...Se pensate che l’”America” sia stata davvero la patria degli ideali... se davvero avete sperato in una società più giusta, meno borghese... se davvero avete creduto in una generazione “libera”... se avete sognato e amato le praterie, se avete letto Jack Kerouac (e anche se non l’avete letto, a parte che si fa sempre in tempo)... allora questo è un disco che fa per voi...
...Non posso dimenticare, quando molti anni or sono, io, fanatico di Neil Young, e dell’album "Harvest", ne parlavo a mio Zio, e come lui, in risposta, mi consigliava il “Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon” di James Taylor... non posso dimenticare come, per una svista, misi su il vinile dal lato B, e come, praticamente mi innamorai all’istante, di quelle note magiche, e di quella voce “calda e sincera”...
...Di anni ne son passati tanti, ma “la musica buona non invecchia”, per cui continuo ad amare questo disco, e a trovarlo formidabile...
Un cantato, misurato, senza mai un eccesso, una voce speciale, unica... arrangiamenti perfetti, il disco è una miscela di “folk, country, blues, jazz”... ma soprattutto son melodie, che van dritte al cuore...
L’album, del 1971, contiene 13 brani, tra cui il famosissimo “You've Got A Friend” scritto da Carol King, francamente trovo che tutte le canzoni meritino la stessa attenzione, ma non posso non citare, quelle da me più amate “You Can Close Your Eyes”, “Machine Gun Kelly”, “Riding On A Railroad”...
...So, di essere troppo sintetico, e me ne scuso, ma è una mia caratteristica imprescindibile, tuttavia non posso concludere senza dire: che, qualora aveste bisogno di pace, questo disco potrebbe donarvene tanta...
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02 You've Got a Friend (04:30)
When you're down and troubled
And you need a helping hand
And nothing, oh, nothing is going right,
Just close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest night
You just call out my name
And, you know, wherever I am
I'll come running (oh yeah, baby)
To see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you've got to do is call
And I'll be there, (yeah yeah yeah)
You've got a friend
If the sky above you
Should turn dark and full of clouds
And that old north wind should begin to blow
Keep your head together now
And call my name out loud
Soon I'll be knocking upon your door
You just call out my name
And, you know, wherever I am
I'll come running (Oh, yes I will)
To see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you've got to do is call
And I'll be there, yeah yes
Ain't it good to know that you've got a friend
When people can be so cold?
They hurt you and desert you,
Well, they take your soul if you let them,
Oh, but don't you let them
You just call out my name
And, you know, wherever I am
I'll come running
To see you again
(Oh baby don't you know 'bout)
Winter, spring, summer or fall
(Hey Now) All you've got to do is call
I'll be there, yes
You've got a friend
You've got a friend
04 Riding on a Railroad (02:43)
We been riding on a railroad, singing some else's song
We been standing down by the cross road.
Take a side and step along.
We are sailing away on a river to the sea.
Maybe you and me can meet again.
But we be riding always riding on a railroad, singing someone else's song.
Sing along.
Time to time I tire of the life that I've been leading
Town to town, day by day yeah
There's a man up here who claims to have his hands upon the reins.
There are chains upon his hands and the man's been riding upon a train.
We are riding on a railroad, singing some else's song
Forever we're standing by the cross road.
Take a side and step on on.
We are sailing away upon a river to the sea.
Maybe you and me can meet again.
But we be riding on a railroad, singing someone else's song.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh Singing someone else's song
[instrumental and fade].
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