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Nuovo disco per la Dave Matthews Band, gruppo tra i più prolifici degl’ultimi anni, sopratutto di live, vera arte e punto di forza di questa band.
Ogni uscita di questo gruppo si piazza al primo posto della classifica americana, come mai in Europa è quasi totalmente sconosciuto? Le origini americane sono forti e forse possono trarre in inganno o allontanare coloro che sentono il rock tradizionale statunitense come vecchio o troppo maturo. Le canzoni spesso si dilungano in svariati minuti di session come se fossero su palchi dove la gente in tripudio li ammira per l’armonia che hanno a creare variazioni alle proprie canzoni senza però renderle noiose o troppo diverse da perdere l’input geniale della creazione originale. Il vero motivo perché in Europa e soprattutto in Italia i DMB non vendono? Secondo me onestamente proprio il loro punto di forza è la causa principale della loro rovina europea. I live nel vecchio continente si contano su una mano… la loro forza, il passaparola, l’emozione di perdersi nelle loro note e tutto ciò che può dare un loro concerto a noi europei è dato con il contagocce.
I dischi sono tutti molto belli ma difficili all’ascolto superficiale e bisogna ammettere che al mondo d’oggi non tutti possono dedicarsi ad un ascolto profondo e la loro musica su disco risulta molto meno incisiva.
Questo nuovo disco non dice nulla di nuovo sul sound originale della DMB ma fortunatamente afferma fortemente il ritorno al loro vero suono e al loro amore alla jam session, persa con gli ultimi dischi. Le composizioni sono tutte molte ricche e piene di suoni. A conferma di questo spirito di divertimento e di jam nella costruzione del disco, durante tutto l’anno, hanno messo una web cam a suggellare la composizione delle canzoni.
"Stand Up" è un disco tradizionalista, progressista (nel senso politico, hanno accompagnato Kerry alle elezioni senza fortuna) e ben suonato. La mia speranza è che vengano in tour con qualche data anche in Italia e se può valere la mia opinione andate a vederli. Non preoccupatevi di avere o no la loro discografia o di conoscere tutte le canzoni, andate e vivrete un’esperienza musicale importante.
Mi sono dilungato più sulla Band che sul disco e chiedo perdono ma senza queste premesse l’ascolto di questo disco sarebbe deludente; in definitiva è un disco che consiglio? Beh se non conoscete la DMB può essere un buon incipit per avvicinarsi a loro anche se non è il loro capolavoro. È il disco, dopo gli ultimi 2 poco ispirati, che sicuramente li farà ritornare la band più osannata in america. Il voto sulla band è 5, il disco è un 3/4.
Buon Ascolto!
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01 Dreamgirl (04:01)
I would dig a hole all the way to China
Unless of course I was there
then I’d dig my way home
If by diggin’ I could steal
the wind from the sails
of the greedy men who ruled the world
Still you’re my best friend
And after a good, good drunk
You and me wake up and make love after a deep sleep
Where I was Dreamin’, I was Dreamin’
Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl
I was feelin’ like a creep
As I watched you asleep
Face down in the grass,
in the park, in the middle
of a hot afternoon
Your top was untied
And I thought how nice
It’d be to follow the sweat down your spine
You’re like my best friend
Aww after a good, good drunk
You and me wake up and make love after a deep sleep
Where I was Dreamin’, I was Dreamin’
Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl
Caught by a wave
my back to the ocean
it knocks me off my feet and
just as I find my footing
here you come again
Dreamgirl, aww Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl
(Scat….trails off)
*Deep in, Deep in
Deep in, Deep in
Deep in
05 American Baby (04:35)
if these walls came crumbling down
and fell so hard to make us lose our faith
from what’s left you’d figure it out
and still make lemonade taste like a sunny day
stay beautiful, baby
I hope you stay American, baby
American baby
nobody’s laughing now
God's grace lost and the devil is proud
but I’ve been walking for a thousand miles
