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Buon pomeriggio lettori di DeBaser, il vostro Kissarmy ritorna e lo fa in grande stile recensendo un disco semi-sconosciuto, ovviamente dei kiss.
1989: I Kiss stavano preparando il loro ultimo album, il cd si intitola "Hot in the shade", ovvero "Caldo all'ombra". Ora però dalla recensione che tra breve farò scaturirà un ragionamento filosofico, ma prima via alla recensione!
Il disco che mi capita tra le mani per la critica è un "perfetto sconosciuto": poche sono le canzoni che i Kiss rifanno nei concerti, anzi quasi nessuna di questo disco. La copertina è evidentemente molto divertente e si spera lo sarà anche il disco. I buoni propositi si confermano infatti, perchè la prima canzone non delude le mie aspettative: "Rise to it" è una canzone bella lineare e scorrevole dove gli elementi che si notano di più ad un primo ascolto sono: la voce di Paul e la chitarra sempre più micidiale di Bruce Kulick. La seconda traccia, "Betryed", smentisce i buoni propositi e sembra che ai Kiss le idee maturate in due anni dopo l'uscita di "Crazy nights", siano già finite. Faccio finta di niente e passo alla terza canzone "Hide your heart", chi non la conosce?! Bellissima come sempre, la voce di Paul e i cori classici dei ritornelli "Kissiani" si fanno sentire e sopratutto si sente nelle voci di sottofondo dei cori, quella di Eric Carr… La quarta song è "Prisoner of love", bella veramente una canzone che lascia a bocca aperta…
Ma a questo punto bisogna fermarsi e fare una riflessione. "Hot in the shade" , già il titolo è indice di caldo, di un caldo soffocante che non abbandona mai l'uomo, come "Amore" per Petrarca. Il caldo si fa sentire in ogni canzone di "hot in the shade", ovviamente in certe canzoni più e in certe canzoni meno ma è sempre presente. Si prosegue, tuttavia, con "Read my body", bella, che ricorda vagamente (molto vagamente "I love it loud"). "Love's a slap in the face" è la traccia numero 6, anche se la canzone è fatta malissimo ed è anche brutta c'è il compiacimento, tutto personale, di ritrovare dietro le pelli il vecchio Catman Peter Criss. La song numero sette è veramente la più bella dei Kiss in assoluto: "Forever" è veramente spettacolare, le chitarre acustiche di Paul e Bruce sono intonate allo spirito romantico di questa canzone. "Silver spoon" è la traccia che segue e devo dire che è carina ma non rivela sorprese. Alla canzone che segue invece bisogna inchinarsi perchè è un vero brano da Rock'n roll masters come i Kiss sono: "Cadillac dreams" è veramente spettacolare. I Kiss si fanno sentire veramente con questa canzone e anche il caldo soffocante che è il tema portante di questo disco, amio avviso, anche.
"King of Hearts" ricorda vagamente un famoso arpeggio dei SYstem of a DOwn. Dopo la traccia numero 10 , "King of Hearts", si passa ad un'altra canzone bellissima di nome "The street giveth and the street taketh away". Il caldo in questa traccia arriva a valori inaspettati, non si riesce più a sopportare e pare quasi che questa canzone sia ispirata ad un combattimento notturno tra due bande in una via di New york di uno squallido quartiere, l'atmosfera che crea è bellissima e ricca di suspance. La dodicesima traccia non delude i Kissfans ed Paul esprime la sua duttilità vocale al massimo sfoderando acuti su acuti molto belli e sopratutto d'effetto. "Somewhere between heaven and hell" è la traccia numero 13, bella bella e ancora bella, veramente ben riuscita; il tema del caldo anche qui si fa sentire e le chitarre con una particolare distorsione contribuiscono a questo caldo soffocante. Rapidamente elenco le ultime due canzoni, "boomerang", bella davvero solamente che l'assolo di Bruce Kulick è stato avidamente scopiazzato da "I've had enough(into the fire)" dell'album "Animalize". Ora devo fare una descrizione un pò più lunga e un pò di critiche per l'ultima canzone: "Little Caesar" che tutti conosceranno perchè è stata una delle poche canzoni che scrisse Eric Carr, per la prima volta si sente la sua voce in una canzone scritta da lui, ma attenzione Paul&Gene essendo una macchine divora denaro ogni tanto sbagliano e non fanno cantare la canzone a Eric perchè credono non sia utile, ma gli concedono (a Carr), di cantare i controcori nel ritornello. La canzone è senza dubbio bellissima ma se l'avesse cantata Eric era molto meglio
Conludendo devo dire che questo album è stato sottovalutato e non so perchè, ma questo disco è veramente un ottimo prodotto per il Rock 'n roll dei Kiss. Ovviamente i "Bacio" dopo questo disco non furono più gli stessi degli '80 ma cambiarono radicalmente, quello che posso affermare è che i Kiss sono i Kiss e nessuno potrà dire che sono deficienti o privi di ritegno perchè sono l'unico vero gruppo rock ancora esistente.
