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E' il 1972 e i Funkadelic danno alle stampe il loro quarto album, il doppio "America Eats Its Young".
Disco solitamente considerato di transizione, stretto com’è assieme al successivo Cosmic Slop tra due pezzi grossi come Maggot Brain e Standing on the Verge of Getting it On. Album atipico in più di un aspetto, a partire dalla copertina, decisamente meno angosciante della media cui ci ha abituato George Clinton.
Non è innanzitutto uno di quei funkadischi dove la chitarra primeggia con tracotanza, né vi sono troppe tracce di allucinogeni tra i solchi come tanto spesso capita con questi ascolti. E' un disco allucinato sì, ma più stordente che allucinogeno, in certi frangenti sembra che manche la debole distinzione tra Parliament e Funkadelic, sfumando in un turbine di colori luminosi.
Non bisogna pensare quindi né al funk più groove ed arrogante né alla psichedelia in stile Hendrix. Il disco in questione vede anzi una particolare inclinazione verso l’orecchiabilità e la solarità, senza tuttavia snaturare i caratteri peculiari della Parlafunkadelicità. Quattordici tracce di buona qualità, e più di qualcuna spicca sulle altre: "If you Don't Like the Effects, Don't Produce the Cause", ritornello da antologia e potenziale singolo scalaclassifica in un mondo migliore; "Everybody is Going to Make it this Time", che non sfigurerebbe in un musical assieme a "Let the Sun Shine" In dei 5th Dimension, con molta epicità in meno e molta più ironia; "We Hurt Too" e "America Eats Its Young", così apparentemente innocue e sdolcinate.
Gli strumenti lavorano bene e i brani sono infarciti di cori femminili, tastiere e fiati, come vuole la sana tradizione anni ’70. Degni di nota anche i testi, ondeggianti tra amore e sesso ("I call my baby pussycat", "That was my girl") e fenomenali invettive sulla razza umana intera, sulla volontà di cambiare e su come il cambiamento sociale sia spesso difficile, su tutte le sopracitate "If you Don't Like..." e "Everybody is Going..."
Un buon album dunque, che merita di essere ascoltato da chi apprezza il genere sebbene non sia solitamente considerato tra i capitoli di spicco della nutrita discografia Parlafunkadelica.
Buoni testi, buone inventiva e buona musica non deludono. Buon ascolto.
Elenco tracce testi e video
02 If You Don't Like the Effects, Don't Produce the Cause (03:47)
If you don't like the effect
don't produce the cause
If you don't like the effect
don't produce the cause
If you don't like the effect
don't produce the cause
If you say you don't like where you're at
You can make a change
If you accept the blame
Stay in control of your reactions, yeah
It will determine the effect
Of any situation
You have the power to negate
any ulcer causing feeling
that prohibits you to think
Situation is just that
it has no special powers
to do you harm
it's your reactions that count
If you don't like the effect
don't produce the cause
If you don't like the effect
don't produce the cause
You say you don't like what your country's about
ain't too deep
in your semi-first class seat
you picket this and protest that
and eat yourself fat
ain't too deep
in your semi-first class seat
If you don't like the effect
don't produce the cause
If you don't like the effect
don't produce the cause
If you don't like the effect
don't produce the cause
If you don't like the effect
don't produce the cause
You say you don't like what your country's about
ain't too deep
in your semi-first class seat
you picket this and protest that
and eat yourself fat
ain't you deep
in your semi-first class seat
La la lalala la la la
Ain't too deep
in your semi first class seat
06 Loose Booty (04:53)
Loose booty (x8)
Eeny meeny miney moe
Catch a junkie by the toe
If he holler let him go
If he don't, do the loose booty
Loose booty
Skin it back and monkey it
Loose booty
Junkie twist
Loose booty
Nunsense!
Loose booty
Jack and Jill went up a hill
To get a pail of water
Jack fell down and broke his crown
And Jill went into a nod
And did the loose booty
Loose booty
Skin it back and monkey it
Loose booty
Junkie twist
Loose booty
Nunsense!
Loose booty
(hitt it!)
? Willie went out on the block
To cop
She he got there, the pusher was gone
Cause he had a jones of his own
He did the loose booty
Loose booty
Skin it back and monkey it
Loose booty
Junkie twist
Loose booty
Nunsense!
