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Dopo il debutto "Nights song"(1986), qualcosa muta in casa Cinderella. Quello che nel primo disco era un hard rock bonjoviano, non a caso fu proprio l'ex ragazzo del New Jersey a scoprirli e lanciarli, debitore tanto di AC/DC quanto della scena street glam del periodo, gia' dal secondo disco "LONG COLD WINTER" si notano importanti cambiamenti che distingueranno la loro produzione dal resto dei gruppi nati con loro in quel periodo.
Il blues e il country americano fanno pian piano capolino fino ad arrivare al compimento totale in questo "HEARTBREAK STATION". La copertina non lascia dubbi, i nostri vengano immortalati stile vecchio west all'entrata di una vecchia stazione ferroviaria, il look è piu' street e sono scomparse pettinature cotonate, pelle, trucco pesante e lustrini che campeggiavano nella cover dell'esordio. Forti di una grande esperienza live che li consacra come una delle migliori live band in circolazione, il vero punto di forza dei Cinderella è TOM KEIFER, maggior songwriter del gruppo, cantante dalla voce aspra e particolare, catalizzatore delle attenzioni dal vivo e personaggio assai intrigante.
Gli altri componenti sono JEFF LABAR alla chitarra, ERIC BRITTINGHAM al basso e FRED COURY alla batteria. Il disco si apre con THE MORE THINGS CHANGE e LOVÈS GOT ME DOIN' TIME due potenti HARD-ROCK BLUES che richiamano i vecchi AEROSMITH degli anni settanta. SHELTER ME è un divertente rock-shuffle con tanto di fiati che alla sua uscita divenne una piccola hit, forse la loro canzone piu' conosciuta in assoluto.
La title-track è una ballad dove KEIFER va valere le sue doti di musicista al piano. Segue SICK FOR THE CURE hard-blues con la chitatta di LABAR libera di spaziare su tutta la canzone. ONE FOR ROCK AND ROLL e DEAD MAN'S ROAD sono due canzoni dal forte sapore country-western esemplificative del cambiamento musicale intrapreso dal gruppo. Il trittico MAKE YOUR OWN WAY, ELECTRIC LOVE e LOVE GONE BAD fa ritornare il disco in territori piu' rokkeggianti per arrivare alla ballad acustica di chiusura WINDS OF CHANGE.
Album vario, dunque, quel classico disco da HIGHWAYS americane che si lascia ascoltare senza troppe pretese. I CINDERELLA incideranno ancora 'STILL CLIMBING' nel 1994, in piena era grunge, che risultera' il loro disco piu' duro ma anche la loro ultima prova discografica prima di sciogliersi. Da qualche anno i CINDERELLA si sono riformati e girano gli STATES insieme ad altri gruppi sopravissuti dell'epoca portando in giro il loro baraccone fatto di buon hard rock, anche se di nuove prove discografiche non vi è traccia.
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01 The More Things Change (04:22)
Woke up this morning on the wrong side of bed
I got this feeling like a train's running through my head
Turned on my radio to the same old song
Some big mouth talking trying to tell us where the world went wrong
But all this talk of peace and love
It's only for the news
Cause everytime you trust someone
You end up getting screwed
The more things change
The more they stay the same
Everyone's your brother till you turn the other way
The more things change
The more they stay the same
All we need's a miracle to take us all away from the pain
Came to this morning I was feeling mighty used
Picked up the telephone but all I got's a major attitude
Turned on the TV to the same old news
Everybody thinks they got the answer to the same old blues
Like a hot smokin' pistol on a saturday night
You gotta go for the throat
You gotta fight for your life
The more things change
The more they stay the same
Everyone's your brother till you turn the other way
The more things change
The more they stay the same
All we need's a miracle to take us all away from the pain
Take me away
Like a hot smokin' pistol on a saturday night
You gotta go for the throat
You gotta fight for your life
The more things change
The more they stay the same
Everyone's your brother till you turn the other way
The more things change
The more they stay the same
All we need's a miracle to take us all away
The more things change
The more they stay the same
Everyone's your brother till you turn the other way
The more things change
The more they stay the same
All we need's a miracle
The more things change
The more things change
The more things change
The more things change
The more things change
The more things change
The more things change
02 Love's Got Me Doin' Time (05:19)
Have mercy on a poor boy's heart
Cause I got the key that can make your motor start
Can't you love me
Without messin' me around
You took everything I got then kick me when I'm down
Ooo, got this funny feeling that you ain't on the level
I look into those eyes but all I see's the devil
I heard through the vine that you may not be mine
Don't lock me up
I can't pay the fine
Make up your mind before you make me lose mine
Your love's got me doin' time
Have mercy on a poor boy's soul
I've been down so long never thought I could feel so low
First you love me
Then you stab my back
