Con questa recensione, voglio soffermarmi sul periodo storico duraniano 1995-2000 e nello specifico vorrei rendere giustizia alla tanto bistrattata e mal compresa, nelle intenzioni, trilogia:
Thank You - Medazzaland - Pop Trash.
I Duran Duran, dopo il successo inaspettato dei singoli Ordinary World e Come Undone dall'album omonimo del 1993, decisero di pubblicare un disco di cover come tributo alle loro fonti d'ispirazione musicali.
Le incomprensioni con la casa discografica EMI, furono il motivo del ritardo di pubblicazione, e le intenzioni della band persero agli occhi della critica quella genuinità iniziale.
Thank You fu (ed é tuttora) considerato il peggior album di tutti i tempi.
Adesso, non so voi, ma quando Lou Reed e Bob Dylan, intervistati, affermarono che le cover di Perfect Day e Lay Lady Lay erano sublimi, mi chiedo come questi fantomatici recensori scelsero quella definizione per il disco.
Rimasti in tre, Le Bon con Rhodes e Cuccurullo, composero quello che considero il loro lavoro più coraggioso: Medazzaland.
Sperimentazione elettronica in pieno stile nineties con accenni al passato (Electric Barbarella é in sostanza una Planet Earth in chiave leggermente più ironica e sensuale).
Out Of My Mind, compresa anche nella colonna sonora del film The Saint, presenta una ricerca del suono mai forse sfruttata a tal livello nella loro produzione, e il "Perfecto Mix" la fa sembrare un brano tratto da Ultra dei Depeche Mode (ascoltare per credere).
Pezzi come Be My Icon e So Long Suicide trovano un giusto connubio tra impeto ed eleganza.
Ma la vera perla, Michael You've Got A Lot To Answer For, dedicata al leader degli INXS, sopprime ogni dubbio sulla capacità di emozionare del signor Le Bon. La cantò una volta sola scoppiando in lacrime in seguito alla scomparsa dell'amico.
L'evoluzione che Warren Cuccurullo favorì alla band, purtroppo non fu ben vista dai soliti, e la Capitol decise di vendere l'album solo in Giappone, Argentina e Nord America.
Inutile la mia personale e intuibile opinione.
Tutto questo portò ad un passo falso: firmare per la Hollywood Records.
Pop Trash, che presentava uno stile più rock e chitarristico sulla falsariga del suo predecessore, fu ignorato dal circuito musicale anche a causa della scarsa pubblicità e lo scarso interesse nel promuoverlo da parte dell'etichetta.
Nonostante reputi Someone Else Not Me, brano di assoluta bellezza.
Nel nuovo millennio i Duran si ricostituirono con i vecchi membri tornando alla lineup classica, e da allora il revival del loro stile li ha portati alle nuove generazioni e ad un nuovo capitolo della loro storia.
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03 Electric Barbarella (05:19)
I knew when I first saw you on the showroom floor
You were made for me
I took you home and dressed you up in polyester
Princess of my dreams
Emotionless and cold as ice
All of the things I like
The way you look
The way you move
The sound you're makin'
In ultra-chrome, latex and steel
I plug you in
Dim the lights
Electric Barbarella
Your perfect skin
Plastic kiss
Electric Barbarella
Try to resist
Then we touch
Hallucinate and tranquilize
(she's so fine)
(she's all mine)
Our private life is subject to investigation
No time to waste
People say they heard about our deviation
But you never looked so good
Wear the fake fur and fake pearls for me
And put on your mystery
The way I feel you know
I'll never keep you waiting
In ultra-chrome, latex and steel
I plug you in
Dim the lights
Electric Barbarella
Your perfect skin
Plastic kiss
Electric Barbarella
Try to resist
Then we touch
Hallucinate and tranquilize
Princess of my dreams
Princess of my dreams
Major domo plasticomo Barbarella
(She's so fine)
Pro-genetic you Electric Barbarella
(She's all mine)
My pretty pretty pretty pretty Barbarella
04 Out of My Mind (04:20)
Light a candle
Lay flowers at the door
For those who were left behind
And the ones who've gone before
But here it comes now
Sure as silence follows rain
The taste of you upon my lips
The fingers in my brain
Ever gentle as it kills me where I lay
Who am I to resist?
Who are you to fail?
Got to get you out of my mind
But I can't escape from the feeling
As I try to leave the memory behind
Without you what's left to believe in?
And I could be so sorry
For the way it had to go
But now I feel your presence
In a way I could not know
And I wonder
Do you ever feel the same
In whispering darkness
Do you ever hear my name?
Got to get you out of my mind
But I can't escape from the feeling
As I try to leave the memory behind
Without you, what's left to believe in?
How could you dare
To become so real
When you're just a ghost in me
And I've got to get you out of my mind
But I can't escape from the feeling
As I try to leave the memory behind
Without you, what's left to believe in?
Here in the back of my mind
Deep in the back of my mind
05 Who Do You Think You Are (03:27)
I'm giving you the news
Your domination's through
You gave the best you've got
Now I'm out on top
If you're in any doubt
Listen to me
I've got a right to say
If you know what it's all about
Who do you think you are?
Don't want to be your enemy
If I'm not the one you want me to be
And I've got to do things the way that I do
Always trying to control me
Who do you think you are?
Our time on earth is running through
(This is not a question of my pride)
Sometimes I think it's a game to you
(Ever wonder how I feel inside?)
And sometimes I play along
But man I've got a mind!
You've got to live with yourself
For the rest of you life
Do you understand?
Everybody asks themselves the question
Who do you think you are?
Why do you feel ashamed
When you can't explain the things I say
To other people
It's just occurred to me
A possibility
The thought that you might really want to be me?
08 Buried in the Sand (04:19)
Can't say that I was surprised
When you broke the ties
They were hanging by a thread
But now I have realized
It couldn't be the same
Cause everything has changed
And still I held out my hand
Tried to pull you back
But you were buried in the sand
I'm glad that you came along
But here our journey ends
I say goodbye to you
My very dear friend
You were buried in the sand
Head buried in the sand
You were buried in the sand
Head buried in the sand
You are buried in the sand
09 Michael You've Got a Lot to Answer For (04:09)
I came over your place today
In a roundabout sort of way
Nothing holding me
Just the company
Gentle giving the afternoon
Don't ever try to be any more
Michael, you've got a lot to answer for
You unlocked some of the doors
To my soul
And I don't see you for awhile
Thinkin of you will make me smile
You never bother me with responsibility
Misbehaving in candlelight
Don't ever try to give any more
Michael, you've got a lot to answer for
You got me wakin up wise to the world
Trust you to get caught up in somebody's war
You'll come out of it all in time, I'm sure
Just remember what friends were put here for
Michael, you've got a lot to answer for
And I know that you're gonna call
If you need me
When you need me
If you need me
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Di Ale87
Dopo l’ultima traccia sono corso verso il balcone per porre fine alla mia esistenza.
Medazzaland è il classico disco da far ascoltare come penitenza allo sfortunato che perde in un gioco di società.
