Questo è il primo dvd in commercio dei Papa Roach e mostra uno dei loro concerti negli States, svoltosi a Chicago il 1° maggio 2005.
Già una volta inserito il disco nel lettore, le urla di Jacoby Shaddix ci accolgono e ci fanno capire che ci aspetta qualcosa di veramente forte e la curiosità ci porta ad un nervosismo maniacale, che agita e che crea difficoltà, persino a capire quale tasto si debba premere per dare il via ai 20 pezzi live della band di Vacaville. Finalmente, una volta impostata la tipologia dell’audio ed individuato il tasto direzionale che ci porta sulla voce Play Concert, tutto ha inizio.
Dopo un breve interlude, che mostra il quartetto che molto originalmente raggiunge il teatro in metropolitana, insieme con gente di tutti i giorni, raccontando come la folla ai concerti di Chicago sia la più calda ed esagitata, neanche te ne accorgi e sei uno di loro.
Jacoby inizia salutando con un urlo la folla in delirio, che lo osserva da ogni parte, dato che il teatro se pur piccolo, presenta tre fila di balconate più il parterre. La chitarra di Horton sputa violentemente le prime note di “Dead Cell” e l’esplosione di Buckner e della sua batteria dà il via ad una scaletta di pezzi potenti e magistralmente interpretati da una voce graffiante, potente e mai stanca, spinta da un carismatico vocalist quale è Shaddix. Seguono “Not Listening” dal penultimo album “Getting Away With Murder”, poi “She Loves Me Not” che infiamma la folla e ci riporta al ricordo dell’ottimo “Lovehatetragedy”, “M-80”, che dà una carica pazzesca dopo che Shaddix ha infiammato il parterre a dovere. Si continua con “Getting Away with Murder” eseguita magistralmente, da sentire a tutto volume ad ogni costo, poi “Be Free”, “Life is a Bullet”, ”Blood”, “Done With You” scorrono velocemente tra le urla e le facce esaltate delle decine di fans presenti, che intonano tra un pezzo e l’altro cori da stadio, guidati “alla Fiorello”da Shaddix , che dimostra di essere un instancabile animale da palcoscenico, che mentre canta si emoziona ed adora “vivere” i propri pezzi in mezzo alla folla.
Poi il silenzio cala sul pizzicato che suona “Harder Than Coffin Nail”, bellissimo pezzo dal cantato sussurrato, uscito come bonus track in UK. Dopo l’intermezzo relax si torna a saltare con “Blood Brothers” e “Born With Nothing Die With Everything”, folla in delirio, giovanotti tatuati scaraventati qua e là dalle centinaia di braccia alzate al cielo, uomini della sicurezza visibilmente sudati tentano assiduamente di evitare roccambolesche invasioni di palco.
Tutto procede a meraviglia, Jacoby se la ride, saluta, istiga il pubblico e intona “Hit Me” in versione esclusivamente hip hop, quindi più breve e lascia subito spazio a “Take Me” ed alla bella “Scars” che Shaddix dice di avere tra le sue grazie in modo particolare, tanto da chiudere il pezzo intonando qualche strofa della versione in spagnolo.
I Papa Roach hanno la folla in pugno e Shaddix tra qualche gesto osceno fa anche divertire e preannuncia “Broken Home”, suonata ed interpretata potentemente, per metà cantata quasi in simbiosi con il pubblico. Nel frattempo Shaddix, facendo da leva con qualche braccio a caso, si immerge nel fiume umano e canta viso a viso con i primi della fila, la sicurezza è tutta appesa alle terga del cantante neanche dovesse essere risucchiato dall’uragano Andrews. Si guadagna la fine del concerto con “Cocaine” e si riprende il discorso precedentemente interrotto con “Last Resort”, cantano tutti sembra di rivederne il video girato nel lontano 2000, pubblico in delirio, un inno per tutti anche per il sottoscritto che assiste con la pelle turbata ed il telecomando in mano. Il mio stereo collegato alla tv sta per eplodere, chissene ne comprerò un altro, ne vale la pena. Dopo questa scossa, il gruppo saluta e fa la solita finta”prebis”, recandosi dietro le quinte ma ricomparendo nel tempo di uno starnuto, giusto in tempo per gasarci ancora con l’ultima “Beetween Angels and Insects”. Gli ultimi saranno i primi... pezzo tratto dal primo album Infest che chiude degnamente uno di quei live, che ti fa stramaledire di non esserci potuto essere. E continua a farmi stramaledire dato che forse non potrò assistere al loro concerto a Milano. Almeno c’è il dvd...
