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Quando la tendenza Hip-Hop/R&B di fattura statunitense, quella edulcorata e meno "sporca" degli MCs, un tempo dominatrice imperterrita di classifiche e night club, attraversa il procelloso Oceano Atlantico e approda nel Vecchio Continente ne succedono di tutti i colori. E di tutti i suoni. In particolar modo, le quote rosa del gangsta mainstream, pepatino, succinto e avvenente, assumono in terra europea, più specificatamente britannica, l'eclettismo e la malizia alternative coltivate nei giardini delle svariate Maestà e Corone: Eclettismo e malizia moltiplicate dunque in girl-group magari di breve durata, forse non così significativi come Beyonc & co, comunque degni di una seppur rapida menzione.
La storia delle inglesine Mis-Teeq non si discosta molto dalle biografie di compatriote tipo All Saints: formazione femminile nata nei subbugli underground dell'isola, cresciuta sul fiorire delle teen band di fine millennio, pochi lavori in studio all'attivo, mucchietto discreto di brani di successo, scioglimento anticipato, fine delle rappresentazioni. Il debutto nel 1999 con il singolo Why? e con l'album Lickin' On Both Sides due anni dopo (e una componente in meno), entrambi accolti da critica favorevole e cospicue copie vendute, fu seguito da Eye Candy e dalla super-hit Scandalous, brano che raggiunse persino la Billboard americana (e che fece muovere le chiappe anche al noioso panorama musicale nostrano). L'avventura delle tre Mis-Teeq (Su-Elise Nash, Sabrina Washington e la leader Alesha Dixon) non ci mise molto a terminare e così fu con il sipario calato dal Greatest Hits del 2005, una veloce replica di pochi anni a calcare le charts della Union Flag (e non solo).
Pur con soli due album in studio da rivisitare e, dunque, con pochi brani a disposizione, l'unica raccolta delle Mis-Teeq riesce ad addentrarsi perfettamente in quella che fu la brevissima produzione del trio, raccogliendone tutte le sfaccettature. Oltre alle sopracitate Why?, interessantissimo connubio trip-hip hop, e Scandalous, sexissima e goduriosa traccia danzereccia, sono degni di menzione le influenze garage-urban in My Song, l'R&B sbarazzino di Style, la dinamicità club-rap di Just For You e All I Want, come pure i synth gangsta-birichini di One Night Stand e Best Friends.
E' triste ascoltare compilations e greatest hits di artisti e gruppi già morti e defunti (anche se nel caso delle Mis-Teeq pare vicina l'imminente reunion) sapendo di non poter scavalcare l'ingiusto sipario da loro calato. Resta comunque un mucchietto di belle canzoni, magari senza pretese e velleità di grandiosità, eppure significative nel consultare anche poche pagine del grande librone del pop tuttora incompleto e lasciato a scrivere alle nuove e ambiziosissime generazioni dell'idilliaco e ameno welfare commercial-discografico.
Mis-Teeq, Mis-Teeq: Greatest Hits
Scandalous - My Song - All I Want - All In One Day - Can't Get It Back - How Does It Feel - Best Friends - Why? - Just For You - Style - B With Me - Home Tonight - Roll On - One Night Stand - Shoo Shoo Baby.
Elenco tracce e testi
02 My Song (04:14)
Verse 1,
It's Friday, I'm feeling that I wanna party.
