I sum 41 tornano sulla scena con un terzo album, "Does This Look Infected?", dopo "Half Hour Of Power" e "All Killer No Filler", continuando a distinguersi per il loro rock-punk incalzante, notevolmente progredito rispetto al loro debutto.
Complessivamente, questo album è molto soddisfacente, e presenta tracce energiche ed orecchiabili, tra cui "Over My Head" e "Still Waiting", che considero le migliori, ma anche "No Brains", "Hyper-Insomnia", "Mr.Amsterdam" e "Thanks For Nothing". Il tutto scende un po' di livello con "Asshole", venti secondi di accordi e urla... Anche "Hooch" non è il massimo, troppo monotona e confusa. Nonostante queste due canzoni, il resto dell'album è ottimo e vario. Questo risultato è stato ottenuto anche grazie all'alchimia fra le due chitarre e alla variabilità della batteria, infatti penso che il batterista sia la componente più valida della band.
Ho scritto questa recensione per contrastare la generale opinione che si ha dei sum 41, reputati la classica band pseudopunk di ragazzotti fighetti, mentre i temi delle loro canzoni sono molto seri e ricchi di significato (basti ricordare Still Waiting e Over My Head). Consiglio questo disco a tutti gli appassionati del rock-punk moderno e aspetto i vostri consigli, i vostri commenti e le vostre critiche...
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01 The Hell Song (03:19)
Everybody's got their problems
Everybody says the same thing to you
It's just a matter how you solve them
And knowing how to change the things you've been through
I feel I've come to realize
How fast life can be compromised
Step back to see what's going on
I can't believe this happened to you
This happened to you
It's just a problem that I'm faced with
Am I not the only one who hates to stand by
Complications headed first in this line
With all these pictures running through my mind
Knowing endless
Consequences
I feel so useless in this
Get back, step back and as for me
I can't believe
Part of me, won't agree
Cause I don't know if it's for sure
Suddenly, suddenly
I don't feel so insecure
Part of me, won't agree
Cause I don't know if it's for sure
Suddenly, suddenly
I don't feel so insecure
Anymore
Everybody's got their problems
Everybody says the same thing to you
It's just a matter how you solve them
But what else are we supposed to do
Part of me, won't agree
Cause I don't know if it's for sure
Suddenly, suddenly
I don't feel so insecure
Part of me, won't agree
Cause I don't know if it's for sure
Suddenly, suddenly
I don't feel so insecure
(Anymore)
Why do things that matter the most
Never end up being our choice
(Anymore)
Now that I find out it ain't so bad
I don't think I knew what I had
(Anymore)
Why do things that matter the most
Never end up being our choice
(Anymore)
Now that I find out it ain't so bad
I don't think I knew what I had
02 Over My Head (Better Off Dead) (02:30)
What happened to you?
You've played the victim for so long now in this game.
What I thought was true
Is made of fiction and I'm following the same.
But if I try to make sense of this mess I'm in
I'm not sure where I should begin.
I'm falling, I'm falling ...
Now I'm in
Over my head, with something I said
Completely misread I'm better off dead.
And now I can see, how fake you can be
This hypocracy's beginning to get to me.
It's none of my concern.
Well look to me 'cause I don't believe in fame.
I guess you never heard.
I've met our makers they don't even know your name.
But if I had to say goodbye to leave this hell
I'd say my time has served me well.
I'm falling, I'm falling ...
Now I'm in
Over my head, with something I said
Completely misread I'm better off dead.
And now I can see, how fake you can be
This hypocracy's beginning to get to ...
This came long before,
Those who suffer more
I'm too awake for this to be a nightmare.
What's with my disgrace
I lost the human race
No one plans for it to
Blow up in their face.
Who said it was easy to put back all these pieces.
Who said it was so easy to put back all of these pieces.
Now I'm in
Over my head, with something I said
Completely misread I'm better off dead.
And now I can see, how fake you can be
This hypocracy's beginning to get to me.
Over my head, better off dead.
Over my head, better off dead.
