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Mi sembra ieri quando per la prima volta ascoltai 'Very', era il 93 e io avevo solo 6 anni. Mi ricordo che risparmiai i soldi per i gelati e dopo una settimana comprai la Mc.
Quella cassetta l'ascoltai talmente tante volte che riuscì a convertire in pochi anni i miei compagni di classe (che allora si ascoltavano le musiche della D'Avena) All'universo pop degli anni 80 e inizio anni 90. Ma cosa mi colpì di quel album?
Premetto che sono solo tre gli album che ascolto da circa 12 anni, e che non mi sono ancora stancato di mettere sul walk-man: "Low Life" (New Order), "Speak e spell" (Depeche Mode) e appunto l'album del 93 dei Psb.
Ad un ascolto spassionato Very potrebbe risultare "superficiale" nalla produzione, in quanto tutte le canzoni seguono quasi sempre la stessa ritmica, il che potrebbe far pensare ad un passo indietro clamoroso rispetto la precedente "Behaviour" (1990). Ma era proprio questo l'intento dei due Boys, ritornare alle ritmiche che gli anno resi celebri negli anni 80, prendendo in prestito melodie pop da "Please" e battiti disco alla "Introspective", canzoni come "Can you forgive here?", "A different point of view", "One and one make five" e "Go west" (cover di una hit dei Village people) non si discostano molto nella forma e nella sostanza dal sound che gli hanno resi celebri negli anni passati, inoltre bisogna ricordare che nel periodo che và dal 90 al 94 il genere dominante della scena musicale (soprattutto negli U.S.A.) era il rock, gruppi come Nirvana ("Nevermind", "Incesticide"), U2 ("Zooropa") e Depeche Mode ("Violator", "Songs of faith and devotion") hanno dato il loro contributo per far diventare il Grudge un fenomeno di massa.
Ed è proprio qui che i Psb si distaccano maggiormente, creando un album dalle ritmiche pop incalzanti (quasi banali) ma che in realtà nascondono una satira sulla società di allora, e i relativi video girati rispecchiano questa idea, con costumi degni dei Devo e movenze alquanto ambigue (vedi il video di "Can you sorgive her?"). I due Boys si chiudono nel loro guscio, e da dentro vedono tutti quei gruppi che volendo stare al passo con i tempi "rinnegano" i lavori pop fatti negli anni 80 e approdano nell'altra sponda, esemplari i gruppi tipo Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, che per restare ai vertici delle classifiche hanno "imbastardizzato" i l loro sound originale a favore di un elettro rock da molti criticato. Molte persone sostengono che in qualche modo questo abbia inciso sulla caduta dei Psb (Che iniziò subito dopo l'uscita di 'Very'), Tennant e Lowe sono sempre stati fedeli al loro suono distintivo, e hanno rifiutato in un modo o nell'altro l'aggiornamento musicale che in quegli anni stava avvenendo ('Very' ne è una chiara testimonianza), e in futuro questo ha inciso molto sulle vendite dei loro album. In definitiva il disco del 93 è stato l'ultimo album ad avere un certo successo sia dalla critica che dal pubblico, un album a cui sono molto legato per diversi motivi.
Vi chiedo scusa per non essere stato molto esauriente nel parlare del disco in questione, mi sono limitato a dare una panoramica sul mondo musicale di quel periodo, ma penso che se si vuole capire a pieno l'arte musicale dei due Boys si deve ascoltare l'album con la mente rivolta nella sua collocazione storica-musicale, solo così si possono capire certe sfaccettature presenti nelle canzoni del duo.
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01 Can You Forgive Her? (03:54)
Another night with open eyes
Too late to sleep, too soon to rise
You're short of breath, is it a heart attack?
Hot and feverish you face the fact
You're in love, and it feels like shame
Because she's gone and made a fool of you in public again
You're in love, and it feels like pain
Because you know there's too much truth in everything she claims
So ask yourself now: Can you forgive her
If she wants you to?
Ask yourself: Can you even deliver
What she demands of you?
You drift into the strangest dreams
Of youthful follies and changing teams
Admit you're wrong, oh, no, not yet
Then you wake up and remember that you can't forget
She's made you some kind of laughing stock
Because you dance to disco, and you don't like rock
She'd make fun of you, and even in bed
Said she was gonna go and get herself a real man instead
So ask yourself now: Can you forgive her
If she begs you to?
Ask yourself: Can you even deliver
What she demands of you?
Or do you want revenge?
But that's childish, so childish!
(But that's childish, so childish!)
Remember when you were more easily led
Behind the cricket pavilion and the bicycle shed
Trembling as your dreams came true
You looked right into those blue eyes and knew
It was love, and now you can't pretend
You've forgotten all the promises of that first friend
It's bad enough, she knows how you feel
But she's not prepared to share you with the memory
So ask yourself now: Can you forgive her
If she begs you to?
Ask yourself: Can you even deliver
What she demands of you?
Ask yourself now: Can you forgive her
If she begs you to?
And ask yourself: Can you even deliver
What she demands of you?
