In piedi sulla spalla dei giganti. Conoscendo i Gallagher, è superfluo sottolineare quali siano i giganti in questione (giganti a forma di scarafaggio, per intendersi).
Il disco più enigmatico e sofferto della loro carriera (l'ultimo interamente firmato Noel Gallagher ad eccezione della piano ballad "Little James", parto nemmeno troppo sofferto del fratello-coltello Liam), concepito in piena tempesta rinnovatrice (via "occhio a palla" Bonehead e Paul "Guigsy" Mc Guigan, dentro l'ex Heavy Stereo Gem Archer e Andy Bell dagli ottimi Ride) e praticamente suonato quasi per intero dal padre padrone Noel, questo "S.O.T.S.O.G." è l'album accolto più freddamente nella decennale carriera degli amati-odiati fratellini. Perché?
Beh, in parte ha pagato la smania di cambiamento del Gallagher maggiore (fu ridisegnato persino lo storico logo per mano del neoentrato Gem), in considerazione che le smash-hits nel disco non mancano di certo ("Go Let It Out" e la ballatona "Sunday Morning Call", entrambe entrate di diritto nel novero dei classici del combo mancuniano). Nel resto del lavoro, infatti, quasi nulle sono le concessioni al rock‘n roll fresco e sbarazzino dell'esordio-capolavoro "Definitely Maybe" (forse la sola "I Can See A Liar"- grezza, chitarrosa e dotata di un "Sex Pistols flavour" molto piacevole - ) o al british pop di classe di "(What's The Story) Morning Glory?", ma il tentativo è quello di riuscire a ricoprire i pezzi di una patina psichedelica che renda le composizioni meno immediate ma al contempo ugualmente ben fruibili ed assimilabili dopo non molti ascolti.
Esaustiva in tal senso "Who Feels Love?" (l'altro estratto), che incastra una linea vocale tipicamente Oasis su un tappeto sonoro dalla ritmica vagamente tribale; le sonorità sono allucinate, portate all'estrema dilatazione. Anche l'opener strumentale "Fuckin' In The Bushes" sorprende in maniera positiva, risultando una sorta di patchwork sonoro variegato e volutamente confusionario (puntuale è arrivato il pieno apprezzamento degli "amici di famiglia" Chemical Brothers).
Completano l'opera midtempo marchiati a fuoco Noel Gallagher (la stonerosesiana "Where Did It All Go Wrong?", che avrebbe dovuto dare il titolo al disco, o "Gas Panic!", che però "droga" il tutto con una sei corde pesante ed acida), la solita "cover non autorizzata" ("Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is", riff pressoché identico alla doorsiana "Roadhouse Blues") ed il lentone di chiusura "Roll It Over", in cui Liam Gallagher mostra una versatilità vocale sorprendente.
Un lavoro di transizione dopo la batosta di successo dei primi tre lavori, che ha "riposizionato" gli Oasis su un binario differente dal precedente, ma sicuramente ancora piuttosto qualitativo.
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01 Fuckin' in the Bushes (03:18)
We put this festival on you bastards, with a lotta love.
We worked one year for you pigs
And you want to break our walls down?
And you wanna destroy us?
Well you go to hell!
Kids are running around naked, fuckin' in the bushes.
Kids are running around naked, fuckin' in the bushes.
Kids are running around naked, fuckin' in the bushes.
Kids are running around naked, fuckin' in the bushes.
I love it!
Ah, ah, ah ah
Ah, ah, ah ah
Kids are running around naked, fuckin' in the bushes.
Kids are running around naked, fuckin' in the bushes.
Kids are running around naked, fuckin' in the bushes.
Kids are running around naked, fuckin' in the bushes.
I love it! Room for everybody here
Yes, sort of welcome!
Yes indeed, I love them!
Fun! Nice! Life! Youths! Beautiful!
I'm all for it
I love it! Room for everybody here
Yes, sort of welcome!
Yes indeed, I love them!
Fun! Nice! Life! Youths! Beautiful!
I'm all for it
02 Go Let It Out (04:38)
Paint no illusion, try to click with whatcha got
Taste every potion cos if yer like yerself a lot
Go let it out, go let it in, go let it out
Life is precocious in a most perculiar way
Sister psychosis don't got a lot to say
She go let it out, she go let it in, she go let it out
She go let it out, she go let it in, she go let it out
Is it any wonder why Princes & Kings
Are clowns that caper in their sawdust rings
And ordinary people that are like you and me
We're the keepers of their destiny
I'm gonna leaving this city, I'm gonna drivin' outta town
And your comin' with me the right time is always now
To go let it out, and go let it in, and go let it out
To go let it out, to go let it in,and go let it out
Is it any wonder why Princes and Kings
Are clowns that caper in their sawdust rings
Cos ordinary people that are like you and me
We're the builders of their destiny
We're the builders of their destiny
We're the builders of their destiny
We're the builders of their destiny
So go let it out - go let it in
Go let it out - don't let it in
Go let it out - go let it in
Go let it out - don't let it in - don't let it in -don't let it in
03 Who Feels Love? (05:44)
Found what I lost inside
My spirit has been purified
Take a thorn from my pride
And hand in hand we'll take a walk outside
Thank you for the sun
The one that shines on everyone
Who feels love
Now there's a million years
Between my fantasy and fears
I feel love
Leaving all that I see
Now all my emotions fill the air I breathe
Now you understand that this is not the Promised Land
They spoke of..
