Esce nel 1970 il quinto album dei Creedence Clearwater Revival, la band di maggior successo di fine anni ’60 in America, ed è subito “pietra miliare”.
Negli 11 brani del disco, John Fogerty e soci raggiungono l’apice della loro carriera, se non per la bellezza di tutte le canzoni, per la maestria con la quale reinterpretano, aggiornano, migliorano l’eredità dei padri del rock’ n roll.
“Cosmo’s factory” (dal soprannome del batterista, Doug “Cosmo” Clifford) è una vera fabbrica di successi: dalle rivisitazioni, non semplici cover, di “Before you accuse me”, di Bo Diddley e “Ooby Dooby” di Roy Orbison, in cui mostrano la loro ammirazione per il rock degli albori, agli inediti, opera del chitarrista-cantante-factotum John Fogerty, “Who’ ll stop the rain”, “Run through the jungle”, “Long as i can see the light”, tutte canzoni che raccontano storie della guerra del Vietnam.
Due canzoni, comunque, svettano sulle altre, testimoni della vena di una band che ha fatto del rock’ n roll il solo manifesto della propria carriera, in un periodo in cui tutto veniva politicizzato: “Travelin’ band” è una veloce scorribanda piena di ritmo, mentre la torrenziale cover di “I heard it through the grapevine”, già portata al successo da Marvin Gaye, merita un posto a sé nella storia del rock: 11 minuti di eccezionale virtuosismo musicale, in cui il riff del bassista Stu Cook gareggia in bravura con la batteria di Cosmo, mentre John Fogerty graffia in sottofondo con la sua inconfondibile voce, 11 minuti che da soli fanno meritare ai Creedence il loro posto tra gli eterni del rock.
42 minuti fondamentali nella storia del rock, un disco imprescindibile per un gruppo che non amava etichette, atteggiamenti divistici, pose da rockstar, ma che badava solo alla sostanza della propria musica, un gruppo ritenuto fondamentale per il proprio sviluppo musicale da personaggi del calibro di Keith Richards, Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp.. giudicate un po’ voi..
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01 Ramble Tamble (07:12)
CHORUS:
Move,
Down the road
I go.
CHORUS
There's mud in the water,
Roach in the cellar,
Bugs in the sugar,
Mortgage on the home,
Mortgage on the home.
There's garbage on the sidewalk,
Highways in the back yard,
Police on the corner,
Mortgage on the car,
Mortgage on the car.
CHORUS
They're selling independence,
Actors in the White House,
Acid in digestion,
Mortgage on my life,
Mortgage on my life.
CHORUS
Ramble tamble tamble
Ramble tamble tamble
Ramble tamble tamble
02 Before You Accuse Me (03:27)
Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
You say I've been buyin' another woman clothes,
But you've been talkin' to someone else.
I called your mama 'bout three or four nights ago.
I called your mama 'bout three or four nights ago.
Your mama said, "Son,
Don't call my daughter no more."
Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
You say I've been buyin' another woman clothes,
But you've been takin' money from someone else.
Come on back home, baby; try my love one more time.
Come on back home, baby; try my love one more time.
You've been gone away so long,
I'm just about to lose my mind.
Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
You say I've been buyin' another woman clothes,
But you've been talkin' to someone else.
04 Ooby Dooby (02:08)
Hey Baby, jump over here;
When you do the Ooby Dooby I gotta be there;
CHORUS:
Ooby Dooby, Ooby Dooby, Ooby Dooby, Ooby Dooby,
Ooby Dooby Ooby Dooby Ooby Dooby
Ooby doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah.
Well, you wiggle to the left, you wiggle to the right;
You do the Ooby Dooby with all your might;
CHORUS
Well, you wiggle an' you shake like a big rattlesnake;
You do the Ooby Dooby till you think you're gonna break.
CHORUS
I'm movin' and struttin' 'cause now I know
How to do the Ooby Dooby, baby, let's go.
CHORUS
06 Run Through the Jungle (03:08)
Whoa, thought it was a nightmare
Lo, it's all so true
They told me "Don't go walkin' slow"
'Cause Devil's on the loose
CHORUS:
Better run through the jungle
Better run through the jungle
Better run through the jungle
Whoa don't look back to see
Thought I heard a rumblin'
Callin' to my name
Two hundred million guns are loaded
Satan cries "Take aim!"
CHORUS
Over on the mountain
Thunder magic spoke
Let the people know my wisdom
Fill the land with smoke
CHORUS
07 Up Around the Bend (02:43)
There's a place up ahead and I'm goin' just as fast as my feet can fly
Come away, come away if you're goin', leave the sinkin' ship behind.
CHORUS:
Come on the risin' wind, we're goin' up around the bend.
Ooh!
Bring a song and a smile for the banjo, better get while the gettin's good,
Hitch a ride to the end of the highway where the neons turn to wood.
CHORUS
Oooh!
You can ponder perpetual motion, fix your mind on a crystal day,
Always time for a good conversation, there's an ear for what you say.
CHORUS
Yeah!
Oooh!
Catch a ride to the end of the highway and we'll meet by the big red tree,
There's a place up ahead and I'm goin', come along, come along with me.
CHORUS
Yeah!
Do do doo do...
10 I Heard It Through the Grapevine (11:09)
Oo Bet you're wond'ring how I knew
'Bout your plans to make me blue
With some other guy that you knew before?
Between the two of us guys you know I love you more.
It took me by surprise I must say
When I found out yesterday.
Oo, I heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine.
Oo I heard it through the grapevine
And I'm just about to lose my mind.
Honey, honey yeah.
You know that a man ain't supposed to cry,
But these tears I can't hold inside.
Losin' you would end my life you see,
'Cause you mean that much to me.
You could have told me yourself
That you found someone else.
Instead I heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine.
Oo I heard it through the grapevine
And I'm just about to lose my mind.
Honey, honey yeah.
People say "Believe half of what you see, son,
and none of what you hear."
I can't help bein' confused;
If it's true, won't you tell me dear?
Do you plan to let me go
For the other guy that you knew before?
Oo, I heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine.
Oo I heard it through the grapevine
And I'm just about to lose my mind.
Honey, honey yeah.
I heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine.
Oo I heard it through the grapevine
And I'm just about to lose my mind.
Honey, honey yeah.
11 Long as I Can See the Light (03:34)
Put a candle in the window, 'cause I feel I've got to move.
Though I'm going, going, I'll be coming home soon,
'Long as I can see the light.
Pack my bag and let's get movin', 'cause I'm bound to drift a while.
When I'm gone, gone, you don't have to worry long,
'Long as I can see the light.
Guess I've got that old trav'lin' bone, 'cause this feelin' won't leave me alone.
But I won't, won't be losin' my way, no, no
'Long as I can see the light.
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Oh, Yeah!
Put a candle in the window, 'cause I feel I've got to move.
Though I'm going, going, I'll be coming home soon,
Long as I can see the light.
Long as I can see the light.
Long as I can see the light.
Long as I can see the light.
Long as I can see the light.
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Altre recensioni
Di Massimof
"Canzoni che sono come stelle lucenti nel cielo del rock."
"Un disco che deve essere considerato le fondamenta del rock americano."
Di STIPE
‘Cosmo’s Factory’ ha saputo sintetizzare in modo esemplare il suono e lo spirito di un’epoca.
'Who’ll Stop The Rain' è un autentico inno giovanile di rara bellezza e profonda angoscia.
