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C'era una volta l'America e tra le tante altre cose che c'erano in questo paese delle meraviglie c'era pure il punk rock. E fra i tanti che facevano il punk rock i Black Flag, volenti o nolenti, divennero la band cardine, insieme a pochissime altre, di tutto un movimento, l'hardcorepunk, che nient'altro era che la radicalizzazione sonora e attitudinale del primigenio punk rock.
"The first four years", come esplicita il titolo, raccoglie le incisioni dei primi quattro anni della Bandiera Nera, quindi i tre celeberrimi ep "Nervous Breakdown", "Jealous Again" e "Six Pack", la song "Clocked in" tratta dalla compilation tape Cracks in the sidewalks, la traccia bonus "Machine" ed il singolo "Louie Louie". Questo il materiale che possiamo trovare su questo dischetto ottico (tanti anni fa l'avevo in vinile ma poi lo regalai!!!????? Maledetta stupidità!).
La furia allo stato brado che straripa da queste songs è incontenibile! Si parte con "Nervous Breakdown" dove la chitarra di Greg Ginn e il torrido basso di Chuck Dukowsky ti aggrediscono a calci nello stomaco per pochi, dolorosi secondi. Le prime 4 fantastiche tracce sono cantate da Keith Morris (che infatti riprenderà coi suoi Circle Jerks "Wasted") che pare Johnny Rotten alle prese con i suoi incubi peggiori. Si passa poi a "Jealous Again" dove canta Ron "Chavo Pederast" Reyes e meritano una nota particolare "No values" e la grandiosa "You bet we've got something personal against you!" nei suoi 45" di folle ferocia. C' è poi la prima traccia inedita, "Clocked in" dove canta Dez Cadena e arriva l'ep "Six Pack", altro pezzo da 90 dei nostri, dove Dez, oltre a cantare, imbraccia pure la chitarra.
L'ultima traccia inedita è "Machine" dove Dez strilla come un ossesso "Machineee....Machineeee..." prima che il pezzo parta velocissimo e in una manciata di secondi naufraghi in feedback e di nuovo nelle grida di Dez. "Louie Louie" e "Damaged" vedono ancora Dez alla voce e chiudono questo gioiello. Qui non c'è ancora l'ombra di Henry Rollins ma personalmente io non ne sento affatto la mancanza, anche se amo tutti i dischi dei Black Flag.
Quello che c'è di incredibile in questo, però, e che si può trovare anche in altre incisioni di bands dell'epoca (Circle Jercks, Minor Threath, 7 Seconds, Adolescent, Wasted Youth....) è l'energia incontenibile, allo stato brado, che queste canzoni elementari trasmettono, una rabbia distruttiva che nessuna band grindcore munita di chitarroni ultrametal e voce growl come un rutto dopo 25 litri di birra e blastbeat a kalasnikov oliato a benzedrina ha mai eguagliato.
E adesso scusatemi ma ho qui la mia confezione da sei e tra poco comincia il mio telefilm preferito....
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01 Nervous Breakdown (02:09)
I'm about
To have a nervous breakdown
My head really hurts
If I don't find a way out of here
I'm gonna go berserk 'cuz
I'm crazy and I'm hurt
Head on my shoulders
It's going...berserk
I hear the same old talk talk talk
The same old lines
Don't do me that today, yeah
If you know what's good for you you'll get out of my way 'cuz
I'm crazy and I'm hurt
Head on my shoulders
Going...berserk
I won't apologize
For acting outta line
You see the way I am
You leave any time you can 'cuz
I'm crazy and I'm hurt
Head on my shoulders
Going...berserk
Crazy! Crazy! Crazy! Crazy!
I don't care what you fuckin' do
I don't care what you fuckin' say
I'm so sick of everything
I just want to...die!
02 Fix Me (00:58)
Someday
I'll feel no pain
Someday
I won't have a brain
They'll take away the part that hurts
and let the rest remain
Fix me
Fix my head
Fix me please, I don't wanna be dead
Someday
We'll all be rich
Someday
I won't listen to you bitch
I'll turn up the volume
And you can hear all the shit we play just for you
Fix me
Fix my head
Fix me please, I don't wanna be dead
Someday
I'll feel no pain
Someday
I won't have a brain
They'll take away the part that hurts
and let the rest remain
Fix me
Fix my head
Fix me please, I don't wanna be dead
Fix it!
