Rieccomi Debaseriani!
Oramai, purtroppo il tempo scarseggia anhe per scrivere una recensione.. ma comunque vedo che non mancano degli ottimi spunti musicali (ad esempio a recensione del bootleg degli Whitesnake..!) Comunque sia, una volta tanto scelgo di recensire un album ufficiale, visti i miei precedenti da "bootleg & Co."
Il disco in questione è questo "Live: The 1971 Tour", di una band che per me è stata fondamentale e sempre lo sarà, ovvero i mitici Grand Funk Railroad; l'album è il risultato di molti anni di lavoro da parte di un produttore statunitense, di cui non ricordo il nome, che aveva intenzione di pubblicare su disco l'intero show dei GFR alo Shea Stadium, di quello stesso anno. Purtroppo, non trovando tutti i mix necessari ne è uscito questa compilation live, se cosi possiamo chiamarla, di quel fantastico tour; il contesto musicale è abbastanza semplice: nel 1971 (e vi è anche un sondaggio che dimostra ciò) i Grand Funk sono la piu grande band degli Stati Uniti in assoluto, basti vedere le vendite, ovvero 4 dischi d'oro in un solo anno, e per giunta il record dei Beatles allo stadio di New York, polverizzato in soli due giorni (contro i 4 dei Fab four!!) Ma passiamo ora alla recensione del disco....
L'album è introdotto da un breve strumentale di "Also Sprach Zarathustra", dopodichè parte a razzo la scatenata "Are You Ready" dove i tre musicisti danno subito prova del loro straordinario talento; il terzo brano è già un inedito per l'epoca, stiamo parlando di "Footstompin' Music" che sarebbe comparsa sul successivo album "E Pluribus Funk": anche se non definitiva, questa versione risulta subito godibilissima con Mel Schacher che fa veramente di tutto col suo basso. La traccia successiva è uno dei must della band ovvero "Paranoid", che oltre ad essere dotata di una grande orecchiabilità, contiene alcuni assoli di pregevolissima fattura, soprattuto quelli di chitarra di Mark Farner, che si scatena anche alle vocals. Lasciamo la Cobo Hall di Detroit, dove queste prime quattro tracce sono state registrate, per giungere allo Shea Stadium Di NY, dalla quale proviene una splendida esecuzione del medley "I'm Your Captain/Hooked On Love/Get It Togheter", i tre brani simbolo del loro album "Closer To Home". In sottofondo possiamo udire le urla del pubblico scatenato di fronte a queste selvaggie performance live di una band che sul palco dava veramente l'anima. Torniamo ora alla Cobo Hall, per lasciare spazio all'interminabile esecuzione di "T.N.U.C" (19 minuti di follia!!) dove viene lasciato un enorme spazio all batteria del grande Don Brewer, che pe circa un quarto d'ora fa veramente di tutto con i suoi tamburi: STRAORDINARIO! E siccome che un'improvvisazione tira l'altra, ecco qua la celeberrima "Inside Looking Out", introdotta da un discorso di Mark alla folla, che riassume veramente l'energia di questa band, che per oltre 15 minuti si scatena in largo in lungo in assoli e coinvolgimenti con in pubblico in costante delirio. Al termine del brano, il roco "goodnight" di Don Brewer lascia spazio ai cori del pubblico che li invoca nuovamente sul palco: poteva terminarecosi uno show del genere?? Manco per niente, e infatti la band torna on stage per altri due bis: il primo, proveniente dall Shea Stadium, è la cover degli Stones "Gimme Shelter", mentre l'ultimo brano in scaletta è la furiosa "Into The Sun": entrambe i brani di circa 8 minuti, tanto per cambiare.....
In sostanza, questo disco dovrebbe essere visto come una revisitazione del "Live Album" del 1970, arricchito con piu classici... mi sento comunque di dire che è un album che ogni appassionato del rock, di quello fatto con le palle, dovrebbe procurarsi. In fondo 15 euro per 80 minuti di buona musica, non sono nemmeno troppi..........
A PRESTO, ADIOOOOOS!!
Elenco tracce testi e samples
02 Are You Ready (03:11)
Are you ready? You can trust me all the way.
Are you ready? Well, then let me hear you say
That you're ready, and the world will know it's right.
Yes, you're ready, and you know it's out of sight.
Now you're ready, well, then what you waitin' for?
If you're ready, you just open up your door
'Cause I'm ready, for everything you got.
Yes, I'm ready, come and get it while it's hot.
03 Footstompin' Music (05:24)
Come on everybody, we're gonna' have a good time, yeah,
Gimmie' all the love that's in ya', I'm gonna' give ya' mine.
I wanna' hear some hand clappin', I want you to get in the groove,
We're gonna' play this footstompin' music, everybody get up and groove, yeah.
Oooo-Oooo, Oooo-oooo.
Oooo-Oooo, Oooo-oooo.
Oooo-Oooo, Oooo-oooo.
Oooo-Oooo, Oooo-oooo.
Oooo-Oooo, Oooo-oooo.
Oooo-Oooo, Oooo-oooo.
Oooo-Oooo, Oooo-oooo.
Does everybody want to?
Does everybody want to?
Does everybody want to?
Does everybody want to?
Does everybody want to?
Does everybody want to?
Oooo-Oooo, Oooo-oooo.
Come on right now.
Oooo-Oooo, Oooo-oooo.
