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Dopo un periodo di riflessione mi prendo la bega di scrivere la Recensione.Benchè i miei gusti vadano già da un po’a smollarsi ho deciso per “IN ROCK”: innanzitutto perché ha aperto i miei orizzonti musicali (i Nirvana erano ancora in me), poi perché riassume l’idea di armonia musicale in un contesto elettrico.
Icona dell’Hard Rock, il disco sigla il felicissimo sposalizio tra scale Blues/Pentatoniche e tra sonorità d’avanguardia(m.Medioevale) che vengono esaltate dalla Strato di Blackmmore e dall’Hammond del mitico John Lord. In un impasto cupo e quasi macabro, la voce di Ian Gillan troneggia e rende molte delle esecuzioni (es.Speed King)travolgenti: l’apice nella ballata “Child inTime” dove bastano tre accordi a plasmare un brano tra i più belli di sempre(grazie anche al leggendario assolo dell’uomo nero).
Cercando di dare uno schema preciso alle canzoni,che poi segna la stile inconfondibile dell’Hard Rock,si nota il contrasto tra tratti morbidi e tratti casinari;il tema centrale è il riff sempre aggressivo,travolgente e basato sulla scala blues(do,re#,fa,fa#,sol,la#,do:provateci e vedete);un assolo di una certa taratura(K.Hammet è un idiota); una voce tirata e diabolica.Tutto questo si riassume in un’atmosfera surreale e fuori dal tempo che lascia quasi d’incanto,mescolando in se la perfezione del blues e l’orecchiabilità del Rock più raffinato.
A volte c’è da pensare come sia possibile che nel giro di un decennio la musica sia nata e sia morta(’65-’75) e tutti i talenti musicali si siano sviluppati in questo periodo,forse Jim Morrison aveva ragione a parlare di superamento delle porte della percezione.
E’ certamente il miglior lavoro dei Deep Purple che riescono a consumare il 90% della loro creatività in un solo album, forse il migliore di tutto il panorama musicale di allora(i Led Zep li vedo forse più bravi ma meno Hard).Odio chiunque pensa che il metal derivi da da qui e sono sicuro che a Gillan & Co. non farebbe proprio piacere.E’ come fare un fottuto graffito sulla Pietà di Michelangelo!
Elenco tracce e testi
01 Speed King (00:00)
Good Golly, said little Miss Molly
When she was rockin' in the house of blue light
Tutti Frutti was oh so rooty
When she was rockin' to the east and west
Lucille was oh so real
When she didn't do her daddies will
Come on baby, drive me crazy--do it, do it
I'm a speed king you go to hear me sing
I'm a speed king see me fly
Saturday night and I just got paid
Gonna fool about ain't gonna save
Some people gonna rock some people gonna roll
Gonna have a party to save my soul
Hard headed woman and a soft hearted man
They been causing trouble since it all began
Take a little rice take a little beans
Gonna rock and roll down to New Orleans
Good Golly, said little Miss Molly
When she was rockin' in the house of blue light
Tutti Frutti was oh so rooty
When she was rockin' to the east and west
Hard headed woman and a soft hearted man
They been causing trouble since it all began
Take a little rice take a little beans
Gonna rock and roll down to New Orleans
I'm a speed king you go to hear me sing
I'm a speed king see me fly
02 Bloodsucker (00:00)
Gotta black breast Chinese eyes
Got an English brain that's gonna make me wise
Got a long story that I wanna tell
To a rhythm that I know so well
Really got a lot of lovin' that I wanna give
Baby I'm a mystery but you know I gotta live
I tried another but she didn't want to know
Take a hold now if you can
Take a lesson from a hard lovin' man
I'm a long way from where I wanna go
Guess I'll stay awhile I really love you so
How's about another sip of all the wine you got
Take a tip from me and give it here I'll drink the lot
I'm not a winey, I'm a puttin' on a show
You really really grab me but I've gotta move
Before they know I'm here and spread the news
Maybe in while when I've moved around
I can find a way to pay you back your twenty pounds
Really got a lot of lovin' that I wanna give
Baby I'm a mystery but you know I gotta live
I tried another but she didn't want to know
03 Child In Time (00:00)
Sweet child in time you'll see the line
The line that's drawn between the good and the bad
See the BLIND man shooting at the world
Bullets flying taking toll
If you've been bad, Lord I bet you have
And you've not been hit by flying lead
You'd better close your eyes and bow your head
And wait for the ricochet
04 Flight Of The Rat (00:00)
Spread the word around
The rat is leaving town
The message is a song
The misery is gone
Once I had a dream
To sing before the queen
She didn't want to know
She wouldn't see the show
What a fright
I couldn't do it right
Oh what a night
Mystic demons fly
All about the sky
With memories of a clown
The saddest show in town
When I was seventeen
My mother said to me
Be careful what you touch
You shouldn't take so much
I blew my mind
She was so kind
I could have cried
In my mind
I had to find
A kind of new way
Of being oh so cool
Like a blue blooded
Well studded English fool
Speak about the past
Times are changing fast
Once I was so weak
I couldn't even speak
Shaking put a curse
Nothing could be worse
Walking through the door
Who could ask for more
Now I'm free
And I can see
That I am me
Spread the word around
The rat is leaving town
The message is a song
The misery is gone
Shaking out a curse
Nothing could be worse
Walking through the door
Who could ask for more
Now I'm free
And I can see
That I am me
Please stay away
05 Into The Fire (00:00)
Take the trouble to decide the things you do
Will not be the things that don't appeal to you
See the mess your makin' can't you see your fakin'
Gonna make it hard for you, you're gonna--into the fire
Turn on the mandrake that was given to you
See if you can make it like the others do
Feel the blood a knockin' when you're finger poppin'
Gonna make it hard for you, you're gonna--into the fire
Stop your bleeding mind before it's over and done
Listen very closely to the message I've sung
Feel the blood a knockin' when you're finger poppin'
Gonna get a message through, you're gonna--into the fire
06 Living Wreck (00:00)
You came along for a weekend
But you only stayed for one night
You took off your hair
You pulled out your teeth
Oh I almost died of fright
You'd better do something for your own sake
Yes it's a shame
Ah you know you're a living wreck
You said you were a virgin
Full of promise and mystery
But I know that you
Would bring me down
'Cos everyone calls you big G
You'd better do something for your own sake
Yes it's a shame
Ah you know you're a living wreck
You said you're gonna love me
You said you're gonna set me free
But I knew that you would bring me down
And cause me misery
You'd better do something for your own sake
Yes it's a shame
Ah you know you're a living wreck
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Di Peppe Weapon
Questo è forse il primo album Heavy Metal dell'intera storia!
Il disco chiude con altre canzoni dure... i Deep Purple hanno raggiunto vette compositive elevatissime.