In conclusione altra opera molto valida dei quattro californiani Papa Roach, che eseguono i loro pezzi in modo eccezionale e danno a quanto pare ai propri concerti un’energia pazzesca, grazie ad un leader carismatico, che possiede energia da vendere e non si risparmia nulla, neppure i sorrisi, dimostrando di fare ciò che veramente ama. Se lo trovate nella vostra città, questo dvd deve assolutamente occupare uno spazio nello scaffale di casa vostra.
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01 Dead Cell (03:32)
Born with no soul, lack of control
Cut from the mold of the anti-social
Plug em in and then turn 'em on
Process the data, make yourself da bomb
What is your target?
What is your reason?
Do you have emotions?
Is your heart freezing?
Seizin, this opportunity to speak
You didn't say nuthin but turn your fuckin' cheek
Dead Cell! Dead Cell!
Sick in the head
Living but dead
Hear what I said
Learn a lesson from the almighty dread
Jah, nutty warrior, nothin's scarier
Kids are gettin sick like malaria
Situation gets hairier
I'm throwing up all types of barriers
I'm tellin you
The kids are getting singled out
Let me hear the Dead Cell shout
Dead Cell! Dead Cell!
Born with no soul, lack of control
Cut from the mold of the anti-social
Plug em in and then turn them on
Process the data make yourself tha bomb
No soul, no control
Cut from the mold of the anti-social
Plug em in and then turn them on
Process the data make yourself tha bomb
Stop pointing fingers cause we all are guilty
Of clean cut lies and the truth that's filthy
Believe what is the root of the word
Out comes lie when it's cut into thirds
I don't believe what my eyes behold, No!
I don't believe what my ears are told, No!
Seizin, this opportunity to speak
I'm saying something don't turn your fuckin' cheek!
Dead Cell! Dead Cell!
Born with no soul
Lack of control
Cut from the mold of the anti-social
Plug them in and then turn 'em on
Process the data make yourself tha bomb
No soul, No control
Cut from the mold of the anti-social
Plug them in and then turn 'em on
Process the data make yourself da bomb
Dead
Cell
Dead
Cell!
Dead Cell! Dead Cell!
06 Be Free (03:50)
I woke up and I feel like shit
I don't remember last night I'm getting sick of this
I hit the bottle when I got off stage
And got piss drunk stupid and I went in a rage
I think I might have got in a fight
Because my knuckles were bloody and I don't feel all right
I hit the bottle and I don't even care
They say I'm going to hell but I am already there
Sick and tired of being sick and tired
I wanna be free from this ball and chain
Be free from this life of pain
Be free from this ball and chain
I wanna be free from you
Now I'm full of guilt and shame
I can't point a finger cause there's no one to blame
So I say I'll never do it again
But when the sun goes down
You are my only friend
I think that I am starting to see
I have become everything I never wanted to be
I'm really getting sick of myself
Cause when I look into the mirror I see somebody else
Sick and tired of being sick and tired
I wanna be free from this ball and chain
Be free from this life of pain
Be free from this ball and chain
I wanna be free from you
(x2)
Sick and tired of being sick and tired
So sick and tired of being sick and tired(x2)
I wanna be free from this ball and chain
Be free from this life of pain
Be free from this ball and chain
I wanna be free from you(x2)
I wanna be free from you (x2)
07 Life Is a Bullet (02:58)
My mind has been shut down
My friends have been let down
What is the reason
There's millions of reasons
Single me out
Tear off my front
Make me expose what I conceal
Life As A Bullet
The bloodstains will prove it
It's tearing through you and me
Not caring about you or me
Now I could explain everything
You cursed the fire
Now fuck the flame
What is the reason
There's millions of reasons
Blindfold me now
Spin me around
Spin me around
Picking me up
When I fall down
Life As A Bullet
The bloodstains will prove it
It's tearing through you and me
Not caring about you or me
Today I feel blue
My head is in the clouds
Separate me
My soul from my body
Today I feel blue
My head is in the clouds
Separate me
My soul from my body
Feeling so lonely
I'm not the only one
Separate me
My soul from my body
'Cause I'm in love with too many things
And I hate every thing
Single me out
Tear off my front
Make me expose what I conceal
Blindfold me now
Spin me around
Spin me around
Picking me up
When I fall down
'Cause Life As A Bullet
The bloodstains will prove it
It's tearing through you and me
Not caring about you or me
I'm in love with too many things
And I hate every thing.