Loose booty
Loose butt
(x16)
Little Jack Horner
Sittin' in a corner
Snortin' his New York dope
Pulled back a snort
Went into a nod
Wow, was he a dope
Loose booty
He did the loose booty
Junkie twist
Nunsense
Skin it back and monkey it
Loose booty
Loose butt
(x22)
{this continues to the end, with the following lyrics sung over these}
Loose booty
Fly on, y'all
Super stupid
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Ohh, ohh
Ooooh, ohhhh
Yeah
Hit it
Super stupid
Hit it
Junkie twist
Skin it back and monkey it
Super stupid
Skin it back and monkey it
Junkie and twist
Hit it!
Super stupid
Hit it
Junkie twist
Super stupid
?
Hit it
Junkie twist
Skin it back and monkey it
Super stupid
Oww!
Hit it
Why you think they call it dope, dope?
Hit it
Skin it back and monkey it
Free your mind
Skin it back and monkey it
Hit it
Super stupid
Why you think they call it dope, dope?
09 America Eats Its Young (05:54)
assorted groans, whispers, wails & moans} {spoken} A luscious bitch she is, true But it's not nice to fool mother nature The proud mother of god like all ho's Is jealous of her own shadow So who is this young Vic Tanny bitch Who wish to be queen for a day? Who would sacrifice the great grandsons and daughters Of her jealous mother By sucking their brain Until their ability to think was amputated By pimping their instincts Until they were fat, horny and strung-out In her neurotic attempt to be queen of the universe Who is this bitch
10 Biological Speculation (03:09)
We're just a biological speculation
Sittin' here, vibratin'
And we don't know what we're vibratin' about
And the animal instinct in me
Makes me wanna defend me
It makes me want to live when it's time to die
Y'all see my point?
I don't mean to come on strong but I am concerned
I believe in god
Though I know that law and order must prevail
Oh, if and when the laws of man
Is not just, equal and fair
Then the laws of nature will come and do her thing
Oh, she does not think
She just rectifies
She comes and balances the book
Y'all see my point?
Y'all see my point?
We're just a biological speculation
Sittin' here, vibratin'
And we don't know what we're vibratin' about
And the animal instinct in me
It makes me wanna defend me
It makes me want to live when it's time to die
Y'all see my point? (y'all see my point?)
Some of you, you might not be aware
That some of us don't eat
Some of you don't, you don't even care
Oh, if and when the system
Creates hunger and hate
Then the laws of nature will come and do her thing
Oh, yes, oh!
She does not think
She works by instinct
Survival is her thing
Do y'all see my point? (ohh!)
Y'all see my point?
11 That Was My Girl (03:46)
That was my girl
If the girl displayed a smile
That always drove the fellas wild
That was my girl (that was my girl)
If your composure sort of slips
The moment that you saw her lips
That was my girl (that was my girl)
Unlike a deck of cards where there's four of a kind
There's only one of her and she's all mine
If the sight of her brightens your world
Then it had to be nobody (had to be nobody)
It had to be no one (had to be no one)
It just had to be none other (had to be none other)
My girl (my girl)
that was my girl
She would casually strolling by
As rare as a mink with yellow fur
You'll find one of them before you find one of her
She's the only kind like her in the world
Talkin' bout nobody (talkin' bout nobody)
Said I'm speakin' of no one (speakin' of no one)
I'm just rappin' 'bout nobody (rappin' 'bout nobody)
But my girl (my girl)
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Talkin' 'bout my girl (whoo-hoo-hoo)
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Talkin' 'bout my girl
If beautiful &
That was not your imagination
That was my girl (that was my girl)
You want the girl, no need to try
Forget the girl, I'll tell you why
That was my girl (that was my girl)
As rare as a mink with yellow fur (whooo!)
