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Silverchair.. non vi dice niente? Bene bene allora lasciate che vi racconti, scioglietevi tra le mie braccia e ascoltate.
Parecchi anni fa sul pulman di ritorno dalla scuola mi sedetti vicino a tale Michael (avete presente quelle persone che vedete sempre ma scoprite solo dopo 2 anni qual' è il loro nome perchè lo ritenete importante tanto quanto il taschino da orologio presente nei vostri jeans?). Ebbene questo Michael tira fuori il suo bel raccoglitore di cd dove stanno scritte cose tipo "michael tvttttttttb 4ever tua miciotta" e comincia a scartabellare, avanti e indietro avanti e indietro. Ora qui qualcuno sicuramente non è passato attraverso quel periodo in cui ti dovevi scarrozzare dietro un 10 chili di cd se volevi avere la metà delle canzoni presenti su un lettore mp3 da 516 mega ma vi posso assicurare una cosa, quando uno continuava a farti girare davanti agli occhi tutti sti cd poteva significare solo due cose: o aveva il cervello fritto da 2 ore di derivate svolte durante la lezione di matematica o voleva farti vedere i suoi dischi. Optai per la seconda.
"Mi fai vedere i tuoi cd?"
"Ma si certo tieni pure (stavo aspettando solo quello ehehe)"
Dunque ora i cd sono in mano mia.. Silverchair? "Cosa fanno questi?" Penso per un secondo nella mia mente.
"Quelli sono un gruppo grunge fighissimo"
Ovviamente nessuno gliel'ha chiesto ma un minimo di incertezza può portare a tutto ciò.. Quindi state attenti ragazzi! Metto su il cd ancora speranzoso poi ha inizio: l'attacco è quanto di più grunge uno possa aver ascoltato.. quello non è grunge è oltre, è l'imitazione del grunge, è grunge all'ennesima potenza, è grunge come un discografico vorrebbe che fosse il grunge: strofa ritornello ritornello ritornello ritornello. Ma io che sono un uomo di buona fede proseguo e penso che quello è solo il singolone acchiappa pubblico, e invece no! Ha inizio la seconda è la storia si ripete.. calma-strofa potenza-ritornello e via così! Ora non vi starò a tediare con tutte le canzoni di questo album, vi basti sapere che il sound è derivativo a Nirvana Pearl Jam e Soundgarden ma non provate ad accostarli per carità!
Il meglio arriva poi con "Lie To Me" traccia numero quattro, quel giorno pensai che fosse uno scherzo.. una cover almeno.. invece no quella era semplicemente la scopiazzatura mal fatta di "Territorial Pissings" presente in 'Nevemind' dei Nirvana. E mi fermo qui altrimenti potrei rovinare tutto con una serie di insulti ai Silverchair non propriamente da galantuomo.
Statene lontani uomini, questo disco del 1996 non è che un altro dei tentativi dei discografici di sfruttare ancora (e già allora non se ne poteva più) la miniera d'oro del cosiddetto grunge. E non mi venite a dire che i Silverchair sono Australiani ed avevano circa 18 anni, e allora? Potevano benissimo non suonare nessuno li ha costretti!
Concludo raccontandovi che quell'uomo tra i suoi cd aveva anche il primo dei Nickelback e degli Staind.. insomma spero abbiate imparato la lezione: prima di chiedere all'uomo sconosciuto di mostrarvi la sua collezione di cd o mp3 controllate bene che dentro il vostro taschino da orologio non ci sia qualcosa di più importante.
Elenco tracce testi samples e video
01 Slave (03:57)
Lived too long now you've come to take me to
A place where I can die
Lost my soul, lost my confidence in me
Can't be something but I'll try
Lived too long and waited to just drown
In my self pity I keep falling down
Want to be your soldier
Want to be your slave
I have no pride in myself
Only book that I own is called How to Lose
Pick a chapter, I know them all, just choose
Lived too long and waited to find
A place where I can die
Lost my soul, lost my confidence in me
Give me something but I'll try
Want to be your solider
Want to be your slave
I have no pride in myself
That's how I behave
Go
I can't find
I can't find
I can't find
I can't find
Why
02 Freak (03:48)
No more maybes
Your baby's got rabies
Sitting on a ball
In the middle of the Andes
Yeah, I'm a freak of nature
Yeah, I'm a freak
If only I could be as cool as you
As cool as you
Body and soul, I'm a freak, I'm a freak
Body and soul, I'm a freak, I'm a freak
Try to be different
Or get a different disease
Seems it's in fashion
To need the cold sore cream
Yeah, I'm a freak of nature
Yeah, I'm a freak
I don't really know
How to put on a cool show
As boring as they come
Just tell me where to go
If only I could be as cool as you
As cool as you
As cool as you
As cool as you
Body and soul, I'm a freak, I'm a freak
Body and soul, I'm a freak, I'm a freak
Body and soul, I'm a freak, I'm a freak
Body and soul, I'm a freak, I'm a freak
Freak
Freak
Freak
Freak
03 Abuse Me (04:03)
Need to ask a question
Calling out my name
Nothing seems to bother
Wish I had a clue
Come on, abuse me more, I like it
Well I don't think you like me
Well I hate you as well
No one seems to like you
Wish I couldn't tell
Come on, abuse me more, I like it
Come on, keep talking cause it's true
Come on, abuse me more, I like it
Come on, keep talking cause it's true
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard, overboard
Come on, abuse me more, I like it
Come on, keep talking cause it's true
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard, overboard
04 Lie to Me (01:22)
Gonna be a liar, lie to me
Gonna be a liar, lie to me
Gonna be a liar, lie to me
Gonna be a liar, lie to me
Gonna be a liar, lie to me
Gonna be a liar, lie to me
Gonna be a liar, lie to me
Gonna be a liar, lie to me
Gonna be a while, lie to me
Gonna be a while, lie to me
Gonna be a while, lie to me
Gonna be a while
Lie to me
Lie to me
Lie to me
Lie to me
Lie to me
Lie to me
Lie to me
05 No Association (03:55)
You've never wanted to know me before
Little or no association
Leave me alone, I want to live
Stop sucking the blood right out of me
Couldn't care less if I died right now
Who am I?
