Un'invezione un po' folle è l'immagine che si trova nella copertina di quest'album uscito nel 2003. Nessuna scelta poteva essere così azzeccata per tutto ciò che essi hanno rappresentato per la musica in generale e sentire tutta la loro carriera in questo cd-raccolta dei più grandi successi non è male. Certo non si può comprendere il loro stato d'animo nei vari lavori come si passasse da un leggero e spassoso "funk metal" degli inizi, che diede il la per tutti i gruppi crossover a venire, ai brani cupi ed introspettivi di "Angel dust", alle sperimentazioni country,jazz,r&b,punk...ecc. di "King for a day", fino all'ultimo album che non ho potuto ancora ascoltare ("Album of the year").
Qui si cerca di attraversare queste ere in maniera omogenea e cronologica con ordine e meticolosità. Si parte dagli spumeggianti esordi con il "cantante vecchio" Chuck Mosely che sprizzava energia punk e molto stralunata alle loro canzoni. La line up rimase invariata per i due primi album "We care a lot" e "Introduce yourself" in cui la loro popolarità vide crescere piano piano all'ombra di gruppi decisamente più affermati all'epoca come Guns e Metallica per citarne alcuni. Fu così che nel loro successivo terzo album scattò la scintilla forse anche per merito dell'ingresso di Mike Patton (attuale leader di Tomahawk e Fantomas) nel ruolo di cantante. Così venne creata quel capolavoro di canzone che fu "Epic" e la fama crebbe. Il mercato stava pullulando di gruppi sul generis, ma con stili paralleli come Red Hot Chili Peppers e Jane's Addiction e, inoltre, la scena musicale internazionale si stava infiammando con l'avvento dei dinamitardi Rage Against The Machine che resero la musica prettamente faithnomoriana la più ideale per rappresentare le ideologie e l'esplosività della musica e della società dell'epoca.
Con "Angel dust" il sound si fa più pesante e aggressivo con un'aggiunta di schizofrenia in più che decise il successo su scala mondiale dei Faith No More, anche se l'album sembra quasi snobbato per arrufianarsi la cover più bella di "Easy" dei Commodores ed evitare tutto il resto.
Di qui si può passare a "King for a day". Un album un po' più sottotono rispetto ai precedenti lavori in quanto troppo sperimentale nel suo modo di essere e di farsi ascoltare, ma capace di sfornare due capolavori della loro carriera come "Evidence" e "Diggin' the grave" su tutte.
Per il resto "Last cup of sorrow" e "Ashes to ashes" sembrano essere il risultato delle sperimentazioni ottenute da "King for a day" con alcuni risultati collaterali che le rendono gradevoli, ma niente più e che concludono la carriera dei Faith No More.
Per quanto riguarda gli "extra", che risultano essere un po' pochini, possiamo trovare una riedizione di "War Pigs" dei Black Sabbath che a me piace molto, un singolo come "As the worm turns" in edizione live che ne denota la bravura in concerto dei Faith, ma che non mi esalta parecchio (la canzone). Altre due canzoni alquanto piacevoli risultano invece essere "The Perfect Crime" tratto dalla colonna sonora di "Bill & Ted's bogus journey" e "The cowboy song".
Booklet davvero ben fatto con l'intera storia della band (in inglese però), la tracklist con i titoli delle opere che contegono le canzoni, e la discografia dei Faith No More.
Questo album non lo consiglio ai fan in quanto non contiene sufficienti canoni inedite da motivarne l'acquisto e quelle che ci sono si trovano molto meglio nei loro habitat (i loro album) originale. Per i "pivellini", invece, lo consiglio per conoscere le radici del crossover e apprezzare una band storica che si è estinta come purtroppo sembra stiano facendo tutte quelle degli anni '90. Sigh!
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01 Arabian Disco (03:18)
Has it been so long?
Do you think we know?
Do you think we care?
Die...for the here and now
Do you remember why?
Do you remember how?
Face .... out
Stick your chest .... out
Stomach .... in
Thats right
Do you really know
Where the harems go
In the desert snow? Hail,
An oasis dream doesn't really seem
To mean a thing when you're out .... cold
So, hands .... up
Put your guards .... up
Feet .... down
Up .... down
Forward .... march
Left .... right
Cold .... cold
I feel cold
03 Anne's Song (04:46)
HEY! WHAT?? WHAT?? WHAT?? WHAT?? WHAT?? WHAT?? HUH??
Oh nothing
just wondering why it is you're doing
WHAT?? WHAT?? is you're doing
that whatever it is you're doing.
Oh yeah, why?
