• Voto:
Cosa avrà pensato il lunatico, arrogante, estroso e pingue Black Francis il giorno in cui sentì per la prima volta "Cannonball"?
Ipotesi 1. (Con un ghigno sardonico, mordicchiandosi il labbro) "Carina... ma le mie sono certamente migliori! Troppo facile ereditare l'anima pop dei Pixies: gli spigoli, le obliquità e la genialità albergano soltanto nei miei pezzi, e con "Teenager of the year" lo dimostrerò ulteriormente!
Ipotesi 2. (Asciugandosi il sudore). "Come è possibile che non sia stato io a scrivere una canzone pop così mostruosamente perfetta, capace di sfondare in classifica, di raccogliere i frutti di quella "rivoluzione alternativa" i cui semi gettai IO ai tempi di "Surfer Rosa": perfetto incrocio tra ruvidezze grunge, mantra velvetiani, echi pop anni 60. Perché non ho architettato io nel mio album solista, che ha venduto un terzo di "Last splash" nonostante battage pubblicitario e hype mediatico fossero decisamente superiori, un singolo mozzafiato, con quei geniali intarsi di chitarra, voce, e basso in dinamiche melodiche indipendenti?"
Ipotesi 3. (With his feet on the air and his head on the ground). "Però... mica male la Kelly... questa canzone è una bomba... poi anche il resto dell'album mi piace assai. Le Roi, ad esempio, è davvero ottima, con l'impeto rumorista dei bei tempi che si sublima in una progressione quasi lisergica. E anche Invisible man, No aloha, Saints, Hag tutti ottimi momenti in cui il nostro vecchio stile viene portato su un piano meno complesso, ma decisamente godibile, e anche i tocchi country-pop di Drivin on 9 non stonano. . . sembra quasi il disco che avremmo dovuto fare dopo Bossanova. Sciogliere i Pixies è stato inevitabile, però...... In fondo anche l'urticante chitarra di Joey mancava nel mio disco, e pure il buon Dave offriva il suo contributo. Forse... forse in un gruppo gli eccessi di ego andrebbero sempre tenuti sotto controllo. Magari un giorno ci riformeremo, chissà...".
Elenco tracce testi samples e video
01 New Year (01:56)
we have come for light
wholly, we have come for light
it's true
I am the sun
I am the new year
I am the rain
I am the sun
I am the new year
I am the way home
I am the way home
I am the rain
I am the new year
I am the sun
I am the rain
I am the new year
I'm the way
It's true
02 Cannonball (03:33)
Ahoo, ahoo, ahoo, ahoo, ahoo, ahoo
Spitting in a wishing well
Blown to hell crash
On the last splash
I know you, little libertine
I know you're a real koo, koo
Hey now, hey now
Want you, koo, koo, cannonball
Hey now, hey now
Want you, koo, koo, cannonball
In the shade
In the shade
In the shade
In the shade
I know you, little libertine
I know you're a cannonball
I'll be your whatever you want
The bong in this Reggae Song
Hey now, hey now
In the shade
Hey now, hey now
In the shade
Hey now, hey now
Spitting in a wishing well
Blown to hell crash
On the last splash
I'll be your whatever you want
The bong in this Reggae Song
Hey now, hey now
Want you, koo koo, cannonball
Hey now, hey now
Want you, koo koo, cannonball
In the shade
In the shade
In the shade
In the shade
03 Invisible Man (02:48)
He's the Invisible Man
Count the bubbles in your hand
The southern skies
And the summer sites
That's all that's left behind
The skies, and a sweet caress
He's the Invisible Man
Catch him if you can
You're nowhere in sight (just imagine that)
Nothing excites you (baby, that's a fact)
Open your eyes
Look and you will find
That's all that's left behind... the skies
And a sweet caress
The skies, the sights
And a sweet caress
He's the Invisible Man
Catch him if you can
That's all that's left behind... the skies
And a sweet caress
The skies, the sights
And a sweet caress
He's the Invisible Man
Catch him if you can
04 No Aloha (02:07)
No bye, no aloha
Gone with a rock promoter
A rock promoter
I know, I saw
And now may die
Oh, all the treats
Saw it on the wall
Motherhood means mental freeze
(Freezeheads)
No aloha
I know, I saw
And now may die
No bye, no aloha
Gone with a rock promoter
A rock promoter
I know, I saw
And now may die
06 Do You Love Me Now? (03:01)
If I saw you now
Could I look in your eyes?
