Trespass è il secondo album in studio dei Genesis, se si considera l'album From Genesis to revelation, datato 1969.
I Genesis si apprestano, dopo la prima prova in studio, a incidere nuove tracce da pubblicare in cd (ai tempi c'era il vinile). Passato un anno, esce finalmente Trespass, frutto di un lavoro di gruppo molto intenso.
La formazione presentava il già affermato Peter Gabriel, il batterista Mayhew, il chitarrista Anthony Phillips e gli onnipresenti, nella storia della band, Tony Banks e Mike Rutherford.
L'album presenta molte tracce lunghe, molto articolate e dei testi già molto colti. Il lato A si apre con Looking for someone, una canzone che inizia con il canto di Peter a cappella e che si sviluppa con vari cambi di tempo che si intrecciano con un testo molto particolare che presenta richiami religiosi. Segue White mountain, una canzone in cui Peter mostra tutto se stesso alla voce; nella parte centrale si sviluppa una specie di marcetta che introduce il canto di Peter filtrato. Alla fine della canzone ci sono dei bei cori di sottofondo che danno spazio alla seguente canzone, Visions of angels. Quest'ultima è una canzone d'amore, scritta da Anthony Phillips, chitarrista della band all'epoca, dedicata a Jill Moore, che poi avrebbe sposato Peter Gabriel. La canzone è introdotta da un bel pianoforte a cui segue la bella voce di Peter cha canta in modo molto poetico.
Il lato B si apre con Stagnation, una canzone di notevole durata nella quale si sviluppa una lunga parte strumentale. Dusk, una canzone di minor durata, rispetto alle altre canzoni dell'album, molto dolce nella quale domina la chitarra di Phillips a cui segue un assolo di flauto di Gabriel, in un atmosfera molto struggente. Ma il pezzo forte arriva con la canzone che chiude l'album, The knife, che nei tour diventerà un cavallo di battaglia per la band, ma soprattutto per Peter che potrà sfoderare la sua teatralità. Una canzone dal testo che a prima lettura potrebbe essere definito polemico, ma che non ha solo questa sfumatura: Peter dirà di aver scritto il testo in chiave ironica. Con i suoi cambi di tempo The knife è meritatamente una perla del progressive.
In sei tracce i Genesis hanno ben definito il loro sound ideale e già la musica si può definire più che buona.
Elenco tracce testi e samples
01 Looking for Someone (07:04)
Looking for someone, I guess I'm doing that,
Trying to find a mem'ry in a dark room.
Dirty man, you're looking like a Buddha,
I know you well - yeah.
Keep on a straight line, I don't believe I can,
Trying to find a needle in a haystack.
Chilly wind you're piercing like a dagger,
It hurts me so - yeah.
Nobody needs to discover me,
I'm back again.
You see the sunlight through the
Trees to keep you warm,
In peaceful shades of green.
Yet in the darkness of my mind
Damascus wasn't far behind.
Lost in a subway, I guess I'm losing time,
There's a man looking at a magazine.
You're such a fool, your mumbo-jumbo
Never tells me anything - yeah.
Nobody needs to discover me,
I'm back again.
You feel the ashes from the
Fire that kept you warm.
Its comfort disappears,
But still the only friend I know
Would never tell me where I go.
Looking for someone,
And now I've found myself a name.
Come away, leave me,
All that I have I will give.
Leave me, leave me,
All that I am I will give.
02 White Mountain (06:40)
Thin hung the web like a trap in a cage
The fox lay asleep in his lair
Fangs frantic paws told the tale of his sin
Far off the chase shrieked revenge
Outcast he trespassed where no wolf may tread
The last sacred haunt of the dead
He learnt of a truth which only one wolf may know
The sceptre and crown of the king
Howling for blood, One-eye leads on the pack
Plunging through forests and snow-storms
Steep rose the ridge, ghostly peaks climbed the sky
Fang sped through jungles of ice
Hard on his rail, One-eye drew from the pack
An old hero conquered by none
Steep, far too steep, grew the pathway ahead
Descent was the only escape
A wolf never flees in the face of his foe
Fang knew the price he would pay
One-eye stood before him
With the crown upon his head
Sceptre raised to deal the deadly blow
Fang, Son of Great Fang, the Traitor we seek
The laws of the Brethren say this:
That only the King sees the Crown of the Gods
And he, the Ursurper must die -
Snarling he tore at the throat of his foe
But Fang fought the hero in vain
Dawn saw the white mountain tinted with red
Never would the Crown leave again
One-eye hid the Crown and with laurels on his head
Returned amongst the tribe and dwelt in peace
03 Visions of Angels (06:48)
Standing in a forest gazing at the sun
looking at the trees but there's not even one
See a rippling stream that smiles and then goes by
run to feel its comfort but the water's dry.
