Mi butto a recensire il secondo LP dei non sopravvalutati Editors. Mi pare  buono, di quel buono che non sai mai se è frutto di maturazione (ma quale maturazione, mica siamo al liceo!) piuttosto che di reale consistenza del gruppo. Attenzione, questo è assolutamente un gruppo derivativo: fossi un diciassettenne non avrei problemi, ma siccome non lo sono non posso fare a meno di elencare le seguenti derivazioni: U2 del primo LP, Simple Minds anni 80.

Detto questo la scaletta non è male: "Mokers Outside The Hospital Doors" suona bene, una cavalcata "epica" (è qui forse la novita degli Editors, l'epicità al posto della drammaticità del primo LP (ma che minchia sto dicendo ?). "An End Has A Start", molto bella, con quel riff importante, made in The Edge, riafferma quell'epicità-solennità di cui i Joy Division sono maestri (per estensione anche gli Interpol), "The Weight Of The World", molto romantica, di ampio respiro, però molto deja-vu. "Bones" si apre con il riff di "I Will Follow" degli U2, e prosegue così con la batteria dei Joy Divison. "When Anger Shows", la migliore del disco: approfitto per negare assolutamente un eventuale vicinanza con i canadesi Arcade Fire: perchè cazzo un gruppo Inglese fresco, rampante dovrebbe ricalcare un exploit, seppur importante, con un gruppo tutto sommato di tutt'altra pasta: non esiste proprio. "The Racing Rats" altro riff alla U2 primo periodo e tanti altre rimembranze anni 80 affiorano... "Push Your Head Towars The Air" anche qui echi strani (Verve soprattutto). "Escape The Nest" con una chitarra semi-assassina alla My Bloody Valentine svela finalmente chi sono gli Editors: dei rampanti new-wavers che cercano il successo: dubito che con questo disco riescano ad ottenerlo! Le succesive "Spiders" e "Well Worn": pseudo ballate molto dolciastre e francamente pallose.

Da ascoltare una volta al giorno alternato a "Our Love To Admire" degli Interpol, per 2 settimane. Se persiste  rivolgersi a Ian. 

Elenco tracce testi samples e video

01   Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors (04:57)

00:00
00:00

Pull the blindfold down
So your eyes can't see
Now run as fast as you can
Through this field of trees

Say goodbye to everyone
You have ever known
You are not gonna see them ever again

I can't shake this feeling I've got
My dirty hands, have I been in the wars?
The saddest thing that I'd ever seen
Were smokers outside the hospital doors

Someone turn me around
Can I start this again?

How can we wear our smiles
With our mouths wide shut
'Cause you stopped us from singin'

I can't shake this feeling I've got
My dirty hands, have I been in the wars?
The saddest thing that I'd ever seen
Were smokers outside the hospital doors

Someone turn me around
Can I start this again?
Now someone turn us around
Can we start this again?

We've all been changed
From what we were
Our broken hearts
Left smashed off the floor

I can't believe you
If I can't hear you
I can't believe you
If I can't hear you

We've all been changed
From what we were
Our broken hearts
Smashed off the floor

We've all been changed
From what we were
Our broken hearts
Smashed off the floor

Someone turn me around
(We've all been changed from what we were)
Can I start this again?
(Our broken hearts smashed off the floor)
Now someone turn us around
(We've all been changed from what we were)
Can we start this again?
(Our broken hearts smashed off the floor)

02   An End Has a Start (03:45)

00:00
00:00

I don’t think that it’s
Gonna rain again today
There's a devil at your side,
But an angel on the way

Someone hit the light,
Cause there's more here to be seen
When you caught my eye,
I saw everywhere I'd been
And wanna go to...

You came on your own,
And that's how you'll leave
With hope in your hands,
And air to breathe

I won’t disappoint you,
As you fall apart
Some things should be simple,
Even an end has a start

Someone hit the light,
Cause there's more here to be seen
When you caught my eye,
I saw everywhere I'd been
And wanna go to...

You came on your own,
And that's how you'll leave
With hope in your hands,
And air to breathe
You'll lose everything,
By the end,
Still my broken limbs,
You find time to mend

More and more people I
Know are getting ill
Pull something good from the
Ashes now be still

You came on your own,
That's how you'll leave
With hope in your hands,
And air to breathe,
You'll lose everything
By the end,
Still my broken limbs,
You choose to mend

You came on your own,
That's how you'll leave
You came on your own,
That's how you'll leave

You came on your own
You came on your own

03   The Weight of the World (04:18)

Keep a light on those you love
They will be there when you die
Baby there's no need to fear
Baby there's no need to cry

Every little piece in your life
Will add up to one
Every little piece in your life
Will it mean something to someone?

