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Iniziando questo discorso, voglio anzitutto anticipare che mi sento di parlare di questo album perché, nonostante sia già stato recensito, nella suddetta recensione mi sembra sia stato dato troppo peso al significato politico di questo album piuttosto che alle canzoni vere e proprie (lo stesso discorso può essere fatto con "Houses Of The Molé"). Mi trovo parzialmente in disaccordo con questo fatto: è innegabile che "Rio Grande Blood" sia l'ennesimo attacco all'intera stirpe dei Bush, ma credo che ascoltando canzone per canzone e "dimenticandosi" per un attimo della carriera dei Ministry in ambito Industrial si può apprezzare questo album, in parte.
Mi spiego. Questo disco, come del resto il precedente, è caratterizzato da una sterzata decisa verso un sound più heavy da parte di Al e soci, e questo si sente nell'esplosiva title-track che apre l'album. Essa inizia con un discorso del presidente modificato fino alle fatidiche frasi del tipo "I'm a dangerous, dangerous man with dangerous, dangerous weapons" ma che poi esprime tutto il suo potenziale distruttivo, ripreso dalla successiva "Señor Peligro", con evidenti influenze thrash. Altre tracce rilevanti sono "Fear (Is Big Business)", che dopo un minuto e mezzo di niente accelera in modo pauroso, e "Lieslieslies". "Khyber Pass" è un po' pesantuccia (7 minuti e mezzo) ma comunque buona.
In sintesi, in questa recensione ho cercato di spiegarvi che un album può essere bello anche se, in confronto agli altri lavori della band, presenta molte, troppe differenze. Ma perché condannare a priori un album dei Ministry solo perché ha uno stile diverso dal solito? D'altronde Al ama sperimentare sempre nuove influenze per i suoi album, e a mio parere stavolta è venuto fuori un disco tutt'altro che disprezzabile, anche se, d'accordo, non ai livelli di "Psalm 69" o "The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste", tanto per fare due nomi. O perlomeno questo è il mio punto di vista, e so già che molti non saranno d'accordo: quindi non vi resta che venirmi a cercare per farmi cambiare idea.
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02 Señor Peligro (03:38)
Señor Peligro
Bush's alter ego
A family of danger
And that's his middle name
Invasion is imminent
Keeping down the dissidents
Killing is his business
And business is game
[Chorus]
Justification
To Cross the Border
Justification
For Law and Order
Justification
To Cross the Rio
Señor Peligro
Señor Peligro
Lost all his amigos
From Chile to Panama
And all points in between
Exploitation
To feed the Corporations
The driving force of any war
Is always based in Greed
Venezuela
Watch your Back
Señor Peligro is on the attack
[Voice Over (Isa Martinez - signed release):]
El Presidente Bush es un Asesino
No cambiaremos sangre por aceite
Gente muriendo por el amor del dinero
Soportarlo es mas gas para el fuego
Preparate para el Señor Peligro
[English translation:
The President is an assassin
We will not exchange blood for oil
People dying for the love of money
Supporting him is fuel to the fire
Prepare for Mr. Danger]
05 LiesLiesLies (05:16)
''Gentlemen we have called you together to inform you that we
are going to overthrow the United States government.
Do you still think that jet fuel brought down the World Trade Center?''
''Does anybody else see a problem here?
If the government has nothing to hide why are
they so afraid toanswer a few questions?
This story does not add up''
I'm on a mission to never forget
3,000 people that I've never met
We want some answers and all that we get
Some kind of shit about a terrorist threat
Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies
Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies
Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies
Surpise Surprise Surprise
Lies Lies
I'm on a mission to dig up the truth
You think we're stupid and there's no proof
Well let me tell you that the time has come
To pull the trigger on the smoking gun
Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies
Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies
Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies
Surpise Surprise Surprise
Lies Lies Lies Lies
Don't listen to me, listen to your head
Don't listen
Don't listen to anything, they've said
Don't listen
Lies Lies Lies Lies
''America has been hijacked
Not by Al Qaeda, not by Bin Laden
But by a group of tyrants
That should be of great concern to all Americans''
I'm on a mission to bring out the facts
You got your stories but they all have cracks
Misinformation, lies and deceit
What made you think that we were all asleep
Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies
Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies
Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies
Surpise Surprise Surprise
Lies Lies Lies Lies
Don't listen to me, listen to your head
Don't listen
Don't listen to anything, they've said
Don't listen
Lies Lies Lies Lies
Don't listen to me, listen to your head
Lies Lies Lies Lies
07 Yellow Cake (04:35)
''...and war goes on...
...and war goes on...''
There's no crisis of conscience
The truth is dressed in disguise
Feeding the hungry with Yellow Cake
Feeding the public with lies
Yellow Cake
No crimes were ever committed
No charges were ever read
Cooking the books on the Yellow Cake
Cooking a meal for the dead
Yellow Cake
''...and war goes on...
...and war goes on...''
This is no time for the righteous
Only the wicked survive
Bake up a batch of the Yellow Cake
Bake up a batch of the lies
Yellow Cake
Yellow Cake
Yellow Cake
Yellow Cake
08 Palestina (03:18)
Palestina was a very nice girl
She liked to travel and sample the world
Palestina has a first hand view of life
Palestina from a very young age
Saw the oppression, felt the rage
Palestina wants out of her cage to fight
My life will be short and sweet
Palestina told her family and friends
She'd be back, to take her revenge
Palestina made up her mind to die
Palestina had a belt of death
She had explosives strapped to her chest
Palestina is a martyr now in the sky
My life will be short and sweet
Bye
My life will be short and sweet
My life will be short and sweet
10 Khyber Pass (07:31)
Where's Bin Laden
Where's Bin Laden
He's prob'ly runnin'
Prob'ly hidin'
Some say he's livin' at the Khyber Pass
Others say he's at the Bushes ranch
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Di RegularJoan
I Ministry sembrano affidarsi a quella formuletta finto-ribelle costruita sul generico chiacchiericcio da fighettine.
Davvero un colpo basso. Come il tonfo vertiginoso di Palestina l’ennesima traccia che scimmiotta il nu metal.