So call up my friends and come on everybody
Gonna make it tight, gonna make it alright
However you want it I'm sure that we got it
So don't be afraid come along and jump on it
Sometimes when you feel low
You just gotta let it go
Bridge,
So get watch how we roll
So don't bother adjust the tempo
Leave your stresses out the window
You just gotta let it go
Chorus,
Forget about your worries all your troubles seem to be gone
When you let me sing my song
Cause the mood is right gonna get you high
The rhythm's running thrugh me flowing deep down in my soul
When the music takes control
So dance all might to the morning light
Bridge,
So get ready watch how we roll
So don't bother adjust the tempo
Leave your stresses out the window
Don't bother adjust the tempo
Verse 2,
On days when you're feeling
That life has no meaning and nothing you do seems to be as appealing
Gotta enjoy yoursef, ain't anout no-one else
So this is a song dedicated to you
For you and your crew seeing you through
Can you feel the bassline, Help me sing it
Bridge 2,
So kick back and let yourself ride
Don't touch the dial its alright
We're making records to keep this alive
Another one from the mis-teeq archives
Chorus x 2
If you want to know where to go when you're feeling low
Then this is how the story goes
Bridge 2 x 2
Chorus x 4
06 How Does It Feel (03:50)
hey mr wonderful
you think your so beautiful
i bet you nine out of ten would fall
i ain't the one to be the fool
2 days to work you out
at home while you were out
your last name came about when my girl's sister's best friend
talking 'bout how you came round
chorus
how does it feel
when your sittin alone
there's no-one else at home
it's my time for thrills
now it's time you listen to my answer phone
ain't no big deal
your just one of a million guys
lets keep it real
your dirty laundrys out to dry
so mr know-it-all
tell me how many points you scored
whilr you're clocking the girl next door
i know what you've been doing
to dinner bought her gifts
for afters you were it
i called work they said you were sick
a guy like you will never hit this
chorus x2
middle 8
if you wanna find someone you could call mine
a lady who's right
who'll be there for life
so how will you feel if the truth is revealed
if you stayed the same you'll be played at your own game
chorus x4
07 Best Friends (04:39)
Verse 1
Remember the time when we used to play yeah yeah
Knock down ginger and we braid hair
Drunk slush puppies every day and
Now you're not around
A trip to the sweet shop oh was a treat
When your mama gave us 50p
What happened to those good old days
You ain't here with me
So how you been?
I know I haven't seen you
I heard you were working
Not as much as you do
Just keep trying
Maybe I'll come and see you
You know I'm gonna be here
Chorus:
I know it's taken time, you felt I left behind
My ordinary life but it's the path I had to find
To get some peace of mind I had to leave you for a while
I felt empty deep inside withut my best friends by my side
La la la la la la la la (x4)
Verse2:
Remeber the time when we took the train yah yeah
Got home late my mum had grey hairs
Sleepovers on saturdays yeah
Girl I miss those days
Remeber when Bobby Brown was the craze
We used to sing along like everyday
What happened to the pact we made
To never separate
What you doin at 8?
Coming round to see you
Don't be late
There's so much that we should do
Just like old days
Got everything to tell you
Good friendships don't come easy
Chorus x2
Wherever we've been along the road
You've always been a friend to me I know
I'll stick with ou till the end
Through thick and thin
You'll always be my best friend
Chorus repeat to end
08 Why? (03:22)
We've always been so close together
Doing things that only best friends do
Always there for one another
Through the bad times and the good
The other night you held me close
Need to know, did we just cross the line?
This other side just feels so right
Won't you tell me...
Why? Why?
Why do friends to lovers take so long
Now that we've come around
We finally found a love forever strong
Why? Why?
Why are you so near and yet so far
How could I be so blind
When all the time I was in your heart?
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
For so long I've been searching
For that love that I can call my own
Now I know I was only waiting
For the face I've always known
I believe what heaven is, just like this
Every time we kiss
And deep inside I feel so high
Won't you tell me...
Why? Why?
Why do friends to lovers take so long
Now that we've come around
We finally found a love forever strong
Why? Why?
Why are you so near and yet so far
How could I be so blind
When all the time I was in your heart?
When I stop and think about it
How did I ever live without
Your warm and tender touch
I need it so much...
Why (Why)
Why (Why)
Why do friends to lovers take so long
Now that we've come around
We finally found a love forever strong
Why? Why?
Why are you so near and yet so far
How could I be so blind
When all the time I was in your heart?
Why, Why
Why do friends to lovers take so long
Now that we've come around
We finally found a love forever strong
Why? Why?
Why are you so near and yet so far
How could I be so blind
When all the time I was in your heart?
Why, Why
Why do friends to lovers take so long
Now that we've come around
We finally found a love forever strong
Why? Why?
Why are you so near and yet so far
How could I be so blind
When all the time I was in your heart?
