Non molti giorni fa discorrevo con i miei amici sulle canzoni che avevano in qualche modo segnato la nostra infanzia. Man mano che uscivano fuori le varie Britney Spear, Spice Girls, Aqua, Cristina D'Avena giù giù fino alle drammatiche esperienze nei cori parrochiali, saliva un imbarazzo incontenibile dovuto allo svelamento dei suddetti altarini. Roba da circolo degli alcolisti anonimi. Arriva il mio turno.Con una ingenuità fanciullesca alimentata dal dipanarsi di così veritiere e compromettenti confessioni, riferì che la prima canzone (di cui abbia memoria) che mi abbia propriamente colpito (dopo "Imagine" di Lennon cantata in occasione della mia prima recita scolastica-wow-) è stata "Labyrinth" (che, per chi non lo sappia, gli sfugga o faccia il finto tonto, è il secondo singolo tratto dal primo album di Elisa "Pipes and flowers", 1997). Mi stanno ancora prendendo per il culo e non so perchè. Fatto sta che dai nove ai sedici anni ho completamente dimenticato chi fosse Elisa. Mi hanno detto: "Ma come?! Quella che ha vinto Sanremo quest'anno "di rimando" perchè lo fanno ancora Sanremo?" ; La scoperta di Caterina Caselli è interssante davvero" "Ma chi? Pure tu fissato con i Gazosa?"; " Bella la cover di "Almeno tu nell'universo"..." "Infatti, bel lamento (Era devvero una nenia)". Poi, non ricordo perchè, percome, perquando, vagabondando fra gli scaffali dell'unico negozio di dischi presente nella mia cittadina vidi "Then comes the sun". Il proprietario, puntando sul fatto che quando entro in quel buco malefico non me ne esco se non ho comprato almeno un singolo, mi assillava sfornando dappertutto album invendibili , da Alabina a Grazia Guerra (era periodo di magra) , così per sottrarmi a quel supplizio afferrai il disco (quello che dovrei recensire se smetto di essere oltremodo prolisso) e lo trascinai alla cassa (forse ricordavo una mezza cosa riguardo Elisa altrimenti non avrei comprato un bel nulla). A discapito della mia avventatezza, non me ne sono pentito.
"Then comes the sun" fu pubblicato nel 2001e il titolo potrebbe apparire un omaggio ad una celebre canzone dei Beatles,"Here comes the sun", pur non essendolo (sfoggio di erudizione). Il disco si apre con una tripletta nienta male: "Rainbow" affronta il tema della perdita con una delicatezza apparente che cela invece un messaggio forte ossia l'inscindibilità dei legami veri, spontanei. "Heaven out of hell" è dedicata alla madre ma assume dei caratteri di generalità senza perdersi in azzardi o semplicismi:suo corso il culto la ricerca di una libertà individuale che non calpesti le libertà altrui, una ricerca sensibile che abbandona durante il suo corso il culto della forza interiore per fare appello, paradossalmente, alla vulnerabilità. "Dancing" è un pezzo di grande impatto dove la sensibilità puramente femminile di Elisa prorompe del tutto.
Il dco prosegue con "Fever", traccia che sembra sospendere le atmosfere eteree e sottili dell'inizio per dare ampio spazio ad uno sfogo contro le malattie del mondo, un implicito inno alla pace, ma anche un'esaltazione del rapporto fra uomo e natura (stavo camminando quando ho visto un uccello nel cielo/ ho seguito il suo volo con lo sguardo/ e mi è sembrato di poter volare là/ e mi ha fatto sorridere dentro), che oggigiorno sembrerebbe precorrere i tempi , dati i vari "Liveaid", "Giornata ecologica", "Grangalà dei rifiuti umidi" etc...."Fairy girl" rappresenta insieme a "The winow" e "Semplicity" uno dei momenti più essenziali dell'album e sembra impossibile descrivere completamente il bagaglio emotivo che esse trasmettono, le immagini che evocano, le sensazioni di limpidità, leggerezza, profondità di cui si fanno carico. "Rock your soul" ribadisce l'identificazione fra uomo e forze della natura e riesce ad inviare all'ascoltatore quel senso di tepore materno che i più sensibili percepiscono dalla terra (Anche se ritengo personalmente la versione presente in "Lotus" di gran lunga migliore). L'unico neo dell'album risulta essere "Time" sembra minare l'omogeneità del disco.
