Si sa che i Descendents amassero "bighellonare", ne hanno fatto un loro stile cazzeggiando prendendosi per il culo da soli. Premettendo che mi piacciono i lavori presi un po' alla leggera questo album non riesce proprio ad appassionarmi. Forse a causa di passati cambiamenti di formazione, forse perché presi dalla smania di variare un po' gli stereotipi dell'hardcore melodico del momento, i Descendents (gruppo che stimo tra l'altro) incidono questo disco che fa un po' cagare... La copertina in un certo modo lo faceva intendere.
Cominciando con un impostazione quasi punk-jazz (scusate se mi sono permesso di dare questo aggettivo), il disco continua toccando così tanti tasti da diventare difficile da digerire. Fiacco e lentino fatta eccezione di pochi brani come "Hurtin' Crue", per il resto sento una buona dose di idee composte in maniera frettolosa, l'intero album suona e finisce senza "stuzzicarmi un dente".
"Wendy" è carina ma un po' troppo dolce per i miei gusti, "Sour Grapes"e "Green" riescono ad attirare l'attenzione ma è già roba sentita e risentita, non ci siamo. Posso solo parlare bene di "80's Girls" song con una bella atmosfera, senza esagerare credo che sia la più bella traccia del disco.
Si percepisce uno stile molto più alla All che alla Descendents, brani dai ritmi assurdi, partiture schizzate e pregne di scatti di chitarra furiosi, veloci ed imprevedibili, con questo posso tranquillamente dire che a me piacevano di più alle origini quando da adolescenti ingenui e disadattati cercavano meno finezze e trasmettevano di più.
L'attrazione principale del disco è il retro, dove invece di riportare i nomi delle tracce del lato A e del lato B troviamo scritti nomignoli da "cesso". A buoni intenditore poche parole, lasciate perdere questo album.
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01 Enjoy (02:15)
Flatulation punctuates the still night air
And I thank god you're here
I queefed - Enjoy
Make the most of my butt-toast
Enjoy my good friends - Enjoy
The laces of my shoes unlock the mystery
Come and share a treat with me
I can't recall the last time I washed my feet
We're in for a treat
Here's my shoes - Enjoy
And here's my socks - Enjoy
Make the most of my toe toast
Enjoy, my good friends - Enjoy
Flatulation punctuates the still night air
And I thank God you're here
I queefed - Enjoy
Smell my feces - Enjoy
Sniff my ass whilst I pass gas
Enjoy my good friends - Enjoy
02 Wendy (02:21)
Wendy, Wendy what went wrong
Oh so wrong
We went together for so long
I never thought a guy could cry
'Til you made it with another guy
Oh Wendy, Wendy left me alone
Hurt so bad
Wendy, Wendy don't lose your head
Lose your head
Wendy don't believe a word he says
I can't picture you with him
His future looks awful dim
Oh Wendy, Wendy left me alone
Hurt so bad
Wendy I wouldn't hurt you like that
No no no
I thought we had our love down pat
Guess I was wrong
The farthest thing from my mind
Was the day that I'd wake up to find
My Wendy
Wendy left me alone
Wendy, Wendy left me alone
Hurts so bad
Wendy, Wendy left me alone
Hurts so bad
Wendy, Wendy left me alone
Hurts so bad
Wendy, Wendy...
03 Kids (00:48)
Warning the Basemaster General has determined that coffee is good for your health.
Doug is bouncing off the walls
Ray is drooling big spit balls
Feeling cranky, logged all night
Kids on coffee
Kids on coffee
Kids on coffee
Where's my Bonus Cup?
Come on man, fill me up
I need some Krappers to wash it down
Kids on coffee
Kids on coffee
Kids on coffee
Bonus! (20x)
Kids on coffee
Kids on coffee
Kids on coffee
Went driving down to San Diego
Passing up the nuclear tits
Go away off my earth!
Kids on coffee
Kids on coffee
Kids on coffee
Thanks to Modern Chemistry sleep is now optional.
