• Voto:
Noel Gallagher ci aveva avvertito, gli Oasis non sono innovatori, non sperimentano, vogliono solo colpirti con canzoni semplici che sono instant classic e si incollano alle orecchie e al cuore al primo ascolto, con questo spirito nasce Definitely Maybe, primo album della band mancuniana.
Anticipato dai singoli "Supersonic", "Shakermaker" e "Live Forever" esce il 30 Agosto 1994 e viene proiettato immediatamente al numero uno delle charts inglesi grazie alla sua impressionante forza trascinante che contribuisce a creare quella che già si profilava come un'autentica Oasismania, spinta anche da media entusiasti per aver finalmente trovato eroi per un popolo, quello britannico, al quale ormai da tempo mancava un punto di riferimento musicale che sapesse così ben interpretare il working class lifestyle, fatto di risse, ansie per un futuro incerto, bevute al pub dopo frustranti giornate di lavoro, crisi di coppia consumate nelle grigie giornate delle suburbie inglesi, ma anche un grandissimo desiderio di rivalsa e una selvaggia voglia di vivere.
Definitely Maybe è un condensato del meglio che la musica inglese ha sfornato dai sixties fino ai primi anni '90, volumi di chitarra e voce al massimo, psichedelia, violenza e candore si fondono dei solchi di DM.
Si parte in quarta con ""Rock 'n' Roll Star" nella quale i nostri si autoproclamano al mondo come le nuove stars del Rock, in realtà è il loro sogno che fa da contraltare ad un paesaggio urbano che lascia poco spazio per uscirne ed essere finalmente illuminati dal sole del successo, si prosegue con Shakermaker", pittoresco ritratto su base psichedelica nel quale compaiono strani personaggi quali Mr.Pulito e Mr.Ordine, di notevole impatto soprattutto nei live la canzone si fa notare anche per la somiglianza con "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing" dei New Seekers utilizzata negli spot anni '80 della Coca Cola, ma è alla terza posizione che si trova il capolavoro dell'album, "Live Forever" è un vero e proprio inno alla vita, dove un testo che può sembrare ingenuo ci ricorda quello che in realtà è l'obiettivo di chi è dotato di capacità e sensibilità superiori alla media e cerca un modo di esprimerle: realizzare qualcosa di eccezionale e vivere così per sempre.
La successiva "Up In The Sky", dal testo piuttosto strampalato, è buona per muovere le gambe mentre in "Columbia", vero e proprio cavallo di battaglia ancora oggi nei live, affiora un Noel spaesato alle prese con sensazioni tutte nuove, indefinite, chiedendosi se ci sta confondendo o ci sta ammaliando, a giudicare dal riscontro della canzone nei concerti la seconda che ha detto, le stranezza proseguono con "Supersonic", pezzo trascinante e vera e prorpria esortazione a prendersi tutto e subito, sfrontatezza pura e andamento ipnotico ne fanno una vera e propria hit, il ritmo si fa di nuovo incalzante con "Bring It On Down" in cui le chitarre sferragliano e "McCarrol" picchia sui tamburi come un forsennato mentre Liam si produce in una prestazione vocale (filtrata al vocoder nel bridge) devastante come richiesto dal pezzo, "Cigarettes And Alcohol" paga chiaro tributo a "Get It On" dei T-Rex ed è un pezzo blueseggiante e festaiolo con tanto di white lines a corroborare gli animi della band alle prese con alcool e sigarette in attesa di tempi migliori, "Digsy's Diner" è la descrizione dello strano approccio del protagonista con una ragazza, con promesse di tè alle tre, fragole e panna, lasagne e trattamenti da regina, puro advertissement che apre la strada al pezzo mailinconico dell'album: "Slide Away" con la struggente interpretazione di Liam che si arrampica su un testo che tratta l'amor perduto e ritrovato, parole poco originali ma anche per questo semplici e di sicura presa, la chiusura è affidata a "Married With Children", dove la sola chitarra acustica accompagna la voce di Liam nel racconto di una crisi di coppia certamente reminescenza della difficile
infanzia dei piccoli Gallagher, una perla a suggello di un disco di pietre preziose.
Potente, fresco, immediato e spontaneo Definitely sembra quasi suonato in presa diretta, il wall of sound caratteristico degli Oasis fa da sfondo alla voce sfavillante (sebbene ancora immatura) di Liam che canta le melodie di un Noel nel pieno della sua forza creativa.
Un debut album magnifico e tra i migliori dischi degli anni '90 che si appropria del meglio del pop e del rock britannico e che regala alle masse the next (e per ora the last) big thing inglese.
