Ci erano riusciti i Deep purple nel 1969 con “”Concerto for Group & Orchestra”. Dopo 30 anni i re del thrash metal compiono l’impresa di unire due tipi di musica diversi nel contenuto, ma simili nelle emozioni.
Con lo scopo di rilasciare un “best of”, il gruppo registrò,tra il 21 e il 22 Aprile del 1999, il favoloso concerto svolto al Berkeley Community Theatre di San Francisco con l'orchestra sinfonica della città.
Un grande lavoro che riallaccia le “vecchie” linee thrash/speed metal e le “nuove” hard rock ad arrangiamenti orchestrali, eseguiti in maniera magistrale sotto l’attenta guida del direttore d’orchestra Michael Kamen, morto una decina di giorni fa dopo la lunga battaglia contro la sclerosi multipla.
E’ notevole lo sforzo di unire due correnti diverse in un unico lavoro, che risulta alquanto interessante. Sostanzialmente non tutte le canzoni riescono a trovare il feeling giusto con i vari strumenti, venendosi a creare così un miscuglio un po’ troppo pacchiano. Tra queste spicca “Enter Sandman”, dove la predominanza dei power chord di chitarra infastidisce il tentativo di armonizzare il brano. Un po’ fuori luogo anche “Fuel”, “Until it sleeps e “Sad but true”.
Il concerto inizia alla grande, con una strabiliante prova dell’orchestra che ripropone “The ecstasy of gold” di Ennio Morricone. La colossale “The call of the Ktulu” è uno dei brani più belli del doppio cd, rievocando l’atmosfera horror presente nell’opera di H.P. Lovercraft.
“Master of puppets”, un po’ sconvolta nella linea compositiva, “The Thing That Should Not Be” e l’oscura “For whom the bell tolls”, traccia che coinvolge completamente il pubblico, ritornano con una nuova linfa, ricordando i fasti di un tempo. “Of wolf and man” tende a far ululare un po’ tutti. Ottima “The memory remains”, in cui la Faithfull viene degnamente sostituita da pubblico ed orchestra. Sufficienti i due nuovi inediti proposti, “No leaf clover” e “Human”.
Molto più dura del solito la soffice “Hero of the day”, che anticipa la ben eseguita “Devil’s dance”, buia e maligna. Troppo impasta risulta “Bleeding me”, una delle poche canzoni da salvare dalla poco felice accoppiata “Load/Re-load”, a conclusione del primo cd.
Il secondo si apre in maniera meravigliosa con “Nothing else matters”, accompagnata splendidamente dai violini. L’affascinante “Wherever i may roam”, insieme a “Outlaw torn”, dimostra quanto piacevole sia stato andare ad uno spettacolo simile. L’apoteosi viene segnata dalla memorabile “One”, sostenuta da un intro sensazionale ed esaltata da un Hetfield in splendida forma. Dopo la già citata e poco fortunata “Enter sandman” si arriva alla conclusione nel migliore dei modi. “Battery” entra irruente, coinvolgendo tutti gli spettatori presenti, esterrefatti mentre le loro orecchie vengono deliziate e increduli per ciò che i loro occhi stavano guardando. Incomincia la sua marcia con la sua solita calma più che occulta, per poi sfociare nel delirio assoluto che la sua natura concerne. La standing ovation finale ci sta tutta.
Da applausi la prova dei quattro cavalieri, dell’orchestra e di Micheal Kamen, capace di dirigere un orchestra con solo due prove alle spalle e di ri-arrangiare in chiave sinfonica questi pezzi.
“Symphony & Metal”…un buon disco, disponibile anche in versione VHS e DVD.
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03 Master of Puppets (08:57)
End of passion play, crumbling away
I'm your source of self-destruction
Veins that pump with fear
Sucking darkest clear
Feeding on your death's construction
Taste me and you will see
More is all you need
You're dedicated to
How I'm killing you
Come crawling faster
Obey your master
Your life burns faster
Obey your master
Master
Master of puppets I'm pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master
Master
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master
Master
Needlework the way, never you betray
Life of death becoming clearer
Pain monopoly, ritual misery
Chop your breakfast on a mirror
Taste me and you will see
More is all you need
You're dedicated to
How I'm killing you
Come crawling faster
Obey your master
Your life burns faster
Obey your master
Master
Master of puppets I'm pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master
Master
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master
Master
Master, master
Where's the dreams that I've been after?