04 Hurtin' Crue (02:39)
Hurtin' Crue
Hurtin' Crue
Hurtin' Crue
Good future
Get a life
Get a job
Get a clue
Thought it would be so much fun
Just played another solo run
Fifteen hippies drinkin' Coors
Yelling at us to play "Free Bird"
Needless to say, all of our pay
went into the tank
1420
I am better than you
You are a piece of poo
I am better than you
You are a piece of poo
1420
Thought school would be such a blast
Just flunked another f**king class
Told myself too many lies
My mind's unfolding before my eyes
Now I know how it goes
What it means to go crazy
05 Sour Grapes (03:53)
Hey you, new wave, come over here
You're the prettiest thing I've seen all year
Hey you, new wave, don't turn away
Close those pouty lips and listen to what I say
Why must you smoke that clove cigarette?
Why must you act like you've got a hole in you head?
Why don't you split the squares and love me instead?
You're all shiny and clean, I've seen you in my dreams
Like the Rolls Royce I can't have
Your presence makes me scream
Sour grapes - you leave such a bad taste
Sour grapes - I don't need you anyways
Sour grapes - feeding, feeding my rage
Hey you, new wave, I pity you
When you get old, what will you do?
What will you do when you turn 21?
You're cockteasing at the singles bar just for fun
What will you do when you turn 31?
What will you do when you don't know how to love anyone?
I wanted her cherry, I got sour grapes
I refuse to climb the ladder for you
I refuse to pant and paw for you
I need love, don't need no beauty queen
But still, when I look at you, I scream
Sour grapes - you leave such a bad taste
Sour grapes - I don't need you anyways
Sour grapes
Just go riding right by me on the crest of the new wave
Sour grapes - feeding, feeding my rage
Sour grapes
06 Get the Time (03:18)
When I get the time
I'd like to sit down
and write a little rhyme for you
Just a couple few
I'd tell you what you mean to me
When I get the time
I'd put it all down
And pick you up
I'd say throw it all away
The world is me and you tonight
Will there come a day
With nothing standing in my way
Loving that dream
Within your arms
Well I'll make it happen some day
When I get the time
I look in your eyes
Warm places inside
I've never been before
I gotta find some more
I know you don't owe me anything
When I get the time
When I get the guts
To live my life for me
And do what I want to do
I'd be the friend that you said you once knew
Will there come a day
When we give up and turn away
And I'd have nothing left
Nothing left except
I'd have all the time in the world
Time to remember
Look through the window
And time to cry
Time to cry
I gotta get the time
Where can I find the time?
08 Cheer (03:05)
It's been so long since I had a smile
I've stayed sad for such a long while
If you can cheer me up
I could learn to love you
You kiss me now and I turn away
I think I'm still kissing yesterday
Love me, and cheer me up
Show me you're the one who can
make me happy
Cheer me up
I don't want to spend the rest of my days
dreaming yesterday's daydreams
Out with the bad and in with the good
You feel my heart girl, you're knocking on wood
So generous, I'm being kind
With selfishness in the back of my mind
Don't want to spend the rest of my days
giving yesterday's promises
No more giving my mind away
Tomorrow's love will be yesterday
Don't want to spend the rest of my days
living yesterday
Don't want to spend the rest of my days
singing yesterday's love songs
10 Green (03:40)
I can't believe what you just said
You'd sell your soul for a dollar bill
I can see the signs in your eyes
The signs that make an honest man lie
You've got green on your mind
Now you've got green in your eyes
Say green is sex, green is power
Such filthy thoughts
I think you better go take a shower
You're seeing green
I'm seeing red
I can't believe what you just said
I heard your song, then I heard your spiel
Music as money has gone to your head
You're seeing green, I'm seeing red
I used to listen and we'd share your love
It didn't matter that I had none to give
But now I want to steal your heart
Claim it as mine before the bidding starts
I've got green on my face
Got jealous green I can taste
Bitter-green bile because you're vile
And yet I covet what I hate
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