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Ci sono ottimi motivi che possono rendere questo album antipatico e sconsigliarne l'ascolto; proverò a sciorinarne un paio: anzitutto è un disco di canzoni "memorabili", cosa spesso congeniale a voci femminili in consacrando che, ben supportate dalla propria casa discografica, gettano in pasto al pubblico il cd che quando entri nel negozio e devi fare il regalo, alla fine sono 15 pezzi e glielo compri.
In secondo luogo è una cantante statunitense che si colloca esattamente in quello spazio tra Blues e Soul, che istintivamente ci fa pensare all'ennesima scimmiottatura di Janis Joplin e niente più.
Ancora, l'album è stato pubblicato postumo, facendo un collage di vari tapes, quindi certamente non sarà perfetto.
Eppoi, considerate che l'album viene pubblicizzato, più o meno tra tutte le fonti, in questi termini: "l'attesissima nuova release della grande Eva Cassidy è finalmente disponibile! A qualche anno di distanza dalla prematura scomparsa della ormai leggendaria ed incredibile voce, è ora disponibile una serie di brani mai pubblicati prima, balzati subito al primo posto nella classifica inglese durante la prima settimana di pubblicazione!" (sigh!)
Adesso, vi chiedo, non vi sentireste terrorizzati anche soltanto a maneggiare il cd che è così repentinamente BALZATO al primo posto della classifica dove hanno a lungo comodamente risieduto le Spice Girls?
Fortunatamente a me è capitato di ascoltare questo album ignorando tutto ciò... e sono riuscito ad apprezzarlo in pieno.
La caratteristica principale che discrimina questo dagli altri album del genere è come la voce di Eva Cassidy sia, oltre che bella, anche modulata, composta, mai sovraesposta; i testi sono limpidi, quasi netti (è pur sempre una statunitense) ma - chi segue l'opera lo sa bene - questo fa la differenza tra il grande cantante e quello normale.
La voce quindi ci "parla", raccontandoci i testi, ma anche ci "canta" e ci "suona", trovando il perfetto affiatamento con gli strumenti (non al livello, purtroppo) e le melodie delle songs interpretate. E badate bene che quando scrivo "perfetto", non enfatizzo: per la track 1 si potrà pensare che in fondo il pezzo si presti alle sue caratteristiche; per la 2, più bluesy, che a tratti sembra doversi contenere per non dover strillare; per la 3 qualcos'altro ancora e via discorrendo.
Ma facendo attenzione (e questo cd ha la capacità di rapire, qualsiasi cosa si stia pensando o facendo), si scorge come questa voce sia luminosa, intensa, un grande strumento.
Eva Cassidy non scimmiotta Janis Joplin, che quasi raggiunge per intensità, ma la affianca per regolarità e padronanza, e si colloca una punta al di sopra per la capacità che aveva di far "suonare" la sua voce.
Potrà non piacervi il genere (tra l'altro pure abbastanza vario), ma quest'album merita di essere ascoltato. 4 stelle perché imperfetto, ma tremendamente vicino alle 5.
Elenco tracce e testi
01 It Doesn't Matter Anymore (03:13)
There you go and baby, here am I.
Well, you left me here so I could sit and cry.
GOLLY gee, what have you done to me?
BUT I guess it doesn't matter any more
Do you remember baby, last September
How you held me tight, each and every night
Oh baby, how you drove me crazy
WELL I guess it doesn't matter any more
There AIN'T no use in me a-cryin'.
'CAUSE I've done everything and I'm sick of tryin'.
I've thrown away my nights,
Wasted all my days over you
Now you go your way, BABY, and I'll go mine
Now and forever till the end of time
AND I'll find somebody new and baby, we'll say we're through
And you won't matter anymore
There AIN'T no use in me a-cryin'.
'CAUSE I've done everything and now I'm sick of tryin'.
I've thrown away my nights,
Wasted all my days over you
Now you go your way, BABY, and I'll go mine
Now and forever till the end of time
AND I'll find somebody new and baby, we'll say we're through
YOU WON'T MATTER ANYMORE
YOU WON'T MATTER ANYMORE
YOU WON'T MATTER ANYMORE.
