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"SURVIVE TONIGHT"
Riuscire a sopravvivere musicalmente di questi tempi sta diventando sempre piu' complicato ,tra discografici imprenditori,tra etichette importanti ,tra capisaldi personali,faide tra musicisti ,ogni giorno e' una lotta continua e di solito l'artista piu' completo perde sempre ed e' costretto ad accontentarsi di qualche briciola lasciata da artisti meno bravi ma piu' belli.
Non e' il caso degli Skunk Anansie che con questo album seppero fare un mix tra vendite e qualita' a mio giudizio impressionante.
Nel 1999 diedero una severa lezione a tutti coloro che non gli avevano saputo dar fiducia ,dimostrando una grande tecnica ,che non era solo dal punto di vista musicale ma anche per le loro qualita' extra come il loro modo di rubarti l'attenzione ,il loro saper creare un atmosfera anche in situazioni inconsuete........dentro una metropolitana,in autobus,a scuola, a lavoro .
Al primo ascolto del cd cadi in uno stato di trans rapito dalla bellissima ,soffice e delicata ma anche dura e cruda quando serve voce di Skin ,l'anima del gruppo.
I messaggi che si celano dietro a questo gruppo sono soprattutto di amore ,amore per la vita ,l'amore omosessuale ,la tragressione l'innocenza e l'incoerenza che appare in ogni essere umano.
Il loro segreto e' un appena accennato sottofondo elettronico con chitarre elettriche e bassi a tratti lenti e serrati a tratti duri e incazzati come del resto e' anche la vita.
Un album completo con mille sfaccettature e tanta vita vissuta , ognuno di noi puo' specchiarsi dentro la caoticita' di questo cd , che lascia un velo di mistero e tanta passione dentro l'animo.
"Survived, tonight, I may be going down,
'cos everything goes round too, tight, tonight,
& it, you watch him crawl, you stand for more. "
La corsa appassionata che ci troviamo a percorrere durante tutta la durata del cd non risulta mai ripetitiva o noiosa e riempie il cuore ad ogni accordo che si stampa fisso ,indelebile nella percezione del tuo inconscio.
Le canzoni si elevano a gran voce ,ognuna ha la sua storia la sua trama completa e mai ,dico mai ci si trova davanti ad una canzone buttata li' giusto per riempire il cd , e' sempre tutto molto ben composto e realizzato.
"Charlie Big Potato" e' il campanello d'allarme che avverte gli ascoltatori che ci si trova di fronte un cd di equilibrio tra rock melodico frastornato ed elegante, con "My Hotel TV" si incomincia subito ad intravedere il salto da perte degli Skunk di genere ,canzone molto piu' pacata e rinfrancante, poi saltando un paio di canzoni del tutto rispettabili si giunge al capolavoro degli Skunk per eccellenza "Secretly" un misto rockegiante con alti e bassi e movimenti spaziali impressionanti ,perdura in tutta la canzone uno stato di orgasmo musicale ,trascinando in un atmosfera notturna di malinconia e mistero.
DEgna di nota e' anche "You'll Follow Me Down" dopo viene messa a frutto la caratura del gruppo con repentini cambi di tempo una voce che in pochi sanno sfruttare cosi' bene ,il tutto mescolato ad un testo veramente significativo e con mille particolarita'.
Insomma un album giovane ,giovane ,interessante e soprattutto appartenente alla corrente trasgressiva dell'underground anni 90 , acquistarlo per capire la singolarita' e i preziosismi stilistici del gruppo.....
ded to:chi non contento della recensione andra' a sprecare ora della sua vita per cercare dove l'ho copiata..........bella rigaz.....
Elenco tracce testi samples e video
01 Charlie Big Potato (05:30)
I awake
from blood thick dreams
washing blame
from my knees
softly done
so secretly
I'm awake as charlie sleeps
a lone brother
a lone sister
a home cover
alone
I awake
dry the scream
spit the vile breath
till my tongue bleeds
thinks it's all gone
famously
broke the hard girl
good to please
a lone brother
a lone sister
a home cover
alone
Tell it like it is
tell it like it is
tell the sordid truth
tell them
tell it like it is, tell them.
a lone brother
a lone sister
a home cover, alone
02 On My Hotel T.V. (03:33)
Skinny kack para, para dutty dykie nigger,
sell out whitey liberals who hang with blackie sinners,
Skinny kack para, para dutty dykie nigger,
sell out whitey liberals who hang with blackie sinners
On my hotel t.v, on my hotel t.v, private hotel t.v,
on my hotel t.v, turn it off
They, they, they, they, who the fuck are they?
