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Un classico.
C'è altro da dire su "The Long Run" degli Eagles? Dieci canzoni che scivolano via che è un piacere, sonorità genuine in tutti i comparti (menzione speciale alle chitarre, suonate da quattro componenti su cinque della band), freschezza nelle parti cantate, arrangiamenti incisivi e raffinati. L'unica cosa che si può rimproverare a questo disco, uscito nel 1979, è che esso segna la fine del gruppo californiano, come forse la tetra copertina lasciava presagire: "The Long Run" infatti è il sesto e ultimo album di studio della band, cui farà seguito un disco dal vivo pubblicato nel 1980 ("Eagles Live") e poi più nulla, anzi no: anche gli Eagles cederanno alle lusinghe della reunion (e dei dollari), prima nel 1994 con "Hell Freezes Over" e qualche sporadico tour negli anni a seguire, e poi col nuovo album di studio "Long Road Out Of Eden", uscito nel 2007.
Ma ai tempi di "The Long Run" era tutta un'altra musica: basta ascoltare la traccia omonima, quella che apre l'album, slide guitar in evidenza e la voce tagliente ed espressiva del batterista Don Henley. O la successiva "I Can't Tell You Why", ballata di grande atmosfera e suggestione dove è protagonista la voce del bassista Timothy Schmit. O ancora il terzo brano, "In The City", questa volta a firma di Joe Walsh, un efficace schizzo di angosce metropolitane non a caso impiegato nella colonna sonora del bel film di Walter Hill, "I guerrieri della notte".
Non è il caso di dare una descrizione, sia pure sommaria, di tutti i brani: dieci gioiellini che si sono ritagliati un posto di rilievo nell'olimpo del rock, un perfetto commento in musica all'American way of life degli anni '70. Va detto piuttosto che la lavorazione e la registrazione dell'album hanno richiesto quasi due anni. Gestazione faticosa, risultato brillante: a volte è il destino di lavori memorabili, sicuramente lo è di questo.
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01 The Long Run (03:45)
I used to hurry a lot, I used to worry a lot
I used to stay out till the break of day
Oh, that didn't get it,
It was high time I quit it
I just couldn't carry on that way
Oh, I did some damage, I know it's true
Didn't know I was so lonely , till I found you
You can go the distance
We'll find out in the long run
(in the long run)
We can handle some resistance
If our love is a strong one (is a strong one)
People talkin' about us
they got nothin' else to do
When it all comes down we will
still come through
In the long run
Ooh, I want to tell you, it's a long run
You know I don't understand why you don't
treat yourself better
do the crazy things that you do
'Cause all the debutantes in Houston, baby,
couldn't hold a candle to you
Did you do it for love?
Did you do it for money?
Did you do it for spite?
Did you think you had to, honey?
Who is gonna make it?
We'll find out in the long run
(in the long run)
I know we can take it
if our love is a strong one
(is a strong one)
Well, we're scared, but we ain't shakin'
Kinda bent, but we ain't breakin'
in the long run
Ooh, I want to tell you, it's a long run
in the long run
in the long run, etc...
02 I Can't Tell You Why (04:57)
Look at us baby, up all night
Tearing our love apart
Aren't we the same two people who live
through years in the dark?
Ahh...
Every time I try to walk away
Something makes me turn around and stay
And I can't tell you why
When we get crazy,
it just ain't right,
(try to keep you head, little girl)
Girl, I get lonely, too
You don't have to worry
Just hold on tight
(don't get caught in your little world)
'Cause I love you
Nothing's wrong as far as I can see
We make it harder than it has to be
and I can't tell you why
no, baby, I can't tell you why
I can't tell you why
No, no, baby, I can't tell you why
I can't tell you why
I can't tell you why
03 In the City (03:47)
Somewhere out there on that horizon
Out beyond the neon lights
I know there must be somethin' better
but there's nowhere else in sight
It's survival in the city
When you live from day to day
City streets don't have much pity
When you're down, that's where you'll stay
In the city, oh, oh.
In the city
I was born here in the city
With my back against the wall
Nothing grows, and life ain't very pretty
No one's there to catch you when you fall
Somewhere out on that horizon
Faraway from the neon sky
I know there must be somethin' better
And I can't stay another night
In the city, oh, oh.