Close the door, turn the key, all I can see is black
Ooo, got this funny feeling that you ain't on the level
I look into those eyes but all I see's the devil
I heard through the vine that you may not be mine
Don't lock me up
I can't pay the fine
Make up your mind before you make me lose mine
Your love's got me doin' time
Love's got me doin'
Love's got me doin' time
Love's got me doin'
Love's got me doin' time
So what's a poor boy supposed to do
I've done everything I can, I've been so true
You got a mean streak
Like an alley cat
You sucked all the love from me like a vampire bat
Ooo, got this funny feeling that you ain't on the level
I look into those eyes but all I see's the devil
I heard through the vine that you may not be mine
Don't lock me up
I can't pay the fine
Make up your mind before you make me lose mine
Your love's got me doin' time
Love's got me doin'
Love's got me doin' time
Love's got me doin'
Love's got me doin' time
Love's got me doin'
Love's got me doin' time
Love's got me doin'
Love's got me doin' time
Love's got me doin'
Love's got me doin' time
Love's got me doin'
Love's got me doin' time
Love's got me doin'
Love's got me doin' time
Love's got me doin'
Love's got me doin' time
Love's got me doin'
Love's got me doin' time
03 Shelter Me (04:47)
Everybody needs a little place they can hide
Somewhere to call their own
Don't let nobody inside
Every now and then we all need to let go
For some it's a doctor, for me it's rock and roll
For some it's a bottle
For some it's a pill
Some people read the Bible cause it's givin' them a thrill
I was one to figure if they don't like what they see
If you live in a glass house don't be throwing rocks at me
(Chorus)
We all need a little shelter
Just a little helper to get us by
We all need a little shelter
Just a little helper ohhh and it'll be alright
Check out Mr. Politician in his suit and tie
But when the doors are closed there ain't nothing he won't try
Meanwhile Mr. Medicine's treating his best friend's wife
Tipper led the war against the record industry
She said she saw the devil on her MTV
To look into the cabinet it takes more than a key
Just like Jimmy's skeleton's and his ministry
(Chorus)
For some it's a needle for some it's pill
Some people read the Bible cause it's giving them a thrill
You can spend your money before you get your pay
With a toss of the dice you can piss it all away
(Chorus)
04 Heartbreak Station (04:28)
Waiting at the station
Tears filling up my eyes
Sometimes the pain you hide
Burns like a fire inside
Look out my window
Sometimes it's hard to see
The things you want in life
Come and go so easily
CHORUS
She took the last train
Out of my heart
She took the last train
And now I think I'll make
A brand new start
She took the last train
Out of my heart
Watching the days go by
Thinking 'bout the plans we made
Days turn into years
Funny how they fade away
Sometimes I think of those days
Sometimes I just hide away
Waiting on that 9:20 train
Waiting on a memory
CHORUS
My lady's on the fly
And she's never coming back
My love is like a steam train
Rolling down the tracks yea, yeaa
CHORUS
08 Make Your Own Way (04:15)
Born and raised in a one dog town
That never took a chance or a dare
The times kept a changin' but it all passed 'em by
The prejudices in the air
Drove me to cocaine eyes by the age of one five
Kept my momma walking the floor
But I had to draw the line for the very last time
She kicked my ass out the door
It ain't always easy when you're living hand to mouth
The more you put in, the less you get out
It ain't always easy when you're living day to day
It ain't always easy when you're tryin' to make your own way
Make your own way
When life's a little hard on you
Make yor own way
Nobody's gonna die for you
I remember rollin' dice on the run
Looking for a winning hand
We never stop to wonder at the wonders passing by
Just searchin' for the promised land
We met a mean old man
Who dealt a dirty hand
Promised we could touch the sky
But the devil's his friend
He put the pen in my hand
Said you can pay me back after you die
It ain't always easy when you're living hand to mouth
The more you put in, the less you get out
It ain't always easy when you're living day to day
It ain't always easy when you're tryin' to make your own way
Make your own way
When life's a little hard on you
Make yor own way
Nobody's gonna die for you
Ah, ah, ah sometimes you gotta walk the straight line
Ah, ah, ah feel like I'm just doing time
Ooo, when life gets a little hard
You gotta gotta ooo make your own way
Sometimes you gotta make your own way
Here we go
Ooo, sing it for 'em now, yeah
Make your own way
When life's a little hard on you
Make your own way
Ain't nobody gonna die for you
Make your own way
When life's a little hard on you
Make your own way
Ain't nobody gonna die for you
Make your own way
You gotta gotta make your own way
Make your own way
Make your own way
You gotta make your own way
Make your own way
Gotta make your own way
Make your own way
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