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Uh-oh! Ci fanno notare che questa recensione compare anche (tutta o in parte) su warnermusic.it
Alzi la mano chi è stufo di discutere su cos'è o non è "punk".
Se state leggendo questo, ci sono buone probabilità che avete già preso la vostra posizione sui Simple Plan. Ma forse è tempo di dimenticare quello che già sapete, perché ai Simple Plan non potrebbe fregare di meno dell'opinione che la gente ha di loro. I Simple Plan hanno trascorso lo scorso anno ad indirizzare la loro energia, positività e sì, a volte le loro frustrazioni, nella loro musica.
Ed indipendentemente da come vorrete etichettarla, le 11 canzoni contenute nell'attesissimo secondo album della band dimostrano che i Simple Plan non sono un gruppo punk, un gruppo pop, un gruppo rock o come diavolo vorreste definirli, sono semplicemente un grande gruppo, una band che lotta per scrivere belle canzoni e mettere su un fantastico show! A dire il vero, tante cose sono successe da quando questo gruppo di Montreal, Canada - il cantante Pierre Bouvier, il batterista Chuck Comeau, il bassista David Desrosiers e i chitarristi Sebastien Lefebvre Jeff Stinco - pubblicò nella primavera del 2002 "No Pads, No Helmets, Just Balls".
A parte aver venduto un paio di milioni di dischi, il gruppo ha diviso il palcoscenico con chiunque, dai Rancid agli Aerosmith; ha partecipato al 'Vans Warped Tour' per tre anni consecutivi (di cui due da headliner), e ha ricevuto quattro nomination agli MTV Video Music Awards: non male per cinque ragazzini che erano soliti partire in tour con le station wagon dei loro genitori.
"Canzoni che parlano di auto e feste non mi dicono niente," spiega Comeau. "Mi piacciono le canzoni che mi danno i brividi". Ed, infatti, magari vi tornerebbe utile indossare un eskimo quando ascolterete "Still Not Getting Any", perché è pieno zeppo di momenti da far accapponare la pelle: "Crazy," racconta delle difficoltà che ognuno di noi affronta tutti i giorni (sì, anche se sei una rock star), mentre "Perfect World, "lotta per dare un senso ad una perdita. Eppure, per un certo periodo, sembrò che queste canzoni non sarebbero mai nate. "Per noi comporre è un'arte su cui dobbiamo lavorare davvero sodo," ammette Comeau.
Dopo che lo scorso Febbraio la band ebbe portato a termine il loro tour americano da headliner con gli MxPx, Comeau e Bouvier trascorsero ogni giorno dei tre mesi successivi rinchiusi a Vancouver a scrivere canzoni per il nuovo album, scartando più idee di quante gliene venivano in mente. "All'inizio non riuscivamo a mettere insieme qualcosa che ci piacesse, così continuammo a scrivere e scrivere senza mollare mai. Dopo mesi trascorsi a spingerci a vicenda, arrivarono anche i pezzi giusti, " spiega Bouvier. 'Perfect World' fu una delle prime canzoni buone che scrivemmo e da quel momento le altre iniziarono a sgorgare come una cascata." Quando giunse il momento di registrarle, la band si assicurò la collaborazione di Bob Rock, il famoso produttore responsabile di alcuni dei dischi più famosi dei Metallica, dei Motley Crue e dei Bon Jovi. L'idea dietro "Still Not Getting Any" era semplice, la band non si sarebbe limitata al punk, che paradossalmente di questi tempi sembra avere più regole di quanto uno riesca a ricordare. "Credo che nel primo disco volevamo semplicemente comporre un puro album pop-punk, mentre per questo non ce ne fregava niente - volevamo semplicemente scrivere belle canzoni, " spiega Comeau. Bouvier ha un'analogia perfetta per l'approccio della band: "Come artista, perché limitarti a fare solo alcune cose?" si chiede ad alta voce. "Se fossi un pittore, vorresti usare solo sette o otto colori o mischiarli insieme per ottenere il più bel dipinto possibile?" E dalla storia personale che si racconta dietro "Welcome To My Life" all'esilarante folle assolo di "Promise", la loro tavolozza illustra al meglio l'attitudine della band nei confronti della composizione.
Neanche a dirsi, "Still Not Getting Any" non finirà certo nella sezione trip-hop di nessun negozio di dischi ma contiene comunque delle sorprese, che siano i delicati ma allo stesso tempo potenti interludi in "Shut Up", il minimalista ma allo stesso tempo intricato drum loop in "Perfect World", la bellissima sezione d'archi e il testo toccante di "Untitled", o l'epico arrangiamento d'archi in "One." "Thank You" ricorda i gruppi di punk melodico dei primi anni '90 che influenzarono i Reset, la vecchia hardcore band di Comeau e Bouvier.
