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INCUBUS - "LIGHT GRENADES"
Qualche giorno fa, con mia grande sorpresa, mi chiesero di riprendere in mano l'ultimo cd degli Incubus e di recensirlo. Non mi sono opposto, anzi, sono stato più che felice di recensire un disco di una delle band che ha caratterizzato la mia adolescenza.
Senza indugi e senza paure andiamo a parlare del suddetto disco: il quintetto californiano ha dato alla luce la sua ultima fatica dopo 2 anni dall'idolatrato "A Crow Left Of The Murder". Questo lavoro era atteso non solo dalla larga schiera di fans ma anche da tutti coloro che amano la musica rock.
Ho tra le mani il loro ultimo lavoro, lo scarto , respiro , lo inserisco nel mio stereo.... E parte il viaggio....
Si inizia subito con delle strambe ambientazioni, nel primo pezzo "Quicksand" il gruppo ci fa sentire delle influenze Radiohead mai ascoltate prima, il risultato è pessimo, forse uno dei pochi casi dove la sperimentazione non va a buon fine..... Canzone Inutile che ci porta direttamente a "A Kiss To Send Us Off", secondo pezzo del cd, che incarna la vera vena Incubus. Riffoni sparati a mille, voce soave e un ritornello ben congeniato fanno di questa canzone una delle migliori.
Il nostro viaggio prosegue con "Dig" dove Boyd ci fa capire dove la sua voce può arrivare. Ballad coinvolgente che inizia con un bel arpeggio su cui si poggia l'intera traccia. Arriva cosi il turno del primo singolo dell'album "Anna Molly" che vede in gran spolvero Pasillas con una serie di controtempi degni dei miglior Incubus. Il disco fin qui è godibile ma l'ascoltatore non può immaginare quello che accadrà, seguiranno infatti due tracce che definire completamente INSENSATE è poco.
"Love Hurts" e "Light Grenades" sono il peggior esempio di Incubus finora avuto. La prima è una ballad che non ha nulla da dire, senza emotività alcuna e di una piattezza indefinibile la seconda è un cattivo esempio di musica, in tutti i sensi, dove si può notare la scarsa vena compositiva ed esecutiva di Mike Einziger.
Si prosegue con la prima parte del controverso pezzo "Earth to Bella". Il pezzo è composto da due parti, la prima a metà album mentre la seconda chiude il cd. La prima parte è davvero ben fatta con atmosfere azzeccate e sognanti. Unica pecca del pezzo, la lunghezza, solo 2 minuti e 28 secondi... Davvero troppo poco!
Si passa ad "Oil and Water" un pezzo mid-tempo dove la fa da padrone Brandon Boyd che ci regala una parte vocale mozzafiato nel finale. Quando le cose però sembrano essersi aggiustate ecco sopraggiungere "Diamond and Coal" ennesimo pezzo inutile regalatoci dalla band. Non sprecherò alcun rigo per commentare questa canzone.... credetemi non ne vale la pena!
Proprio quando inizio a temere il peggio ecco spuntare fuori dalle casse del mio stereo "Rogues" con un Passilas ispiratissimo ed una performance invidiabile dell'intera band. Questa è la vera perla dell'album!!!
Pezzo coinvolgente al massimo che fonde grandi ritmiche ad una voce sempre pulita e lineare di Boyd. Segue il duo "Paper Shoes" - "Pendulous Threads". La prima è una ballad che sfida la resistenza delle palpebre umane!! Io ho perso... dopo 2 minuti ero a terra addormentato... provateci anche voi!!! La seconda è una canzone con una struttura complessa che non riesce mai a decollare. Si chiude il cd con la seconda parte di "Earth to Bella" non allo stesso livello della prima.
In conclusione posso dire che quest'album degli Incubus è sicuramente il più brutto cd del quintetto californiano. Un passo indietro per la band che però in alcuni frangenti ci delizia ancora con canzoni come "A Kiss To Send Us Off" , "Rogues" o "Anna Molly".
Ed è per questo che non me la sento di non dare almeno la sufficienza a questo lavoro.