Un saluto a tutti da Kissarmy!!!
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02 Betrayed (03:40)
You pay your taxes, you pay the rent
Till you haven't got a cent
It's the law of the jungle, if you got the hunger
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Just hold on to what you got (hold on, hold on)
Just live it to the last drop
You can't help it, you just can't stop
Betrayed
Yeah, life's a bitch, so just don't feel
Betrayed
No, you ain't the only one who's been betrayed
Betrayed
Stone cold and all alone
And you're wearin' everything you own
They bare your flesh and strip your soul
But underneath you got a heart of gold
Just hold on to what you got (hold on, hold on)
Betrayed, you ain't satisfied
I know you feel betrayed
You ain't crucified
So get real, betrayed, betrayed
All alone, far from home
And you're feelin' cold as stone
Don't give up, don't give in
Life's a bitch if you lose or win
Betrayed
Yeah, you ain't the only one who's been
Betrayed
Life's a bitch, if you lose or win
Betrayed, betrayed
Betrayed, betrayed...
03 Hide Your Heart (04:26)
Johnny saw her riding on a street car named Desire, his fate was sealed
She could see him coming like a hundred other liars, it was no big deal
Rosa had a lover on the shady side of town, Tito, he was king of the streets
She was his possession like a jewel on his crown, Johnny better run, better run
Better hide your heart, better hold on tight
Say your prayers, 'cause there's trouble tonight
When pride and love battle with desire
Better hide your heart, 'cause you're playing with fire
The ride was over but the story doesn't end, he took her heart
She looked him in the eye and said they couldn't meet again
You could see the trouble start
The word went out that Rosa's messin' with someone, it was on the street
Tito looked for Johnny with a vengeance and a gun
Johnny better run, better run
Better hide your heart, better hold on tight
Say your prayers, 'cause there's trouble tonight
When pride and love battle with desire
Better hide your heart, 'cause you're playing with fire
Johnny's holdin' Rosa on a rooftop in the night, as time stood still
They couldn't hear him coming 'til he had them both in sight
You could feel a chill
A shot ran out like thunder and the blood was on her hands, with nothing won
When someone lies dying, lovers finally understand
Better hide your heart, better hold on tight
Say your prayers, 'cause there's trouble tonight
When pride and love battle with desire
Better hide your heart, 'cause you're playing with fire
07 Forever (03:53)
I gotta tell you what I'm feeling inside
I could lie to myself but it's true
There's no denying when I look in your eyes
Girl, I'm out of my head over you
I lived so long believeing all love is blind
But everything about you
Is telling me this time it's
CHORUS:
Forever, this time I know
And there's no doubt in my mind
Forever, until my life is through
Girl, I'll be loving you forever
I hear the echo of the promise I made
When you're strong you can stand on your own
But those words grow distant as I look at your face
No, I don't wanna go it alone
I never thought I'd lay my heart on the line
But everything about you
Is telling me this time it's
REPEAT CHORUS
Solo
Oh
I see my future when I look in your eyes
It took your love to make my heart come alive
Cause I lived my life believing all love is blind
But everything about you is telling me this time it's
REPEAT CHORUS (2X)
08 Silver Spoon (04:42)
I ain't lookin' like nobody's fool, save it for somebody else
And I ain't makin' any desperate move, 'till I'm satisfied myself
I ain't waitin' for no invitation, I just wanna walk on thru
I never needed anybody, and like my daddy said
I wasn't born with a silver spoon, nowhere to hide in a crowded room
I see the attitude that's in your eyes, I got no reason to apologize
'Cos what's so special 'bout a girl like you, with a silver spoon
In a city where the buildings rise, I was just another face
But mama told me when somebody dies, no one else can take your place
I never needed anybody, and like my daddy said
I wasn't born with a silver spoon, nowhere to hide in a crowded room
I see the attitude that's in your eyes, I got no reason to apologize
'Cos I've got something for a girl like you, with a silver spoon
I always knew I'd be somebody, I kept it in my head
I never needed anybody, and like my daddy said
I wasn't born with a silver spoon, nowhere to hide in a crowded room
I see the attitude that's in your eyes, I got no reason to apologize
'Cos what's so special 'bout a girl like you, with a silver spoon
09 Cadillac Dreams (03:47)
When I was seventeen, found out just what it means
If you can get it free, it just ain't worth a damn
