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Poche palle, se vi piace l'Indie Rock e non conoscete questo disco allora non vi piace l'Indie Rock. "Bubble & Scrape" rimane a tutt'oggi uno dei punti fermi della produzione indipendente americana dei primi anni '90, uno di quei dischi che hanno il merito di aver aperto le porte a nuovi modi di concepire la forma canzone, senza per questo essere sperimentazione allo stato puro. Il disco è composto da una manciata di canzoni apparentemente senza pretese, che sembrano registrate da un malato d'acufene e giocano continuamente a spostare il tiro dal rumore alla melodia, tanto che ad un primo ascolto non si capisce bene se ci si trova di fronte ad un capolavoro oppure ad una patacca incommensurabile (o ad una terza scelta di difficile definizione...).
I picchi, in termini qualitativi, sono rappresentati da "Happily divided" - ballata acustica con accenti sonici dedicata alla felice perdita di un amore ("I'm so excited, we're happily divided.--"), "Sister" - in cui Barlow accompagnato da chitarre dissonanti e uno splendido riff circolare si dichiara apertamente alla sorella ("Sister, oh sister, who told you these lies?..."), "Sixteen" - un affresco transgenerazionale ruvido e senza fronzoli capace di non cedere alla tentazione di diventare una perfetta canzone rock ma capace di perdersi in se stesso ("I’ m standing here and still I cannot hear you..."), "Homemade" - la linea vocale reiterata strofa dopo strofa si appoggia alla perfetta tessitura delle chitarre e della ritmica, per accompagnare questo amaro inno alla masturbazione ("I may let my fingers roam, Juicing free on my holy bone..."), "Flood" - impossibile trovare un altro disco con una final track come questa, violenta e insolente, fa il verso all'Hard Core seminando panico ed energia ("I don't feel a thing, Except all the joy in the world..."). Come si può spiegare altrimenti l'impasto unico e irresistibile di un disco pieno di energia e indolenza qual’ è "Bubble & Scrape"?
Diciamo che se fosse un piatto sarebbe un'anatra all'arancia imbevuta nel mascarpone, da servire accompagnata da una gasatissima Royal Crown, naturalmente a temperatura ambiente.
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01 Soul and Fire (03:46)
It's all a matter of soul and fire
Infatuation or true desire
The thrill of discovery, divine intervention
Cruel, cruel change, pain of rejection
As you walk away, think of all the joy we shared
If you decide you need me, I'll be wondering if I care
Not there to soothe your soul, friend to tender friend
I think our love is coming to an end
King persuader, congratulations
Share her heart, you bought her soul
Princess confusion, come to me again
Saying goodbye was so much fun
When you walk away, feel the freedom in your heart
There's a joy in letting go, free to find a love apart
When I lose control, I need a kind, forgiving friend
But I think our love is coming to an end
I know our love is coming to an end
02 Two Years Two Days (03:07)
Now that you have your doubts
Will you always be looking for a way out?
And if I convinced you to stay
Two years or two days from now
I'd live in fear of losing you
Holding on, trapping you inside
Now I understand
I can't always have what I'm wanting
And now I'm wanting you
But if you don't want me
I'll have to set you free
I'll have to learn to live without you
Guilt is a stupid thing
Don't let it make you stay
Leave me if you're wanting someone else
I'll be ok
Two years or two days from now
Even though I love you more now
06 Sister (02:43)
Damned if I do, and damned if I don't
I told you I loved you, I wish that I hadn't
And you don't seem the same
I guess I know you too well
I knew I was falling, but I didn't know
How low I fell
Sister, oh sister
Who told you these lies?
I don't have time
To teach what it should be like
To pull you from this, child
You don't smell the stink
But you might have felt the bed
You think I'm all yours
And I wish that I was dead
The words were not your own
It was something your mother said
Umbilical blood line, mind control by the whining chest
Sister oh sister
I thought it'd be nice
That thing I felt when we first met
Just will not suffice
The glimmer in your eyes
I love you, sister
I love how you condescend
I thought so, sister
But I cannot pretend
It's hard to believe this blood
This isn't healthy love
It's hard to believe this love
This isn't healthy blood
Sister, oh, sister
You thought you were so wise
A judgmental vision coming from the blindest eye
A look that you define
09 Elixir Is Zog (02:06)
What’s all this commotion?