You fuse my broken bones
Back together and then
Lift the weight of the world
From my shoulders again

Every little piece in your life
Will add up to one
Every little piece in your life
Will it mean something to someone?
Every little piece in your life
Will add up to one
Every little piece of your life
Will mean something to someone

You touch my face
God whispers
In my ear
There are tears in my eyes
Love replaces fear
You touch my face
God whispers
In my ear
There are tears in my eyes
Love replaces fear
Fear

Every little piece in your life
Will add up to one
Every little piece in your life
Will mean something to someone
Every little piece in your life
Will add up to one
Every little piece of your life
Will mean something to someone

04   Bones (04:06)

00:00
00:00

How can you always be late for your arrival?
You know I forgive you every single time

Retreat, retreat
I've fallen at the low tide
Oh retreat, retreat
And meet me by the quayside

In the end all you can hope for
Is the love you felt to equal the pain you've gone through

Are your eyes showing off for mine
Your face in my hands is everything good I need

The system's put in place, put there to protect us
For you I'd throw a lifeline every time

Oh Retreat, retreat
I've fallen at the low tide
Now retreat, retreat
And meet me by the quayside

In the end all you can hope for
Is the love you felt to equal the pain you've gone through

Are your eyes showing off for mine
Your face in my hands is everything good I need

Bones, starved of flesh
Surround your aching heart
Full of love

Oh bones, starved of flesh
Surround your aching heart
Full of love

Bones, starved of flesh
Surround your aching heart

Bones

Oh bones

I watch as your eyes show off for mine
I watch as your eyes show off
I watch as your eyes show off for mine
I watch as your eyes show off

05   When Anger Shows (05:45)

It creeps all over you like a dull ache
Think of all the things your hands could make
It pulls you to the ground like soaking wet gloves
The change in your face when anger shows

In that moment you realise
That something you thought would always be there will die
Like everything else

These thoughts I must not think of
Dreams I cant make sense of
I need you to tell me its ok
These thoughts I must not think of
Dreams I cant make sense of
I need you to tell me its ok

You are a sleeping lion in your bed
I will not wake you
You're the moment
Love has passed
We all must learn to hate you
You're a memory from before
Please don't let me forget you
You're the wolves at my door

In that moment you realise
That something you thought would always be there will die
Like everything else

These thoughts I must not think of
Dreams I cant make sense of
I need you to tell me its ok
These thoughts I must not think of
Dreams I cant make sense of
I need you to tell me its ok

How can you know what things are worth
If your hands wont move to do a days work?
How can you know what things are worth
If your hands wont move to do a days work?
How can you know what things are worth
If your hands wont move to do a days work?
How can you know what things are worth
If your hands wont move to do a days work?
How can you know what things are worth
If your hands wont move to do a days work?
How can you know what things are worth
If your hands wont move to do a days work?
How can you know...

These thoughts I must not think of
Dreams I cant make sense of
I need you to tell me its ok
These thoughts I must not think of
Dreams I cant make sense of
I need you to tell me its ok

06   The Racing Rats (04:17)

00:00
00:00

When the time comes
You're no longer there
Fall down to my knees
Begin my nightmare
Words spill from my drunken mouth
I just can't keep them all in
I keep up with the racing rats
And do my best to win

Slow down little one
You can't keep running away
You mustn't go outside yet
It's not your time to play
Standing at the edge of your town
With the skyline in your eyes
Reaching up to God
The sun says its goodbyes

If a plane were to fall from the sky
How big a hole would it leave
In the surface of the earth

Let's pretend we never met
Let's pretend we're on our own
We live different lives
Until our covers blown

I push my hand up to the sky
Shade my eyes from the sun
As the dust settles around me
Suddenly nightime has begun

If a plane were to fall from the sky
How big a hole would it leave
In the surface of the earth
The surface of the earth

Come on now
You knew you were lost
But you carried on anyway
Oh come on now
You knew you had no time
But you let the day drift away

If a plane were to fall from the sky
How big a hole would it leave
If a plane were to fall from the sky
How big a hole would it make
In the surface of the earth
The surface of the earth x2

07   Push Your Head Towards the Air (05:44)

If I lay face
down on the ground,
would you walk all over me?
Have we learnt
What we set out to learn?
well then love we will see.

