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Stasera casa mia stava per andare a fuoco.
Un corto circuito ...
... con la puzza della plastica, questa volta bruciata, ... che aleggia ancora nell'aria.
I T.Rex incrociati con Syd Barret, o con i Floyd di "A Piper at the Gates of Dawn" ("Song for Dan Tracy").
Lo sguardo sul mondo tipico di Syd Barret incrociato con lo spirito hippie di Captain Beefheart in versione pop (quello di "Trout Mask Replica"; prego, confrontare le due foto principali nei due "booklets allucinogeni" dei rispettivi albums: sembrano identiche in stile e contenuto).
Captain Beefheart incrociato con un nuovo psychedelic-dada-progressive al sapor della Beatlesiana "I'm the Walrus" e del modo di "recitare" (assurda associazione? Forse) di Peter Gabriel e dei suoi teatrini musicali inizi anni 70 con i primi Genesis ("Flash Delirium").
Ed ancora un bello spruzzo delle tipiche ballate dei primi Mercury Rev ("I Found a Whistle") ed una mini "pop surf opera" (un pò tediosa?), "canzone" a più fasi, così definita dal produttore Sonic Boom.
Insomma, mi si perdoni l'ingenuità, un grande disco, impegnativo nel suo essere pop (quasi sempre) e sconclusionato (sempre).
Con due omaggi (o "dis-omaggi") ad illustri colleghi.
Una canzone totalmente schizofrenica e "disturbata" ("Brian Eno") ed uno strumentale "struggente" e, tanto per cambiare, molto "acido" ("Lady Dada's Nightmare") alla maniera dei Flaming Lips di "The Soft Bulletin".
Un album che a mio avviso lascerà un bel pò più soli quelli che non li sopportano (io ero in fondo fra quelli).
Se poi penso che sono quelli che cantano insieme ai Lips nella "embrionica" Worm Mountain, mi spiego tutto ...
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06 Siberian Breaks (12:09)
Sleep as the goer
The bridge that watches the light speed thru
And cries while the spirit stumbles
And inside missile for the protection of you
Maybe it's silent
The voice can't bear anymore strain
But speak without even knowing
And streams outside in the direction of truth
There's no reason there's no secret to decode
If you can't save it, leave it dying on the road
Wide open arms can feel so cold
So cold
Feel so cold
Balance the books, the ledges, the loons
The disappointed look on the faces
That squint at the moon
Let's see it with shadows enhance
And then vote to decide who'll advance
Silver jet plane, making a turn
Exciting the brain that expects it to crash and then burn
It's not the life lesson I'd've guessed
If you're conscious you must be depressed
Or at least cynical
But someone might still eat the steaks
Even if they're tough
Spending the day
Chewing the fat
Floating away isn't roguh but it's not enough
Oh marianne, pass me the joint
The sandpaper's tan
Go-getters are surfing the point
And london's a cratch on the lens
It's over before it begins
Silk 'round her neck falls down to her shoulders
The older I get, the more I suspect there's a trick
But really there's no trip at all
That doesn't result in a fall
Or a faltering
But something might spit out the bait
Even if it's real
Rolling away
Missing a spoke
Close to the ground like a wheel but it's not enough
Holding the line
Clutching the phone
Nobly wasting the night, but it isn't right
It's not right
Smelling for blood
Praying for rain
Running away isn't rough, but it's not enough
The low tide is telling me, when it's over,
To breathe in everything exposed
And comes back to cover me in a blanket
Being here's always changing tunes
The empty sky surrounds me but i can't see at all
Wide open arms can feel so cold
And you can sit beside me and tell me what it's worth
But I hope I die before i get sold
I hope I die before I get sold
I'd rather die before I get sold
If you find the soul that you lost
Frozen in a starry void
Take it within and hope the sight of blood
Can will signs of life to return
Back to the way that it was
Long before it made a noise
To keep on quietly reminding you
What's never created or destroyed
Wake as the swell peaks
The close-outs drowning the birds with roars
And howls scare the new unkindness
That picks and laughs at the carrion scene
Forces you see breath can always go into hiding
And wait 'til it passes over
Or stay far gone for all eternity
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