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Cosa ci si deve aspettare da un disco che già di suo sfoggia un plagio in bella mostra?
Un gruppo semi-piatto e un disco totalmente insipido e privo di sentimento. Non basta la voce di Kris Roe ad elevare il tutto, se il tuo songwriting in bilico tra motivetti più energici vicini ad un hardcore melodico levigato al massimo e punk facilone contornato di pop e il livello delle melodie non è nemmeno al livello cristallino della concorrenza. I primi My Chemical Romance per fare un esempio saranno un po' ruffiani per qualcuno, ma non c'è nemmeno paragone.
L'opener "Giving Up On Love" per altro l'unico o quasi episodio meramente salvabile insieme a "You Need A Hug", risulta per altro quello in cui è evidente il plagio di cui parlavo ad inizio recensione. Il riff di chitarra portante è uguale al pezzo "Hey Suburbia" degli Screeching Weasel, storica punk rock band a cavallo tra 80's e 90's. L'unico pezzo che cambia completamente registro stilistico è la ballata acustica finale "Hello And Goodbye".
La produzione è di Joey Cape dei Lagwagon, mentre il disco ha il marchio Kung Fu records, label di Joe Escalante membro della punk-rock band Vandals.
Ho letto più volte tag quale emocore associato agli Ataris, senza nemmeno capire su quali presupposti fosse realmente stato attribuito. Di certo qualche urletto sporadico è fuorviante.
Zero spunti e clichè a iosa, e non si può nemmeno dire che sia un disco frivolo ma capace di intrattenere e divertire, tutt'altro. Anzi, un preludio che anticipa problemi, grossi cambi di line-up, il futuro contratto su major e un altro capitolo deludente quel "So Long, Astoria" del 2003, che tuttavia gli aprirà le porte di una grande fetta di fans almeno nel mercato Nord Americano.
Senza anima. End is forever?
Elenco tracce e testi
01 Giving Up on Love (02:53)
these last few weeks
I've been confused
sometimes I wonder if
I'm better off alone.
you fall in love
then break your heart.
you fall in love again
its never ending.
I used to have this friend
who took his fiance
to see billy idol
a couple weeks before
their wedding day.
the chick got backstage
and left my friend outside.
next day she called
from a hotel
asking for a ride.
I guess I'm giving up on love (x3)
'cause it really kind of sucks
uninspired
and growing tired
why am I always
so attracted to drama?
so here I am
grown up at 23
will someone tell me
what it takes to be happy?
I play in my band
and write a lot of songs
about relationships
and how mine went wrong.
maybe I'll meet that special
girl along the way
then she'll break my heart
and leave me crying.
i guess im giving up on love (x2)
cuz it really kind of sucks
i guess im giving up on love
cuz it really kind of
03 I.O.U. One Galaxy (02:00)
stars are out tonight
and you're the brightest one shining in my sky.
it's like every wish I ever made came true.
the day I woke up lying next to you.
will you be my best friend
if I offer you my heart?
'cause it's already yours.
we could hang out every night
and watch the sun go down
as long as we could watch it rise again.
gave me a valentine.
it's these little things that stand the test of time.
I've saved the tickets from the shows that we've been to.
and a thousand other memories of you.
will you be my best friend
if I offer you my heart?
'cause it's already yours.
gave you this i.o.u. today.
it said good for one galaxy.
once I build my rocket to the stars.
we'll fly away just you and me
04 Bad Case of Broken Heart (01:58)
today I'm missing something
in this small new england town.
here's to you my best friend.
just wanted to say that I miss
having you around.
I'm staring at your picture
and dreaming that I could hold your hand.
we'd walk down to the ocean
and I would write your name in the sand.
they say sometimes you need some time apart
but I've got a bad case of broken heart.
and you're the only one who's got the cure.
and I can't live another day without seeing you smile.
2000 miles between us and I guess that I'm the one to blame.
relationships and heartaches,
these two things are one and the same.
the radio plays a love song.
I smash my fist right through the dial.
here's to the broken hearted.
a generation born in denial.
(Spoken)
Ya know there's a million fine lookin women in the world dude but all of em don't bring you lasagne at work most of em just cheat on ya..
10 You Need a Hug (03:49)
maybe you should work for "sick of it all"
or get a job with the l.a.p.d.
did someone switch your ritalin with ephedrine?
Just don't take your fucking problems out on me.
I'd buy you a little fuzzy bunny
I'd put you on my christmas card list
if you'd promise not to take your job so seriously
and realize you don't have to be so pissed.
fuck you dick
life ain't all that bad. life ain't all that bad.
even if henry rollins is your dad.
life ain't all that bad. life ain't all that bad.
buck up little camper, don't be sad.
maybe you could go hunting with ted nugent
and see how many animals you could kill.
I'd pay all of my friends just to hang out with you
and take you out to sizzler for a meal.
I'd take you to my favorite karoke bar
and you sing "let the sunshine in".
you could stomp my ass into oblivion
but that doesn't mean I'll put up with your shit.
life ain't all that bad. life ain't all that bad.
even if henry rollins is your dad.
life ain't all that bad. life ain't all that bad.
buck up little camper, don't be sad.
life ain't all that bad. life ain't all that bad.
even if henry rollins is your dad.
life ain't all that bad. life ain't all that bad.
buck up little camper, don't be sad.
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