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Potrei finire col dire che questo è un capolavoro, o potrei iniziare tessendone le lodi. Si perchè High Society è un album struggente, dolce, sensuale, romantico e autoironico al tempo stesso. Si passa dal rock melodico di “Old Domion” alla ballata fuori dal tempo di “Count Sheep”, dove vorresti piangere ma anche il testo te lo impedisce. La vocina a 8-bit di Toko Yasuda domina il groove di “In This City” in un contorcersi di voci che collidono su dolci pastelli synth. Poi arriva un po’ sbruffone un po’ college rock “Window Display” a fare da preludio al trip tribale di “Native Numb”, dove si mischia l’arabo al lounge. “Leave It to Rust” è un pop rock alieno fatto di sguardi che non osservano e prese il fondello che ritornano vibranti nel caramel pop di “Disposable Parts”.
“Sold” è una splendida salita su un roller coaster di sensazioni fresche come i suoi tappeti synth. Lucenti caramelle che non durano molto, come “Shoulder”, una sciorinata decadente al ritmo di un basso sensuale. “Pleasure and Priviledge” è scheggia acida e mistificatoria dove la batteria prende vita da sé e domina tinte qua fosche qua euforiche. Poi un gioiello di rara fattura “Natural Disasters” implode nello stereo con la chitarra che sembra un violino, con gli stacchi psichedelici dai flauti venusiani ci parla di conversazioni che non finiscono mai di emozioni da non provare di cene vetuste trite e ritrite. “Carbonation” è un divertissment da gustare con un martini dry. “Salty” è un rincorrersi abulico di parole che inscenano un japrock esplosivo.
“High Society” è una struggente poesia che ricerca in noi il gusto del bello, del raffinato, come la tromba smorzata che sembra chiederci ma chi siamo noi? Dove si nascondono i nostri dandy? Quali sono i nostri valori? Finchè un giorno entrerà una donna nelle vostre vite ad illuminare tutti gli angoli bui della terra. L’ultima “Diamond Raft” è un addio un po’ sgonfio e stanco a quello che è stato un viaggio sinceramente emozionante.
Sono dischi come questi che ci dicono sappiatevi volervi bene. Ed io torno a contare pecore.
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01 Old Dominion (03:02)
Hey you, come on over here
You've just been chosen
Break through, let go of your fear
Don't be so frozen
You look so lonely
You lost and only
Your pulls and vices
Now what kind of dog would shake his business at a tree?
He didn't have to piss the cop; you know he did have to pee
He wags it in the air and says I wish that I could stay
Then he points you in a direction and goes the other way.
Let's speak with more tense
White sheets and roaches
Contained in silence
Climbing on the fencing
Going over there
What kind of woman would make her fortress out of straw,
Filled with fancy decorations and a matching open bar?
She grabs you by the hand and begs you won't you come and stay
Then she lays the fuse and lights it blows it all away
Black suits are motives
Black soot and votives
Fresh meat for market
Flies and all the insects
Going over there
Retire to another room
And replace the sound
The lost and found
And often knew that you would do
It's a broken star though you won't get far
Hey you, come on over here.
02 Count Sheep (03:02)
She's got to love herself
too bad the lens got in her way
time changing off her head
so cut off your ears and issues
this conversation's done
we've covered heads she's covered tails
she's cut off her conscience son
deep in your head and your still crying but you don't have the right
you take sides and spill it at the sink from the spite?
from the role of the honor and the gluttonous heap
you would use the whole barn up and you love to count sheep
so count sheep
this diamond's not for sale
a big advertisement in our heads
one lie won't tip the scale
for rich little beggars making big bets
they're out to mark the score
fat cat's away dead mice decay
recouching on the course
awake in the bed and lay there cryinging but you don't have the right
go on open your finger for another big bite
you run all kinds of red lights except the ones on the street
when you run out of exits you can always count sheep
so count sheep
04 Window Display (03:11)
Riding a ball and chain with a mirror on the floor
Amnesia and fragrance can't remember what it's for
But she knows her instincts are just other words for fun
Let in the shade when there's no sun
I bought a window display and married her at once
I broke the remote control and she hasn't talked for months
Look at the inlay the detail matters much
She'll throw the dogs a bone and it makes a mighty crunch
The best pictures were taken there's some more upon the floor
Taken on vacation on a hillside by the shore
But she's not a magazine you're reading every month
And defintitely not the girl next door
Everything you wanted I'd want more
Took back the display the details scratched a lot
Her golden tooth decay and the halitosis rot
So much for history the display left her mark
Go find her another home where the other dogs can bark
I bought a window display and married her at once
I broke the remote control and she hasn't talked for months
Look at the inlay the detail matters much
She's throwing the dogs a bone and it makes a mighty crunch
06 Leave It to Rust (03:02)
Step into the office
Doing business when they can
A crack in the glue frequent fallen to (?)
