1) Che questo disco si distacca dal precedente e che rievoca invece gli esordi del gruppo è già stato detto; 2) che i BRMC suonano ancora come Jesus & Mary Chain ma adesso strizzano l'occhio anche a U2 (see, see...), Oasis (ahia!), Arctic Monkeys (ma dai!), anche; 3) che suona più europeo che americano, detto stra-detto. Cosa resta da dire allora? Che magari si può non essere d'accordo con quanto scritto fin qui, ad esempio.
1) Baby 81 arriva nel 2007, e si sente. Peter Hayes durante la lavorazione di "Howl" (A.D. 2005) si è esercitato a fare la voce sexy (anche quando canta di Dio), quasi a gemere, e ora lo fa come nessun altro. Incitazioni ed eccitazioni a parte, c'è un soffio di spiritualità dalla prima all'ultima traccia di questo Baby 81 e chi non se n'è accorto lo ascolti meglio.
2) I BRMC suonano come i BRMC e strizzano l'occhio a se stessi (a costo di restarci ciechi). Grunge, brit-pop, blues, roots. Uno ci può sentire dentro i Supergrass, un altro i Pearl Jam, uno Damon Albarn, uno Kurt Cobain, un altro sua nonna. In realtà si tratta solo di un mero fatto fisiologico: uno espira in buona parte quello che inspira, magari un po' più sporco oppure semplicemente metabolizzato. I BRMC come chiunque altro sono figli del proprio tempo e delle proprie passioni, ma a questa gara al "chi ti ricorda?" si può anche scegliere di non partecipare.
3) I BRMC sono anche figli dei propri spazi e non a caso 2/3 della formazione, Hayes e Turner, vengono da San Francisco mentre 1/3 (Iago,il ragazzo alla batteria) dal Regno Unito. Ci aveva lasciati, but now he's back. E meno male. La sua assenza in "Howl" (dovuta, pare, alla scadenza del permesso di soggiorno in terra yankee) si sentiva ecccoooome. Ma ora che è tornato a far agitare le bacchette, l'aria si muove di nuovo al ritmo della ribellione in Harley Davidson.
E chi scrive, mentre lo scrive, alle 5 di mattina di domenica, non può non disperarsi al pensiero di come sarebbe stata la (seppur splendida) "Ain't No Easy Way Out" con l'inglesino al suo posto, mannaggia. E, sempre chi scrive, si sta accorgendo che questa DeRencensione fino a qui non ha DeScritto un granchè del disco.
Allora, in due parole, istruzioni per l'uso: ascoltare "Took Out A Loan" sapendo che purtroppo, dopo poco più di 3 minuti, finirà (raro esempio di come un unico riff ripetuto invece che stancare, rende insaziabili). Ascoltare "Berlin" prestando poca attenzione alle liriche (Suicide's easy, what happened to the revolution), e molta alla voce di Peter (che non fa che gemere uhm, uhm, uhm...), saltando come forsennati e (se si appartiene al genere femminile, pronte a mordersi le labbra). Ascoltare "666 Conducer" (languida, trascinante, quasi perfetta) ad occhi chiusi, fumando e, se non si fuma, cominciare a fumare. Ascoltare "Weapon Of Choice" guidando e cantado-urlandola. Ascoltare (per chi ce l'ha) l'ultima traccia "The Likes of you" (bonus track per la versione UK) ballando, anche da soli, anzi meglio da soli. Ascoltare tutte le altre tracce. Tutte. Non è meraviglioso non doverne saltare nemmeno una?
It's only rock'n'roll, but it's all we want.
