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Chi l'avrebbe mai detto che la Leggenda, forse la più grande della Storia della Musica, sarebbe iniziata con un semplicissimo, banalissimo, economicissimo: ONE, TWO, THREE, FAH!
L'immagine parla chiaro, mi sto riferendo, ovviamente, all'album "Please Please Me" dei "The Beatles", Anno Domini 1963.
Gli anni '60, i ruggenti anni '60, anni di cambiamenti radicali, ideologie, assembramenti, scoperte, rivoluzioni, guerre, passioni. Il quartetto di Liverpool non poteva non assorbire parte del fermento che ribolliva in quegli anni. Anzi, ne diventarono promotori, inizialmente anche loro malgrado: furono, in primis, "eredi artistici" della cosiddetta "Beat Generation" e degli "Angry Young Man" di metà anni '50, per poi assurgere, qualche anno dopo, a icone pop delle correnti controculturali degli anni '60 (gli hippy vi dicono qualcosa?). Ma andiamo con ordine…
L'Inghilterra del dopoguerra era stretta da una morsa fatta di immobilismo, formalità, autorità e convenzioni. In questo contesto i Beatles arrivarono come un terremoto a scuotere le menti e le terga di ogni giovane d'Albione, sprigionando in loro una carica emotiva ed un'energia vitale irriverente mai vista fino a quel tempo, almeno non di tale portata. Grazie alla loro spontaneità, alla loro freschezza, alla loro ironia, al loro "essere alla buona" riuscirono a conquistare praticamente tutto il pubblico giovanile. Ebbero l'effetto di un'uscita da scuola non prevista in un pomeriggio di sole, una boccata d'aria fresca nella stantia atmosfera inglese. Tutto ciò si ripercosse, ovviamente, anche nel campo musicale dove vennero definiti come "una carismatica centrale elettrica", una presenza selvaggia ai margini del pop inglese che non risentiva dell'anemica garbatezza della scena londinese. L'ascolto dell'album vi confermerà ciò che è stato scritto finora. Fare una recensione brano per brano sarebbe totalmente inutile; il mio consiglio è: fatevi trasportare dalla musica, dall'energia grezza che emana, dalla tensione giovanile sprigionata (l'apertura e la chiusura del disco sono due episodi emblematici).
C’è poi un altro risvolto da considerare, spesso trascurato: l’album emana pulsioni erotiche represse, trasuda di un erotismo che non vede l'ora di emergere. In quegli anni la repressione sessuale era una "pratica" abbastanza comune, così come il reprimere le proprie pulsioni ... i Beatles non fecero altro che aprire il "Vaso di Pandora". Ormai l'erotismo faceva parte dell'eccitamento del fenomeno. Tutto ciò è evidente nei versi di alcuni brani: "She was just seventeen and you know what i mean" in "I Saw Her Standing There", l'allusivo "Please Please Me" che rimanda a pratiche erotiche ben immaginabili, i ripetuti "C'mon baby", "Shake It" etc ... sparsi qui e là e ripetuti con una certa "veemenza" etc.etc.
Sono io ad essere malizioso? Non credo... cioè si, generalmente lo sono, ma non in questo caso.
A prescindere dai gusti musicale, credo che questo disco sia un vero e proprio pezzo di Storia che vada necessariamente ascoltato almeno una volta nella vita. Non parlo esclusivamente di Storia musicale, ma di Storia sociale, popolare, culturale etc.
Non banalizziamo l’immagine dei Beatles descrivendoli come una “semplice” band perché furono, oggettivamente, molto di più. Poi, ovviamente, possono piacere o non piacere ma non vanno assolutamente trascurati o snobbati perché sarebbe come trascurare o snobbare l’allunaggio (con le dovute proporzioni, per carità), sarebbe come trascurare un evento storico che ha segnato indelebilmente la vita degli anni ’60. Fate i bravi, su.
“Please Please Me” è solo la prima tappa…
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01 I Saw Her Standing There (02:58)
Well, she was just 17,
You know what I mean,
And the way she looked
was way beyond compare.
So how could I dance with another
When I saw her standin' there.
Well she looked at me,
and I, I could see
That before too long
I'd fall in love with her.
She wouldn't dance with another
When I saw her standin' there.
{Chorus Start}
Well, my heart went boom,
When I crossed that room,
And I held her hand in mine...
Oh, we danced through the night,
And we held each other tight,
And before too long I fell in love with her.
Now I'll never dance with another
Since I saw her standing there
{End Chorus}
[Chorus]
Since I saw her standing there...
Since I saw her standing there...
