Ma come si fa a recensire Luca Dirisio ed ignorare questo capolavoro? Vabbè iniziamo.
Gli Slowdive nascono a Reading (Inghilterra) nella seconda metà degli anni 80, capitanati dai due leader appena maggiorenni Neil Halstead e Rachel Goswell. I primi demo, "Slowdive", "Morningrise" e "Holding our breath" escono all'inizio dei 90' evidenziando una grande maturità nel songwriting dei due ragazzotti, vicino alla psichedelia e al dream pop.
Il loro primo lavoro, "Just for a day", permette loro di uscire dall'anonimato e di formare insieme a gruppi come My Bloody Valentine, Ride e altri piu' o meno noti il movimento Shoegazer, una sorta di evoluzione del Noisy pop dei mitici Jesus & Mary Chain meno rozzo, piu' riflessivo e sognante, reverberi non necessariamente distorti. Proprio queste splendide sonorità riescono a far scomodare persino mr. Brian Eno, che decide di partecipare alle sessions del successivo "Souvlaki", a mio parere un capolavoro assoluto, una spanna sopra il primo ed il successcivo "Pygmalion". Gli Slowdive reincarnano l'anima piu' pop del movimento, e la straordinaria triade che apre le danze ne è la dimostrazione. Spicca la traccia "Machine gun" in cui la voce angelica di Rachel ci porta in un mondo speciale, il mondo dei sogni. Pezzi come questo o come la quasi title-track "Souvlaki Space Station", interamente strumentale, sono viaggi nell'infinito, ideali per un passo indietro nei ricordi che ci piace rivivere nella mente, colonne sonore dell'ipotetico film della nostra vita.
La malinconia è padrona in "When the sun hits", un pezzo che parte piano per poi scoppiare nel ritornello ma senza far male, con quei tappeti di chitarre e tastiere e un testo che parla d'amore, cosi' dolce e semplice:
"Sweet thing, I watch you
Burn so fast it scares me
You burn so fast it scares me
mind games don't leave/lose me
I've come so far don't lose me
It matters where you are
As the sun hits, she'll be waiting
With her cool things and her heaven
Hey hey lover you still burn me
You're a song yeah, hey hey"
Elenco tracce testi e video
01 Alison (03:52)
listen close and dont be stoned
i'll be here in the morning
cause i'm just floating
while your cigarette still burns
your messed up world will thrill me
alison i'm lost
alison i said we're sinking
there's nothing here but thats okay
outside your room your sisters spinning (Hey Thats The EP!)
but she laughs and tells me shes just fine
i guess shes out there somewhere
and the sailors they strike poses
the covered walls answer slowly
with your talking and your pills
your messed up life still thrills me
alison i'm lost
alison i'll drink your wine
i'll wear your clothes when we're both high
alison i said were sinking
but she laughs and tells me its just fine
i guess shes out there somewhere
02 Machine Gun (04:28)
see you walking and i know shes my friend, again
just the weight of the water drags me down, again
guess i'll think of the water its my friend, oh yea
it's just the way that the water makes me feel again
son of sheba i saw him drown
son of yellow i saw him drown
it's all i need yeah
(repeat again)
04 Sing (04:51)
(sing where the other boys can't watch you dance)
hear you call my name, see you in my mind
watch you fall away, i know
whats in your mind, calling from behind
see you fall away, i know he's here to stay
who are you, where are you, in time
love is here to stay, you call away, i wait
i know that youre listening, to everything i say
but i know that you want to see
for me im not the way
watching what you do,
and i know that its not the way to.
05 Here She Comes (02:21)
It's so lonely in this place,
so cold I don't believe
and theres no one knows my name
It's easy to pretend
It's easy to believe
There's a shadow on my wall
It dances like my soul, dances like my soul
It's so cold now, i swear it will be warm
Here she come now.
06 Souvlaki Space Station (05:59)
(You didn't know there were words did you??)
closed doors brings open minds
(and i don't want to see you)
see you smile, inside
(and i don't want to know you)
faces, and i've fallen
(and i don't want to hear you)
wonder why i'm here now
in asylum, don't you see?
in asylum don't you see
doors close and feelings flow
(and i don't want to know you)
through my mind i feel his...
(and i don't want to hear you)
pictures and i've fallen
(and i don't wanna know you)
wonder why im here now
(i promise to be near you)
curse your soul, i don't wanna know you
and i, curse your soul i don't wanna know you...
07 When the Sun Hits (04:47)
Sweet thing, I watch you
Burn so fast it scares me
Mind games don't leave/lose me
I've come so far don't lose me
It matters where you are
As the sun hits, she'll be waiting
With her cool things and her heaven
Hey hey lover you still burn me
You're a song yeah, hey hey
-repeat-
08 Altogether (03:42)
..eh hem...
yah yah yah
Sleepy head where did you go?
i saw turning but i couldnt catch your eye..
its alright..we're all together..
yah yah yah
and this is just a dream
it broke my heart but then i guess we didnt know (?)
its alright..we're all together..
yah yah yah
sometimes...its alright.. sometimes...its alright, yah...
yah yah yah
sleepy head where did you go (?)
i saw you talking but i didnt hear a word
its alright, we're all together.
yah yah yah...
09 Melon Yellow (03:54)
Sitting down i watch you fall away
Sun in part i watched you for the day
You know I don't believe in death
For the sun i watched you for the sun
Sitting here i watched you dance
Looking for the sun i watched you dance
So long, so long
It's just a way to [...love...] you
So long, so long
It's just a way to [...love...] you
I saw you looking at the sun
I saw you looking at the sun
-repeat-
10 Dagger (03:38)
The sunshine girl is sleeping
She falls and dreams alone
And me I am her dagger
To numb to feel her pain
The world is full of noise yeah
I hear it all the time
And me I am your dagger
You know I am your world
(you know i am your wound)
I thought I heard you whisper
It happens all the time
I thought I heard you whisper
It happens all the time
She whispers while I'm sleeping
I love you when you smile
I didn't really lose you
I just lost it for a while
The world is full of noise yeah
I hear it all the time
You know I am your dagger
You know I am your wound
I thought I heard you whisper
It happens all the time
I thought I heard you whisper
It happens all the time
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