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Vidi i Mazzy star di Dave Roback e della sirena triste Hope Sandoval nel lontano 2004: lei era timida e se ne stava letteralmente nascosta dietro il microfono, riuscendoci data la sua magrezza, lui rimaneva nell'ombra con gli occhi perennemente coperti dal ciuffo e con la sua chitarra.
Luci violette inondavano il palco e il pubblico; un violino, una batteria un basso e un violoncello completavano l'arsenale dolce di questi soldati della malinconia.
La bellezza di questo sound è unica, prodotta dalla mente di Dave Roback e resa verbo dolente dalla voce di nebbia della Sandoval, novella Nico e chanteuse di amori infranti e contemplazioni solitarie, sempre rimanendo graziosa e dolce.
Il duo suona un Folk sognante dalle ascendenze velvetiane, con una eco splendida che blandisce ogni pezzo, come se le registrazioni si fossero tenute in una galleria abbandonata o nella hall di un albergo chiuso per la stagione.
Tutto nei Mazzy Star riflette la condizione del riflettere sugli accadimenti della vita, sedersi e mettersi a pensare alle cose trascorse ma senza rabbia; un pensiero dolce e sottile come l'ombra di un fantasma che ha abbandonato gli affetti terreni e non ha rancore nel vedere le persone amate accompagnarsi ad altri uomini o donne. Il suono della delicata e struggente femminilità del mondo.
I pezzi sono uno più intenso dell'altro, forti dell'approccio più bluesy di Roback e del soffio gentile della Sandoval, a volte alcune distorsioni infrangono la superficie quieta del lago, ma sono solo istanti prima di risprofondare nella dimensione onirica della voce, dei racconti.
Folk quindi, ma anche echi blues o vere e proprie ballate senza tempo come "All Your Sisters": davvero ideale colonna sonora di un Jane Eyre o delle poesie dolenti di Sylvia Plath.
Per me uno dei migliori gruppi degli anni novanta: evocativi, forti e semplici; alieni ad ogni regola di mercato del tempo, gonfio di ben altri generi che non questo, quindi un gruppo da rispolverare e amare.
Elenco tracce testi e samples
01 Disappear (04:04)
just because
you call my name
I cannot hear
it's not the same
(can't close my/you close your) eyes
and knock me back
all the things that I had to (have/live)
(and now you)...just...(fallen...)
I can't believe what I had to say
all the things you never say
I'll never be what you want me to be
now I can't disappear
close your eyes and look at me
I can't believe what I cannot see
everything is like you say
change your mind and you'll have to forgive
and I can't disappear
now I can't
now I can't
02 Flowers in December (04:57)
Before I let you down again
I just want to see you in your eyes
I would have taken everything out on you
I only thought you could understand
They say every man goes blind in his heart
And they say everybody steals somebody's heart away
And I've got nothing more to say about it
Nothing more than you would me
Send me your flowers of your december
Send me your dreams of your candy wine
I got just one thing I can't give you
Just one more thing of mine
They say every man goes blind in his heart
They say everybody steals somebody's heart away
And I've been wondering why you let me down
And I been taking it all for granted
03 Rhymes of an Hour (04:12)
cannot hear what you're saying
could I tell you so
and I can't leave my troubles
and I'm going home
(lie and) sleep
under deep
you know
while the cold winter waitin'
while you (stumble home)
all these things we were searchin'
now we just don't know
(lie and) sleep
under deep
I think you know
for the rhymes of an hour
now I'm goin' home
and I can't believe I'm nothin'
cause I'm coming DOWN
(lie and) sleep
under deep
do you know
06 Still Cold (04:48)
You really had a million hearts to break
All those times I never left you in the moonlight
How come there's always someone else driving your car
Taking you different places, in the sunlight
Still cold like the stars
That's just the way you are
Still cold like the stars
You used to say your heart felt like a stone
Now everything you ever wanted is your own
Still cold like the stars
That's just the way you are
Still cold like the stars
07 All Your Sisters (05:16)
and I knew, I was close to you and I knew catch me flying, in the sun catch me drinking, of your wine I'm gonna put something in you make the devil feel surprised all your sisters wanna fly around my golden sky around my golden sky just because you feel, hollow inside--it's real just because you feel, hollow inside--it's real I'm gonna put something in you make the devil feel surprised make the devil feel surprised and I knew I was close to you and I (knew) catch me flying in the sun catch me drinking, of your wine
09 Roseblood (04:51)
everyday you can see
changes in her hair and smile
I can wait a million days
while her smile goes away
sometimes I feel deceived
by the slices in her hand
secrets in her lipstick mouth
shining on again
shining on again
capture a smile and then that's all
you won't know her so it's ok
funny how things change
funny how things change
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