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Se un supergruppo persiste i motivi sono essenzialmente due: o ha spaccato più dei progetti basali (New Order nel caso di Sumner, mentre Marr al tempo era perlopiù session man) o i componenti stanno bene insieme. Gli Electronic si collocano a metà strada. L’album omonimo di debutto raccolse consensi. Sarebbe rimasto una tantum e nessuno avrebbe preteso un seguito. Va da sé che questo Raise The Pressure sia grasso che cola.
Venne reclutato Karl Bartos dei Kraftwerk per dare una mano in fase di produzione, ed il disco venne pensato, ripensato, arricchito di fronzoli, tanto da vantare una gestazione quasi biennale.
Il risultato è gradevole. Raise The Pressure non ha la personalità del predecessore, ma ne sviluppa gli intenti e ne arricchisce le sfumature.
Invertendo gli addendi il risultato non cambia; non invertendo gli addendi, il risultato si sposta su livelli la cui unica discriminante è il trascorrere inesorabile del tempo.
Questo disco si ascolta volentieri perché incarna pop, rock, elettronica e voglia di spassarsela in studio in egual misura.
Non fa torti, se non quello di essersi fatto attendere troppo.
Un lavoro eterogeneo che non ha culmini, potremmo definirlo così. Pronti via, è subito ibrido: la voce inconfondibile di Sumner, chitarre, il solco dal primo album appare evidente. Qui o si fan gli Oasis o si muore ? Naaa.
Tempo di schiarirsi le idee e la venatura dance torna a far capolino, per poi attutirsi, per poi ravvivarsi, per poi morire, per poi rinascere. Sembra una ritrosia mal concepita, ma così è. Nel senso: terminato un brano, non sai che aspettarti all’attacco del successivo.
Nel primo album la meditazione era demandata ai testi: qui si tenta di far palare maggiormente la musica. Si pensi alla laboriosa intro di ‘Until The End Of Time’, sontuosa in alcuni tratti, talmente arricchita da sfuggire o disturbare se non pulita da remaster. O, ancora, a come le chitarre facciano da contraltare nel bridge di ‘One Day’ oppure alla morte lenta della sintetica ‘If You’ve Got Love’.
E’ curioso e contraddittorio. ‘Electronic’ del 1991 è più convulso ma lavorato di getto, questo più immediato ma partorito con notevole ritardo.
13 brani per costruire una piccola torre di Babele che comprende tante lingue, in termini di efficacia sonora, ed il risultato riesce. L’intento di confermarsi meno, forse perché non voluto.
Gli Electronic non hanno mai cercato di crearsi una storia, o un alibi, o un’immagine. Hanno offerto un prodotto sovrappensiero, con la testa ora qui ora là. La base solida è l’approccio allo strumento, la libertà di sperimentare senza strafare, la leggerezza di chi una credibilità già ce l’ha e non deve niente a nessuno.
Questo avranno pensato Bernard e Johnny performando, ad esempio, ‘Freefall’.
Storie d’amore elevate, roba che in giro si trova ma qui è resa nicchia, che il pop e la dance ma pure l’acustica possono coesistere, come separati in casa, ma pur sempre insieme.