you think that your conspiracies are the crux of all my theories
They, they, they, gay, who the fuck is gay?
how dare I have a view & a verscae tattoo
On my hotel t.v, on my hotel t.v, private hotel t.v,
on my hotel t.v, turn it off
I can see, you want this war, there you will find your god
black black black black black black
white white white white white white
On my hotel t.v, on my hotel t.v, private hotel t.v,
on my hotel t.v, fucking on my t.v, fucking on my t.v, on my hotel t.v, private hotel t.v
03 We Don't Need Who You Think You Are (04:21)
Succulent white, secrete revenge, god gives right for you & your laws,
you kill & dine, in cold sublime
God licks your face cos we don't need, who you are,
we dont need, who you are, cos we don't need, who you think you are
Cute nigger views, in sweet terrain, choke it blind so lame tourist news,
step back in time, grieving minds
God licks your face cos we don't need, who you are, we dont need,
who you are, cos we don't need, who you think you are
God licks your face - just like your dog
starve the minds and drain the face, segregate shit nigga race,
cry for credible debate, but now them blackies legislate
so leave for anglo-aussie shores, there you'll find your heaven, as we all start again
cos we don't need, who you are, we don't need, who you are, �cos we don't need, who you think you are
starve the minds and drain the face, segregate shit nigger race, but now them blackies legislate
05 The Skank Heads (03:11)
you have seen me lie
you have seen me crucify respect
seen redundant eyes
seen the tension stagger to the mike
made the bed too high
have to slag on matey floors of sin
slap the face too sane
see the face too wet as I
deny - myself
get off, get off me
bet ya' posing hard
so secure a smacked up cuntie bitch
now you're stuck for words
scrambling for sarcastic wit
but I got that special knowledge
of the crap that makes your skank
head tick
all that brave you like
all that shirty pretense
you deny - yourself
06 Secretly (03:53)
I've been biding my time, been so subtly kind,
I've got to think so selfishly, 'coz you're the face inside of me.
I've been biding my days, you see, evidently it pays,
I've been a friend,
with unbiased views, and then secretly lust after you
So now you feel lusty, you're bored and bemused
You wanna do someone else,
so you should be by yourself, instead of here with me, secretly
Trying hard to think pure, bloody hard when I'm raw,
you're talking out so sexually,
About boys and girls and your freakin' dreams.
So now you feel lusty, you're hot and confused.
You wanna do someone else,
so you should be by yourself, instead of here with me, secretly
So now you've been busted, you're caught feeling used.
You had to do someone else, you should have been by yourself,
You had to do someone else, you should have been by yourself,
instead of here with me, secretly,
Secretly,
Secretly.
08 Cheap Honesty (05:25)
I know too well, I know these lines, I've seen them smothered,
in sleek ridicule. A seedy smile, they think they've scored,
but I know morning comes & babes alone again, too alone again
So what can I do, with cheap honesty,
you're giving me more than I can see,
but I'm to cool to say, that I want it all my way,
get blasted by this sincerity.
I wish I had, the streets full view,
these people screaming, through their settled loves.
so I pretend, so mellowed out, too teasing,
weak enough to long for, home again, lovely home again
09 You'll Follow Me Down (03:47)
Survived, tonight, I may be going down,
'cuz everything goes round too, tight, tonight,
and as you watch me crawl, you stand for more.
and your panic stricken, blood will thicken up, tonight
'Cuz I don't want you, to forgive me,
you'll follow me down, you'll follow me down,
you'll follow me down
Survive tonight, (I see your) head's exposed,
so we shall kill, constructive might, its alright,
as your emotions fool you, (my) strong will rule,
and your panic stricken, blood will thicken up, tonight
'Cuz I don't want you, to forgive me,
you'll follow me down, you'll follow me down,
you'll follow me down
I won't feel restraint, watching you close sense down,
I can't compensate, that's more than I've got to give.
11 I'm Not Afraid (03:04)
another useless fight
saddened words ring true
leaving like a saint
still clouds follow you
i've seen behind the wall of words
you are sneaky with the facts
look who's hiding now
now i've seen through cracks
still i'm not afraid
not so dead afraid
and i'm not afraid
now you've all the light
guilt is all you are
you're friends for days and eternal nights
solid head for life
craving all this might
still i'm not afraid
not so dead afraid
and i'm not afraid
now you've all the light
now you've all the light
still i feel you at my side
nothings useless now
friends have always time to try
the safest hands hold me
now i hold the love
still i'm not afraid
not so dead afraid
and i'm not afraid
now you've all the light
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