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Affinata ulteriormente la loro vena pop, dopo la curiosa parentesi 'Johnny Cash-iana' di "Howl", tornano a due anni esatti di distanza i losangelini Black Rebel Motorcycle Club con un album di tredici nuove canzoni, rispettando una costante cadenza biennale come successo per tutti i loro precedenti lavori.
Lo stile di questo nuovo cd tradisce un evidente ritorno a "Take Them On, On Your Own", disco del 2003 che li aveva consacrati al successo europeo, anche se "Baby 81" leviga ulteriormente certe asperità del passato e riporta sulle scene una band pronta ad allargare sempre di più la sua potenziale audience.
Non per niente il ritorno è su Island, succursale della major Universal dopo la breve parentesi indipendente su Echo. Questo ritorno colloca il suono dei BRMC tra il feedback pop dei mai dimenticati Jesus & Mary Chain e certe atmosfere più britpop che fanno capo sia a band oramai storiche come Supergrass, Oasis e Blur, sia allo stile dei nuovi alfieri del rock alternativo inglese, dagli Snow Patrol ai Bloc Party e, perché no, dagli Arctic Monkeys ai Maximo Park, solo per citare quelli più quotati al momento.
I primi sei brani sono una micidiale sequenza mozzafiato. Dal blues contaminato di "Took Out A Loan" si passa al rock'n'roll selvaggio di "Cold Wind", attraverso il britpop di "Window" o l'energia quasi punk di "Berlin", in un efficace caleidoscopio musicale che si dipana con grande effetto su tutto il disco.
Effettivamente questi tredici brani sono uno più bello dell'altro e sarebbe un torto segnalarne solo alcuni. Diciamo solo che questo è uno di quei rari dischi che si ascolta con piacere dalla prima all'ultima traccia senza che ci si imbatta in cadute di tono o momenti di tedio, cosa non improbabile per questo tipo di formazioni. Motivo di quest'eccezione alla regola è che i BRMC hanno una grande capacità di spaziare con assoluta disinvoltura da uno stile abrasivo e graffiante ad uno più marcatamente pop privilegiando soluzioni melodiche contagiose o meglio ancora "catchy" - come dicono oltremanica - senza per questo risultare dispersivi o privi di una loro identità.
Forse sono proprio loro i veri eredi dei Jesus & Mary Chain, con la differenza che questi ultimi nel corso della loro decennale carriera hanno rischiato meno ritagliandosi un meritato spazio personale come 'cult-band' a cavallo tra la seconda metà degli anni 80 e la prima dei 90, mentre i Black Rebel con queste premesse potrebbero vedersi spalancate molte porte in futuro.
Staremo a vedere senza per questo non tifare per loro.
E il tempo dirà.
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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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Altre recensioni
Di GrantNicholas
Sta a voi (e ai vostri gusti) decidere se stare ancora coi Black Rebel oppure no...
Il disco di riferimento torna ad essere 'Take Them On...', ma con uno stampo tipicamente anglosassone.
Di breakerfall
C'è un soffio di spiritualità dalla prima all'ultima traccia di questo Baby 81.
It's only rock'n'roll, but it's all we want.