03 My Direction (02:03)
Perfection is my direction
Even if that's all I had
It's not like I need no correction
I just know that life's not so bad
Picture this everyday kids that just can't find a way
Stuck in disarray can't find hope for better days
It's the degeneration of childhood frustration
In the last 30 years
Teenage suicide has increased 300% in North America;
It is the second major cause of death in Canada
Perfection is my direction
Even if that's all I had
It's not like I need no correction
I just know that life's not so bad
When will all my problems disappear
Am I just going crazy from the fear
Oh my oh my I'm going far past the brink
The pressure's like a weight
And I still can't think straight
Perfection is my direction
Even if that's all I had
It's not like I need no correction
I just know that life's not so bad
I've met my destinations
So what's left to complain about
With all these aggravations
Building till the seams fall out
I'm running my mouth dry
With every time I lie
Don't tell me without a doubt
This dumbfound luck has all run out
Don't tell me without a doubt
This dumbfound luck has all run out
Perfection is my direction
Even if that's all I had
It's not like I need no correction
I just know that life's not so bac
04 Still Waiting (02:39)
So am I still waiting
For this world to stop hating
Can't find a good reason
Can't find hope to believe in
Drop dead, a bullet to my head
Your words are like a gun in hand
You can't change the state of the nation
We just need some motivation
These eyes have seen no conviction
Just lies and more contradiction
So tell me, what would you say
I'd say its time to listen
So am I still waiting
For this world to stop hating
Can't find a good reason
Can't find hope to believe in
Ignorance and understanding
We're the first ones to jump in line
Out of step for what we believe in
But who's left to stop the bleeding
How far will we take this
It's not hard to see through the thickness
So tell me, what would you say
I'd say its time to listen
So am I still waiting
For this world to stop hating
Can't find a good reason
Can't find hope to believe
This can't last forever
Time won't make things better
I feel so alone
Can't help myself
And no one knows
If this is worthless
Tell me
So
What have we done
We're in a war that can't be won
This can't be real
Cause I don't know what to feel
So am I still waiting
For this world to stop hating
Can't find a good reason
Can't find hope to believe
So am I still waiting
For this world to stop hating
Can't find a good reason
Can't find hope to believe
05 A.N.I.C. (00:38)
(Fuckin' Shit)
You look like ass
You smell like shit
So why are you such a dick?
You walk around like you're the tits
You always make me sick
Bound for agony
You life's catastrophe
You look like ass
You smell like shit
So why are you such a dick?
You walk around like you're the tits
You always make me sick
Bound for agony
Your life's catastrophe
You're an asshole
You're an asshole
You're an asshole
You're an asshole
You make me sick
06 No Brains (02:47)
Can't step in my way
Headfirst into love and dismay
It's like beating the dead
(I guess it's over then)
I can't stop going out on my head
Whatever this could be I'll never know
I never said it'd be the end all to be all
I hate you today
I can't find a way
Don't drag me down now
Goodbye
I've had enough frustration
I won't get stuck
Goodbye
This dead end situation
Is just not worth my time
It's no better today
I never thought it would end up this way
You've got something to say
(You've got something to say)
Don't want to hear if it gets in my way
(All) this confusion, wondering, so overwhelmed
(Halt) Disillusion seems so clear
(Can't) find your conclusion to support evolution
Not (all) things are what they appear
So what's the point of this hell
I know you too well
We're running backwards
Goodbye
I've had enough frustration
I won't get stuck
Goodbye
This dead end situation
Is just not worth my time
But waiting so frustrating
I'm so sick of
All this tension not to mention
I'm so sick of
Can't take it
We won't make it
Just save yourself this trouble
Can't take it quite for yourself
Cause I'm just fine
You speak for all of us when you can't be heard
(I can't help you any more than)
I bet you haven't listened to not one word
(I have helped myself before)
You speak for all of us when
(So sick of you, so sick of)
You can't be heard
(So sick of you, so sick of)
I bet you haven't listened
(So sick of you, so sick of)
To not one word
(So sick of you, so sick)
Goodbye
I've had enough frustration
I won't get stuck
Goodbye
This dead end situation
Is just not worth my time
But waiting so frustrating
I'm so sick of
All this tension not to mention
I'm so sick of
Sick of you
07 All Messed Up (02:45)
Another day wasted out of time
I can't get out of this
Altered state of mind
I'm going overboard
My conscience meets decline
Into reality
I know this can't be fine
(Chorus)
Cause I'm all messed up
Making perfect nonsense
Drowning in my doubt
Too well
Cause I'm all messed up
Going nowhere fast
These circles in my mind
So blind
Who are these voices in my head
I can't go on like this
Living like the dead
I havent slept so long
Feeling sad I dread
I'm talking to myself
Forgot what I just said
(Chorus)
Well I hold my only enemy
As closely as a friend
And I sold my own reality
To further my decent
Self destruction taking over
It's so easy to pretend
Introduction to this nightmare
Though it seems it may never end
Can anyone help me drag my heels
I'm running overtime
I can't hold down my meals
My mind is racing by
Staring blankly feels
Like pulling out my teeth
While this tension winds
(Chorus)
08 Mr. Amsterdam (02:57)
I've said this before,
No matter how hard I try.
I can't help be bored,
While this world passes by.
So this revelation's got no meaning,
We lost it all in hopeless dreaming.
