Megadeth – Youthanasia (1994)
Groove Metal.
Su questo disco se ne sono dette tante. “E’ morbido, è commerciale, è ridotto all’osso.” Per capire un disco come Youthanasia dobbiamo tener conto di tre cose: 1 - era il 1994 e la scena metal era ai minimi storici, in gran parte a causa del grunge. 2- Il thrash metal in particolare aveva dato alle stampe capolavori senza tempo per una decina d’anni, e cominciava a mostrare leggermente il fianco. 3 – I Megadeth avevano cambiato ben tre volte formazione, e finalmente il collettivo stava mostrando totale stabilità, situazione che influenzava in modo “democratico” il processo compositivo del gruppo. Dave Mustaine, come già nel precedente “Countdown To Extinction”, aveva allentato la presa sulla scrittura, danto piu’ spazio ai suoi 3 commilitoni per mettere a frutto le loro doti compositive. Quello che ci ritroviamo ad ascoltare è un disco assolutamente pesante, rabbioso, maturo. Arrivare alla fine dell’album da la sensazione di un pugno di ferro chiuso davanti al nostro viso. Il sound della band si è compattato, con brani piu’ lenti, ritmiche serrate ma mai estreme come nel mitico “Rust In Peace” (1990). Gli assoli si fanno sentire, ma in due occasioni c’è spazio anche per un’armonica, e cio’ ci fa capire che la band non ha paura di sperimentare, che sia per esigenza discografica o per proprio gusto. I brani sono, in piu’ di un’occasione, quasi ballabili. Cio’ non toglie niente alla pesantezza del sound originale, ma ci mostra come un gruppo partito dal metal fusion inarrivabile di “Killing Is My Business” (1985) e “Peace Sells” (1986) possa ancora sorprendere con un suono in continua evoluzione. Il basso di Ellefson come sempre non delude, e si mostra solido, equilibrato e di gusto regale. Menza suona groovy, e pesta a mestiere. Mustaine canta bene, suona assoli taglienti ma lascia un po’ piu’ spazio a Friedman da quest’ultimo punto di vista. Friedman, che dire, professionista navigato, si ritaglia piu’ di uno spazio in un lavoro che non punta comunque al virtuosismo individuale. I Megadeth costruirono appositamente uno studio a Phoenix, Arizona per la registrazione dell’album, e per gli appassionati è possibile seguire quasi tutto il processo di recording nel documentario “EVOLVER – THE MAKING OF YOUTHANASIA”. Dopo questo disco molte cose cambiarono, e i Megadeth non si ripeterono piu’ a questi livelli, se non a cominciare da “The System Has Failed”, datato 2004.
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01 Train of Consequences (03:27)
I'm doing you a favor
As I'm taking all your money
I guess I should feel sorry
But I don't even trust me
There's bad news creeping up
And you feel a sudden chill
How do you do? My name is Trouble
I'm coming in for the kill...
And you know I will
Set the ball a-rollin
I'll be clicking off the miles
On the train of consequences
My boxcar life o' style
My thinking is derailed
I'm tied up to the tracks
The train of consequences
There ain't no turning back
No horse ever ran as fast
As the money that you bet
I'm blowing all my cards
And I play them to my chest
Life's fabric is corrupt
Shot through with corroded thread
As for me I hocked my brains
Packed my bag and headed West
02 Addicted to Chaos (05:26)
Only yesterday they told me you were gone
All these normal people, will I find another one?
Monkey on my back, Aching in my bones
I forgot you said "One day you'll walk alone"
I said I need you, does that make me wrong?
Am I a weak man, are you feeling strong?
My heart was blackened, It's bloody red
A hole in my heart, a hole in my head?
Who will help me up?
Where's the helping hand?
Will you turn on me?
Is this my final stand?
In a dream I cannot see
Tangled abstract fallacy
Random turmoil builds in me
I'm addicted
addicted to chaos
Lights shined on my path, Turn bad days into good
Turn breakdowns into blocks, I smashed 'em Cause I could
My brain was Labored, My head would spin
Don't let me down, don't give up, don't give in
The rain comes down, cold wind blows
The plans we made are back up on the road
Turn up my collar, welcome the unknown
Remember that you said "One day you'll walk alone"
Who will help me up?
Where's the helping hand?
Will you turn on me?
Is this my final stand?
In a dream I cannot see
Tangled abstract fallacy
Random turmoil builds in me
I'm addicted to chaos
[SOLO]
Who will help me up?
Where's the helping hand?
Will you turn on me?
Is this my final stand?
In a dream I cannot see
Tangled abstract fallacy
Random turmoil builds in me
builds
builds
builds
In a dream I cannot see
Tangled abstract fallacy
Random turmoil builds in me
I'm addicted
I'm addicted to chaos
Addicted
Addicted
To chaos
To chaos
Addicted to chaos
To chaos
03 I Thought I Knew It All (03:44)
Somewhere there's a reason
Why things go like they do
Somewhere there's a reason
Why somethings just fall through
We don't always see them
For what they really are
But I know there's a reason,
Just can't see it from this far
Maybe I don't like it, but I have no choice
I know that somewhere, someone hears my voice
I thought I knew it all
I thought I had it made
How could it end this way?
I thought I knew
Somewhere there's a reason
Why things don't go my way
Somewhere there's a reason
That I cannot explain
Just like the change of season,
Just may not be my turn
But I know there's a reason,
The lesson's mine to learn
04 À tout le monde (04:27)
Don't remember where I was
I realized life was a game
The more seriously I took things
The harder the rules became
I had no idea what it'd cost
My life passed before my eyes
When I found out how little I accomplished
All my plans denied
So as you read this know my friends
I'd love to stay with you all
Please smile when you think of me
My body's gone that's all
A tout le monde
A tous mes amis
Je vous aime
Je dois partir
These are the last words I'll ever speak
And they'll set me free
If my heart (If my heart) was still alive (was still alive)
I know it would surely break
(And my memories left with you)
There's nothing more to say
Moving on is a simple thing
What it leaves behind is hard
You know the sleeping feel no more pain
And the living are scarred
A tout le monde
A tous mes amis
Je vous aime
Je dois partir
These are the last words I'll ever speak
And they'll set me free
So as you read this know my friends
I'd love to stay with you all
Please smile, smile when you think about me
My body's gone that's all
A tout le monde (A tout le monde)
A tous mes amis (A tous mes amis)
Je vous aime (Je vous aime)
Je dois partir (Je dois partir)
These are the last words I'll ever speak
And they'll set me free
[x2]
These are the last words I'll ever speak
And they'll set me free
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Altre recensioni
Di cliffburton86
La sagacia, il sarcasmo, la strafottenza e la critica racchiuse tutte in un album metal, come solo i Megadeth sanno fare.
Un suono più elaborato che continua la guerra anti-grunge degli anni '90.
Di metalselo
Youthanasia è uno di quegli album che hanno definitivamente sancito la caduta di Mustaine & co.
L'album non è stato creato per i fan ma semplicemente per accaparrarsi un po' di denaro.