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E' il 1999 quando Mike Ness, leggendario frontman e anima dei Social Distortion, pubblica l'ottimo "Cheating At Solitaire", presto seguito da un altro album solista di cover.
Fin dalle prime note della oscura e vagamente country "The Devil In Miss Jones" capiamo che aria tira. In questo lavoro Ness si butta molto di più sul Rock and Roll e sul Country che non sul suo originario Punk, la cui ombra però continua ad aleggiare su molte canzoni, come ad esempio l'insolita cover di Dylan, "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right". Abbondano anche le cover, mentre sono presenti molte ballate, la Titletrack e "Rest of Our Lives" su tutte, rese davvero speciali dalla ruvida e comunque piena di sentimento voce di Mike.
Passando quindi dal già citato Country ad episodi Blues e ad altri Folk, Mike Ness riconferma la propria grandezza e rivela un sorprendende eclettismo, regalandoci un album vario, ispirato e inaspettato, che trae ispirazione da una grande varietà di generi musicali, tutti però suonati da Mike senza dimenticare le proprie origini Punk, che come ho già detto contaminano quasi ogni canzone.
Un ottimo album, davvero.
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02 Don't Think Twice (03:47)
Well it ain't no use to sit and wonder why,
If you don't know by now
An' it ain't no use to sit and wonder why,
It don't matter, anyhow
When the rooster crows at the break of dawn
Look out your window and I'll be gone
You're the reason I'm trav'lin' on
But don't think twice, it's all right
An' it ain't no use in turnin' on your light,
A light I never knowed
An' it ain't no use in turnin' on your light,
I'm on the dark side of the road
Well I wish there was somethin' you could do or say
To make me wanna change my mind and stay
We never did much talkin' anyway
But don't think twice, it's all right
An' it ain't no use in callin' out my name,
Like you never did before
An' it ain't no use in callin' out my name,
I can't hear you any more
Well I'm a-thinkin' and a-wond'rin' all the way down the road
I once loved a woman, a child I'm told
I gave her my heart but she wanted my soul
But don't think twice, it's all right
Well I'm goin' down that long, lonesome road,
Where I'm bound, I can't tell
But goodbye's too good a word,
So I'll just say fare thee well
Well I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind
I coulda done better but I don't mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
But don't think twice, it's all right
Yeah don't think twice, it's all right
Yeah don't, think twice
Don't you ever, think twice,
Yeah don't, think twice, it's alright
07 Cheating at Solitaire (03:53)
You can lie to yourself, you can lie to the world
You can lie to the one you call your girl
You can humble yourself to the hearts that you stole
Wondering who's gonna love you when you grow old?
With a fist full of curage and a heart full of rage
I realized I'd locked myself in a cage
I'll be the one standing there with the watery eyes
I'll be the fool in the mirror asking you why...asking why
When I got to the end of my dirty rainbow
And I found that there was no pot of gold
Well, I learned that I was empty and not quite as strong
For I had robbed my heart and cheated my soul
Look for the one with the watery eyes
I'll be the fool in the mirror asking you why
Cursing lovers in a warm tender embrace
Scoffing at the world and the whole human race
Chorus:
You can run, you can hide
You can feed your foolish pride
You can use and abuse
In the end you'll always lose...at the game
Chorus:
You can run, you can hide
You can feed your foolish pride
With the hearts that you stole
And an empty pot of gold
And the lover's warm embrace
And the whole damned human race
You can use and abuse
In the end you'll always lose...at the game
"For I cheated myself at solitaire"
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