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Questa è una storia a lieto fine: quella di un gruppo sull'orlo del baratro, ma che guarda in alto con la speranza di arrivare, un giorno, a bussare alle porte del paradiso. Loro si chiamano No Doubt, vengono da Anaheim, California, e sono capitanati dalla grintosa Gwen Stefani. Si fanno cinque anni di gavetta suonando dal vivo in piccoli club, ottengono un contratto discografico nel 1990 e due anni dopo escono col primo album omonimo: un flop tremendo, appena 30.000 copie vendute, che in America son bruscolini. La casa discografica prova a mollarli, tant'è che "The Beacon Street Collection", il loro secondo album, esce nel 1995 autoprodotto per l?etichetta di proprietà del gruppo, la Sea Creature Records. Anche questo un flop, ma che almeno vende il triplo del disco di esordio.
Lungi dall'essere una compilation, "The Beacon Street Collection" mette assieme registrazioni in precedenza scartate da diverse sessioni in studio: dieci brani dallo stile piuttosto vario, ascrivibili a un territorio (pop) rock in cui si avvertono venature grunge (come nel brano di apertura, "Open The Gate", o in "Snakes") e ska, lo stile che aveva segnato il loro esordio (come in "Total Hate 95", in "Squeal" e nella conclusiva "Doghouse").
Un disco interessante che si mantiene, senza eccellere, su un buon livello complessivo. Certo, gli manca il guizzo, il colpo d'ala che lo faccia diventare memorabile almeno per un episodio o due.
Come si diceva, con questo lavoro i No Doubt si sporgono pericolosamente sull?orlo del baratro: hanno già avuto due occasioni e forse non gli sarà concessa la terza. Ma hanno il merito di crederci, di non mollare. Più tardi in quello stesso 1995 esce "Tragic Kingdom", il terzo album, che sarà un successo clamoroso: otto volte disco di platino dopo l'uscita, un tour internazionale durato 27 mesi, 16 milioni di copie vendute a oggi.
Nel 1995 dunque nasce una stella: si chiama Gwen Stefani. Lei e i No Doubt sono arrivati fin là, a bussare alle porte del paradiso.
Elenco tracce e testi
01 Open the Gate (03:40)
I see you from a distance
From beyond the fence you've made
Hiding all your feelings
behind your barricade
Have you been invaded
Is this the reason why you hide
I know just how your feeling
I know so let me inside
Open the gate up
Open the gate up, hurry
Open the gate up, hurry
I want to get near you
But you just won't let me in
You're so scared of losing
Everything you've got within
Come on now you can trust me
Come on open the door
I know just how you're feeling
I know, I've been there before
Open the gate up
Open the gate up hurry
Open the gate up hurry
Do it right now
Open the gate up...
Or I'm gonna knock the damn door down!
05 Greener Pastures (05:05)
You're always tellin' me to go out more
Go ahead, get out and see the world
But then I think, why should I
I'd rather stay home and cry
I never thought that I could be the other
The other way like the other ones
Let me open wide, let you see inside
And then you might agree
Would you say they find me unstable
'Cause they see me act a little bit different
But I know my way to greener pastures and
Think about it, won't you think it over
Please
Without you I can move
I can stretch my arms out, I can feel it
And when I'm in my room alone I feel good
Because I don't have to deal with you or the outside world
Would you say they find me unstable
'Cause they see me act a little bit different
But I know my way to greener pastures and
Think about it, won't you think it over
Please
I guess I'll get over it
Ooh - I guess I'll get over it
I guess I'll get over it
I guess I'll get over it
Would you say they find me unstable
'Cause they see me act a little bit different
But I know my way through greener pastures
Would you say they find me unstable
'Cause they see me act a little bit different
But I know my way through greener pastures
Would you say they find me unstable
Cause they see me act a little bit different
But I know my way through greener pastures
Greener pastures
See me act a little bit different
But I know my way through greener pastures
07 Snakes (04:37)
Open the basket
Listen to the flute play
Open the basket
Listen to the flute play
Toot toot toot toot play
Snakes in the basket
Lie to lead you astray
Snakes in the basket
Force to make you betray
Your innermost truths hid away
Falling down to the underground
As you slither down to your lair
Hidden in the many trenches of a hopeless war
Those who were sold out by a corporate board
Carry the casket
Never mind the gun spray
Bury the casket
Pawns in someones gameplay
Shoot shoot shoot shoot obey
Subscription to the spreading of lies
Soldier catches a glimpse of his demise
Deep down inside even he knows
Snakes come in many shapes and sizes
snakes have no hands to be tied
Concoction of malicious lies
deep inside the general despises
himself... listen to the flute play
another reptile in line
Snakes without grass cannot hide
Falling down to the underground
As you slither down to your lair
Forked tongues spread the poison with a toxic sting
So much pain their serpentine inhibitions bring
08 That's Just Me (04:08)
You think that I will change
But you know that will never be
I'm just that way and that's just me
Well it's just the way I am
And I am doing all I can
Why can't you see I just can't change
I could care less what you see
I'm just never the less here for me
You're always getting what you want
But you still keep looking
I guess you're just never getting what you need
With your eyes wide open
You still keep looking for your dreams
That's just me
It doesn't matter what you say
My confidence will lead the way
Words will never do, sad but true
And if I didn't act this way
Well it just wouldn't be the same
That wouldn't do, 'cause I'm not you
And I could care less what you see
I'm just never the less here for me
You're always getting what you want
But you still keep looking
I guess you just never getting what you need
With your eyes wide open
You still keep looking for your dreams
That's just me
That's just the way I am, I am no larry or a sam
Why can't you see, I'm just that way!
Well there it is, it's right here, so crystal clear
Well there it is, it's right here, so crystal clear in front of my face!
I could care less what you see in me....
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