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01 Forbidden City (04:03)
Forbidden city
There's not a hope
While you're in this kind of mood
Too much to drink
But not enough to lose
You tore me apart
Now I've got to suffer
I wish I'd been around when you started this
Give me a chance
I'd show you what I could do
You're in a trance
And I'm not so fond of you
You may be a friend
But you're not my relation
But you're the only person I ever knew
And it's too late to wash my hands
We're caught in a trap
Set for a man
There is a wind
That blows in the northern skies
Holding me back
No matter how hard I try
If I had the sense
I'd leave here tomorrow
I wouldn't even bother to say goodbye
But it's too late to wash my hands
We're caught in a trap
Set for a man
Would you lie to me
If you thought I was wrong
You deserted me
When it all went wrong
Would you lie to me
Would you lie to me
Would you lie to me
If you thought I was wrong
You deserted me
When it all went wrong
But it's too late to wash my hands
We're caught in a trap
Set for a man
06 Second Nature (04:55)
(marr and sumner)
i used to think that i was lonely
when i was a young boy
doing what they told me
too many lessons in the school class
stated my allegiance
mixing with the wrong class
i lived at home with all my family
even had my own key
it was given to me
i like to be alone
there was never any friction
starring in my own film
it was my addiction
you don’t have to wait, the world will carry on
it’s there in your face, but it won’t stay for long
let’s be a nation and sit upon a throne
don’t ever hesitate, just carry on
you don’t have to wait, the world will carry on
it’s there in your face, but it won’t stay for long
let’s be a nation and sit upon a throne
don’t ever hesitate, just carry on
the older boys were rather surly
living in the wrong place
made me grow up early
but it was my home
as i complete my own existence
staring at my old life
fading in the distance
down a semi-tone
smiling faces of the neighbours
proud of their endeavours
unemployed forever
watch tv at home
you don’t have to wait, the world will carry on
it’s there in your face, but it won’t stay for long
let’s be a nation and sit upon a throne
don’t ever hesitate, just carry on
you don’t have to wait, the world will carry on
it’s there in your face but it won’t stay for long
let’s be a nation and sit upon a throne
don’t ever hesitate, just carry on
don’t ever wait, don’t hesitate
don’t ever wait, don’t hesitate
you don’t have to wait, the world will carry on
it’s there in your face, but it won’t stay for long
let’s be a nation and sit upon a throne
don’t ever hesitate, just carry on
you don’t have to wait, the world will carry on
it’s there in your face, but it won’t stay for long
let’s be a nation and sit upon a throne
don’t ever hesitate, just carry on
don’t wait, let’s carry on
your face will get along
let’s be a nation and sit upon a throne
don’t ever hesitate, just carry on
Your older boys were rather surly
Livin’ in the wrong place
Made me grow up early
But it was my home
As I complete my own existence
Staring at my own life
Fading in the distance
Down I stand in time
Smiling faces of the neighbors
Proud of their endeavors
Gonna play forever
Watch tv at home
(*Repeat)
**You don't have to wait
The world will carry on
They stare in your face
But it won't stay for long
Blessed be our nation
And sit upon our throne
(But) Don't ever hesitate
Don’t get it wrong
Don't ever wait
Don't hesitate
Don’t ever wait
Don’t hesitate
(**Repeat 2 times)
Don't wait just carry on
Don't wait we'll get along
Blessed be our nation
And sit upon her throne
Don't ever hesitate
Just carry on
Na na na na na na
(Repeat and fade)
08 Out of My League (04:36)
I'm always late but I caught you in time
To escape from the scene of the crime
Louder than cymbals, all out of rhyme
I give up 'cause I don't know the time
I can't decide
Won't you rescue my pride
Tell me the truth
I have a picture of you
You have a picture of me
We could steal away every night
Or catch the earliest flight
We're fallen in, so let's swim
*You're out of my league
But I'm depending on you
You're all that I need
So why don't you say that it's true
You're out of my league
But I'm depending on you
You're all that I need
So why don't you say that it's true
You're out of my league
Like a picture hung on a wall
Not a word to speak, lost for a cause
You could give me so many things
But without your love, all of it stinks
My only crime
Is the state of my mind
Hold on to you
I have a picture of you
You have a picture of me
We could steal away every night
Or catch the very first flight
We're fallen in, so let's swim
(*Repeat)
11 Visit Me (05:58)
Early morning with a sigh
She opens both her eyes
Praying for a safe return
Lost in the darkest night
This day the jury has adjourned
Her love has taken flight
*She is coming home
To visit me tonight
She is coming home
To visit me tonight
**Taken from the arms of another
Woken from the deepest dream
Patiently she waits for her lover
Perhaps her life is not what it seemed
Come to me and see my endeavor
Like a leaf she falls to the ground
In the dust that gathers forever
We are spirits making no sound
(*Repeat)
(**Repeat 2 Times)
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