There's nothing more to be
If you could be the remedy who heals love
I thank you for the sun
The one that shines on everyone
Who feels love
Now there's a million years
Between my fantasy and fears
I feel love
I thank you for the sun
The one that shines on everyone
Who feels love
Now there's a million years
Between my fantasy and fears
I feel love
04 Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is (04:27)
Put yer money where yer mouth is
Yer mamma sez that you was real
Put yer money where yer mouth is
Yer mamma sez that you was real
Ready or not, come what may
The bets are going down for judgement day
So put yer money in yer mouth
And your hands right upon the wheel
Put yer money where yer mouth is
Yer pappa sez that you was real
Put yer money where yer mouth is
Yer pappa sez that you was real
Ready or not, and come what may
You betcha going down on judgement day
So put yer money in yer mouth
And yer hands right upon the wheel
06 Gas Panic! (06:08)
What tongueless ghost of sin crept through my curtains?
Sailing on a sea of sweat on a stormy night
I think he don't got a name but I can't be certain
And in me he starts to confide
That my family don't seem so familiar
And my enemies all know my name
And if you hear me tap on your window
Yer better get on yer knees and pray panic is on the way
My pulse pumps out a beat to the ghost dancer
My eyes are dead and my throat's like a black hole
And if there's a god would he give another chancer
An hour to sing for his soul
Cos my family don't seem so familiar
And my enemies all know my name
And when you hear me tap on yer window
Yer better get on yer knees and pray panic is on the way
Cos my family don't seem so familiar
And my enemies all know my name
And when you hear me tap on yer window
Then you get on your knees and you better pray
Cos my family don't seem so familiar
And my enemies all know my name
And when you hear me tap on your window
Yer better get on yer knees and pray panic is on the way
Panic is on the way
Panic is on the way
Panic is on the way
09 I Can See a Liar (03:12)
Baby the time is right to tell it all like it is
And now that I feel god like there's nothing that can't be kissed
The name of a lonely soul is scratched into my brain
He thought he was king creole
Until he found out, until he found out
He sits upon a throne
He lives a sleazy lie
But he's all alone again, again
I can see a liar, sitting by the fire
Trouble in his heart, laughing at the thought
Coming as he goes into overdose
I wonder what he thinks of me?
Baby the time is right to tell it all like it is
And now that I feel god like there's nothing that can't be kissed
He sits upon a throne
He lives a sleazy lie
But he's all alone again, again
I can see a liar, sitting by the fire
Trouble in his heart, laughing at the thought
Coming as he goes into overdose
I wonder what he thinks of me?
Baby you're a liar, sitting by the fire
Trouble in your heart, you're laughing at the thought
Yeah baby you're a liar, sitting by the fire
Trouble in your heart, you're laughing at the thought
Coming as you go into overdose
I wonder what you think of me?
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Altre recensioni
Di charles
Ogni band ha il diritto di provare ad evolversi e a non fossilizzarsi troppo su un unico genere.
Questo non è assolutamente un cd memorabile, ma resta comunque interessante per i fan.
Di ste84
Questi non sono più gli Oasis che distruggevano alberghi e gettavano i letti nei parcheggi!
‘Gas Panic!’ è il vero capolavoro del cd; rock psichedelico che cattura per tutti e 6.30 minuti di durata.
Di JULIAN HAMPSHIRE
"L’unica perla dell’album è 'Gas Panic', potente e dallo spirito dark."
"Purtroppo i tempi di Definitely Maybe e Morning Glory sono finiti..."
Di Rock In
La Sensazione che ho avuto quando ho ascoltato per la prima volta questo album è stata quella di esser sospeso nel vuoto, accompagnato dal suono della chitarra che mi dava una certa sensazione di malinconia.
Gli Oasis hanno raggiunto l'apice del loro rock... 'Go Let It Out' e 'Roll It Over' sono davvero delle belle canzoni per non parlare poi del capolavoro 'Gas Panic'!
Di JohnWinston
È difficile trovare un album che cominci in modo migliore di "Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants".
Gas Panic! probabilmente la migliore canzone del disco, maledettamente psichedelica.
