Stars è la raccolta dei grandi successi della famosa band di Limerick che è ormai giunta all'ultima "fatica". Certo di fatica non si tratta più di tanto, perche hanno semplicemente messo i loro singoli nel cd in ordine cronologico, però di certo la raccolta è un vero gioiello della musica.
Si apre con la famosa "Dreams", colonna sonora di molti film americani, e passando per "Zombie", "Salvation", "Animal Instinct" e "Analyze" ripercorre tutta la storia del gruppo attraverso i loro successi. Il primo vero peccato nella raccolta è stato, per motivi di spazio, un taglio a molte canzoni, che di certo prive di alcuni secondi di musica perdono comunque qualcosa, è inevitabile. È questo il caso di "Free to decide", "Promises", "Ridiculous Thoughts" e "Hollywood" e altre tracce in maniera meno evidente. La traccia numero 18 è l'epica e particolarissima "Daffodil Lament", votata dai fans per essere inserita nel the best. A destare interesse sono di certo le due tracce inedite. Una è il singolo che da il nome alla raccolta, "Stars", un pezzo romantico, brioso ed energico. L'altra è una bellissima canzone, a parer mio la migliore realizzata dal gruppo dai tempi di To The Faithful Departed, scritta dalla cantante mentre si trovava a New York per un concerto dedicato alle vittime dell'11 settembre. Il titolo è "New New York" e descrive la grande mela come una città mutata, dopo quel disastro. La canzone è emozionante, molto rock e molto forte e potente, particolare e con un sound di chitarra elettrica molto bello. Assolutamente imperdibile, consiglio a tutti di ascoltarla.
La raccolta potrebbe essere poco originale, perchè sono quasi assenti pezzi rari o comunque poco conosciuti, ma è assolutamente un ottimo prodotto che vale più del suo prezzo ed è l'ideale per avvicinarsi alla band e conoscerne lo sviluppo. Le tracce inedite tra l'altro dimostrano una ritrovata ispirazione da parte del gruppo. In attesa dell'album solista dell'apprezzatissima cantante, che stà per vedere la luce. . . ho finito di scassarvi le balle coi Cranberries. . . anche se spero qualcuno abbia trovato interessanti le recensioni sul gruppo.
Elenco tracce e testi
01 Dreams (04:15)
Oh my life is changing everyday
In every possible way
And oh my dreams
It's never quite as it seems
Never quite as it seems
I know I felt like this before
But now I'm feeling it even more
Because it came from you
Then I open up and see
The person falling here is me
A different way to be
I want more, impossible to ignore
Impossible to ignore
And they'll come true
Impossible not to do
Impossible not to do
And now I tell you openly
You have my heart so don't hurt me
You're what I couldn't find
A totally amazing mind
So understanding and so kind
You're everything to me
Oh my life is changing everyday
In every possible way
And oh my dreams
It's never quite as it seems
'Cause you're a dream to me
Dream to me
02 Linger (04:34)
If you, if you could return
Don't let it burn, don't let it fade
I'm sure I'm not being rude
But it's just your attitude
Is tearing me apart
It's ruining everything
And I swore, I swore I would be true
And honey so did you
So why were you holding her hand
Is that the way we stand
Were you lying all the time
Was it just a game to you
But I'm in so deep
You know I'm such a fool for you
You got me wrapped around your finger
Do you have to let it linger
Do you have to, do you have to
Do you have to let it linger
Oh, I thought the world of you
I thought nothing could go wrong
But I was wrong
I was wrong
If you, if you could get by
Trying not to lie
Things wouldn't be so confused
And I wouldn't feel so used
But you always really knew
I just wanna be with you
And I'm in so deep
You know I'm such a fool for you
You got me wrapped around your finger
Do you have to let it linger
Do you have to. do you have to
do you have to let it linger
And I'm in so deep
You know I'm such a fool for you
You got me wrapped around your finger
Do you have to let it linger
Do you have to, do you have to
do you have to let it linger
You know I'm such a fool for you
You got me wrapped around your finger
Do you have to let it linger
Do you have to, do you have to
do you have to let it linger
03 Zombie (05:07)
Another head hangs lowly
Child is slowly taken
And the violence causes silence
Who are we mistaken?
But you see, it's not me
It's not my family
In your head, in your head
They are fighting
With their tanks, and their bombs
And their bombs, and their guns
In your head, in your head
They are crying
In your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie
What's in your head, in your head?
Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie-ie-oh
Another mother's breaking
Heart is taken over
When the violence causes silence
We must be mistaken
It's the same old theme
Since 1916
In your head, in your head
They're still fighting
With their tanks, and their bombs
And their bombs, and their guns
In your head, in your head!
They are dying
In your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie
What's in your head, in your head?
Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie-ie-oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, hey-oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
04 Ode to My Family (04:31)
Doo doo-doo doo, doo doo-doo doo
Doo doo-doo doo, doo doo-doo doo
Doo doo-doo doo, doo doo-doo doo
Doo doo-doo doo, doo doo-doo doo
Understand the things I say
Don't turn away from me
'Cause I spent half my life out there
You wouldn't disagree
D'you see me, d'you see
Do you like me, do you like me standing there
D'you notice, d'you notice
Do you see me, do you see me
Does anyone care?
Unhappiness was when I was young
And we didn't give a damn
'Cause we were raised
To see life as fun and take it if we can
My mother, my mother she hold me
Did she hold me when I was out there
My father, my father, he liked me
Oh, he liked me, does anyone care?
Understand what I've become
It wasn't my design
And people everywhere think
Something better than I am
But I miss you, I miss
'Cause I liked it, 'cause I liked it
When I was out there
D'you know this, d'you know
You did not find me, you did not find
Does anyone care?
Unhappiness was when I was young
And we didn't give a damn
'Cause we were raised
To see life as fun and take it if we can
My mother, my mother she hold me
Did she hold me, when I was out there
My father, my father, he liked me
Oh, he liked me, does anyone care?
Does anyone care?
Does anyone care?
Does anyone care?
Does anyone care?
Does anyone care?
Does anyone care?
Does anyone care?
Doo doo-doo doo, doo doo-doo doo
Doo doo-doo doo, doo doo-doo doo
Doo doo-doo doo, doo doo-doo doo
Doo doo-doo doo, doo doo-doo doo
Doo doo-doo doo, doo doo-doo doo
Doo doo-doo doo, doo doo-doo doo
06 Ridiculous Thoughts (03:36)
Twister oh, does anyone see through you
You're a twister oh, an animal
But you're so happy, how?
I didn't go along with
You're so happy how?
Nananana
But you're gonna have to hold on
You're gonna have to hold on
You're gonna have to hold on
hold on hold on
Or we're gonna have to move on, we're gonna have to move on
Or we're gonna have to move on
move on move on
I feel alright
And I cried so hard the
Ridiculous thoughts (ahah how)
I feel alright alright alright alright
Twister, oh, I shouldn't have trusted in you
Twister, oh, Ananana
It's not gonna happen now
You're not gonna make fun of me
Happen now, Ananana
Chorus
I feel alright
And I cried so hard the
Ridiculous thoughts (ahah how)
I feel alright alright alright alright
Ahahahahahah
You should have lied
But I cried so hard the
Ridiculous thoughts (ahah how)
We should have lied, a lied a lied a lied
But you're gonna have to hold on
You're gonna have to hold on 8+
hold on hold on hold on hold on hold on
Well you're gonna have to hold on
You're gonna have to hold on, to me
07 Salvation (02:24)
To all those people doing lines
Don't do it, don't do it
Inject your soul with liberty
It's free, it's free
To all the kids with heroin eyes
Don't do it, don't do it
Because it's not, not what it seems
No, no it's not, not what it seems
Salvation, salvation, salvation is free
Salvation, salvation, salvation is free
To all those parents with sleepless nights
(Sleepless nights)
Tie your kids home to their beds
Clean their heads
To all the kids with heroin eyes
Don't do it, don't do it
Because it's not, not what it seems
No, no it's not, not what it seems
Salvation, salvation, salvation is free
Salvation, salvation, salvation is free
Salvation, salvation, salvation is free
Salvation, salvation, salvation is free
08 Free to Decide (03:23)
It's not worth anything more than this at all
I live as I choose or I will not live at all
So return to where you've come from
Return to where you dwell
Because harassment's not my forte
But you do it very well
I'm Free To Decide, I'm free to decide
And I'm not so suicidal after all
I'm Free To Decide, I'm free To decide
And I'm not so suicidal after all (at all, at all)
You must have nothing more with your mind to do
There's a war in Russia and Sarejevo, too
So to hell with what you're thinking
And to hell with your narrow mind
You're so distracted from the real thing
You should leave your life behind (behind)
I'm Free To Decide, I'm free to decide
And I'm not so suicidal after all
I'm Free To Decide, I'm free to decide
And I'm not so suicidal after all (at all, at all)
I'm Free To Decide, I'm free to decide
And I'm not so suicidal after all (at all, at all)
At all, At all, At all
09 When You're Gone (03:52)
Hold on to love,
that is what I do
Now that I've found you
And from above,
everything's stinking
When they're not around you
And in the night,
I could be helpless
I could be lonely,
sleeping without you
And in the day,
everything's complex
There's nothing simple,
when I'm not around you
But I miss you when you're gone
That is what I do, Hey Baby
And it's going to carry on,
That is what I knew, hey, Baby
Hold on to my hands
I feel I'm sinking,
sinking without you
And to my mind,
everything's stinking
Stinking without you
And in the night,
I could be helpless
I could be lonely,
sleeping without you
And in the day,
everything's complex
There's nothing simple,
when I'm not around you
And I miss you when you're gone
