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È un fatto empirico. Se hai una precisa e determinata personalità, anche se sei una bestia, sicuramente vieni fuori e, nel bene o nel male, almeno una cosa nella vita la azzecchi e per quella puoi essere ricordato.
Dopo un week end pazzesco a base di tegole, vernice, rubinetti, salopette, birre e arrizzacervelli vari, spiaggia, ondine leggerissime, musica, caldo e freschetto serale, torno nel mio letto autunno / inverno / primavera sicuro che le The Donnas rispondono scientificamente alla precedente, banaloide, considerazione. Io queste le ho seguite da quando hanno iniziato (1998) su suggerimento di un cugino diretto e pazzo che vive in quel di L.A.. Uhm, di fatto le ho sempre ritenute da 2, massimo 3, sulle loro produzioni, quindi nulla di veramente buono – piccolo richiamo personale al recensore di Gold Medal qui su DeB: suvvia, 4 a quell’album è davvero troppino J -. Però – però! – devo riconoscere che, pur non stupendomi mai, hanno sempre saputo accompagnare serate folli da festa in casa chiusi per tre giorni. E anche una dal vivo che non ricorderò come il miglior live della mia vita ma di certo ricorderò. Vecchi brani come Get Rid Of That Girl (dal disco d’esordio), Rock N’ Roll Machine (dalla seconda sbomballatissima release), 40 Boys In 40 Nights (dalla quarta fatica !?!) un po’ di peperoncino piccante in quel posto lì lo mettono. Eccome. Però – però? – c’è pure da dire che il genere proposto da sempre, uno sminuzzamento di grezzo e adolescenziale rock n’ roll, raffinato con un po’ di teen punk demenziale, non mi ha mai pienamente zuccherato la tazza da the.
Un indizio (per i miei gusti) delizioso lo hanno all’anagrafe e risponde alla provenienza: Palo Alto, California. Di per sé mi basta ad analizzare queste quattro squinternate più a fondo.
Nonostante un party rock americanissimo e spesso fin troppo yankee per essere apprezzato da noi poveri europei, le 4 tipe che si fanno chiamare tutte Donna (che trovata eh?) non sono state indifferenti alla storia della musica casinista del mondo. Sembrava che volessero andare alla ricerca di uno stile ramonesiaco, tutto partiture semplici a ritmi sostenuti. Ma i contenuti (e i risultati) erano un bel po’ diversi. A questo punto, dopo il primo omonimo disco, iniziano a guardarsi attorno e pian piano trovano la chiave di volta. In un territorio già abbondantemente seminato dai Motley Crue, le ragazze iniziano a raccogliere il frutto del lavoro altrui, ibridandolo con quello delle altre girls (dai, diciamolo, Girlschool) di cui avrebbero voluto raccogliere l’eredita. Quindi Ramones, Motley Crue e Girlschool (e naturalmente, di riflesso, Motorhead). È con la quinta prova in studio, questo "Spend The Night" del 2002, che le “dominatrici” raggiungono il loro apice musicale, riuscendo a tirare fuori il palo alto e producendo un signor (o signora) disco.
Pur non essendoci dentro nulla di geniale, il divertimento di base che hanno sempre saputo garantire questa volta è accompagnato da una produzione davvero perfetta (firmata Carmer e Shimp) che lucida a dovere la carrozzeria degli strumenti delle nostre, pulisce e rende sinuosa e gradevolissima la voce (allontanandola dalla lagna dell’americana che gira per casa ubriaca fracica con la zinna di fuori e gli occhi pallati), affila tutti i brani contenendoli come una cartucciera di proiettili di mitra nella modulare durata 2 / 3 minuti, esagerando con i 4 della finale "5 O’ Clock In The Morning".
