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Grezzo, ruvido, acerbo, graffiante, sporco e polveroso.
Le tracce di quest'album, primo lavoro dei Kyuss, datato 1990, scorrono con difficoltà attraverso le casse dello stereo.
Sembrerebbe quasi che la sabbia, i ciottoli e le poche piante aride e rinsecchite della Coachella Valley siano rimasti imprigionati in queste scarne composizioni, e che esse creino attrito con le ritmiche hard rock e di stampo sabbathiano.
Fra i riff riciclati dalle band anni '70 si insinua infatti un morbo, fino a quel momento sconosciuto, formato da infiltrazioni psichedeliche, tinte acide e ombre del deserto.
Il morbo, tuttavia, è ancora in fase di "gestazione", e non riesce a dare contributi troppo evidenti, che affiorano solo ogni tanto.
Esso riuscirà finalmente a infettare i Kyuss solo nel 1992, con l'immortale blues per il sole rosso, creando finalmente qualcosa di sconvolgente, un sound unico e mostruoso: lo stoner.
La pubblicazione di questo album (e del successivo "Wretch"), quindi, può essere considerata solo come una prova, un salto dal trampolino.
Sonorità come quelle di "Black Widow", "Happy Birthday" o "Love Has Passed Me By" non appartengono in nessun modo ai Kyuss che verranno, e sono solo la dimostrazione più palese delle origini e dei richiami agli stilemi dell'hard rock o delle nuove esplosioni sonore metalliche, che sembrano però riferirsi solo all'heavy metal anni '80, senza prendere in considerazione ritmiche più serrate o taglienti.
Il blues di stampo prettamente sabbathiano si può invece ritrovare in tracce come "King" o "Window of Souls", lente, pesanti e cadenzate dalla pesante batteria di Bjork.
"Deadly Kiss" invece risulta diversa e, posta come traccia d'apertura, risulta particolarmente significativa, soprattutto nell'intro: in questa si riescono a sentire molto i primi effetti del morbo-stoner, grazie al possente riff di Homme ma soprattutto grazie alla prestazione di Garcia che, nonostante si dimostri ancora alle prime armi, offre un cantato acido, graffiante ma allo stesso tempo avvolgente.
Eccetto il basso, piuttosto anonimo (non è ancora arrivato Oliveri), sono interessanti le performance di Homme e Bjork: mentre il primo è ancora parecchio "frenato", oserei dire, dai già fin troppe volte ribaditi schemi ritmici seventies, o addirittura è spinto a utilizzare tecniche che non utilizzerà mai più (vedi il tapping di "Happy Birthday", grezzissimo!), il secondo mostra una maggior sicurezza, facendo affiorare qua e là la sua vena creativa, anche se con modestia.
Tutto questo viene condito da una produzione sporca e artigianale, realizzata in uno sperduto studio di registrazione nel bel mezzo del deserto, utilizzato anche per opere successive (le "desert session" di Homme).
Opera consigliata ai veri "sons of Kyuss".
Elenco tracce testi e samples
01 Deadly Kiss (05:02)
Look into my face now
Stare into my eyes
Hellfire in my veins
in my veins
in my veins
in my vein, yeah.
I can see through your eyes,
Its no disguise to me,
I can see through the lies,
No one can make a fool of me.
Drowning in your lonliness,
Want to bring me down with you.
No one buys your innocence,
Gonna' break your walls in two.
Well in two,
Well in two.
No one buys it,
No one wanted to,
With you,
You,
Fuck you.
Dig your grave for two.
Walk my way,
Get out of my way.
Well I wanted you,
I saw right through ya.
Well I'm your man,
You'll understand,
You'll pay the price,
To live in a-paradise.
Look into my face now,
Stare into my eyes.
Hellfire in my veins,
In my veins,
In my veins,
In my vein yeah.
I can see through your eyes,
Well its no disguise to me.
I can see through the lies,
No one can make a fool of me.
I'm drowning in your lonliness,
Want to bring me down with you.
No one buys your innocence,
Gonna break your walls in two.
Well in two,
Well in two.
Well no one buys it,
No one wanted to,
With you,
You,
Fuck you.
Dig your grave for two.
