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Ruffiani, rapinatori a man bassa, surfisti dell'onda rubata, ma anche gradevoli questi australiani al loro esordio, datato 1995.
All'epoca i ragazzi avevano pressappoco una quindicina d'anni e scrivere un album come "Frogstomp" a quell'età li candidava come nuova promessa nel panorama post-grunge.
Forti della botta di culo per un concorso vinto ("Pick me"), grazie al singolone "Tomorrow", sorta di semi-ballad con inserzioni distorte e urlate nel ritornello, trasmessa a più non posso dalle radio americane, i Silverchair entrano in studio con il colosso Sony/Epic e, in soli nove giorni, danno alla luce quello che sarà il loro album di maggior successo (ben 8 dischi di platino).
L'opener "Israel's Son", dal suono sporco e distorto, con la voce filtrata a dovere, ci dà subito un'idea sul lido dove vogliono approdare i Silverchair, una sorta di hard rock grezzo con rimandi fin troppo evidenti ai grandi della scena di Seattle: Nirvana in primis, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, con una spruzzata di Pilots al seguito. Apprezzabile l'accelerazione finale con epilogo Cobainiano. L'album scorre tra echi di metal alternati ad arpeggi delicati ("Faultline","Pure Massacre"), ballad con finali aggressivi ("Shade", "Suicidal Dream"), riff cavernosi e caotici in bilico tra Soundgarden e Nirvana, tenendo sempre presenti i grandi Alice in Chains ("Leave Me Out", "Undecided"), sfuriate punkeggianti (la strumentale "Madman" e la conclusiva "Findaway").
Questo disco ha sostanzialmente il merito, visto l'enorme successo commerciale, di rappresentare uno spartiacque e una linea guida per tutte le band post-grunge che seguirono e, se si pensa che gli autori erano ancora degli adolescenti, il risultato finale è davvero sorprendente.
Consigliato.
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01 Israel's Son (05:18)
Hate is what I feel for you
And I want you to know that I want you dead
You're late for the execution
If you're not here soon, I'll kill your friend instead
All the pain I feel
Couldn't start to heal
Although I would like it to
I hate you and your apathy
You can leave, you can leave, I don't want you here
I'm playing this pantomime
But I don't see you showing any signs of fear
All the pain I feel
Couldn't start to heal
Although I would like it to
This time I'm for real
My pain cannot heal
You will be dead when I'm through
Hate is what I feel for you
And I want you to know that I want you dead
You're late for the execution
If you're not here soon, I'll kill your friend instead
All the pain I feel
Couldn't start to heal
Although I would like it to
This time I'm for real
My pain can not heal
You will be dead when I'm through
Pain and execution
Put your hands in the air
Put your hands in the air
The air
I am, I am Israel's son
Israel's son I am
Put your hands in the air
Put your hands in the air
I am, I am Israel's son
Israel's son I am
Put your hands in the air
Put your hands in the air
02 Tomorrow (04:26)
It's twelve o'clock and it's a wonderful day
I know you hate me but I'll ask anyway
Won't you come with me to a place in a little town
The only way to get there's to go straight down
There's no bathroom, and there is no sink
The water out of the tap is very hard to drink
Very hard to drink
You wait till tomorrow
You wait till tomorrow
You say that money isn't everything
Well I'd like to see you live without it
You think you can keep on going living like a king
Oooh babe, but I strongly doubt it
Very hard to drink
Very hard to drink
You're gonna wait till, fat boy
Fat boy, wait till tomorrow
You're gonna wait till, fat boy
Fat boy, wait till tomorrow
You wait till tomorrow
You wait till tomorrow
You're gonna wait till, fat boy
Fat boy, wait till tomorrow
You're gonna wait till, fat boy
Fat boy, wait till tomorrow
03 Faultline (04:19)
Unsuspecting brother doesn't know what to do
When everything just falls to the ground
He runs to find some cover, he doesn't have a clue
That his friend will never be found
When he's informed, that he
Will never see the boy
Will never see the boy
Will never see him open his eyes
Will never see the boy
Never see the boy
You'll only hear his heavenly cries
Thinking of the past, it's all over now
Mother nature strikes once again
It happened all so fast, my only question's how
How could they let that building descend
You'll never see the boy
You'll never see the boy
You'll never see him open his eyes
You'll never see the boy
Never see the boy
You'll only hear his heavenly cries
Yeah, no, no, no, no
Off to the new life, I live on death
Leaving me all through the night
If he's born again, I need you to find
Need you to find where he is
04 Pure Massacre (04:58)
People dying for no reason at all
Age is no difference or if you're large or small
