La semplice via del rimanere in silenzio non sempre paga. 

Timidezza, mancanza di tempo, carenza di idee e spunti. Ti volti un secondo e son passati tre anni.

Coraggio, sù... riprovarci è d'obbligo: è una sfida per un disco caduto presto nel dimenticatoio, è uno stimolante passatempo per quanto sia piacevole da riascoltarsi. E poi rimettersi in gioco non ha mai prezzo mentre per tutto il resto esistono i vizi ed i capricci.

L'entità del pensiero tanto per sintonizzarsi sulla lunghezza d'onda del ritrovarsi a casa dopo tanto tempo ed ascoltare musica per tutto il santo giorno. Allora che fai?!?... fai ordine, scartabelli, scegli, provi, vomiti, godi, ritenti, rivivi la musica, la tua passione, qualsiasi nota come se fosse la prima volta, non importa dove e come, importa che il tutto si svisceri in sintonia con ciò che fai.

Oggi tocca a "Silence is Easy" il secondo lavoro di una band che, almeno per quanto riguarda l'heavy rotation continentale, si è eclissata ben presto dopo un esordio alquanto promettente. Un disco che pullula di brani interessanti, densi di melodia ed interpretati con "forza" dalla suadente vocalità di di James Walsh.

Poesia, cenni di un glorioso passato musicale, archi, chitarre acustiche e tanta, molta melodia.

Quaranta minuti densi di un'interpretazione sentita: "Fidelity", "Restless heart", "Born Again", "Four to the floor" te ne innamori e poi fai finta di nulla timidamente. Nasconditi pure, son solo tue, esclusivamente tue, almeno per oggi.

Ecco come va la vita dopo circa tre anni di silenzio: torni sempre a riascoltare quella bellissima "Telling them" mentre ti perdi in lunghi racconti dei tuoi ricordi. Traccia numero 5, repeat che mi son di nuovo perso qualcosa. 

Elenco tracce testi e video

01   Music Was Saved (03:01)

If life is a carnival
Can I stay here a while?
And I feel I'm about to go down
About to down

If love is a Ferris wheel
Can I see how I feel?
She's taking me up
But she don't even care to go down
Care to go down

Oh my friends, we landed in December
It is something for you to remember
Rushes were made and music was saved
One, two, three, she's riding up to heaven
Four, five, six, and right up to eleven
Rushes were made, and music was saved

Back on the ground again
Excuses are wearing thin
They came with the band
But they're out with the winter for now
Losing it now

Remember when I was young
Trying to be someone
Boy on his heels
I was never the toast of the town
Look at me now.

02   Fidelity (02:24)

You take me 'cause your neighbour does not see.
That would seem like lunacy to me.

This is my head, you're in my world.
And there's no one but you girl.
This is my head, you're in my world.
And there's no one but you girl.

Tie your lover down while you are free.
That would seem like pure hipocracy.

(2x)
This is my head, you're in my world.
And there's no one but you girl.
This is my head, you're in my world.
And there's no one but you girl.

03   Some of Us (03:39)

04   Silence Is Easy (03:42)

Silence Is Easy

Everybody says that they're looking for a shelter
Got a lot to give
But I don't know how to help her

I should just let it go
'Til they learn how to grow
And how to liberate

Everybody says that she's looking for a shelter
Got a lot to give
But I don't know how I felt her

They should just let it go
Till these cities learn to grow
And how to liberate

Silence is easy
It just becomes me
You don't even know me
You all lie about me

Everybody says that I'm looking for a home now
Looking for a boy or I'm looking for a girl now
But I can still let it go
I can still learn to grow
Into a child again

Silence is easy
It just becomes me
You don't even know me
But why lie about me?

Silence is easy
It just becomes me
You don't even know me
Why do you hate me?

Silence is easy
It just becomes me
You don't even know me
You all lie about me

Silence is easy
It just becomes me
You don't even know me
You all lie about me

05   Telling Them (04:53)

06   Shark Food (03:37)

Sunshine in the glory skies
When the broken men open up their eyes
Sunshine in the glory skies
When the day is long, the clouds are high
Sunshine in the glory skies
When the broken men open up their eyes
Sunshine in the glory skies
When the day is long, the clouds are high

We're stepping through the door
We're shooting from the heart
But if we get it wrong
They'll feed us to the sharks

We're stepping through the door
We're shooting from the heart
But if we get it wrong
They'll feed us to the sharks.

07   Bring My Love (02:22)

08   White Dove (03:54)

09   Four to the Floor (04:15)

With hand on heart your right from the start,
you taught me to take my part.
No cross to bear, no reason to care, my life was all up in air,
Four to the floor, I was sure, never seeing clear,
I could have it all, whenever you are near.

The iron hand did not understand the plight of the common man.

Four to the floor I was sure, never seeing clear,
I could have it all whenever you are near.

Four to the floor I was sure, that you would be my girl,
we'd rent a little world, have a little girl.

Four to the floor I was sure, never seeing clear,
I could have it all if only you were here.

Four to the floor I was sure that you would be my girl,
we'd rent a little world, have a little girl.

Four to the floor I was sure never seeing clear,
I could have it all whenever you are near.

10   Born Again (06:05)

But for the grace of God she'd cry herself to sleep
Because the grace of God is something she can keep

Ohhh it won't be long until their hold is broken
Ohhh it won't be long until we've found our home

It's for the good of you I sing sweet melody
They'll cast the first stone when the last one's out of reach

Ohhh it won't be long until their hold is broken
Ohhh it won't be long until we've found our home

Forget where to begin
Brother I have not sinned

I have not sinned

But for the grace of God she'd cry herself to sleep
But now the grace of God is the reason that she weeps

Ohhh it won't be long until their hold is broken
Ohhh it won't be long until we've found our home

When summer comes - light my life - snow will melt away
When summer comes - light my life - snow will melt away

I was born again I was born again
Not into the world they put me in
She was born again she was born again
Not into the world they put her in

I was born again I was born again
Not into the world they put me in
She was born again, she was born again
Not into the world they put her in

11   Restless Heart (02:01)

She stayed till the morning
Left with her soul intact
Something was forming
I asked her if she'd come back
My restless heart beats like a wantan drum
Tear me apart, say I'm your only one

She stayed till the morning
Left with her soul intact
Something was forming
I asked her if she'd come back

My restless heart beats like a wantan drum
Take this to heart, say I'm your only one

Say I'm your only one
Say I'm your only one
Say I'm your only one
Say I'm your heart.

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Altre recensioni

Di  giov

 Il sound della band inglese risulta molto più aggressivo, le ballate lasciano il posto a canzoni strutturate in modo più complesso.

 Gentle rock: non raffinato come quello dei Coldplay, non sussurrato come quello dei Travis, magari un po’ grezzo, ma di sicuro, in quest’episodio, vario e bello nella sua totalità.


Di  Brahms

 Questo lavoro è un ottimo esempio di musica oggettivata.

 Born Again è un pezzo veramente spettacolare che parla appunto di rinascita e di redenzione.