use of having pride if you don't have her?
She'll endure all she can
But you could make this easier on her
It's all like sinking
You're trying to stay afloat
Like a wind blown paper boat
Over uncharted sea
There's no question why
You're driving to kill some time
Racing the power lines
Back into town
Go to her foolish man
What's the use of having pride if you don't have her?
She'll endure all she can
But you could make this easier on her
Go to her foolish man
What's the use of having pride if you don't have her?
She'll endure all she can
But you could make this easier on her
Make this easier on her
Make this easier on her
Make this easier on her
09 Beautiful Collision (03:45)
What a beautiful collision
Things that go bump in the night
With such beautiful precision
Fate could create you and I
Do you know what it means
To abandon your dreams
To leave with the storms rolling by
How the clouds on this day
Come to take you away
'Til you're gone, gone
Far away from me
Beautiful beautiful night
What a beautifully dangerous ride
What a beautiful day
We could hardly complain about
What's going on in the sky
What a beautiful collision
Things that go bump in the night
With such beautiful precision
Fate could create you and I
Do you know what it means
To abandon your dreams
To leave with the storms rolling by
How the clouds on this day
Come to take you away
'Til you're gone, gone
Far away from me
Beautiful beautiful night
What a beautifully dangerous ride
What a beautiful day
We could hardly complain about
What's going on in the sky
Move with the strangers
That pass through your days
If someone by chance
Should call out your name
When you're lost in the places
You don't care to stay
A blinding romance
To blow you away
(Followed by cool music)
10 Listening for the Weather (03:29)
So, I'm listening for the weather,
To predict the coming day.
Leave all thought of expectation
To the weatherman.
No it doesn't really matter
What it is he has to say,
'Cause tomorrow's keep on blowing in
From somewhere.
All the people that I know
In the apartments down below,
Busy with their starring roles
In their own tragedies.
[Chorus]
Sunlight sends you on your way,
And those restless thoughts that
Cling to yesterday.
Never be afraid of change.
I'll call you on the phone.
I hate to leave you on your own,
But I'm coming home today.
And this busy inner city
Has got nothing much to say,
And I know how much you're
Hanging 'round the letterbox.
And I'm sure that as I'm writing,
You'll be somewhere on your way,
In a supermarket checkout
Or a restaurant.
I've been doing what I'm told.
I've been busy growing old,
And the days are getting cold,
but that's alright with me.
[Chorus]
Yes I'm coming home today.
I've been doing what I'm told.
I've been busy growing old,
And the days are getting cold,
But that's alright with me.
[Chorus]
11 Counting the Days (02:16)
Counting the days on the calendar
Strange how they bleed into each other
All that I need
Is a day with you
Pencil me in on your Saturday
Taking my leave
Should I be waylaid please wait for me
On a day with you
Maybe for now an hour will do
Remember my dear this time last year
The sunsets were late and the days were long
And the nights were filled with song
The nights were filled with song
Strolling the street we're strangely complete
Let's stay awake till the morning comes
We don't need anyone
We don't need anyone
Wasting my life at the traffic lights
Getting nowhere
Trapped in the turnstiles
Stay within reach
Of a day with you
Maybe for now and hour will do
13 Sway (04:24)
Don't stray
Don't ever go away
I should be much too smart for this
You know it gets the better of me
Sometimes
When you and I collide
I fall into an ocean of you
Pull me out in time
Don't let me drown
Let me down
I say it's all because of you
And here I go
Losing myControl
I'm practicing your name
So I can say it
To your face it doesn't
Seem right
To look you in the eye
Let all the things
You mean to me
Come tumbling out my mouth
Indeed it's time
Tell you why
I say it's
Infinitely true
Chorus:
Say you'll stay
Don't come and go
Like you do
Sway my way
Yeah I need to know
All about you
And there's no cure
And no way to be sure
Why everythings turned inside out
Instilling so much doubt
It makes me so tired
I feel so uninspired
My head is battling with my heart
My logic has been torn apart
And now
It all turns sour
Come sweeten
Every afternoon
Chorus 2X:
Its all because of you
Its all because of you
Now it all turns sour
Come sweeten
Every afternoon
It's time
Tell you why
I say it's
Infinitely true
Chorus 2X:
Its all because of you
Its all because of you
Its all because of you
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