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Già partiamo male: il titolo sembra pensato da Leone di Lernia...; se non nutrissimo seri dubbi sul fatto che il buon Leone sappia qualcosa dell'originale "poliziesco", saremmo davvero convinti che l'idea del titolo, a metà strada tra l'orchestrona e, appunto, i Poliziotti, non possa che essere opera sua.
Sentiamolo, sto benedetto disco di cui si parla così tanto, probabilmente ad usum tour, dal momento che il Pungiglione è già partito, e passerà pure in Italia.
E partiamo male anche con la musica. "Next To You" è un brano che con l'orchestra sinfonica c'entra come i cavoli a merenda. Un "post-punk" che, riarrangiato sinfonico si travisa da bell'idea, ma è soltanto un'inutile cagheda.
Il resto scorre tutto da quelle parti lì...in una secchionata sinfonica (o pseudo-tale), assolutissimamente inutile quanto, ovviamente, confezionata in maniera impeccabile.
Ma Sting un'oper(ett)a del genere doveva farla -se proprio doveva farla- anzitutto a metà dicembre, poi corredandola da dichiarazioni -se proprio doveva rilasciarle...- umili, simpatiche, piacevolmente paracule...non irritandosi alla prima domanda relativa ai Police, insultando (di fatto) sia gli ex compagni che gli spettatori (quei milioni di persone che non andrebbero più a sentire lui da solo neanche gratis), vaneggiando di paragoni con mogli divorziate, con mancanze d'anima e stimoli.
Peccato: e peccato che questo dischino violinmunito si accodi nel lungo elenco delle sue opere stra-minori, che vivono di passato anche quando non vogliono far accorgere che è così. Quelle secchionate barocche e perfettine che ti lasciano indifferente quando non infastidito.
Insomma: l'elenco di tutte le sue opere da quindici anni (almeno) a questa parte, con una fulgida, unica e splendida eccezione: il tour dei Police del 2007.
La superbia è davvero un peccato molto, ma molto serio. Forse il peggiore.
Elenco tracce e testi
02 Englishman in New York (04:23)
I don't drink coffee, I take tea my dear
I like my toast done on one side
You can hear it in my accent when I talk
I'm an Englishman in New York
See me walking down Fifth Avenue
Walking cane here at my side
I take it everywhere I walk
I'm an Englishman in New York
(chorus + lead)
whoaa I'm an alien
I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York
whoaa I'm an alien
I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York
If "manners maketh man" as someone said
He's a hero of the day
It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile
Be yourself no matter what they say
(Chorus + lead)
whoaa I'm an alien
I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York
whoaa I'm an alien
I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York
Modesty, propriety can lead to notoriety
You could end up as the only one
Gentleness, sobriety are rare in this society
At night a candle's brighter than the sun
(musical piece)
Takes more than combat gear to make a man
Takes more than license for a gun
Confront your enemies, avoid them when you can
A gentleman will walk but never run
If "manners maketh man" as someone said
Then he's a hero of the day
It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile
(Chorus+Lead)
Be yourself no matter what they say
(Lead)
Be yourself no matter what they say
Be yourself no matter what they say
(Lead)
Be yourself no matter what they say
(9x)
(Chorus, mixed through above Lead)
Whoaa I'm an alien
I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York
(4x)
04 I Hung My Head (05:32)
early one morning
with time to kill
i borrowed Jeb's rifle
and sat on the hill
i saw a lone rider
crossing the plain
i drew a bead on him
to practice my aim
my brother's rifle
went off in my hand
the shot rang out
across the land
the horse he kept running
the rider was dead
i hung my head
i hung my head
i set off running
to wake from the dream
my brother's rifle
went into the stream
i kept on running
into the salt lands
and that's where they found me
my head in my hands
the sheriff he asked me
why had i run
then it came to me
just what i dad done
and all for no reason
just one piece of lead
i hung my head
i hung my head
here in the courthouse
the whole town is there
i see the judge
high up in his chair
"explain to the courtroom
what went through your mind
and we'll ask the jury
what verdict they find"
i said "i felt the power
of death over life
i orphaned his children
i widowed his wife
i beg their forgiveness
i wish i was dead'
i hung my head
i hung my head
early one morning
with time to kill
i see the gallows
up on the hill
and out in the distance
a trick of the brain
i see a lone rider
crossing the plain
he's come to fetch me
to see what they done
we'll ride together
til kingdom come
i pray for God's mercy
for soon i'll be dead
i hung my head
i hung my head
06 Roxanne (03:38)
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Those days are over
You don't have to sell your body to the night
Roxanne
You don't have to wear that dress tonight
Walk the streets for money
You don't care if it's wrong or if it's right
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Ro
I loved you since I knew you
I wouldn't talk down to you
I have you to tell just how I feel
I won't share you with another boy
I know my mind is made up
So put away your make up
Told you once I won't tell you again
It's a bad way
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Roxanne (You don't have to put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (You don't have to put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
07 When We Dance (05:27)
If he loved you
Like I love you
I would walk away in shame
I'd move town, I'd change my name
When he watches you
When he counts to buy your soul
On your hand his golden rings
Like he owns a bird that sings
When we dance
Angels will run and hide their wings
And the priest has said my soul's salvation
Is in the balance of the angels
And underneath the wheels of passion
I keep the faith in my fashion
When we dance
Angels will run and hide their wings
Ooooooh
I'm still in love with you
I'm gonna find a place to live
Give you all I've got to give
(When we dance)
I'm gonna love you more than life
(Angels will run and hide their wings)
If you'll only be my wife
I'm gonna love you night and day
I'm gonna try in every way
When we dance
