La peculiarità vincente di questa band americana è sempre stata il coniugare un punk rock ruvido venato di hardcore con l'estetica horror/sci-fi retrò. Sotto gli occhi di tutti è infatti lo sdoganamento della mortale mascotte scheletrica stampata su t-shirt, spillette e quant'altro nel corso degli ultimi decenni. Questo nonostante la produzione discografica dei Misfits sia sempre stata assolutamente frammentaria.
Va quindi dato merito alle capacità dei membri, e al leader Glenn Danzig su tutti, di aver saputo creare il mito, forgiandolo nei primi anni di attività per poi vederlo protrarre ai giorni nostri dal bassista Jerry Only con saltuari album di routine, se non addirittura dimenticabili, l'ultimo dei quali risalente ormai al 2011.
Questa corposa raccolta comprende diverse delle loro composizioni migliori dei due soli album in studio della prima fase di carriera, più tre pezzi tratti dal disco dal vivo “Evilive” ed una manciata di altri brani usciti su singoli.
Va da sé che l'omogeneità non la faccia da padrona, in quanto le canzoni dell'esordio “Walk Among Us” erano più melodiche e ricche di ritornelli accattivanti, mentre quelle del seguente “Earth A.D.” più grezze, pesanti e tendenti al trash metal (vedi “Green Hell”).
Per un neofita che volesse iniziare a scavare tra gli scheletri della loro vasta e confusionaria produzione “Misfits” rappresenta comunque un ottimo e utile inizio.
Qui troviamo la leggendaria “Mommy, Can I Go Out And Kill Tonight?”, una putrida scheggia di follia hc, unico brano suonato dal vivo nell’esordio in studio, dove Danzig impersona (nel frattempo che gli strumenti si bloccano per pochi secondi) un ragazzino che chiede alla madre di poter uscire ed uccidere. A quel punto la musica riprende ed è un massacro che lascia l'ascoltatore inerme a terra.
“Die, Die My Darling”, uno dei loro migliori inni, in cui la furia e l'orecchiabilità della band si fondono alla perfezione.
“Bullet”, altro pezzo punk rock senza fronzoli che ha fatto storia per il testo, famoso per essere un attacco ultra offensivo nei confronti della vedova Kennedy.
Senza dimenticare la particolare “Skulls”, esperimento riuscito dove al tappeto di chitarre e batteria sparate ad altezza uomo si contrappongono una voce ed un ritornello intrisi di malinconico sapore goth.
Infine sono presenti due piccole perle introvabili su altri album se non nel singolo di “Night Of The Living Dead”: “London Dungeon”, dolce amara escursione in territori new wave/post punk e la scanzonata “Ghouls Night Out”.
Due validi motivi per attirare all'acquisto anche gli appassionati di vecchia data di questa combriccola di morti viventi.
Elenco tracce e testi
01 She (01:23)
she walked out with empty arms
machine gun in her hand
she is good and she is bad
no one understands
she walked in in silence
never spoke a word
she's got a rich daddy
she's her daddy's girl
she loves naked sin
he loves evil stare [correct: he loves evil sex]
she has lost control
they are growing old
she will hide in silence
then her day will come
she was virgin vixen
she is on the run
she is on the run
she is on the run
02 Skulls (01:59)
The corpes all hanging headless and limp,
Bodies with no surprises,
The blood drains down like the devil's rain,
We'll bathe tonight.
I want your skulls,
I need your skulls,
I want your skulls,
I need your skulls.
Demon I am and face I peel,
See your skin turned inside out,
'Cause I've gotta have you on my wall,
Gotta have you on my wall, 'cause,
I want your skulls,
I need your skulls,
I want your skulls,
I need your skulls.
Collect the heads of little girls and,
Put 'em on my wall.
Hack the heads off little girls and,
Put 'em on my wall.
Whoa
Whoa
I want your skulls,
I need your skulls,
I want your skulls,
I need your skulls.
