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Prima prova del gruppo tedesco dei Guano Apes… La prima cosa che colpisce all’ascolto di questo disco è la grinta che il combo riesce a trasmettere; rock diretto e grintoso, con una strizzata d’occhio al crossover.
L’album si apre con “Open Your Eyes” singolo di maggior successo della band e miglior brano della loro carriera; la voce di Sandra Nasic esprime tutta la sua potenza coniugando grinta e melodia. La prima prova del gruppo però ci regala anche altri brani degni di nota, certo non al livello del sopraccitato singolo: “Rain”, a dimostrazione del fatto che Sandra può cantare anche ballate dolci senza sfigurare, “Lord Of The Boards”, secondo singolo estratto, “We Use The Pain”, con un incedere da filastrocca”, “Waash It Down” che coniuga rock e funk, “Get Busy”, altra ballata con contaminazioni hip hop.
Tuttavia il rock dei Guano Apes risulta a lungo andare un po’ fine a stesso, a causa soprattutto dei testi che non brillano per originalità; per quanto riguarda la parte musicale c’è qualche spunto interessante anche se il punto di forza del gruppo resta la voce di Sandra Nasic, incisiva, rabbiosa ma senza mai strafare.
Un’altra qualità dei Guano Apes è quella di riuscire a riprodurre nella loro musica la tipica atmosfera mittel-europea. Questo “Proud Like A God” è probabilmente il miglior lavoro della band perché non ancora inquadrato in una logica di mercato e anche se ancora un po’ ingenuo può essere apprezzato per la sua genuinità…
Seguiranno altri due album in studio, un live e un best of che segnerà lo scioglimento del gruppo, i cui membri sono attualmente alle prese con progetti solisti.
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01 Open Your Eyes (03:11)
Hide your face forever
dream and search forever
Have you ever been for sale ?
when your isms get smart
oh so selfish and mindless
with that comment in your eye
Do you think that you are hard ?
really harder than the other
man you're acting cold
if you are not in charge
Don't split your mentality
without thinking twice
your voice has got no reason
now is the time to face your lies
Open your eyes, open your mind
proud like a god don't pretend to be blind
trapped in yourself, break out instead
beat the machine that works in your head
Will you offer me some tricks
if I ever need them
would you go into that room
if I call 'em
Do you think that you are better
really better than the rest
realize there's a problem
I know that you can give your best
Have you ever had a dream?
or is life just a trip?
a trip without chances
a chance to grow up quick
Open your eyes, open your mind
proud like a god don't pretend to be blind
trapped in yourself, break out instead
beat the machine that works in your head
Hide your face forever
dream and search forever
night and night you feel nothing
there's no way outside of my land
Open your eyes, open your mind
proud like a god don't pretend to be blind
trapped in yourself, break out instead
beat the machine that works in your head
Open your eyes, open your mind
proud like a god don't pretend to be blind
trapped in yourself, break out instead
beat the machine that works in your head
02 Maria (03:48)
Maria, ...
Raw muscles in you
and you kill for the thrill to get into this
might not be sure
to get into the sin for the human race
Maria, ...
Raw muscles in you
and you kiss for the thrill to get into this
might not be sure
to get into the sin for the human race
Give it up and give up ...
03 Rain (04:39)
I believe
I still believe in your warm rain
I'm alone
Can't sleep until i feel your rain
So unreal
Can't find another place of your rain
I believe
I still believe in your warm rain
So untrue
Help me to find through your warm rain
I sent out my wishes
You gave me promises
Why don't you feel the same
(I'm sad, I feel like a little child)
I sent out my wishes
You gave me promises
Why don't you feel the same
(I'm sad and I feel like a little child,
somebody left, there is no rain)
Oh no, I'm waiting
How 'bout your rain?
I can't believe
I still believe in your rain
Like in heaven
I can't wait until I feel your rain
So where's your life?
Who's living the rest of your life?