You can break the alarm
Restrain, please, don’t bite me on the arm
Capricorn Rising
Diligent, she waits
Bright eyes wink
Future wife in a mini-skirt
Buying me a drink, I abandon every plain
Not your Mr. Right
Committed like a burglar, arrive in style
Nailed a warning sign
Oh, when we get into square land, you’ll get your little fish (?)
Reel that sucker in
In this condition, the elixir is zog
Concentrated salvation, a region squad
The way in my skeptic, blinded by grog
A clever decision, never am solved
10 Emma Get Wild (01:21)
I’m being myself, I’m all good fun
Emma’s paid to tonight go haunting, I’m
A fire, wiry Vitamin Z(?)
Agitated and edgy, yaaaaaaay
Here’s to my health and living right
Brain tuned out to the radio dial
Storm headed our way, one to avoid
Your empire exists, will be destroyed
[OK, I’m looking for serious assistance on this one]
15 Bouquet for a Siren (02:56)
I'm hiding nine wives, close my eyes
Valiant, like a god I fly
Merry-go-round, window-speak
Working only for luxury
Married to failure, dulled by grief
I'm fighting on and off full-cheek (?)
Since when again, I care, I swear I don't intend to be mean
Siren glides from surf to cliff
Endearing language, provocative
I'm here to say what's done is done
Serving shark's fin soup for everyone
Beautiful women in the world to see
I'm a born romantic, EAG
Gotta right to find an American dream
And so what?
Stranded here high and dry
Got a cause on the region, on the beach I lie (?)
Fortunate to wait and see
On these stepping stones of dust we've roped at defeat
Feeling as weak as a circus freak
I gotta relocate, I wanna sail the seas
We should've never kissed, never played
Pardon me, I had a place to stay
Enlighten my wives, close my eyes
Fell to you, like a god I fly
Merry-go-round, window-speak
Working only for luxury
Married to failure, dulled by grief
I'm fighting on and off full-cheek (?)
Since when, again, I care, I swear I don't intend to be mean
Siren glides from surf to cliff
Endearing language, provocative
I'm here to say what's done is done
Serving shark's fin soup for everyone
[strange days]
I'm scared (I'm scared of dying)
Don't let me die
Where's my lover? (Where is my lover?)
And again, again, again, again, again
16 Think (Let Tomorrow Bee) (03:12)
Could I hold on, or should I hold on to you?
Ask, I'll tell the truth; there's nothing I should hide
And if I move to slow, if you're bored I need to know
I’m weak to hide inside, to force what I don't feel
If all we have is a question, there's no hope to find a future
But something in me cries for you
It feels too real this time
I think I love you, though I don't know what love means
Girl of my dreams, or a friend that one day leaves
Could I trust this when I've lied to myself before?
Will I do it all again to taste what I've imagined we could be?
Look what I've become; this pressure that we feel
In a world of possibilities, this may not prove real
But could we give enough, backed against a wall?
Too close to breathe, but too far to fall
All I ever wanted was to feel you closer to me
And it's sad to feel this resistance
What once before had felt so free
Let tomorrow bee
I can't be so impatient
Pushing every answer, when there isn't any question
Let me feel good now
And though this may have to end, I hope I'm always with you
Honestly your friend
I think I love you
17 Flood (01:34)
A cap comes off the 40-ounce
The bowling captain's out to pounce
Uncap the joy, out of control
The Night Cat goes within my soul
Yeah, all right, gonna ride with The Flood tonight
Yeah, all right, I'm gonna ride with The Flood tonight
The girls, the boss, we're smoking joints in the car
A hundred miles an hour through the meadows
I'm stump-jumpin' drunk from the get go
Yeah, all right, we're gonna ride with The Flood tonight
Yeah, all right, we're gonna uncap with Flood tonight, let's go
The Night Cat makes me wanna sing
Because I don't feel a thing
Except all the joy in the world
Come on, get in the car, let's go
Yeah, all right, gonna ride with The Flood tonight
Yeah, all right, I'm stump-jumpin' drunk from the get go
Owww, stump-jumpin' drunk and let's go
Stump-jumpin' drunk and let's go
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