Quindi, Donna A. è protagonista di un’ottima prova vocale, giocando su toni bassi da avvenente donna un po’ più matura (ma sempre zoccoletta) rispetto alla voce da teen ager in giro per party in cerca di perdita della verginità che aveva offerto in passato. Le Donna R.F. e C. sono il bastone e la carota che manda avanti velocissimo il disco in un succedersi incessante di brani che ti fanno venire immediatamente voglia di spedire i genitori dai nonni per il week end e organizzare la distruzione della tua-propria casa invitando amici e non (i “non” sarebbero i peggio bulli di quartiere, di cui poi andresti fiero a raccontare in giro). C’è un’energia non indifferente, virale, contagiosa che sub liminalmente agisce sulla capoccia dei più piccoli insinuando quell’unico pensiero “organizza questa festa, organizza questa festa, organizza questa festa…” che, ad un livello di analisi un po’ più seria, rimanda al concetto espresso in apertura. La testa è rimasta quella, le canzoni parlano di ciò che Spud di Trainspotting chiamerebbe spasso, la personalità è ben definita ed è rimasta al 1998. Però cambiano e maturano i ritmi, le composizioni, la tecnica. La malsana voglia di fare casino,come lo avrebbero fatto i protagonisti del film Road Trip, passa dallo stadio high school allo stadio university. Insomma, le ragazze sono diventate grandi e lo dimostrano tirando fuori riff degni della scena Sunset Strip (provate a fare la festa con gli ex compagni di classe e ditemi se non riuscite a rimorchiare quella che avete sempre sognato ascoltando All Messed Up o I Dont’ Care So There) e delle già menzionate Girlschool (ascoltare It’s On The Rocks per credere e cedere). Punkeggiano Dirty Denim, Not The One (a metà tra Ramones e Lemmy), Pass It Around (che fa il culo a tutte le bandacce proposte da MTV). Please Don’t Tease avvicina molto le sonorità ai Great White di Hooked, senza ripercorrerne lo stile ma facendo la parte dei gruppi più sboroni dello Strip (e ci starebbe alla grande “tease” qui). Il pezzo più riuscito, credo, di tutta la loro carriera è il singolo che le ha fatte conoscere al cosmopolita universo metallaro / punk / rocker mondiale: Take It Off. Un omaggio sfacciato alle all female band del passato. Un brano sparatutto davvero azzeccato, che non le regalerà alla storia ma che ha fatto divertire uno sproposito di gente sulle due coste dell’emisfero nord dell’Atlantico. Alcune canzoni le zompo di gran carriera perché è tutto rispondente a quanto già detto, quello che ci sarebbe da dire. Ma Too Bad About Your Girl non la voglio lasciare da parte, in quanto rock n’ roll femminile e acido in tutti i sensi.
Guardate, non saranno niente di che ma questo è un album che vale la pena ascoltare in situazioni in cui sulla serietà e le riflessioni tirate lo sciacquone. Who Invited You, vi chiederanno loro in maniera violenta e rock n’ roll. Voi dite loro che sono stato io. Soprattutto quelli che ascoltano i Green Day. Ecco, proprio voi, potreste dare un senso alle vostre orecchie se le offriste a queste quattro stronzette che se le strizzi trasudano alcol da discount.
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01 It's on the Rocks (02:53)
We're over, I'm done
Yeah, it's time to have some real fun
So I'm callin' all my ladies
We're gonna key your Mercedes
[Chorus]
Well, you're the kinda guy
Who needs attention around the clock
Well you can't even talk
'Cause baby, it's on the rocks
Yeah, it's on the rocks
Well it's me you gotta detox
'Cause baby, it's on the rocks!
Your luvin's like a car crash
You're gone and I got whiplash
You're a stain I can't get out
I tried bleach and I tried Shout!
I apologize for all the noise
I just had to tell all the boys
That you'd rather have a Mai Tai
Then a tall glass of Bud Dry
[Chorus]
It's on the rocks
(echo)It's on the rocks
Yeah, it's on the rocks
(echo)Yeah, it's on the rocks
It's on the rocks
(echo)It's on the rocks
Baby, it's on the rocks!!
02 Take It Off (02:40)
I'm on my second drink
But I've had a few before
I'm trying hard to think
And I think that I want you on the floor
uh-huh, yeah on the floor
Go on and take it off (Take it off)
You got to shake it off baby for me
Come on and break me off (Break me off)
Cause I get what I want and I like what I see
Need your love, one, two, three
Stop starin at my d-cup
Don't waste time just give it to me
C'mon baby just feel me up
C'mon, just give it up
Go on and take it off (Take it off)
You got to shake it off baby for me
Yome on and break me off (Break me off)
Yause I get what I want and I like what I see
Forget the application
You're the right guy for the task
And let me take you on vacation
Just do it, you don't have to ask
Go on and take it off (Take it off)
You got to shake it off baby for me
Come on and break me off (Break me off)
Cause I get what I want and I like what I see
Take it off
Take it off baby for me
Take it off
Take it off baby for me
03 Who Invited You (03:30)
I'm busy talkin' to this guy
When I see outta the corner of my eye...
Look who's here, how you doin'.
Why don't you tell me who let you in?
[Chorus]
We don't care if you think our party's cool
'Cause we do!
And we don't care if you had more fun in Sunday School
'Cause who invited you? Who invited you?
