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David Pirner! David Pirner cazzo, quello che si scopava la Ryder, quello di "Runaway Train"... Adam Duritz cazzo, quello di "Mr. Jones", quello che si scopava... chi si scopava Adam Duritz?
E di Doug Hopkins, che mi dite di Doug Hopkins? Nulla, vero? E forse in molto non lo conoscono neppure.E d'altronde s'è suicidato nel 1993, quindi...
La sua band nasceva nell''87 in Arizona, suonava root e musica in stile primi R.E.M., Byrds (che è quasi la stessa cosa) e rock non da classifica, ma l'avete capito dal furgone sgangherato in copertina. Questo disco, del 1992, è l'esordio dei suoi Gin Blossoms per una major, dopo l'autoprodotto "Dusted". Un'altra di quelle bands che solo nei novanta, solo dopo l'indigestione capellonesca della decade precedente, poteva giungere al grande pubblico, anche se non facendo il giro del mondo.
Il segreto fu nella durevolezza: bands come i R.E.M. hanno lavorato sodo, hanno fatto buoni dischi, ma per le charts mondiali (quindi anche americane) sono noti da "Out Of Time" in poi; allo stesso modo, anche altre bands minori hanno tenuto botta fino a trovare lo spiraglio, la luce, in quegli anni novanta. I Gin Blossoms e Doug Hopkins erano partiti subito benone, dato che questo secondo disco può già vantarsi d'una distribuzione di livello, ma Hopkins è un alcolista fuori controllo, ed ogni riunione in studio è una "nuova esperienza miserabile". Fu cacciato, lui, l'autore dei brani, dal resto della band, che comunque avrebbe contato sugli altri formers, per nulla sprovveduto, a cominciare dal vocalist Robin Wilson. A quel punto, la decisione di Doug fu tragica e, forse, inevitabile...
"New Miserable Experience" è un album che nasce sapientemente rock, tradizione e radioamicizia. Ci sono canzoni nate per finire sui circuiti giusti, come le iniziali "Lost Horizons"ed "Hey Jealousy" od ancora l'altro singolone "Found Out About You", tutto root radiofonico e senza acustiche, delizioso da far scorrere.
Folk root interamente elettrificato ma dalle melodie sin troppo riconoscibili è tradizionali, per brani come "Hold Me Down" od "Allison Road": quest'ultima è l'esempio principe quando si accostano i Blossoms alle sonorità dei R.E.M. prima mano.
Sfiorano il grunge in certi interventi chitarristici in "Hands Are Tied" ma ci si accorge un po' dappertutto, root o non root, che questi qui sanno come si suona l'alt rock di periferia che tanto piace a noi. Ed in effetti gli assoli col root non hanno quasi mai nulla a che vedere, ed anche nel resto di ciascun brano vi sono degli sfoghi di chitarre e delle scaraventate di batteria che certo il purista del genere non apprezzerà, ma che ai balordi come me paiono efficaci ed agevolano nel mandar giù un disco che altrimenti sarebbe stato fin troppo radiofonico da un lato, e tradizionalista dall'altro.
Il disco ha il demerito di scivolare in un finale troppo folkeggiante, ma è un ottimo esempio di cosa e di quanto ancora quegli anni avessero proposto, e di quante belle cose si suonino in periferia, lontani (anche se il successo non fa poi così schifo) dai clamori, a bordo dei furgoni scassati, in mezzo ai suicidi che non fanno notizia.
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01 Lost Horizons (03:20)
The last horizons I can see are filled with bars and factories
and in them all we fight to stay awake...
Drink enough of anything to make this world look new again
Drunk drunk drunk in the gardens and the graves
She had nothing left to say so she said she loved me
I stood there grateful for the lie...
Drink enough of anything to make this girl look new again
Drunk drunk drunk in the gardens and the graves
Turn summer trees to bones and ice
Turn insect songs against the night
With words we build and words we break
I'm drunk drunk drunk in the gardens and the graves...
Maybe I could use you to reassure myself
I wouldn't wish this indecision on anybody else
Drink enough of anything to make this world look new again
And when the sin smiles how could it be wrong
The last horizons I could see are now resigned to memories
I never thought I'd still be here today...