Pull the lever in advance
A look without a view
A look without a view
A mirror and a broom
A hope that I pursue
____ off your compass
For your graceful cult
And let us blow your trumpets
So we can swear that it's not our fault
I look in the mirror I don't know if I know this (?)
So I think (?) for a visit that never came
The entrance to you that I've never been through
And leave it to rust in the rain
The Brokehouse gambler's spade was gone
Dealing twos and threes
Make a lifetime plan with a farmer's tan
Steal a bit from an entrance face
A look without a view
A look without a view
A mirror and a broom
A hope that I pursue
I look in the mirror I don't know if I know this (?)
So I think (?) for a visit that never came
The entrance to you that I've never been through
And leave it to rust in the rain
Come visit ____ casino maybe down at Reno (?)
_____ that I knew you I'm looking right through you
Come visit our casino Vegas and Reno
The chips that I ____ you I'm looking right through you
I look in the mirror I don't know if I know this (?)
So I think (?) for a visit that never came
The entrace to you that I've never been through
And leave it to rust in the rain
And leave it to rust in the rain
And leave it to rust in the rain
07 Disposable Parts (01:54)
In the flesh
Instant cash
Something great
To sit on the shelf
From the things that I want to do
I will shape and then forget about you
And in my pocket I can keep you
Put you away for another day
To find you every time I need you
Throw you away when the flavor goes out
You can take your adoration and your tin little heart
You will never get to take me with disposable parts
You can waste your adoration and your tin little heart
You will never get to take me with disposable parts
In a dress
To guess
Then you taste
And let it go to waste
In your face
Pure grace
Be replaced
With something else behind you
And in my pocket I can keep you
Put you away for another day
To find you every time I need you
Throw you away when the flavor goes out
You can take your adoration and your tin little heart
You will never get to take me with disposable parts
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10 Pleasure and Privelige (01:58)
It's a way it's a way out
Come out come on do it with us again oh yeah
Now when you get onto the set oh it's action action
You're through with us again
No no you never were so you phone call phone call
Nobody on to say that you're old school old school
Cause ___ way the outcome out
Your little fingers in the air oh yeah now you can ring again
Next pave the way soft spot cold heart the cliparound ___ you care
Go with the pleasure and the privilege it's satisfaction
You're through with us again
You better get a ________ action action
Your effort is causing a chain reaction
Get an x-ray the outcome you'll know
The in ___________ in again
No model for the ___ baby
But give the dog a bone
You better follow through daddy
Your little mrs ____ (?)
Come on
For some of us are stupid (?) enough to never think about it
We want a hiccup and now we want to shake it
Dream a little dream and give up that's what you're all about
You finally tip the scale
12 Carbonation (02:52)
Are you feeling a flash?
Does it feel like a rash?
Is there a stupid dance
Coming from in your pants?
You're getting nearer to love
No time to fold your hands
You gotta take a chance
On your romance
This business carbonation
Less pop more fizz
Coming over on the radio station
It's killing us kids
Come at your everything in one shot (?)
Put you in a trance
Now does it ever ____ your culture
It's just a stupid dance
So when you're ready for love
You gotta show your hands
Come on and take a chance
It's your romance
This business carbonation
Less pop more fizz
Coming over on the radio station
It's killing us kids
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15 Diamond Raft (02:21)
The clouds all look the same
Inside their picture frames
And every other day
That ever went or came
The river's turning black
And never turning back
The travel boat and train
Dragging the ball and chain
They weathered salt and rain
Then drifted down the drain
The little diamond raft
Is never floating back
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