That is what I do, hey, Baby
And it's going to carry on
That is what I do, hey, Baby
10 Hollywood (04:19)
I've got a picture in my head (in my head)
It's me and you, we are in bed (we are in bed)
You'll always be there when I call (when I call)
You'll always be there most of all (all, all, all)
This is not Hollywood
Like I understood
This is not Hollywood
Like, like, like
This is not Hollywood
Like I understood
This is not Hollywood
Like, like, like
Away, runaway, is there anybody there
Away, runaway, is there anybody there
Get away, get away, get away
Get away, get away, get away
I've got a picture in my room, (in my room)
I will return there I presume. (should be soon)
The greatest irony of all, (shoot the wall)
It's not so glamorous at all (at all at all)
This is not Hollywood
Like I understood
This is not Hollywood
Like, like, like
This is not Hollywood
Like I understood
This is not Hollywood
Like, like, like
Runaway, runaway, is there anybody there
Runaway, runaway, is there anybody there
Get away, get away, Get away
Get away, get away, Get away
This is not Hollywood
(Runaway) This is not Hollywood
11 Promises (03:32)
You'd better believe I'm coming
You'd better believe what I say
You'd better hold on to your promises
Because you bet you'll get what you deserve
She's going to leave him over
She's going take her love away
So much for your eternal vows, well
It does not matter anyway
Why can't you stay
Here a while
Stay here awhile
Stay with me
Oh oh oh oh oh
All the promises we made
All the meaningless and empty words I prayed
Prayed praaaayed
Oh oh oh oh oh
All the promises we broke
All the meaningless and empty words I spoke
Spoke spooooke
What of all the things that you taught me
What of all the things that you'd say
What of all your prophetic preaching
You're just throwing it all away
Maybe we should burn the house down
Have ourselves another fight
Leave the cobwebs in the closet
'Cause tearing them out is just not right
Why can't you stay
Here awhile
Stay here awhile
Stay with me
Oh oh oh oh oh
All the promises we made
All the meaningless and empty words I prayed
Prayed praaaayed
Oh oh oh oh oh
All the promises we broke
Promises we broke
All the meaningless and empty words I spoke
Spoke Spooooke
Oh oh oh oh oh
All the promises we made
Promises we made
All the meaningless and empty words I prayed
Prayed praaaayed
Oh oh oh oh oh
All the promises we broke
Promises we broke
All the meaningless and empty words I spoke
Spoke Spooooke
Oh eh, oh eh, oh eh
Oh eh, Oh Eh x3
Do-do-do, Do-do-do
Do-do-do, Do-do-do
12 Animal Instinct (03:32)
Suddenly something has happened to me
As I was having my cup of tea
Suddenly I was feeling depressed
I was utterly and totally stressed
Do you know you made me cry
Do you know you made me die
And the thing that gets to me
Is you'll never really see
And the thing that freaks me out
Is I'll always be in doubt
It is a lovely thing that we have
It is a lovely thing that we
It is a lovely thing, the animal
The animal instinct
So take my hands and come with me
We will change reality
So take my hands and we will pray
They won't take you away
They will never make me cry, no
They will never make me die
And the thing that gets to me
Is you'll never really see
And the thing that freaks me out
Is I'll always be in doubt
The animal, the animal,
the animal instinct to me
It's the animal, the animal,
the animal instinct to me
It's the animal, it's the animal,
it's the animal instinct in me x2
13 Just My Imagination (03:13)
There was a game we used to play
We would hit the town on Friday night
And stay in bed until Sunday
We used to be so free
We were living for the love we had and
Living not for reality
It was just my imagination x3
THAT was a time I used to pray
I have always kept my faith in love
It's the greatest thing from the man above
The game I used to play
I've always put my cards upon the table
NEVER be said that I'd be unstable
It was just my imagination x3
There is a game I like to play
I like to hit the town on Friday night
And stay in bed until Sunday
We'll always be this free
We will be living for the love we have
Living not for reality
It's not my imagination x3
Not my x8
15 Analyse (04:06)
Close your eyes, close your eyes
Breath the air, out there
We are free, we can be wide open
For you opened my eyes to the beauty I see
We will pray, we will stay wide open
Don't analyse,don't analyse
Don't go that way, don't live that way
That would paralyse your evolution
Lah ah ah this greatest moment
(Last Chorus greatest changes to strangest)
Lah ah ah the strangest day
Lah ah ah the greatest love of them all
Close your eyes, close your eyes
Breath the air, out there
Fantasise, fantasise we are open
For you opened my eyes to the beauty I see
We will pray, we will stay together
Lah ah ah the greatest moment
Lah ah ah the greatest day
Lah ah ah the greatest love of them all
16 Time Is Ticking Out (03:01)
We'd better think about the things we say
We'd better think about the games we play
The world went round, around and round
We'd better think about the consequences
We'd better think about the global senses
The time went out, the time went out
What about Chernobyl?