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01 Took Out a Loan (04:16)
I took out a loan on my empty heart, babe
I took out a loan for my patient soul
And I feel alive as long as I don't need you
And I feel alive as long as I keep hold
I took out a loan on my empty heart, babe
I took out a loan for my patient soul
And I feel alive as long as I don't need you
And I feel alive as long as I keep hold
Of what I think I thought I heard you loved me
I think you thought you heard I loved
Have I been mistaken
Have I been mistaken
I feel confused about the way it's done
I won't be denied
I'm coming in this time, babe
I've fallen in love with your creatures soul
And I've been a witness to your sickest obsession
And I feel alive as long as I keep hold
Of what I think I thought I heard you loved me
I think you thought you heard I loved
Have I been mistaken have I been mistaken
I feel confused about the way it's done
02 Berlin (03:11)
have a little love, as were fighting with each other
aint no use in crying like the others
were fools in need, fools to believe,
there are fools in need, to foolish to believe
im gonna, uh somebody, uh somebody
here but dont you please, ive got time and time to bleed
it aint no use in trying to deceive ive been fooled by the lover, fooled by the sinner, fooled myself into thinking i was living
im fighting just to breathe as i get back off my knees
help me somebody
help me somebody
im fighting just to breathe as i get back off my knees
im gonna, uh somebody, uh somebody, uh somebody, uh somebody
she said
suicides easy, what happened to the revolution
suicides easy, what happened to the revolution
suicides easy, what happened to the revolution
suicides easy, what happened to the revolution
heavy little lovers, as were fighting with each other
aint no use in suffering like the others
were fools in need, fools to believe,
there are fools in need, to foolish to believe
im fighting just to breathe as i get back off my knees
help me somebody
help me somebody
im fighting just to breathe as i get back off my knees
im gonna, um somebody, um somebody, um somebody, um somebody, um somebodies gonna, somebody, hurt somebody,
um somebodies gonna, somebody
she said
suicides easy, what happened to the revolution
suicides easy, what happened to the revolution
suicides easy, what happened to the revolution
suicides easy, what happened to the revolution
03 Weapon of Choice (02:50)
I gotta speak and you want to listen up
There is no time to feast your eyes
You want it all but the world won't give it up
Up to the edge your star will rise
What is your weapon of choice,
What's your weapon of choice
There is no weapon to free us all
What is your weapon of choice,
What's your weapon of choice
There is no weapon to free us all
I won't waste it, I won't waste it, I won't waste my love on a nation
I won't waste it, I won't waste it, I won't waste my love on a nation
Everyone's got their own split factions
Every pawn will pay it's price
I've been digging out in all directions
I'll see you through to the after life
What is your weapon of choice,
What's your weapon of choice
There is no weapon to free us all
What is your weapon of choice,
What's your weapon of choice
There is no weapon to free us all
I won't waste it, I won't waste it, I won't waste my love on a nation
I won't waste it, I won't waste it, I won't waste my love on a nation
It's to hard too stand aside
It's enough to stop your heart
I won't waste it, I won't waste it, I won't waste my love on a nation
I won't waste it, I won't waste it, I won't waste my love on a nation
I won't waste it, I won't waste it, I won't waste my love on a nation
I won't waste it, I won't waste it, I won't waste my love on a nation.
07 666 Conducer (04:01)
No one knows her name but they see her youth and use her
She's feeling free and everything she sees is truth
She's seventeen she's got everything she needs to lose
Yeah yeah yeah oh no
She's got everyone to help her on her way
She's got everyone to help her on her way
She's got everyone to help her on her way, down
He seems to know right where it hurts your pain, in vain
He gives himself to you he's in your way
And everything he does just seems a phase, insane
Yeah yeah yeah oh no
He's got everyone to help him on his way
He's got everyone to help him on his way
He's got everyone to help him on his way, down
Everything you touch tears at your heart, apart
Of everything you see down in your soul never let you go
You've got everyone to help you on your way
You've got everyone to help you on your way
You've got everyone to help you on your way, down
You're a 666 conducer
How do you do the things you do sir
You're a 666 conducer
How do you do the things you do sir
You're a 666 conducer
How do you do
How do you do
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Di GrantNicholas
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Di Alex1965
Questi tredici brani sono uno più bello dell’altro e si ascoltano con piacere dalla prima all’ultima traccia senza cali di tono.
Forse sono proprio loro i veri eredi dei Jesus & Mary Chain, con la differenza che i BRMC potrebbero vedersi spalancate molte porte in futuro.
