Provo a recensire questo ultimo lavoro dei Bon Jovi pubblicato da circa un mese.
L'opinione diffusa è che il gruppo con gli ultimi album non abbia più realizzato nulla di valido, ripetendosi senza sfornare nuove idee e diventando esclusivamente fantocci commerciali.
Personalmente non posseggo vecchi album dei Bon Jovi ad esclusione della raccolta "Crossroad" (1994), mentre posseggo il penultimo "Have a Nice Day" (2005) che, nonostante le critiche sentite, è un album che mi piace parecchio, più dei singoli dei precedenti album.
Questo "Lost Highway" invece lo trovo un album molto anonimo; già il primo ascolto, un po' distratto, non mi ha lasciato nulla, ma gli ascolti successivi non hanno aggiunto granché, anche perché le canzoni non riescono proprio ad attrarre la mia attenzione, scivolano via quasi tutte indistintamente. A quanto ho letto è un album registrato nella città di Nashville e dovrebbe nascere da un'ispirazione country. Questa non è sicuramente una novità per Bon Jovi, ma "Wanted dead or alive" o "Blaze of glory" erano un'altra cosa. Si ha qualche sentore di quell'atmosfera ma l'album non ha una vera identità country, ma nemmeno Rock, insomma sembra non avere un'identità.
L'analisi delle tracce è piuttosto superflua, a parte le prime due le altre tendono a non farsi ricordare. L'atmosfera è piacevole in "Seat Next To You", gradevole e ben riuscita "One Step Closer", uno dei migliori episodi, anche "Any Other Day" non è male, mentre il singolo "Make a Memory" sembra voglia sforzarsi di suscitare un certo pathos senza però riuscirci.
La versione che posseggo contiene anche le versioni live di "Make a Memory" e "Lost Highway" che non aggiungono assolutamente nulla ad un disco che mi sento di consigliare solo agli appassionati del gruppo che non vogliono farsi mancare un pezzo di discografia.
Per gli altri un disco da mettere di sottofondo nell'autoradio, dimenticandosene. Comunque mi piace la copertina.
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Elenco tracce testi e video
01 Lost Highway (04:16)
In my rearview mirror
My life is getting clearer
The sunset sighs and slowly disappears
These trinkets once were treasure
Life changes like the weather
You grow up, grow old, or you hit the road 'round here
So I drive (drive drive)
Watching white lines passing by
My plastic dashboard Jesus
Waiting there to greet us
Hey Hey
I finally found my way
Said goodbye to yesterday
Hit the gas, there ain't no brakes on this lost highway
Yeah, I'm busting loose, I'm lettin go
Out on this open road
It's independence day on this lost highway
Hey hey, hey hey
Don't know where I'm going
But I know where I've been
I'm afraid of going back again
So I drive (drive drive)
Years and miles are flying by
And waiting there to greet us
Is my plastic dashboard Jesus
Hey Hey
Hey Hey I finally found my way
Said goodbye to yesterday
Hit the gas, there ain't no brakes on this lost highway
Hell, I'm busting loose, I'm lettin go
Out on this open road
It's independence day on this lost highway
Hey hey
hey, hey
Oh patron saint of lonely souls
Tell this boy which way to go
Guide the car, you've got the keys
Farewell to mediocrity
Kicking off the cruise control
And turning up the radio
Got just enough religion
And a half a tank of gas
Come on
Let's go
I finally found my way
Said goodbye to yesterday
Hit the gas, there ain't no brakes on this lost highway
I'm busting loose, I'm lettin go
When I'm out on this open road
It's independence day on this lost highway
Hey hey
02 Summertime (03:20)
Feels something like summertime
Top down and nothin' but time
Radio's on and your by my side
Feels something like summertime
These days life goes like this
Wake up, check that off of some list
Gotta be a little something more than this
The bottom of my coffee cup
I keep a, postcard in the back of my mind
White sand, sunshine
And you shining like a brand new diamond
It's keeping me from giving up
Thinking like I had enough
You make me feel something like summertime
Top down and nothing but time
Radio's on and you're by my side
Feels something like summertime
Like that first slow dance and that first long kiss
There ain't nothing baby better then this
It's like a beach blanket and a bottle of wine
It feels something like summertime
Sum-sum-summertime
I was a warm breeze with a cool tan
Life mapped out on the back of my hand
When I was laughing I was making plans
But I didnt laugh when I found you
There's a heaven baby you're the proof
You make me feel something like summertime
Top down and nothing but time
Radio's on and you're by my side
Feels something like summertime
Like that first slow dance and that first long kiss
There ain't nothing baby better then this
It's like a beach blanket and a bottle of wine
It feels something like summertime
Sum-summer-summertime
[Solo]
Feels something like summertime
Top down and nothing but time
Radio's on for me and my valentine
It's like that first slow dance and that first long kiss
There ain't nothing baby better then this
It's like a beach blanket and a bottle of wine (yeah)
Feels something like summertime
Top down ain't nothing but time
Radio's on and you're by my side,
Feels something like summertime
Just like summer time
Sum-sum-summertime
Feels something like summertime
03 (You Want To) Make a Memory (04:38)
Hello again, it's you and me
Kinda always like it used to be
Sippin' wine, killing time
Trying to solve life's mysteries
How's your life, it's been a while
God it's good to see you smile
I see you reaching for your keys
Looking for a reason not to leave
If you don't know if you should stay
If you don't say what's on your mind
Baby just breathe
There's nowhere else tonight we should be
You wanna make a memory?
I dug up this old photograph
Look at all that hair we had.
It's bittersweet to hear you laugh
Your phone is ringing I don't wanna ask
If you go now, I'll understand
If you stay, hey, I've got a plan
We're gonna make a memory
You wanna steal a piece of time
You can sing the melody to me
And I can write a couple of lines
You wanna make a memory?
If you don't know if you should stay
And you don't say what's on your mind
Baby just breathe
There's nowhere else tonight we should be
We Should be
You wanna make a memory
You wanna steal a piece of time
You can sing the melody to me
And I can write a couple of lines
You wanna make a memory? (x2)
04 Whole Lot of Leavin' (04:19)
It's pretty cold for late September
And autumn wind is creepin' in
The summer sun packed up, it's long gone
There's a whole lot of leavin' goin' on
Yeah
I bet it's warm in California
I think it's time to hit the road
I just might call that plain of gypsies
Whose searching for our pot of gold
Seems like lately there's a whole lot of leavin' goin' on
I close my eyes and picture your hand in mine
I still hear your voice that takes me back to that time
Where I can find a reason to be strong
Seems like lately there's a whole lot of leavin' goin' on
Close the window, draw the curtains
You ain't the only one here hurt
No one's right, no one's wrong
Lately there's a whole lot of leavin' goin' on
I close my eyes and picture your hand in mine
I still hear your voice that takes me back to that time
Where I can find a reason to be strong
Seems like lately there's a whole lot of leavin' goin' on
You used to live to say you love me
Now you got one foot out the door
It's then you turn around and ask me
Do we got it anymore
I close my eyes and picture your hand in mine
I still hear your voice that takes me back to that time
Where I need find a reason to be strong
I close my eyes and picture your hand in mine
Yeah, I hold the line, you'll never hear me say goodbye
So, pretty thing, let the years be strong
Seems like lately there's a whole lot of leavin' goin' on
I'l come back for you, baby
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