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02 Shakermaker (05:08)
I'd like to be somebody else and not know where I've been
I'd like to build myself a house out of plasticine
Ah, shake along with me
Ah, shake along with me
I've been driving in my car with my friend Mr. Soft
Mr. Clean and Mr. Ben are living in my loft
Ah, shake along with me
Ah, shake along with me
I'm sorry but I just don't know
I know you said I told you so
But when you're happy and you're feeling fine
Then you'll know it's the right time
Then you'll know it's the right time
To shake along with me
Shake along with me
Shake along with me
Shake along with me
Mr. Sifter sold me songs when I was just sixteen
Now he stops at traffic lights, but only when they're green
Ah, shake along with me
Ah, shake along with me
Ah, shake along with me
Ah, shake along with me
Shake along with me
Shake along with me
Shake along with me
Shake along with them
Shake along with me
Shake along with them
Shake along with me
03 Live Forever (04:36)
Maybe I don't really wanna know
How your garden grows, 'cause I just want to fly
Lately, did you ever feel the pain?
In the morning rain as it soaks you to the bone
Maybe I just want to fly
Want to live, I don't want to die
Maybe I just want to breathe
Maybe I just don't believe
Maybe you're the same as me
We see things they'll never see
You and I, we're gonna live forever
I said maybe I don't really wanna know
How your garden grows, 'cause I just want to fly
Lately, did you ever feel the pain?
In the morning rain as it soaks you to the bone
Maybe I will never be
All the things that I want to be
Now is not the time to cry
Now's the time to find out why
I think you're the same as me
We see things they'll never see
You and I, we're gonna live forever
Maybe I don't really wanna know
How your garden grows, 'cause I just want to fly
Lately, did you ever feel the pain?
In the morning rain as it soaks you to the bone
Maybe I just want to fly
Want to live, I don't want to die
Maybe I just want to breathe
Maybe I just don't believe
Maybe you're the same as me
We see things they'll never see
You and I, we're gonna live forever
Gonna live forever
Gonna live forever
Gonna live forever
Gonna live forever
Gonna live forever
Gonna live forever
04 Up in the Sky (04:28)
Hey you up in the sky
Learning to fly
Tell me how high
Do you think you'd go
Before you start falling
Hey you up in the tree
You wanna be me
Well that couldn't be
Cos the people here
They don't hear you calling
How does it feel
When you're inside me?
Hey you wearing the crown
Making no sound
I bet you feel down
Well that's too bad
Welcome to my world
Hey you stealing the light
I've heard that the shine's
Gone out of your life
Well that's just too bad
Welcome to my world
How does it feel
When you're inside me?
You'll need assistance with the things that you have never ever seen
It's just a case of never breathing out
Before you breathe it in
How does it feel
When you're inside me?
I can feel you
Can you feel me?
Hey you up in the sky
Learning to fly
Tell me how high
Do you think you'd go
Before you start falling
Hey you up in a tree
You wanna be me
But that couldn't be
Cos the people here
They don't hear you calling
How does it feel
When you're inside me?
You'll need assistance with the things that you have never ever seen
It's just a case of never breathing out
Before you breathe it in
How does it feel
When you're inside?
05 Columbia (06:17)
There we were, now here we are
All this confusion, nothing's the same to me
There we were, now here we are
All this confusion, nothing's the same to me
I can't tell you the way I feel
Because the way I feel is oh so new to me
I can't tell you the way I feel
Because the way I feel is oh so new to me
What I heard is not what I hear
I can see the signs but they're not very clear
What I heard is not what I hear
I can see the signs but they're not very clear
So I can't tell you the way I feel
Because the way I feel is oh so new to me
I can't tell you the way I feel
Because the way I feel is oh so new to me
This is confusion, am I confusing you?
This is confusion, am I confusing you?
This is peculiar, we don't want to fool ya
This is peculiar, we don't want to fool ya
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
06 Supersonic (04:43)
I need to be myself
I can't be no one else
I'm feeling supersonic
Give me gin and tonic
You can have it all, but how much do you want it?
You make me laugh
Give me your autograph
Can I ride with you in your BMW?
You can sail with me in my yellow submarine
You need to find out
'Cause no one's gonna tell you what I'm on about
You need to find a way for what you want to say
But before tomorrow
'Cause my friend said he'd take you home
He sits in a corner all alone
He lives under a waterfall
Nobody can see him
Nobody could ever hear him call
Nobody could ever hear him call
You need to be yourself
You can't be no one else
I know a girl called Elsa
She's into Alka Seltzer
She sniffs it through a cane on a supersonic train
And she makes me laugh
I've got her autograph
She done it with a doctor on a helicopter
She's sniffin in her tissue
Sellin' the big issue
When she finds out
No one's gonna tell her what I'm on about
You need to find a way for what you wanna say
But before tomorrow
'Cause my friend said he'd take you home
He sits in a corner all alone
He lives under a waterfall
Nobody can see him
Nobody could ever hear him call
Nobody could ever hear him call
07 Bring It On Down (04:17)
What was that sound ringing around your brain?
Today was just a blur, you've got a head like a ghost train
What was that sound ringing around your brain?
You're here on your own, who you gonna find to blame?