02 Misery (01:52)
The world is treating me bad
Misery
I'm the kind of guy
Who never used to cry
The world is treatin' me bad
Misery
I've lost her now for sure
I won't see here no more
It's gonna be a drag
Misery
I'll remember all the little things we've done
Can't she see she'll always be the only one
Only one
Send her back to me
Cause everyone can see
Without her I will be
In misery
I'll remember all the little things we've done
She'll remember and she'll miss her lonely one
Lonely one
Send her back to me
Cause everyone can see
Without her I will be
In misery
Oh, oh in misery
Woo, my misery
La, la, la, la, la, la,
03 Anna (Go to Him) (02:59)
Anna, you come and ask me girl
To set you free, girl
You say he loves you more than me
So I will set you free
Go with him (Anna) Go with him (Anna)
Anna, girl, before go now
I want you to know, now
That I still love you so,
But if he loves you more,
Go with him
All of my life
I've been searching for a girl
To love me like I love you
Oh now
But every girl I ever had
Breaks my heart and leaves me sad,
What am I, what am I supposed to do
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
Anna, just one more thing girl
You give back your ring to me
And I will set you free,
Go with him
All of my life
I've been searching for a girl
To love me like I love you
But let me tell you now
But every girl I ever had
Breaks my heart and leaves me sad,
What am I, what am I supposed to do
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
Anna, just one more thing girl
You give back your ring to me
And I will set you free,
Go with him (Anna)
Go with him (Anna)
You can go with him girl (Anna)
Go with him
04 Chains (02:28)
Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains
And they ain't the kind
That you can see
Woh, it's chains of love
Got a hold on me, yeah
Pa-lum-pa-lum-pa-lum-pa
Chains, well I can't break away from there chains
Can't run around
'Cause I'm not free
Woh, these chains of love
Won't let me be, yeah
I wanna tell you pretty baby
I think you're fine
I'd like to love you
But, darling, I'm imprisoned by these
Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains
And they ain't the kind
That you can see
Woh, it's chains of love
Got a hold on me, yeah
Please believe me when I tell you
Your lips are sweet
I'd like to kiss them
But, I can't break away from all these
Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains
And the ain't the kind
That you can see
Woh, it's chains of love
Got a hold on me, yeah
Chains, chains of love
Chains of love, chains of love
05 Boys (02:29)
I've been told when a boy kiss a girl
Take a trip around the world
Hey, hey(3x)
Yeah she said you do.
My girl says when I kiss her lips
Get the thrill through her fingertips
Hey, hey(3x)
Yeah she said you do
Well I talk about boys
Don't you know I mean boys
Well I talk about boys now
Ah, boys
Well I talk about boys now
What a bundle of joy
Alright George!
My girl says when I kiss her lips
Get the thrill through her fingertips
Hey, hey(3x)
Yeah she said you do
Well I talk about boys
Don't you know I mean boys
Well I talk about boys now
Ahhhhhhh!
Well I talk about boys now
What a bundle of joy
06 Ask Me Why (02:29)
I love you
Cause you tell me things I want to know
And it's true
That it really only goes to show
That I know that I, I, I, I,
Should never never never be blue
Now you're mine
My happiness dear makes me cry
And in time
You'll understand the reason why
If I cry it's not because I'm sad
But you're the only love that I've ever had
I can't believe, it's happened to me
I can't conceive of anymore misery
Ask me why, I'll say I love you
And I'm always thinking of you
I love you
Cause you tell me things I want to know
And it's true
That it really only goes to show
That I know that I, I, I, I,
Should never never never be blue
Ask me why, I'll say I love you
And I'm always thinking of you
I can't believe, it's happened to me
I can't conceive of anymore misery
Ask me why, I'll say I love you
And I'm always thinking of you, you, you
07 Please Please Me (02:05)
Last night I said these words to my girl,
I know you never even try, girl,
C'mon...
Please please me, whoa yeah, like I please you.
You don't need me to show the way, love.
Why do I always have to say "love,"
C'mon...
Please please me, whoa yeah, like I please you.
I don't wanna sound complainin',
But you know there's always rain in my heart (in my heart).
I do all the pleasin' with you, it's so hard to reason
With you, whoah yeah, why do you make me blue.
Last night I said these words to my girl,
I know you never even try, girl,
C'mon...
Please please me, whoa yeah, like I please you.
12 A Taste of Honey (02:07)
A taste of honey
Tasty, but sweeter
Than wine
I dream of your
First kiss and then
I feel upon
My lips again
A taste of honey
Tasty, but sweeter
Than wine
I will return
Yes, I will return
I'll come back
For the honey and you
Yours was the kiss
That awoke my heart
There lingers still
Though we're far apart
A taste of honey
Tasty, but sweeter
Than wine
I will return
Yes, I will return
I'll come back (he'll come back)
For the honey (for the honey)
And you
14 Twist and Shout (02:33)
Well, shake it up baby now (shake it up baby)
Twist and shout (twist and shout)
Come on, come on, come on, baby now (come on, baby)
Come on and work it on out (work it on out)
(Ooooooooh.)
Well work it on out now (work it on out)
You know you look so good (look so good)
You know you got me goin' now (got me goin)
Just like I knew you would (just like i knew you would)
(Oooooooh)
Well, shake it shake it baby now (shake it up baby)
Twist and shout (twist and shout)
Come on, come on, come on baby now (come on, baby)
Come on and work it on out (work it on out)
You know you twist you little girl (twist little girl)
You know you twist so fine (twist so fine)
Come on and twist a little closer now (twist a little closer)
Let me know that you're mine (let em know you're mine)
Aaaaah, aaaaaah, aaaaaah, aaaaah
Yeah, shake it up baby now (shake it up baby)
Twist and shout (twist and shout)
Come on, come on, come on baby now (come on baby)
Come on and work it on out (work it on out)
Well shake it, shake it, shake it, baby yeah (shake it, baby)
Well shake it, shake it, shake it, baby yeah (shake it, baby)
Well shake it, shake it, shake it, baby yeah (shake it, baby)
Aaaaah, aaaaah, aaaaaah, aaaaah
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Altre recensioni
Di lucio mazzi
Il rock’n’roll che padri del rock’n’roll (Elvis, Jerry Lee e Chuck in testa) non erano mai stati in grado di scrivere.
La chiusura esplosiva con la celeberrima “Twist And Shout” che divenne talmente famosa da far dimenticare il fatto che si trattasse, anch’essa, di una cover.
Di Roberto Zennaro
"Da quest'anno, 23 marzo 1963, il Rock And Roll, la musica, la storia, non sono più gli stessi."
"I 4 coleotteri dimostrano di essere una band completa, originale e a tratti geniale."
Di paolofreddie
"Please Please Me è un lavoro immaturo, pieno di cover e senza vere masterpiece."
"I Beatles sono quattro ragazzi ingenui, con un sogno di fama ma senza sapere cosa voglia dire davvero la vita."