Everybody.
Oooo-Oooo, Oooo-oooo.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Ooo-Ooo, Ooo-ooo, Ooo-ooo, Ooo-ooo, Ooo.
Oh, yeah.
Ooo-Ooo, Ooo-ooo, Ooo-ooo, Ooo.
Yeah.
Ooo-Ooo, Ooo-ooo, Ooo-ooo, Ooo.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Ooo-Ooo, Ooo-ooo, Ooo-ooo, Ooo.
Ooo-Ooo, Ooo-ooo, Ooo-ooo, Ooo.
Ooo-Ooo, Ooo-ooo, Ooo-ooo, Ooo.
Oooooooooooo-ooo.
Ooo-Ooo, Ooo-ooo, Ooo-ooo, Ooo.
Ooo-Ooo, Ooo-ooo, Ooo-ooo, Ooo.
04 Paranoid (06:03)
Did you ever have that feeling in your life, that someone was watching you?
He don't have no reason, that's right. But, still he's there watching you.
Someone is waiting just outside the door, to take you away.
Everybody knows just what he's there for, to take you away.
But, you don't know why he's been waiting.
But, you don't know why he's been waiting.
Spent too much time anticipating.
Spent too much time anticipating.
Did you ever think it could be you, that's just outside the door?
There's just one way to find out if it's true. So, what you waiting for?
Oh, get yourself together now, my friend, and step outside the pad.
If there's no one waiting for you there, my friend, I think you should be glad.
But, who wasn't there that you should look out for?
But, who wasn't there that you should look out for?
Get back inside your wall, and shut the door.
Get back inside your wall, and shut the door.
You don't have nobody, don't need nobody, can't love nobody,
You're better off by yourself.
You ain't feelin' too bad, you're driving me mad, and say you're bad,
You're better off by yourself.
You don't have nobody, don't need nobody, can't love nobody,
You're better off by yourself.
You ain't feelin' too bad, you're driving me mad, and say you're bad,
You're better off by yourself.
Ahhhhh ...
07 Get It Together (02:46)
Got to get it together.
Got to get it together.
Got to get it together.
Got to get it together.
Got to get it together.
Get together now, baby.
Got to get it together.
Get it, get it, get it together.
Got to get it together.
I'll tell you right now, get it together.
Got to get it together.
Everybody has to get it.
Got to get it together.
and so on ...
08 T.N.U.C. (17:12)
You won't find me, knockin' at your door.
I've known forever, you don't love me no more.
If you don't want to lay there, with your mouth shut tight,
I'm gettin' myself together, yes, I'm leavin' tonight
You ain't gonna' find nobody, to treat you like I do.
I been down on my knees, you treat me like a fool.
Now, I know what you're tryin' to do, awww, it ain't gonna' happen.
'Cause I just done got hip to you, I'm gonna' walk out laughin'.
09 Inside Looking Out (15:30)
I'm sitting here lonely like a broken man.
I serve my time doin' the best I can.
Walls and bars they surround me.
But, I don't want no sympathy.
No baby, no baby,
All I need is some tender lovin'.
To keep me sane in this burning oven.
And, when my time is up, you'll be my reefer.
Life gets worse on God's green earth.
Be my reefer, got to keep smokin' that thing.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
I said now baby ... baby ..., let me smoke it ... smoke it ...
Makes me feel good ... feel good, yes, I feel good ... ahhhhh ...
Yes, I feel alright ... feel alright ..., yes, I feel alright ... feel alright ...
Yes, I feel alright ... Ahhhhh ...
Ohhhhh ...
Ice cold water is runnin' through my veins.
They try and drag me back to work again.
Pain and blisters on my mind and hands.
I work all day making up burlap bags.
The oats they're feeding me are driving me wild.
I feel unhappy like a new born child.
Now, when my time is up, you wait and see.
These walls and bars won't keep that stuff from me.
No, no, baby,
Won't keep that stuff from me.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
I need you right now mama.
I need you right now baby.
Right by my side, honey.
All night long.
Make me feel alright ...
Yes, all ..., yes, all ..., yes, all ... alright.
You better come on up and get down with me.
I'll make you feel real good, just you wait and see.
Make me feel alright ..., yes, I feel alright ...
Yes, all ..., yes, all ..., yes, alright.
10 Gimme Shelter (08:44)
Oooo, oooo, oooo.
Oooo, oooo, oooo.
Oooo, a storm is threatenin', my very life today.
If I don't get some shelter, oh, I'm gonna' fade away.
CHORUS
War children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away.
War children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away.
Oooo, see the fire sweeping, up every street today.
Burns like a red-coal carpet, mad bull lost it's way.
CHORUS
Rape, murder, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away.
Rape, murder, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away.
Rape, murder, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away.
Oooo, a storm is threatenin', my very life today.
If I don't get some shelter, oh, I'm gonna' fade away.
War children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away.
It's just a shot away, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away.
I said a love sister, it's just a kiss away, it's just a kiss away.
It's just a kiss away, it's just a kiss away, kiss away, kiss away.
CHORUS
CHORUS
Love sister, it's just a kiss away, it's just a kiss away.
Love sister, it's just a kiss away, it's just a kiss away.
War children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away.
Love sister, it's just a kiss away, it's just a kiss away.
War children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away.
Love sister, it's just a kiss away, it's just a kiss away.
(repeat alternation to fade)
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