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
10 Style (03:16)
You gotta hot date on arms, you got good looks and plenty charms
You gotta nice ride and everything, ain't nothing wrong with you
You gotta good job, respectable, you gotta nice crib
You got it all and so well dressed and well behaved
But you just don't turn me on
My girls say i'm crazy and that i should go with you
Coz' your so amazing, thats the only thing to do
They say you'll be sorry. you'll regret it if you don't
They don't need to worry, i know exactly what i want
I like a man with a hip hop style
I like a man with a drop top ride
I like a man who is independant
Uh, uh, say it again
I like a man with a hip hop style
I like a man who can drive me wild
I like a man who can take control
Uh, huh huh huh huh, thats all
Yo
I need a rude boy, with some edge
I need a rough neck, making ends
I need a hot player, hustling
Now thats what i want
I need t-shirt, with some jeans
Uh, thats just how it is
I need a good lover to do me right
Somebody that can turn me on
My girls say i'm crazy and that i should go with you
Think your so amazing, thats the only thing to do, yeah
They say i'll be sorry. you'll regret it if you don't
You don't have to worry, i know exactly what ya want
I like a man with a hip hop style
I like a man with a drop top ride
I like a man who is independant
Uh, uh, say it again
I like a man with a hip hop style
I like a man who can drive me wild
I like a man who can take control
Uh, huh huh huh huh, thats all
I know just what i like, and i know when it's right
I don't need nobody else to tell me, no
I just wanna be free, to be who i wanna be
Can you blame me?
Are you ready for this one ladies, Check it out
We like a man that is independant
Won't be asking for your pocket money, or to pay rent
So stand up on your own and don't be giving me no stress
Your showing me postitions just to keep my interest
I like the way your lips and your hair look cris
But i'm comanding everything i'm doing in my midst
Eternally, intelligent, thats how a women is
You better pull the right strings
If you wanna get with this
I like a man with a hip hop style
I like a man with a drop top ride
I like a man who is independant
Uh, uh, say it again
I like a man with a hip hop style
I like a man who can drive me wild
I like a man who can take control
Uh, huh huh huh huh, thats all
13 Roll On (Blacksmith Rub) (03:59)
You, yo, Mis-Teeq
Here we go with the one Blacksmith
Aye, Oh and away we go
You're gonna get your roll on
Here we go again, all, all, all night long
(Roll on, yeah)
Enter, check, check
It's been a long week and we've been
Working our booties off
Sometimes it all gets to you and it's too much
Gonna hook us up a potion
Guaranteed to bring some fun
Mix good friends and some music
And head out to the club
And Roll on
It's Friday and you just got paid
And Monday is a holiday
You know you need to get away
So grab your boo and get your roll on
Let me hear my fellas say
Let me hear my ladies say
So turn your speakers up and roll on
So here we go another another night
Out on the town, we gettin' down
Havin' fun, stayin' young
The whole entourage has arrived
Here on the scene you know what I mean when I say
This world is mine, just sit back and ride
So turn your speakers up and roll on
It's Friday and you just got paid
And Monday is a holiday
You know you need to get away
So grab your boo and get your roll on
Let me hear my fellas say
Let me hear my ladies say
So turn your speakers up and roll on
Roll on, roll, roll on
Roll on, roll on
So grab your boo and get your roll on
Roll on, roll, roll on
Roll on, roll on
So turn your speakers up
Let's take it to the floow
What are you waitin' for
The party's jumpin' now
We're gonna show you how
We like it, we like it, we really, really like it
So turn your speakers up and roll on
It's Friday and you just got paid
And Monday is a holiday
You know you need to get away
So grab your boo and get your roll on
Let me hear my fellas say
Let me hear my ladies say
So turn your speakers up and roll on
So turn you speakers up
Yo, yo
So here we go again with Mis-Teeq's flow
What are you waiting for, the crowd say "Bo!"
Feel the vibe within your mind
Within your soul
Move your body, body ready to roll
And I said Monday to Friday the work takes its toll
Here comes the weekend cos we make mad dough
Another dolla let me holler, let me grow
Cos in life what you reaps what you sow
And roll on
It's Friday and you just got paid
And Monday is a holiday
You know you need to get away
So grab your boo and get your roll on
Let me hear my fellas say
Let me hear my ladies say
So turn your speakers up and roll on
It's Friday and you just got paid
And Monday is a holiday
You know you need to get away
So grab your boo and get your roll on
Let me hear my fellas say
Let me hear my ladies say
So turn your speakers up and roll on
Roll on, roll, roll on
So, roll on, roll on
So grab your boo and get your roll on
Roll on, roll, roll on
Roll on, roll on
So turn the speakers up and roll on
Blacksmith
Mis-Teeq
I'll make a make you move your feet
With the styles unique
Ha ha
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