Drink enough of anything to make myself look new again
Drunk drunk drunk in the gardens and the graves
02 Hey Jealousy (03:56)
Well tell me do you think it'd be alright
If I could just crash here tonight
You can see I'm in no shape for driving
Anyway I've got no place to go
And you know it might not be that bad
You were the best I'd ever had
If I hadn't blown the whole thing years ago
I may not be alone
Tomorrow we can drive around this town
And let the cops chase us around
The past is gone but something might be found to take its place
Hey Jealousy
Hey Jealousy
Hey Jealousy
Hey Jealousy
You can trust me not to think
And not to sleep around
And if you don't expect too much from me
You might not be let down
'Cause all I really want is to be with you
Feeling like I matter too
If I hadn't blown the whole thing years ago
I might be here with you
Tomorrow we can drive around this town
And let the cops chase us around
The past is gone but something might be found to take its place
Hey Jealousy
Tomorrow we can drive around this town
And let the cops chase us around
The past is gone but something might be found to take its place
Hey Jealousy
Hey Jealousy
Hey Jealousy
Hey Jealousy
Well tell me do you think it'd be alright
If I could just crash here tonight
You can see I'm in no shape for driving
And anyway I've got no place to go
And you know it might not be that bad
You were the best I'd ever had
If I hadn't blown the whole thing years ago
I may not be alone
Tomorrow we can drive around this town
And let the cops chase us around
The past is gone but something might be found to take its place
Hey Jealousy
Hey Jealousy
You know she took my heart
Well there's only one thing I couldn't start
03 Mrs. Rita (04:25)
I can see it in her letters on the paper with her pen
Her response is getting stranger
Think she's coming round again
So tell me, Mrs. Rita, what's it say in my tarot
Read my palm and tell me why do lovers come and go
Is she coming round for me once again
Around or was that the end
I just hope she's coming round again
I've been keeping myself busy with my books and with my tapes
And every day's much better since I've slowed my drinking pace
There's no swimming in the bottle
It's just someplace we all drown
I lost myself in sorrow, I've lost my confidence in doubt
Is she coming round for me once again
Around or was that the end
I just hope she's coming round again
Get in the car and drive through town
Down the block and back around
Pretending that she's there with me, we drive
Gone forever
Well, my patience keeps me plaintive, my high hopes keep me alone
My lover's will is shaken
I wish she would just come home
So tell me, Mrs. Rita, what's it say in my tarot
Read my palm and tell me why do lovers come and go
Is she coming round for me once again
Around or was that the end
I just hope she's coming round again
I just hope she's coming round...
04 Until I Fall Away (03:52)
I want... to tell
If I am or am not myself
It's hard... to know
How far or if it all could go
Waited far... too long
For something I forgot was wrong
I don't know all the answers I think that I'll find
Or have it within the time
But it's all that I'll have in mind
Until I fall away (until I fall away)
I won't keep you waiting long
Until I fall away (until I fall away)
I don't know what to do anymore
Until I fall away (until I fall away)
My fear, pretend
That I'll never be in love again
It's real... to me
But not like these fools and not like this scene
I won't... find
Or have it within the time
If it's all rusted and faded in the spot where we fell
Where I thought I'd left behind
It's loose now but we could try
Until I fall away (until I fall away)
I won't keep you waiting long
Until I fall away (until I fall away)
I don't know what to do anymore
Until I fall away... (until I fall away)
When there's no good answers
And new questions
Another personal disaster
There's nowhere to go but down...
Until I fall away (until I fall away)
I won't keep you waiting long
Until I fall away (until I fall away)
I don't know what to do anymore
Until I fall away... (until I fall away)
06 Cajun Song (02:56)
well, she'll be leavin today i do know
so far away
i'm feelin so blue and it shows
in every single way
once that girl, she was mine
for such a short time
we used to spend every night
now all i do is cry
they say, that you can't miss,
somethin that you've never had
so tell me why,
why i could feel so bad
well we used to walk down the path
just like lovers do
she'll hold my hand and we'll laugh
and i'd stare in here eyes they were blue, ooh
once that girl she was mine
for suc a short time
we used to spend every night
now all i do is cry
they say, that you can't miss
somethin' that you've never had
so tell me, why
why i should feel so bad...
07 Hands Are Tied (03:18)
I've been waiting around all night
Your warm kiss is on my mind
A piece of you is all I've got
But the whole damn thing is what I want
I've been waiting around here all night long
Holding onto these memories until they come undone
My hands are tied...
Telephone is ringing by my bed
I pick it on up and the line goes dead
I splash summer water on my face
Clears my mind, I'm out of this place
I've been waiting around here all night long
Holding onto these memories until they come undone
My hands are tied...
My nerves are frayed and I've had enough
I'm a lot afraid that it'll hurt too much
And I can't seem to stop at all
I'm plain wore through waiting for your call
I've been waiting around here all night long
Holding onto these memories until they come undone
My hands are tied...
Want you round here all the time
Just can't seem to shake you off my mind
My hands are tied...
