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Janis Joplin: una delle più grandi "bianche" a cantare musica "nera" (altro che Eminem...). Questo disco esce postumo agli inizi del 1971, quando Janis ci ha gia lasciato da qualche mese (era morta nell'ottobre del '70). Il disco è il vero capolavoro di questa donnina triste, malinconica, che cercava l'amore che non ha mai trovato.
Il disco è prodotto da Paul Rotchild, lo stesso produttore dei Doors. Si parte con "Move Over", pezzo scritto dalla stessa Joplin: è un pezzo tiratissimo, acido, carico, subito cattura l'attenzione dell'ascoltatore!! Abbiamo iniziato alla grande! Tocca a "Cry Baby", uno dei pezzi più famosi, dove le urla disperate della singer si contrappongono a una strofa molto soft, il finale mentre lei urla "C'mon, c'mon" è da brividi, un altro pezzo da 5 stelline!! Con "A Woman Left Lonely" (pezzo profeticamente autobiografico) siamo sullo stesso territorio del precendente brano: urla disperate che fanno venire la pelle d'oca e un'altra interpretazione alla grande da parte della singer... "Half Moon" è un ritorno a climi più calmi, ma non per questo è un pezzo da scartare, anzi!! "Buried Alive With The Blues" (letteralmente "bruciata viva nel blues") è un pezzo strumentale molto interessante, la classica ciliegina sulla torta di questo bel disco; leggenda vuole che Janis dovesse registrare la parte vocale di questo pezzo ma non ci riuscì, proprio a causa della prematura scomparsa. Anche in My Baby è la voce a farla da padrona, anche se i musicisti nel disco sono davvero bravissimi. "Me And BobbyMcGee", una ballata country scritta da Kris Kristofferson (un eclettico personaggio attore-cantante-songwriter che ebbe una breve relazione con lei), è anche qui un brano che fa guadagnare punti al disco e che ci porta al capolavoro del disco "Mercedes Benz", brano per sola voce e mani, una preghiera, una perla di rara bellezza che fa della semplicità il suo punto forte. Anche qui è difficile non provare qualcosa quando si ascolta un brano del genere: un pezzo non da 5 ma da 6 stelline!! "Trust Me", a differenza dei brani precendenti non è rabbiosa; qui la Joplin è dolce, tenera, amabile... brano da lacrime amare. Chiude il tutto "Get It While You Can", epica, con la voce che trova in sé il suo rilancio, la sua forza.
Un bel disco blues dunque, se è vero che il blues è tristezza, sofferenza, malinconia allora Janis rappresenta al meglio tutto ciò. Poche donne meglio di lei hanno rappresentato la tristezza del blues.
R.I.P. Janis.
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01 Move Over (03:43)
Move Over...............Janis Lyn Joplin
You say that it's over baby, Lord,
You say that it's over now,
But still you hang around me, come on,
Won't you move over.
You know that I need a man, honey Lord,
You know that I need a man,
But when I ask you to you just tell me
That maybe you can.
Please dontcha do it to me babe, no!
Please dontcha do it to me baby,
Either take this love I offer
Or honey let me be.
I ain't quite a ready for walking, no no no no,
I ain't quite a ready for walking,
And whatcha gonna do with your life,
Life all just dangling ?
Oh yeah, make up your mind, honey,
You're playing with me, hey hey hey,
Make up your mind, darling,
You're playing with me, come on now!
Now either be my loving man,
I said-a let me honey, let me be, yeah!
You say that it's over, baby, no,
You say that it's over now,
But still you hang around me, come on
Won't you move over.
You know that I need a man, honey, I told you so.
You know that I need a man,
But when I ask you to you just tell me
That maybe you can.
Hey! Please dontcha do it to me, babe, no!
Please dontcha do it to me baby,
Either take this love I offer,
Honey let me be.
I said won't you, won't you let me be ?
Honey, you're teasing me.
Yeah, you're playing with my heart, dear,
I believe you're toying with my affections, honey.
I can't take it no more baby,
And furthermore, I don't intend to.
I'm just tired of hanging from the end of a string, honey,
You expect me to fight like a goddamned mule.
Wah, wah, wah, wah, honey...
02 Cry Baby (04:00)
"Cry baby, cry baby, cry baby,
Honey, welcome back home.
I know she told you,
Honey I know she told you that she loved you
Much more than I did,
But all I know is that she left you,
And you swear that you just don't know why,
But you know, honey I'll always,
I'll always be around if you ever want me
Come on and cry, cry baby, cry baby, cry baby,
Oh honey, welcome back home.
Don't you know, honey,
Ain't nobody ever gonna love you
The way I try to do ?
Who'll take all your pain,
Honey, your heartache, too ?
And if you need me, you know
That I'll always be around if you ever want me
Come on and cry, cry baby, cry baby, cry baby,
Oh daddy, like you always seem to do.
And when you walk around the world, babe,
You said you'd try to look for the end of the road,
You might find out later that the road'll end in Detroit,
Honey, the road'll even end in Kathmandu.
You can go all around the world
Trying to find something to do with your life, baby,
When you only gotta do one thing well,
You only gotta do one thing well to make it in this world, babe.
You got a woman waiting for you there,
All you ever gotta do is be a good man one time to one woman
And that'll be the end of the road, babe,
I know you got more tears to share, babe,
So come on, come on, come on, come on, come on,
And cry, cry baby, cry baby, cry baby.
And if you ever feel a little lonely, dear,
I want you to come on, come on to your mama now,
And if you ever want a little love of a woman
Come on and baby baby baby babe babe baby now
Cry baby yeah."
