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Ieri, per puro divertimento, ho passato un paio d'ore a revisionare la mia discoteca personale, in cerca di qualcosa di dimenticato e di valore. Mi passarono davanti i dischi delle elementari, medie e i più recenti, ascoltati una o due volte. Tra album che mi vergogno di avere ("Elephunk" dei Black Eyed Peas, album di bruttezza epocale, ricevuto in regalo da un cugino... vabbè conta il pensiero), nostalgici (le spice... come dimenticare quando le amavo alla follia?) e i più recenti (Bjork, Radiohead, Aphex Twin, Autechre, Pj Harvey, Tori Amos, Sugarcubes, Sigur Ròs... ovvero i miei attuali amori), ho trovato i miei cd di Madonna che ho, crudelmente dimenticato sotto un chilo di polvere: alle medie, prima che arrivasse il mio amore per Bjork, ero follemente innamorato di lei.
Tra "Like A Prayer", "Erotica" e il bellissimo "Ray Of Light" (che ascolto ancora regolarmente), ho provato piacere riscoprendo "Bedtime Stories", un album sottovalutato da critica e pubblico, che invece rispecchia grande personalità. Se "Erotica" era un disco all'avanguardia, freddo e febbrile, che puntava su suoni languidi e suadenti, "Bedtime Stories" è esattamente il contrario: caldo e avvolgente, di puro piacere pop. Canzoni orecchiabilissime ed essenziali, mai di lunghissima durata (come erano i pezzi del seppur bello "Erotica"), che mettono il buonumore: basta, infatti, l'incipit "Survival" per sorridere: Veronica Ciccone ti improvvisa ritmi di caldo soul e ci canticchia sopra con vocina a metà tra l'infantilismo e la sessualità, un brano di pop colorato, che rimane in testa anche solo dopo il primo ascolto. L'album, poi, è un caleidoscopio di pezzi più o meno riusciti, ma senza i quali l'album non avrebbe raggiunto la sua completezza: ad accompagnare pezzi melensi e pressocchè inutili ("Forbidden Love"- strano che Madonna utilizzi lo stesso titolo per una canzone completamente diversa di "Confessions On A Dancefloor" e la sopravvalutata "Take A Bow"), ci sono anche pezzi pseudo-trip hop davvero emozionanti e spesso di rara bellezza (splendida "Inside Of Me", che nonostante il testo piuttosto banale, si rivela un ottima ballata dal sapore trip hop, "I'd Rather Be Your Lover", grande pezzo di influenza elettronica, "Bedtime Story" è invece avanguardia pura, un pezzo scritto da niente popo di meno che da Bjork, che è forse il migliore dell'album proprio per il suo sperimentalismo).
Spuntano anche la divertente "Human Nature", pezzo simil-dance in cui Madonna sfodera la sua ironia in un pezzo che se la prende con coloro che non avevano apprezzato la svolta hot di "Erotica", buona anche "Secret", ballata dal cuore d'oro, in cui su una chitarra acustica e su un ritmo soul, Madonna riesce ad impressionare con una qualità vocale davvero ottima e soprattutto "Love Tried To Welcome Me", pezzo che ovviamente è influenzato dai beats più moderni dei tempi: il trip hop, la house e l'elettronica gentile con accompagnamento jazz-soul.
In conclusione, un ottimo album, assolutamente da riscoprire e non da pregiudicare, la cui pecora nera, ovvero il pezzo che si rivela una catastrofe è solo "Don't Stop", un obrobrio di canzone in termini di testo e sound, che fa calare di una stella debaseriana un album che è comunque piacevole da ascoltare.
Elenco tracce testi e video
01 Survival (03:31)
Verse:
I'll never be an angel
I'll never be a saint it's true
I'm too busy surviving
Whether it's heaven or hell
I'm gonna be living to tell, so
Bridge:
Here's my story [my story]
No risk no glory [no glory]
A little
Chorus:
Up and down and all around
It's all about survival
(verse)
Here's my question [my question]
Does your criticism [criticism]
Have you caught up in what you cannot see
Well if you give me respect
Then you'll know what to expect, a little
(chorus, repeat)
(verse)
(bridge)
(chorus, repeat 3 times)
[Up and down and all around]
I'll never be an angel
[Up and down and all around, survival]
[Up and down and all around]
I'll never be a saint it's true
[Up and down and all around, survival]
(repeat and fade)
02 Secret (05:05)
Things haven't been the same
Since you came into my life
You found a way to touch my soul
And I'm never, ever, ever gonna let it go
Bridge:
Happiness lies in your own hand
It took me much too long to understand
How it could be
Until you shared your secret with me
Chorus:
Mmm mmm (skip for the first two times)
Something's comin' over, mmm mmm
Something's comin' over, mmm mmm
Something's comin' over me
My baby's got a secret
You gave me back the paradise
That I thought I lost for good
You helped me find the reasons why
It took me by surprise that you understood
You knew all along
What I never wanted to say
Until I learned to love myself
I was never ever lovin' anybody else
(bridge)
(chorus, repeat)
(bridge)
(chorus, repeat)
Mmm mmm, my baby's got a secret
Mmm mmm, my baby's got a secret
Mmm mmm, my baby's got a secret for me
Mmm mmm, mmm mmm, mmm mmm
05 Inside of Me (04:11)
I can't stop thinking of you
The things we used to do
The secrets we once shared
I'll always find them there
In my memories
But this heartache isn't going anywhere
In the public eye I act like I don't care
When there's no one watching me
I'm crying
Chorus:
I will always have you, inside of me
Even though you're gone