08 Found Out About You (03:53)
All last summer, in case you don't recall,
I was yours and you were mine
Forget it all
Is there a line that I could write
That's sad enough to make you cry?
All the lines you wrote to me were lies
Months roll past the love that you struck dead
Did you love me? Only in my head
The things you said and did to me
They seem to come so easily
The love I thought I'd won
You give for free
Whispers at the bus stop
Well, I've heard about nights out in the school yard
I found out about you
I found out about you
Rumors follow everywhere you go
Like when you left and I was last to know
Well you're famous now and there's no doubt
In all the places you hang out
They know your name and they know what you're about
Whispers at the bus stop
Well, I've heard about nights out in the school yard
I found out about you
I found out about you
Hey
Street lights blink on through the car window
I get the time to often on AM Radio
Well you know it's all I think about
I write your name drive past your house
Your boyfriend's over I watch your lights go out
Whispers at the bus stop
Well, I've heard about nights out in the school yard
I found out about you
I found out about you
Whispers at the bus stop
Well, I've heard about nights out in the shool yard
I found out about you
I found out about you
I found out about you
09 Allison Road (03:19)
I've lost my mind
On what I'd find
And all of the pressure that I left behind
On Allison Road
Fools in the rain
If the sun gets through
Fires in the heaven of the eyes I knew
On Allison Road
Dark clouds fall in when the moon was near
Birds fly by A.M. in her bedroom stare
There's no tellin' what I might find
I couldn't see I was lost at the time
On Allison Road
Yeah I didn't know I was lost at the time
On Allison Road
So she fills up her sails
With my wasted breath
And each one's more wasted than the others you can bet
On Allison Road
Now I can't hide (on Allison Road)
So why not drive (on Allison Road)
I know I want to love her but I can't decide
On Allison Road
And I didn't know I was lost at the time
Eyes in the sun where the road wasn't wide
And I went looking for an exit sign
All I wanted to find tonight
On Allison Road
Yeah I didn't know I was lost at the time
On Allison Road
I've lost my mind
If the sun gets through
Fires in the heaven of the eyes I knew
On Allison Road
On Allison Road (On Allison Road)
Allison Road
10 29 (04:19)
Time won't stand by forever
If I know it's true
And I've learned not to say never
Else I'll seem the fool
29, you'd think I'd know better
Living like a kid
Cause when my lies may seem less than clever
It's when I fall for it
Only time will tell
If wishing wells
Can bring us anything
Fade like scenes
From childhood dreams
Forgotten memories
Some rides don't have much of a finish
That's the ride I took
Through good and bad and straight through indifferent
Without a second look
There's no intentions worthy of mention
If we never try
So hang your hopes on rusted out hinges
Take 'em for a ride
Only time will tell
If wishing wells
Will bring us anything
Fade like scenes
From childhood dreams
Forgotten memories
Some rides don't have much of a finish
That's the ride I took
Through good and bad and straight through indifferent
Without a second look
Only time will tell
If wishing wells
Will bring us anything
Fade like scenes
From childhood dreams
Forgotten memories
11 Pieces of the Night (04:34)
Is it any wonder that the stars just don't rush by
When you're only doin' 60 through this oh-so-vacant night
But it's lacking something big this time
What the hell did you expect to find
Aphrodite on a barstool by your side
Twelfth night we go
After something everyone should know
Somewhere in the distance out of sight...
Then I saw: gin mill rainfall
What do you remember if at all
Only pieces of the night...
And is it any wonder in the middle of the crowd
If you let your feet get trampled on
When the music is that loud
But you wanted to be where you are
But it looked much better from afar
A hillside in shadow
Between the people and the stars
Twelfth night we go
After something everyone should know
Somewhere in the distance out of sight...
Then I saw: gin mill rainfall
What do you remember if at all
Only pieces of the night...
It seems so distant
But still only half the night away
Where notions between your questions come too
Is it any wonder where
The pieces of the night have been...
12 Cheatin' (03:25)
New York City where it's cold as hell
And the streetlights shone in my blue room
I was thinking about the nights we spent
Back in Galveston beneath the Georgia moon
It was early and I'd had my share
I was countin' change for a cab ride back to bed
She looked to me through the cold night air
And thoughts of you kicked off inside my head
Well she was tall hair dark as midnight
She had a way just like you do
To make me feel just like a woman should
You can't call it cheatin'
Cause she reminds me of you...
Though I loved you and the trust we shared
Lord don't tell me that I've thrown it all away
A moment's weakness shouldn't change the fact
That I need you and there's nothing more to say
Lord she was tall hair dark as midnight
She had a way just like you do
To make me feel just like a woman should
You can't call it cheatin'
Cause she reminds me of you
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