"Il disco è un po' diverso dal primo, ma siamo sempre noi," ci tiene a precisare Lefebvre. Comunque, sebbene i Simple Plan siano aperti a fare esperimenti con la formula che li ha resi famosi, la loro più grande preoccupazione è di non deludere i loro fan, perché questo album è per loro. "Il rapporto con i nostri fan è la cosa più importante che abbiamo," spiega Desrosiers. "Alla fine saranno loro che faranno di quest'album un successo o un fallimento, non qualche critico musicale che ha già deciso chi e cosa siamo, " aggiunge Stinco. "Senza loro, starei probabilmente facendo un lavoro da impiegato che odio."
Alla fine, i concetti della band sono espressi al meglio attraverso i loro testi e in "Shut Up" quando Bouvier canta, "Nulla di quanto dirai oggi potrà fermarmi" non è ribellione calcolata, è la verità. Quindi, voi da che parte state ?
Questi i componenti della band:
Pierre Bouvier (voce);
Chuck Comeau (batteria);
David Desrosiers (basso e backing vocals);
Sebastien Lefebvre (chitarra e backing vocals);
Jeff Stinco (chitarra solista).
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01 Shut Up! (03:03)
There you go
You're always so right
It's all a big show
It's all about you
You think you know
What everyone needs
You always take time
To criticize me
It seems like everyday
I make mistakes
I just can't get it right
It's like I'm the one
You love to hate
But not today
So shut up, shut up, shut up
Don't wanna hear it
Get out, get out, get out
Get out of my way
Step up, step up, step up
You'll never stop me
Nothing you say today
Is gonna bring me down
There you go
You never ask why
It's all a big lie
Whatever you do
You think you're special
But I know, and I know
And I know, and we know
That you're not
You're always there to point
Out my mistakes
And shove them in my face
It's like I'm the one
You love to hate
But not today
So shut up, shut up, shut up
Don't wanna hear it
Get out, get out, get out
Get out of my way
Step up, step up, step up
You'll never stop me
Nothing you say today
Is gonna bring me down
(shut up, shut up, shut up)
Is gonna bring me down
(shut up, shut up, shut up)
You'll never bring me down
Don't tell me who I should be (Don't tell me who I should be)
And don't try to tell me what's right for me
Don't tell me what I should do
I don't wanna waste my time
I'll watch you fade away
So shut up, shut up, shut up
Don't wanna hear it
Get out, get out, get out
Get out of my way
Step up, step up, step up
You'll never stop me
Nothing you say today
Is gonna bring me down
Shut up, shut up, shut up
Don't wanna hear it
Get out, get out, get out
Get out of my way
Step up, step up, step up
You'll never stop me
Nothing you say
Is gonna bring me down
Bring me down
(shut up, shut up, shut up)
Won't bring me down
Bring me down
(shut up, shut up, shut up)
You won't bring me down
Shut up, shut up, shut up
02 Welcome to My Life (03:21)
Do you ever feel like breaking down?
Do you ever feel out of place?
Like somehow you just don't belong
And no one understands you
Do you ever wanna run away?
Do you lock yourself in your room?
With the radio on turned up so loud
That no one hears you screaming
No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels alright
You don't know what it's like to be like me
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked
When you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
Do you wanna be somebody else?
Are you sick of feeling so left out?
Are you desperate to find something more
Before your life is over
Are you stuck inside a world you hate?
Are you sick of everyone around?
With their big fake smiles and stupid lies
While deep inside you're bleeding
No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels alright
You don't know what it's like to be like me
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked
When you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
No one ever lied straight to your face
And no one ever stabbed you in the back
You might think I'm happy
But I'm not gonna be ok
Everybody always gave you what you wanted
You never had to work it was always there
You don't know what it's like
What it's like
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked
When you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like (what it's like)
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked
When you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
Welcome to my life
Welcome to my life
04 Thank You (02:55)
I thought that I could always count on you,
I thought that nothing could become between us two.
We said as long as we would stick together,
We'd be alright,
We'd be ok.
But I was stupid
And you broke me down
I'll never be the same again.
So thank you for showing me,
That best friends can not be trusted,
And thank you for lying to me,
Your friendship and good times we had you can have them back
Yeah!
I wonder why it always has to hurt,
For every lesson that you have to learn.
I won't forget what you did to me,
How you showed me things,
I wish I'd never seen.
But I was stupid,
And you broke me down,
I'll never be the same again.