Or do you want revenge?
But that's childish, so childish!
02 I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing (03:04)
Ask me why
I'll say it's most unusual
How can I even try to explain
why today I feel like dancing
singing like lovers sing
when I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing?
I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing
Ask me when
I'll say it started when I met you
and ever since then I knew that the past couldn't last
For right now I think I'm running
a race I know I'm gonna win
and I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing
I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing
If people say I'm crazy
I tell them that it's true
Let them watch with amazement
say it won't last beyond breakfast
it's a phase he's going through
denigrate or speculate
on what I'm going through
because it isn't the sort of thing I'd normally do
Ask me what
I'll say I think it's good for you
Believe it or not I know where it's all leading to
I feel like taking all my clothes off
dancing to The Rite of Spring
and I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing
I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing
I wouldn't normally do this kind of
this kind of thing
03 Liberation (04:07)
Take my hand
I've changed my mind again
Really I believed it true
that all who fell in love were foolish
But I was wrong
I've learned that lesson well
All the way back home at midnight
you were sleeping on my shoulder
Take my hand
Don't think of obligations
Now, right now
your love is liberation
To free in me
the trust I never dared
I always thought the risk too great
but suddenly I don't hesitate so
Take my hand
Don't think of complications
Now, right now
your love is liberation
Liberation
The night, the stars
A light shone through the dark
All the way back home at midnight
you were sleeping on my shoulder
Take my hand,
Don't think of hesitation
Now, right now
your love is liberation
Liberation
Back home at midnight
All the way back home at midnight
04 A Different Point of View (03:26)
When I'm sitting so close to you
There's only one thing that I wanna do
But I know what you're likely to say
That I'm going about it the wrong way
We can't agree about anything
Where to go or even where we've been
And I know what you're likely to do
Say that I've never care about you
And all I wanted to say was that I love you
But you tell me now you don't believe it's true
You got a different, a different
A different point of view
You got a different
Point of view
You don't believe a single word I say
If I'd say black was white, you'd say it was grey
But in spite of been treated this way
I still dream of you all night and day
And all I wanted to say was that I love you
But you tell me now you don't believe it's true
You got a different, a different
A different point of view
You got a different
Point of view
Just this once
Just say yes
Please
You've got a clever way of haunting me
I'm never scared, but you're still daunting me
'Cause I know what you're likely to say
And I know that you'll get your own way
And all I wanted to say was that I love you
But you tell me now you don't believe it's true
You got a different, a different
A different point of view
You got a different
Point of view
You got a different, a different
A different point of view
You got a different
Point of view
06 Yesterday, When I Was Mad (03:56)
Darling, you were wonderful, you really were quite good
I enjoyed that, though, of course, no one understood
A word of what was going on, they didn't have a clue
They couldn't understand your sense of humour like I do
You're much too kind
I smiled with murder on my mind
Yesterday, when I was mad
And quite prepared to give up everything
Admitting, I don't believe
In anyone's sincerity, and that's what's really got to me
You have a certain quality, which really is unique
Expressionless, such irony, although your voice is weak
It doesn't really matter 'cause the music is so loud
Of course it's all on tape, but no one will find out
You hated me too
But not as much as I hated you
Yesterday, when I was mad
And quite prepared to give up everything
Admitting, I don't believe
In anyone's sincerity, and that's what's really got to me
Then, when I was lonely
I thought again
And changed my mind
Then we posed for pictures with the competition winners
And argued about the hotel rooms, and where to go for dinner
And someone said: "It's fabulous you're still around today,
You've both made such a little go a very long way"
Yesterday, when I was mad
And quite prepared to give up everything
Admitting, I don't believe
In anyone's sincerity, and that's what's really got to me
Yesterday, when I was mad
And quite prepared to give up everything
Admitting, I don't believe
In anyone's sincerity, and that's what's really got to me
Then, when I was lonely
I thought again
And changed my mind
07 The Theatre (05:11)
(Tennant/Lowe)
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(Yeah)
(Yeah)
(Yeah)
(Tu ru tu tu tu tu)
(Tu ru tu tu tu tu)
(Tu ru tu tu tu tu)
(Yeah)
(Tu ru tu tu tu tu)
(Tu ru tu tu tu tu)
(Tu ru tu tu tu tu)
(Yeah)
(Yeah)
It's another world here
The streets are gleaming
I was even dreaming
That they're paved with gold
Seventeen, at half past ten
All the crowds are surging past
An electric display
There's another world here
Below shop windows
Upon the pavement
Where you wave goodbye
Boys and girls
Come to roost
From Northern parts
And Scottish towns
Will we catch your eye?
While you pretend not to notice
All the years we've been here
We're the bums you step over
As you leave the Theatre
(Yeah)
(Yeah)
It's another world here
Somebody is singing (Yeah)
I was only wishing
For a bit of cash
From a patron of the arts
Or at least the phantom of the opera
Will I catch your eye?
While you pretend not to notice
(Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu)
All the years we've been here
We're the bums you step over
(Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu)
As you leave the Theatre
(Yeah)
(Yeah)
(Ha ha ha ha...)
