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It's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it...
Immaturo ma significativo, così si può riassumere "We Care A Lot", pubblicato nel 1985, primo disco dei Faith No More, la formazione californiana nata tre anni prima con il nome di Faith No Man e destinata negli anni successivi a riscuotere un notevolissimo successo nell’ambito del panorama cosiddetto “crossover” grazie alla commistione fra rock, funky, sprazzi di metal ed accenni hip-hop.
L’album in questione è sicuramente il meno considerato dell’intera discografia da pubblico e critica: insieme al successivo Introduce Yourself fa inoltre parte del periodo di militanza nel gruppo di Chuck Mosley alla voce, poi sostituito dal geniale Mike Patton. La prima traccia dell’album è l’omonima We Care A Lot, che verrà poi ripresa migliorata nell’album seguente: chi si avvicina all’ascolto di "We Care A Lot" dopo aver ascoltato "Introduce Yourself" (che infatti si mantiene sulla falsariga di "We Care", seppure molto migliore qualitativamente) può già avere un idea su cosa consista l’album in questione: siamo difatti davanti all’album più immaturo dei Faith No More (guardacaso è il primo). La voce di Chuck Mosley è destinata a migliorare, Mike Bordin alla batteria è ancora un po’acerbo, ma sono già delineate molte delle caratteristiche tipiche del sound del gruppo. Nell’album sono presenti principalmente canzoni rapide ed immediate, con il basso pulsante e le tastiere in evidenza, come “The Jungle”, “Why Do You Bother”, “As The Worm Turns”, la strumentale ed aggressiva “Pills For Breakfast” ed “Arabian Disco”, accompagnate a pezzi più atipici come la breve strumentale “Jim” e canzoni come “New Beginnins” e “Mark Bowen”, probabilmente le meno significative dell’album ma antenate delle varie “Edge Of The World”, “Evidence” e “Stripsearch”, le classiche ballad in stile Faith No More.
Un album come "We Care A Lot" non è quindi la scelta migliore per chi vuole tentare un primo approccio con questo gruppo, più indicati sono gli album della fastosa era Patton od il buonissimo (a mio avviso) Introduce Yourself. In conclusione un buon disco, che per essere apprezzato appieno, in tutti i suoi limiti, necessita forse di una già acquisita conoscenza del genere di musica che si andrà ad ascoltare, ma comunque una scelta azzeccata per gli appassionati del genere e per chi vuole scoprire il passato più remoto dei Faith No More.
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01 We Care a Lot ()
We care a lot!
We care a lot!
We care a lot!
About disasters, fires, floods and killer bees
About the NASA shuttle fallin' in the sea
We care a lot!
About starvation and the food that Live Aid bought
We care a lot!
About disease, baby, rock, Hudson, rock!
Yeah!
Woo!
(Whoa, whoa)Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
We care a lot!
We care a lot!
We care a lot!
About the gamblers and the pushers and the geeks
We care a lot!
About the smack and crack and whack that hits the street
We care a lot!
About the welfare of all you boys and girls
We care a lot!
About you people 'cause we're out to save the world!
Yeah!
Woo! Woo!
It's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it (Whoa, whoa)
Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Said, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it (Whoa, whoa)
Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Said, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
We care a lot!
About the army, navy, air force and marines
We care a lot!
About the NYSF and LAPD
We care a lot!
About you people
We care a lot!
About you're guns
We care a lot!
About the wars we're fighting
Gee, that looks like fun!
We care a lot!
About the garbage pail, kids they never lie
We care a lot!
About Transformers 'cause there's more than meets the eye
We care a lot!
About the little things the bigger things we top
We care a lot!
About you people, yeah you bet we care a lot!
Yeah!
Woo! Woo!
(Whoa, whoa)
Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
(Whoa, whoa)
Said, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Well, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Said, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it (Whoa, whoa)
Well, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Said, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty song but someone's gotta sing it now
02 The Jungle ()
Well, just follow your heart
Man oh man
Try and see, if you can
Ha Ha
Jungle sounds great
Lots of scary noise
Don't deter us from our journey onward
Hey man, let your spirit go
To the full extent of the meaning
He said, "And follow me to the deepest part of the jungle
Where it is always dark and wet and warm
To the sacred part."
Well, just follow your heart
Man oh man
Try and see, if you can
Ha Ha
Jungle sounds great
Lots of scary noises
Don't deter us from our journey onward
We pushed and followed
Only our deepest, hidden senses, senses
And exposed to the elements
That lie within
03 Mark Bowen ()
Love...it's a beginning
A justifiable means to an end
And happiness, that triumphant feeling
Only comes from within
But ...you'll...never make the grade
No you'll never, ever reach that plateau
You're down below
And it's where your soul will forever glow
But it's not that ray of sunshine that feels so warm
It's just that bottomless inferno
You're in the depths of hell
And I think that's swell
And I hope you get well
Well done, fried in and out
Burned to a crisp, if that's what I wish
I didn't write the rules
I just follow them to a tee
Cause that's me, I'm evil
I'm hateful, I'm sinful, forgetful, mistrustful
I'm diseased and contagious
I'm suicide, homicide, genocide, pesticide
I'm a human bomb
I'll kill anyone
And so are you, So don't be coy
Cause you too can destroy me like a toy
Not like Mark Bowen
He never done nothin' to no one
... That didn't deserve it.
08 As the Worm Turns ()
One day you're thinking that maybe you're feeling better
And you're probably an OK person, if only you had a job...
Through the hollow tombs can see them
Through their mouths I can hear them praying for pain
But it's only a game
Listen, man, I know
That things are really rough
And everybody gets you
And life is really tough
But I know that deep down inside
There's a feeling that rides
All the way to the end
Thursday you sit in your room with the lights turned out
And you don't answer the door
Friday morning looks sunny and bright
Like it's going to be a good day
And it would be if only you had a job
Time is on your side, you're young
Don't waste your time today
09 Arabian Disco ()
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
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