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Non so che fine abbiano fatto i Marion, quintetto nato a Manchester nel 1992 e subito etichettato dalla stampa specializzata come una sorta di compromesso tra gli Smiths e i Joy Division. Forse si sono persi. Però "This World And Body", il disco d'esordio, edito dalla London nel 1995, è un bel disco e merita, a mio parere, una DeRecensione. E' un disco che piacerà a chi considera "Boy" degli U2 un capolavoro, ma anche a chi sta apprezzando "The Back Room" degli Editors.
In "This World And Body" prevale il suono secco e preciso delle chitarre elettriche, accompagnate da una sezione ritmica potente. In questo senso l'accostamento agli U2 degli esordi è forse più calzante rispetto a quello coi Joy Division e con gli Smiths, con i quali i Marion condividono più che altro una certa tensione emotiva, una disperazione presente in alcuni loro pezzi. Dei dodici brani che compongono l'album, alcuni sono gioielli: "Sleep", uscita anche come singolo, è pervasa da un senso di rabbia e introdotta da un insolito assolo di armonica. Qui la voce di Jamie Harding, leader e autore dei testi, ricorda da vicino quella di Bono. "Time" - altro singolo - è luminosa, dominata da un luccichio di chitarre e da un ritornello godibile. "Fallen Through" e "I Stopped Dancing" sono due pezzi molto tirati, in stile Muse (quelli più immediati di "Plug In Baby", per intenderci). Il punto più alto del disco coincide però con "Let's All Go Together": inizio cupo, un muro di chitarre elettriche a disegnare la struttura della canzone in un crescendo continuo.
In definitiva, "This World And Body" è un album che stupisce per la sua carica emotiva e la sua freschezza.
Elenco tracce e testi
02 Sleep (03:04)
What a cliche
I, I never want to see you again
We're all so cliched, 'ched
With too much spandex on the brain
Oh If you believe your dreams will come true
Then sleep is you'll ever do
And If you think I'm gonna to come to you
Then go back to bed and take my friends there too
In a sense we're exactly the same
Cause we're both so different in every way
In a sense we're exactly the same
We're both so different in every way, in every way
Oh It's a shame
That you don't need to see you this way
Oh, It's a crying shame, shame
That what you do is the same as the same
Oh, someone told me that you really liked me
But I fell asleep almost instantly
and in my sleep I dreamt that you found me
Now I've found my feet so come and run with me
In a sense we're exactly the same
Cause we're both so different in every way
In a sense we're exactly the same
We're both so different in every way, in every way
Sleep, I go to sleep
sleep, I go to sleep
Dream, dream, dream for her
and you can dream, dream, dream for her
I wanna dream, dream, dream for her,
Dream, dream dream for her, her, her, her, her
03 Let's All Go Together (03:10)
Oh Was it something I said
Was it something I, I didn't do
Well you invaded my head
And you tried to make me, make me think like you
It's hard for you
They don't understand your life's an exam
And you need something
It's hard for you
And they don't understand you were miles from the ground
When you needed someone
Will you listen to me
I know your skin and eyes
Aren't what they should be
For god's sake realise
It's not your shell they'll love
It's the smile inside
It's hard for you
They don't understand your life's an exam
And you need something
It's hard for you
And they don't understand you were miles from the ground
When you needed someone
Was it painful, oh
Did it hurt you, oh
Lets all go together
You can't listen, oh
Or you'll go missing, oh
Let's all go together
It's hard for you
They don't understand your life's an exam
And you need something
It's hard for you
And they don't understand you were miles from the ground
When you needed someone
It's hard (for you)
It's hard (when you need something)
It's hard (for you)
It's hard (when you need something)
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