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Ho conosciuto Liam Gallagher all'interno di un locale fiorentino piuttosto famoso in città, il Bebop. Poco prima l'avevo visto sfrecciare dentro un monovolume di proprietà dell'albergo dove alloggiava quel giorno di Febbraio, vigilia del concerto dell'anno scorso al Mandela Forum. Si stava dirigendo verso il Bebop perché, parole sue rivolte ad un mio amico, "ero attirato dalla scritta fuori che diceva - TONIGHT OASIS COVER BAND 10.30 P.M. -". Questo mio amico lo sapeva, perché il fratello lavora proprio in quell'albergo lì, e proprio lui gli aveva indicato la strada.
Scendo quindi le scalette del Bebop, con l'idea di trovarmi davanti ad una scazzottata epica, denti rotti, macchine fotografiche in pezzi… Appena arrivo, c'è Liam in mezzo a quattro o cinque persone, con una pinta di rossa in mano, che chiacchera dispensando sorrisi col suo terribile, insentibile accento mancuniano ("see ya t'morow at our show, ok?"), mi avvicino, gli stringo una mano, e faccio pure scattare alla mia ragazza una foto che ci ritrae insieme. Eccheccazzo, ma i giornalisti inglesi sono una massa di cafoni provocatori (tesi invero sostenuta da tanti) o lui è in serata buona? Riesco, mentre lui continua a parlare col mio amico (in giornata c'è stato uno scambio di battute memorabili - "Il cantante dei Maximo Park dice che il suo gruppo è migliore degli Oasis" e Liam "Ecchicazzo sono? Digli a quel coglione di andare a farsi fottere… ") a rimanere addirittura "deluso", soprattutto quando la cover band attacca e lui, invece di madarli a cagare ed uscire incazzato in puro stile "MonociglioGallagher", si mette a ballicchiare e cantare a squarciagola in sequenza "Columbia", "Roll With It", "Lyla" etc. per circa tre quarti d'ora. Poco dopo se ne andrà (considerata la calca che inevitabilmente si era creata) salutando tutti in maniera cordialissima. Ero basito!
Ma come? Era riuscito a sopportare persino quelli che lo incenerivano con lo sguardo, evitando di mettergli le mani addosso (come molti utenti di questo sito farebbero volentieri con lui, eh eh… ). Nemmeno una scaramuccia. Niente di niente. E allora pensi che la musica degli Oasis è odiata/amata forse proprio per questo motivo. Perché per molti è una falsità, una contraddizione bella e buona (ma come, emerito coglione, parli di trasgressione, sigarette, alcool, sfasci alberghi, e poi sorridi ad un lurido fattone che ti squadra come se avesse visto Bin Laden in persona?). Ad altri invece è entrata nel cuore, perché parla di come ti senti quando la vita è una merda ("voglio lasciare questa città/questo vecchio posto non ha proprio un buon odore" - "Half The World Away"), di come ci si sente quando qualcuno sta per andarsene ("non te ne andare/dimmi cosa devi dire/ma dimmi che rimarrai/per sempre e anche di più/per tutto il tempo in cui vivrò" - "Don't Go Away", per la madre che ai tempi si credeva fosse in fin di vita), e di tante altre cose presenti nella vita di tutti i giorni, narrate utilizzando un pop-rock molto semplice (inutile stare a discutere, non sono certo i King Crimson) ma al contempo diretto.
Spacconi quanto vi pare, ma senza la pretesa di ritenersi artisti ("I Radiohead sono artisti, noi no" Noel Gallagher). Per quanto riguarda l'aspetto musicale di questo best of (un pretesto per fare il bilancio di 12 anni di carriera), bastano un paio di righe: qualche classico ("Wonderwall", "Don't Look Back in Anger", "Champagne Supernova"), qualche buon pezzo ("The Importance Of Being Idle", "Talk Tonight", "Slide Away") e tante canzoni belle e piacevoli, oltre a qualche caduta pesante di stile ("Songbird"). Tutto per chiarire una cosa fondamentale, che dovrebbe essere condivisa ed accettata a mio parere da tutti, detrattori o no: magari non saranno simpaticoni, o musicisti della madonna, o talentuosi miscelatori di generi e suoni, ma sono arrivati al cuore di tanta, tanta gente. E in un mondo in cui la musica di plastica ha sempre maggior visibilità, è una capacità che tanti hanno perso.
Hate It or Love It.
Elenco tracce e testi
02 Some Might Say (05:25)
Some might say, that sunshine follows thunder. Go and tell it to the man who cannot shine.
Some might say, that we should never ponder; on our thoughts today 'cause they hold sway over time.
Some might say we will find a brighter day. Some might say we will find a brighter day.
'Cause I've been standing at the station, in need of education in the rain.
You made no preparation, for my reputation once again.
The sink is full of fishes; she's got dirty dishes on the brain.
It was overflowing gently, but it's all elementary my friend.
Some might say, they don't believe in Heaven. Go and tell it to the man who lives in Hell.
Some might say, you get what you've been given. If you don't get yours I won't get mine as well.
'Cause some might say we will find a brighter day.
Some might say we will find a brighter day.
'Cause I've been standing at the station, in need of education in the rain.
You made no preparation, for my reputation once again.
The sink is full of fishes; she's got dirty dishes on the brain.
And my dog's been itchin', itchin' in the kitchen once again.
Some might say. (some might say)
Some might say. (some might say)
You know what some might say. (you know what some might say) [x8]
Woo!
