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Questo disco uscì 4 anni dopo l'ultimo lavoro della leggendaria band del New Jersey. Il gruppo dopo aver scalato le classifiche, arrivando al primo posto in tutto il mondo con capolavori chiamati "Slippery When Wet" (1986) e "New Jersey" (1988), si prese una pausa in cui maturarono i progetti solisti, o carriere a parte.
Dunque, nel 1992, uscì questo "Keep The Faith", disco assolutamente imperdibile, vero e proprio capolavoro, che costituisce uno dei capisaldi della discografia del gruppo e dell'Hard Rock in generale. Uscito negli anni del Grunge dei Nirvana e del Rock dei Guns N'Roses, il disco ottenne un successo vastissimo, pur rimanendo sottovalutato negli Stati Uniti.
Si inizia con "I Believe", una canzone spedita e molto profonda nel testo. Poi arriva la title-track, nonchè primo singolo estratto. Brano indiavolato, anthemico, da stadio, ottimo nei cori e nel ritornello, ottimo proseguo di "I Believe". L'atmosfera si fa più allegra con "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead", canzone che ricorda i tempi passati. La quarta traccia, invece, è sicuramente la più intensa mai scritta dal gruppo: "In These Arms" la si può tranquillamente eleggere Miglior Brano Del Gruppo. Segue la ballata per eccellenza, "Bed Of Roses", dolce, romantica, ma allo stesso tempo esplosiva, soprattutto nel finale. Sicuramente è la canzone che ha dato l'ispirazione alla futura e fortunatissima "Always", la quale segnerà il definitivo successo della band come Miglio Gruppo Rock sulla scena mondiale.
Il sesto brano è in puro stile metal, con grandi assoli di chitara e batteria, senza dimenticare la potenza del basso di Alec John Such e le tastiere di David Bryan. Segue l'altra perla del disco, un brano assolutamente fantastico e malinconico, che tutti dovrebbero ascoltare per capire cosa è la vera musica: "Dry County" è il secondo capolavoro del disco e della carriera dei Bon Jovi, al pari di "In These Arms". Ottimo. "Woman In Love" è spedita e bella, anche aggressiva. Quest'ultimo aggettivo però calza meglio alla nona traccia, "Fear", davvero canzone "da paura" per come è suonata! Ottima anch'essa! La ballata successiva è bella, ma non come "Bed Of Roses": per cui "I Want You" è un po' più sottotono, e direi anche sottovalutata. Segue "Blame It On The Love Of Rock'N'Roll", altro brano energico e frizzante! Infine, il capolavoro si conclude con un'altro brano ottimo, "Little Bit Of Soul", trascinante, con un ritornello che non riesci più a togliertelo dalla testa! In conclusione si può affermare che il terzo grande disco dei Bon Jovi ha raggiunto il massimo dei voti, proprio per la sua diversità dagli altri due capolavori, ma anche per i suoi contenuti: canzoni molto più profonde, mischiate a elementi del passato glorioso!
Insomma, "Keep The Faith" è uno dei quattro dischi da avere, dopo "Slippery When Wet", e prima di "New Jersey" e "These Days" (1995). Un altro motivo poi è dato dal fatto che l'album è l'ultimo che vede la presenza di Alec John Such al basso: infatti egli se ne andrà dopo l'uscita, nel 1994, del The Best Of "Cross Road".
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Ora siamo tutti in attesa del box-set di novembre e del nuovo disco previsto per marzo 2005. Intanto godetevi le perle di canzoni che i Bon Jovi hanno fatto e che sono stampate nella Storia Della Musica!