09 Done With You (03:51)
I count the days that we have spent apart
I've got a bad liver and a broken heart
There's no salvation in the comfort of you (comfort of you)
And I finally realize your tearing me apart
So help me, save me,
Tell me that the end is near
Help me, save me
Tell me that the end is here
I am done with you
You've made my life completely miserable
You drove me to the edge, you've caused me all this pain
But I always loved you cause your "oh so special" ( "oh so special" )
I'm broken and I'm alone and I cannot maintain
So help me, save me,
Tell me that the end is near
Help me, save me
Tell me that the end is here
I am done with you
Done with you ( I am done with you )
I count the days that we have spent apart
I've got a bad liver and a broken heart
Help me, save me,
Tell me that the end is near
Help me. save me
Tell me that the end is here
I am done with you
Because you and me are through
You couldn't help me, you couldn't save me
Now I know the end is here
I am done with you
11 Blood Brothers (03:50)
watch your back because the next man is comin'
and you dont know if the next man is dumbin'
survival of the fittest what it is
i got your back, you got my back and that's the bitch
blood is rushing through my veins
I got the power, channel the energy
and with my strength I will devour
sickening thought is running through my head
that's when I realize I'm glad I'm not dead
corruption and abuse, the salesman of our blood
for the public's craving, existence in the dark
it's in our nature to destroy ourselves
it's in our nature to kill ourselves
it's in our nature to kill each other
it's in our nature to kill, kill, kill
it was a dream and then it hit me, reality struck
and now my life is all shifty and it all moves fast
close to buck 50 and we all stand strong
in respect to the family in times of our insanity
and through the words of profanity
I describe our dysfunctional family
blood brothers keep it real to the end
deeper than thoughts that you think, not a trend
corruption and abuse, the salesman of our blood
for the public's craving, existence in the dark
it's in our nature to destroy ourselves
it's in our nature to kill ourselves
it's in our nature to kill each other
it's in our nature to kill, kill, kill
corruption and abuse, the salesman of our blood
for the public's craving, existence in the dark
it's in our nature to destroy ourselves
it's in our nature to kill ourselves
it's in our nature to kill each other
it's in our nature to kill, kill, kill.
15 Scars (05:03)
I tear my heart open
I sew myself shut
My weakness is that I care too much
And my scars remind me
That the past is real
I tear my heart open just to feel
Drank and I'm feeling down
And I just wanna be alone
I'm pissed cause you came around
Why don't you just go home?
Cause you channeled all your pain
And I can't help you fix yourself
You're making me insane
All I can say is
I tear my heart open
I sew myself shut
My weakness is that I care too much
And the scars remind us
That the past is real
I tear my heart open just to feel
I tried to help you once
Against my own advice
I saw you going down
But you never realized
That you're drowning in the water
So I offered you my hand
Compassion's in my nature
Tonight is our last stand
I tear my heart open
I sew myself shut
My weakness is that I care too much
And the scars remind us
That the past is real
I tear my heart open just to feel
I'm drank and I'm feeling down
And I just wanna be alone
You should have never come around
Why don't you just go home?
Cause you're drowning in the water
And I tried to grab your hand
I left my heart open
But you didn't understand
GO FIX YOURSELF!
I can't help you fix yourself
But at least I can say I tried
I'm sorry but I've gotta move on with my own life
I can't help you fix yourself
But at least I can say I tried
I'm sorry but I've gotta move on with my own life
I tear my heart open
I sew myself shut
My weakness is that I care too much
And the scars remind us
That the past is real
I tear my heart open just to feel
I tear my heart open
I sew myself shut
My weakness is that I care too much
And the scars remind us
That the past is real
I tear my heart open just to feel.
16 Broken Home (04:20)
Broken Home
All alone
Broken Home
All Alone
I can't seem to fight these feelings
I'm caught in the middle of this
My wounds are not healing
I'm stuck in between my parents
I wish i had someone to talk to
Someone I could confide in
I just want to know the truth
I just want to know the truth
Want to know the truth
Broken home
All alone
I know my mother loves me
But does my father even care
If I'm sad or angry
You were never ever there
When I needed you
I hope you regret what you did
I think I know the truth
Your father did the same to you
Did the same to you
I'm crying day and night now
What is wrong with me
I cannot fight now
I feel like a weak link
Push it back inside
A weak link
It feels bad to be alone
Crying by yourself
Living in a broken home
How could i tell it
So all you could feel it
Depression strikes hard
Just like my old earth would tell it
To me , her son
She told me I'm the one
Pain bottled up
Bout to blow like a gun
Stories that I tell are nonfiction
And you can take it back cuz it's already done
BROKEN HOME! BROKEN HOME!
