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La copertina non è per niente invitante: la ragazza è seduta in uno squallido vicolo, scalza, con i piedi sporchi e le caviglie gonfie. Una faccia imbronciata da francesina altera e presuntuosa (in realtà Madeleine è americana, di Athens, Georgia). Ma la Peyroux alla Francia è comunque legata: ha vissuto a lungo a Parigi e suonato per le strade del Quartiere Latino.
Com'è il disco? Innanzitutto, quante volte abbiamo sentito additare un nuovo artista come "il Tizio del 2000" o "il Caio del nuovo millennio"? È la solita storia di chi grida "Al lupo! Al lupo!"... chi mi crederà adesso quando dico che Madeleine Peyroux è nientemeno che la reincarnazione di Billie Holiday? Il timbro e la modulazione della voce, quella cadenza blues... Between the bars è la sua Strange Fruit, Lonesome Road è la sua Travelin' Light. Billie Holiday aveva la gardenia? Madeleine ha la margherita.
Certo, la ragazza ci mette anche del suo, suona la chitarra e firma uno dei 12 brani del disco, che è fatto di cover. Canzoni del presente (Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan) e del passato (W.C. Handy - il padre del Blues), tutte arrangiate con un approccio molto fresco al jazz e al blues. Niente di artisticamente smisurato, nondimeno l'album si rivela del tutto coerente. Rivestito di un suono compatto e lieve allo stesso tempo, Careless Love è desideroso di cedere la scena alle seducenti parole che affiorano dalla bocca di Billie, ops! Di Madeleine.
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01 Dance Me to the End of Love (03:57)
( Leonard Cohen )
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in
Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone
Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon
Show me slowly what I only know the limits of
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the wedding now, dance me on and on
Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long
We're both of us beneath our love, we're both of us above
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the children who are asking to be born
Dance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn
Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in
Touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
02 Don't Wait Too Long (03:11)
You can cry a million tears
You can wait a million years
If you think that time will change your ways
Donґt wait too long
When your morning turns to night
Who'll be loving you by candlelight
If you think that time will change your ways
Don't wait too long
Maybe I got a lot to learn
Time can slip away
Sometimes you got to lose it all
Before you find your way
Take a chance, play your part
Make romance, it might break your heart
But if you think that time will change your ways
Don't wait too long
It may rain, it may shine
Love will age like fine red wine
But if you think that time will change your ways
Don't wait too long
Maybe you and I got a lot to learn
Don't waste another day
Maybe you got to lose it all
Before you find your way
Take a chance, play your part
Make romance, it might break your heart
But if you think that time will change your ways
Don't wait too long
Don't wait
Hmm... Don't wait
04 You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (03:27)
( Bob Dylan )
I've seen love go by my door
It's never been this close before
Never been so easy or so slow
Been shooting in the dark too long
When something's not right it's wrong
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go
Dragon clouds so high above
I've only known careless love,
It's always hit me from below.
This time around it's more correct
Right on target, so direct,
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go
Purple clover, Queen Anne lace,
Crimson hair across your face,
You could make me cry if you don't know.
Can't remember what I was thinkin' of
You might be spoilin' me too much, love,
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go
Flowers on the hillside, bloomin' crazy,
Crickets talkin' back and forth in rhyme,
Blue river runnin' slow and lazy,
I could stay with you forever
And never realize the time.
Situations have ended sad,
Relationships have all been bad.
Mine've been like Verlaine's and Rimbaud.
But there's no way I can compare
All those scenes to this affair,
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go
You're gonna make me wonder what I'm doing,
Staying far behind without you.
You're gonna make me wonder what I'm saying,
You're gonna make me give myself a good talking to.
I'll look for you in old Honolulu,
San Francisco and Ashtabula,
You're gonna have to leave me now, I know.
But I'll see you in the sky above,
In the tall grass, in the ones I love,
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go.
05 Between the Bars (03:44)
( Elliott Smith )
Drink up, baby
Stay up all night
Things you could do
You won't but you might
The potential you'll be
You'll never see
Promises you'll only make
Drink up with me now
And forget all about
Pressure of days
Do what I say
And I'll make you okay
And drive them away
Images stuck in your head
People you've been before
That you don't want around anymore
That push and shove and won't bend to your will
I’ll keep them still
Drink up, baby
Look at the stars.
And I'll kiss you again
Between the bars
Where i'm seeing you there
With your hands in the air
Waiting to finally be caught
Drink up one more time
And I'll make you mine
And keep you apart
Deep in my heart
Separate from the rest
Where I like you the best
Keep the things you forgot
The people you've been before
That you don't want around anymore
That push and shove and won't bend to your will
I'll keep them still
08 J'ai deux amours (02:56)
( Joséphine Baker )
On dit qu'au delà des mers
Là-bas sous le ciel clair
Il existe une cité
Au séjour enchanté
Et sous les grands arbres noirs
Chaque soir
Vers elle s'en va tout mon espoir
J'ai deux amours
Mon pays et Paris
Par eux toujours
Mon cœur est ravi
Manhattan est belle
Mais à quoi bon le nier
Ce qui m'ensorcelle
C'est Paris, c'est Paris tout entier
Le voir un jour
C'est mon rêve joli
J'ai deux amours
Mon pays et Paris
Manhattan est belle
Mais à quoi bon le nier
Ce qui m'ensorcelle
C'est Paris, c'est Paris tout entier
Le voir un jour
C'est mon rêve joli
J'ai deux amours
Mon pays et Paris
09 Weary Blues (03:40)
Weary blues from waitin'
Lord, I've been waitin' so long
These blues have got me cryin'
Oh, sweet daddy please come home
The snow falls 'round my window
But it can't chill my heart
God knows it died the day you left
My dream world fell apart.
Weary blues from waitin'
Lord, I've been waitin' so long
These blues have got me cryin'
Oh, sweet daddy please come home
Oh, sweet daddy please come home
Through tears I watch young lovers
As they go strollin' by
And all the things that might have been
God forgive me if I cry
Weary blues from waitin'
Lord, I've been waitin' so long
These blues have got me cryin'
Oh, sweet daddy please come home
Oh, sweet daddy please come home
10 I'll Look Around (04:48)
I'll look around
Until I've found someone
Who laughs like you
I know somewhere
Spring must fill the air
With sweetness just as rare
As the flower
That you gave me to wear
I look around
And when I've found someone
Who laughs like you
I'll know this love
I'm dreaming of
Won't be the old love
I always knew
I know somewhere
Love must fill the air
With sweetness just as rare
As the flower
That you gave me to wear
I look around
And when I've found someone
Who laughs like you
I'll know this love
I'm dreaming of
Won't be the old love
I always knew
12 This Is Heaven to Me (03:11)
( Billie Holiday )
When I hear them say
There's better living
Let them go their way
To that new living
I won't ever stray
'Cause this is heaven to me
Long as freedom grows
I want to seek it
If it's yes or no
It's me who'll speak it
'Cause the lord, He knows
That this is heaven to me
If you've got your hands
And got your feet
To sing your song
All through the street
You raise your head
When night is done
Shout your thanks up to the sun
So when I hear them say
There's better living
Let them go their way
To that new living
I won't ever stray
'Cause this is heaven to me
'Cause this is heaven to me
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