Spero che la claustrofobia non sia uno dei vostri difetti e non vi stimoli l'urlo perché nessuno saprà mai urlare meglio di quest'uomo: Richard Patrick che, per chi non lo conoscesse, è un ex membro del primo gruppo live dei NIN e ha suonato la chitarra in Broken, quindi è un veterano. Ma poco c'entrano i NIN col suo gruppo attuale e futuro, i Filter, che con estrema originalità creano un sound pazzesco così ricercato e creativo che va inserito nei capolavori degli anni '90, formati a Los Angeles nel 1995, questo è il loro primo disco. È praticamente introvabile in Italia ed è fuori produzione quindi se lo ordini non te lo mandano, io l'ho saggiamente rubato in una delle HMV di Londra dopo aver chiesto al tipo dove fosse sto CD, quindi l'ultima copia l'ho fregata io!!! Stimolato dalla creatività della musica elettronica applicata al Grunge Richard Patrick esorcizza i mali procurati dalla vicinanza di Trent Reznor & Marilyn Manson e parla del suo carattere intro-estroverso della sua personalità e del suo modo di fare: disco definito capolavoro immenso.
"Hey Man, Nice Shot" inizia col basso ed è uno dei pezzi migliori ha un ritornello cantato a squarciagola che ti inchioda alla sedia facendoti pensare a quanto sono belli sti Filter. "Dose" è il mio pezzo preferito è praticamente una canzone post-grunge stupenda. "Under" e "Spent" sono le due più sperimentali perché contengono molte parti strumentali con batterie elettroniche stoppate e cambi di ritmo, ah mi ero scordato il controtempo che regna in tutto sto work. "Take Another" è tiratissima con le chitarre che mandano i migliori Helmet a farsi una pasta e piselli davanti a una partita di baseball. "Stuck in Here": canzone acustica con ritmi tipicamente californiani, immagina la spiaggia di sera. "It's Over" continua con le martellate di tom e grancassa che scandiscono il tempo della canzone. Il ritmo ricorda quello che ha Abe nell'ultimo dei Deftones. "Gerbil", "White Like That", "Consider This" sono le ultime tre gemme post-grunge. "So Cool" chiude l'album. Questo è sicuramente tra i più innovativi capolavori che si sono avuti negli ultimi 10 anni, è un must di un genere scomparso o quantomeno mai esistito il Grunge o il Rock Alternativo, chiamatelo come volete ma vi assicuro che per come suona sto CD è l'avanguardia dell'Industrial Post-Moderno (1995).
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01 Hey Man Nice Shot (05:14)
I wish I would've met you
Now it's a little late
What you could'a taught me
I could've saved some face
They think that your early ending was all wrong
For the most part, they're right
But look how they all got strong
That's why I say
Hey man nice shot
Good shot man
That's why I say
Hey man nice shot
Good shot man
A man has gun
Hey man have fun
Nice shot
Now that the smoke's gone
And the air is all clear
Those who were right there
Got a new kind of view
You'd fight and you were right
But they were just too strong
They'd stick it in your face and
Let you smell what they consider wrong
That's why I say
Hey man nice shot
A good shot man
Thats why I say
Hey man nice shot
What a good shot man
A man has gun
Hey man have fun
Nice shot
A man has gun
Hey man have fun
Nice shot
A man has gun
Hey man have fun
Nice shot
A man has gun
Hey man have fun
Nice shot
Oh nice shot man!
Oh nice shot man!
I wish I would've met you
I wish I would've met you
I wish I would've met you
I wish I would've met you
I'd say nice shot!
02 Dose (03:53)
I believe in something else
Now go bother someone else
Stick your fingers in your book
Take a better second look
You crook
I hate it when you breach my space
And I hate it when you preach your case
And you should go down
Down
Save someone else
I think I should warn you
I think I should tell
What you've been doing
It makes you go to hell
I hate it when you preach your case
It makes me want to stick my dick in your face
And you should go down
Down
Save someone else
Can your preacher bring me down?
Oh, that's what I thought
I hate it when you breach my space
And I hate it when you preach your case
And you should go down
Down
Save someone else
04 Spent (04:37)
All my life
All my time
Oh it's got a price
Oh gonna pay for mine
I know you really care
Oll my friends they got
Old apathy in the brain
They got no ideas in their heads
They got no path that I can't see
Don't you think that I don't blame them
Don't you think that I can't shame them
Don't you think that I don't want them
Don't you think that I ain't one of them
One of them
I know you really care
You're just another X
06 Stuck in Here (03:34)
Once again I'm stuck in here
Once again I'm in low gear
Once again I have a fear
Once again I'm stuck in here
Hey just close the door
Think back and just ignore
Hey just close your eyes
Think back and realize
Oh no, I'm stuck in here
Oh no, still stuck in here
What makes you think that it's okay?
Don't start it off don't relate
Take the job but not the pay
Forget the hours but not the day
Hey just close your eyes
Think back and realize
Hey just close the door
Back up and just ignore
Oh no, i'm stuck in here
08 Gerbil (03:21)
"Gerbil"
he gets out of bed
he goes to the room
he turns on the set
he is as smart as a broom
hey you brainless
how'd you lose us?
hey you thoughtless
how'd you screw us?
it starts on his head
he tries not to hear
it gets worse instead
he checks out of here
hey you dumb ass
how'd you lose us?
hey you headless
how'd you screw us?
10 Consider This (04:18)
I've been thinking about what you said
It's been going around in my head
I've been thinking about what you were
It's a messy messed up blur
and when the con was over
one thing I learned:
I think you'd be better off if you were dead
think your check might last a year?
ain't got no worries...
ain't got no fear...
you change so fast you're such a creep
you make me feel so very cheap
and when the heist was over
I guess i got burned
I think you'd be better off if you were dead
11 So Cool (04:26)
You gotta a bad old habit
Of making people sad
You got a bad old habit
Of making people dead
Did you think you were cool?
I don't really understand it
Did you think you were cool?
I don't even understand it
So cool, so cool
So cool, so cool
Hey makes it alright
You keep on taking
Your chances
You killer of mine
Look at yourself
Just look what you've done
Just take a look
Did have some fun?
Did you think you were cool?
I don't even understand it
Did you think you were cool?
I don't really understand it
So cool, so cool
So cool, so cool
So cool, so cool
So cool, so cool
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