I dunno it just doesn't seem like something you'd be doing i mean,
you of all people. Know what I mean? Yeah I know it's been bugging you since the
day I was born, huh? I asked my friend Anne about it.
I said, 'Anne, Anne, Anne, what am I supposed to do,
it's been bugging them since the day that I was born.'
She said 'Do whatever the hell you want to do!
Now is the time to do whatever you want, and it will still turn out
great. You've got the world at your feet.'
I never claimed to be different, I only said I was bored and she's
tired of your uniqueness, it sends her over head first then the rest
of her follows, the breath of life, it never left her hollow...
And I can do everything, she said, she says with a smile.
And I can go anywhere tonight, cause I'm with Anne.
Anne, Anne, Who? Anne Dagnabit Island princess girl with the juice
What's this? I see she brought her whole uplown contingent.
First there's Johnny, he always loves a party, he's followed by Vinnie, who's feelin'
kinda skinny, he says Hey Anne I'm starved what you got to eat, she
says Vinnie you're always starving man get away from that fridge!
Now, here comes Lucy, she's feelin' really sexy, she's followed by her
boyfriend, who'd better not turn around, this time, or he's bound to lose
her, and followed by Jamilla, who's got the cream soda...
I can do everything, she said, she said with a smile
And We can go anywhere tonight, cause we're with Anne
Anne...
And we can do anything we want, we'll tell you again
We can can go anywhere tonight, cause we're with Anne Anne Anne
Who? Anne Dagnabit Island princess girl with the juice
Girl with the hots, hots for Ricky, whoop we're having fun
whoop we're having fun
Hey you guys!? What!? Additude Additude...
Hey!
05 From Out of Nowhere (03:22)
Tossed into my mind, stirring the calm
You splash me with beauty and pull me down
Cause you come from out of nowhere
My glance turns to a stare
Obsession rules me-I'm yours from the start
I know you see me-Our eyes interlock
Cause you come from out of nowhere
My glance turns to a stare
One minute here and one minute there
Don't know if I'll laugh or cry
One minute here and one minute there
And then you wave good-bye...
Sifting to the bottom, every day for two
All energy funnels, all becomes you
Cause you come from out of nowhere
My glance turns to a stare
One minute here and one minute there
Don't know if I'll laugh or cry
One minute here and one minute there
And it hurts inside
One minute here and one minute there
And then you wave good-bye...
06 Epic (04:53)
Can you feel it, see it, hear it today?
If you can't, then it doesn't matter anyway
You will never understand it cuz it happens too fast
And it feels so good, it's like walking on glass
It's so cool, it's so hip, it's alright
It's so groovy, it's outta sight
You can touch it, smell it, taste it so sweet
But it makes no difference cuz it knocks you off your feet
You want it all but you can't have it
It's cryin', bleedin', lying on the floor
So you lay down on it and you do it some more
You've got to share it, so you dare it
Then you bare it and you tear it
You want it all but you can't have it
It's in your face but you can't grab it
It's alive, afraid, a lie, a sin
It's magic, it's tragic, it's a loss, it's a win
It's dark, it's moist, it's a bitter pain
It's sad it happened and it's a shame
You want it all but you can't have it
It's in your face but you can't grab it
What is it?
It's it
What is it?
It's it
What is it?
It's it
What is it?
It's it
What is it?
What is it?
It's it
What is it?
It's it
What is it?
It's it
What is it?
You want it all but you can't have it
It's in your face but you can't grab it
It's it
What is it?
It's it
What is it?
It's it
What is it?
It's it
What is it?
It's it
What is it?
It's it
What is it?
It's it
What is it?
It's it
What is it?
It's it
What is it?
It's it
What is it?
It's it
What is it?
It's it
What is it?
It's it
What is it?
It's it
What is it?
It's it
What is it?
It's it
What is it?
It's it
What is it?
It's it
What is it?
It's it
What is it?
07 Falling to Pieces (05:13)
Back and forth, I sway with the wind
Resolution slips away again
Right through my fingers, back into my heart
Where it's out of reach and it's in the dark
Sometimes I think I'm blind
Or I may be just paralyzed
Because the plot thickens every day
And the pieces of my puzzle keep crumblin' away
But I know, there's a picture beneath
Indecision clouds my vision
No one listens...