one last time I could see you smile
I, I, hold, hold on to you
you bring me hope I’ll see you soon,
and if I don’t see you
I’m afraid we’ve lost the way
stay beautiful, baby
I hope you stay American, baby
American baby
American baby
(that's the way) I hold on to you,
you lift me up and always will
I see you in light
hope I don’t get left behind
I, I, hold, hold on to you,
you bring me hope I’ll see you soon
and if I don’t see you
I’m afraid we’ve lost the way
stay beautiful, baby
I hope you stay American, baby
I hope you stay beautiful, baby
I hope you stay American, baby
American baby
American baby
Stay American, baby
beautiful
nobody’s laughing now
'cause you could always make me laugh out loud
stay American, baby
American baby
stay American, baby
American baby
08 Out of My Hands (03:41)
On the window ledge I don't feel safe,
Stay looking down you
It's out of my hands for now
It's out of my hands for now
I can't just walk away
It'd be nice to walk away
But I don't feel safe
Get away, all the way up here
*whispered* I said
It's out of my hands for now
It's out of my hands for now
Oh it is down from here
Down from here
*whispered* I said
Start to feel insane, betrayed
Out on my window ledge
And now our finest hour arrives,
See the pig dressed in his finest fine
And all the believers stand behind him and smile
And the day lights up with fire
Let me in
Let me in
I stopped feeling crazed, betrayed
Out on my window ledge
And now our finest hour arrives,
See the pig dressed in his finest fine
And all the believers stand behind him and smile
Watch the day lights up in fire
Lookin' down from here
It's out of my hands for now
On my window ledge
It's out of my hands for now
So let me in
Let me in
10 Louisiana Bayou (05:36)
no, no, mamma now devil done do-si-do
see two young boys lyin' dead by the side of the road
the coins in their eyes represent the money they owed
no judge or jury ever gonna hear their story told
down by the bayou
tryin to play with the 'caine
tryin to play with the 'caine
same old story again
down by the bayou (Louisiana Bayou)
tryin to play with the 'caine
tryin to play with the 'caine
same old story again
Louisiana Bayou
Sweet girl daddy done beat that girl like he's insane
Brother can't watch him beat that girl down again
'til late one night cooking up with a couple of friends
Swears his daddy never gonna see another day
down by the bayou
tryin to play with the 'caine
tryin to play with the 'caine
same old story again
down by the bayou (Louisiana Bayou)
tryin to play with the 'caine
tryin to play with the 'caine
same old story again
Louisiana Bayou
no, no, mamma now devil done do-si-do
two young boys lyin' dead by the side of the road
shame, shame
oh, it's a shame to lose your way running wild
it's a shame to lose the light that shines (shame, shame)
it's a shame to lose your way as a child
it's a shame to lose your ...
money on the bed, but you ain't got to go
sold your soul just tryin to get overload
no empty pocket gonna keep you from gettin yours
no judge or jury ever gonna hear their story told
down by the bayou
tryin to play with the 'caine
tryin to play with the 'caine
same old story again
down by the bayou (Louisiana Bayou)
tryin to play with the 'caine
tryin to play with the 'caine
same old story again
Louisiana Bayou
No, no, mamma now devil done do-si-do
them, them two young boys lyin' dead by the side of the road
down by the bayou
tryin to play with the 'caine
tryin to play with the 'caine
same old story again
Louisiana Bayou
tryin to play with the 'caine
tryin to play with the 'caine
same old story again
Louisiana Bayou
tryin to play with the 'caine
tryin to play with the 'caine
same old story again
down by the bayou
tryin to play with the 'caine
tryin to play with the 'caine
same old story again
down by the bayou
tryin to play with the 'caine
oh, it's a shame to lose your way running wild
it's a shame to lose the light that shines on you
it's a shame to lose your way as a child
it's a shame to lose your ...
down by the bayou
Louisiana Bayou
(Dave talking in Bayou)
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