Voto: 6
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Elenco tracce testi samples e video
01 Quicksand (02:14)
Ok now the monster is awake
It won't rest until there's nothing left
Maybe ever and anon
I forget about the pain
Someone bending light comes along
And flowers lean towards the sun
Some people fall in love and touch the sky
Some people fall in love and find Quicksand
I hover somewhere in between...I swear...
I can't make up my mind
02 A Kiss to Send Us Off (04:16)
Meet me here
On November 11th, come alone
Bring your mouth
And selective irreverence
We'll both see stars, just
ONE!
MORE!
Tongue!
Kiss before the sky falls
Out
From
This cloud we're hovering on
To send us off
A kiss to send us off
A kiss to send us off
A kiss to send us off!
Kill your doubt
With the coldest of weapons
Confidence
No more words, OOooooooooo
Just the sound of resplendent
Tongues colliding
ONE!
MORE!
Tongue!
Kiss before the sky falls
Out
From
This cloud we're hovering on
To send us off
A kiss to send us off
A kiss to send us off!
A kiss to send us off
A kiss to send us off
A kiss to send us off!
Here I am, there you are
On a wire connecting our hearts
Theres a string, and it's tied, to a kite
Theres a storm, in the sky
Now the clouds become electric
There you are, here I am
Could I
Have!
A kiss to send us off
A kiss to send us off
A kiss to send us off!
A kiss to send us off
A kiss to send us off
A kiss to send us off!
A kiss to send us off
A kiss to send us off
A kiss to send us off!
A kiss to send us off
A kiss to send us off
A kiss to send us off!
03 Dig (04:17)
We all have a weakness
But some of ours are easy to identify. Look me in the eye,
and ask for forgiveness.
We'll make a pact to never speak that word again.
Yes, you are my friend.
We all have something that digs at us,
at least we dig each other.
So when weakness turns my ego up
I know you'll count on the me from yesterday.
If I turn into another
dig me up from under what is covering
the better part of me.
Sing this song
remind me that we'll always have each other
when everything else is gone.
We all have a sickness
that cleverly attaches and multiplies
No matter how we try.
We all have someone that digs at us,
at least we dig each other.
So when sickness turns my ego up
I know you'll act as a clever medicine.
If I turn into another,
dig me up from under what is covering
The better part of me.
Sing this song!
Remind me that we'll always have each other
when everything else is gone.
Oh, each other when everything else is gone.
Oh! If I turn into another,
Dig me up from under what is covering
the better part of me,
Sing this song!
remind me that we'll always have each other,
When everything else is gone
Oh! Each Other, When everything else is gone.
Oh, Each other...,When everything else is gone.
04 Anna Molly (03:46)
A cloud hangs over this city by the sea.
I watch the ships pass and wonder if she might be
out there and sober as well from loneliness.
Please do persist, girl it's time we met and made a mess.
I picture your face at the back of my eyes.
A fire in the attic, proof of the prize!
Anna-Molly, Anna-Molly, Anna-Molly.
A cloud hangs over and mutes my happiness.
A thousand ships couldn't sail me back from distress.
Wish you were here I'm a wounded satellite.
I need you now, put me back together, make me right.
I picture your face at the back of my eyes.
A fire in the attic, proof of the prize!
Anna-Molly, Anna-Molly, Anna-Molly.
I call your name up into the air.
Not one of the others could ever compare!
Anna-Molly, Anna-Molly!
Wait... there is a light... there is a fire
illuminated attic.
Fate? Or something better? I could care less,
just stay with me a while.
Wait... there is a light... there is a fire
defragmenting the attic.
Fate? Or something better? I could care less,
just stay with me a while.
I picture your face at the back of my eyes.
A fire in the attic, proof of the prize!
Anna-Molly, Anna-Molly, Anna-Molly.
I'm calling your name up into the air.
Not one of the others could ever compare!
Anna-Molly, Anna-Molly!
06 Light Grenades (02:20)
We're given a garden
and gave back a parking lot
we got about fifteen minutes to go
before this audience
starts throwing tomatoes, yeah!
it's not the end, there is more show!
we got about fifteen minutes to go!
survived the plague, floated the flood
just peeked our heads above the mud
no one's immune, deafening bells
my God, will we survive ourselves?
