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Meditato, questo disco va meditato.
Anzi tutto non risulta subito orecchiabile, nonostante i due singoli (tra cui uno di successo) "stop me" e "everyday". Le varianti del disco, rendono il lavoro così disomogeneo che bisognerebbe ascoltare una traccia almeno dieci volte per poterla comprendere a fondo.
Ai Planet funk, si sa, il successo a grande scala, non è mai piaciuto troppo. Preferiscono starsene li tranquilli tranquilli e sfornare i loro album senza essere troppo sotto i riflettori. E questo "the illogical consequence" (che per me rimane il loro capolavoro) ne è la conferma, e ne sarà ulteriore conferma il successivo (uscito questo 27 ottobre) "static", ma quella è un altra storia.
Si parte con "movement is noted" un intro quasi "ninna nanna" per poi esplodere subito con le due ballate "everyday" e "stop me". Poi la calma. E tutto il disco sarà così, episodi calmissimi alternati a sfuriate elettroniche. Le tastiere, molto presenti nel disco, aiutano a creare moltissima atmosfera. Particolarmente significative "Tears after the rainbow" la cui voce è quella campionata di Julius Robert Oppenehimer, il fisico della bomba atomica, cavalcata elettronica di oltre 8 minuti. Inoltre "inhuman perfection" cantata da Claudia Pandolfi e la traccia (a mio parere più bella dell'album) "Dusk" con la voce di Sally Doherty, calma tranquilla per poi esplodere con potenti riff rocckegianti e batteria.
Importante segnalare che Dan Black non è più presente come vocalist principale (canta solo 3 tracce), ma viene sostituito dalla bellissima voce di John Graham.
Un disco bellissimo di questi italianissimi Planet Funk. Non ci resta che ascoltare il nuovo "static" con molta attenzione, che come già detto, è tutta un'altra storia.
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02 Everyday (04:19)
Just when I'm thinkin it was always you
The sun has gone and let the rain come through
The things I'm hearin I've already heard
But now I'm walkin in a different world
Just when I'm feelin like I'd made it through
And still had somethin that they never knew
The artificial is controllin me
And I dont' recognise a thing I see
And when it gets too late, I'll be chasin you home
And when it gets too late, I'll be chasin you home
Is this the dawning of a vacant age
I'm turnin over to a ripped up page
You look around with every step you take
'Cos someone's watchin every move you make
Is this the morning we've been waitin for
You think you're walkin through a shinin door
You wait for nothin and it never comes
At least you know you're not the only one
And when it gets too late, I'll be chasin you home
And when it gets too late, I'll be chasin you home
Everything I needed
Every Day I know
And when it gets too late, I'll be chasin you home
And when it gets too late, I'll be chasin you home
I'll be chasin you home
05 Come Alive (04:16)
Yeah
Come on inside the sound
I'm steppin outside myself
Croaking on the underground
But ever high
There you go passin me by
Like someone dropped you from the clouds
Spinnin round and round
Was it gonna fly?
You'll never know, never know, never know
'Come alive' she said don't go
Don't leave before you know
Don't get it wrong just when you could've got it right
'Come alive' she said don't go
It could be such a beautiful world
Don't get it wrong just when you could've got it right
When you could've got it right
When you could've got it right
Yeah
Steppin outside the sound
I'm fallin inside myself
Chokin on the underground
Forever high
Always within reach
But runnin too fast to care
Fakin it just for now
Was it gonna fly?
You'll never know, never know, never know
'Come alive' she said don't go
Don't leave before you know
Don't get it wrong just when you could've got it right
'Come alive' she said don't go
It could be such a beautiful world
Don't get it wrong just when you could've got it right
When you could've got it right
x2
It's just the same the same the same the same
12 Dusk (05:07)
Warm of the day fades from my skin
I feel the air clasping me tight
A moon of fire singes my skin
With rust red rim burns the eye
The cold of day filling my lungs
In this airless time numbing me blind
A moon of ice cuts into me
With fire light a flaming night
A murmuring blue soft to the touch
Suffocating me like tattered wings
Gossamer damp rests on my flesh
Like moist hands saying still be still
I'm empty inside
The dusk unwinds
Ice fills my lungs
I feel unknown unknown
A shimmering blue
It's rough to the touch
And it smothers me with tattered wings
And now I'm empty inside
The dusk will unwind
Ice fills my lungs
I feel unknown
And now I'm empty inside
The dusk will unwind
Ice fills my lungs
I feel unknown unknown
I'm invisible I'm inaudible I'm replaceable I'm unknown I'm unknown
And I'm empty inside
The dusk unwinds
I feel I feel unknown
13 Out on the Dancefloor (06:35)
Out on the dancefloor I disappear
Out on the dancefloor I am not here
Out on the dancefloor I disappear
Out on the dancefloor I am not here
I don't think, I disappear
I don't think, no stupid fears
I don't think, about my hair
I don't think, about the clothes I wear
Just drunk on the dancefloor
I push into the crowd the sound and now I'm alone
Cause I don't think about my death
I don't think I may connect
I don't think I need more money
About my body, about lovers n killers as I make it real love
Just drunk on the dancefloor
I push into the crowd the sound and now I'm alone
Like a flock of gulls
Like a raging sea
Like a tree on fire
I am free yeah an empty page
Has drawn a screamin rage
My key, 5 seconds I am free
Just drunk on the dancefloor
I push into the crowd the sound and now I'm alone
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Di Giordyboy
Sembra il risultato dell'esperienza tecnica e musicale di decenni, non sembra il suono di un gruppo italiano venuto fuori solo quattro anni fa.
Mi domando: 'Grandi questi! Chi saranno mai? Forse un gruppo creato da qualche produttore elettronico americano...'