03 London Dungeon (02:34)
They called us walking corpses
Unholy living dead
They had to lock us up
Put us in their British hell
Make sure your face is clean now
Can't have no dirty dead
All the corpses here are clean, boy
All the Yanks in British hell
I don't wanna be here in your London Dungeon
I don't wanna be here in your British hell
Ain't no mystery why I'm in misery in Hell
Here's hoping you're swell
They called us walking corpses
Unholy living dead
They had to lock us up
Put us in their British hell
I don't wanna be here in your London Dungeon
I don't wanna be here in your British hell
Ain't no mystery why I'm in misery in Hell
Here's hoping you're swell
Make sure your face is clean now
Can't have no dirty dead
All the corpses here are clean, boy
All the Yanks in British hell
I don't wanna be here in your London Dungeon
I don't wanna be here in your British hell
Ain't no mystery why I'm in misery in Hell
Here's hoping you're swell
Here's hoping you're swell
Here's hoping you're swell
Here's hoping you're swell
05 Astro Zombies (02:11)
oh, all i want to know all i want
with just a touch of my burning hand
i send my astro zombies to rape the land
prime directive, exterminate the whole human race
and your face drops in a pile of flesh
and then your heart, heart pounds till it pumps in death
prime directive, exterminate whatever stands left
all i wanted to say and all i gotta do
who'd i do this for hey, me or you
and all i wanted to say and all i gotta do
who'd i do this for hey, me or you
oh, all i want to know all i want
with just a touch of my burning hand
i'm gonna live my life to destroy your world
prime directive, exterminate the whole fuckin' race
then your face drops in a pile of flesh
and then your heart, heart pounds and it pumps in death
prime directive, exterminate this whole fuckin' place
well all i wanted to say and all i gotta do
who'd i do this for hey, me or you
and all i wanted to say and all i gotta do
who'd i do this for hey, me or you
oh, all i want to know all i want to know
all i want to know all i want oh oh
07 Die, Die My Darling (03:10)
Die, die, die my darling
Don't utter a single word
Die, die, die my darling
Just shut your pretty mouth
I'll be seeing you again
I'll be seeing you in Hell
Don't cry to me oh baby
Your future's in an oblong box, yeah
Don't cry to me oh baby
Should have seen it a-coming on
Don't cry to me oh baby
I don't know it was in your power
Don't cry to me oh baby
Dead-end girl for a dead-end boy
Don't cry to me oh baby
Now your life drains on the floor
Don't cry to me oh baby
Die, die, die my darling
Don't utter a single word
Die, die, die my darling
Just shut your pretty mouth
I'll be seeing you again
I'll be seeing you in Hell
Don't cry to me oh baby
Your future is in an oblong box
Don't cry to me oh baby
Should have seen the end a-coming on, a-coming
Don't cry to me oh baby
I don't know it was in your power
Don't cry to me oh baby
Dead-end road for a dead-end life
Don't cry to me oh baby
Now your life drains on the floor
Don't cry to me oh baby
Die, die, die my darling
Don't utter a single word
Die, die, die my darling
Shut your pretty mouth
I'll be seeing you again
I'll be seeing you in Hell
Don't cry to me oh baby
Die, die, die my darling
Don't cry to me oh baby
Die, die, die my darling
Die, die, die my darling
Die, die, die my darling
Die, die, die, die, die, die....
08 Earth A.D. (02:09)
oh, boom, when you feel like you're going to slow
I bet your gonna like it in AD, AD
People gonna talk about AD, AD
Bloody hell and sacrifice you
your head's on a big display
well your really gonna like it here AD, AD
people gonna talk about AD, AD
Living hell is not so bad
you bet you're life theres gonna be a fight
you bet you're life because the hills have eyes
you bet you're life theres gonna be a fight
you bet your because the hills have eyes
And then you're gonna die and then death is mine and then you
Oh, boom, on earth as it is in hell
We'll see you get to like it in AD,AD
people gonna talk about AD, AD
Bloody Hell and sacrifice you
your heads on a big display
Oh, you're really gonna like it here AD, AD
people gonna talk about AD, AD
Living Hell is not so bad
You bet you're life theres gonna be a fight
you bet you life because the hills have eyes
you bet your life theres gonna be a fight
you bet you're life because the hills have eyes
And then you die and then death is mine and then
you bet you're life theres gonna be a fight
you bet you're life because the hills have eyes
you bet you're life theres gonna be a fight
you bet your life because the hills have eyes
And then you're gonna die and then death is mine and then you
