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"Dandy's Rule, Ok?" è l'esordio dei Dandy Warhols, pubblicato per Tim/Kerr il 6 aprile 1995.
Prodotto dal leader Courtney Taylor assieme a Tony Lash (ex batterista degli Heatmiser), è stato quasi interamente scritto dallo stesso Courtney e registrato nell'inverno a cavallo tra il '94 ed il '95.
Il disco è composto da ben quindici canzoni più un'introduzione parlata, "Introduction By Young Tom", e si muove attraverso sonorità alternative rock intrise di una marcata psichedelia.
"The Dandy Warhols' T.V. Theme Song" e "Ride", i due singoli estratti posti in sequenza dopo l'introduzione, rappresentano l'anima più "accessibile" dell'opera prima della band di Portland. La prima è un britpop orecchiabile ed estremamente melodico, la seconda è più "corposa" e satura; in entrambe sono comunque decisamente protagoniste le chitarre elettriche, come del resto in tutto l'album.
Album che si muove agilmente tra momenti in cui la psichedelia stessa la fa da padrona, come in "Just Try", "Dick" o nell'infinita suite di più di sedici minuti "It's A Fast Driving Rave-Up With The Dandy Warhols Sixteen Minutes" (completata da un'intro di cinquantuno secondi ed un'outro, che chiude anche il disco, di quasi cinque minuti) e pezzi costituiti da un più lineare e fruibile pop rock ("The Coffee And Tea Wrecks", "Tony, This Song Is Called Lou Weed", "Best Friend"). Da segnalare lo "shottino" brit "Nothin' To Do", carino ma forse sin troppo Oasis, e la buona "Grunge Betty", chitarre a manetta e divertimento assicurato.
Buona la prova vocale di Courtney, anche se lontana dalle mille variazioni di registro vocale di "Odditorium..." e "Welcome To The Monkey House", e discreta in generale la resa dell'intera band: da ricordare che qui alle pelli troviamo ancora Eric Hedford, che verrà sostituito dall'attuale batterista Brent DeBoer solo nel 1998.
"Dandy's Rule, Ok?" è un discreto esordio, non paragonabile a grandi prove come "Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia" o "Odditorium Or Warlords Of Mars", ma comunque valido.
Il meglio, comunque, arriverà sicuramente dopo.
Tracce chiave: "Ride", "Dick", "It's A Fast Driving Rave-Up With The Dandy Warhols Sixteen Minutes"
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07 Nothin' to Do (02:23)
I like to hold on my baby.
She likes to hold on me too.
Like something for nothing,
That she can hold onto.
Where we been lately?
Second Avenue,
To call on Brent Mackerel,
Or we can find someone new.
Ah oooooooooooooh, ooooooh, oo-oo-oo-oooh!
Oooooooooooooh, heeey.
Really like it better,
Like it better than you,
And if you got a problem,
Well we had nothing to do.
Here we go, baby,
Yeah with the cats from Swoon,
And if we got a quarter,
We'd call sugarboom, chik-a-chik, boom.
Ah oooooooooooooh, ooooooh, oo-oo-oo-oooh!
Oooooooooooooh, heeey.
Ah oooooooooooooh, ooooooh, oo-oo-oo-oooh!
Oooooooooooooh, heeey.
Laaa!
09 Genius (06:08)
I'll Take The Blame
If I Ever Want To
For What My Little Brain
Has Been Through
I Know I Say
Things I Never Meant To
To Seem A Little More Sane
Cause Thats What It Takes
If I Ever Could Win
If I Ever Could See
If I Just Could Ever
Remember To Think
About Anything
Darling, Give Me A Rope
I'll Hang My Self
It Doesnt Take A Genius
To Figure It Out
Dont Have To Be Fucking Brilliant To See
Im Not As Smart As I Seem To Be
Im Not As Bright As I Used To Be
Im Not As Sharp As I Think I Am
Im Not As Smart As I Seem
Im Not As Bright As I Seem
Darling Darling Darling
Darling, Give Me A Rope
I'll Hang My Self
It Doesnt Take A Genius
To Figure It Out
Dont Have To Be Fucking Brilliant To See
Im Not As Smart As I Seem To Be
Im Not As Bright As I Used To Be
Im Not As Sharp As I Think I Am
Im Not As Smart As I Seem
Im Not As Bright As I Seem
10 Dick (08:07)
They Say Everything I Could Think
Think Every Think I Could Leak
Hear Every Word Without Listening
I'm A Dick
I'm Gonna Know Everything
Know Everything That Was True
Seen Everything I Could See
Been Everything I Could Be
I'm A Dick
Waiting To Be Kicked
Read Everything I Could Read
Have Everything I Could Need
Seen Everything I Could See
Been Everything I Could Be
I'm A Dick
Waiting To Be Kicked
11 Just Try (04:41)
If you just try
Telling me why
Wise and old
Still I know the sun
And built cities
Where the rivers run
Telling me why
If you just try
Just try telling me why
If you just try
Alacazam put a sham down
She was a good hand
Oh now that she died
Well I swear bye-bye
She would have tried
12 Nothing (Lifestyle of a Tortured Artist for Sale) (03:52)
You Want For Nothing
Thats What You Decide
Always On Always Gone
Cause You All Want Nothing
Thats You Inside
Always Good Always On
And You Only Want Nothing
For Yourselves
Always Want The Other Side
You Could Be Trying
Its Enuf To Always Try Thats A Life For You
Any Cause That You Wanna Do
What Thats All Fine
Except For Anything That You Do To Me
And You Want For Nothing
You Want For Nothing
Cause You Want For Nothing
Nothing
13 Grunge Betty (03:32)
Hey!
Hey Well I Rise Today
I Cant Seem To Find What I Want You For
I Open My Eyes And I Wake On The Floor
You Open The Door
Awake On The Floor
Cant Seem To Find What I Want You For
Cause Latley Baby
Oh Yeah Im Wasting
Tons Of Time
Tons Of Time
Tons Of Time
Hey!
Hey Well I Rise Today
I Cant Seem To Find What I Want You For
I Open My Eyes And I Wake On The Floor
You Open The Door
Awake On The Floor
Cant Seem To Find What I Want You For
Cause Latley Baby
Oh Yeah Im Wasting
Tons Of Time
Tons Of Time
Tons Of Time
Two Three Four
Tons Of Time
Tons Of Time
Tons Of Time
Tons Of Time
Tons Of Time
Tons Of Time
Tons Of Time
14 Prelude: It's a Fast-Driving Rave-Up With The Dandy Warhols Sixteen Minutes (00:51)
16 Finale: It's a Fast-Driving Rave-Up With The Dandy Warhols Sixteen Minutes (04:58)
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