What about radiation?
We don't know, we don't know
What about deprivation?
Gluttony, the human nation?
We don't know, we don't know
For me love is all, for me love is all
For me love is all, for me love is all
Time is ticking out
Looks like we screwed up the ozone layer
I wonder if the politicians care
And time went out, and time went out
What about our children then?
Is there nothing left for them?
We don't know, we don't know
For me love is all, for me love is all
For me love is all, for me love is all
Ahh they need oxygen, ahh they need oxygen
For me love is all, for me love is all
For me love is all, for me love is all
Time is ticking out yeah
The time is ticking out
17 This Is the Day (04:15)
WORDS BY D. O'RIORDAN. MUSIC BY D. O'RIORDAN
I never had a friend like you this is the day
Your skin is white, your eyes are blue this is the day
But the wind might change I will still remain
I will always be there for you
Those thoughts they circle in my mind, this is the day
The demons I can't leave behind this is the day
Don't be insecure I'll be at your door
I will always be there for you
Faith will save you, faith will save you
Faith will save you, stay safe
Par forth thy grace into my mind, this is the day
Par forth thy grace, thou art devine, this is the day
Don't be insecure I'll be at your door
I will always be there for you
Faith will save you, faith will save you
Faith will save you, stay safe
But the wind might change I will still remain
I will still be here
But the wind might change I will still remain
I will always be there for you
Faith will save you, faith will save you
Faith will save you, stay safe
18 Daffodil Lament (06:06)
Holdin' on
That's what I do, since I met you
And it won't be long
Would you notice, if I left you?
And it's fine for some
'Cause you're not the one, you're not the one
There
There, there, there...
There, there
All night long, laid on my pillow
These things are wrong
I can't sleep here
So lovely
So lovely
So lovely
I have decided to leave you forever
I have decided to start things from here
Thunder and lightning won't change what I'm feelin'
And the daffodils look lovely today...
And the daffodils look lovely today...
Look lovely today
Through your eyes I can see the disguise
Through your eyes I can see the dismay
Has anyone seen lightning?
Has anyone, looked lovely?
And the daffodils look lovely today...
And the daffodils look lovely today...
Look lovely today
Look lovely (look lovely)
Look lovely (look lovely)
Look lovely (look lovely)
Look lovely (look lovely)
Look lovely (look lovely)
Look lovely (look lovely)
Look lovely (look lovely)
Look lovely (look lovely)
Look lovely
Nah, nah
Nah, nah-nah, nah-nah, nah
Nah, nah-nah, nah-nah, nah
Nah, nah-nah, nah-nah, nah
Nah, nah-nah, nah-nah
''[The ''Lament of the Monastary'' ends the song]''
19 New New York (04:09)
New, new, new
New, new, new
New New York skyline
Wounds may heal in time
Don't crumble don't dismay
It's a new New York today
I look across these city streets
My heart is numb, it still beats
Nothing to say
There's nothing to say
I look across this empty room
My heart is still in gloom
There's nothing to say
I only can pray
New, new, new (x2)
New New York Skyline
Wounds may heal in time
Don't crumble don't dismay
It's a new New York today
I look across these city streets
My heart is cold, it beats
Thirtieth of May
Ground Zero today
New, new, new (x2)
I get on my knees and pray
For the heroes of the day
No more comfort I can find
For the loved ones left behind
They won't tear us apart! (x4)
No way!
New day!, new day!
20 Stars (03:31)
The stars are bright tonight
And I am walking nowhere
I guess I will be alright
Desire gets you nowhere
And you are always right
And my, you are so perfect
Take you as you are
I'll have you as you are
I'll take you as you are
I love you just the way you are
I'll have you just the way you are
I'll take you just the way you are
Does anyone love the way they are?
The stars are bright tonight
A distance is between us
And I will be okay
The worst I've ever seen us
Still I have my weaknesses
Still I have my strengths
And still I have my ugliness
But I ...
I love you just the way you are
I'll have you just the way you are
I'll take you just the way you are
Does anyone love the way they are? (x2)
Star, star...
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Di KrYsTaL
Come gruppo sono ormai defunti, in quanto la frontwoman ha deciso che era opportuno andare a ragliare nel disco di duetti di Zucchero.
Solo un arido elenco di singoli che, estrapolati dal loro contesto originario, sembrano non riuscire più a emozionare come una volta.