(Everybody)
(Everybody)
(Everybody)
(Everybody)
(Everybody)
(Everybody)
(Everybody)
(Everybody)
Pavarotti in the park
Then you walked back up the Strand
Did you catch my eye?
And then pretend not to notice
(Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu)
All the years we've been here
We're the bums you step over
(Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu)
As you leave the Theatre
(Yeah)
(Yeah)
In the end, you pretend
(Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu)
'Cause it's so much easier
We're the bums you step over
(Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu)
As you leave the Theatre (Yeah)
(Yeah)
(Yeah)
(Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu
Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu)
We're the bums you step over
(Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu)
As you leave the Theatre
(Yeah)
(Yeah)
(Ha ha ha ha ...)
(Ha ha ha ha ...)
(Ha ha ha ha ...)
16 Shameless (05:04)
(Tennant/Lowe)
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(Ooh ah ah ooh ah ah ooh ah ooh) [Hello]
(Ooh ah ah ooh ah ah ooh ah ooh)
(Ooh ah ah ooh ah ah ooh ah ooh)
(Ooh ah ah ooh ah ah ooh ah ooh) [Dahhhling - mmwah!]
[How dare you? Do you know who I am?]
[You look fabulous! - mmwah!]
I know what you think
It's clear as mud in your eyes
We're the plastic poseurs and prostitutes
You've obviously come to despise
But you don't know nothing
You're not hot enough to matter
You don't understand it's the glamorous life
A dream that no one can shatter
We're shameless
We will do anything
To get our fifteen minutes of fame
We have no integrity
We're ready to crawl
To obtain celebrity
We'll do anything at all
I'm ambitious
Believe me, I'm going to be big
I'm a slave to glamour
Applause and clamour
My makeup, my wardrobe, my wigs
Don't call me pathetic
I'm harder than you'll ever guess
Relentlessly tough, for when the going gets rough
The tough get their picture in the press
We're shameless
We will do anything
To get our fifteen minutes of fame
We have no integrity
We're ready to crawl
To obtain celebrity
We'll do anything at all
(Anything, anything, anything at all)
(We'll do anything, anything, anything at all)
(We'll do anything, anything, anything at all)
(We'll do anything, anything, anything at all)
[It's going perfectly alright]
[How dare you? Do you know who I am?]
[It's an absolute disgrace]
Tell me you love me
Admit it, you're really impressed
Would it not amuse you
For me to seduce you
Have you ever seen me undressed?
We're shameless
We will do anything
To get our fifteen minutes of fame (Give me fifteen minutes)
We have no integrity
We're ready to crawl
To obtain celebrity
We'll do anything at all
We're shameless
We will do anything
To get our fifteen minutes of fame (Give me fifteen minutes)
We have no integrity
We're ready to crawl to obtain celebrity
We'll do anything
With anyone
Go absolutely anywhere
For anything
At all
(Ooh ah ah ooh ah ah ooh ah ooh) [I'm terribly sorry]
(Ooh ah ah ooh ah ah ooh ah ooh)
(Ooh ah ah ooh ah ah ooh ah ooh)
(Ooh ah ah ooh ah ah ooh ah ooh)
(Ooh ah ah ooh ah ah ooh ah ooh)
(Ooh ah ah ooh ah ah ooh ah ooh)
(Ooh ah ah ooh ah ah ooh ah ooh)
(Ooh ah ah ooh ah ah ooh ah ooh)
17 Too Many People (04:26)
(Tennant/Lowe)
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I sometimes think that I'm too many people
Too many people, too many people
I sometimes think that I'm too many people
Too many people, too many people at once
The husband or the hedonist
The businessman or the communist
The artist or the showbiz creep
The lover or the nervous geek
The question of identity is one that's always haunted me
Whoever I decide to be depends on who is with me
I sometimes think that I'm too many people
Too many people, too many people
I sometimes think that I'm too many people
Too many people, too many people at once
The tactless twit putting his foot in it
Or the sensitive soul who's a role model
The urban jet setter - never at home
Or the country recluse - just leave me alone
Extrovert or introvert
Love is kind, and love hurts
Rebellion or conformity
What is my identity?
I sometimes think that I'm too many people
Too many people, too many people
I sometimes think that I'm too many people
Too many people, too many people at once
The intellectual and bon-viveur
or the naive simpleton, so immature
A devoted son and family man
Or the wicked uncle who doesn't give a damn
How often these have tempted me
The question of identity depends on what I'm meant to be
I sometimes think that I'm too many people
Too many people, too many people
I sometimes think that I'm too many people
Too many people, too many people at once
I sometimes think that I'm too many people
Too many people, too many people
I sometimes think that I'm too many people
Too many people, too many people at once
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Di Abraham
"'Very' è un pugno nello stomaco. Ha generato inni da stadio, fatto ballare vecchi e nuovi fans, rinvigorito il pubblico gay."
"Se 'Behaviour' ti spinge all'introspezione, 'Very' ti dice: alzati, vai, lotta per sopravvivere."