Because I'm somewhere in between
My love and my agony
You see, I'm somewhere in between
My life is falling to pieces
Somebody put me together
Layin' face down on the ground
My fingers in my ears to block the sound
My eyes shut tight to avoid the sight
Anticipating the end, losing the will to fight
Droplets of "yes" and "no"
In an ocean of "maybe"
From the bottom, it looks like a steep incline
From the top, another downhill slope of mine
But I know, the equilibrium's there
Indecision clouds my vision
No one listens
Because I'm somewhere in between
My love and my agony
You see, I'm somewhere in between
My life is falling to pieces
Somebody put me together
Back and forth, I sway with the wind
Resolution slips away again
Right through my fingers, back into my heart
Where it's out of reach and it's in the dark
Sometimes I think I'm blind
Or I may be just paralyzed
Because the plot thickens every day
And the pieces of my puzzle keep crumblin' away
But I know, there's a picture beneath
Indecision clouds my vision
No one listens...
Because I'm somewhere in between
My love and my agony
You see, I'm somewhere in between
My life is falling to pieces
Somebody put me together
08 War Pigs (07:47)
Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerers of death's construction
In the fields the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds
Oh lord yeah!
Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor
Time will tell on their power minds
Making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess
Wait 'till their judgement day comes, yeah!
Now in darkness, world stops turning
Ashes where their bodies burning
No more war pigs of the power
Hand of god has sturck the hour
Day of judgement, god is calling
On their knees, the war pigs crawling
Begging mercy for their sins
Satan, laughing, spreads his wings
Oh Lord Yeah!
11 Midlife Crisis (04:21)
Go on and wring my neck
Like when a rag gets wet
A little discipline
For my pet genius
My head is like a lettuce
Go on and dig your thumbs in
I cannot stop giving
I'm thirty-something
Sense of security
Like pockets jingling
Midlife crisis
Suck ingenuity
Down through the family tree
You're perfect, yes, it's true
But without me you're only you (you're only you)
Your menstruating heart
It ain't bleedin' enough for two
It's a midlife crisis
It's a midlife crisis...
What an inheritance
The salt and the Kleenex
Morbid self attention
Bending my pinky back
A little discipline
A donor by habit
A little discipline
Rent an opinion
Sense of security
Holding blunt instrument
I'm a perfectionist
And perfect is a skinned knee
You're perfect, yes, it's true
But without me you're only you
Your menstruating heart
It ain't bleeding enough for two
It's a midlife crisis...
You're perfect, yes, it's true
But without me you're only you
Your menstruating heart
It ain't bleeding enough for two (repeat until fade)
12 A Small Victory (04:57)
A Hierarchy
Spread Out On The Nightstand
The Spirit Of Team
Salvation Is Another Chance
A Sore Loser
Yelling With My Mouth Shut
A Cracking Portrait
The Fondling Of Trophies
The Null Of Losing
Can You Afford That Luxury?
A Sore Winner
But I'll Just Keep My Mouth Shut
It Shouldn't Bother Me, No, It Shouldn't, No, No
It Shouldn't Bother Me, No, It Shouldn't,
But It Does
The Small Victories
The Cankers And Medallions
The Little Nothings
They Keep Me Thinking That Someday
I Might Beat You
But I'll Just Keep My Mouth Shut
It Shouldn't Bother Me, No, It Shouldn't, No, No
It Shouldn't Bother Me, No, It Shouldn't,
But It Does
If I Speak At One Constant Volume
At One Constant Pitch
At One Consonant Rhythm
Right Into Your Ear,
You Still Won't Hear
You Still Won't Hear
You Still Won't Hear
You Still Won't Hear
You Still Won't Hear
You Still Won't Hear
You Still Won't Hear
13 Be Aggressive (03:42)
I started this
It's all for me
What's yours is mine and mine is mine
That's plain to see
So give it up
I've got to have
I SWALLOW, I SWALLOW, I SWALLOW, I SWALLOW
Be aggressive
B-e aggressive
B-e a-g-g-r-e-s-s-i-v-e
What someone else
Would leave behind
And spit it out, let go to waste
I claim is mine
You're my flavor of the week
I SWALLOW, I SWALLOW, I SWALLOW, I SWALLOW
Tall and reckless
Ugly seed
Reach down my throat
You filthy bird
That's all I need
This empty pit
I've got to feed
To prove I'm fit
A healthy man I've got to be
Malnutrition, my submission
You're the master
And I take it on my knees
Ejaculation
Tribulation
I SWALLOW, I SWALLOW, I SWALLOW, I SWALLOW
Be aggressive
B-e aggressive
B-e a-g-g-r-e-s-s-i-v-e
Go, fight, go, fight, go, fight, win
14 Easy (03:09)
I know it sounds funny but I just can't stand the pain
Girl I'm leaving you tomorrow
Seems to me girl you know I've done all I can
You see I begged, stole, and I borrowed
Yeah...Ooo
That's why I'm easy
Aah, aah, aah, aah
I'm easy like Sunday morning
Aah, aah, aah, aah
That's why I'm easy
Aah, aah, aah, aah
Easy like Sunday morning
Why in the world would anybody put chains on me?