You'll find one of them before you find one of her
She's the only kind like her in the world (wooo)
Talkin' 'bout nobody (talkin' 'bout nobody)
Said I'm speakin' of no one (speakin' of no one)
I'm just rappin' 'bout nobody (rappin' 'bout nobody)
But my girl (my girl)
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Talkin' 'bout my girl
Whoo-hooo-hooo my girl
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Talkin' 'bout my girl
Woo-hooo my girl
12 Balance (05:31)
Balance is my thing
The sun don't
Snow, wind and rain
Most times
(x2)
Mother
I can see it, I can hear it
But I don't know where it's coming from
Mother
Are you sure this is the time in which we belong
Hey, mother
Don't be angry, don't be jealous
And don't forget who is to blame
Mother
It was you, it was not me who
Created this conflicting brain
Ohhhhhhhhh
Whoooaaaaaa
Balance is my thing
The sun don't
Snow, wind and rain
Most times
Hey, mother
I can feel it, I can taste it
I can smell what it's all about
Hey, mother
I know it's in me, all about me
But my instinct won't let it out
Hey, mother
Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm HIGH
Sometimes I am really down
Hey, mother
What's in your plans, what's in your game
What secrets can be found
Balance is my thing
The sun don't
Snow, wind and rain
Most times
Hey mother
What do you mean, "Don't take it personal"
C?
Hey mother
Am I to sit here when my brother is down
Yes, mother
I can see it, I can hear it
But I don't know where it's coming from
Hey mother
Are you sure this is the time where we belong
Balance is my thing
The sun don't
(x13)
13 Miss Lucifer's Love (05:58)
Miss Lucifer's love
She's a devil and I like it
Miss Lucifer's love
Ooo her love is so exciting
Miss Lucifer's love
Don't you know that she really grooves me
When she comes
I'll be there to meet her
When she comes
Don't you know I'm gonna stand up and greet her
Miss Lucifer's love
She's a devil and I like it
Miss Lucifer's love
Ooo her love is so exciting
Miss Lucifer's love
Don't you know that she really grooves me
When she comes
I'll tell it on the mountain
When she comes
I'll drink from her unholy fountain
Miss Lucifer's love
She's a devil and I like it
Miss Lucifer's love
Ooo her love is so exciting
Miss Lucifer's love
Ooo the girl she really moves me
She just wants to satisfy
She just wants to satisfy
She just wants to satisfy
She just wants to satisfy
She just wants to satisfy
She just wants to satisfy
She just wants to satisfy
She just wants to satisfy
She just wants to satisfy
She just wants to satisfy
She just wants to satisfy
She just wants to satisfy
She just wants to satisfy
She just wants to satisfy
She just wants to satisfy
She just wants to satisfy
She just wants to satisfy
She just wants to satisfy
She just wants to satisfy
She just wants to satisfy
She just wants to satisfy
She just wants to satisfy
She just wants to satisfy
Miss Lucifer's love
Miss Lucifer's love
Miss Lucifer's love
Miss Lucifer's love
Miss Lucifer's love
Miss Lucifer's love
Miss Lucifer's love
Miss Lucifer's love
Miss Lucifer's love
14 Wake Up (06:28)
You got to wake up!
Live in the presence of your future
Wake up!
See what we're doing in our sleep
You've got to wake up!
Live in the presence of your future
Wake up
Learn from the mistakes of the past
From time to time we come alive
but not for very long
See the shape the world is in
and wonder what went wrong
Never dreaming not for a second
sleeping is the cause
we make solutions in our sleep
it's dangerous for us all
You got to wake up!
Live in the presence of your future
Wake up!
See what we're doing in our sleep
You've got to wake up!
Live in the presence of your future
Wake up
Learn from the mistakes of the past
In our sleep we live it up
Just to wake up find we're dead
Change our hair and hairstyles too
but have the same empty heads
Brothers and sisters I'm telling you
Now's all the time for us
This is what we've got to do
and we can have the lives we'd love?
You've got to wake up
You've got to wake up
Oh, wake up (you got to doo doo de doo doo doo)
You've got to wake up
(they don't have to man!)
Oh, wake up
You've got to wake up
Oh, wake up
You've got to wake up
You got to wake up!
Live in the presence of your future
Wake up!
See what we're doing in our sleep
You've got to wake up!
Live in the presence of your future
Wake up!
Learn from the mistakes of the past
In our sleep, we change our wife
We change our suit of clothes
We change our church, we change our god
But have the same funky soul
Never dreaming, not for a second
Sleeping is the cause
We make solutions in our sleep
and it's dangerous for us all
Oh, wake up
You've got to wake up
(repeat with scat until end)
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