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Nel pop tutto o quasi è stato già tentato e realizzato. Questa incontrovertibile verità spinge non pochi artisti sulla difensiva, o verso un minimalismo intimistico oppure ad una pedissequa riproposizione, mescolando solo un po' le carte, dei modelli più amati e forse troppo rispettati.
Ci sono poi autori più talentuosi che con coraggio ed una buona dose di sfrontatezza decidono di osare, di non farsi avvilire dal fardello "storico", senza per questo andare alla ricerca del Santo Graal dell'originalità assoluta. Daniel Bejar, alias Destroyer, appartiene appunto a questo terzo gruppo.
In "Your Blues", sesta fatica del cantautore canadese, non mancano di certo dei chiari punti di riferimento: da Paddy McAloon (Prefab Sprout) a Jervis Cocker (Pulp), dagli Auters a Scott Walker, ma il nostro non è per nulla intimidito da questi "mostri sacri" e si rivolge loro con un confidenziale "tu", mostrando personalità ed idee chiare.
Egli così riesce a confezionare una manciata di canzoni raffinate, in alcuni episodi fin troppo ricche negli arrangiamenti, quasi barocche, ma che funzionano a meraviglia, dalle quali si fa fatica a distaccarsi.
Una volta entrati nell'incantato mondo bitter-sweet del pacifico "distruttore", sarà difficile uscirne.
Rimanere poi indifferenti di fronte a brani come " The Music Lovers" o "Certain Things You Ought To Know" è quasi impossibile; non è musica da mezze misure: o la si adora o risulta indigesta.
Per quanto mi riguarda, ho finalmente trovato il disco che darà luce e calore alle imminenti fredde e cupe giornate invernali.
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01 Notorious Lightning (05:57)
Oh, Notorious Lightning! Yes, I had to ride you
And trash the crystal jets they kept in storage inside you!
I was told never to question it.
Now I'm facing twenty years for every night I tried to ingest the snow so lightly! (huh?)
You simply couldn't put down the Black Book.
You dreamt the dreams of the Self-Taught Man.
You warn the ladies not to be corrupted by their looks,
But your voice comes out soft and slanted!
And you're living off what government's granted you:
Amnesty from the true
Thing. Now, Sandra, slowly remove the ring and watch Notorious Lightning surround you.
Watch Notorious Lightning surround you.
Watch Notorious Lightning surround you.
I lay myself down to observe your gilded jeans hit the ground,
And have not grown from this worship.
I lay myself down to surrender,
Watch the trust funds gorge us again,
And have not grown from this worship.
So, Great Pretender, pull a face! Let's see the best 'forlorn you know!'
Just don't sing, "Barricades In The Morning" - it's been three days in a row
And it never comes off like you planned it!
Something once was delivered, then you banned it
But, oh, there is a key to this thing...
Notorious Lightning...
There is a monument.
There is a place within it that I have won.
And there is victory at sea.
And then there's the sun
Crashing down upon us
Faithful readership of the Old Warden. We beg -
"No not another ode to the Garden! You've let the Book of Appeals pile up!"
So, Child of the East, it's time
To shrug off the Beast and take a look at what you've done.
The half-breed jury agrees you're OK,
But what they never seem to say is that it's never
The defense's witness...
AND SOMEONE'S GOT TO FALL BEFORE SOMEONE GOES FREE!
03 An Actor's Revenge (02:57)
An actor will seek revenge
I don't know why and I don't know when
There'll be talk, there'll be action
Boys demanding satisfaction from girls
Oh, you'd hate to play a girl
He came on too strong
He was weird and he was wrong
A bloodless cop at down throwing everybody out
The kids twist and shout until the womb fucking wrecks it
A boulevardier might say tomorrow is another day
All right, yes, but it's also just another mess
Crime and punishment, no, that's not what I meant
An actor will seek revenge
Upon the ones who fed him those ridiculous lines
Saying what we really need now is an emotional history of the lower east side
Cause it was wild, it was wild
Oh no, here we go again
04 The Music Lovers (04:23)
Feeling fine but it must be the wine, cos it's April 27th and my baby's still dying on me
We stole a gondola to sea
Ditched the chaperones on jewel-encrusted roans
They called us unprofessional but deep down they knew:
THAT WE WERE THE MUSIC LOVERS!
PEOPLE SAY 'THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT IT ENOUGH!'
THE PEOPLE SAY 'THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT IT ENOUGH!'
OH BUT WE WERE THE MUSIC LOVERS
PEOPLE SAY 'THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT IT ENOUGH!'
YEAH THE PEOPLE SAY 'THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT IT ENOUGH!'
The time of your lives has been had
And your wives have been bad
Now look, the private sector's not denied you for the last time
They say grapes go rotten on the vine
OH BUT ONCE WE WERE THE MUSIC LOVERS!
PEOPLE SAY 'THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT IT ENOUGH!'
THE PEOPLE SAY 'THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT IT ENOUGH!'
OH BUT WE WERE THE MUSIC LOVERS
PEOPLE SAY 'THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT IT ENOUGH!'
YEAH THE PEOPLE SAY 'THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT IT ENOUGH!'
Sister, the world cannot hold us
Brother, you can go your own way
08 Don't Become the Thing You Hated (02:13)
Don't become
The thing you hated
Don't become
The thing you hated
Suns rise and suns go down again
Open your ??? doors, let 'em in
Let 'em in
Don't become
The thing you hated
09 Mad Foxes (04:47)
Mad foxes - look I saw them all and I wanted all of them.
Berlin is for lovers.
It will never fall,
But you can and you will!
Any hope for a love can be killed when
Death waits for us, silently, to be free,
Saying - "Your body is bad but your mind is OK."
Oh, she was never going to go there anyway, anymore...
Anyway...
Who exactly do you think you're accessing
When you're being
So community-minded?
Look, they took us from behind and said - "Hey, that's shit for sharing!"
And "I love what you're wearing.
Where did you get it anyway? And what d'you pay?"
11 What Road (03:58)
Once I was made beautiful in the light of an hour,
But this year I'm just a meal laid out for August to devour.
So, quick, let's go!
It's time for a ride!
The future is yours.
No, wait, I lied!
It is not yours.
It is a replica
Of scattered ash and the road the rain's on...
What road...
Able, willing, ready!
Fuck the Spiral Jetty!
Tonight we work large! We aim high! Pillars stare at a sky
Designed to come down upon
Everyone at once...
So, quick, let's go!
It's time for a ride!
The future is yours.
No, wait, I lied!
It is not yours.
It is a replica
Of scattered ash and the road the rain's on...
What road...
I'd been working on some open-ended shit. I
Was looking for an 'in' and that was it.
Back at the recital, signs remain vital.
A statue is stone that rejects its own pulse.
Your heart's fair. Your heart's square. Your heart's not even there!...
Wasting shore leave on the girls from Point St. Claire...
There is a light and it goes out...
A Touch of Classicism in the Night!
Your backlash was right where I wanted you!
Yes, that's right, I wanted you to...
A Touch of Classicism in the Night!
Your backlash was right where I wanted you!
Yes, that's right I wanted you to...
A Touch of Classicism in the Night!
Your backlash was right where I wanted you!
Yes, that's right, I wanted you to...
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