02 Window of Souls (04:28)
Two worlds seperate us
I'm alone and waiting
Waiting for you
Little princess
Come by my side
Come around
Come around to me
Endless waiting for you
Time has held me back no more
End is waiting for you
No one can keep me from you
My life long dream
Come to me for sure
Vowed eternal soul
Now envelope me
Endless waiting for you
Time has held me back no more
End is waiting for you
No one can keep me from you
I offer thee all
All for you
Soul steeler, it's time to be
Spirit away now
03 King (03:10)
Hey, you
You're on your knees
You say you love me
So prove it to me
Cause I'll never...
Say it to you
No I'll never, ever, ever
Say i love you
Truth hurts...
04 Isolation Desolation (03:36)
Wait for me
At the edge of the world
Don't come to me if you're not quite sure
Do you feel the emptiness inside your soul
Did it break that heart of coal
Did your walls of sin
Crumble at your feet
Does the blood on your face
And on your hands, taste too sweet
In my mind you ain't lookin fine
So isolation
And inside you ain't fine to me
So isolation desolation
Don't wait for me
At the edge of the world
Don't come to me at all
The way you look
And think of me
Is much much much
Too small
05 Love Has Passed Me By (03:13)
Do I look blind?
or deaf?
or dumb to you?
Do you see burning pictures on my face?
It didnt take long
To figure out whats wrong with you
Fuck Off, well I'll put you in your place
Could it be,
That love has passed me by?
And could it be,
You're just a thorn in my side?
And all I see
Is that your walking away from me?
And all I know
Is that you'll never change me.
This hate in me,
Well it's burning in my veins.
I'm gonna' take it out on you,
Well and make you feel my pain yeah.
Cold carresses,
Well as you walk away.
Baby, things arent,
supposed to be that way, no no.
Could it be,
That love has passed me by?
And could it be,
You're just a thorn in my side?
And all I see
Is your walking away from me?
And all I know
That you'll never...
Do I look blind?
or deaf?
or dumb to you?
Do you see burning pictures on my face?
It didnt take long,
To figure out, whats wrong with you.
Fuck Off, well I'll put you in your place yeah.
06 Black Widow (02:45)
Give me now,
Give me now,
Give me now,
Give me now,
Give me now,
Give me away.
Give me a fucking reason, i reason i should stay!
Built for buisness or for pleasure,
Anyway you choose.
It doesn't matter how or why,
'Cos either way you lose.
Give me now,
Give me now,
Give me now,
Give me now,
Give me now,
Give me away.
Give me a fucking reason, i reason i should stay!
Built for buisness or for pleasure,
Anyway you choose.
It doesn't matter how or why,
'Cos either way you lose.
Yeah, Yeah.
07 Happy Birthday (03:50)
Happy, happy birthday
Two years dead today
You can't keep me from runnin'
You can't keep me from hiding from you
Don't mess around with me
I'm down to the wire
And I am burnin'
I'm burnin' higher & higher & higher
Happy, happy birthday
Two years dead today
You can't keep me from runnin'
You can't keep me from hiding from you
Don't mess around with me
I'm down to the wire
And I am burnin'
I'm burnin' higher & higher & higher
I keep on runnin'
I never seem to get away from you
I can't escape the memories
That haunt me every night and day
Just you leave me alone
I'm down to the wire
And I am burnin'
Higher & higher & higher
08 Katzenjammer (03:01)
I want a girl and not a pearl.
I want a girl who'll take me home.
A kind is nice and will get me
where i want to go. yeah.
Theres been a lover to ignore me,
To ask me the one who knows.
If I tell the car, run the other,
Will it end from there?
Take a look underneath the hood,
And I won't be friends.
Baby in my motor,
Make my blood boil,
Be on her.
Baby in my motor,
Make my blood boil,
Be on her.
Blue Shaddows on the track.
Run your fingers through my hair,
Use my Dodger to get me there.
Line my seats with everybody there.
Oh my god then baby will last,
Its got little hands and baby blue eyes,
Mine who will last when my baby will lie.
Baby in my motor,
Make my blood boil,
Be on her.
Baby in my motor,
Make my blood boil,
Be on her.
Baby in my motor,
Make my blood boil,
Be on her.
Baby in my motor,
Make my blood boil,
Be on her.
yeah.
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