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Ah! io ne ero sicuro. Wilson è un ARTISTA con tutte le lettere maiuscole. Tutto ciò che tocca diventa oro, più o meno. I Porcupine Tree sono una realtà, magnifica. I No-Man sono un esperimento riuscito, discretamente.
I Blackfield sono invece una realtà parallela. Aviv Geffen, compagno di Wilson in questa avventura, se la cava egregiamente. Ma è chiaro come il sole che non regge il contfronto e che è quindi relegato all'oscurità dell'ombra di Steven Wilson. Ad ogni modo, perchè mai dovreste acquistare questo CD? La risposta che mi viene subito in mente è "per la title track". "Blackfield" infatti regge e sorregge l'intero CD e ne rende giustificabile l'acquisto; è travolgente, malinconica, dolce, profetica.
"Hello" è la tristezza fatta canzone. Seguite la melodia e raggiungerete assieme ad Steven e ad Aviv uno stato inquieto. È innegabile, Steven Wilson ha le melodie nel sangue, e lo dimostra con la stupenda "Scars" il cui ritornello, come anche quello di "Hello", non può essere facilmente dimenticato. Il prog si fa sentire in tutto il lavoro del duo, contaminazioni rock, jazz e trip hop sono elementi soffusi, impercettibili, violentemente presenti.
Il resto delle tracce sono prove di stile, la dolce "lullaby" è sicuramente un pezzo di grande effetto, ma è decisamente inutile, quasi ogni artista ha provato a cimentarsi con una ninnananna, ce ne sono state di incredibili, questa purtroppo è solamente passabile, nonostante il testo sia profondamente Wilsoniano. "The hole in me" è una electroballatinallegrottarobotizzata con un simpatico ritornello ma abbastanza inutile tutto ciò che rimane. Delle altre tracce preferisco non parlare.
Questo album merita 3 bei pallini su DeBaser, il primo per Blackfield, il secondo per Scars, ed il terzo per Hello.
Elenco tracce testi samples e video
01 Open Mind (03:50)
Here's a song from an open mind
I give it to you because I can
and if you're thinking that it's not that kind
it cause my mood swings
make me feel ashamed
it can pass the time
a girl with eyes that see a hundred years
half remembered, this is my dream
spinning out from where the hole appears
I've never seen her
but I've got photographs
it can blow your mind
an idea falls from a porcelain sky
it won't make you rich
and it won't get you high
(out of the)
out of the void it comes
from an open mind
(out of the)
out of the void it comes
it comes from my mind
02 Blackfield (04:06)
Curling lips, fingertips, dead eye dips
I saw it all in the blackfield
Splinter cracks, summer tracks, paperbacks
We found them all in the blackfield
In the shade, whistle blades, singing fades
In the blackfield
She wants to stay and talk all day
so I remark when it gets dark
All the pale things under the earth
Will reverse
River glass, cycle past, overcast
I saw it all in the blackfield
Copper sky, shadows rise, bridge of sighs
We had it all in the blackfield
Skin tracks, face facts, fade to black
In the blackfield
She wants to stay and talk all day
so I remark when it gets dark
All the pale things under the earth
Will reverse
04 Scars (03:57)
brightest city buried in the dust
lonely people stop and stare at us
together you and me are getting lost
the sky falls
it's getting hard for me to see the truth
I lost my soul and gave myself to you
you are an angel and the devil too
a tear falls
all that I got left are my precious scars
all that I got left are my precious scars
I watch a teardrop falling from your eyes
you are so perfect when you cry
in the corner all our endings lie
alone now
all that I got left are my precious scars
all that I got left are my precious scars
it's me that you need now
it's me that you love now
all that I got left are my precious scars
all that I got left are my precious scars
(I wish I was immune then it wouldn't hurt)
(I wish I was immune then it wouldn't hurt)
06 Pain (03:47)
Here I'm standing on the sea shore
She is gone
Now she's gone
All the angels praying for me
As I fall
As I fall
While I'm melting in the rain
Deep in pain
She is so far
Will we ever meet again
As friends
After so long?
To my nightmare with the devil
I'll go strong
I'll go strong
All my friends now try to save me
What a joke
What a joke
While I'm melting in the rain
Deep in pain
She is so far
Will we ever meet again
As friends
After so long?
''(repeat twice)''
07 Summer (04:12)
love me as the summer gone
when eyes were closed and days were long, so long
I burned a torch for you but all the while
somewhere in the haze you lost your smile
love me as the winter comes
don't cast your shadow on my soul, please don't
don't let me sink don't let the darkness in
let your perfect fingers touch my skin
heart needs a home
it's a dark and empty road
when you're all alone
heart needs a home
it's a dark and empty road
when you're all alone
love me as the springtime comes
let your song drift down the stairs to me
waiting here along the way to blue
remembering the days i spent with you
heart needs a home
it's a dark and empty road
when you're all alone
heart needs a home
it's a dark and empty road
when you're all alone
09 The Hole in Me (02:47)
the hole in me
I cannot reach
the one who bleeds
please set him free
the hole in me
the hole in me
that no one sees
the hole too deep
inside of me
what have I done
treat me tonight like a movie star
who will never die
always surrounded by girls like you
kill all my loneliness
kill all my loneliness
the hole in me
that never sleeps
born with me
it's killing me
what have I done
treat me tonight like a movie star
who will never die
always surrounded by girls like you
kill all my loneliness
kill all my loneliness
10 Hello (03:09)
Through a different kind of silence
I'm waiting, I'm wasting
Into the road of sadness
I'm walking without you
Hello, hello, hello, hello
Is it gonna last?
Why don't you come and take me with you?
And so I know you had to go
I'm dreaming of the past
An echo of the years we passed through
Asleep in your arms I'm drifting
I'm falling in sorrow
Dead to the world you left me
In footsteps I follow
Hello, hello, hello, hello
Is it gonna last?
Why don't you come and take me with you?
And so I know you had to go
I'm dreaming of the past
An echo of the years we passed through
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