I see her face and run to take her hand
Why she's never there I just don't understand
The trumpets sound my whole world crumbles down
Visions of angels all around
dance in the sky
Leaving me here
forever goodbye.
As the leaves will crumble so will fall my love
for the fragile beauty of our lives must fade
Though I once remember echoes of my youth
now I sense no past, no love that ends in love
Take this dream the stars have filled with light
As the blossom glides like snowflakes from the trees
In vengeance to a god no-one can reach.
Visions of angels all around
dance in the sky
Leaving me here
forever goodbye.
Ice is moving and world's begun to freeze
see the sunlight stopped and deadened by the breeze
Minds are empty bodies move insensitive
some believe that when they die they really live
I believe there never is an end
God gave up this world its people long ago
Why she's never there I still don't understand
Visions of angels all around
dance in the sky
Leaving me here
forever goodbye.
Visions of angels all around
dance in the sky
Leaving me here
forever goodbye.
04 Stagnation (08:46)
Here today the red sky tells its tale
But the only listening eyes are mine
There is peace amongst the hills
And the night will cover all my pride
Blessed are they who smile from bodies free
Seems to me like any other crowd
Who are waiting to be saved
Wait, there still is time for washing in the pool
Wash away the past
Moon, my long lost friend is smiling from above
Smiling at my tears
Come, we'll walk the path that takes us to my home
Keep outside the night
The ice-cold knife has come to decorate the dead
Somehow
And each will find a home
And there will still be time for love in my friend
- you are there -
And will I wait forever behind the silent mirror
And fish for bitter minnows
Amongst the weeds and slimy waters
I, I, I, I, I,
I, I, I, I, I, said I wanna sit down
I, I, I, I, I,
I, I, I, I, I, said I wanna sit down
I want a drink, I want a drink
To take all the dust and the dirt from my throat
I want a drink, I want a drink
To wash out the filth that is deep in my guts
I want a drink
Then let us drink
Then let us smile
Then let us go
05 Dusk (04:11)
See my hand is moving,
Touching all that's real.
And once it stroked love's body,
Now it claws the past.
The scent of a flower,
The colours of the morning.
Friends to believe in,
Tears soon forgotten.
See how the rain drives away, another day.
If a leaf has fallen,
Does the tree lie broken?
And if we draw some water,
Does the well run dry?
The sigh of a mother,
The screaming of lovers.
Like two angry tigers,
They tear at each other.
See how for him, lifetime's fears disappear.
Once a Jesus suffered,
Heaven could not see him.
And now my ship is sinking,
the captain stands alone.
A pawn on a chessboard,
A false move by God will now destroy me,
But wait, on the horizon,
A new dawn seems to be rising,
Never to recall this passerby, born to die.
06 The Knife (08:55)
For Those that Trespass against us
Tell me my life is about to begin
Tell me that I am a hero,
Promise me all of your violent dreams
Light up your body with anger.
Now, in this ugly world
it is time to destroy all this evil.
Now, when I give the word
get ready to fight for your freedom
Now -
Stand up and fight, for you know we are right
We must strike at the lies
That have spread like disease through our minds.
Soon we'll have power, every soldier will rest
And we'll spread out our kindness
To all who our love now deserve.
Some of you are going to die -
Martyrs of course to the freedom that I shall provide.
I'll give you the names of those you must kill,
All must die with their children.
Carry their heads to the palace of old,
Hang them high, let the blood flow.
Now, in this ugly world
break all the chains around us,
Now, the crusade has begun
give us a land fit for heroes,
Now -
Stand up and fight, for you know we are right
We must strike at the lies
That have spread like disease through our minds.
Soon we'll have power, every soldier will rest
And we'll spread out our kindness
To all who our love now deserve.
Some of you are going to die -
Martyrs of course to the freedom that I shall provide.
We are only wanting freedom
We are only wanting freedom
We are only wanting freedom
We are only wanting freedom ("Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom...")
We are only wanting freedom ("Things are getting out of control here today")
We are only wanting freedom ("OK men - fire over their heads!")
We are only wanting freedom
--- WE HAVE WON ---
Some of you are going to die,
Martyrs of course to the freedom that I shall provide.
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Altre recensioni
Di Peppe Weapon
White Mountain è una delle migliori canzoni dell’LP, dove Gabriel si esibisce in una performance vocale di grande spessore.
The Knife, una canzone rockeggiante dall’atmosfera ironica ma allo stesso tempo inquietante, diventerà in futuro la conclusiva dei concerti Genesisiani.
Di Old King Cole
"La magia parte subito, dal primo accordo di 'Looking For Someone'"
"Un capolavoro!"
Di TheNemesis
"Con Trespass i Genesis iniziano a far capire di che cosa sono capaci, ad appena 19 anni..."
"Un piccolo capolavoro che è 'Stagnation', con un assolo di hammond notevole su base acustica."