Now don't drown in your tears, babe
Push your head towards the air.
Now don't drown in your tears, babe
I will always be there.

When you fall and you,
Can't find your way,
Push a hand up to the sky.
I will run just to,
To be by your side,

Don't you ever bat an eye.

Now don't drown in your tears, babe
Push your head towards the air.
Now don't drown in your tears, babe
I will always be there

"But I will tear the price from your head,
And keep you from harm" that's what you said.
There's people climbing out of their cars
Lining the roadside,
Try to glimpse at the dead.

Now don't drown in your tears, babe
Push your head towards the air.
Now don't drown in your tears, babe
I will always be there.

08   Escape the Nest (04:43)

Buildings in clouds here
Our time and our place dear
Theres life in us yet love
These walls we will climb above

We really our ants now
Escape the nest somehow
I ache for a feeling
You came and you poured it in, it in

Buildings in clouds here
Our time and our place dear
Theres life in us yet love
These walls we will climb above, above

Look up
Through the trees to feel as small as you can
You hear the clocks counting down
The nights are longer now than ever before
But now you see the lights from the town

Im drained and im empty
Ive still got love in me
Theres eyes in the sky tonight
Watching us lose the fight

We really are ants now
Escape the nest somehow
I ache for a feeling
You came and you poured it in, it in

Look up
Through the trees to feel as small as you can
You hear the clocks counting down
The nights are longer now than ever before
But now you see the lights from the town

Look up
Through the trees to feel as small as you can
You hear the clocks counting down
The nights are longer now than ever before
But now you see the lights of the town

09   Spiders (04:00)

Theres spiders in your room
But there always will be
There's people to be fooled
And there always has been

Hold out your hand
Hold out your hand
Or we'll carry you

Hold out your hand
Hold out your hand
Come back to me
Come back to me

With your back to the wall
You've got one place to fall
Sometimes its all better (on your own?)

Every little piece pulls
In its own direction
Please love dont be scared
It's just your own reflection

Hold out your hand
Hold out your hand
Or we'll carry you

Hold out your hand
Hold out your hand
Come back to me
Come back to me

With your back to the wall
You've got one place to fall
Sometimes its all better (on your own?)
[x3]

10   Well Worn Hand (02:56)

Wake up my love
Today I heard some bad news
Just what are we all supposed to do?
I won't let them get to you

I don't want to go out on my own anymore
I cant face the night like I used to before

Take my well worn hand
Let's lock ourselves away
We'll never, ever step outside
We'll curl up in a ball and hide

I don't want to go out on my own anymore
I cant face the night like I used to before

I don't want to go out on my own anymore
I cant face the night like I used to before
I'm so sorry for the things that they've done
I'm so sorry about what we've all become