Families being torn apart
Doesn't have to be this way
Some people, just have no heart
It's happening every day
Pure massacre, pure massacre
Pure massacre, pure massacre
Machine guns pumping, hearts thumping
Death is all around
People crying for freedom
No one hears a sound
Pure massacre, pure massacre
Pure massacre, pure massacre
There's people crying
There's people dying
But someone's taken it all
Machine guns pumping, hearts thumping
Death is all around
People crying for freedom
No one hears a sound
Pure massacre, pure massacre
Pure massacre, pure massacre
Pure massacre, pure massacre
Pure massacre, pure massacre
It's gonna be a pure massacre
05 Shade (04:01)
If you're hurt
Why don't you tell someone
Don't feel bad
You're not the only one
Don't go hiding
Hiding in the shade
Don't go hiding
Hiding in the shade
If you were abused
I'll find someone to help you
I know you were used
What are you gonna do
Don't go hiding
Hiding in the shade
Don't go hiding
Hiding, in the shade
Don't go hiding
Hiding in the shade
Don't go hiding
Hiding in the shade
Hiding, hiding
Don't go hiding, hiding, hiding in the shade
In the shade, in the
In the shade, in the shade
In the shade
Shade
06 Leave Me Out (03:03)
Oh you can lead a throne
But I'm something you don't own
Greed is a sin
So don't lead me in
You can leave me out
Leave me out
Leave me out
Oh yeah
You can leave me out
Leave me out
Leave me out
Oh yeah
You can leave me out
Leave me out
Leave me out
Oh yeah
07 Suicidal Dream (03:12)
I dream about, how it's gonna end
Approaching me quickly
Living a life of fear
I only want my mind to be clear
People, making fun of me
For no reason but jealousy
I fantisize about my death
I'll kill myself from holding my breath
My suicidal dream
Voices telling me what to do
My suicidal dream
I'm sure you will get yours too
Help me, comfort me
Stop me from feeling what I'm feeling now
The rope is here, now I'll find a use
I'll kill myself, I'll put my head in a noose
My suicidal dream
Voices telling me what to do
My suicidal dream
I'm sure you will get yours too
Dreamin' about my death, dream
Suicidal, suicidal, suicidal dream
I'm suicidal, suicidal dream
08 Madman (02:43)
I can't release you,
You're a mad man,
Need help to,
Madman, Madman
You're tied to alcohol,
It starts to take its toll,
Madman, Madman
Oh, Madman, Mad
Mind filled with confusion,
Your life's an illusion,
Madman, Madman,
Oh...
Ugh,
Madman, Madman
...Madman.
09 Undecided (04:36)
Oh there's no time
To choose for yourself
It's like the candle's lit at both ends now
Deteriorating health
Parents' breaking up
Wish they would decide
Whether to stay together
Can't make up their minds
They wonder why you need someone
You get no freedom at all
They want you to drop down and conform
They make your self-esteem fall
Undecided
Can't make up their mind
Your parents collided
And left you behind
If there's a lock to their minds
Can you tell me please
I'll be straight
Straight to get the keys
Undecided
Can't make up their mind
Your parents collided
And left you behind
Her mother doesn't even know her name
Undecided
If there is trouble, well she just gets the blame
But denies it
Undecided
Can't make up their mind
Your parents collided
And left you behind
Undecided
Undecided
Undecided
Undecided
10 Cicada (05:10)
When he was just a little boy
He only had one favourite toy
And he had nothing on his mind
He never left anything behind
No
As he got older, things got worse
Like he'd been born under a curse
Things started to fall apart
They weren't like they were at the start
No
It's like a civil war
Growing up
It's like a civil war
Don't turn away
It's something you can't ignore
Growing up
It's like a civil war
And now that he was in his teens
He'd started to learn what life means
Problems were still appearing
They didn't look like disappearing
No
It's like a civil war
Growing up
It's like a civil war
Don't turn away
It's something you can't ignore
Growing up
It's like a civil war
Growing up
It's like a civil war
Don't turn away
It's something you can't ignore
Growing up
It's like a civil war
Don't turn away
It's something you can't ignore
Growing up
It's like a civil war
11 Findaway (02:56)
You've been locked up, and you need to escape
You broke the law, it was your first offence
Drug addiction, subtracting all your privileges
But giving up just makes no sense
We'll find a way
We'll find a way
Don't give in, don't give in
Don't give in, don't give in
All you can think about is breaking free
You can't make it on your own
You're thinking negative, nothing can go right
It's eating you down to the bone
We'll find a way
We'll find a way
Don't give in, don't give in
Don't give in, don't give in
We'll find a way
We'll find a way
Don't give in, don't give in
Don't give in, don't give in
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