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Il mio avvicinamento agli Status Quo è stato alquanto lento e graduale. Condizionato, forse, da quella "hit" che rispondeva al nome di "Whatever you want "che negli anni dell'adolescenza era diventato quel tormentone rock che veniva lanciato nelle discoteche per annunciare la mezzoretta di rock revival. Condizionato anche da certe recensioni e battute della carta stampata anni '70 che arrivo' a definirli come uno dei peggiori gruppi rock esistenti.
Forse, tutto questo andare CONTRO me li ha resi simpatici e meritevoli di una prova di ascolto. Aprofittando della messa in offerta del loro intero catalogo rimasterizzato con bonus track ho iniziato con l'aquisto di questo "Rockin' all over the world", anche perche' attirato dall'omonima title track, cover, del grande John Fogerty. Derisi e mai considerati dai cultori e critici rock, gli Status Quo possono vantare una infinità di numeri uno nella classifiche di vendita inglesi negli anni settanta, primi ottanta. Dischi venduti grazie al potere della sola musica! Rock'n'Roll Boogie suonato in modo a volte semplice e melodico altre volte piu' robusto e hard. Una cosa però va detta subito e forse il motivo che li rende simpatici e degni di un ascolto: non si sono mai venduti, facendo della coerenza la loro bandiera che ancora oggi sventola a quarant'anni dalla loro nascita (c'e' chi ha i Pooh, in Inghilterra hanno loro). Pur diventando delle rockstar nel Regno Unito, non si sono mai lasciati cadere negli eccessi preferendo che fosse la musica, soprattutto in sede live, a far parlare di loro. In somma quando negli anni '70 tutti si presentavano agghindati glam con vestiti sfavillanti e zeppe ai piedi loro portavano gia' quei jeans e maglietta che portano ancora oggi.
Questo album uscito nel 1977, in piena rivoluzione punk, conferma quanto i Quo avevano espresso nei sei dischi precedenti. La semplicità d'esecuzione doveva far da accompagnamento a melodie memorizzabili, il tutto condito dalle schitarrate Hard-Blues-Boogie della coppia leaders formata da Francis Rossi e Richard Parfit (unici due superstiti che portano ancora avanti il nome della band). Trainato da "Rockin' all over the world" dell'ex Creedence John Fogerty, l'album scorre con piacere come una bella gita in macchina su una highway deserta. Non ci sono intoppi o sorprese. Dai mid-tempo quali "Hard Time", "Hold you back" ai piu' veloci Hard-boogie come "Can't give you more" e "Rockers rollin'" allo shuffle-blues di "Let's ride" al blues puro di "Who am I?" alle piu' ruffiane "Baby boy" e "Dirty water" fino alla ballata odorante di west coast come "For you".
Insomma tutto sembra al posto giusto per scontentare chi cerca nel rock tecnica e sperimentalismo (attenzione perche' Francis e Rossi sono due fior di chitarristi) e accontentare chi nel Rock cerca anche quel divertimento e scazzagine che anche altri gruppi contemporanei agli Staus Quo come gli AC/DC hanno portato avanti con coerenza. Quindi va bene ascoltare Bowie, Genesis,Elp e cosi via ma qualche volta ci si può concedere un po' di sano Rock'n'roll senza pretese se non quella di farsi una cantata, una birra o qualcos'altro...
