1987. Viene pubblicato Kick, album che consacra definitivamente gli INXS nell'Olimpo delle migliori rockband degli anni '80.
L'album presenta subito delle novità se confrontato con quelli precedenti, soprattutto con l'ottimo Listen Like Thieves e con il discreto The Swing nei quali dominavano sonorità new wave e pop/dance, ed ora a farla da padroni sono melodie funk, pop e rock.
Già dalla opener "Guns In The Sky" si comincia a respirare un'aria diversa e più matura, che diventa consistente con "New Sensation", di cui viene realizzato un video con la intro di Carmina Burana, con "Devil Inside" pezzo rock/dance, per poi arrivare all'ascolto di "Need You Tonight", brano che diventa l'emblema della band e uno dei pezzi immortali degli anni '80, caratterizzato dal suo ritmo sensuale accompagnato dalla suadente voce di Michael Hutchence, per poi migrare verso "Mediate" impreziosito dal sax soprano di Kirk Pengilly, e continuare con "The Loved One", con riff decisi ma al tempo stesso melodici.
A "Wild Life", pezzo allegro e spensierato, segue il malinconico "Never Tears Us Apart", brano nel più puro stile AOR melodico con cori della band e sax di Kirk a condire il tutto. Segue un'altra hit con "Mystify", caratterizzato da un'inizio di solo piano e schiocco delle dita per poi scatenarsi in un finale rock, e prosegue con la ballata "Kick", una delle mie preferite, nel quale Pengilly fonde magistralmente rock e sax contralto, riuscito in maniera esemplare nel video Live Baby Live al Wembley Stadium del '91 (peccato non fosse presente anche nell'album omonimo).
"Calling All Nations" è un pezzo che ben si collega a tutto l'insieme per poi terminare con la bellissima e ritmata "Tiny Daggers".
L'album venne partorito senza tante ambizioni che, al contrario, portarono un successo incredibile ai sei membri della rockband, i quali scalarono le classifiche di tutto il mondo sfornando un singolo dietro l'altro, tant'era l'ottima realizzazione di ogni singolo brano. Agli innumerevoli tour che seguirono arrivò anche il titolo come miglior band live degli anni '80.
Il frontman Michael Hutchence divenne ancor più padrone del suo ruolo e leader carismatico del gruppo, profeta ed interprete dei brani che Andrew Farris confezionava per lui, portando gli INXS ad un successo mondiale.
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01 Guns in the Sky (02:20)
See the sound
It crashes in
All around
It gets in
Now take your hands
And raise them up
Into to the air
That's all around ya
Now bring them down
Like a clock at two
Shake your head
You know what to do
They want to put
Guns in the sky
Someone out there
Ain't gonna like it
But it could be good
Make us love each other
Have to realize
I own the future
Guns in the sky
Guns in the sky
Guns in the sky
Guns in the sky
Guns in the sky
Child grows up to see
Guns in the sky
Used to be on TV
Wanna change
Forgot the joke
It's great to see you
I'm running late
Da da da
Lend me a ten
Da da da
I love your big house
Da da da
Could you spare a dime
Well I'm sick of it
It's a load of shit
We could stop the world
And let off all the fools
And let them go live
With their guns in the sky
(Guitar Solo)
Guns in the sky
Guns in the sky
Guns in the sky
Guns in the sky
Guns in the sky
Guns in the sky
Guns in the sky
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02 New Sensation (03:40)
Live baby live
Now that the day is over
I gotta new sensation
Mmm-Hmmm, perfect moments
That's so impossible to refuse
Sleep baby sleep
Now that the night is over
And the sun comes like a god
Into our room
All perfect light and promises
Gotta hold on you
A new sensation, new sensation
Right now
It's gonna take you over
A new sensation, new sensation
Dream baby dream
Of all that's come and going
And you will find out
In the end
There really is
There really is no difference
Cry baby cry
When you got to get it out
I'll be your shoulder, you can tell me all
Don't keep it in ya
Well that's the reason why I'm here
Hey hey, are you ready for
A new sensation, new sensation
Right now
Gonna take you on
A new sensation, a new sensation
(Trumpet)
A new sensation, hey hey hey hey-ee-ey-ee-ey-ee-ey
A new sensation
Hate baby hate
When there's nothing left for you
You're only human, what can you do?