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02 Keep the Faith (05:46)
Mother mother tell your children
That their time has just begun
I have suffered for my anger
There are wars that can't be won
Father father please believe me
I am laying down my guns
I am broken like an arrow
Forgive me
Forgive your wayward son
Everybody needs somebody to love
(mother, mother)
Everybody needs somebody to hate
(please believe me)
Everybody's bitching
'cause they can't get enough
And it's hard to hold on
When there's no one to lean on
Faith: you know you're gonna live thru the rain
Lord you got to keep the faith
Faith: don't let your love turn to hate
Right now we got to
Keep the faith
Keep the faith
Keep the faith
Lord we got to keep the faith
Tell me baby when I hurt you
Do you keep it all inside
Do you tell me all's forgiven
And just hide behind your pride
Everybody needs somebody to love
(mother, father)
Everybody needs somebody to hate
(please don't leave me)
Everybody's bleeding
'cause the times are tough
Well it's hard to be strong
When there's no one to dream on
Faith: you know you're gonna live thru the rain
Lord you got to keep the faith
Now you know is not too late
Oh you got to keep the faith
Faith: don't let your love turn to hate
Right now we got to
Keep the faith
Keep the faith
Keep the faith
Lord we got to keep the faith
Walking in the footsteps
Of society's lies
I don't like what I see no more
Sometimes I wish that I was blind
Sometimes I wait forever
To stand out in the rain
So no one sees me cryin'
Trying to wash away the pain
Mother father
There's things I've done I can't erase
Every night we fall from grace
It's hard with the world in yours face
Trying to hold on, trying to hold on
Faith: you know you're gonna live thru the rain
Lord you got to keep the faith
Faith: don't let your love turn to hate
Right now we got to keep the faith
Faith: now it's not too late
Try to hold on, trying to hold on
Keep the faith
04 In These Arms (05:19)
You want commitment
Take a look into these eyes
They burn with fire, yeah
Until the end of time
I would do anything
I'd beg, I'd steal, I'd die
To have you in these arms tonight
Baby I want you like the roses
Want the rain
You know I need you
Like a poet needs the pain
I would give anything
My blood my love my life
If you were in these arms tonight
I'd hold ya
I'd need ya
I'd get down on my knees for you
And make everything alright
If you were in these arms
I'd love ya
I'd please ya
I'd tell you that I'd never leave ya
And love you till the end of time
If you were in these arms tonight
We stared at the sun
And we made a promise
A promise this world would never blind us
These were our words
Our words were our songs
Our songs are our prayers
These prayers keep me strong
And I still believe
If you were in these arms
I'd hold ya
I'd need ya
I'd get down on my knees for you
And make everything alright
If you were in these arms
I'd love ya
I'd please ya
I'd tell you that I'd never leave ya
And love you till the end of time
If you were in these arms tonight
Your clothes are still scatteder
All over our room
This old place still smells like
Your cheap perfume
Everything here reminds me of you
And there's nothing that I wouldn't do
And these were our words
They keep me strong, baby
I'd hold ya
I'd need ya
I'd get down on my knees for you
And make everything alright
If you were in these arms
I'd love ya
I'd please ya
I'd tell you that I'd never leave ya
And love you till the end of time
If you were in these arms tonight
If you were in these arms tonight
If you were in these arms tonight
Like the roses need the rain
Like the seasons need the change
Like the poet needs the pain
I need you in these arms tonight
05 Bed of Roses (06:34)
Sitting here wasted and wounded
At this old piano
Trying hard to capture
The moment this morning I don't know
'Cause a bottle of vodka
Is still lodged in my head
And some blond gave me nightmares
I think that she's still in my bed
As I dream about movies
They won't make of me when I'm dead
With an ironclad fist I wake up and
French kiss the morning
While some marching band keeps
It's own beat in my head
While we're talking
About all of the things that I long to believe
About love, the truth and
What you mean to me
And the truth is baby you're all that I need
I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonight I'll sleep on a bed of nails
I wanna be just as close as your Holy Ghost is
And lay you down on bed of roses
Well I'm so far away
That each step that I take is on my way home
A king's ransom in dimes I'd give each night
Just to see through this payphone
Still I run out of time
Or it's hard to get through
Till the bird on the wire flies me back to you
I'll just close my eyes and whisper
Baby blind love is true
I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonight I'll sleep on a bed of nails
I wanna be just as close as your Holy Ghost is
And lay you down on bed of roses
Well this hotel bar's hangover whiskey's gone dry
The barkeeper's wig's crooked
And she's giving me the eye
I might have said yeah
But I laughed so hard I think I died
Now as you close your eyes
Know I'll be thinking about you
While my mistress she calls me
To stand in her spotlight again
Tonight I won't be alone
But you know that don't
Mean I'm not lonely I've got nothing to prove
For it's you that I'd die to defend
I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonight I'll sleep on a bed of nails
I wanna be just as close as your Holy Ghost is
And lay you down on bed of roses (x2)
06 If I Was Your Mother (04:27)
If I was your mother
Would you let me hold your hand
Would you say you were my baby
Would you always be my friend
If I was your mother
Could I teach you what's right
Could I tell you stories
Maybe tuck you in