So thank you for showing me,
That best friends can not be trusted,
And thank you for lying to me,
Your friendship the good times we had you can have them back
When the tables turn again,
You'll remember me my friend,
You'll be wishing I was there for you.
I'll be the one you'll miss the most,
But you'll only find my ghost.
As time goes by,
You'll wonder why,
You're all alone.
So thank you for showing me,
That best friends can not be trusted,
And thank you for lying to me,
Your friendship and good times we had you can have them back.
So thank you, for lying to me,
So thank you, for all the times you let me down
So thank you, for lying to me,
So thank you, your friendship you can have it back
06 Crazy (03:40)
Tell me what's wrong with society
When everywhere I look I see
Young girls dying to be on TV
Won't stop 'til they've reached their dreams
Diet pills, surgery
photoshopped pictures in magazines
Telling them how they should be
It doesn't make sense to me
Is everybody going crazy
Is anybody gonna save me
Can anybody tell me what's going on
Tell me what's going on
If you open your eyes
You'll see that something is wrong
I guess things are not how they used to be
There's no more normal families
Parents act like enemies
Making kids feel like it's World War III
No one cares, no one's there
I guess we're all just too damn busy
And money's our first priority
It doesn't make sense to me
Is everybody going crazy
Is anybody gonna save me
Can anybody tell me what's going on
Tell me what's going on
If you open your eyes
You'll see that something is wrong
Is everybody going crazy
Is everybody going crazy
Tell me what's wrong with society
When everywhere I look I see
Rich guys driving big SUVs
While kids are starving in the streets
No one cares
No one likes to share
I guess life's unfair
Is everybody going crazy
Is anybody gonna save me
Can anybody tell me what's going on
Tell me what's going on
If you open your eyes
You'll see that something
something is wrong
Is everybody going crazy
Can anybody tell me what's going on
Tell me what's going on
If you open your eyes
You'll see that something is wrong
07 Jump (03:08)
Jump
I dont wanna wake up today
Cuz everydays the same
And Ive been waiting so long
For things to change
Im sick of this town
Sick of my job
Sick of my friends
Cuz everyones jaded
Sick of this place
I wanna break free
Im so frustrated
I just wanna jump (jump!)
Dont wanna think about tomorrow (jump!)
I just dont care tonight
I just wanna jump (jump!)
Dont wanna think about my sorrow
Lets go, whoa
Forget your problems
I just wanna jump
I dont wanna wake up one day
And find out its too late
To do all the things I wanna do
So Im gonna pack up my bags
Im never coming back
Cuz the years are passing by
And Ive wasted all my t-t-time
Im sick of this house
Sick of being broke
Sick of this town thats bringing me down
Im sick of this place
I wanna break free
Im so frustrated
I just wanna jump (jump!)
Dont wanna think about tomorrow (jump!)
I just dont care tonight
I just wanna jump (jump!)
Dont wanna think my sorrow
Lets go, whoa
Forget your problems I just wanna jump
I just wanna jump
I cant take it anymore
I cant take it anymore
I cant take it anymore
Forget tomorrow
I just wanna jump (jump!)
Dont wanna think about tomorrow (jump!)
I just dont care tonight
I just wanna jump (jump!)
Dont wanna think my sorrow
Lets go, whoa
Forget your problems
Time to let them go
Whoa
Forget tomorrow
I just wanna jump (jump!)
I just wanna jump (jump!)
Yeah!
I just wanna jump (jump!)
I just wanna jump
08 Everytime (04:03)
It was 3 AM
When you woke me up
Then we jumped in the car and drove as far as we could go
Just to get away
We talked about our lives
Until the sun came out
And now I'm thinking about
How I wish I could go back
Just for one more day
One more day with you
Everytime I see your face
Everytime you look my way
It's like it all falls into place
Everything feels right
Ever since you walked away
It left my life in disarray
All I want is one more day
It's all I need
Is one more day with you
When the car broke down
We just kept walking along
Til we hit this town
There was nothing there at all
But that was all ok
We spent all our money
On stupid things
But if I look back now
I'd probably give it all away
Just for one more day
One more day with you
Everytime I see your face
Everytime you look my way
It's like it all falls into place
Everything feels right
Ever since you walked away
It left my life in disarray
All I want is one more day
It's all I need
Is one more day with you
Now I'm sitting here
Like we used to do
I think about my life
And now there's nothing I won't do
Just for one more day
One more day with you
Everytime I see your face
Everytime you look my way
It's like it all falls into place
Everything feels right
Everytime I hear your name
Everytime I feel the same
It's like it all falls into place
Everything, everything feels right
You walked away
Just one more day
It's all I need
Is one more day with you
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