Master, master
You promised only lies
Laughter, laughter
All I hear and see is laughter
Laughter, laughter
Laughing at my cries
Fix me
Hell is worth all that
Natural habitat
Just a rhyme without a reason
Neverending maze
Drift on numbered days
Now your life is out of season
I will occupy
I will help you die
I will run though you
Now I rule you too
Come crawling faster
Obey your Master
Your life burns faster
Obey your Master
Master
Master of Puppets I'm pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master
Master
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master
Master
Ha, ha, ha
Ha, ha, ha
04 Of Wolf and Man (04:21)
Off through the new day's mist I run
Out from the new day's mist I have come
I hunt
therefore I am
harvest the land
taking of the fallen lamb
Off through the new day's mist I run
Out from the new day's mist I have come
we shift
pulsing with the earth
company we keep
roaming the land while you sleep
shape shift nose to the wind
shape shift feeling I've been
move swift all senses clean
earth's gift back to the meaning of life
bright is the moon high in starlight
chill in the air cold as steel tonight
we shift
call of the wild
fear in your eyes
it's later than you realized
shape shift nose to the wind
shape shift feeling I've been
move swift all senses clean
earth's gift back to the meaning of life
(guitar & drum solo)
I feel a change
back to a better day
(shape shift)hair stands on the back of my neck
(shape shift)in wildness is the preservation of the world
so seek the wolf in thyself
shape shift nose to the wind
shape shift feeling I've been
move swift all senses clean
earth's gift back to the meaning...
Of wolf, and man yeah
05 The Thing That Should Not Be (07:29)
Messenger of Fear in sight
Dark deception kills the light
Hybrid children watch the sea
Pray for Father, roaming free
fearless Wretch
insanity
He watches
lurking beneath the sea
great Old One
forbidden site
He searches
Hunter of the Shadows is rising
immortal
in madness You dwell
Crawling Chaos, underground
cult has summoned, twisted sound
Out from ruins once possessed
fallen city, living death
fearless Wretch
insanity
He watches
lurking beneath the sea
timeless sleep
has been upset
He awakens
Hunter of the Shadows is rising
immortal
in madness You dwell
Not dead which eternal lie
stranger eons Death may die
drain you of your sanity
face The Thing That Should Not Be
fearless Wretch
insanity
He watches
lurking beneath the sea
great Old One
forbidden site
He searches
Hunter of the Shadows is rising
immortal
in madness You dwell
06 Fuel (04:38)
Gimme fuel
Gimme fire
Gimme that which I desire
Oh
Yeah
Turn on, I see red
Adrenaline crash and crack my head
Nitro junkie, paint me dead
And I see red
A hundred plus through black and white
War horse
War head
Fuck 'em, man
White knuckle tight
Through black and white
Oh
On I burn
Fuel is pumping engines
Burning hard
Loose and clean
Oh
And then I burn
Turning my direction
Quench my thirst with gasoline
So gimme fuel
Gimme fire
Gimme that which I desire
Yeah
Turn on beyond the bone
Swallow future, spit out hope
Burn your face upon the chrome
Yeah, oh yeah
Take the corner, going to crash
Headlights
Headlines
Another junkie, lives too fast
Yeah
Lives way too fast, fast, fast, fast, fast, fast
Oh
Oh
On I burn
Fuel is pumping engines
Burning hard
Loose and clean
Oh
And then I burn
Turning my direction
Quench my thirst with gasoline
So gimme fuel
Gimme fire
Gimme that which I desire
Oh yeah
White knuckle tight
Oh
Gimme fuel
Gimme fire
My desire
Oh
On I burn
Fuel is pumping engines
Burning hard
Loose and clean
Oh
And on and on
Turning my direction
Quench my thirst with gasoline
Gimme fuel
Gimme fire
Gimme that which I desire
Oh
On I burn
07 The Memory Remains (04:44)
Fortune, fame; mirror vain; gone insane;
But the memory remains
Heavy rings on fingers wave
Another star denies the grave
See the nowhere crowd cry the nowhere tears of honor
Like twisted vines that grow
That hide and swallow mansions whole
And dim the light of an already faded prima donna
Fortune, fame; mirror vain; gone insane;
Fortune, fame; mirror vain; gone insane;
But the memory remains
Heavy rings hold cigarettes
Up to lips that time forgets
While the Hollywood sun sets behind your back
And can't the band play on?
