"Surrender", "Break out", "Twilight world" ... seconda metà degli anni 80, queste canzoni ci hanno accompagnato per un bel po' di tempo, erano una novità, un nuovo modo di interpretare la musica "colta" in salsa pop.
Jazz e soul sapientemente miscelati assieme, con una abbondante spruzzata di pop leggero e accattivante e una voce davvero elegante e sensuale.
Corinne Drewery ex modella, ex creatrice di moda, proveniente dalle campagne del nord dell'Inghilterra, si trasferisce in una Londra frizzante, dove la "new wave" scopriva nuove forme di espressione con artisti del calibro di Simply Red, Style Council, Sade.
Corinne incontra Martin Jackson (ex dei Magazine) e Andy Connel (ex A Certain Ratio). Nascono così gli Swing out sister.
Il loro album di esordio, “It’s Better To Travel” (1987), una miscela di pop, soul e jazz, scala le classifiche. Il singolo di maggior successo “Breakout”, conquista il pubblico e viene canticchiato ovunque.
Il successivo album, “Kaleidoscope World” (1989), un piccolo capolavoro, quasi un omaggio al primo Burt Bacharach, non ha però il successo che merita.
Il trio, nel frattempo diventato duo per la defezione di Jackson, continua a produrre album ma quasi tutti per il mercato giapponese, dove invece continuano ad avere un buon successo di vendite e di pubblico.
Nel 2017 è uscito il loro ultimo lavoro in studio, "Almost Persuaded", dopo 15 anni di silenzio, che è stato pubblicato anche in Europa. Un lavoro davvero notevole.
Ma in questi 15 anni, non sono rimasti fermi, Hanno continuato a suonare live e con ottimo successo soprattutto in Giappone.
Questo DVD del 2012 celebra in modo gradevolissimo gli anni musicali degli SOS. Una registrazione di alcuni concerti in Giappone, davanti ad un pubblico attento, entusiasta e nel contempo rispettoso della musica e degli artisti.
La bella sorpresa è che si tratta di live acustici. Pianoforte, chitarre, contrabbasso, fiati e una strana serie di percussioni, davvero particolari, compongono il parterre di ottimi musicisti che accompagnano Corinne. Ovviamente, vediamo Connel al piano.
Arrangiamenti jazz e soul realizzati con gusto e leggerezza rinverdiscono brani storici come "Surrender", "Break out", "You on my mind", quest'ultima davvero emozionante e di gusto decisamente vicino al grande Burt Bacharach.
E Corinne, 53 anni all'epoca dei concerti (2012), sfodera una splendida voce, e una grinta jazzy notevole.
Consiglio questo DVD a tutti coloro che amano la buona musica che non necessariamente deve essere per forza ostica e impenetrabile. Sono brani leggeri ma che donano emozioni e piacevolezza d'ascolto a piene mani. Non dovrebbe essere questo il "lavoro" della buona musica?
Elenco tracce e testi
04 Incomplete Without You (04:54)
Tried to tell you
But words got in the way
Can't express what I had to say
Tried to find you
To make you realize
But explainations won't change your mind
How can the moments pass
How can a day seem not forever
How can a lifetime last so long?
Suddenly you're all alone
Wondering where all the years have gone
It's been so long, so long, so long
My life is incomplete without you
Incomplete without you
My life is incomplete without you
Incomplete without you
Some remember
Some live to forget
I can't erase what I don't regret
Time goes by
My heart won't let me hide
Thoughts I've tried so hard to disguise
How can the moments
Happen a day seem like forever
How can a lifetime last so long?
Suddenly you're all alone
Wondering where all the years have gone
It's been so long, so long, so long
My life is incomplete without you
Incomplete without you
Incomplete without you
My life is incomplete without you
Incomplete without you
Can't stop thinkin' about you baby
It's been so long
Can't go livin' without you baby
Since you've been gone
Can't stop thinkin' about you baby
It's been so long
Can't go livin' without you baby
Since you've been gone
How can the moments
Happen a day seem like forever
How can a lifetime last so long?
Suddenly you're all alone
Wondering where all the years have gone
It's been so long, so long, so long
My life is incomplete without you
Incomplete without you
My life is incomplete without you
Incomplete without you
A sun without a sky
Hello without goodbye
A night without a day
Now there's nothing left to say
A sun without a sky
Hello without goodbye
A dog without a bone
A house with someone home
(Fade)
11 Notgonnachange (06:39)
I've reached a decision
It's time to rearrange my life
We're speaking the same words
Although their meaning has changed
You're telling me what I want to hear
But what's the use when we just don't share
The same emotions that brought us together aren't there
In this world, nothing lasts forever
Was it you who changed or me
Should we go our separate ways or stay together
Believe me when I say
I'm not gonna change
I'm not gonna change now
If you walk away
There's no turning back now
I look in the mirror
And see a reflection that isn't me
It's hard to remember the girl that used to be me
In this world, nothing lasts forever
Was it you who changed or me
Should we go our separate ways or stay together
Believe me when I say
I'm not gonna change
I'm not gonna change now
If you walk away
There's no turning back now
I'm not gonna change
I'm not gonna change now
If you walk away
There's no turning back now
(Inst. Break)
In this world, nothing lasts forever
Was it you who changed or me
Should we go our separate ways or stay together
Believe me when I say
I'm not gonna change
I'm not gonna change now
If you walk away
There's no turning back now
I'm not gonna change
I'm not gonna change now
If you walk away
There's no turning back now
I'm not gonna change
I'm not gonna change now
If you walk away
There's no turning back now
Repeat Fade
27 Surrender (05:41)
Try to forget torment
Lying behind a smile
Tears for sentiment
Now I've done my time
You filled my head with your opinions
Blind to your lies I listened
Still waiting for love to take revenge (revenge)
For that sweet surrender
You'll get what you deserve
Hiding behind a lie
Revenge says more than words
You'll pay for your crime
I fooled myself you'd change your ways
Blind to your lies I listened
Still waiting for love to take revenge (revenge)
For that sweet surrender
Still waiting for love to take revenge
For that sweet surrender
Still waiting for love to take revenge
For that sweet surrender
Still waiting for love to take revenge (revenge)
For that sweet surrender
(Inst. Break)
Still waiting for love to take revenge
For that sweet surrender
Still waiting for love to take revenge (revenge)
Still waiting for love
Still waiting for love to take revenge
Waiting for love from heaven
Still waiting for love to take revenge
Still waiting for love
To take revengence
Sweet revengence
Waiting for love from heaven
32 Everyday Crime (04:54)
Too bad it had to end this way
You could have told me yourself
Thought what we had meant more to you
Seems you're sharing it with somebody else
I can't find words to explain I can't stop wanting you
Here comes that feeling again
Just can't stop needing you
It's an everday crime (in the name of love)
It's an everday crime (in the name of love)
Never stopping to ask
Never giving in to doubt
Forget the best and throw away the rest
Who will you turn to when the love runs out?
I can't stand being alone
I can't stop wanting you
This weakness is proving so strong
Just can't stop needing you
It's an everday crime (in the name of love)
It's an everday crime (in the name of love)
Someday your time will come
When you've given up not giving a damn
You'll understand
What's right from wrong
And your mis-spent chances will all be gone
In time you might just find that you've become
A victim of love
It's an everday crime
It's an everday crime
It's an everday crime
It's an everday crime
It's an everday crime (in the name of love)
It's an everday crime (in the name of love)
It's an everday crime
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