04 Wasted (00:51)
I was so wasted
I was a hippie
I was a burnout
I was a dropout
I was out of my head
I was a surfer
I had a skateboard
I was so heavy man, I lived on the strand
I was so wasted
I was so fucked up
I was so messed up
I was so screwed up
I was out of my head
I was so jacked up
I was so drunk up
I was so knocked out, I was out of my head
I was so wasted I was wasted.
06 Revenge (00:59)
It's not my imagination
I've got a gun on my back!
Promises you made
Never become fact
We're gonna get revenge
You won't know what hit you
We're tired of being screwed
Don't tell me about tomorrow
Don't tell me what I'll get
I can't think of progress when
Just around the corner
There's a bed of cold pavement
Waiting for me
Revenge!
I'll watch you bleed
Revenge!
That's all I'll need
I won't cry if you- die! DIE!
We're gonna get revenge
You won't know what hit you
We're tired of being screwed
Revenge!
REVENGE!!!
07 White Minority (01:02)
Gunna be a white minority
marvelously the majority
gunna feel inferiority
guunna be, white minority
WHITE PRIDE, your an american
why can i hide, when and where i can
Gunna be a white minority
dont beleive theres a possibility
well, we'll just wait and see
gunna be, white minority
WHITE PRIDE,your an american
why can i hide, when and where i can
Gunna be a white minority
theres gunna be, large casualties
were the damn majority
well, gunna die
08 No Values (01:45)
I don't care what you think
I don't care what you say
I've got nothing to give you
Why don't you just go away
I've got no values
Nothing to say
I've got no values
Might as well blow you away
You're just a hole in the corner
Always loaded to the hilt
I could try some satisfaction
I could destroy everything you build I've got no values
Nothing to say I've got no values
Might as well blow you away
Don't you try classification
When you know it won't work
What if I try some annihilation
Throw your face in the dirt I've got no values
Nothing to say
I've got no values
Might as well blow you away
Don't you try pretendin'
Telling me it's all right I might start destroyin'
Everything in my sight!
No values
No values
No values.
10 Clocked In (01:33)
i tried to apply
i can't get loose
my day is to myself
put my brain in a noose
[chorus]
buzzer sounds, gotta move
feet move, legs move, hands move, brain moves....
real slow
i gotta' be on time
just to collect my reward
i gotta stand in line
makes me feel so fucking bored
'boss barks orders at me
but i can't yell back
'cause whenever i try....
get that son of a bitch off my back
[bridge]
i have this problem every morning,
i gotta' face the clock;
punch in, punch out, it makes me so pissed off
one of these days i'm gonna smash it off the wall!
go home!
11 Six Pack (02:19)
''I got a six pack and nothing to do
I got a six pack and I don't need you''
$35 and a six pack to my name
SIX PACK!
Spent the rest on beer so who's to blame
SIX PACK!
They say I'm fucked up all the time
SIX PACK!
What they do is a waste of time
SIX PACK!
I know it'll be OK
I get a six pack in me, alright!
My girlfriend asked me which one I like better
SIX PACK!
I hope the answer won't upset her
SIX PACK!
I was born with a bottle in my mouth
SIX PACK!
Now I got a six so I'll never run out
SIX PACK!
I know it'll be OK
I get a six pack in me, alright!
$35 and a six pack to my name
SIX PACK!
Spent the rest on beer so who's to blame
SIX PACK!
They say I'm fucked up all the time
SIX PACK!
What they do is a waste of time
SIX PACK!
SIX PACK!
SIX PACK!
SIX PACK!
''What do they know about partying
Or anything else''
12 I've Heard It Before (01:39)
I've heard it before
I don't want to hear it again
I've heard it before
I just want to shut you up
Fuck all you people who can't see my side
I've got my own strategies for my life
I've seen the emptiness in your ways
Don't tell me how to make my way
I've heard it before
I don't want to hear it again
I've heard it before
I just want to shut you up
Pressure rising pressure falling almost everyday
Going clear outta my mind Oh god another day
Don't forget you socks don't forget your shoes
Mamas little baby, fuck no
I've heard it before
I don't want to hear it again
I've heard it before
I just want to shut you up
Fuck all you people who can't see my side
I've got my own strategies for my life
I've seen the emptiness in your ways
Don't tell me how to make my way
I've heard it before
15 Louie Louie (01:18)
Louie, Louie!
We gotta go.
I said now Louie, Louie!
We gotta go.
You know the pain, that's in my heart,
it just shows, I'm not very smart.
Who needs love, when you've got a gun?
Who needs love, to have any fun?
I said now Louie, Louie!
We gotta go!
Said, now screwie Louie!
We gotta go.
Louie, Louie!
We gotta go.
I said now Louie, Louie!
We gotta go!
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