And kiss you sweet goodnight
Tell me what I got to do
To make my life mean more to you
I could get so close it's true
If I was your mother
Would you always believe me
Because I'd wake up in the middle
Of the night
Just to see if you need me
Tell me there's no mother
To who you're telling your secrets
And would you tell me
'Bout all the boys you been
Bringing home to meet me
Tell me what I've got to do
To make my life mean more to you
I could get so close it's true
If I was yours
Tell me who I got to be
To make you a part of me
There's no one else you'd ever need
If I was your
Mother, mother
If I was your
Mother, mother
When love is blood
You're never on trial
Love don't get deeper
Than a mother & child
Oh baby, I got to get that
Close to you
Tell me what I've got to do
To make my life mean more to you
I could get so close it's true
If I was yours
Tell me who I got to be
To make you a part of me
There's no one else you'd ever need
If I was your
Mother, mother
If I was your
Mother, mother
Mother, mother
If I was your
Mother, mother
07 Dry County (09:51)
Across the border they turn
Water into wine
Some say it's the devil's blood
They're squeezing from the vine
Some say it's a saviour
In these hard and desperate times
For me it helps me to forget
That we're just born to die
(Not this time)
I came here like so many did
To find a better life
To find my piece of easy street
To finally be alive
I knew nothing good comes easy
All good things take some time
I made my bed I'll lie in it
To die in it's the crime
You can't help but prosper
Where the streets are paved with gold
They say the oil wells ran deeper here
Than anybody's known
Now I packed up on my wife and kid
And left them both back at home
Now there's nothing in this paydirt
The ghosts are all I know
Now the oil's gone
And the money's gone
All the jobs are gone
Still we're hangin' on
Down in dry county
They're swimming in the sand
Praying for some holy water
To wash the sins from off our hand
Here in dry county
The promise has run dry
Where nobody cries
And no one's getting out of here alive
In the blessed name of Jesus
I heard a preacher say
We are all God's children
And He'd be back, back someday
Hoped that he knew something as he drank that cup of wine
I didn't have too good of a feeling
As I head out to the night
I cursed the sky to open
I begged the clouds for rain
I prayed all night for water
For this burning in my veins
It was like my soul's on fire
And I had to watch the flames
All my dreams went up in ashes
And my future blew away
Now the oil's gone
And the money's gone
All the jobs are gone
Still we're hangin' on
Down in dry county
They're swimming in the sand
Praying for some holy water
To wash the sins from off our hand
Here in dry county
The promise has run dry
Where nobody cries
And no one's getting out of here alive
Men spend their whole lives
Waiting praying for some big reward
It seems sometimes
The payoff leaves you feeling
Like a dirty whore
If I could choose the way I'll die
Make it by the gun or knife
'Cause the other way there's too much pain
Night after night after night after night
Down in dry county
They're swimming in the sand
Praying for some holy water
To wash the sins from off our hand
Here in dry county
The promise has run dry
Where nobody cries
And no one's getting out of here
Dry county
No one is getting out of here
Dry county
09 Fear (03:06)
I see you looking over your shoulder
Tell me who do you think's out there
You're reaching for your four leaf clover
But baby there ain't no luck down there
I swear that there's no heart in this city
It's here the slogan reads
"Do your time" everybody's doing
their sentence
It's just there ain't nobody here
Who knows just what's the crime
I watched my father live a lie here
I'd rather die than fade away
I read the rules
And yeah I know them
Still you ain't ever gonna
Make me play the game of
Fear
Fear
Fear
Fear
Running with the rats
Through the city
Makes you feel like you're
A partner in crime
Girl once you won't stop to watch
That little girl did
Hey baby won't you stop and hear me
Just being here we're
breathing heart attacks
We can run and chase
The setting sun we can run
And we won't ever look back
Take my hand I know we'll make it
I'll let nothing slow us down
I know you want to curse
This place but there's only
One thing that's stopping us now
Fear fear fear
Of a new thing
Fear fear fear
Of the brass ring
You ain't one for taking chances
You work and live and breathe that 9 to 5
Still that's what you call living
That's surviving to me
And surviving is living to die in
Fear
12 Little Bit of Soul (05:45)
You been robbed
You been used
You been crucified and
You been abused
You been sacrificen and
Now you're confused
Ain't it the truth
You got a hole in your head
And a cold empty spot
In your big brass bed
When you're mad at the world and
You feel like you're losing control
All you need to get by is
A little bit o soul
When you've lost in the flood
And you feel like you been
Kicked through the mud
You know they still
Haven't found the drug
To pick us up
Feeling down, misunderstood
You know these times
They ain't looking so good
When you're mad at the world and
You feel like you're losing control
What we all need to get by is
A little o soul
Whoa oh
Little bit of soul
What we all need
To survive
Is just
A little bit o soul
Everyone's complaining
Nothing but frustration
The king has pissed in
Your pot of gold
It ain't entertaining spending
So much time in the hole
Send down
A little bit o soul
When you're mad at the world
And you feel like
You're losing control
What we all need
To get by is just
A little bit o soul
Whoa oh little bit o soul
Whoa oh little bit o soul
Whoa oh little bit o soul
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