Can't seem to fight these feelings
Caught in the middle of this
My wounds are not healing
Stuck in between my parents
BROKEN HOME! BROKEN HOME!
17 Cocaine (01:03)
If you wanna hang out you've got to take her out; cocaine.
If you wanna get down, down on the ground; cocaine.
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie; cocaine.
If you got bad news, you wanna kick them blues; cocaine.
When your day is done and you wanna run; cocaine.
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie; cocaine.
If your thing is gone and you wanna ride on; cocaine.
Don't forget this fact, you can't get it back; cocaine.
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie; cocaine.
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie; cocaine
18 Last Resort (06:31)
Cut my life into pieces
This is my last resort
Suffocation
No breathing
Don't give a fuck if I cut my arm, bleeding
This is my last resort
Cut my life into pieces
I've reached my last resort
Suffocation
No breathing
Don't give a fuck if I cut my arm, bleeding
Do you even care if I die bleeding?
would it be wrong
would it be right
If I took my life tonight
Chances are that I might
Mutilation out of sight
And I'm contemplating suicide!
Cause I'm losing my sight
Losing my mind
Wish somebody would tell me I'm fine
Losing my sight
Losing my mind
Wish somebody would tell me I'm fine
I never realized I was spread too thin
'Till it was too late
And I was empty within
Hungry!
Feeding on chaos and living in sin
downward spiral
Where do I begin!
It all started when I lost my mother
No love for myself
And no love from another
Searching!
To find a lover on a higher level
Finding nothing but questions and devils
Cause I'm losing my sight
Losing my mind
Wish somebody would tell me I'm fine
Losing my sight
Losing my mind
Wish somebody would tell me I'm fine
Nothing is alright
Nothing is fine
I'm running,and I'm cryin'
I'm cryin', I'm cryin', I'm cryin, I'm cryin'
I can't go on living this way
Cut my life into pieces
this is my last resort
Suffocation, no breathing,
Don't give a fuck if I cut my arms bleeding
Would it be wrong, would it be right
If I took my life tonight, chances are that I might
Mutilation out of sight and I'm contemplating suicide
Cause I'm losing my sight, losing my mind
Wish somebody would tell me I'm fine
losing my sight losing my mind
wish somebody would tell me I'm fine
Nothing is alright, nothing is fine
I'm running and I'm crying
I can't go on living this way
can't go on, living this way
nothing's all right.
19 Between Angels and Insects (06:02)
There's no money
There's no possessions
Only obsession
I don't need that shit
Take my money, take my obsession
I just wanna be heard
Loud and clear are my words
Comin' from within' man
Tell 'em what you heard
It's about a revolution
In your heart and in your mind
You can't find the conclusion
Lifestyle and obsession
Diamond rings get you nothin'
But a lifelong lesson
And you're pocket book stressin'
You're a slave to the system
Workin' jobs that you hate
For that shit you don't need
It's too bad the world is based on greed
Step back and see
Stop thinkin' 'bout yourself
Start thinkin' 'bout
There's no money
There's no possession
Only obsession
I don't need that shit
Take my money, take my possession
Take my obsession, I don't need that...
'Cos everything is nothing
And emptiness is in everything
This reality is really just a fucked-up dream
With the flesh and the blood that you call your soul
Flip it inside out
It's a big black hole
Take your money burn it up like an asteroid
Possessions
They are never gonna fill the void
Take it away
And learn the best lesson, the heart, the soul, the life, the passion
There's no money
There's no possession
Only obsession
I don't need that shit
Take my money, take my possession
Take my obsession, I don't need that shit.
Money, possession, obsession.
Present yourself, press your clothes
Comb your hair and clock in,
You just can't win, just can't win
The things you own, own you now!
Take my money, take my possession
Take my obsession, I don't need that shit
Fuck your money, fuck your possession
Fuck your obsession, I don't need that shit
Money, possession, obsession
I don't need that shit.
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