I paid my dues to make it
Everybody wants me to be what they want me to be
I'm not happy when I'm trying to fake it
That's why I'm easy
Aah, aah, aah, aah
I'm easy like Sunday morning
Aah, aah, aah, aah
That's why I'm easy
Aah, aah, aah, aah
Easy like Sunday morning
I wanna be high
So high
I wanna be free to know the things I do are right
I wanna be free
Just me
Oh babe...
Ooh!
That's why I'm easy
Aah, aah, aah, aah
I'm easy like Sunday morning
Aah, aah, aah, aah
That's why I'm easy
Aah, aah, aah, aah
Easy like Sunday morning
15 Digging the Grave (03:05)
It would be wrong to ask you why
Because I know what goes inside
Is only half of what comes out
Isn't that what it's about, it's about,
To remind us we're alive
To remind us we're not blind
In that big, black hole
Comfortable
Digging the grave, I got it made
Let something in, or throw something out ?
You left the door open wide
I know you have a reason why
That knot is better left untied
I just went and undid mine
It takes some time
And the shadow is so big
It takes the sun out of the day
And the feeling goes away
If you close the door
Comfortable
16 Evidence (04:54)
If you want to open the hole
Just put your head down and go
Step beside the piece of circumstance
Got to wash away the taste of evidence
Wash it away
(Evidence...got a taste of evidence)
I didn't feel a thing
It didn't mean a thing
Look in the eye and testify;
I didn't feel a thing
Anything you say, we know you're guilty
Hands above your head and you won't even feel me
You won't feel me
17 Last Cup of Sorrow (04:20)
This is getting old
and so are you.
Everything you know
and never knew.
Will run through your fingers
just like sand.
Enjoy it while you can.
Like a snake between two stones
it itches in your bones.
Take a deep breath and swallow
your sorrow
tomorrow.
So raise it up and lets propose a toast.
To the thing that hurts you most.
It's your last cup of sorrow.
What can you say?
Finish it today.
It's your last cup of sorrow.
So think of me
and get on your way.
It won't begin
until you make it end.
Until you know the how the where and the when.
With a new face you might surprise yourself.
Like a snake between two stones
it itches in your bones.
take a deeper breath and swallow
your sorrow
tomorrow.
So raise it up and lets propose a toast.
To the thing that hurts you most.
It's your last cup of sorrow.
what can you say?
Finish it today.
It's your last cup of sorrow.
So think of me
and get on your way!
You might surprise yourself
You might surprise yourself
18 Ashes to Ashes (03:39)
I want them to know it's me
It's on my head
I'll point the finger at me
It's on my head
Give it all to you
Then I'll be closer
Smiling with the mouth of the ocean
And I'll wave to you with the arms of the mountain
I'll see you
I will let you shout no more
It's on my head
I'll pick you up from the floor
It's on my head
I'll let you even the score
It's on my head
Give it all to you
Then I'll be closer
Smiling with the mouth of the ocean
And I'll wave to you with the arms of the mountain
I'll see you
Give the same to me then I'll be closer, closer
Give the same to me then I'll be closer, closer
Smiling with the mouth of the ocean
And I'll wave to you with the arms of the mountain
Give the same to me then I'll be closer, closer
Give the same to me then I'll be closer, closer
19 The Perfect Crime (04:25)
Girl listens to mom
So she lights a match and pretends to sleep
While everything burns
Man drives nowhere
So he pressed the pedal, hit a few dogs
And felt good
Boy hears teacher's words
So he closed his eyes and stepped in front
of a train
Woo!
Woops!
Sorry 'bout that
It's just an accident
Revenge
Nobody forgets
Chop it into bits
The bitterness is hard to hide
It smells like homicide
Just nod and say it's O.K.
I can hear your voice echo
O.K. I lied-it's really the voice
Of the guy who kicked your head in
Look in the mirror
It seems you're drinking, miniature
And soon enough your gone
Woops!
Sorry 'bout that
It's just an accident
Revenge
Nobody forgets
Chop it into bits
The bitterness is hard to hide
It smells like homicide
Just nod and say it's O.K.
No one saw the perfect crime
I can't wait for the next time
The bitterness is hard to hide
It smells like homicide
Just nod and say it's O.K.
You try to make the moment
Last you sold it right in half
You die and have a nice day
Woops!
Sorry 'bout that
It's just an accident
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