Just listen, they play my song
Ash to ash, dust to dust, fade to black
Fortune, fame; mirror vain; gone insane;
Fortune, fame; mirror vain; gone insane;
Dance little tin goddess
(na-na-na-na....)
Drift away, fade away, little tin goddess
Ash to ash, dust to dust, fade to black
Fortune, fame; mirror vain; gone insane;
Fortune, fame; mirror vain; gone insane;
But the memory remains
Ash to ash, dust to dust, fade to black
But the memory remains
Yeah
Faded prima donna, yeah, yeah
Dance little tin goddess, dance
(na-na-na-na...)
08 No Leaf Clover (05:45)
And it feels right this time,
On his crash course with the big time
Pay no mind to the distant thunder,
New day fills his head with wonder, boy
Says it feels right this time
Turned it 'round and found the right line
Good day to be alive, Sir
Good day to be alive he says.
Then it comes to be
that the soothing light
at the end of your tunnel
was just a freight train coming your way, yeah.
was just a freight train coming your way, yeah.
Don't it feel right like this?
All the pieces fall to his wish
Sucker for that quick reward, boy
Sucker for that quick reward they say.
Then it comes to be
that the soothing light
at the end of your tunnel
was just a freight train coming your way, yeah.
was just a freight train coming your way, yeah.
It's coming your way.
It's coming your way, yeah.
Here comes!
Yeah, Then it comes to be
that the soothing light
at the end of your tunnel
was just a freight train coming your way, yeah.
Then it comes to be, Yeah.
Then it comes to be, Yeah.
Then it comes to be, Yeah.
Then it comes to be, Yeah.
Then it comes to be, Yeah.
Then it comes to be, Yeah.
Then it comes to be, Yeah.
Then it comes to be, Yeah.
10 Devil's Dance (05:28)
Yeah
I feel you too
Feel
Those things you do
In your eyes I see a fire that burns
To free the you
That's running through
Deep inside you know
Seeds I plant will grow
One day you will see
And dare to come down to me
Yeah, come on, come on now take the chance
That's right
Let's dance
Snake
I am the snake
Tempting
That bite to take
Let me make your mind
Leave yourself behind
Be not afraid
I've got what you need
Hunger I will feed
One day you will see
And dare to come down to me
Yeah, come on, come on now take the chance
Haha
Come dance
Yeah, come dancing
One day you will see
And dare to come down to me
Yeah, come on, come on now take the chance
Yeah
I feel you too
Feel
Those things you do
In your eyes I see a fire that burns
To free the you
That's running through
Deep inside you know
Seeds I plant will grow
One day you will see
And dare to come down to me
Yeah, come on, come on now take the chance
That's right
Let's dance
Mm, it's nice to see you here
Haha
11 Bleeding Me (09:02)
I'm diggin' my way
I'm diggin' my way to somethin'
I'm diggin' my way to somethin' better
I'm pushin' to stay
I'm pushin' to stay with somethin'
I'm pushin' to stay with somethin' better
I'm sowing the seeds
I'm sowing the seeds I take
I'm sowing the seeds I take for granted
This thorn in my side
This thorn in my side is from the tree
This thorn in my side is from the tree I've planted
It tears me and I bleed
And I bleed
Caught under wheels roll
I take that leech I'm bleeding me
Can't stop to save my soul
I take the leash that's leading me
I'm bleeding me
I can't take it
Caught under wheels roll
Oh, the bleeding of me
Of me
The bleeding of me
Caught under wheels roll
I take that leech
I'm bleeding me
Can't stop to save my soul
I take the leash that's leading me
I'm bleeding me
I can't take it
Caught under wheels roll
Oh, the bleeding of me
Oh, the bleeding of me
I am the beast that bleeds the feast
I am the blood
I am release
Come make me pure
Bleed me a cure
I'm caught, I'm caught, I'm caught under
Caught under wheels roll
I take that leech
I'm bleeding me
Can't stop to save my soul
I take the leash that's leading me
I'm bleeding me
I can't take it
I can't take it
I can't take it
Oh, the bleeding of me
I'm diggin' my way
I'm diggin' my way to somethin'
I'm diggin' my way to somethin' better
I'm pushin' to stay
I'm pushin' to stay with somethin'
I'm pushin' to stay with somethin' better
With somethin' better
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