Anni '80, Stati Uniti: una costola dell'heavy, che grazie a riff efficaci, a ritornelli azzeccati e a super-ballad, si stacca affinché possa essere concepito il cosiddetto glam-metal. Quale sia stato il primo gruppo glam-metal della storia è difficile dirlo ma potete stare pur certi che questa è energia allo stato puro: droga, sesso sfrenato, lunghissimi party e follie di ogni genere sono alla base di gruppi che erano tecnicamente più o meno validi ma che seppero reggere l'onda per più di un decennio.
Nel giardino dell'Eden del glam c'erano anche questi Cinderella il cui appeal non era affatto diverso rispetto a quanto detto prima. Tom Keifer ha una voce eccezionale che, secondo me, in questo genere è seconda, per estensione, solo a Sua Maestà Sebastian Bach degli Skid Row.
L'album in questione è, a mio avviso, il migliore della band. "Gypsy Road" è il classico del gruppo, "Don't Know What You Got ('Till It's Gone)" è, a mio avviso, una delle ballad più belle di tutto il glam di quegli anni. E poi abbiamo la perla del disco: la title track. "Long Cold Winter" infatti risulta essere un lento-blues strascicato con una chitarra languida e ammaliante che fa da contraltare alla voce di Tom Keifer sgraziata e ruvida quanto forte ed emozionale. Altro brano molto famoso del disco é "Coming Home" dall'incedere molto orecchiabile. Altri brani come "The Last Mile", "If You Don't Like It" e "Fire And Ice" sono tecnicamente impeccabili e coerenti all'atmosfera hard-rock del disco con riff che si stampano in mente.
Uno dei miei dischi rock preferiti di sempre. Sarà forse perché sono un appassionato di quel genere e vivo con grande dispiacere il fatto di non aver vissuto quegli anni consapevolmente dal punto di vista musicale. Gruppi come Poison, Motley Crue, il primo Bon Jovi, L.A. Guns, Whitesnake ecc... hanno rappresentato molto per me e continuano a farlo.
E il settimo giorno Dio creò Long Cold Winter e il verbo si sparse nell'aere.
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02 Gypsy Road (03:55)
I used to be now I'm not what you see, Lord I try
And now it seems all those dreams have come true, but they're passing me by
Some fast talkin' mama for a dollar put a smile on my face
I'm drivin' all night
I end up in the same old place
My gypsy road can't take me home
I drive all night just to see the light
My gypsy road can't take me home
I keep on pushin' cause it feels alright
And who's to care if I grow my hair to the sky
I'll take a wish and a prayer cross my fingers cause I always get by
Some fast talkin' jerk for a dollar wiped the smile off my face
I'm drivin' all night
Just to keep the rat in the race
My gypsy road can't take me home
I drive all night just to see the light
My gypsy road can't take me home
I keep on pushin' cause it feels alright
Sometimes I feel so old
Got my lights burnin' bright
But I'm lookin' pretty sold
Sometimes I feel so cold
So cold
Let's go
Got to get on home
My gypsy road can't take me home
My gypsy road can't take me home, t-t-take me
My gypsy road can't take me home
I drive all night just to see the light
My gypsy road can't take me home
I keep on pushin' cause it feels alright
My gypsy road can't take me home
I drive all night just to see the light
My gypsy road can't take me home
I keep on p-p-pushin'
My gypsy road
My gypsy road
My gypsy road
My gypsy road
My gypsy road
03 Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone) (05:54)
I can't tell ya baby what went wrong
I can't make you feel what you felt
So long ago, I'll let it show
I can't give you back what's been hurt
Heartaches come and go and all that's
left are the words I can't let go
If we take some time to think it over baby
Take some time let me know
If you really wanna go
Don't know what you got till it's gone
Don't know what it is I did so wrong
Now I know what I got
It's just this song
And it ain't easy to get back
Takes so long
I can't feel the things that cause you pain
I can't clear my heart of your love
It falls like rain, ain't the same
I hear you calling far away
Tearing through my soul I just can't
Take another day, Who's to blame
If we take some time to think it over baby
Take some time let me know
If you really wanna go
Don't know what you got till it's gone
Don't know what it is I did so wrong
Now I know what I got
It's just this song
And it ain't easy to get back
Takes so long
Do you wanna see me beggin' baby
Can't you give me just one more day
Can't you see my heart's been draggin' lately
I've been lookin' for the words to say
Don't know what you got till it's gone
Don't know what it is I did so wrong
Now I know what I got
It's just this song
And it ain't easy to get back
Takes so long
04 The Last Mile (03:51)
Me and billy boy and old lady jane
We hitched a ride, took a fast movin� train
Got to the top with our heads spinnin� round
You never know just what you got until you're comin� back
Down on the farmland mississippi shade
The folks down there they told me take it day by day
And walk the last mile
Before I sleep
