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Raccogliere, intensificare e riassumere una giornata qualunque. Il formato "24 ore" racchiuso in un semplice disco, in una copertina dalle forme surreali e in un titolo che è tutto un programma: "You In Reverse", tu al contrario, e perlomeno con me sfonda una porta aperta. Potrei essere affranto fino al midollo osseo ma ascoltando questo disco mi sfugge inevitabilmente un sorriso demente (pardon la rima) sul viso, e il perchè non lo so, sarà solo il piacere di ascoltare certe melodie nell'attesa al rosso di un semaforo, sotto i portici, per le vie annebbiate del mattino, all'ombra degli ulivi sulla via di casa.
Alla voce "Protagonisti" figurano diversi elementi: il cantato di Doug Martsch, barbuto cantante/chitarrista dal timbro di voce sommesso e malinconico che un pò tradisce la sua faccia da duro; gli echi musicali vagamente post rock, accentuati nelle frequenti cavalcate strumentali; il ritmo, le melodie di ogni singola traccia, perchè pur non trattandosi di semplici pop-song radiofoniche riescono a piantarti in testa il motivetto, e dopo un paio di ascolti ne sei già assuefatto.
E una volta iniziata "Goin' Against Your Mind" il tuo piede comincia a seguire a ritmo il tu-tump della batteria, mentre la tua mente prenderà confidenza con i passaggi delle chitarre, a volte grezze e distorte, a volte sognanti, ma sempre magnificamente amalgamate. E ti rendi conto che difficilmente stopperai il disco anzitempo, perchè è impossibile dire di no alla successiva "Traces", nel finale hai l'impressione che alla chitarra di Martsch manchi solo la parola.
"Daylight can never really hide what's alive
I know it's hard sometimes
For you to tell where you end
And where the world begins"
(Traces)
Ci si chiede come sia possibile che canzoni come "Conventional Wisdom" non si siano mai sentite in radio, illudendosi che il problema sia solo l'eccessiva lunghezza del brano. Già, perchè si superano i 5 minuti di media a traccia, e tuttavia scorrono via come fossero niente, perchè la ricetta musicale è assai variegata: si spazia dal pop di qualità ("Liar") al rock più duro e incalzante ("Mess With Time"), il tutto condito da sprazzi psichedelici e finali jammistici, giusto per dare quel tocco frizzante a un disco a cui non si può rimproverare assolutamente nulla.
Un vero piacere per le orecchie, credetemi.
Elenco tracce testi e samples
02 Traces (04:42)
Daylight can never really hide what’s alive
I know it's hard sometimes
For you to tell where you end
And where the world begins
You do your best to avoid assimilation
Guess that's the best you can do
And though the parts of it that matter change
All traces disintegrate
At night
My mind's exhausted and
Drained out of thought
And can't get back up
And when you know
How few things there are worth knowing
I suppose anyone who tries could forget
Responding now
To trains that crash before you
Never thought crashing could happen to you
And though the parts of it that matter change
All traces disintegrate
03 Liar (05:11)
I wouldn't be a liar
No i wouldn't be a liar if i told you that
I wouldn't be a liar
When things are all you think of
And plans are all you make
and thoughts are all you dream of
your falls are all you take
look out the world's destroying ya
relax it isn't fair
mother natures disposition
she don't mind she don't care
she don't mind she don't care
And I wouldn't be a liar
No i wouldn't be a liar if I told you that
I wouldn't be a liar
Passing over, passions pour, passing everything
I wouldn't be a liar
No I wouldn't be a liar if I told you that
It takes up all of your life
these decisions you make
it takes up all of a day
making them all
Well outside on the patio
the pianos weeping too
forget about it all for a little while
she don't mind she dont care
she don't mind she don't care
she don't mind she don't care
And I wouldn't be a liar
No I wouldn't be a liar if I told you that
I wouldn't be a liar
You see it seems minor to me
You see it seems minor to me
You see it seems minor to me
You see it seems minor
04 Saturday (02:24)
You waited for Saturday
And waited for my birthday
And most of us probably
Expect even less than that
And I’m glad you’re not like us
And by us I mean everyone in the world who isn’t you
All this time
I thought was mine
Your proximity made
When boredom comes
It won’t be long
Before I sing to you
There’s nothing you can do
There’s nothing you can say
To make my problems go away
Or to make me do the same
From the outside
My ideas
Pour me outside
Bottled feeling
For a mountain
Marbled ceiling
Commence the healing
05 Wherever You Go (06:10)
Murals make it right, how can that explain
Nobody can tell what the hell they’re even saying
No one sees it’s easier to change
No one sleeps and no one stays awake
No one complains
And I’ll find wherever you go
And I’ll help with things you don’t know
And I’ll get you out of the show
And I’ll find wherever you go
It's things you have to give and never come around
There's opportunity to tread instead of drown
Remarks will make the living settle down
They call them markets instead of towns
They like how it sounds
Most of us are wrong, most of us agree
Must have been the wrong message we received
If you gotta choose I've gotta change
And if you've got the truth I've gotta trade
And if you've (got a feud I've got a fade)
My heart will wear you out, yeah
My heart will wear you down, yeah
My heart will wear you down
06 Conventional Wisdom (06:21)
Sometimes life surprises
cause youd never expect it to be that
dangerous disguises
that you never expect to see
some things never change
nothings gonna change that
some things you cant explain
like why we're all embracing conventional wisdom in a world thats just so unconventional
made you turn around
but you never expected to see that
thats what makes that sound
that you never expect to hear
some things never change
some things wanna change that
some things you cant explain
like why we're all embracing conventional wisdom in a world thats just so unconventional
they dont know theyre wrong
but you know that they never can see that
thats what makes them strong
that they know that we'll never see
09 Just a Habit (04:27)
He's more farce than father
he's more of a dog than dogs are
it depends, we're just dots and commas
I'd still say you got one on us
theres not reason for it
dont despise it and don't adore it
it's just a habit
it's just a habit i formed
this ones a super sonic
this one's got too much on it
this ones a freak
this ones for free
theres no reason for it
dont despise and dont adore it
it's just a habit
it's just a habit
10 The Wait (05:00)
You wait
You wait
You wait for summer,
Then you wait for rain
You wait
You wait
You wait for darkness then you wait for day
Yeah, you wait
You wait
You wait
And she said patience, patience, darling
Patience, patience, it will come
You wait
You wait
You wait for August,
Then you wait for May
You wait
You wait
You wait to get up,
Then you wait to play
You wait
You wait
You wait for someone that'll make the waiting worth the wait
You wait
You wait
You wait
And she says patience, patience, darling
Patience, patience, it will come
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Di ziabice
Se per voi un brano musicale è qualcosa di più che un tintinnare di suoni piacevoli, insomma una esperienza intensa, allora questo disco deve far parte della vostra collezione di emozioni.
L'iniziale 'Goin’ Against Your Mind' dà la cifra di tutto il lavoro: quasi 9 minuti di chitarre che urlano e vi portano lontani senza muovervi dal posto.