Love still carries on
Love, inside of me
I keep a picture of you
Next to my bed at night
And when I wake up scared
I know I'll find you there
Watching over me
Bridge:
When my world seems to crumble all around
And foolish people try to bring me down
I just think of your smiling face
And I'm flying
(chorus)
You'll always be inside of my heart
Inside of me
(bridge)
(chorus)
I will always have you, inside of me
Even though you're gone
Love still carries on
Love still carries on
I will always feel you
You'll always be inside of my heart
I'll always have you inside of me
I will always have you
09 Sanctuary (05:02)
(Spoken:)
Surely whoever speaks to me in the right voice
Him or her I shall follow
Who needs the sun, when the rain's so full of life
Who needs the sky
It's here in your arms I want to be buried
You are my sanctuary
Who needs the sun, when the rain's so full of life
Who needs the sky, when the ground's open wide
It's here in your arms I want to be buried
You are my sanctuary
Who needs a smile, when a tear's so full of love
Who needs a home, with the stars up above
It's here in your heart I want to be carried
You are my sanctuary
Who needs the light, with the darkness in your eyes
Who needs to sleep, with the stars in the sky
It's here in your soul I want to be married
You are my sanctuary
(Spoken:)
And the earth was void and empty
And darkness was upon the face of the earth
Is all of this pain so necessary
You are my sanctuary
(Spoken:)
Surely whoever speaks to me in the right voice
Him or her I shall follow
As the water follows the moon, silently
Who needs the sun [with fluid steps]
Who needs the sky [around the globe]
Who needs to sleep [I hear your voice]
You are [you are] my sanctuary
You are [you are, you are]
You are [you are] my sanctuary
10 Bedtime Story (04:53)
Today
Is the last day
That I'm using words
They've gone out
Lost their meaning
Don't function anymore
Let's get unconscious honey
Today, is the last day
That I'm using words
They've gone out, lost their meaning
Don't function anymore
Traveling, leaving logic and reason
Traveling, to the arms of unconsciousness
Traveling, leaving logic and reason
Traveling, to the arms of unconsciousness
Let's get unconscious honey
Let's get unconscious
Let's get unconscious honey
Let's get unconscious
Words are useless
Especially sentences
They don't stand for anything
How could they explain how I feel
Traveling, traveling, I'm traveling
Traveling, traveling, leaving logic and reason
Traveling, traveling, I'm gonna relax
Traveling, traveling, in the arms of unconsciousness...
Let's get unconscious honey
Let's get unconscious
Let's get unconscious honey
Let's get unconscious
And inside
We're all still wet
Longing and yearning
How can I explain how I feel?
Traveling, traveling
Traveling, traveling
Traveling, traveling, in the arms of unconsciousness
And all that you ever learned
Try to forget
I'll never explain again
11 Take a Bow (05:21)
Take a bow, the night is over
This masquerade is getting older
Lights are low, the curtains down
There's no one here
[There's no one here, there's no one in the crowd]
Say your lines but do you feel them
Do you mean what you say when there's no one around [no one around]
Watching you, watching me, one lonely star
[One lonely star you don't know who you are]
Chorus:
I've always been in love with you [always with you]
I guess you've always known it's true [you know it's true]
You took my love for granted, why oh why
The show is over, say good-bye
Say good-bye [bye bye], say good-bye
Make them laugh, it comes so easy
When you get to the part
Where you're breaking my heart [breaking my heart]
Hide behind your smile, all the world loves a clown
[Just make 'em smile the whole world loves a clown]
Wish you well, I cannot stay
You deserve an award for the role that you played [role that you played]
No more masquerade, you're one lonely star
[One lonely star and you don't know who you are]
(chorus, repeat)
Say good-bye [bye bye], say good-bye
All the world is a stage [world is a stage]
And everyone has their part [has their part]
But how was I to know which way the story'd go
How was I to know you'd break
[You'd break, you'd break, you'd break]
You'd break my heart
I've always been in love with you
[I've always been in love with you]
Guess you've always known
You took my love for granted, why oh why
The show is over, say good-bye
Say good-bye [bye bye], say good-bye
Say good-bye
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Altre recensioni
Di Dave
"Tanto 'Erotica' era freddo e distaccato quanto 'Bedtime stories' è caldo e avvolgente."
"Madonna difende la sua libertà artistica e rivendica la possibilità di poter parlare di sesso."
Di pluto1992
Non sarò mai un angelo, non sarò mai una santa. È vero... sono troppo occupata a sopravvivere.
Il libro della favole si apre con un inno alla sopravvivenza (Survival) e si chiude con un triste addio (Take a Bow, la più grande hit di Madonna negli Stati Uniti).
Di Darius
"I’ll never be an angel, I’ll never be a saint it’s true, I’m too busy surviving."
"Human Nature è la risposta a tutti i detrattori che hanno criticato ferocemente la sua immagine di femme fatale."
Di Danny The Kid
Cos’è “Bedtime Stories”? Il nulla.
Ti chiamano regina del pop, ma non lo sei, non lo sei mai stata e mai lo sarai.