It'll soon be over
Don't let your pain take over you
Love baby love
It's written all over your face
There's nothing better we could do
Than live forever
Well that's all we've got to do
Hey now
I'm gonna take you over, a new sensation, a new sensation
Right now
Gotta hold on you a new sensation, a new sensation
A new sensation, a new sensation
A new sensation
03 Devil Inside (05:15)
Here come the woman
With the look in her eye
Raised on leather
With flesh on her mind
Words as weapons
Sharper than knives
Makes you wonder
How the other half die
Other half die
Makes you wonder
Oh-oh-wonder
Here come the man
With the look in his eye
Fed on nothing
But full of pride
Look at them go
Look at them kick
Makes you wonder
How the other half live
The devil inside
The devil inside
Every single one of us
The devil inside
The devil inside
The devil inside
Every single one of us
The devil inside
Here come the world
With the look in its eye
Future uncertain
But certainly slight
Look at the faces
Listen to the bells
It's hard to believe
We need a place called hell
A place called hell
The devil inside
The devil inside
Every single one of us
The devil inside
The devil inside
The devil inside
Every single one of us
The devil inside
Here comes the woman
With the look in her eye
She's raised on leather
With flesh on her mind
Words are weapons
Sharper than knives
Makes you wonder
How the other half die
The devil inside
The devil inside
Every single one of us
The devil inside
The devil inside
The devil inside
Every single one of us
The devil inside
04 Need You Tonight (03:05)
(Come over here)
All you've got is this moment
21st Century's yesterday
You can care all you want
Everybody does, yeah that's okay
So slide over here
And give me a moment
You moves are so raw
I've got to let you know
I've got to let you know
You're one of my kind, ooh
I need you tonight
Cause I'm not sleeping
There's something about you girl
That makes me sweat
How do you feel? (I'm lonely)
What do you think? (Can't think at all)
Whatcha gonna do? (Gonna live my life)
So slide over here
And give me a moment
You moves are so raw
I've got to let you know
I've got to let you know
You're one of my kind, oh
I need you tonight
Cause I'm not sleeping
There's something about you girl
That makes me sweat
So how do you feel? (I'm lonely)
What do you think? (Can't think at all)
Whatcha gonna do? (Gonna live my life)
So how do you feel? (I'm lonely)
What do you think? (Can't think at all)
Whatcha gonna do? (Gonna live my life)
So slide over here
And give me a moment
You moves are so raw
I've got to let you know
I've got to let you know
So slide over here
And give me a moment
I've got to let you know
I've got to let you know
You're one of my kind
05 Mediate (02:32)
Hallucinate, desegregate
Mediate, alleviate
Try not to hate, love your mate
Don't suffocate on your own hate
Designate your love as fate
A one-world state as human freight
The number eight, a white/black state
A gentle trait, the broken crate
A heavyweight or just too late
Like pretty Kate has sex ornate
Now devastate, appreciate
Depreciate, fabricate
Emulate, a truth dilate
Special date, the animal we ate
Guilt debate, the edge serrate
A better rate, the youth irate
Deliberate, fascinate
Deviate, reinstate
Liberate, too moderate
Recreate or detonate
Annihilate atomic fate
Mediate, clear the slate
Activate and now radiate
A perfect state, a food on plate
Gravitate the Earth's own weight
Designate your love as fate
At ninety-eight we all rotate
Hallucinate, desegregate
Mediate, alleviate
Try not to hate, love your mate
Don't suffocate on your own hate
Designate your love as fate
A one-world state as human freight
The number eight, a white/black state
A gentle trait, the broken crate
A heavyweight or just too late
Like pretty Kate has sex ornate
Now devastate
Appreciate, depreciate, fabricate
Emulate, truth dilate
The special date, the animals we ate
Guilt debate, the edge serrate
A better rate, a youth irate
Deliberate, fascinate
Deviate and reinstate
And liberate
To liberate
To liberate
To liberate
07 Wild Life (03:10)
Take one step
Out the door
Look around
For a whole lot more
Off in the distance
Fire burn bright
We make decisions
That's what we do
Wild life
Wild life
When it's bad
It ain't bad enough
I'll be your one
Your one and only
Like animals
Locked in the zoo
Give me freedom
Day and night
No one to tell me
What to do
Off in the distance
Fire burn bright
We make decisions
Wild life
Wild life
When it's bad
It ain't bad enough
I got to learn
Some respect
That's what I have
I have for you
Motivation
It comes and goes
But the questions
They stay alive
Wild life
Wild life
When it's bad
It ain't bad enough
08 Never Tear Us Apart (03:06)
Don't ask me
What you know is true
Don't have to tell you
I love your precious heart
I, I was standing
You were there
Two worlds collided
And they could never tear us apart
We could live
For a thousand years
But if I hurt you
I'd make wine from your tears
I told you
That we could fly
Cause we all have wings
But some of us don't know why...