When I heard the preacher say, don't throw your life away
I got that message, and I wrote it on the wall
I don't want anybody tellin' me lies, no, I don't want your diamond ring
'Cause you ain't got my size
I want money, money, that's what I need,
I got Cadillac dreams, please mister don'tcha take it from me
Give me money, money, more than I need, I got Cadillac dreams waitin' on me
Cadillac dreams, Cadillac dreams
When I had the young boy blues, I paid some young boy dues
I learned the hard way, there's a heartbreak every day
Stone cold reality came crashing down on me
Well life was hard on me, but I still don't give a damn
When I was seventeen I was an angry young man
But I won't let just anybody tell me who I am
I just want money, money, that's all I need
I got Cadillac dreams, hey mister don'tcha take it from me
Give me money, money, more than I need, these Cadillac dreams are waitin' on me
Didn't have the time of day, till this dream was born
You can't take that away, you can't take that away from me
When I was seventeen, there was this beauty queen
Checked in a one room suite, the back seat of my car
When you want all the best things money can buy
You gotta reach down inside of you, to reach up to the sky
Yeah, I want money, money, that's all I need
I got Cadillac dreams, hey mister you can't take that from me
I want money, money, more than I need, I got Cadillac dreams waitin' on me
Money, money, that's what I need
We're drivin' in my Chevy with my Cadillac dreams
Someday, one day, just you and me
We'll ride inside these Cadillac dreams
11 The Street Giveth and the Street Taketh Away (03:32)
Hey man, gotta take a stand, so you think that you've been had
I'm here to bet ya, street's gonna get ya, well two out of three ain't bad
Hey man, it's gettin' out of hand, cross your heart and hope to die
You got yours, and I got mine, I'm gonna get what's comin' to ya
'Cause the street giveth and the street taketh away
Where there's no blind justice, no way
Hey man, don't you understand, you can run but you can't hide
There ain't no life after death, so save your breath (you're gonna)
Be a rock 'n roll suicide
Hey man, do you need a hand, but I ain't no blessing in disguise
Feel the agony, and the ecstacy, it's gonna burn right through ya
'Cause the street giveth and the street taketh away
Where there's no blind justice, no way
Life's too short, so help yourself, 'cause I don't walk on water
'Cause the street giveth and the street taketh away
Where there's no blind justice, no way
'Cause the street giveth and the street taketh away
'Cause the street giveth and the street taketh away
'Cause the street giveth and the street taketh away
'Cause the street giveth and the street taketh away
'Cause the street giveth and the street taketh away
14 Little Caesar (03:11)
Ten million stories in the city, ten million backs against the wall
Desperation's out tonight, you can cut it with a knife
Everybody wants to have it all
Well they tell you that the world is rough
But they never rocked it hard enough
Hey little Caesar, nobody messing with you
Hey little Caesar, go show 'em what you can do
Nobody said that it was pretty, you haven't got a penny or a prayer
You know it's gonna be a fight, if you wanna see your name in lights
Ain't nobody gives a damn out there
Well you got your guts, you got your pride
But you'll never let them see inside
Hey little Caesar, nobody messing with you
Hey little Caesar, go show 'em what you can do
(Spoken:)
Well you don't believe in the books and rules
'Cause you just believe in what you know is cool
Well they tell you that the world is rough
But they never rocked it hard enough - I can't hear you
They just don't understand, you gotta fight to be a man
Hey little Caesar, nobody messing with you
Hey little Caesar, go show 'em what you can do
Hey little Caesar, oh yeah, that's what it is
Hey little Caesar, yeah
15 Boomerang (03:31)
Gonna throw down the dice on a roll, it's a showdown, gonna walk on hot coals
Cut the deck, better place your bet, 'cause the game ain't over yet
Wanna keep you under lock and key, can't you see what you do to me
Get the noose, I know I'm gonna hang, 'cause you're like a boomerang, boomerang
On the way up, you change your tune, so pay up, and it ain't too soon
Can't make up or break up, can't feel a thing, you want a piece of everything
First you're cold and then you're hot, you're in the mood and then you're not
Yeah, I know I'll get a bang, 'cause you're like a boomerang, boomerang
You can slip and you can slide, but there ain't nothin' you can hide
You just can't say no, well here I come, baby, and here I go
A boomerang, a boomerang
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