In definitiva "Then comes the sun" è un album più che piacevole, da ascoltare con attenzione ma anche da vivere, dedicato a chi ha bisogno di gioire e commuoversi, a chi cerca di trarre dall'esperienza negativa una vena di ottimismo; un album che non ammette definizioni e limiti, proprio come i cieli della California, Stato che ha ospitato la registrazione dell'album stesso.
Veloce, meditato, profondo.
Elenco tracce testi e video
01 Rainbow (05:01)
You are not an enemy anymore
there's a ray of light upon your face now
I can look into your eyes
and I never thought it could be so simple
you can hear the music with no sounds
you can heal my heart without me knowing
I can cry in front of you
'cause you're not afraid to face my weakness
when we'll wake up some morning rain will wash away our pain
when we'll wake up some morning rain will wash away our pain
'cause it never began for us
It'll never end for us
'cause it never began for us
It'll never end for us
you are not my enemy anymore
there's a ray of light upon your face now
It’ll be all new again
there is something else just round the corner
so when we'll wake up some morning rain will wash away our pain
when we'll wake up some morning rain will wash away our pain
'cause it never began for us
It'll never end for us
no it never began for us
It'll never end for us
I was looking for a place to stay
are you looking for a place to stay?
no it never began for us
It'll never end for us
no it never began for us
It'll never end for us
no it never began for us
It'll never end for us
no it never began for us
and it'll never end for us
02 Heaven out of Hell (04:55)
So are you turning around your mind?
do you think the sun won't shine this time?
are you breathing only half of the air?
are you giving only half of a chance?
Don’t you wanna shake because you love
(cry) because you care (feel) 'cause you're alive (sleep) because you're tired
(shake) because you love (cry) because you care (feel) 'cause you're alive
Make heaven, heaven out of hell now
Make heaven, heaven out of hell now
are you locked up in you counting the days?
oh how long until you have your freedom, your freedom?
just shake because you love
(cry) because you care (feel) 'cause you're alive (sleep) because you're tired
(shake) because you love (bleed) 'cause you got hurt (die) because you lived
Make heaven, heaven out of hell now
Make heaven, heaven out of hell now
are you still turning around the same things?
are you still trying that way?
are you still praying the same prayers?
are you still waiting for that same day to come?
climbing the same mountain you’re not getting higher
you’re running after yourself you can't let go
hiding in that place you don’t wanna be
you pushed happiness so far away but it comes back
to give you all that you've given before
to love you the way you do like a mirror
look in the air 'n catch the boomerang
can’t fall anywhere else but in your own hand
make heaven, heaven out of hell now
make heaven, heaven out of hell now
are you still waiting?
are you still praying?
are you still losing?
I wanna fly because I dream
03 Dancing (05:36)
Time is gonna take my mind
and carry it far away where I can fly
the depth of life will dim
my temptation to live for you
if I were to be alone silence would rock my tears
‘cause it’s all about love and I know better
how life is a waving feather
so I put my arms around you, around you
and I know that I’ll be leaving soon
my eyes are on you, they’re on you
and you see that I can’t stop shaking
no I won’t step back
but I’ll look down to hide from eyes
‘cause what I feel is so sweet
and I’m scared that even my own breath
oh, could burst it, if it were a bubble
and I’d better dream if I have to struggle
so I put my arms around you, around you
and I hope that I will do no wrong
my eyes are on you, they’re on you
and I hope that you won’t hurt me
I’m dancing in the room
as if I was in the woods with you
don’t need for anything but music
music’s the reason why I know time still exists
time still exists
time still exists
time still exists
so I just put my arms around you, around you
and I hope that I will do no wrong
my eyes are on you, they’re on you
and I hope that you won’t hurt me
my arms around you, they’re round you
and I hope that I will do no wrong
my eyes are on you, they’re on you, they’re on you
my eyes…
04 Fever (04:19)
Why do you wanna know everything?
why do you need a plan in your mind?
why do you smile if you don’t want to?
why do you act if this is all true?
how can you keep your wish inside you?
how can I just forget about you?
when I can never lie to you
when I can never hide it from you
even if I’d only give you silence
you would know what’s taking place in my mind
but your world has got the fever
you are killing it with your reasons
your world has got the fever
‘n you step on it, ‘n you don’t see it…
why do we end up being so lonely?
now where have your eyes gone if nothing scares you?
why is this all just never enough
to make you happy, to stop your thinking?