I was standing
You were there
Two worlds collided
And they could never, ever tear us apart
I (don't ask me)
I was standing (you know it's true)
You were there (worlds collided)
Two worlds collided (we're shining through)
And they could never tear us apart
You (don't ask me)
You were standing (you know it's true)
I was there (worlds collided)
Two worlds collided (we're shining through)
And they could never tear us apart
I... I was standing
09 Mystify (03:17)
All veils and misty
Streets of blue
Almond looks
That chill devine
Some silken moment
Goes on forever
And we're leaving
Broken hearts behind
Mystify
Mystify me
Mystify
Mystify me
I need perfection
Some twisted selection
That tangles me
To keep me alive
In all that exists
Well, none has your beauty
I see your face
and I will survive
Mystify
Mystify me
Mystify
Mystify me
Eternally wild with the power
To make every moment come alive
All those stars that shine upon you
Will kiss you every night
All veils and misty
Streets of blue
Almond looks
That chill devine
Some silken moment
Goes on forever
And we're leaving
Yeah we're leaving broken hearts behind
Mystify
Mystify me
Mystify
Mystify me
You're eternally wild with the power
To make every moment come alive
All those stars that shine upon you
And they'll kiss you every night
Mystify
Mystify me
Mystify
Mystify me
Mystify
Mystify me
Mystify
10 Kick (03:13)
Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on
I look around
Unsatisfied
At what they're giving me
Then I think
To myself
Is there someone else
Who feels the same as me
Do you feel the same baby
When my back is broken
When the mountain moves away
All the dreams and promises
That we give
We give away
Sometimes you kick
Sometimes you get kicked
Sometimes you kick
Sometimes you get kicked
Look ahead
But don't mix it up
Baby look ahead
To better days
And better ways
Make peace
With flesh and blood
Make peace
With your love
Nothing more I could ask of you
In the end this is the truth
When my back is broken
When the mountain moves away
All the dreams and promises
That we give
We give away
Sometimes you kick
Sometimes you get kicked
Sometimes you kick
Sometimes you get kicked
Sometimes you kick
Sometimes you get kicked
Sometimes you kick
Sometimes you get kicked
Sometimes you kick
Sometimes you get kicked
11 Calling All Nations (03:03)
Well you spent the whole day
With your axe to the wheel
Read the late paper
It was full of bad news
Excuse me but I think
What I'm saying is true
You've got to find some time
And devote it to you
So come on down
To the party
Callin' all nations
To put it on the line
Come on down
To the party
Callin' all nations
To put it on the line
So come on all you people
With the stars in your hair
You know what's going on
There's no need to despair
Take the chains from you mind
Take the chains from your feet
And do the sex dance
Cos' it's necessary
You don't have to be rich
You don't have to be famous
No you just
Gotta have
A little bit of patience
Jump into your old car
Or take a cab train or boat
The only thing that matters
Is that ya really gotta go
So come on down
To the party
Callin' all nations
To put it on the line
Come on down
To the party
Callin' all nations
To put it on the line
Well you spent the whole day
With your axe to the wheel
Read the late paper
It was full of bad news
Excuse me but I think
What I'm saying is true
You've got to find some time
And devote it to you
So come on down
To the party
Callin' all nations
To put it on the line
Come on down
To the party
Callin' all nations
To put it on the line
Callin' all nations
Callin' all nations
Callin' all nations
Callin' all nations
Callin' all nations
Put it on the line
Callin' all nations
Put it on the line
Callin' all nations
Put it on the line
Callin' all nations
Put it on the line
12 Tiny Daggers (03:30)
Ever stop to wonder
Should I question
Move a stone look under
Should I judge
How you have changed my friend
You're not the same my friend
Do you lose sleep at night
Do you ever stop to think where it
Went wrong for you
Who turned ya reds to blue
Who put those tiny daggers
In your heart
Who put those tiny daggers
In your heart
Who put those tiny daggers
In your heart
Ever stop to wonder
I should not question
Move a stone look under
I should not judge
They say you're lonely
They say you're with the best
But when they turn those lights out
I bet you spin and turn
And cry just like the rest
And cry just like a baby
Who put those tiny daggers
In your heart
Who put those tiny daggers
In your heart
Who put those tiny daggers
In your heart
Ever stop to wonder
I should not question
Move a stone look under
I should not judge
No need for desperation
No need for sweet revenge
Please try to remember
The door is always there
Don't you walk on by
The door is always there
All you want to do is kick it in
All you got to do is walk right in
Who put those tiny daggers
In your heart
Who put those tiny daggers
In your heart
Who put those tiny daggers
In your heart
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