And you won't matter anymore
02 Fever (03:56)
Never know how much I love you, you never know how much I care
When you put your arms around me, I get a feeling that I just can't bear
You give me fever, when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning, fever all through the night.
Bless my soul I love you, take this heart away
Take these arms I never use them
And just believe what my lips have to say
You give me fever, when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning, fever all through the night
Listen to me baby, hear every word I say
No one can love you the way I do
Because they don't know how to love you my way
You give me fever, when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning, fever all through the night
The sun lights up the daytime, the moon lights up at night
My eyes light up when you call my name,
Because I know you're gonna treat me right
You give me fever, when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning, fever all through the night.
You give me fever, you give me fever, oh yeah,
Fever all through the night
04 You've Changed (04:48)
You've changed
That sparkle in your eyes is gone
Your smile is just a careless yawn
It's all over now
You've changed
You've changed
Your kiss is now are so blase
You're bored with me in every way
You're breaking my heart
You've changed
You've forgotten the words
I love you
Each memory that we've shared
You ignore every star above you
I can't realise that you ever cared
You've changed
You're not the angel I once knew
No need to tell me that we're through
It's all over now
You've changed
You've forgotten the words
I love you
Each memory that we've shared
You ignore every star above you
I can't realise that you ever cared
You've changed
That sparkle in your eyes is gone
Your smile is just a careless yawn
It's all over now
You've changed
Yeas It's over now
You've changed
05 Imagine (04:36)
Imagine there's no heaven.
It's easy if you try.
No hell below us,
Above us only sky.
Imagine all the people,
Living for today.
Imagine there's no countries.
It isn't hard to do.
Nothing to kill or die for,
And no religion too.
Imagine all the people,
Living life in peace. yu-huh.
You may say that I'm a dreamer,
But I'm not the only one.
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one.
Imagine no possessions.
I wonder if you can.
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man.
Imagine all the people,
Sharing all the world. yu-huh.
You may say that I'm a dreamer,
But I'm not the only one.
I hope some day,
You'll join us,
And the world will live as one.
You may say that I'm a dreamer,
But I'm not the only one.
I hope some day,
You'll join us,
And the world will live as one.
07 Early Morning Rain (04:05)
Chorus:
In the early morning rain with a dollar in my hand
And an aching in my heart
And my pockets full of sand
I'm a long way from home
And I miss my loved ones so
In the early morning rain
With no place to go
Out on runway number 9
Big 77 set to go
But I'm stuck here on the ground
Where the cold winds blow
Your can't jump a jet plane like you can a freight train
So I best be on my way in the early morning rain
Hear her mighty engines roar
See the silver bird on high
She's away and westward bound far above my home she'll fly
Where the morning rain don't fall
And the sun always shines
She'll be flying past my home
In about 3 hours time
Chorus
08 Tennessee Waltz (02:32)
I was dancing with my darling
To the Tennessee waltz
When an old friend I happened to meet
I introduced her to my darling
And while they were dancing
My friend stole my sweetheart from me
I remember the night
And the Tennessee waltz
I know now just what I have lost
Yes I lost my little darling
The night they were playing
The beautiful Tennessee waltz
I remember the night
And the Tennessee waltz
I know now just what I have lost
Yes I lost my little darling
The night they were playing
The beautiful Tennessee waltz
Oh the beautiful Tennessee waltz
10 Danny Boy (03:41)
Oh Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling.
From Glenn to Glenn and down the mountain side.
The summer's gone, and all the flowers are dying.
'Tis you, 'tis you must go, and I must bide.
But come ye back when summer's in the meadow.
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow.
'Tis I'll be there in Sunshine or in Shadow
Oh Danny Boy, oh Danny Boy, I love you so.
But if you come, when all the roses are dying
And I am dead, as dead I well may be.
Go out and find the place where I am lying.
And kneel and say an "Ave" for me.
And I shall hear, tho' soft you tread above me
And all my dreams will warm and sweeter be.
Then you shall bend and tell me that you love me
I'll will sleep in peace until you come to me.
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