ABSOLUTION

Ascoltare "Absolution" dei Muse è come vivere in un sogno, un dolce sogno illuminato dal buio di un'apocalisse ormai vicina. Un ritmo scostante, imprevedibile, imprendibile, risuona nelle orecchie come un piacevole mal di testa.

Un insieme di suoni post-rock toccate da petali bruciati rendono il lavoro del gruppo uno dei migliori. E mentre il ronzio iniziale di "Time Is Running Out" ti graffia il petto in modo sublime, ti accorgi che la metodica musicale e vocale è molto distaccata dal primo o dal secondo album che portano in rilievo influenze brit-pop.

E' un album più elettronico, un mix tra oriente, occidente, gelato alla fragola, asfalto, e, come tutti gli album dei Muse, dolce depressione da analizzare. Ti fotte la testa e non te la riporta più indietro. Ma il vero punto in cui le membra grigie se ne vanno, è quando incontro per la strada non asfaltata "Stockholm Syndrome" e mi rendo conto che l'album merita più di quanto pensano i critici perbenisti, i ragazzuoli indie-rocker o mio fratello.

Da tenere sotto controllo è anche "The Small Print" anche se nettamente inferiore a "Hysteria" sia musicalmente che narrativamente. Per concludere vorrei analizzare il testo di un loro pezzo......ma si........prendiamo come cavia proprio Hysteria:

It's bugging me
Grating me
And twisting me around
Yeah I'm endlessly
Caving in
And turning inside out

'Cause I want it now
I want it now
Give me your heart and your soul
And I'm breaking out
I'm breaking out
Last chance to lose control

It's holding me, morphing me
And forcing me to strive
To be endlessly cold within
And dreaming I'm alive

'Cause I want it now
I want it now
Give me your heart and your soul
And I'm not breaking down
I'm breaking out
Last chance to lose control

And I want you now
I want you now
I'll feel my heart implode
I'm breaking out
Escaping now

Feeling my faith erode

Meravigliosa......

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01   Intro (00:23)

02   Apocalypse Please (04:12)

Declare this an emergency
Come on and spread a sense of urgency
And pull us through
And pull us through
And this is the end
This is the end of the world

It's time we saw a miracle
Come on it's time for something biblical
To pull us through
And pull us through
And this is the end
This is the end of the world

Proclaim eternal victory
Come on and change the course of history
And pull us through
And pull us through
And this is the end
This is the end of the world

03   Time Is Running Out (03:57)

I think I'm drowning
Asphyxiated
I wanna break this spell
That you've created

You're something beautiful
A contradiction
I wanna play the game
I want the friction

You will be the death of me
Yeah you will be the death of me

Bury it
I won't let you bury it
I won't let you smother it
I won't let you murder it

Our time is running out
Our time is running out
You can't push it underground
You can't stop it screaming out

I wanted freedom
Bound and restricted
I tried to give you up
But I'm addicted

Now that you know I'm trapped
Sense of elation
You'd never dream of
Breaking this fixation

You will squeeze the life out of me

Bury it
I won't let you bury it
I won't let you smother it
I won't let you murder it

And our time is running out
And our time is running out
You can't push it underground
You can't stop it screaming out
How did it come to this?
Oooooh yeah yeah

Yeah you will suck the life out of me

Bury it
I won't let you bury it
I won't let you smother it
I won't let you murder it

And our time is running out
And our time is running out
You can't push it underground
You can't stop it screaming out
How did it come to this?
Ooooohh yeah yeah

04   Sing for Absolution (04:57)

Lips are turning blue
A kiss that can't renew
I only dream of you
My beautiful

Tiptoe to your room
A starlight in the gloom
I only dream of you
And you never knew

Sing for absolution
I will be singing
And falling from your grace

There's no where left to hide
In no one to confide
The truth burns deep inside
And will never die

Lips are turning blue
A kiss that can't renew
I only dream of you
My beautiful

Sing for absolution
I will be singing
And falling from your grace

Sing for absolution
I will be singing
And falling from your grace

Our wrongs
Remain unrectified
And our souls
Won't be exhumed

05   Stockholm Syndrome (04:56)

I won't stand in your way
Let your hatred grow
And she'll scream and she'll shout and she'll pray
And she had a name
Yeah she had a name

I won't hold you back
Let your anger rise
And we'll fly and we'll fall and we'll burn
No one will recall
No one will recall

This is the last time I'll abandon you
And this is
The last time I'll forget you
I wish I could

Look to the stars
Let hope burn in your eyes
And we'll love and we'll hate and we'll die
All to no avail
All to no avail

This is the last time I'll abandon you
And this is
The last time I'll forget you
I wish I could

This is the last time
I'll abandon you
And this is
The last time I'll forget you
I wish I could
I wish I could

06   Falling Away With You (04:41)

I can't remember when it was good
Moments of happiness elude
Maybe I just misunderstood

All of the love we left behind
Watching the flash backs intertwine
Memories I will never find

So I'll love whatever you become
And forget the reckless things we've done
I think our lives have just begun
I think our lives have just begun

And I'll feel my world crumbling
I'll feel my life crumbling
I'll feel my soul crumbling away
And falling away
Falling away with you

Staying awake to chase a dream
Tasting the air you're breathing in
I hope I won't forget a thing

Promise to hold you close and pray
Watching the fantasies decay
Nothing will ever stay the same

And all of the love we threw away
And all of the hopes we've cherished fade
Making the same mistakes again
Making the same mistakes again

And I'll feel my world crumbling
I'll feel my life crumbling
I'll feel my soul crumbling away
And falling away
Falling away with you