but your world has got the fever
you are killing it with your reasons
your world has got the fever
‘n you step on it, ‘n you don’t see it…
(think I’m falling give me your hand…)
I was walking by when I saw a bird in the sky
‘n I followed its flight with my eyes
I felt like I could take myself up there
and it just made me smile inside
and it just made me fall in love
with everything, everything…
world has got the fever
you are killing it with your reasons
your world has got the fever
‘n you step on it, ‘n you don’t see it…
your world has got the fever
you are killing it with your reasons
your world has got the fever
It is shaking ‘n you jump on it…
your world has got the fever
you are killing it with your reasons
your world has got the fever
has got the fever, has got the fever…
05 Stranger (03:54)
Stranger you look so different
some other thoughts fill up your mind
and you just made it happen
got me thinking of you in my life
and now
I hope that my wish’s not so weak
I hope that my will is enough enough
‘cause you made it all good for me yeah
you made it all right
you made it all good for me yeah
you made it just fine
stranger can you forgive me
if it sounds like I know you too well
it’s just that you
have been like water when I was feeling so thirsty
oh and now
I think of you though you don’t know
the reason why I love you so
but never mind
‘cause you made it all good for me yeah
you made it all right
you made it all good for me yeah
you made it just fine
yet I know
it’d be too much to wait for your love
it’d be sad to wait for anything…
your anything…
so I sing… sing the words that I would say to you
sing the time that would spend with you… with you…
‘cause you made it all good for me yeah
you made it all right
you made it all good for me yeah
you made it just fine
just fine
could I feel higher?
could I feel better?
could I feel happier?
could I feel higher?
stranger you look so different
some other thoughts fill up my mind
and you just made it happen
got me thinking of you in my life
06 A Little Over Zero (05:30)
What shall I do, just to feel
a little over zero… a little over
now that I’m sadness
now that I’m weakness
gonna walk like it’s forever
gonna walk because it would save me
and my fragility could kill me
is this the best
I can be
is this the best
I can give
‘cause I wanna break out
‘n just live my life
yeah I wanna wake up
‘n find out I’m alive
a saint for each bone
would be magical
it would feel so all consuming
that I’d burn up just like paper
and my serenity
it would kill me so
is this the best
I can be
is this the best
I can give
‘cause I wanna break out
‘n just live my life
I wanna wake up
‘n find out I’m alive
I wanna break out
‘n just live my life
I wanna wake up
‘n find out I’m alive alive alive alive
is this the best
I can be
is this the best
I can give
is this the best
I can give to you
is this the best
I can give to you
10 Rock Your Soul (05:03)
The more I think, the less I see
when I'm able to walk
I'm queen of my world
I let it rain on my skin
I don't let myself down
I don't let myself down
just wanna be one with you
wanna be one with you
The more I think, the less I do
when I'm able to talk
I'm queen of my world
I let it rain on my skin
I don't ask myself why
I don't ask myself why
I wanna be one with you
wanna be one with you
and all I want is to rock your soul
all I want is to rock your soul
all I want is to rock your soul
I feel closer to the clouds
I'm touching all the highest leaves
on top of the trees
It's my desire's release
we let it rain on our skin
you're holding my hand
I'm holding your life
'n I feel like I'm one with you
and all I want is to rock your soul
all I want is to rock your soul
all I want is to rock your soul
I think I have to give you something
more than words is that something
I show you my dreams
to make 'em our dreams
won't you just be
I'm what you see
and all I want is to rock your soul
all I want is to rock your soul
all I want is to rock your soul
Together with the sun
we shine all the way
together with the rain
we fall through the air
Together with the sun
we shine all the way
together with the rain
with the sun
with the rain
the rain and the sun
together with the rain
and the sun
only with the rain the rain
and the sun
with the sun
with the sun
with the sun
with the sun
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Altre recensioni
Di e-bow
Non c'è una sola pecca in questo disco, non c'è un solo pezzo non azzeccato, non c'è una sola parola fuori posto.
Un album malinconico, ma attraversato dalla certezza che dopo... dopo viene il sole.
Di Me Myself & I
Poi viene il sole… una dichiarazione di una poetica, di un modo di reagire al mondo e all’oscurità della vita.
La vittoria morale è la più bella, la più importante, la più preziosa.
Di marcounali
"You can hear the music with no sounds, you can heal my heart without me knowing."
"Non ho bisogno di niente se non di musica, la musica è la ragione per cui so che il tempo esiste."
