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Sono qui. Accendo, per quel poco di voglia che ho, la televisione. Aspetto pazientemente di vedere uno dei programmi che preferisco, facente parte di quel qualcosa di decente trasmesso da dentro una scatola quadrata.
D'improvviso...silenzio. Le trasmissioni sono state interrotte. Con tanto di barre colorate, tendenti ad assomigliare a quelle di marca SMPTE. Eppure quelle barre, sotto forma di arcobaleno, non sono sul punto di tarare quello che viene a contatto con una pellicola cinematografica, ma sono pronte per presentare qualcosa che sembra essere molto più di un intrattenimento. Qualcosa di trascinante ed emozionante. Un viaggio interiore, dentro il mio io, ed anche dentro il mondo Pop. E non a caso si chiama "Introspective".
E' come un treno, e i macchinisti sono loro, Neil Tennant e Chris Lowe. Davanti ai miei occhi si aprono le danze grazie ad una sequenza d'archi (in mano a Richard Niles) incarnante uno dei loro singoli di punta, "Left To My Own Devices", con l'assistenza di Trevor Horn.
"I could leave you
say goodbye
or I could love you
if I tried
and I could
and left to my own devices I probably would"
Neil Tennant è meno dark di Dave Gahan, meno provocatorio del Prince di tanti anni fa, ma non è affatto inferiore ai suddetti. E' una persona da non sottovalutare, capace di riprendere molto più che egregiamente un brano già regalato agli Eight Wonder e a Patsy Kensit ("I'm Not Scared", uno spettacolo vero e proprio, tra orchestre, basi elettroniche e voci simil-guerrigliere) o di rendere più affascinante una canzone di Elvis Presley ("Always On My Mind", qui in uno scatenato medley con "In My House"), fino a dichiarare il suo essere cinofilo sotto una base elettronica affidata nientemeno che a Frankie Knuckles ("I Want A Dog").
Senza dimenticare le atmosfere latineggianti di quel singolo di punta che risponde al nome di "Domino Dancing", con un video denso di allegria e di malinconia allo stesso tempo, o quel coro un po' gospel un po' "da stadio" che accompagna la conclusiva "It's Alright".
Finisce tutto, non sento più niente. Forse era veramente uno dei programmi che preferisco quel che ho ascoltato, e non me ne sono accorto subito. Altro che interruzione di trasmissioni. Stavano continuando, in un modo diverso dal solito.
Quel programma era "Introspective". Forse il sunto di quello che i Pet Shop Boys effettivamente sono e sempre saranno. Un gruppo che resiste sempre al passare del tempo. Anche a 50 anni (ascoltare dischi come "Fundamental" o "Release" per avere la prova). "Non" giovani, ma con un talento per nulla sprecato. Quello che loro sono. "Non giovani" che fanno canzoni per tutti, grandi e non solo. E io sono uno di questi ultimi.
Elenco tracce testi samples e video
02 I Want a Dog (06:17)
I want a dog, a Chihuahua
When I get back to my small flat
I want to hear somebody bark
Oh, you can get lonely
I want a dog
Don't want a cat
scratching its claws all over my habitat
giving no love and getting fat
Oh, you can get lonely
and a cat's no help with that
Bulldog, hound and pug and labrador
Collie, retriever and Doberman pincher
Husky, Dalmatian, Saint Bernard und Dachshund
Mongrel, beagle, Cocker spaniel
I want a dog
to walk in the park
When it gets dark
my dog will bark at any passers-by
Oh, you can get lonely
I want a dog
I want a dog, a Chihuahua
When I get back to my small flat
I want to hear somebody bark
Oh, you can get lonely
06 It's Alright (09:26)
Dictation being forced in Afghanistan
Revolution in South Africa taking a stand
People in Eurasia on the brink of oppression
I hope it's going to be alright
I hope the music plays forever
Forests falling at a desperate pace
The earth is dying, and desert taking its place
People under pressure on the brink of starvation
I hope it's gonna be alright
(Alright Alright Alright)
'Cause the music plays forever
('Cause it goes on and on and on and on and on)
I hope it's gonna be alright
(On and on and on and on, forever)
And the music plays forever
(Alright Alright)
Generations will come and go (will come and go)
But there's one thing for sure
Music is our life's foundation
And shall succeed all the nations to come
(Alright Alright Alright)
'Cause the music plays forever
('Cause it goes on and on and on and on and on)
I hope it's gonna be alright
(On and on and on and on and on)
(On and on and on and on)
And the music plays forever
The year three thousand may still come to pass
But the music shall last
I can hear it on a timeless wavelength
Never dissipating but giving us strength
(It's alright)
I think it's gonna be alright
(It's gonna be alright)
(Alright Alright Alright Alright)
'Cause the music plays forever
(Eeh-oh-oh-eeh)
(Gonna be alright)
If the music plays forever
(It will be alright)
If the music plays forever
(I think it's gonna be alright)
It's gonna be alright
(If the music plays)
It's all - alright
It's alright
(For it goes on and on and on and on)
(On and on and on and on)
07 I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too) (05:36)
(Tennant/Lowe)
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(Excited)
(Excited)
(Excited Excited Excited Excited)
(Excited Excited Excited Excited)
(I get excited)
(I get excited)
We're both in the gutter, that's no surprise
What does it matter, when I look in your eyes?
We've lost all our money, we're thrown out of bars
We're lying in the gutter, but we're looking at the stars
I get excited, you get excited too (Excited) (I get excited)
I get excited, you get excited too (Excited) (I get excited)
I hear the sound of the subway, the sigh of the heat
The click of the visitors' heels on the street
The rattle of the taxi, the scream of the cars
The clatter of the dustbin and the beat of my heart
I get excited, you get excited too (Excited) (I get excited)
I get excited, you get excited too (Excited) (I get excited)
I don't know why, I don't know why (I get excited)
I don't know why, I don't know why
(Excited Excited Excited Excited)
(Excited Excited Excited Excited)
You're in my soul
My body moves to your control
Baby, I've been thinking about you
All night long, and the neighbours are talking
I don't know why, I don't know why (Excited) (I get excited)
I don't know why, I don't know why
(Excited) (I get excited)
We're both in the gutter, that's no surprise
What does it matter, when I look in your eyes?
We've lost all our money, we're thrown out of bars
We're lying in the gutter, but we're looking at the stars
I get excited, you get excited too (Excited) (I get excited)
I get excited, you get excited too (Excited) (I get excited)
I don't know why, I don't know why (I get excited)
I don't know why, I don't know why
(Excited Excited Excited Excited)
(Excited Excited Excited Excited)
(Ooooooooh)
I get excited, you get excited too (Excited) (I get excited)
I get excited, you get excited too (Excited) (I get excited)
I don't know why, I don't know why (I get excited)
I don't know why, I don't know why (I get excited)
I get excited, you get excited too
11 Your Funny Uncle (06:09)
(Tennant/Lowe)
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A windy day
The cars in slow formation
Not far away
A final destination
One mother's son
His father's distant gaze, regretting
Where they went wrong
He always found it too upsetting
Me and my friend
We lived our lives completely
From start to end
You and your friend, so sweetly
With strength and pride
In spite of everything, and swimming
Against the tide
To obstinately hope of winning
And at the end
Your funny uncle staring
At all your friends
With military bearing
And stopped to stand
To smile and speak of you directly
Goodbye, shake hands
Like you did everything correctly
To wipe away the tears
No more pain, no fear
No sorrow or dying
No waiting or crying
These former things have passed away
Another life begins today
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