Do you think of me
Like I dream of you?
Do you wish you were here
Like I wish I was with you?
You've loved me before
Do you love me now?
Does love ever end
When two hearts have torn away?
Or does it go on
And beat strong anyway?
You've loved me before
Do you love me now?
Come back to me right now!
C'mon c'mon come back to me right now!
C'mon c'mon come back to me right now!
C'mon c'mon come on!
You've loved me before
Do you love me now?
You've loved me before
Do you love me now?
08 I Just Wanna Get Along (01:44)
We were rich once
Before your head exploded
Imagine doing just what the Big Bang did
The whole world
Knew it was loaded
Wave bye-bye 'cause it ain't ever coming down now
I just wanna get along [2x]
I look up
The heads fly over
I see a boy I know: his hair's on fire
The whole world I discovered
If you're so special why aren't you dead
I just wanna get along [3x]
Wave bye-bye 'cause it ain't never coming down now
I just wanna get along [3x]
09 Mad Lucas (04:36)
Idiots & palsied
Blink in corners we leave
Know you like to be seen
Moral insanities
Arise, wash your face
From cinder and soot
You're a nuisance
And I Don't like Dirt
Tale of cities
Hermit of Redcoat's green
Hermit of Redcoat's green
Open Sesame
Eternal Providence
Open Sesame
10 Divine Hammer (02:41)
i'm just looking
just looking for a way around
it disappears this near
you're the rod i'm water
i'm just looking for the divine hammer
one divine hammer
one divine hammer
i'm just looking for one divine hammer
i'd bang it all day
oh the carpenter goes bang
bang bang
i'm just looking for one divine hammer
one divine hammer
one divine hammer
i'm just looking for a faith
waiting to be followed
it disappears this near
you're the rod i'm water
i'm just looking for one divine hammer
one divine hammer
divine hammer
12 Hag (02:55)
Hag! Coastal cut-throat!
You dirty switch,
You're on again
All night, all night, all night
Under the stars
Under their light
All over the girl
Only looks bright
You're just like a woman
Hag
You're just like a woman
You're on again
But some... times
Under the stars
Under their light
You're everything right
You're on again!
Under the stars
Under their light
All right
All right
13 Saints (02:32)
I like all the different people
I like sticky everywhere
Look around, you bet I'll be there!
Hot metal in the sun
Pony in the air
Sooey and saints at the fair
Saints alive you're saying
Walk in.. squares
The hid are out,
Out for the year
It's a lot of face
A lot of crank air
Eroding round here
Summer's ready, summer is ready when you are..
I like all the different people
I like every kind of fair
In the crowd, you bet I'll be there!
Walking around
Going nowhere
Seeing sooey and saints at the fair
Summer's ready, summer is ready when you are..
It's a lot of face
Crank air
Walking in squares
In the sun
Summer is ready when you are.
14 Drivin' on 9 (03:22)
Drivin' on 9
You could be a shadow
Beneath the street light
Behind my home
Drivin' on 9
I sure miss you
Pass a motel
Looking at the pines
Drivin' on 9
Looking for 30
Maybe I passed it
Go another mile
Drivin' on 9
Drivin' on 9
Drivin' on 9
I sure look pretty
Carson City
Walking down the aisle
Drivin' on 9
Does daddy have a shotgun
He said he'd never need one
Go another mile
Drivin' on 9
Drivin' on 9
Looking out my window cell
Wondering if I want you still
Wondering what's right
Drivin' on 9
Drivin' on 9
Drivin' on 9
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