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Tornano i Blondie, storica band capitanata dall’impareggiabile vamp-girl Deborah Harry.
Con 17 film, 43 apparizioni in serial Tv, 40 milioni d'album venduti nel mondo, Deborah Harry è un'icona regina della musica pop e della moda (Dolce e Gabbana per la loro ultima collezione di moda si sono ispirati a lei).
L'undicesimo capitolo della loro discografia s'intitola The curse of Blondie (tradotto in italiano La maledizione di Blondie). In scaletta quattordici tracce.
Sulla scelta del titolo l'artista spiega che "Tra noi era diventato uno scherzo. Ogni volta che succedeva qualcosa di strano dicevamo: Ecco, è la maledizione dei Blondie! Il titolo ricorda quelli dei film con Vincent Price, vampiri e horror. Però io penso che porterà bene".
In questo nuovo disco c'è lo stile inconfondibile e la classe unica della leggendaria band di New York. Spirito moderno con il "maledetto" funky/rap di Shakedown (ricordiamo il primo brano di white-rap della storia, Rapture, composto dai Blondie nel 1980), e con il singolo Good Boys a base di techno dance rock.
Ottimo il tiro di Golden Rod (reminiscenze dell'epoca?) in equilibrio sulla dolcezza di un'affascinante Deborah Harry che sa ancora adulare come non mai. Mitica, maestosa, stupenda.
In scaletta anche Hello Joe, dedicata al compianto Joey Ramone.
The curse of Blondie rimette indietro d'una quindicina d'anni le lancette dell'orologio artistico della band. Non s'arriva alla perfezione assoluta che fu di Plastic Letters (1977) e Parallel Lines (1978), ma questo nuovo album rimane un classico ed esperto lavoro che farà ri-parlare di sé una band imprendiscindibile, influente e seminale.
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02 Good Boys (04:18)
Satellites are falling down tonight
I see you far away
I'm floating into this inescapable bliss
Changing light, I know the symptoms of
I got myself to blame
I'm needing you, I just don't care anymore
Good boys never win
Good boys always fallow
Good boys never win
They all fall away and you remain
Fear of flight
I'm so afraid of heights
Why are you asking why
I'm walking but my feat are never touching the ground
Good boys never win
Good boys always fallow
Good boys never win
They all fall away and you remain
Eyes wide the middle of the night
Got more money than a body got right
Riding on the L till the sun comes up again
You got me on your face
A big disgrace
Shakin� your feathers all over the place
You woke face down on St. Mark�s Avenue
What a pity for you
04 Golden Rod (05:23)
As sure as anything
As sure as I can be
That 99 %, pure as Ivory
I caught the scent, followed the smell of it
Couldn't Ignore
Hey, why did you pick on me?
What's that pretty flower I see?
Tall and wild it waves at me
Mother says it's just a weed
Golden Rod, Golden Rod
Growing Wild, not in the city
Gave me an allergy
And my reaction's, what's gonna happen?
It gets no help from me
I can't explain it
Maybe I shouldn't try to
That old genetic code,
Had a hold on me
We go inside it, ran head long into it
And mothers' warning, useless to me
What's that pretty flower I see?
Tall and wild it waves at me
Mother says it's just a weed
Golden Rod, Golden Rod
Another blonde, not from the city
gave me an allergy
And you can see me drinking the poison
Taking it happily.
What's that pretty flower I see?
Tall and wild it waves at me
Mother says it's just a weed
Golden Rod, Golden Rod
Another blonde, not from the city
gave me an allergy
And my reaction's
What's gonna happen?
It gets not help from me
You're running wild, not in the city
gave me an alleregy
And my reaction's
What's gonna happen?
It gets no help from
well you will see me
drinking the poison, taking it happily.
You're running wild
You're running wild
Another blonde not from the city
Drinking the poison
Taking it happily
not from the city
Golden Rod
Golden Rod
Golden Rod
Golden Rod
08 End to End (03:59)
Just when our number's up
You smashed the loving cup
It spills out everywhere
It simply isn't fair
We light up fire flies
We kissed on New Years Night
We changed the century
All those romantic things
We changed the light to low
It made our spirits glow
If it were up to me
I'd never let you go
So If By Chance
You Should agree
Ohh tonight
We keep it Real
Toinght
We put an End to the End
And just go on and on
We wrote our name in lights
Made music every night
Heatwaves and rhapsody
Burn In my memory
We changed the light to low
It made our spirits glow
If it were up to me
I'd never let you go
So If By Chance
You Should agree
Ohh tonight
We keep it Real
Toinght
We put an End to the End
And just go on and on
Toinght
We put an End to the End
And just go on and on
Tonight
We Put
An End to the End
and just go on and on and on and
on and on and on and on
To the End the End the End
We try to put the End to End to End
End the End
End to the End the End the End
End To End
End To End
12 Diamond Bridge (04:07)
Dull afternoon Pale evening sun I'm as tense as A high noon run I'm gonna cross that bridge When I come to it Getting over Stepping up I'm at the end of a stretch Wearing high heels that fit Crossing Diamond Bridge The street was straight Straight and narrow The bridge was not I'm gonna burst my seams Know what temptation means Days were old And nights got hot Feel the difference, it feels fine It fills my mind field with friendly fire I'm not throwing my pearls to swine I'm crossing Diamond Bridge I don't wanna go there But I can't stay here Just a shiny baby In the bright light's glare If I cross that line Break the ties that bind Stepping over Wrong and right Gonna raise the stakes I'm staying wide awake Crossing over Growing up I feel the difference and it feels fine It fills my mind field with friendly fire And melts the ice off my desire I'm crossing Diamond Bridge
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