03 A Woman Left Lonely (03:31)
a woman left lonely
will soon grow tired of waiting
she'll do crazy things
on lonely occasions
a simple conversation
with a new man now and again
makes a touchy situation
when a good thing's comin' to an end
and when she gets lonely
she's thinkin' 'bout her man
she knows he's takin' her for granted
honey, she doesn't understand
well, the fevers of the night,
they burn an unloved woman
yeah, those red-hot flames
try to push old love aside
a woman left lonely
is just a victim of her man, yes she is
when he can't give up his whole world, no
she's got to do the best that she can
a woman left lonely
that lonely girl
oh...
04 Half Moon (03:55)
Half moon, night time sky,
Seven stars, heaven's eyes.
Seven songs on seven seas
Just to bring all your sweet love home to me.
Hey, you fill me like the mountains,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
You fill me like the sea, Lord,
Not coming past but still at last
Your love brings life to me,
Your love brings life to me, hey!
Rings of clouds and arms' a' flame,
Wings rise up to call your name.
Sun rolls high, Lord, it burns the ground
Just to tell about the first good man I found.
Yeah, you fill me like the mountains,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
You fill me like the sea, Lord,
Not coming past but still at last
Your love brings life to me,
Your love brings life to me.
Oh oh oh oh oh oh yeah!
Half moon on night time sky,
Seven stars, heaven's eyes.
Seven songs on seven seas
Just to bring all your sweet love home to me.
Hey baby, you fill me like the mountains,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
You fill me like the sea, Lord,
Not coming past, honey, still at last
Lord, you fill me like the mountains,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
You fill me like the sea, Lord,
Not coming past but still at last
Hey, you fill me like the mountains,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
You fill me like the sea, oh Lord,
You're not coming past, honey, still at last
Your love brings life to me,
Your love brings life to me,
Your love... la la la la la la
Won't you bring life to me
I said you're gonna ride around
When I'm on a little home, babe,
Bring it on home, you bring it on home,
Bring it on home, bring it on home,
I said your love brings life to me, yeah!
07 Me and Bobby McGee (04:31)
Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for a train
When I's feelin' near as faded as my jeans
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained
And rode us all the way into New Orleans
I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana
I's playin' soft while Bobby sang the blues
Windshield wipers slappin' time
I was holdin' Bobby's hand in mine
We sang every song that driver knew
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
Nothin', it ain't nothin' honey, if it ain't free
And feelin' good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues
You know feelin' good was good enough for me
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee
From the Kentucky coal mines to the California sun
Yeah, Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
Through all kinds of weather, through everything we done
Yeah, Bobby baby kept me from the cold
One day up near Salinas, Lord, I let him slip away
He's lookin' for that home and I hope he finds it
Well, I'd trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday
To be holdin' Bobby's body next to mine
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
Nothin', and that's all that Bobby left me
Well, feelin' good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues
And feelin' good was good enough for me
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee, yeah
La da da, la da daa, la da daa da daa da daa
La da da da daa dadada Bobby McGee-ah
La li daa da daa daa, la da daa da daa
La la laa la daada Bobby McGee-ah yeah
La di da, ladida LA dida LA di daa, ladida LA dida LA di daa
Hey now Bobby now now Bobby McGee yeah
Lo lo LO lolo LO lo laa, lololo LO lolo LO lolo LO lolo LO la laa
Hey now Bobby now now Bobby McGee yeah
Lord, I called him my lover, I called him my man
I said I called him my lover, did the best I can
C'mon, hey now Bobby now, hey now Bobby McGee, yeah
Lo lo Lord, a Lord, a Lord, a Lord, a Lord, a Lord, a Lord, oh
Hey, hey, hey, Bobby McGee, Lord
08 Mercedes Benz (01:47)
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?
My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends.
So oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a color TV?
"Dialing for dollars" is trying to find me.
I wait for delivery each day until 3.
So oh Lord, won't you buy me a color TV?
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a night on the town?
I'm counting on you Lord, please don't let me down.
Prove that you love me and buy the next round.
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a night on the town?
Everybody
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?
My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends.
So oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?
09 Trust Me (03:18)
Trust in me, baby, give me time, gimme time, um gimme time.
I heard somebody say, oh, "The older the grape,
Sweeter the wine, sweeter the wine"
Oh, my love is like a seed, baby, just needs time to grow,
It's growing stronger day by day, yeah,
That's the price you've got to pay.
Trust in me, baby, give me time, gimme time, please, a little more time.
Takes a road runner just a little bit uh-longer, dear,
Oh, to make up my mind, I gotta make up my mind.
Oh, my love is like a seed, baby, just needs time to grow,
It's growing stronger day by day,
That's the price that we both got to pay.
I gotta know, know that I'm ready, oh ready to settle down,
'Cause I think too much of your loving, baby,
Yeah, I don't wanna mess your life around!
So if you love me like you tell me that you're doing, dear,
You shouldn't mind paying the price, any price, any price.
Love is supposed to be that special kind of thing,
Make anybody want to sacrifice.
Oh, my love is like a seed, baby, just needs time to grow,
It's growing stronger day by day,
That's the price we both gotta pay.
Trust in me baby, trust in me baby,
Trust in my love, in my heart.
Keep the faith, baby, keep the faith in me, dear, in my love.
Don't turn your face away from me, dear, oh you leave a lost girl,
Oh, don't turn your love away, no no no no no no no,
you gotta believe in me, baby, yeah, trust me dear, oh...
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Altre recensioni
Di andrea biacca
"Ascoltare 'Pearl' è come fare l'amore con 25.000 persone, assaporare il profumo di quegli anni."
"Janis urlava con voce disumana ma sapeva anche bisbigliare con estrema dolcezza."
Di enbar77
La più bella figlia illegittima che il blues nero avesse mai partorito.
Mi hai fatto incazzare Janis ma ti voglio bene lo stesso...