You're the outcast
You're the underclass
But you don't care
Because you're living fast
You're the uninvited guest who stays 'til the end
I know you've got a problem that the devil sends
You think they're talking 'bout you, but you don't know who
I'll be scraping your life from the sole of my shoe tonight
Bring it on down, bring it down for me
Your head's in a fish tank, your body and your mind can't breath
Bring it on down, bring it down for me
Your head's in a fish tank, your body and your mind can't breath
You're the outcast
You're the underclass
But you don't care
Because you're living fast
You're the uninvited guest who stays 'til the end
I know you've got a problem that the devil sends
You think they're talking 'bout you, but you don't know who
I'll be scraping their lives from the sole of my shoe tonight
08 Cigarettes & Alcohol (04:49)
Is it my imagination
Or have I finally found something worth living for?
I was looking for some action
But all I found was cigarettes and alcohol
You could wait for a lifetime
To spend your days in the sunshine
You might as well do the white line
'Cause when it comes on top
You've gotta make it happen
You've gotta make it happen
You've gotta make it happen
You've gotta make it happen
Is it worth the aggravation
To find yourself a job when there's nothing worth working for?
It's a crazy situation
But all I need are cigarettes and alcohol
You could wait for a lifetime
To spend your days in the sunshine
You might as well do the white line
'Cause when it comes on top
You've gotta make it happen
You've gotta make it happen
You've gotta make it happen
You've gotta make it happen
09 Digsy's Dinner (02:32)
What a life it would be
If you could come to mine for tea
I'll pick you up at half-past three
We'll have lasagna
I'll treat you like a queen
I'll give you strawberries and cream
Then your friends will all go green
For my lasagna
These could be the best days of our lives
But I don't think we've been living very wise
Oh no no
What a life it would be
If you could come to mine for tea
I'll pick you up at half-past three
We'll have lasagna
These could be the best days of our lives
But I don't think we've been living very wise
I said oh no no
What a life it would be
If you could come to mine for tea
I'll pick you up at half-past three
And we'll have lasagna
I'll treat you like a queen
I'll give you strawberries and cream
Then your friends will all go green
Then your friends will all go green
Then your friends will all go green
For my lasagna
10 Slide Away (06:32)
Slide away and give it all you've got
My today fell in from the top
I dream of you and of all the things you say
I wonder where you are now
Hold me down, all the world's asleep
I need you now, you knock me off my feet
I dream of you and we talk of growing old
But you said please don't
Slide in baby, together we'll fly
I've tried praying but I don't know what you're saying to me
And now that you're mine
We'll find a way
Of chasing the sun
Let me be the one that shines with you
In the morning we don't know what to do
Two of a kind
We'll find a way
To do what we've done
Let me be the one that shines with you
And we can slide away, slide away, slide away, away
Slide away, give it all you've got
My today fell in from the top
I dream of you and all the things you say
I wonder where you are now
Slide in baby, together we'll fly
I've tried praying and I know just what you're saying to me
Now that you're mine
We'll find a way
Of chasing the sun
Let me be the one that shines with you
In the morning we don't know what to do
We're two of a kind
We'll find a way
To do what we've done
Oh, let me be the one that shines with you
And we can slide away
Slide away
Slide away
Slide away
Slide away
Slide away
Slide away
Slide away
( I don't know, I don't care)
(All I know is you can take me there)
Slide away
Slide away
Slide away
Slide away
Slide away
Slide away
Slide away
Slide away
Slide away
Slide away
11 Married With Children (03:12)
There's no need for you to say you're sorry
Goodbye, I'm going home
I don't care no more so don't you worry
Goodbye, I'm going home
I hate the way that even though you know you're wrong
You say you're right
I hate the books you read and all your friends
Your music's shite, it keeps me up all night, up all night
There's no need for you to say you're sorry
Goodbye, I'm going home
I don't care no more so don't you worry
Goodbye, I'm going home
I hate the way that you are so sarcastic
And you're not very bright
You think that everything you've done's fantastic
Your music's shite, it keeps me up all night, up all night
And it will be nice to be alone for a week or two
But I know then I will be right, right back here with you
With you, with you, with you, with you, with you, with you
There's no need for you to say you're sorry
Goodbye, I'm going home
I don't care no more so don't you worry
Goodbye, I'm going home
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Altre recensioni
Di Sallu
Questo album è solo casino, e basta.
Appena comprato questo cd è stato cestinato senza pietà...
Di Marko89
Sì, è ascoltabile, ma non è certo un cd “intramontabile” o un “capolavoro” come ho sentito dire da alcuni.
Se un album non piace, bisogna scartarlo e dedicarsi ad un altro, mi sembra inutile insistere!
Di juca
La prima canzone è "Rock'N'Roll Star", pezzo storico degli Oasis, che porta una gran bella scarica di adrenalina.
Un'altra canzone aggressiva è "Cigarettes & Alcohol", strapiena di riferimenti alla droga, ma da ascoltare comunque tranquillamente.
Di Lito
Live Forever: una gran canzone che divenne il vero e proprio inno di una generazione.
Se la prima si perde in accordi un po’ troppo azzardati, la seconda annoia con la sua eccessiva mielosità.
Di Kenny
"Definitely Maybe degli Oasis è un capolavoro!"
"St'album è devastante, bello, potente il migliore disco degli anni '90."