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02 Can't Give You More (04:15)
Now you know this ain’t the kind of life for you
It’s not the way you thought that it would be
If I could change my way to you
If I could change, it wouldn’t be me
And you see
I know I never tried the things I should have done
Oh and time is always passing by
I want to do the things I never done before
So I do try not to tell a lie
When I’m so low, when I’m so high
Yet you cry when I say I can’t give you more
First you said you’d never try to slow me down
That ev’rything would work out really fine
But as those walls closed in on us
Your words just fell right out of line
And behind
I know I never tried the things I should have done
And time is always passing by
I want to do the things I never done before
So I do try not to tell a lie
When I’m so low, when I’m so high
Yet you cry when I say I can’t give you more
Oh, oh, oh, can’t give you more
Can’t give any more
Oh, oh, oh, can’t give you more
Ain’t got any more
Did you figure ours would be an easy thing
Like lazy days of lying in the sun
I told you if you wanted me
That ev’ry day just wouldn’t be fun
Now it’s done
I know I never tried the thing I should have done
And time is always passing by
I want to do the things I never done before
So I do try not to tell a lie
When I’m so low, when I’m so high
Yet you cry when I say I can’t give you more
Oh, oh, oh, can’t give you more
Can’t give you more
Oh, oh, oh, can’t give you more
I ain’t got any more
Oh, oh, oh, I ain’t got any more
I ain’t got any more
Oh, oh, oh, can’t give you more
I ain’t got any more
07 Rockin' All Over the World (03:36)
Oh here we are and here we are and here we go
All aboard and we're hittin' the road
Here we go
Rockin' all over the world
Well gidy up gidy up and get away
We're goin' crazy and we're goin' today
Here we go
Rockin' all over the world
And I like it, I like it, I like it, I like it
I li-li-like it, li-li-li
Here we go
Rockin' all over the world
I'm gonna tell your mama what you're gonna do
So come on out with your dancing shoes
Here we go
Rockin' all over the world
And I like it, I like it, I like it, I like it
I li-li-like it, li-li-li
Here we go
Rockin' all over the world
And I like it, I like it, I like it, I like it
I li-li-like it, li-li-li
Here we go
Rockin' all over the world
And I like it, I like it, I like it, I like it
I li-li-like it, li-li-li-
Here we go
Rockin' all over the world
And I like it, I like it, I like it, I like it
I li-li-like it, li-li-li
Here we go
Rockin' all over the world
08 Who Am I? (04:30)
Am I to you a lover or a brother?
Am I the one you can rely upon?
Am I the one you can take home to your mother
And am I the one who is singing you this song?
Who am I? Who am I?
Who am I to you?
Am I the one who lies here in your bed?
Am I the one you made to dry out?
And am I the one who yesterday said
Am I the one you'd be better off without?
Who am I? Who am I?
Who am I to you?
Am I the chain that keeps you from falling?
Am I the thoughts going round in your head?
Am I the night-time? Am I the morning?
Am I a fool that you wish for dead?
Yes I am your lover and your brother
I am the one who lies here in your bed
I am the one who never did you wrong
I am the fool that you wish were dead
Who am I? Who am I?
Who am I to you?
11 Dirty Water (03:51)
O-o-o-oh the water's getting deep
And I can't swim because it's dirty, dirty water
O-o-o-oh, o-o-o-oh
Many's the time I've asked you to say
Why do you feel so bad day to day?
Could it be you're wrong to push yourself alone
I'd say it's not a guess, you make yourself a mess
And get yourself in deeper water
Why do you think it's all wrong for you?
Maybe it's in some things that you do
Baby, it's alright to stay out every night
If I could change your mind I'd bring you back in line
To do the things you really oughtta
O-o-o-oh, the water's getting deep
And I can't swim, if I could then I'd come in
O-o-o-oh, the water's getting deep
And I can't swim, because it's dirty, dirty water
Oh-o-o-oh, o-o-o-oh
Why do you think it's all wrong for you?
Maybe it's in some things that you do
Baby, it's alright to stay out every night
If I could change your mind I'd bring you back in line
To do the things you really oughtta
O-o-o-oh, the water's getting deep
And I can't swim, if I could then I'd come in
O-o-o-oh the water's getting deep
And I can't swim because it's dirty, dirty water
O-o-o-oh, the water's getting deep.....
12 Hold You Back (04:30)
How d'you know the music when you don't know the score
Do you think that you can make it when you don't need no more
Is it really the reason when it is not a need
Are you trying hard to write it before you can read
Hold you back, hold you back, and slow you down
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Slow you down, you've gotta try
Does the clock that you're watching ever tell you 'bout the time
Does the song that you're singing sound to you like a rhyme
Will there be an answer when you stop asking why
All because of the jigsaw that makes up a lie
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Slow you down, you've gotta try
How d'you know the music when you don't know the score
Do you think that you can make it when you don't need no more
Is it really the reason when it is not a need
Are you trying hard to write it before you can read
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Slow you down, you've gotta try
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down, slow you down
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
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