"RIFLESSIONI IN DISCOTECA"
Gli innovativi New Order, dopo aver seguito il filone dark wave nei Joy Division e dopo aver prodotto diversi dischi "post new wave", giungono nell'89, ad un lavoro misto, contaminato da influenze Techno-pop, Disco, New wave, Pop ed Industrial.
Grazie all'artwork del loro designer di fiducia nonchè produttore Peter Saville, piazzano questo disco immediatamente tra i loro migliori mai realizzati insieme a "Brotherhood" e "Low-Life". Pezzi che si alternano tra veloci (con ritmi incalzanti e sintetizzatori anni 80') e lente e melodiche (incentrate soprattutto sui toni cupi del basso e della chitarra). Il primo pezzo "Fine Time" trasporta l'ascoltatore nel mondo dei New Order ma lo stravolge immediatamente dopo con la stupenda "All the Way" nel quale il gruppo si distacca dal mondo corrotto esclamando a voce alta i propri propositi: "It don't take no Houdini to tell me what I am, parasites and literasites, they'd burn me if they can, but I don't give a damn about what those people say, they pick you up and kick you out, they hurt you every day!". "Round and Rond", "Mr. Disco" & "Vanishing Point" rimangono simili alla prima traccia nei ritmi, utilizzando però diverse tecniche compositive che rendono, ancora oggi, i New Order unici.
Solitarie invece le altre quattro tracce che riflettono le complesse personalità dei componenti del gruppo, fortemente legati, al proprio (ormai defunto) ex-leader Ian Curtis, che al tempo, con i Joy Division, compose alcune tra le canzoni più autodistruttive e nel contempo più romantiche mai realizzate negli ultimi 20 anni. "Technique" rimane un cd memorabile anche se non fondamentale per comprendere a pieno la complessa macchina produttiva dei New Order. Ricordo inoltre che i cd dei New Order, non sono digeribili al primo ascolto come può esserlo invece un cd di Hilary Duff o Duncan James (senza offendere gli amanti del genere), ma bisogna riascoltarlo più volte, rubando riflssioni e ritmi ogni volta che lo si riascolta, cominciando così a percepire pian piano l'essenza vera del disco ed il messaggio che esso vuole comunicare.
Non prendete mai troppo alla leggera i New Order, scmabiandoli per un gruppo Dance od House ante litteram, sono tutt'altro che questo e la conferma ve la può dare il vostro udito, dopo aver ascoltato "Movement" (disco d'esordio) e "Waiting for the Siren's call" uno dei lavori piu recenti datato 2005! "The sound and the Fury!" (messaggio stampato sulla maglia del cantante dei Joy Division ad un concerto)
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01 Fine Time (04:42)
You're much too young
To be a part of me
Too young
To get a hold on me
You're much too young
You're much too young
You're much too young
To mess around with me
Hey
You know I've met a lot of cool chicks
But I've never met a girl with all her own teeth
That's why I love you babe
That's why we could be
But you're too young
Too young
The past doesn't matter (12x)
Hey
Sophisticated lady
You know I've met a lot of cool chicks
But you've got style
You've got class
But most of all
You've got love technique.
05 Guilty Partner (04:48)
Guilty partner Listen to me, I know what I'm saying
But lord it don't come easy
To admit that I was wrong
It took me far too long
I counted on you
To give me a reason
Why the sun don't shine in the season
Gray sky surrounded me.
I'm not some kind of foolish lover
I couldn't take this from no other
You're not being cool with me
Cause I always know you'll come back to me
Yes, you'll come back to me.
Cause I always know
What it takes to make you my lover.
You once said to me that I was a cruel man
And you know that I almost believed you
I was blind, and I couldn't see
You took my sight from me.
And all of these words
And all this emotion
Can't explain my hopeless devotion
Or change what had to be.
I'm not some kind of foolish lover
I couldn't take this from no other
You're not being cool with me
Cause I always know that you'll come back to me
Yes, you'll come back to me
Yes, you'll come back to me.
I'm not some kind of foolish lover
I couldn't take this from no other
You're not being cool with me
Cause I always know that you'll come back to me
Yes, you'll come back to me.
I'm not some kind of foolish lover
I couldn't take this from another
It's no good being cool with me
Cause I always know
06 Run (04:31)
Answer me
Why won't you answer me
I can't recall the day that I last heard from you
Well you don't get a town like this for nothing
So here's what you've got to do
You work your way to the top of the world
Then you break your life in two
Well what's the use in complaining
When you've got what you don't need
Anyone would think you were hardened too
What do you want me to believe
What the hell is happening
I can't think of everything
I don't know what day it is
Or who I'm talking to
But I know that I'm ok
'Cause you're here with me today
I haven't got a single problem
Now that I'm with you
So what's the use in complaining
When you've got everything you need
Anyone would think you were hardened too
What do you want me to believe
08 Vanishing Point (05:17)
Grow up children, don't you suffer
At the hands of one another
If you like a sleeping demon
Listen can you hear him weeping
Tears of joy and tears of sorrow
He buys love to sell tomorrow
My life ain't no holiday
I've been through the point of no return
I've seen what a man can do
I've seen all the hate of a woman too
Feel your heartbeat lose the rhythm
He can't touch the world we live in
Life is short but love is strong
There lies a hope that I have found
And if you try you'll find it too
Remember why I'm telling you
My life ain't no holiday
I've been through the point of no return
I've seen what a man can do
I've seen all the hate of a woman too
And they gave him away
Like in 'Whistle Down The Wind'
By the look on his face
He never gave in
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