03 Talk Tonight (04:20)
Sittin' on my own
Chewin' on a bone
A thousand million
Miles from home
When Something hit me
Somewhere right between the eyes
Sleepin' on a plane
You know you can't complain
You took your last chance
Once again
I landed, stranded
Hardly even knew your name
I wanna talk tonight
Until the mornin' light
'Bout how you saved my life
You and me see how we are
You and me see how we are
All your dreams are made
Of Strawberry lemonade
And you make sure
I eat today
You take me walking
To where you played
When you were young
I'll never say that I
Won't ever make you cry
And this I'll say
I don't know why
I know I'm leavin'
But I'll be back another day
I wanna talk tonight
Until the mornin' light
'Bout how you saved my life
(You saved my life)
I wanna talk tonight
(I wanna talk tonight)
'Bout how you saved my life
(I wanna talk tonight)
'Bout how you saved my life
(I wanna talk tonight)
'Bout how you saved my life
(I wanna talk tonight)
'Bout how you saved my life
I wanna talk tonight
04 Lyla (05:10)
Callin' All The Stars To Fall
And Catch The Silver Sunlight In Your Hands
Come For Me And Set Me Free
Lift Me Up And Take Me Where I Stand
She Believes In Everything
And Everyone, And You And Yours And Mine
I Waited For A Thousand Years
For You To Come And Blow Me Out My Mind
Hey Lyla, A Star's About To Fall
So What D'you Say Lyla?
The World Around Us Makes Me Feel So Small Lyla
If You Can't Hear Me Call Then I Can't Say Lyla
Heaven Help You Catch Me If I Fall
She's The Queen Of All I've Seen
And Every Song And City Far And Near
Heaven-Hell My Mademoiselle
She Ring The Bell For All The World To Hear
Hey Lyla, A Star's About To Fall
So What D'you Say Lyla?
The World Around Us Makes Me Feel So Small Lyla
If You Can't Hear Me Call Then I Can Say Lyla
Heaven'll Help You Catch Me If I Fall
Hey Lyla, A Star's About To Fall
So What D'you Say Lyla?
The World Around Us Makes Me Feel So Small Lyla
If You Can't Hear Me Call Then I Can Say Lyla
Heaven'll Help You Catch Me When I Fall
Hey Lyla
Hey Lyla
05 The Importance of Being Idle (03:39)
I sold my soul for the second time
'Cos the man, he don't pay me
I begged my landlord for some more time
He said "Son, the bills' waiting"
My best friend called me the other night
He said "Man - are you crazy"
My girlfriend told me to get a life
She said "Boy - are you lazy"
But I don't mind
As long as there's a bed beneath the stars that shine
I'll be fine
If you give me a minute, a man's got a limit
I can't get a life if my heart's not in it
Hey hey
I don't mind
As long as there's a bed beneath the stars that shine
I'll be fine
If you give me a minute, a man's got a limit
I can't get a life if my heart's not in it
Hey hey
I lost my faith in the summer time
'Cos it don't stop raining
The sky all day is as black as night
But I'm not complaining
I begged my doctor for one more line
He said "Son - oh, words fail me"
It ain't no place to be killing time
I guess I'm just lazy
I don't mind
As long as there's a bed beneath the stars that shine
I'll be fine, if you give me a minute, a man's got a limit
I can't get a life if my heart's not in it
Hey hey
06 Wonderwall (04:17)
Today is gonna be the day that they're gonna throw it back to you.
By now you should've somehow realized what you gotta do.
I don't believe that anybody, feels the way I do, about you now.
Backbeat, the word is on the street that the fire in your heart is out.
I'm sure you've heard it all before but you never really had a doubt.
I don't believe that anybody, feels the way I do, about you now.
And all the roads we have to walk are winding.
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding.
There are many things that I, would like to say to you but I don't know how.
Because maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me?
And after all, you're my wonderwall.
Today was gonna be the day but they'll never throw it back to you.
By now you should've somehow realized what you're not to do.
I don't believe that anybody, feels the way I do, about you now.
And all the roads that lead you there were winding.
And all the lights that light the way are blinding.
There are many things that I, would like to say to you but I don't know how.
I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me?
And after all, you're my wonderwall.
I said maybe, (I said maybe)
You're gonna be the one that saves me?
And after all, you're my wonderwall.
I said maybe, (I said maybe)
You're gonna be the one that saves me? (that saves me)
You're gonna be the one that saves me? (that saves me)
You're gonna be the one that saves me? (that saves me)
07 Slide Away (06:25)
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
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 The Masterplan (05:21)
Take the time to make some sense
of what you want to say
and cast your words away upon the waves
and sail them home with acquiesce
on a ship of hope today
and as they land upon the shore
tell them not to fear no more
say it loud, and sing it proud today
and then dance if you wanna dance
please brother take a chance
you know they're gonna go
which way they wanna go
all we know is that we don't
know how it's gonna be
please brother let it be
life on the other hand
won't make us understand
we're all part of the masterplan
say it loud and sing it proud today
i'm not saying right is wrong
it's up to us to make
the best of all the things
that come our way
'cos everything that's been has passed
the answer's in the looking glass
there's four and twenty million doors
On life's endless corridor
say it loud and sing it proud today
we'll dance if they wanna dance
please brother take a chance
you know they're gonna go
which way they wanna go
all we know is that we don't
know how it's gonna be
please brother let it be
life on the other hand
won't make you understand
we're all part of the masterplan
ooooooohhhhh
ooooooohhhhh
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"Con 'Stop The Clocks' hanno fermato le lancette del nostro orologio."
"Un ricordo non può corrispondere a un numero, una valutazione così fredda, può corrispondere soltanto a una calda e nostalgica interpretazione personale."
