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Era un caldo pomeriggio di luglio di un paio d'estati fa quando vidi per la prima volta i Feeder dal vivo, aprivano il concerto dei R.e.m., non li conoscevo tanto e mi lasciarono delusi con il loro banale pop rock.
A distanza di un paio d'anni rieccoli di nuovo questi tre ragazzi, con "Pushing the senses", un album che ho acquistato più per curiosità che per vero interesse verso questa band. Non credevo certo di trovarmi di fronte un album così bello però.
"Pushing the senses" è un disco pop rock che non offre nulla dal punto di vista dell'originalità ma sorprende per le grandi melodie, l'intensità, l'energia e la qualità dei testi di queste dieci canzoni. Un album dedicato ad uno dei due fondatori della band, il bassista Jon Lee, suicidatosi nel 2002. Infatti i testi delle prime tre canzoni scritte dall'altro fondatore della band, nonchè chitarrista, cantante ed autore dei testi, Grant Nicholas sono dedicati all'amico scomparso.
Dolore, rabbia e rimpianto sono i sentimenti prevalenti di "Pushing the senses".
Feeling A Moment apre in maniera energica il disco, segue a ruota l'intensa Bitter Glass che apre la strada al singolo, Tumble And Fall, una ballata rock di rara bellezza.
Poi l'album prosegue tra brani rock (il migliore è Pilgrim, un brano che ricorda per potenza e orecchiabilità i Green Day) e dolci ballate (su tutte Pain On Pain dove le tastiere stendono un tappeto sul quale la voce di Grant Nicholas diventa malinconica e intensa come non mai).
Insomma un album di grande qualità, sia per i testi che per le melodie, breve ed orecchiabile, che sa sorprendere pur non scoprendo nulla di nuovo.
Elenco tracce testi samples e video
02 Bitter Glass (04:34)
The thought of never knowing
Would kill me just the same
A solitary blossom
Reminders of a friend
What are you saying
You've got nothing to live for
You're tired and you're broken
You just can't free yourself
And all the words we've spoken
And buried in the sand
The raptured and the broken
That taste of bitter glass
What are you saying
You've got nothing to live for
You're tired and you're broken
You just can't free yourself
What are you saying
It's just the thought of rejection
It's pulling you deeper
You just can't free yourself
Your voluntary loving
Apologies have passed
And come around again
The fragments of a reason
The taste of bitter glass
So what are you saying
You've got nothing to live for
You're tired and you're broken
You just can't free yourself
What are you saying
It's just a part of rejection
It's pulling you deeper
You just can't be yourself
03 Tumble and Fall (04:19)
All this for nothing
Yeah yeah yeah
Praying and hoping, fooling yourself ...
You know that you can
Give love a reason
Give love a chance
We tumble and fall
Together we crawl
Forever will be
Tumble and fall
Heaven's above us
Yeah yeah yeah
Living in solice, I'd give you it all ...
Just for a day, just for a second
Just for the way ...
We tumble and fall
Together we crawl
Forever will be
Tumble and fall
Life's not the same
Since that day you went away
I recall, like the drops of summer rain
That fell on me
Come back to me
Come back to me
Yeah yeah yeah (x3)
We tumble and fall
Together we crawl
Forever will be
Tumble and fall
Together we crawl
Forever will be
Tumble and fall
Yeah yeah yeah (x6)
04 Tender (04:14)
Ache, can't watch you break and shatter
Saved, new lives to make us better
I'm letting you know, cleansing my soul
Been letting you know, for days ...
Turn over everything
Time can heal us again
I'm tender in your arms
Reaching inside of me
Bringing the love I need
The loneliness has gone
Faith, new roads to take together
Days, lying awake, remember
I'm letting you know, cleansing my soul
Been letting you know, for days ...
Turn over everything
Time can heal us again
I'm tender in your arms
Reaching inside of me
Bringing the love I need
The loneliness has gone
I'm letting you know, cleansing my soul
Been letting you know, for days ...
Turn over everything
Time can heal us again
I'm tender in your arms
Reaching inside of me
Bringing the love I need
The loneliness has gone ...
The loneliness has gone
05 Pushing the Senses (03:27)
Feelings you never knew
Pulling you under now
Your fighting the undertow
Before it sucks you down
Pushing the senses
It's pushing the senses now
Come on come on what are you going to do
You can't find another day
Come on come on you're pushing the senses
You're pushing the senses through ...
Always, I can depend on you
But sometimes, it's burning a hole right through
Let's talk about it ...
Staring at photographs
Posted on the wall
Images smiling down
The face of a lonely soul
Come on come on, what are you going to do
You can't find another day
Come on come on you're pushing the senses
You're pushing the senses through ...
Always 'cause I can depend on you
But sometimes, I'm finding it hard to choose
Let's talk about it ...
Always I can depend on you
Sometimes, It's burning a hole right through
Let's talk about it ... (x2)
Always, I can depend on you
But sometimes, sometimes ...
Always, I can depend on you
But sometimes, It's burning a hole right through
Let's talk about it ...
Always, I can depend on you
But sometimes, It's burning a hole right through
Keep pushing the senses through
Let's talk about us ...
06 Frequency (03:09)
Come on in, I hear your voice
Change the frequency, and make that choice
Constitution, find new ground
You've got to know
I think about you every day
You're lying awake on top of silver clouds
Sending Love back down
It's real love (x3)
Can't you feel it? Can't you breathe it in?
Come on in, I hear you sing
Born together, different skin
Superstition, prophecy
You've gotta know
I think about you every day
You're lying awake on top of silver clouds
You're sending love back down
It's real love (x3)
Can't you feel it? Can't you breathe it in?
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Di GrantNicholas
"Non mancano certo gli emozionanti saliscendi melodici ormai marchio di fabbrica dei Feeder."
"Un disco che conferma la classe dei Feeder nel costruire melodie di una bellezza non comune."