Who invited you?
What do I have to do to get rid of you? Who invited you?
You say you're everyone's best friend
But last night you made fun of all them
You never told me not to tell...
You trusted me, but you don't know me that well!
[Chorus - 2x]
We don't care if you think our party's cool
'Cause we do!
And we don't care if you had more fun in Sunday School
'Cause who invited you? Who invited you?
Who invited you?
What do I have to do to get rid of you?
Who invited you?
Who invited you?
Who invited you?
What do I have to do to get rid of you?
Who invited you?
Face it dude, you can't beat me
In your Charlie Brown shirt and Cavariccis.
Baby, you come up to my waist
You need a barstool to get up in my face...
[Chorus]
We don't care if you think our party's cool
'Cause we do!
And we don't care if you had more fun in Sunday School
'Cause who invited you? Who invited you?
Who invited you?
What do I have to do to get rid of you?
Who invited you?
Who invited you?
Who invited you?
What do I have to do to get rid of you?
Who invited you?
04 All Messed Up (03:11)
Hey...
(v1)
Well, I must've had too many Diet Cokes
'Cause I'm laughin' at all your stupid jokes
You gotta stop spinnin' my head around
You turn me inside out and upside down...nigga
(chorus)
Now I'm all messed up
I don't know what to do
'Cause I'm all messed up
All messed up on you.
All messed up on you
All messed up on you.
(v2)
You know, I didn't mean to get so addicted
It's just like Miss Cleo predicted
(Cleo predicted)
All I wanna do is call you on the phone
You got me higher than the ozone!
(chorus)
Now I'm all messed up
I don't know what to do
'Cause I'm all messed up
All messed up on you.
All messed up on you
All messed up on you.
(outraageous guitar solo)
(v3)
Now I just can't get you outta my head
Why don't you just get in my bed?
When I first saw you on your big wheels
Boy you know you had me head over heels!
(chorus)
Now I'm all messed up
I don't know what to do
'Cause I'm all messed up
All messed up on you.
Now I'm all messed up
(All messed up on you)
I don' know what to do
(All messed up on you)
'Cause I'm all messed up
(All messed up on you)
All messed up on you.
05 Dirty Denim (03:25)
You look like you only slept for an hour,
You smell like you havent taken a shower,
And your hair is so dirty,
It makes you look like your thrity.
Pants are slung way too low.
I see stuff I don't wanna know.
I wonder why your so moody...
Is it 'cause you got no booty?
Baby, please you must be outta your mind
Do I look like I want your dirty denim?
Listen up, I'm only sayin this one more time (one more time)
Can you hear me say I don't want your dirty denim...
Dirty denim3x
I hate to say it, but their all the same
Even everybody knows their name.
But how can they break my heart
If i cant even tell them apart.
I can tell that you think I'm impressed
But do you think your gonna get me undressed?
'Cause if you do I got bad news,
I wasn't winkin, that was just the booze.
Baby please you must be outta your mind
Do i look like I want your dirty denim (dirty denim)
Listen up im only sayin this one more time (one more time)
Can you hear me say I don't want your dirty denim (dirty denim)
I don't want your
I don't need your
I don't want your
I don't need your
You paid $200 to look like that?!
You oughta check out the landromat!
Baby please you must be outta your mind
Do I look like i want your dirty denim(dirty denim)
Listen up im only sayin this one more time (one more time)
Can you hear me say i don't want your dirty denim (dirty denim)
Dirty denim 3x
07 I Don't Care (So There) (02:47)
Met a shy guy from Knoxville, Tennessee
High school, yum yum, gim'me some Hennessy
I threw him a ball but he didn't hit it
Said 'gim'me a call' but he never did it
I-I-I don't care,
I don't care if you don't wanna bother with me baby
'Cause I-I-I don't care.
I don't care!
There's always better guys everywhere, so there
Never gonna say that I'm sorry I kissed him
Guess it's not my day, he turned and I missed him
I was workin' overtime, Now I just want to walk out
I just tried to make him mine, it's not like he's a knockout..
I-I-I don't care,
I don't care if you don't wanna bother with me baby
'Cause I-I-I don't care.
I don't care!
There's better guys everywhere, so there.
I-I-I don't care,
I don't care if you don't wanna bother with me baby
'Cause I-I-I don't care.
I don't care!
There's better guys everywhere, so there.
I-I-I don't care,
I don't care if you don't wanna bother with me baby
'Cause I-I-I don't care.
I don't care!
