Scrivo questa recensione prima di tutto per me stesso e dopo di tutto per far conoscere un po' di Blues a chi non ha avuto ancora il piacere.
Il Blues. È più che "la radice della musica popolare moderna". Ne è l'utero. Il Blues è ciò che più si avvicina all'istinto primordiale ed incomprensibile che spinge l'animale uomo a produrre musica, o solo a battere il piede a ritmo.
Tre accordi, zero fronzoli.
Molti studiosi musicali (vedi anche il documentario "Feel Like Going Home" di Scorsese) lo fanno risalire ai canti tribali africani. Esatto, gli stessi africani deportati in America a partire dal 1500. Tre accordi, 12 battute e via. Uno schema che permette anche a due contadini musicalmente illetterati di improvvisare una jam session in veranda, la sera, mentre le donne anziane aiutano la moglie di Jim a partorire e gli altri hanno appena finito di riempire i sacchi di cotone. E capita anche che un 21enne studente-lavoratore romano si sieda in camera sua con lo slide al dito e suoni più o meno quelle stesse canzoni, ricavandone un piacere raro.
Sto divagando, come al solito, torniamo ai Fleetwood Mac. Quelli di Peter Green, s'intende. Degli altri non so praticamente nulla. - Mi stappo un'altra birra -. Faccio fatica ad esprimere quello che questa musica provoca dentro di me...
È più grande di me, è come se Dio imbracciasse la chitarra e dicesse: "Ok, adesso stai zitto e ascolta".
1800 caratteri non bastano di sicuro.
Posso dirvi comunque che "Rattle Snake Shake" è una canzone da trance. È potente. Appassionata.
"Black Magic Woman" è Black Magic Woman. "Oh Well" ha un riff che Tom Morello si sta cagando addosso. "Jumping At Shadows" è struggente, sincera e disarmante. "Red Hot Mama" è piena di vita. "Man Of The World" è un po' patetica, ma se leggete la biografia di Peter Green forse capirete perché.
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01 Black Magic Woman (06:08)
Written by Peter Green.
Got a black magic woman
I got a black magic woman
Yes, I got a black magic woman
Got me so blind I can't see
But she's a black magic woman
And she's tryin' to make a devil out of me
Don't turn your back on me baby
Don't turn your back on me baby
Yes, don't turn your back on me baby
You're messin' around with your tricks
Don't turn your back on me baby
'Cause you might just break up my magic stick
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You got your spell on me baby
You got your spell on me baby
Yes, you got your spell on me baby
You're turning my heart into stone
I need you so bad, magic woman, I can't leave you alone
Yes, I need you so bad
Well, I need you darling
Yeah, I need you darling
Yes, I want you love me
I want you love me
Whoa, I want you love me, ah
Whoh, yeah
Oh, whoa, baby
Yes, I need your love
Oh, I need your love so bad
I want you love me
04 Jumping at Shadows (04:54)
Now, what can you say - there isn't much to tell
But I'm going down hill, but I blame myself
I've been - jumpin' at shadows, thinkin' - about my life
Now, everybody - they point their hand at me
but I know I'm just a picture - of what I could have been
I've been jumping at shadows, thinkin' about my life
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Now, God, have mercy - 'cause I think I'm going insane
The devil's been gettin' at me - he's got me down again
I've been - jumpin' at shadows
Thinkin', oh, about my life
06 Oh Well (03:04)
Can't help about the shape I'm in
I can't sing, I aint pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you
I might not give the answer that you want me to
Oh well
Now when I talk to God
I know he understands
He said "stick by me and I'll be your guiding hand"
But don't ask me what I think of you
I might not give the answer that you want me to
Oh well
07 Sandy Mary (05:14)
There's a girl I love, Sandy Mary is her name
There's a girl I love, Sandy Mary is her name
She got those bony bare looks
Enough to drive a vegetarian insane
She do not read so well, made the teacher go back to school
Do not read so well, make the teacher go back to school
A bony bare baby, yes, and I'm her bony bare fool
When we're lovin' - Sandy Mary
Get so high - feel so ready
Hold me baby - hold me darling
Feel my love come, to you fallin'
Hold me baby - hold me darling
Hold me baby - hold me darling
Feel my love come to you fallin', now
Sandy Mary, Sandy Mary -
Now, baby, you're the one for me, yeah
Sandy Mary, Sandy Mary -
Now, baby, you're the one for me
You got just what it takes
To make a flesh-eater out of me, yeah
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When we're lovin' - Sandy Mary
I get so high - feel so ready
Hold me baby - hold me darling
Feel my love come, to you fallin'
Hold me baby - hold me darling
Hold me baby - hold me darling
Feel my love come, to you fallin'
Hold me baby - hold me darling
There's a girl I love, Sandy Mary is her name
There's a girl I love, Sandy Mary is her name
Got those bony bare looks
Enough to drive a vegetarian insane
Sandy Mary, Sandy Mary - now, baby, you're the one for me
Sandy Mary, Sandy Mary - now, baby, you're the one for me
You got just what it takes to make a flesh eater out of me
09 Got to Move (03:51)
Written by Homesick James Williamson.
You've got to move, you can't stay here no more
You've got to move, you can't stay here no more, oh yes
You're my baby, I love you so,
but, still you've got to go - away from here
You won't cook, you won't wash
You won't iron, you won't sew
Oh, no, you won't even scrub the floor
You're my baby, I love you so,
but, still you've got to go - away from here
Well, I'd rather be dead and in my grave
Then to see another man here to take my place
Oh, yes, you've got to move, yeah
You're my baby, I love you so,
but still you've got to go away from here
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Well, I'd rather be dead and in my grave
Then to see another man here to take my place
Umm, yes, you've got to move, yeah
You're my baby, I love you so,
but still you've got to go away from here
You got to move, away from here
Oh, yes, you got to move, away from here
You're my baby, I love you so
But still you've got to go away from here
Let's bring it out now
12 Man of the World (02:50)
Written by Peter Green.
Shall I tell you about my life
They say I'm a man of the world
I've flown across every tide
And I've seen lots of pretty girls
I guess I've got everything I need
I would't ask for more
And there's no one I'd rather be
But I just wish that I'd never been born
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And I need a good woman
to make me feel like a good man should
I don't say I'm a good man
Oh, but I would be if I could
I could tell you about my life
And keep you amused I'm sure
About all the times I've cried
And how I don't want to be sad anymore
And how I wish I was in love
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