09 Devilock (01:26)
So make this demon offering
Best demon offering
Curious about the eye of death, oh
Gonna make it public
Gonna make you pay
Gonna rip your skull out
Eye of death, I know
Devilock, you rip your heart, I have 'em
Devilock, I rip your eyes out of hell
Hell is pumping something
Into lots of people
Curious about the eye of death, oh
Gonna make it public
Gonna make you pay
Gonna rip your skull out
Eye of death, I have them
Devilock, you rip your heart, I have 'em
Devilock, I rip your heart out of hell
Oh
Devilock, I rip your heart out, I have 'em
Devilock, I pluck your eyes out, I have 'em
Devilock, I rip your heart out of hell
Go, go, go, go, go
10 Death Comes Ripping (01:54)
Turn the lights down low
And bolt the door up
Future is coming
Future rising up
Whoa Shotgun blast, a demon piece of lead
With both eyes open
I wait up for the kill
Feel the evil
Feel the heat as I blast you open
Death comes ripping
And it's going, death comes ripping
You feel the heat as death comes ripping
Rip your back out
And death comes ripping out
Flesh and the blood
Too weak for the likes of you
Turning it over
A little too late to penetrate
Death comes ripping
And it's going, death comes ripping
You feel the heat as death comes ripping
Rip your back out
Death comes ripping
And it's going, death comes ripping
You feel the heat as death comes ripping
Rip your back out
Death comes ripping
And I know that death comes ripping out
Whoa
Whoa
Whoa
Whoa
12 Hollywood Babylon (02:20)
who came along for the ride hey,
you can't come inside do the citizens kneel for sex
it's heaven cummin' on her chest
hollywood babylon
hollywood babylon
flesh ancient monster design unless,
you wanna crop that size where did they come from tonight
who came along for the ride
hollywood babylon
hollywood babylon
who came along for the ride hey you,
you can't come iisde when do the citizens kneel for sex
it's heaven cummin' on her chest
hollywood babylon
hollywood babylon
hollywood babylon
13 Wolfsblood (01:14)
MISFITS LYRICS
"Wolfsblood"
You don't know who I'm talking to
Why? Because...
No one ever did
I feel it coming down my head
It's wolfs blood
It's pumping like it's fucking in my veins
And I feel my vertebrae shaking
And I feel my heart is dead
And I feel my muscles twitch
And I feel my stomach split
And I know I'm not a man
And I know inside my head
It's wolfs blood
It's pumping like it's fucking in my veins
And I feel my vertebrae shaking
And I feel my heart is dead
And I feel my muscles twitch
And I feel my stomach split
And I know I'm not a man
Oh
You don't know who I'm talking to
Why? Because...
No one ever did
I feel it coming down my head
It's wolfs blood
It's pumping like it's fucking in my veins
I'm gonna get it up
And I'm gonna break it up
And I'm gonna break his head
With my arms
Oh, hey
Know why you're dead
14 Bullet (01:39)
President's bullet-ridden body in the street
Ride, Johnny ride
Kennedy's shattered head hits concrete
Ride, Johnny ride
Johnny's wife is floundering
Johnny's wife is scared
Run, Jackie run
Texas is an outrage when your husband is dead
Texas is an outrage when they pick up his head
Texas is the reason that the president's dead
You gotta suck, suck, Jackie suck
President's bullet-ridden body in the street
Ride, Johnny ride
Kennedy's shattered head hits concrete
Ride, Johnny ride
Texas is an outrage when your husband is dead
Texas is an outrage when they pick up his head
Texas is the reason that the president's dead
You gotta suck, suck, Jackie suck
Arise Jackie O, Jonathon of Kennedy
Well, arise and be shot down
The dirt's gonna be your dessert
My cum be your life source
And the only way to get it
Is to suck or fuck
Or be poor and devoid
And masturbate me, masturbate me
Then slurp it from your palm
Like a dry desert soaking up rain
Soaking up sun
Like a dry desert soaking up rain
Soaking up sun
15 Horror Business (02:46)
Too much horror business
Driving late at night
Psycho '78
My bathroom is new
You, you don't go in the bathroom with me
Psycho '78 12 o'clock, don't be late
All this horror business
My mirrors are black
You, you don't go in the bathroom with me
With you
I'll put a knife right in you
I'm warning you
I'll put a knife right in you
I'm warning you
I'll put a knife right in you
Too much horror business
Driving late at night
Psycho '78
My bathroom is new for you
You, you don't go in the bathroom with me
Psycho '78 I'm talking about
12 o'clock, don't be late
I say, all this horror business
My mirrors are black for you
You, you don't go in the bathroom with me
With you
I'll put a knife right in you
I'm warning you
I'll put a knife right in you
I'm warning you