In the city
04 The Disco Strangler (02:46)
Lookin' for the good life
dressed to kill
She don't have to worry 'cause
there's always someone else who will
Loose and loaded every night
Dancin' underneath the flashin' light
sayin, "Look at me, baby, look at me.
I'm beautiful, I'm beautiful, I'm somebody."
Just slip into the arms of the disco strangler
He's been around here all along, baby,
Been waiting for his time to come.
You lookin' for attention, darlin'
He will surely give you some
He's the crimson in your face du jour,
the fiddler in your darkest night.
He's the melody without a cure and
Rome is burning, but that's all right.
Just slip into the arms of the disco strangler
Just slip into the arms of the disco strangler
05 King of Hollywood (06:30)
Well, he sits up there on his leatherette
Looks through
pictures of the ones that he hasn't had yet
When he
thinks he wants a closer look,
He gets out his little
black telephone book
(He's calling, calling, calling
He's calling, calling, calling
He's
calling ,calling, calling
He's calling)
/>"Come sit down here beside me, honey.
Let's have a
little heart to heart.
Now look at me and tell me,
darlin',
How badly do you want this part?
Are
you willing to sacrifice?
And are you willing to be real
nice?
All your talent and my good taste,
I'd
hate to see it go to waste."
"We gon' get you
an apartment, honey.
We gon' get you a car. />(Spoken) yeah, we're gonna take care of you,
darlin'.
We gon' make you a movie star. />For years i've seen 'em come and go."
He says,
"i've had 'em all, 'ya know.
I handled
everything in my own way.
I made 'em what they are
today."
After 'while nothin' was pretty.
After 'while everything got lost.
Still, his
jacuzzi runneth over.
Still he just couldn't get off.
He's just another power junky.
Just another
silk scarf monkey.
You'd know it if you saw his
stuff.
The man just isn't big enough
07 Those Shoes (04:56)
Tell us what you're gonna do tonight, mama.
There must be someplace you can go
In the middle of the tall drinks and the drama,
there must be someone you know.
God knows, you're lookin' good enough,
but you're so smooth and the world's so rough.
You might have somethin' to loose.
Oh, no, pretty mama, what you gonna
do in those shoes?
Got those pretty little straps around your ankles
Got those shiny little chains around your heart.
You go to have your independence
but you don't know just where to start.
Desperation in the singles bars
an' all those jerkoffs in their fancy cars.
you can't believe your reviews.
Oh, no, you can't do that,
once you started wearin' those shoes
They're lookin' at you, leanin' on you
Tell you anything you want to hear
They give you tablets of love
They're waiting for you
got to score you
handy with a shovel and so sincere
Ooh, they got the kid glove
You just want someone to talk to
They just wanna get their hands on you
You get whatever you choose
Oh, no, you can't do that,
Once you started wearin' those shoes.
08 Teenage Jail (03:46)
Stare out the window,
You can't make the time go
You don't even know why you're here
Wait for the weekend to go off the deep end
and make everything disappear
You're lost in a teenage jail
So you and so vicious and so frail
where something is always for sale
You're lost in a teenage jail.
You're not like your mothers.
you're not like the others
You're not quite like anyone else,
They don't even know you,
Got nothing to show you,
So get something good for yourself
You're lost in a teenage jail
So young and so vicious and so frail
Where something is always for sale.
You're lost in a teenage jail.
09 The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks (02:22)
There was beer all over the dance floor
and the band was playin' rhythm and blues
You got down and did the gator, and half
an hour later, you were barfin' all over your
Girlfriend's shoes.
But the Greeks don't want no freaks.
The Greeks don't want no freaks
Just put a little smile on them rosy
cheeks,
'Cause the Greeks don't want no freaks.
(GATOR!!)
She was the pride and the passion of Dixie
She did exactly what her daddy had planned.
She was perfect little sister until somebody missed
her and they found her in the bushes with
the boys in the band
But the Greeks don't want no freaks
The Greeks don't want no freaks
So put a great big smile on them rosy cheeks,
'Cause the Greeks don't want no freaks
No, the Greeks don't want no freaks
Said, the Greeks don't want no freaks
Just put that monster smile on them rosy cheeks
'Cause the Greeks don't want no freaks
No, the Greeks don't want no freaks,
Ahh...
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