La Sanctuary pubblica questo doppio CD live registrato dai Living colour al CBGB di New York, durante la tournée dell’album d’esordio "Vivid".
Siamo alla fine degli anni ottanta e la band capitanata dall’eclettico chitarrista Vernon Reid, devoto seguace di Robert Fripp, propone un Hard-rock contaminato da una buona dose di dance, hip hop, funk e R&B. La micidiale sezione ritmica, composta dal batterista William Calouhn e dal virtuoso bassista Muzz Skillings, è l’elemento portante del sound letteralmente devastante della band Newyorchese, a cui si aggiunge l’estroso chitarrismo di Reid e la calda voce soul del cantante Corey Glover.
Il risultato è uno degli esperimenti di crossover più riusciti nella storia del rock. Il concerto al mitico locale New Yorkese - uno dei templi della storia del rock - poggia ovviamente sui pezzi del primo album, veri e propri classici come "Cult Of Personality", "Funny Vibe", "Middle Man", ma anticipa anche alcuni brani ("Pride", "Infomation Overload", "Solace Of You", "Love Rears Its Ugly Head"), presenti nel successivo "Time’s Up".
È un live che testimonia quanto la musica dei Living Colour sia ancora tremendamente attuale e come il novanta percento delle band Numetal, crossover, o che dir si voglia, di oggi sfigurino di fronte a questi quattro straordinari musicisti. Peccato che si siano un po’ persi per strada - il recente "Calleidoscope" è passato praticamente inosservato - e che, a parte l’ottimo "Stain", risalente ormai a oltre un decennio fa, non hanno mai ritrovato la carica degli esordi.
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01 Cult Of Personality (05:36)
(And during the few moments that we have left
We want to talk right down to earth in a language
That everybody here can easily understand...)
Look in my eyes, what do you see?
The Cult of Personality
I know your anger
I know your dreams
I've been everything you want to be
I'm the Cult of Personality
Like Mussolini and Kennedy
I'm the Cult of Personality
The Cult of Personality
The Cult of Personality
Neon lights, a Nobel Prize
When a mirror speaks, the reflection lies
You won't have to follow me
Only you can set me free
I sell the things you need to be
I'm the smiling face on your T.V.
I'm the Cult of Personality
I exploit you
Still you love me
I tell you one and one makes three
I'm the Cult of Personality
Like Joseph Stalin and Gandhi
I'm the Cult of Personality
The Cult of Personality
The Cult of Personality
Neon lights, a Nobel Prize
When a leader speaks, that leader dies
You won't have to follow me
Only you can set you free
You gave me fortune
You gave me fame
You gave me power in your God's name
I'm every person you need to be
I'm!
The!
Cult!
Of!
Per!
Son!
Al!
Ity!
I'm the Cult of
I'm the Cult of
I'm the Cult of
I'm the Cult of
I'm the Cult of
I'm the Cult of
I'm the Cult of
I'm the Cult of
Personality!
(Ask not what your country can do for you...)
(The only thing we have to fear is fear itself!)
03 Solace Of You (04:17)
�Solace of you�
When it hurts to be out there
where no one will care
I've got the solace of you
Frustrated by the people lying
But I keep on trying
I've got the solace of you
When I can't think straight
And there's no escape
I've got the the solace of you
Gotta go inside back where we started
back to the beginning
'Cause that's where my heart is
They can hurt me jail my body
I'll still be free
I've got the solace of you
They can take my land
tell me I'm not who I am
I've got the solace of you
A wise man said to know thyself
'Cause in the end there's no one else
Just the solace of you
Gotta go inside...
gotta go inside
back to the beginning
Gotta go inside
back to the beginning
04 Middle Man (03:48)
�Middle man'
I don't have a need to be the best
Don't want to be just like the rest
Just stay who I am
Just an ordinary middle man
Give me the happy medium
Don't want to be the one whose leading them
I've got no master plan
Just a simple Middle man
Standing on a fine line between this and that
Just biding my time waiting for a sign
to tell me that I'm something special
My ideas are mine alone
Not yours, not theirs, but I care
I hurt for you, but not with you
I love that thing that's inside you
but I'm not your fan
I'm a stranger in a strange land
I'm your middle man
But I'm not your fan
I'm a stranger in a strange land
I am your middle man
Middle man yeah, yeah
I'm not your fan
I'm just a middle man
yours, theirs, but I care
I've got no master plan
Just stay who I am
Just a middle man
07 Someone Like You (04:00)
Do you remember
The time of laughter
Children playing, life was so sweet
Before our city forgot us
And let the druglord take our street
Pacify me politician
Pacify me with your lies
Blind to the people suffering
Deaf to the children's cries
But I know what to do
With someone like you
Police
They chased my brother
Policeman licensed to kill
Oh how I miss my brother
Good shoes are so hard to fill
Policeman are you happy?
You snuffed a medical student out
Maybe he could have changed the world
I guess we'll never find out
But I know what to do
With someone like you
I know what to do
With someone like you
It's never too late to change your ways
It's never too late to change your ways
Too young
Gave her body
She was afraid of being alone
One baby having another
Sweet baby wants to be grown
But there's an angel on your shoulder
Always speaking to your soul
Listen and your heart will be glad
You'll never have to be alone
'Cause I know what to do
With someone like you
I know what to do
With someone like you
I know what to do
With someone like you
I know what to do
08 Fight The Fight (05:22)
We are all fighting the same fight
We are all in the same war
We are all in the same revolution
You got to know what you're fighting for
We are all fighting the same fight
We are all in the same war
We are all in the same revolution
You got to know what you're fighting for
Yelling and kicking trying to stay alive
All the time eyes on the prize
But does anybody hear my cries
Tell me something do I qualify?
TV telling me we're just the same
What they're talking is the same old game
Tell me if I'm just like you, why can't I do the things
That you do (huh)?
If war's the key, what door will it open?
Is peace the answer, then what's the question?
War is hell
Peace is hell
Love is hell
Oh what the hell
My heart beats just like yours
When I dream my mind soars
But no fantasy can pay my bills
Another dream unfulfilled
We are all fighting the same fight
We are all in the same war
We are all in the same revolution
You got to know what you're fighting for
We are all fighting the same fight
We are all in the same war
We are all in the same revolution
You got to know what you're fighting for
Fight the fight
In the war
In this revolution
You got to know what you're fighting for
09 Funny Vibe (04:38)
(V. Reid)
No, I'm not gonna rob you
No, I'm not gonna beat you
No, I'm not gonna rape you
So why you want to give me that
Funny Vibe!
No, I'm not gonna hurt you
No, I'm not gonna harm you
And I try not to hate you
So why you want to give me that
Funny Vibe!
11 Information Overload (06:14)
Sometimes I feel
Like my mind will explode
Sometimes I feel
Like I've got no control
Sometimes I wish
I had a heart made of steel
Sometimes I wish
I couldn't feel
Information overload
Information overload
Information overload
Information overload
They say the future...it's on a microchip
Don't you know we're all on a sinking ship
Only ten percent control all the rest
Only ten percent decide what is best
Information overload
Information overload
Information overload
Information overload
Information overload
Information overload
Information overload
Information overload
I don't want to live like this
Still ain't no cure for the summertime blues
I'd like to shake these blues but I'm still paying dues
My blues so deep you might think they're black
My blues so deep there ain't no turning back
Information overload...
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