All of the love we left behind
Watching the flash backs intertwine
Memories I will never find
Memories I will never find

07   Interlude (00:38)

08   Hysteria (03:48)

It's bugging me
Grating me
And twisting me around
Yeah I'm endlessly
Caving in
And turning inside out

Cause I want it now
I want it now
Give me your heart and your soul
And I'm breaking out
I'm breaking out
That's when she'll lose control

It's holding me
Morphing me
And forcing me to strive
To be endlessly
Cold within
And dreaming I'm alive

Cause I want it now
I want it now
Give me your heart and your soul
I'm not breaking down
I'm breaking out
That's when she'll lose control

And I want you now
I want you now
I'll feel my heart implode
And I'm breaking out
Escaping now
Feeling my faith erode

09   Blackout (04:22)

Don't kid yourself
And don't fool yourself
This love's too good to last
And I'm too old to dream

Don't grow up too fast
And don't embrace the past
This life's too good to last
And I'm too young to care

Don't kid yourself
And don't fool yourself
This life could be the last
And we're too young to see

10   Butterflies and Hurricanes (05:01)

Change
Everything you are
And everything you were
Your number has been called
Fights, battles have begun
Revenge will surely come
Your hard times are ahead

Best!
You've got to be the best
You've got to change the world
And you use this chance to be heard
Your time is now

Change
Everything you are
And everything you were
Your number has been called
Fights and battles have begun
Revenge will surely come
Your hard times are ahead

Best!
You've got to be the best
You've got to change the world
And you use this chance to be heard
Your time is now

Don't
Let yourself down
Don't let yourself go
Your last chance has arrived

Best!
You've got to be the best
You've got to change the world
And you use this chance to be heard
Your time is now

11   The Small Print (03:29)

Take, take all you need
And I'll compensate your greed
With broken hearts
Sell, I'll sell your memories
For 15 pounds per year
But just the good days

Say it'll make you insane
And it's bending the truth
You're to blame
For all the life that you'll lose
And you watch this space
But I'm going all the way
And be my slave to the grave
I'm a priest God never paid

Hope, I hope you've seen the light
Cause no one really cares
They're just pretending

Sell, and I'll sell your memories
For 15 pounds per year
But you can keep the bad days

Say it'll make you insane
And I'm bending the truth
You're to blame
For all the life that you'll lose
And you watch this space
And I'm going all the way
And be my slave to the grave
I'm a priest God never paid

Say it'll make you insane
And I'm bending the truth
You're to blame
For all the life that you'll lose
And you watch this space
And I'm going all the way
And be my slave to the grave
I'm a priest God never paid

12   Endlessly (03:50)

This part in me you'll never know
The only thing I'll never show
Hopelessly I'll love you endlessly
Hopelessly I'll give you everything
But I won't give you up
I won't let you down
And I won't leave you falling
If the moment ever comes

It's plain to see it's trying to speak
Cherished dreams forever asleep
Hopelessly I'll love you endlessly
Hopelessly I'll give you everything
But I won't give you up
I won't let you down
And I won't leave you falling
If the moment ever comes

Hopelessly I'll love you endlessly
Hopelessly I'll give you everything
But I won't give you up
I won't let you down
And I won't leave you falling
But the moment never comes

13   Thoughts of a Dying Atheist (03:07)

Eerie whispers trapped beneath my pillow
Won’t let me sleep, your memories
I know you’re in this room, I’m sure I heard you sigh
Floating in-between where our worlds collide

Scares the hell out of me
And the end is all I can see
And it scares the hell out of me
And the end is all I can see

Yeah yeah yeah...

I know the moment’s near
And there’s nothing we can do
Look through a faithless eye
Are you afraid to die?

It scares the hell out of me
And the end is all I can see
And it scares the hell out of me
And the end is all I can see

Yeah yeah yeah...

It scares the hell out of me
And the end is all I can see
And it scares the hell out of me
And the end is all I can see

Yeah yeah yeah...

14   Ruled by Secrecy (05:12)

Repress and restrain
Steal the pressure and the pain
Wash the blood off your hands
This time she won't understand

Change in the air
And they'll hide everywhere
No one knows who's in control

You're working so hard
And you're never in charge
Your death creates success
Rebuild and suppress

Change in the air
And they'll hide everywhere
No one knows who's in control

Change in the air
And they'll hide everywhere
And no one knows who's in control

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Altre recensioni

Di  theego

 La potenza del suono e dei testi è sempre su livelli alti e questa volta è ancor di più incitata dal clima plumbeo in cui versa la società.

 Una marcia cupa (tipo The Wall) preludio ad un giudizio universale (Apocalypse Please) tanto temuto quanto invocato.


Di  TheSilentMan

 Matthew Bellamy sembra proprio essere in una forma strepitosa sia a livello vocale che strumentale.

 Il genere che il trio ci propone è difficilmente definibile se non catalogando come un post-rock influenzato da qualche scheggia di metallo fuso.


Di  easycure

 I Muse fanno veramente schifo.

 La voce è quanto di più odioso e inconsistente si possa sentire al giorno d’oggi.


Di  airbag

 Un album povero di significato a partire dalla prima traccia 'Intro', che mostra quanto sia pretenzioso questo gruppo.

 Peccato mille volte peccato: da loro ci saremmo aspettati molto di più, ma manca coerenza intellettuale.


Di  Sir Psycho Sexy

 Terzo album della band inglese e terzo capolavoro!

 Absolution è un capolavoro di paranoia e cattiveria, che unisce due stili apparentemente distanti in perfetta armonia.