Come accennai nella recensione dei Redjetson, ci sono dei gruppi veramente validi che temporeggiano a partorire nuove creature e anche nel caso dei Stiltskin, quartetto scozzese, realizza un’unica travolgente opera “THE MIND’ S EYE” (1994) per poi sciogliersi mentre era in realizzazione il secondo album.
Ray Wilson (vocals) prenderà il posto di Phil Collins nei Genesis, nell’anno 1997, per poi riunirsi, dopo 12 anni, con due componenti originari della formazione iniziale e tra le nuove entrare, Nir alla batteria che già era batterista dei Genesis dopo l’ abbandono di Collins, dando il nome “She” al nuovo album in uscita. "The Mind’s eye", è potente come l’acciaio (100% stanley), ed è anche una lieve pennellata di colore a piene sfumature di una effettiva impronta bel delineata, conquista in toto il Regno Unito nonché l’Europa soprattutto per la, diventata famosissima, “Inside”, utilizzata nello spot della grande casa Levi’s, e aggiudicandosi (con grande fatica) anche una grande critica negli Stati Uniti.
Questo album ha una carica incredibile e anche in questo caso, le emozioni non mancano, i brani sono da una parte, impetuosi come la forza di una slavina che giunge fino a valle, e dall’altra accarezzano il calore di un tramonto sul mare, in una serata in pieno agosto. I pareri e i giudizi sono come sempre personali, infatti sta ad ognuno di noi giudicarli e interpretarli, la musica è libertà di espressione e di pensiero, e devo anche, purtroppo dire, che si trovano spesso gruppi o solisti che hanno talento ma che si lasciano andare in nuove esperienze poco gratificanti tentando di percorrere strade alternative senza esaltanti risultati o che fortunatamente, in alcuni casi, ritornano sulla strada precedentemente lasciata, riscoprendo la voglia di rinascere.
Ora passo ed esprime la mia personale sensazione provata per ogni brano ascoltato “Intro” e “Scared of Ghosts” – il desiderio spingersi a provare tutto ciò che è estremo per un essere umano “Horse” - ripercorrendo i ricordi della propria vita, sfogando la propria rabbia repressa e gioire nel desiderando di scoprire il misterioso infinito “Rest in peace” una dolce e allegra passeggiata in un fresco bosco “Footsteps” – adrenalina allo stato puro “Sunshine and butterflies” – malinconici pensieri personali “Inside” – viaggio dentro l’anima “An illusion” – sentire la vita come un bene supremo “America” – lamentosa cantilena metallica “When my ship comes in” – desiderio di essere in cima a una roccia a occhi chiusi alzando le braccia mentre un vento fortissimo ti prende tutto il corpo “Prayer before birth” – brancolare completamente nel buio più totale… …
… e tutto questo, se lo si sente, o come ognuno lo sente, è semplicemente fantastico, perché è vita, la musica, per me, è l’espressione individuale della vita.
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04 Rest in Peace (02:55)
Each night I taste the silence
Of the words in my throat
Each day we hide in laughter
When they turn round and float
Do you lie back and think of England
As they shout in your face
Stand up and give them flowers
Mary full of grace
Temper's out of control again
There's an itch in my soul again
If I scratch it I will rest in peace
Each day I'm in the future
Of a net curtaned past
Each day I'm out of pocket
Time didn't last
Each night I wake up smoking
And my eyes start to sting
Wish I could keep them open
When the trees start to sing
Temper's out of control again
There's an itch in my soul again
If I scratch it I will rest in peace
Each night I taste the silence
Of the words in my throat
Each day we hide in laughter
When they turn round and float
Temper's out of control again
There's an itch in my soul again
If I scratch it I will rest in peace
05 Footsteps (03:54)
You take him places I can't go
You tell him things I don't know
And even when the bonds hold fast
You make me hate the past
Walking in your footsteps
I used to walk by your side
How could you leave me
On the very edge of suicide
Suicide...
He leaves you traces I can see
He takes the things you gave to me
And even in the coldest place
I'm just an empty space
Walking in your footsteps
I used to walk by your side
How could you leave me
On the very edge of suicide
I'm lost without you
But well I know you go your own way
You never needed me no matter what you say
Walking in your footsteps
I used to walk by your side
How could you leave me
On the very edge of suicide
Suicide...
Walking in your footsteps
I used to walk by your side
How could you leave me
On the very edge of suicide
Suicide?
06 Sunshine and Butterflies (03:51)
Into a room
Old curtains broken chains
I walk in through
Dust on the wooden stairs
Stone by the trees
Lost days and faded names
Pain in my throat
No river stays the same
They won't be here anymore
They won't be here anymore
When time was new
Long days and laughing eyes
Walk through the fields
Sunshine and butterflies
A fragile place
Nothing ever stays for long
A foreign land
Take right and make it wrong
They won't be here anymore
They won't be here anymore
Its all lost to the wind
They won't be here anymore
Into a room
Old curtains broken chairs
I walk in through
Dust on the wooden stairs
They won't be here anymore
They won't be here anymore
Its all lost to the wind
They won't be here anymore
07 Inside (05:12)
Swing low In a dark glass hour
You turn and cower
See it turn to dust
Move on a stone dark night
We take to flight
Snowfall turns to rust
Seam in a fusing mine
Like a nursing rhyme
Fat man starts to fall
Here in a hostile place
I hear your face start to call
And if you think
That I've been losing my way
That's because I'm slightly blinded
And if you think
That I don't make too much sense
That's because I'm broken minded
Don't keep it...
Inside
If you believe it
Don't keep it all inside
Strong words
In a ganges sky
I have to lie
Shadows move in pairs
Ring out from a bruised postcard
In the shooting yard
Looking through the tears
Out of a black slate time
We move in line
But never reach an end
Fall in a long stray town
As the ice comes down
River starts to bend
And if you think
That I've been losing my way
That's because I'm slightly blinded
And if you think
That I don't make too much sense
That's because I'm broken minded
Don't keep it...
Inside
If you believe it
Don't keep it all inside..
09 America (03:17)
You've got to run to me
You've got to hide from me
You've got to look to me
You've got to close your ears
You've got to be like me
You've got to change from me
You've got to smile to me
You've got to cry your tears
Rhyme America
Rhyme America
Rhyme America
America is me (I'm in America)
America is me (I'm in America)
You've got to see through me
You've got to feel for me
You've got to kill for me
You've got to save my life
You've got to sell me
You've got to buy from me
You've got to watch with me
You've got to hide your eyes
Rhyme America
Rhyme America
Rhyme America
America is me (I'm in America)
America is me (I'm in America)
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