It'll be a while
Before I get my peace
With the same style
I walked for years
On the last mile
I can rest my fears
I got a long way to go before I reach the light of day
Monkies on my back I gotta find a better way
Same old story never get just what you want
The more you got the more you want
Sometimes you do and then you don't
I guess I've always been a travelin� man
Cause when I'm movin� I can make a stand
And walk the last mile
Before I sleep
It'll be a while
Before I get my peace
With the same style
I walked for years
On the last mile
I can rest my fears
Don't know where I'm going
But I know where I've been
Look around me everybody's trying to win
I guess I've always been a travelin� man
Cause when I'm movin� I can make a stand yea yea
And walk the last mile
Before I sleep
It'll be a while
Before I get my peace
With the same style
I walked for years
On the last mile
I can rest my fears
The last mile
Before I sleep
It'll be a while
Before I get my peace
With the same style
I walked for years
On the last mile
I can rest my fears
The last mile
Before I sleep
It'll be a while
Before I get my peace
With the same style
I walked for years
On the last mile
I can rest my fears
06 Long Cold Winter (05:24)
I've been down I've been cryin in the dead of night
I've been tryin I've been tryin to find the time to make it right
Gonna be a long cold winter
Long cold winter without your love
I've been walkin I've been freezing
Freezing from a love I left behind
I've been searchin I've been searchin
Can't find my peace of mind no
Its gonna be a long cold winter
Long cold winter without your love
I've been down ooohh I've been down yeah
Baby baby baby oh I'm freezing I'm freezing I'm freezing I'm cold
So so so cold it's gonna be a long cold winter
Long cold winter without your love yeah
Oh oh ooohh
08 Coming Home (04:56)
I took a walk down a road
It's the road I was meant to stay
I see the fire in your eyes
But a man's got to make his way
So are you tough enough for my love
Just close your eyes to the heaven above
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
I took a ride in a world
I'll be spinnin' for the rest of my life
I feel your heart beatin' baby
ooo sometimes it cuts like a knife
So are you tough enough for my love
Just close your eyes to the heaven above
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
Where your love tonight can shine on me
I'm coming home
Where your lovin' arms can set me free
I took a walk down a road
It's the road I was meant to stay
I see the fire in your eyes
But a mans got to make his way
So are you tough enough for my love
Just close your eyes to the heaven above
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
Oh yea
I'm on my way
I'm coming home I'm coming home
Here we go ooo yea, ooo yea
I'm on my way
Come on baby, Come on
Let your love, shine on me
I'm on my way, Sing along
Shine on, Shine on, Shine on me
I'm on my way, Ahh yea
Shine on me
I'm on my way
I'm on my way
I'm on my way
I'm on my way
09 Fire and Ice (03:22)
And do ya feel like I feel
When I want you baby
Inside can't ya hide
Cause it's scratchin' right through
Come on
And take it easy, nowhere to go
She'll take ya fast and she'll take ya slow
Like fire and ice
She'll take your heart away
Fire and ice
She'll take your breath away
And when ya shake for me, shake for me
Shake for me ooo yea
Ya take me down and around
When ya do what ya do
Come on
And take it easy, nowhere to go
She'll take ya fast and she'll take ya slow
Like fire and ice
She'll take your heart away
Fire and ice
She'll take your breath away
Don't let me down
I couldn't take it this time
Don't kick me round
I'll kick you out of my mind
Take it
Fire and ice
Fire and ice
Fire and ice
She'll take your heart away
Fire and ice
She'll take your breath away
Fire and ice
She'll take your heart away
Fire and ice
She'll take your breath away Fire and ice
She'll leave ya breathless
Fire and ice
10 Take Me Back (03:17)
I walked alone my heart a little colder
Trying to make it on my way
I took a ride wasn't getting any older
Seventeen was here to stay
They caught us living a dream
We tried to get out the steam
Take me back
Cause I need to be reminded
What I left behind me
So far away
Take me back
Cause I need to feel the fire
Yesterday's desire
Ain't far away
I was raised by my daddy's hand
My mama taught me how to pray
Got no regrets 'bout the things I've done
Now I'm lookin' back to yesterday
They caught us living a dream
We tried to get out the steam
Take me back
Cause I need to be reminded
What I left behind me
So far away
Take me back
Cause I need to feel the fire
Yesterday's desire
Ain't far away
Take me back
Cause I need to be reminded
What I left behind me
So far away
Take me back
Cause I need to feel the fire
Yesterday's desire
Ain't far away
Take me back
Cause I need to be reminded
What I left behind me
So far away
Take me back
Cause I need to feel the fire
Yesterday's desire
Ain't far away
Take me back
Take me back
All right
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