I'll put a knife right in you
I'm warning you
I'll put a knife right in you
I'm warning you
You, nobody can do what I can do, no
16 Teenagers From Mars (02:43)
[keep rolling, this is take one of Teenagers From Mars and Children in Heat]
well, we land in barren fields on the arizona plains
the insemination of little girls
in the middle of wet dreams
we are the angel mutants the streets for us seduction
our cause injust and ancient in this "b" film born invasion
teenagers from mars and we don't care
teenagers from mars and we don't care
teenagers from mars and we don't care
well, we've seen your 3-d movies in violent abduction
we blast your mindless structure inferior connection
we take your weak resistance throw it in your face
we need no introduction for mass anhiliation
teenagers from mars and we don't care
teenagers from mars and we don't care
teenagers from mars and we don't care
well, we need no introduction no visas or carte blanche inhuman reproduction
we're here for what we want we want, we need it,
we'll take it we want, we need it, we'll take it we want, we need it, we'll take it we want, we need it, we'll take it, baby
teenagers from mars and we don't care
and we don't care
teenagers from mars
and we don't care
teenagers from mars
and we don't care teenagers from mars
and we don't care teenagers from mars
and we don't care and we don't care (and we don't care)
and we don't care, we don't care we don't care, and we don't care and we don't care
17 Night Of The Living Dead (01:58)
A fortress in the sky
What's left of life it holds
We live on borrowed time
Along a glowing moonlit pier
Their armies still advance
From the murky depths, they rise
From their rotting bones
Their souls, they scream
For the flesh they need
Tonight, zombies walk
Upon the earth
Land of the dead
Massive flames arise
They burn out of control
In the slums, it's genocide
Evolved, they find a way inside
Those who could escape
Have no chance to survive
From their rotting bones
Their souls, they scream
For the flesh they need
Tonight, zombies walk
Upon the earth
Land of the dead
18 Where Eagles Dare (02:08)
we walk the streets at night
we go where eagles dare
they pick up every movement
they pick up every loser
with jaded eyes and features
you think they really care
i ain't no goddamn son of a bitch
you better think about it baby
i ain't no goddamn son of a bitch
you better think about it baby, baby
the omelet of disease awaits your noontime meal
her mouth of germicide seducing all your glands
i ain't no goddamn son of a bitch
you better think about it baby
i ain't no goddamn son of a bitch
you better think about it baby baby
let's test your threshold of pain let's see how long you last
that's happened in your rape on bosoms of your past
with jaded eyes and features you think they really care
let's go where eagles dare
we'll go where eagles dare
i ain't no goddamn son of a bitch
you better think about it baby
i ain't no goddamn son of a bitch
you better think about it baby
i ain't no goddamn son of a bitch
you better think about it baby
i ain't no goddamn son of a bitch
you better think about it baby, baby, baby
19 Vampira (01:21)
Hey
Black dress moves in a blue movie
Graverobbes from out space
Well your pulmonary trembles in your outstreched arm
Trembles so wicked
Two inch nails
Micro waist
With a pale white feline face
Inclination eyebrows to there
Mistress to the horror kid
Cemetery of the white love ghoul
Take off your shabby dress
Come and lay beside me
Come a little bit closer
Come a little bit closer
Come a little bit closer
Come a little but closer to me
Vampira, Vampira, Vampira
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
20 I Turned Into A Martian (01:44)
possession of the mind is a terrible thing
it's a transformation with an urge to kill
not the body of a man from earth
not the face of the one you love, 'cause
well, i turned into a martian woah oh oh
i can't even recall my name woah oh oh
times i never hardly sleep at night woah oh oh
well, i turned into a martian today
i walk down city streets on an unsuspecting human world
inhuman in your midst
this world is mine to own, 'cause
well, i turned into a martian woah oh oh
well, i can't even recall my name woah oh oh
times i never hardly sleep at night woah oh oh
well, i turned into a martian today (go,go)
well, i turned into a martian woah oh oh
well, i can't even recall my name woah oh oh
times i never hardly sleep at night woah oh oh
turned into a martian woah oh oh
can't even recall my name oh,
won't you tell me what the fuck is my name, martian
woah oh oh woah oh oh
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