I'm gonna find a place to live
(Angels will run and hide their wings)
Give you all I've got to give
I would love you more than life
If you'll only be my wife
If I could break down these walls
And shout my name at heaven's gate
I'd take these hands
And I'd destroy the dark machineries of fate,
Cathedrals are broken
And heaven's no longer above
Hellfire's a promise away
I'd still be saying
I'm still in love
I'm still in love
... still in love
... still in love
with you
He won't love you
Like I love you
He won't care for you this way
He'll mistreat you if you stay
Come and live with me
We'll have children of our own
I would love you more than life
If you'll come and be my wife
When we dance
I'm gonna love you night and day
(Angels will run and hide their wings)
I'm gonna try in every way
I'm gonna find a place to live
Give you all I got to give
When we dance
I will love you more than life
(Angels will run and hide their wings)
If you'll only be my wife
I'm gonna love you night and day
I'm gonna try in every way
When we dance
I'm gonna find a place to live
(Angels will run and hide their wings)
Give you all I've got to give
I would love you more than life
If you'll only be my wife
(When we dance)
I'm gonna love you night and day
I'm gonna try in every way
I'm gonna find a place to live
Give you all I've got to give
I would love you more than life
If you'll only be my wife
I'm gonna love you night and day
I'm gonna try in every way
I had a dream last night
I dreamt you were by my side
Walking with me, baby
My heart was filled with pride
I had a dream last night
I had a dream last night
I had a dream last night
09 I Burn for You (04:05)
Now that I have found you
In the coolth of your evening smile
The shade of your parasol
And your love flows through me
Though I drink at your pool
I burn for you, I burn for
You and I are lovers
When night time folds around our bed
In peace we sleep entwined
And your love flows through me
Though an ocean soothes my head
I burn for you, I burn for
Stars will fall from dark skies
As ancient rocks are turning
Quiet fills the room
And your love flows through me
Though I lie here so still
I burn for you, I burn for you
I burn...
10 We Work the Black Seam (07:19)
This place has changed for good
Your economic theory said it would
It's hard for us to understand
We can't give up our jobs the way we should
Our blood has stained the coal
We tunnelled inside the nation's soul
We matter more than pounds and pence
Your economic theory makes no sense
One day in a nuclear age
They may understand our rage
They build machines that they can't control
And bury the waste in a great big hole
Power was to become cheap and clean
Grimy faces were never seen
But deadly for twelve thousand years is
carbon fourteen
We work the black seam together
The seam lies underground
Three million years of pressure packed it down
We walk through ancient forest lands
And light a thousand cities with our hands
Your dark satanic mills
Have made redundant all our mining skills
You can't exchange a six inch band
For all the poison streams in Cumberland
One day in a nuclear age
They may understand our rage
They build machines that they can't control
And bury the waste in a great big hole
Power was to become cheap and clean
Grimy faces were never seen
But deadly for twelve thousand years is
carbon fourteen
We work the black seam together
Our concious lives run deep
You cling onto your mountain while we sleep
This way of life is part of me
There is no price so only let me be
And should the children weep
The turning world will sing their souls to sleep
When you have sunk without a trace
The universe will suck me into place
One day in a nuclear age
They may understand our rage
They build machines that they can't control
And bury the waste in a great big hole
Power was to become cheap and clean
Grimy faces were never seen
But deadly for twelve thousand years is
carbon fourteen
We work the black seam together
11 She's Too Good for Me (03:03)
She don't like to hear me sing
She don't want no diamond ring
She don't want to drive my car
She won't let me go that far
She don't like the way I look
She don't like the things I cook
She don't like the way I play
She don't like the things I say
But oh the games we play
She's too good for me
She's too good for me
She don't like the jokes I make
She don't like the drugs I take
She don't like the friends I got
She don't like my friends a lot
She don't like the clothes I wear
She don't like the way I stare
She don't like the tales I tell
She don't like the way I smell
But oh the game we play
She's too good for me
She's too good for me
Would she prefer it if I washed myself more often than I do
Would she prefer it if I took her to an opera or two
I could distort myself to be the perfect man
She might prefer me as I am
She don't want to meet my folks
She don't want to hear my jokes
She don't want to fix my tie
She don't even want to try
She don't like the books I read
She don't like the way I feed
She don't want to save my life
She don't want to be my wife
But oh the games we play
She's too good for me
She's too good for me
12 The Pirate's Bride (05:07)
Sometimes in the light at the edge of the world
Is the ghost of a ship with it's black sail furled
And night after night she would stand on the shore
And dream of the love that she knew before
The tide rolls out, the tide rolls in
Without a thought for the ways of men
We set sail for the Spanish Main
To rob the ships of the Queen of Spain
And she would be his pirate's bride
She gave him the pistol and the sword at his side
The tide rolls out, the tide rolls in
Without a care for the ways of men
I'd give three ships of Spanish gold
To see my love again
Full fathom five my true love lies
In a fine wooden casket with gold on his eyes
Where is the glory and where is the pride?
Where is the joy for the pirate's bride?
The tide rolls out, the tide rolls in
Without a care for the ways of men
Here in the light at the edge of the world
He'd wait for a ship with its black sail furled
And day after day he would stand on the shore
And dream of the life that they knew before
The tide rolls out, the tide rolls in
Without a care for the ways of men
I'd give three ships of Spanish gold
To see my love again
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