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Fantastico questo piccolo pazzo disco. I Deerhoof, giunti sembra all'ottavo disco (ma non si sente tale è la loro freschezza) prendono i cliché del rock e li sommergono sotto una forma tanto minimale quanto azzardata e fuori da qualsiasi canone prestabilito.
In effetti alla base della loro musica rimane un concetto base del rock in genere: quello di riff, il che contribuisce a renderli incredibilmente comunicativi al di là della loro genetica predisposizione al rumorismo. Un rumorismo che trascende ormai i "soliti" Sonic Youth, e che si rifà più che altro a una tradizione trans generazionale che passa per Fugazi, Pavement, Furry Things, Oneida, Blonde Redhead etc. A ciò si aggiunge la nipponica sensibilità, volatile e astratta, della cantante Satomi Matsusaki, la quale trasforma tutto in filastrocche surreali e fascinose, ma che forse è anche la maggior responsabile di un manierismo a tratti eccessivo che si respira ascoltando questo disco.
Nella maggior parte dei casi, comunque, i Deerhoof sono abbastanza umili da regalare all'ascoltatore null'altro che bellissime canzoni, sotto la scorza di arrangiamenti costantemente devianti. Bellissime canzoni che anche in quanto tali, fra le stralunate interpetazioni vocali della cantante e l'imprevedibile comunicatività della parte strumentale, rimangono fortemente personali. Nei momenti migliori, in conclusione, niente di più e niente di meno che un bellissimo (quasi) capolavoro Pop e uno dei dischi più sinceramente intelligenti ascoltabili negli ultimi anni.
Elenco tracce e testi
01 Chatterboxes (02:32)
In pencil lines of ages past,
Idea maps were being drawn
Over the world.
Storytime in your wildest mind.
What a wonderful
Magic animal.
Mother to child,
Singing a long song.
Set sail, seaworthy vessel.
Fill your holds with the sound
Of daughters and sons
Wagging their tongues.
Written down in ink so clear,
Voices of a yesteryear.
Dreams are whispered in an ear
02 Twin Killers (02:16)
Tale of the traitors;
Pretty pretty twin sisters.
Be kind, be shy were all lies.
Witty wicked destroyers.
Tale of killers.
They're killers.
Showed my back and so long.
Never be traitors.
Pretty pretty twin sisters.
So fine, so shine what we had.
Tricky two heads deceivers.
03 Running Thoughts (03:44)
They were called The Runners Four
Always slipping through the back door
When they come ashore
Sneaking through their precious load,
Cheating customs in a speedboat
When they come in from far away
Oh they never can stay
They fly away to other skies
With the sun in their eyes
Make their entrance two by two
Bringing us a thought that's so new
Whistling secret tunes
And smuggling through their precious smile
Breaking customs for a short while
04 Vivid Cheek Love Song (02:14)
Baby baby hi five.
Baby baby say hi.
Little little ones.
Mon ami nna.
Take my hands now.
Walk to where you like.
Streets are flowers.
Kites are flying by.
Winter turns summer.
Sense will be hi-fi.
Baby baby hi five.
Baby baby say hi.
Little little ones.
Mon ami nna.
Mon ami nna.
Love, love, love,
La, la, la...
Baby, you promise me
You will magic me.
Magic me.
Promise me.
Magic me.
Hearts are closer.
Sing a song we like.
Laugh together.
I'll paint your cheek colorfully.
Will you like it to be blue, red, or green?
06 Odyssey (02:55)
Pirates on an odyssey,
We ask the captain 'what will be?'
When winter's gone
We might be wrong
My companions focus me
On the bright real sun
You're my reason to go
Careless whither I be led
How long will we last?
Out on the sea
Talking people happily
When they're right feel wrong
You're my real home
Out on the sea
07 Wrong Time Capsule (02:52)
Bend the machine
See the pendulum swing and go in between
When you hunger number one
It's no wonder under fun
Don't be mean to see the green
You get caught in the machine
You're caught in the machine
Here's a message she would say
Don't forget me yesterday
Cause today's no place to stay
Will you spirit me away?
You spirit me away
Bend the machine, Bend the machine
See the pendulum swing and go in between
Skip the waves, syncopate
Forwards backwards
[Olulululu]
Skip the waves, syncopate
Forwards backwards
[Olululu]
Skip the waves, syncopate
Forwards backwards
[Olululu]
09 Scream Team (02:40)
Guiding you, a voice is coming from behind the stage
Finding you, a voice is found on a missing page
Winding through, a plot controller from another age!
Pulling the cord of mystery
Cheating a clock
Meeting a team from history
A stranger's face is seen - But is he on our team?
The lights go out and everybody screamed - 'team!'
A fiend who was a foe
The quarter whistle is about to blow
Then I go
Tunnel underground
Enter sideways, reaching all around
In the darkness I will not be found
Invisible people doing the wave
12 After Me the Deluge (03:59)
Hello lover, I can't do you harm
Middle lover, I did do you harm whenever I want to
Oh no, the ladder collapsing
The matter relaxing
The girl can't sing
LLLLLLLu lover running backwards now
Lover it is now
Then tomorrow crashes down
At a hundred miles an hour, and it's sour
The goodbye, the goodbye
The lover sighs
13 Siriustar (04:37)
Boom light that fire
Howl, howl, howl
Deergod's eyes
Wild music of the hoof playing in big fire
Boom light that fire
Howl, howl, howl
Lunatic night rises
Sonic of the moon flips them inside out
Glowing slowly
Sonic of the moon lifts us to higher
You got to rouse now
How, how, how?
Be a Sirius star
Nobody's no more fools you to think how
No gabs about them
No, no, no
Open your eyes wide
Breathe sets you free
Count the stars. Be blind to see
Whisper I will seek out
A luminous tonight
Sights are fading
Revive your fire
Now, now, now
We have wolf minds
Knock your door of the minds hard to wake them up
Bark to the moon loud
Shout, shout, shout
Make a wish come true
Glare eternity
16 Bone-Dry (02:15)
Are you a dry kind of one?
Do tell me.
Show me your tongue
And I'll make you healthy.
Peppercorn, peppercorn.
Peppercorn, peppercorn.
I'm very cold, and I'm wet.
My tummy.
But peppercorn, true to form,
Can't help me.
Wading salty waters of this river.
I noticed that a heart was getting bigger-
It grew twice its size.
Peppercorn, peppercorn.
Peppercorn, peppercorn.
18 Spy on You (02:12)
Spy on you, spy on you
Follow you, follow you
Spy on you, spy on you
After you, after you
Under investigation
I have your information
Hiding, finding, everywhere
Hiding, finding, always there
Uh oh, shadow
Someone is following, following me
Oh no, shadow
Someone is following, following you
Under investigation
I've got all the information
20 Rrrrrrright (03:57)
Melody
Griffins sing a song of liberty
Ga ga, Ga ga
Eclectic
Melody's popping out
Oh, hairy lips
Oompah, Oompah
Rrrrrrright
Yeah, yeah rrrrright
Magnifique
Viva whee
Let me sing for liberty
Fantastic
C'est la vie
Ring a bell for joy
Enjoy
Magnifique
Viva whee
Let me sing for liberty
Fantastic
C'est la vie
Ring a bell for joy
Enjoy
Magnifique
Viva whee
Singing for the ending
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