Am I just losing grip,
Paint it black and just forget me.
This worlds a sinking ship,
'Cause our baggage is too heavy.
I can't stop believing there's something to be said,
What are we achieving with the bullshit that we're fed.
I know I'm not going to stay,
Or live to see the day this world comes to be,
So here's a resignation from me(3x)
I've said this before,
No matter how hard I try.
I can't help be bored,
While this world passes by.
Don't tell me we're close to something,
That we don't even understand.
Were prisoners to our homes
Some might say that were all to blame.
The outside's so unknown,
And no one here to complain.
I can't find the answers to save humanity,
I can't fight the anger here's a resignation from me,
A resignation from me(x4)
10 Hyper-Insomnia-Para-Condrioid (02:33)
Silence is ringing in my head
Stuck on repeat
Not much longer I'll be dead
So just forget me
I'm losing my mind
And I don't think you could save me this time
And it goes
On and on
And I just feel helpless
how long will this take to wear off?
On and on
When will I get through this?
Welcome to my own down and out
I'm falling deeper in this hole, to disaster
I'm gripping what I thought control, was falling faster
I'm losing my mind
And I don't think you could save me this time
And it goes
On and On
And I just feel helpless
how long will this take to wear off?
On and on
When will I get through this?
Welcome to my own down and out
It's dragging on
I'm wearing thin
I can't stop these walls
They keep caving in
It's gone too far
Where's my mind?
Why can't time stop fear this paranoia?
It's a never ending story!
and it starts with me!
It's a never ending story!
And it starts with me!
And it goes
On and on
And I just feel helpless
How long will this take to wear off?
On and on
When will I get through this?
Welcome to my own down and out
Welcome, welcome
welcome to my own down and out
Welcome, welcome
To my own down and out
(I'm falling further)
Welcome to my own down and out
11 Billy Spleen (02:33)
Verse I:
I'm heading for the end
On top of this bullshit
I don't want to hear it
I found my way again
It's hard to explain it
I know that I hate it
I don't feel this could be real
I find it so hard
I'm falling apart
So much so much
For what for what we said
Chorus (x2):
No matter what I say
You turn your back away
It's never going to break you
It's never going to make you fall
Verse II:
Fake reality
I never can make up
The time that you take up
It's my worst enemy
Im on a mission
To feed my addiction
So sick of thoughts so empty
It's well overflowed
I'm bound to explode
So much so much
For what for what we said
Chorus (x2):
No matter what I say
You turn your back away
It's never going to break you
It's never going to make you fall
Verse III:
Somehow
Between the lines it's clearer
Locked down
And chained up to the mirror
Somehow
Between the lines it's clearer
Locked down
It takes a part of me
Verse I:
I'm heading for the end
On top of this bullshit
I don't want to hear it
I found my way again
It's hard to explain it
I know that I hate it
I don't feel this could be real
I find it so hard
I'm falling apart
So much so much
For what for what we said
Corus (x2):
No matter what I say
You turn your back away
It's never going to break you
It's never going to make you fall
12 Hooch (03:29)
It's your last chance to find yourself in consequence.
It's so hard to find a simple reason.
Maybe I'll find myself with evidence.
Hate breeds with nothing to believe in.
Another day another day in paradise.
If you only knew wouldn't it be nice.
Get away get away get away.
I'm about to detonate.
Everything to prove
Nothing to lose
Just when everything has fallen to the ground
Gonna knock it down
Just believe me when I tell you it's alright.
This time we're on our way to tragedy
Forever bored and ourside from the in crowd.
I've come to grip confronting my reality.
Numbstruck it's me against the world now.
For all you know for all you know it's not for real
Spare me the obsession that you deal.
Get away get away get away.
I'm about to detonate.
Everything to prove
Nothing to lose
Just when everything has fallen to the ground
Gonna knock it down
Just believe me when I tell you it's alright.
Everything to prove
Nothing to lose
Just when everything has fallen to the ground
Gonna knock it down
Just believe me when I tell you it's alright.
I should've know right from the start
That you'd take this trust and rip me apart.
Could be a change of heart.
I'll fall into you, but don't believe that this is real.
I'll fall into you, but don't believe that this is real.
I'll fall into you, but don't believe that this is real.
I'll fall into you, but don't believe that this is real.
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Altre recensioni
Di Gallagher87
Sembra di sentire la stessa canzone ripetuta diverse volte con una chiave diversa.
Per la gioia dei veri rockettari, il fenomeno commerciale Sum 41 sta per tramontare...
Di El Kor
"Forty minutes of Power, tanto per rimanere in tema."
"'Still Waiting' è forse una delle migliori canzoni dell'intera discografia dei Sum 41."