I can't, I can't,
I can't live this life, I can't live this life
I can't see in your eyes
Can't change it, no more tries
Leave everyone with a smile
(And I'm sad, I feel like a little child)
I can't see in your eyes
Can't change it, no more tries
Leave everyone with a smile
(And you're sad, you feel like a little child,
somebody's left there is no rain)
And you'll set me free
(And you're sad, you feel like a little child)
I sent out my wishes
You gave me promises
Why don't you feel the same
(And you're sad, you feel like a little child,
somebody's left there is no rain)
04 Lords of the Boards (03:45)
I've got the snowboard under my feet
I can fly so high, I can fall so deep
But who do I see comin' up the track
A little green man with the snowboard on his back
He said: And now I'm flying like an angel to the sun
My feet are burning and I grab into another world
With the lord of the boards you'll come and get around
With the lord of the boards you'll come and get around
With the lord of the boards you'll come and get around
With the lord of the boards you'll come and get around
With the lord of the boards you'll come and get around
With the lord of the boards, go mad like a clown
I can stay behind him if I can
I wanna be a little more than an "also-ran"
Through every curve He's got me beat
And maybe it's time that I accept defeat
And now I'm flying like an angel to the sun
My feet are burning and I grab into another world
With the lord of the boards you'll come and get around
With the lord of the boards you'll come and get around
With the lord of the boards, go mad like a clown
With the lord of the boards you'll come and get around
With the lord of the boards you'll come and get around
With the lord of the boards, go mad like a clown
the lords of the boards.
With the lord of the boards you'll come and get around
With the lord of the boards you'll come and get around
With the lord of the boards, go mad like a clown
With the lord of the boards you'll come and get around
With the lord of the boards you'll come and get around
With the lord of the boards, go mad like a clown
with the lords of the boards!
05 Crossing the Deadline (03:27)
The sand, the sand, covers the land
It's just a victim
You didn't stop it
High noon and the walk brings the storm with it
Born to it or lay on it
Day on day, night on night
With the thrill of a kid on my side
I will survive
As long as this trip will go
With my soul
I search for water
You need the cold
I need some bubbles and a crown of gold
Crossing the deadline before it's too late
The finger snaps to the center... of anger, wait
(x2)
Cross the line you will suffer
(no bridge, just one step)
Cross the line you will suffer
(no bridge, no way back)
Cross the line you will suffer
(better give up, better stand up)
Cross the line you will suffer
(better give up, better shut up)
So where's the mountain?
I can't reach the top of this world
(One, two, three, four)
The man, the man, covers the land
It's just a victim
You didn't stop it
High noon and the walk brings the storm with it
Born to it or lay on it
Day on day, night on night
With the thrill of a kid on my side
I will survive
As long as this trip will go
With my soul
I search for water
You need the cold
I need some bubbles and a crown of gold
Crossing the deadline before it's too late
The finger snaps to the center... of anger, wait
(x2)
Cross the line you will suffer
(no bridge, just one step)
Cross the line you will suffer
(no bridge, no way back)
So where's the mountain?
I can't reach the top of this world
Cross the line you will suffer
(better give up, better stand up)
Cross the line you will suffer
(better give up, better shut up)
So where's the mountain?
06 We Use the Pain (02:34)
Could you step away, I'm a vicious girl
Could you fill the break?
We're on the right way, to swing the little axe
It's the right day, to give up the tax
We use the pain, for our fantasy
We need some pain to find the right way
We love the pain and want some more of it
Control the pain, chickenhead !
'''Chorus'''
Right way turning, listen we are learning
Head full of noise
Chickens got no choice
Heads are rollin
Chickenblood is stolen
The rest of the chicken
Wants to picke-nicken
'''Chorus'''
Could you feed your chicken, cause I'm hungering
Drinks and chips for free
The muscles like Bruce Lee
We use the pain for our fantasy
We need some pain to find the right way
We love the pain and want some more of it
Control the pain, chickenhead !
Right way turning listen we are learning ...
Painfull, the table's red
Big storm and no regret
Dark side, we use the pain
Captain, we are lost insane
Mother, we cut the dump, mother
Mother, we all, we all, we all
Right way turning, listen we are learning ...
07 Never Born (05:19)
love is like a shelter
brings me through the storm
life is full of anger
maybe I'm dead again now
maybe there's life in me
so much stronger than the world gives it to me
here's the deal, leave it or not
what a surprise, your baby's unborn
nothing else is deeper
nothing else is good
noone cares about the blood in you
I see you through that all
I feel you through the wall
save my child and I save...
I in me and you are here now
hold it, save it, never let me down again
I don't feel the darkness
don't feel anything
pressure's lost and pressure's good with you
don't move and don't hide secrets
play hard, play alone
move the soul without your own control
nothing else is deeper...
I in me and you are here now...
what'cha sayin'...
watch again....
why you're here...
noone cares...
I in me and you are here now...