  • Mike76
    23 lug 07
    Recensione: Opera:
    Mah, non so perchè ma piuttosto di prendere stò CD me ne comprerei un altro dei Sound.
  • fenni
    23 lug 07
    Recensione: Opera:
    ho letto il titolo della recensione e non so ma per un attimo ho pensato che gli editors si fossero messi a recensire...minchia! sto diventando vecchio...oltre che strabico!
  • hugoniot
    23 lug 07
    Recensione: Opera:
    rece buona..non capisco questa somiglianza a gruppi come u2 (che tra l altro conosco molto poco e non mi piacciono grankè) e joy division..(forse un pò più degli u2)..l album l ho ascoltato un paio di volte..se proprio devo dare un voto do una suff liscia..
  • hugoniot
    23 lug 07
    Recensione: Opera:
    .
  • ZiOn
    23 lug 07
    Recensione: Opera:
    Qualche loro pezzo non mi dispiaceva... Peccato per quei toni eccessivamente funerei alla Joy Division, soprattutto per via della voce del cantante....
  • Ghemison
    23 lug 07
    Recensione: Opera:
    io non li conosco, ma per quel che ho sentito loro e degli altri cloni waver sono scettico. tutta fuffa. recensione simpatica...
  • maryg
    23 lug 07
    Recensione: Opera:
    mah, i singoli dell'album precedente erano discreti, ma il nuovo singolo tratto da quest'ultimo album è proprio piatto, insignificante. l'album non l'ho ascoltato, ma il singolo non presagisce nulla di buono...
  • Larrok
    23 lug 07
    Recensione: Opera:
    Beh, li ho anche visti dal vivo, carucci...se li si deve valutare nel contesto del loro genere (Interpol, Maximo Park, ecc...) sono anche apprezzabili, ma dovendo dare un giudizio obiettivo che tiene conto della storia globale del rock non raggiungono la sufficienza. Per me un 2,5, ma mi sento generoso.
  • alessioIRIDE
    23 lug 07
    Recensione: Opera:
    W i cloni dei cloni.
  • Anonimo
    28 lug 07
    Recensione: Opera:
    a parte cloni dei cloni, sono semplicemente, in una parola: PENOSI (ascoltati molte volte, eh, non una!) sono la peggior rimembranza di una copia sbiadita infarcita di epicità new-wave ma non troppo perché perderebbero di vista gli Interpol. Basta gruppi così.
  • Anonimo
    28 lug 07
    Recensione: Opera:
    Bellissima questa frase nell'altra rece: <<"Soprattutto, è un peccato dover sentenziare che "An End Has A Start" somiglia a "The Back Room" che rimanda allo stile degli Interpol che si ispirano ai Joy Division, completando, con un po' di rammarico, il puzzle dei riferimenti e delle similitudini.">>
    Cioè, ma ci rendiamo conto di che musica ci sbolognano gruppi come questi con periodicità quasi annuale?? Dovremmo andare verso il futuro della musica, verso una vera nuova ondata...ma no, infarciamo di mielosità epica sti dischetti alla moda che durano un'estate sulle spiagge sotto l'afa che non ti dà respiro. Basta a questo scempio.
  • hammondjr
    29 lug 07
    Recensione: Opera:
    a me il disco non dispiace, come non dispiace il precedente the back room... non capisco questa somiglianza con u2,e francamente nemmeno troppo quella con i joy division per la semplice ragione che sono troppo allegri... An end has a start lascia scampo, ancora...
  • Demo1069
    29 lug 07
    Recensione: Opera:
    Io trovo che il nuovo singolo somigli in modo imbarazzante a alcuni singoli del lavoro precedente.. ma rinnovarsi, no??
  • popoloitaliano
    8 ago 07
    Recensione: Opera:
    concordo in pieno con Mike 76: gli Editors del primo LP molto devono ai Sounds di Paul Borland, complimenti !
  • popoloitaliano
    8 ago 07
    Recensione: Opera:
    o forse Adrian ? come cazzo si chiamava ?
  • popoloitaliano
    8 ago 07
    Recensione: Opera:
    Degli Editors è soprattutto la "verve" che colpisce.
    E' come un giovane giocatore che per forza di cose si rifà ad un altro più esperto.
    Spero che questa perla di saggezza non vada persa !
  • liveon35mm
    19 ott 07
    Recensione: Opera:
    qui tutto sugli editors, review, fotografie esclusive e la loro musica nello stesso posto.

    ripassate l'inglese e ditemi cosa ne pensate...vi aspetto

    Editors | Live on 35mm - by Valerio Berdini

    Vale
    www.liveon35mm.com
  • lux
    23 ott 07
    Recensione: Opera:
    uno tra i peggiori gruppi revival new wave. Voce ridicola, assolutamente finta..canzoni che rappresentano il clichè per eccellenza de sto genere. Personalità = -5464748494132.

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Altre recensioni

Di  tomgil

 Quando ci si trova di fronte ad un disco come "An end has a start" bisogna innanzitutto chiedersi, anche laddove il disco piaccia, quanto ci sia di autentico.

 "When anger shows" è il miglior brano dell'intero disco, un connubio perfetto tra una melodia ispirata e malinconica e un ritornello rock coinvolgente e azzeccato.


Di  Mopaga

 La ripetitività delle ritmiche e delle melodie rende l’ascolto simile a una catena di suoni già sentiti.

 An End Has A Start somiglia a The Back Room che rimanda allo stile degli Interpol che si ispirano ai Joy Division, completando il puzzle delle similitudini.


Di  Rifkin

 Questo è davvero bello.

 La loro dote è quella di essere in grado di trasmettere emozioni con un approccio musicale immediato e diretto, ma mai banale.


Di  Taurus

 "Un inno alla gioia che esplode in un gustoso ritornello."

 "The Racing Rats: refrain a dir poco epico e coinvolgente."