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Joseph Arthur è un cantautore. Moderno. Non anacronistico. Joseph non si dà arie pre/post/simil folk, perché un cantautore NON È uno con la chitarrina acustica e l'armonica in bocca che cerca di fare Dylan a tutti i costi (capito, Bright Eyes?).
Si può essere cantautori anche con una band dietro. Con le armonie vocali. Con gli arrangiamenti talvolta strabordanti. Sperimentando.
A pelle Joseph Arthur mi ricorda Leonard Cohen... è solo una sensazione, i due sono diversi, nel primo mancano i riferimenti storico-letterali-religiosi del secondo, ma in comune hanno la capacità di parlarti direttamente, di lasciarti spiazzato mentre dolorosamente si confessano.
Quando ascolti una canzone di Joseph sembra che l'abbia scritta per te solo, come se solo lui ti avesse capito, come se gli avessi detto: "non mi vengono le parole per esprimere quello che provo, aiutami tu".
In questo album c'è tutto questo, detesto le recensioni che scendono in dettagli tecnici sulle canzoni...
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01 Redemption's Son (04:34)
I don't know where we've been
Could you tell me where we are again?
And Jesus is my only friend
No one else knows who I am
I know I'll never make it on the cross
Spent my days looking for what my daddy lost
He was too proud to have a boss
Sold himself out then he couldn't afford the cost
No one knows how he felt
Hung himself in the county jail
There were those who said he would burn in hell
I don't think they knew him very well
Angel of love
Shine a light on us
I was born to be
Redemption's son
Angel of love
Shine a light on us
I was born to be
Redemption's son
Forgive us for what we've done, Lord
Forgive us for what we've done
I don't know were we are
Fearful eyes don't see very far
Drivin' in my daddy's car
Ashtray full of his cigars
Is it real what I see...
His ghost ridin' next to me?
'Till he's gone I won't be free
From the burden of his misery
I know I'll never make it on the cross
Spent my days looking for what my daddy lost
He was too proud to have a boss
Sold himself out then he couldn't afford the cost
All over the neighborhood
Mostly he was misunderstood
In his heart the bad beat the good
Used to be a time I'da killed him if I could
Angel of love
Shine a light on us
I was born to be
Redemption's son
Angel of love
Shine a light on us
I was born to be
Redemption's son
Forgive us for what we've done, Lord
Forgive us for what we've done, Lord
Forgive us for what we've done..........
02 Honey and the Moon (04:44)
Don't know why I'm still afraid
If you weren't real I would make you up
now
I wish that I could follow through
I know that your love is true
And deep
As the sea
But right now
Everything you want is wrong,
And right now
All your dreams are waking up,
And right now
I wish I could follow you
To the shores
Of freedom,
Where no one lives.
Remember when we first met
And everything was still a bet
In love's game
You would call; I'd call you back
And then I'd leave
A message
On your answering machine
But right now
Everything is turning blue,
And right now
The sun is trying to kill the moon,
And right now
I wish I could follow you
To the shores
Of freedom,
Where no one lives
Freedom
Run away tonight
Freedom, freedom
Run away
Run away tonight
We're made out of blood and rust
Looking for someone to trust
Without
A fight
I think that you came too soon
You're the honey and the moon
That lights
Up my night
But right now
Everything you want is wrong,
And right now
All your dreams are waking up,
And right now
I wish that I could follow you
To the shores
Of freedom
Where no one lives
Freedom
Run away tonight
Freedom freedom
Run away
Run away tonight
We got too much time to kill
Like pigeons on my windowsill
We hang around
Ever since I've been with you
You hold me up
All the time I've falling down
But right now
Everything is turning blue,
And right now
The sun is trying to kill the moon,
And right now
I wish I could follow you
To the shores
Of freedom
Where no one lives
05 Innocent World (03:53)
We don't know which way we're goin'
Don't know where we are
Find a way out, find a way
Home is somewhere I'm missin'
When I look around
Find a way out, find a way
Hell has no reason to smile
When you're living in an innocent world
You once had a heart like a child
Now it's buried under sadness and guilt
We don't know which way we're goin'
Don't know where we are
Find a way out, find a way
Home is somewhere I'm missin'
When I look around
Find a way out, find a way
Hell has no reason to smile
When you're living in an innocent world
You once had a heart like a child
Now it's buried under sadness and guilt
Don't run away
Don't run away
Don't run away now
Don't run away
Don't run away
Don't run away now (now, oooh ooh ooh......)
14 In the Night (02:20)
And where we live is where we hide
'Cause we can't forgive what's inside
We have sweet love (we have sweet love)
We have sweet love (we have sweet love)
Chorus:
In the night
Voices will fight
Voices of shadows and the runaways
Running from love
And every sorrow left behind
And when we wake up
It's already dark
And I touch your face,
I feel your heart
We have sweet love (we have sweet love)
We have sweet love (we have sweet love)
Chorus: (4x)
In the night
Voices will fight
Voices of shadows and the runaways
Running from love
And every sorrow left behind
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Di benzo24
Redemption's Son ha tutte le caratteristiche di un grande classico.
Temi tristi, funebri e impegnativi che non risultano però mai essere pesanti grazie al feroce taglio ironico di Joseph Arthur.
