Anche se molti debaseriani spingono fuori le mie recensioni, io mi ostino a scriverne altre, per la loro "gioia"...
È il 1995 quando esce questo "Penthouse" dei Luna, dopo la grande prova di "Bewitched".
Ma Wareham e soci qui sono senza ispirazione e il disco non si eleva sopra la sufficienza, checché ne dica la rivista Rolling Stones, che lo ha piazzato addirittura nelle posizioni alte della classifica dei migliori dischi del '95.
Unici episodi da segnalare, la tenera "Chinatown" e l'oscura "Bonnie e Clyde", che però brilla solo per la sua bruttezza e cacofonia, dominata com'è da uno stridentissimo violino.
Disco consigliato solo ai fan del gruppo.
Elenco tracce e testi
02 23 Minutes in Brussels (06:40)
left my hotel in the city
you were on your way and sittin' pretty
everything was clear and set
that was just a bait and switch
say a prayer
for you and me
say a prayer
tell me do you miss me
23 minutes in brussels
why can't they just leave us alone
are we gonna to get into a tussel
cannot take an airplane home
say a prayer
for you and me
tell me do you miss me
say a prayer
(repeat
04 Sideshow by the Seashore (03:13)
then i painted your face
on a twenty dollar bill
but it isn't legal tender
and i think about you still
and all the comfort in words
provide no comfort
we can all go mad together
that's what friends are for
and at the sideshow by the seashore
the girls are dressed as mermaids
an electrical storm has caught us in a trap
maybe if i yell at you
you'll trust in what i'm sayin'
but i'm keepin' all the secrets
and i have nothing else to say
06 Double Feature (04:29)
shall i tell you once again
it changed all by itself
there was nothin' i could do
i didn't change my mind
now they say that i'm unkind
no decision to be made
it caught me surprise
little by little
i don't know why
i can't say how
i've been foolin' everybody
what am i gonna do
i have seen the chimpanzes
who'm i gonna be
i've been uptown at the zoo
it's quiet at the snakehouse
in the afternoon sun
and my legs are turned to jelly
i don't know why
i can't say how
i turned so sentimental
when you walk into my life
who're you gonna be
over and over
cause i have no one to talk to
it's a merry go round
it changed all by itself
don't you say that i'm unkind
09 Chinatown (04:39)
in the tiny tiny hours
(be) tween the evening and the day
we have placed our final bets
we have come out to play
fancy drinks a lucky toasts
i like this time the most
you're out all night
chasin' girlies
you're late to work
and you go home earlies
lookin' lost in chinatown
why are we hidin' from our friends
rushing 'round in taxi cabs
is it time to make amends
you'll get yours and i'll get mine
you can't be lucky all the time
you're out all night
chasin' girlies
you're late to work
and you go home earlies
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