I'm not an alarmist
but someone should break the glass
and pull that red, T-lever down!
to get their attention
start lobbing the light grenades
that burst and blind them with the truth
an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth!
survived the plague, floated the flood,
just peeked our heads above the mud
no one's immune, deafening bells,
my God, will we survive ourselves?!
survived the plague, floated the flood
just peeked our heads above the mud
wipe off your face, we've come this far
come on, remember who you are
survived the plague, floated the flood,
just peeked our heads above the mud
no one's immune, deafening bells, my God-d-d-d
survived the plague, floated the flood
just peeked out heads above the mud
wipe off your face, we've come this far
come on, remember who you are
come on, remember who you are
come on! remember who you are!
(remember! remember!)
come on! remember who you are!
(remember! remember!)
come on, remember who you
are!!!!!!
Granadas de Luz ** (Ir Arriba)
Nos dieron un jardín
Y devolvimos un estacionamiento
Nos quedan como quince minutos
Antes de que ésta audiencia
Empiece a tirar tomates, yeah!
No es el final, hay más show!
Nos quedan como quince minutos!)
Sobrevivimos a la plaga, flotamos la inundación
Sólo mirá nuestras cabezas sobre el barro.
Ninguno es inmune, campanas ensordecedoras
Dios mío, sobreviviremos?!
No soy un alarmista
Pero alguien debería romper el vidrio
Y bajar esa palanca roja!
Para tener su atención
Empezar a lanzar las granadas de luz
Esas que estallan y los ciegan con la verdad
Ojo por ojo, diente por diente!
Sobrevivimos a la plaga, flotamos la inundación,
Sólo mirá nuestras cabezas sobre el barro.
Ninguno es inmune, campanas ensordecedoras
Dios mío, sobreviviremos?!
Sobrevivimos a la plaga, flotamos la inundación
Sólo mirá nuestras cabezas sobre el barro.
Sácate la cara, llegamos así de lejos
Vamos, acordate quien sos
Vamos, acordate quien sos! (Acordate! Acordate!)
Vamos! acordate quien sos! (Acordate! Acordate!)
Vamos, acordate quien sos! (Acordate! Acordate!)
Vamos, acordate quien sos!!!!!.
08 Oil and Water (03:49)
You and I are like oil and water
and we’ve been trying, trying, trying
ohhhhh, to mix it up.
We’ve been dancing on a volcano
and we’ve been crying, crying, crying
over blackened soles.
Babe, this wouldn’t be the first time.
It will not be the last time.
There is no parasol that could shelter this weather.
I been smiling with anchors on my shoulders
But I’ve been dying, dying, dying
ohhh, ohhh, oh to let them go.
Babe, this wouldn’t be the first time.
It will not be the last time.
There is no parasol that could shelter this weather.
Babe, this wouldn’t be the first time.
It will not be the last time.
We were trying to believe everything would get better.
We been lying to each other
Hey! Babe! Let’s just call it, call it, call it
Ohhhhhhhhhhh, what it is!
Oil and water! (wouldn't be the first time)
Oil and water! (will not be the last time)
Oil and water! (wouldn't be the first time)
Ohhhhhhhhhhh...
09 Diamonds and Coal (03:46)
If it’s good to complicate then both of us are doing fine.
Just keep your eyes on your part & leave me alone to mine.
If it’s good to instigate then we’re a fast horse, bet on us.
I’m not calling you an animal I think we just fight too much.
Come on, in spite of this we’re doing just fine
Even diamonds start as coal.
Give us time to shine
Even diamonds start as coal.
We’re both aligned in framed of mind but circumstance has got us good.
And now you’re seeing a side of me I wished no one ever would.
Yeah, if it’s right to pick a fight, we’re fingers in a sugar bowl.
Love isn’t perfect, even diamonds start out as coal.
Hello, in spite of this we’re doing just fine even diamonds start as coal.
Give us time to shine
Even diamonds start as coal.
Even diamonds start as coal.
We’re incomplete & infantine
Even diamonds start as coal.
Give it time girl, the fire feels divine.
The sweetest things they burn before they shine.
We think way too much
Look at us losing touch!