I don't know, you tell me
You seem to know everything else
Need a pathway need a guide
Contemplating suicide
Wish I could be like you
You say you care, but do you
Do you
Do you
Burn
06 Cemetery (04:04)
Need a change
Not to imitate, but to irritate
All the ones who hate
I may be late
Always seem to get the wrong date
Well I guess it's fate
I live in a cemetery
Full of good will and integrity
You see, I have no specialty
Here's your warning
I'll give you click, click, boom
I live in a cemetery
I need a change
Not to imitate, but to irritate
I live in a cemetery
I need a change
Not to imitate, but to irritate
I live in a cemetery
I need a change
Not to imitate, but to irritate
I live in a cemetery
I need a change
Not to imitate, but to irritate
I live in a cemetery
I need a change
Not to imitate, but to irritate
I live in a cemetery
07 The Door (03:38)
Could've been like before
Could've had to lock the door
Make your mind
Let the door, let the door swing
Only one
Only one to let the door
Wanted to pretend he's dead
Didn't have to pretend
Make your mind
Let the door, let the door swing
Only one
Only one to let the door
All this and more
Makes no sense to me
All this and more
Makes me drown
Let me know if it's alright
Let me know if you just might
Make your mind
Let the door, let the door swing
Only one
Only one to let the door
All this and more
Makes no sense to me
All this and more
Makes no sense to me
All this and more
Makes no sense to me
All this and more
Makes me drown
09 Learn to Hate (04:19)
I wanted to be friends with her too
So my relationship could be the same as yours
I hated everyone just like you
Hating you should be introduced as a new law
Take the time to learn to hate
Come and join the mass debate
Take the time, take the time
It's all uphill, you've gotta climb
You betrayed all the trust I gave you
Now I need therapy to hate a little more
You cannot help me to forgive you
The drugs have given you all kinds of different sores
I hated everyone just like you
Hating you should be introduced as a new law
Take the time to learn to hate
Come and join the mass debate
Take the time, take the time
It's all uphill, you've gotta climb
As you pump drugs into your bloodstream
I sit observing in disgust
Hoping that you will finally come clean
So I don't have to use this gun
Take the time to learn to hate
Come and join the mass debate
Take the time, take the time
It's all uphill, it's all up, it's all uphill
10 Petrol & Chlorine (04:00)
Sinking through dark black holes
It's never gonna end
Open gash in my rib cage
It's never gonna mend
Take another picture of the wall
Sinking deeper every time I fall
Each day ends quicker
And my mind gets slower too
As my life just fades away
I wouldn't have a clue
Take another draw out from the shelf
I'm too weak to do it by myself
Though you had the world at your feet
You could see it I was blind
Had the perfect job called life
You didn't like it you resigned
Brain's a square of grass
Growing on petrol and chlorine
On petrol and chlorine
You know just what I mean
11 Roses (03:32)
Drained as drained can be
Life is gone from me
Drained if drained is free
If only I could breathe
Smelling dead roses
Smelling dead roses
Take your mind with you
There's no room for two
I can't handle both
Handle both of you
Smelling dead roses
Smelling dead roses
But I won't fall down
No, I won't fall down
But I won't fall down
Cause I won't fall down
Smelling dead roses
Smelling dead roses
But I won't fall down
No, I won't fall down
But I won't fall down
Cause I won't fall down
12 Nobody Came (06:13)
Laying lost and wounded
Just myself to blame
Have no life and
Being hand-fed pain
Head's a crying wasteland
Filled with shame
Cried for help before and
Nobody came
His father beats him
No hesitation
His face left dripping
In humiliation
Head's a crying wasteland
Filled with shame
Cried for help before and
Nobody came
As he lies wounded
His father turns to clay
A frozen statue
Can't walk away
Head's a crying wasteland
Filled with shame
Cried for help before and
Nobody came
To see what I can lose again
For being the victim
13 The Closing (03:26)
Welcome to the closing
Not for love, what for
It's easy to be taken
But to say
Come again
Leave again
Waste of time
Come again
I'm alone while you're having fun
You have faith while I feel none
Sleep till late to waste half the day
But I'm happy to live this way
And I know that you can't see my pain
But you know that I can see your pain
Come again
Leave again
Waste of time
Come again
I'm alone while you're having fun
You have faith while I feel none
Sleep till late to waste half the day
But I'm happy to live this way
Me and shame are the same
Me and shame take the blame
Me and pain are the same
Me and shame take the blame
Come again
Leave again
Waste of time
Come again
I'm alone while you're having fun
You have faith while I feel none
Sleep till late to waste half the day
But I'm happy to live this way
Welcome to the closing
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