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Questa é la mia prima recensione sul debaser e spero di saper esprimere al meglio i miei punti di vista su questo lavoro.
Questo album uscì nel 1987 e nacque come progetto solista di Lindsey Buckingham, originariamente.
Adesso, i gusti son gusti, ma paragonare questo ennesimo lavoro ai '60 dei Fleetwood con Peter Green sarebbe inutile: qui la band aveva abbandonato da tempo quel famoso blues psichedelico per abbracciare sonorità piu pop/rock e cavalcava l'onda di un nuovo capitolo grazie anche all' elegante songwriting di Buckingham e Nicks e della freschezza che le loro voci portarono alla band.
Passiamo alla music:
La sensazione che il titolo stesso e la titletrack mi suscitano é malinconica: il ricordo di un amore passionale che non ti fa dormire la notte, un tango infinito di emozioni urlate da Lindsey accompagnato da un riff che non guasta (a tratti e sopratutto nei primi minuti mi ricorda l'irrequietezza di Sinead in The Lion And The Cobra).
La sua voce particolare non troppo dolce e non troppo virile, narra di una selvaggia "Caroline" in un altro pezzo, che inizia in maniera epica intrecciando un legame tra un lamento femminile e delle percussioni. "Big Love" è insieme a "Little Lies" , "Seven Wonders" e "Everywhere" uno dei singoli trainanti dell'album e presenta un testo d' amore e di promesse su un ritmo continuo seguito dai sussulti di due amanti. Christine Perfect (o McVie) padroneggia le tastiere e canta in "Everywhere" e "Little Lies" (meglio piccole bugie o grandi terribili verità?). "Family Man" non mi convince del tutto e a parer mio l'ultima traccia del disco ovvero "You & Me Part II", li non ci stava (forse meglio "When I See You Again"). Il rock comunque non manca, ed ecco "Isn It Midnight" e non mancano neanche i riferimenti alla travagliata esperienza della riabilitazione di Stevie Nicks in "Welcome To The Room Sara".
Personalmente, apprezzo molto queste canzoni sopratutto perché mi piacciono le torch songs e qui non mancano di certo le emozioni tirate fuori.
Lo consiglio a chi sta ballando il proprio "tango" con la nostalgia (mannaggia).
Elenco tracce testi samples e video
02 Seven Wonders (03:45)
Well, long ago
Certain place
Certain time
You touched my hand
All the way
All the way down to Emmiline
But if our paths never cross
Well, you know I'm sorry, but
If I live to see the seven wonders
I'll make a path to the rainbow's end
I'll never live to match the beauty again
The rainbow's end
Never
Never
So it's hard to find
Someone with that kind of intensity
You touched my hand
I played it cool
And you reached out your hand to me
But if our paths never cross
Well, I'm that sorry, but
If I live to see the seven wonders
I'll make a path to the rainbow's end
I'll never live to match the beauty again
The rainbow's end
Never
Never
So long ago
It's a certain time
It's a certain place
You touched my hand
And you smiled
All the way back you held out your hand
If I hope
And I pray
Oooh, then it might work out someday
If I live to see the seven wonders
I'll make a path to the rainbow's end
I'll never live to match the beauty again
If I live to see the
(Seven wonders)
If I live to see the seven wonders
(I'll make a path to the rainbow's end)
Well, I'll make a path, well
(I'll never live to match the beauty again)
I'll never live to see the beauty
That beauty
That same, same beauty again
(If I live to see the seven wonders)
If I live to see that
(I'll make a path to the rainbow's end
I'll never live to match the beauty again)
Oh, well, if I hope and I pray
Well, then it might work out someday
(If I live to see the seven wonders)
If I live to see the seven wonders
(I'll make a path to the rainbow's end)
I'll make a path, well
I'll never live to match the beauty again).
03 Everywhere (03:49)
Can you hear me calling
Out your name
You know that I'm falling
And I don't know what to say
I'll speak a little louder
I'll even shout
You know that I'm proud
And I can't get the words out
Oh I...
I want to be with you everywhere
Oh I...
I want to be with you everywhere
(Wanna be with you everywhere)
Something's happening
Happening to me
My friends say I'm acting peculiarly
C'mon baby
We better make a start
You better make it soon
Before you break my heart
Oh I...
I want to be with you everywhere
Oh I...
I want to be with you everywhere
(Wanna be with you everywhere)
Can you hear me calling
Out your name
You know that I'm falling
And I don't know what to say
Come along baby
We better make a start
You better make it soon
Before you break my heart
Oh I...
I want to be with you everywhere
Oh I...
I want to be with you everywhere
Oh I...
I want to be with you everywhere
Oh I...
I want to be with you everywhere
(Wanna be with you everywhere)
04 Caroline (03:57)
She's so crazy
She's so lazy
Keeps on coming
Keeps you running
*Chorus*
Caroline
Caroline
Time recedes
With a fatal drop
Dusty fury
On the mountain top
Cut the cord if you can
Caroline
Caroline
She's so cagey
She's so stagey
So attractive
So reactive
*Chorus*
*Repeat Chorus*
06 Mystified (03:12)
Oh...
Pretty baby
This feeling I just can't hide
You got me mystified
Oh...
Pretty darling
This feeling is deep inside
You got me mystified
The light that shines around you
It blinds my eyes
There's a magic surrounds you
Tell me where your secret lies
Oh...
Pretty darling
This feeling is deep inside
You got me mystified
Oh...
Pretty baby
This feeling I just can't hide
You got me mystified
You got me mystified
Mystified
Mystified
Mystified
Mystified
07 Little Lies (03:43)
If I could turn the page
In time, then I'd rearrange just a day or two
Close my,
Close my,
Close my eyes
But I couldn't find a way
So I'll settle for one day to believe in you
Tell me,
Tell me,
Tell me lies
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
(Tell me lies, tell me, tell me lies)
Oh no, no you can't disguise
(You cant Disguise, No you cant disguise)
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
Although I'm not making plans
I hope that you understand there's a reason why
Close your,
Close your,
Close your eyes
No more broken hearts
We're better off apart
Let's give it a try
Tell me,
Tell me,
Tell me lies
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
(Tell me, tell me, tell me lies)
Oh no, no you can't disguise
(You can't disguise, no you can't disguise)
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
If I could turn the page
In time then I'd rearrange just a day or two
Close my,
Close my,
Close my eyes
But I couldn't find a way
So I'll settle for one day to believe in you
Tell me,
Tell me,
Tell me lies
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
(Tell me, tell me, tell me lies)
Oh no, no you can't disguise
(You can't disguise, no you can't disguise)
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
(Tell me, tell me, tell me lies)
Oh no, no you can't disguise
(You can't disguise, no you can't disguise)
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
(Tell me, tell me, tell me lies)
10 Isn't It Midnight (04:16)
Written by Christine McVie.
So cool, calm and collected
You had a style, a rakish style
Well my poor heart never connected
You'd stay so long on my mind.
Well, isn't it midnight on the other side of the world
Do you remember t
The face of a pretty girl
The face of a pretty girl
Looking back so long ago
You had a knack, a knack of making women know
Ooh there wasn't the time
And I knew you'd nver be mine
Well, isn't it midnight on the other side of the world
Do you remember
The face of a pretty girl
The face of a pretty girl
The face of a pretty girl
Isn't it midnight on the other side of the world
Do you remember
The face of a pretty girl
The face of a pretty girl
The face of a pretty girl
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