A promise is a promise until…
Yeah, in spite of this we’re doing just fine even diamonds start as coal.
Give us time to shine
Even diamonds starts as coal.
Even diamonds start as coal.
We’re incomplete & infantine
Even diamonds start as coal.
10 Rogues (03:56)
I’m keeping an eye on the future,
An eye on the past and the present in my pocket
Just in case I need a door…
Into a brave new world, where all solutions
End up with my head, buried to my neck in sand.
Enough, enough bowing down to disillusion!
Hats off and applause to rogues and evolution!
The ripple effect is too good not to mention.
If you’re not affected, you’re not paying attention!
It’s too good, too good, not to have an effect.
I’m keeping an eye on the pulse
An ear to the track and penance in a locket
I’m dropping from the highest floor.
When it hits ground I watch it smash to pieces.
Songs of liberation echo from the dust. The dust.
Enough bowing down to disillusion!
Hats off and applause to rogues and evolution!
The ripple effect is too good not to mention.
If you’re not affected, you’re not paying attention!
It’s too good, too good, not to have an effect!
Enough, enough, enough, enough, enough!
Enough bowing down to disillusion!
Hats off and applause to rogues and evolution!
The ripple effect is too good not to mention.
If you’re not affected, you’re not paying attention!
It’s too good, too good, too good…
yes.
11 Paper Shoes (04:17)
I fly/I soar/this I adore. & then like a locomotive
the sound of your sorrow comes. I’m tired of the way it feels
I only apologized to you to make you feel better
But I think I’ve outgrown that horsehair sweater.
I’d rather be alone
you’re ‘bout as reliable as paper shoes in bad weathers,
but pain will roll off like water on feather.
You’d fly/you’d soar. But then like a locomotive
the sound of your sorrow comes. I’m tired of the way it feels
I only apologized to you to make you feel better but I think I’ve outgrown that horsehair sweater.
I’d rather be on my own
you’re ‘bout as reliable as paper shoes in bad weathers,
but pain will roll off like water on feathers. I’m tired of the way it feels
I only apologized to you to make you feel better
but I think I’ve outgrown that horsehair sweater.
I’d rather be alone
You’re ‘bout as reliable as paper shoes in bad weathers
but pain will roll off like water on feathers.
12 Pendulous Threads (05:35)
Mend this careless thread, it’s gone askew.
(Thread on my sweater is pendulous, step back & pull it.
Watch it unravel faster than a speeding bullet.)
Or pull & see how much we can undo.
(Thread on my sweater is pendulous, step back & pull it.
Watch it unravel faster than a speeding bullet.)
On a burning bridge, your options are minimal at best.
Depending on where you’re standing
& how much breath is in your chest.
If it came down to it
would you high-tail home & hide? Or dance on fire & enjoy the ride?
Mend this careless thread, it’s gone askew.
(Thread on my sweater is pendulous, step back & pull it.
Watch it unravel faster than a speeding bullet!)
Or pull & see how much we can undo.
(Thread on my sweater is pendulous, step back & pull it.
Watch it unravel faster than a speeding bullet!)
At the heart of it all. That innermost, your fiery core
there’s an amassing armor & it’s building you into a bore. Life’s a match in a gas tank
don’t ever mourn the ebbing tide, just dance on fire & enjoy the ride!
Hey! Mend this careless thread, it’s gone askew.
(Thread on my sweater is pendulous, step back & pull it.
Watch it unravel faster than a speeding bullet!)
Or pull & see how much we can undo.
(Thread on my sweater is pendulous, step back & pull it.
Watch it unravel faster than a speeding bullet!)
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Altre recensioni
Di daduzza
Con 'Light Grenades' ci troviamo forse per la prima volta di fronte ad un cambiamento molto meno evidente rispetto ai precedenti.
Un album che reputo divertente, da parte di un gruppo che non ha la pretese di cambiare il rock ma solo continuare a fare la propria musica.
Di GrantNicholas
"Il sincero e sentito (oltreché spudorato) omaggio ai Radiohead dell'opener 'Quicksand' è piacevolmente spiazzante"
"Le fantasiose ritmiche del monumentale Jose Pasillas sono come sempre il piatto forte della casa"