08 Wash It Down (03:08)
imagine all the words we're spitting
would be killing inside
being trapped in a jungle
be cool don't fight
there are no enemies no justice
but now you need revenge
everytime I show my faces
to earn your respect
I'm an absolute beginner
(she's an absolute beginner)
and I need to commit
( she needs to commit)
I wash it you kick it and spoil it with dirt
nevermind I've got two faces and one of it hurts
what a dirty shirt
what a dirty shurt
what a dirty shurt
wash it down
and when I roam with the storm
I'm coming your way
noone can stop me
it's the upcoming day
which shows you the thruth
and then your life gets confused
you might wash a white shirt whitout my lust
I'm an absolute beginner
(she's an absolute beginner)
and I need to commit
(she needs to commit)
I wash it you kick it and spoil it with dirt
nevermind I've got two faces and one of it hurts
what a dirty shirt...
09 Scapegoat (03:24)
I will pray to lord
I run too far away from home
But I, when I will cross the sea alone
cos' I can feel the energy
when the lord's been crying
too many years
I will walk away for them
I see their thoughts in me again
But I, when I will dream this dream again
cos' I can take this blame on me now
when the lord has been crying for me
is my lord really crying
this long time for me?
for me again
But I, when I will dream this dream again
cos' I can take this blame on me now
10 Get Busy (03:25)
What I am, what I am getting older
what I need is a man by my shoulder
what I am, what you are
allright I'm sick of your lying there
Look at me, look at me growing colder
everyday, I get a little bolder
what I am, what you are
allright I'm sick of your lying there
And when you lie there
why must I lie there
Why am I, why am I feeling stronger
now the days and the nights getting longer
what I am, what you are
allright I'm sick of your lying there
And when you lie there
why must I lie there
But I try to survive in a whores dress
something I'm getting out there keeps me god-blessed
my mother told me, priest just told me
too fast and you'll spend your whole life paying out
my brother's getting sicker, sicker
while my pretty sister sits there
bitchin' about her figure
time to move and get away
get away and open up to your freedom today
And when you lie there
why must I lie there
11 Suzie (02:57)
hello, my name is suzie
and I dream for a better, better glory
god bless you and I bless you
I'm angry why don't you squeeze me
the stage is my home and I guess when I roam
things could get out of my head
god bless you and I leave you
when the weather is hot
SUCKER, yeah !
hello, my name is suzie
don't spit on that floor like a loony
I'll bite you, so don't bite me
I'm angry why don't you squeeze me
the pain is my home and I guess when I roam
things blow away my thoughts
god bless you and I catch you
when the weather is hot
SUCKER, yeah !
hello, it's still suzie
ready to play what you like
ready to say what you don't say
immidiately to do sports
suffering a new holocaust
don't hit me, you will miss me
when the weather is hot
SUCKER, yeah !
slide and winged all the memories
sing with me this little irony
you won't escape from the reality
let us do such a sport activity
my time's too short
I missed the mark and
I can't remember why
12 Tribute (09:31)
This is a grave day
People wanna hear it
People wanna smell it
They give you their cigarette
The way you look
Don't ever change in the mirror
You have promised yourself
To be straight
Straight up into the sun
So show me
Your real face
Send all your wishes
I'll give them all to you
With that money you're getting cruel
is that the shit you're waiting for
and now you want more and more
I'm falling asleep (x2)
And if you don't like it
you'd better find another way
What would you do to get your money back
I'm all in the game, ready to be quick cuz
what you earn
and what you say
isn't there not a fee no one likes to pay
(repeat)
tell me why
tell me how
tell me your secrets
I'm sick of this
Don't play with that money child
you look so funny
yes that's the shit you're waiting for
now I know it better
Get out the door
What would you do to get your money back
I'm all in the game, ready to attack cuz
what you earn
and what you say
isn't there not a fee no one likes to pay
(repeat)
yeah I know I know it's better (x3)
Ha ha ha ha I need it
Wat'cha earnin'
I need it
Wat'cha sayin'
I need it
Wat'cha feelin'
I need it
Ha ha ha ha I need it
Ohhhh
Alright a man (x4)
What would you do to get your money back
I'm all in the game, ready to attack cuz
what you earn
and what you say
isn't there not a fee no one likes to pay
(repeat)
Too much to pay
Ohh
Alright a man
13 Move a Little Closer (02:49)
I'm dancing without my shoes
Temperature's risin' high
I turn around and I kiss your face
Suddently you smile
When I turn the radio on
Body's starting to sway
I look around, try to catch your eyes
But you just walk away
It's gettin' hot now, the music's so loud
The rhythm takes me away
The bass is pumpin', the party's jumpin'
And I just wanna stay
Move move move a little closer
Move move move a little closer
Keep groovin' to the beat
Take a beat like this
When you move like that
Do the hurricane
Yeah that's where It's at
Can you feel the groove
Creepin' up real slow
Take it step by step
Here's my fist
I'm dancing without my shoes
Temperature's risin' high
I turn around and I kiss your face
Suddently you smile.
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