There's better guys everywhere, so there
08 Pass It Around (03:27)
Well its only Thursday and it's no one's birthday
But were goin' out for the night
Make a few stops , avoid the traffic cops
Pick up some whiskey and some dynamite
But theres always someone who's gotta spoil it for the rest of the gang
You're such a little bogart and I'm sorry but you just can't hang
Why don't you pass it around
Don't bring the party down
If you don't pass it around We'll run you right out of this town
Well its already Friday gonna do it my way
Everything's ready to go
But later on all the beer is gone
Downed by some guys I don't even know
But theres always someone who's gotta spoil it for the rest of the gang
You're such a little bogart and I'm sorry but you just can't hang
Why don't you pass it around
Don't bring the party down
If you don't pass it around We'll run you right out of this town
Why don't you pass it around
Don't bring the party down
If you don't pass it around We'll run you right out of this town
Pass that grass, pass it around
Pass that grass, pass it around
Pass that grass, pass it around
Pass it around don't bring the party down
Saturday night don't really wanna hide
You get 'em if you didn't pay
Tell your little brother to go buy another
Gimme back my Tamberay
But theres always someone who's gotta spoil it for the rest of the gang
You're such a little bogart and I'm sorry but you just can't hang
Why don't you pass it around
Don't bring the party down
If you don't pass it around We'll run you right out of this town
Why don't you pass it around
Don't bring the party down
If you don't pass it around We'll run you right out of this town
10 Not the One (02:45)
Our first date was our last date
You're the kinda guy that I love to hate
No I don't want your eggs and bacon
And when I kissed, I was fakin'
I gotta let you know
That you have to let me go
I thought you were the one
But baby you're no fun
And you're not the one, not the one
You were hot til you took off your shirt
So skinny babe, makes my eyes hurt
You're damaged goods so I don't even care
About the color of your underwear
I gotta let you know
That you have to let me go
I thought you were the one
But baby you're not fun
And you're not the one, not the one
I don't wanna check it out anymore
I got your number and there's the door
There's something missin in your head
And I got no room for you in my bed
I gotta let you know
That you have to let me go
I thought you were the one
But baby you're no fun
And you're not the one (x2)
Not the one
11 Please Don't Tease (02:50)
Baby
Do you think that sometime,
maybe
We could go out.
You don't have to be such a boy scout.
What'cha givin' is not enough.
So baby I'll call your bluff.
Cause you're just a tease.
Baby
Please Don't Tease.
I'm gettin' down on my knees.
Baby
Please Don't Tease.
C'mon & give it to me.
Hey now
I'm gonna get with you somehow.
I'm on a misson.
I got to get your permission.
You shouldn't've tried to look so good.
If you don't wanna be misunderstood.
Cause you're just a tease.
Baby
Please don't tease.
I'm gettin' down on my knees.
Baby
Please Don't tease
C'mon & give it to me.
Don't act like you really want it.
Cause we're never gonna get down on it.
If you're just a tease.
I'm gettin' down on my knees.
If you're just a tease.
C'mon & give it to me.
Baby please don't tease!!!
If you're just a tease.
I'm gettin' down on my knees.
If you're just a tease.
C'mon & give it to me.
12 Take Me to the Backseat (02:22)
Verse:
Don't wanna go to the mall, don't wanna go to the movies. I think we've done it all, just take me to the backseat.
Don't wanna hear you talking, don't wanna play your game. Let's get this baby rockin' just take me to the backseat.
You don't wanna get high, you don't wanna get low. So c'mon let's go and get on it, yeah.
Chorus:
Honey please,
Just take me to the backseat,
Just take me to the backseat.
Where no one else can see,
I know you're into me,
Just take me to the backseat,
And get ready for me, honey please.
Verse:
Don't wanna be your friend,
Don't try to take me home. This won't happen again,
Just take me to the backseat. I don't wanna get high, you don't wanna get low. So c'mon let's go
and get on it yea.
Chorus:
Honey please,
Just take me to the backseat,
Just take me to the backseat.
Where no one else can see,
I know you're into me,
Just take me to the backseat,
And get ready for me, honey please.
Bridge:
Do you need a map?
Let's get the night cap.
I'll make it sticky sweet.
Chorus:
Honey please,
Just take me to the backseat,
Just take me to the backseat.
Where no one else can see,
I know you're into me,
Just take me to the backseat,
And get ready for me, honey please.
13 5 O'Clock in the Morning (04:13)
Tonight I cant wait,
Everyone is gonna be there! We'll be a little late,
But no one really cares...
(pre-chorus)
Its a party when we start playin',
Come on baby thats what I'm sayin',
(chorus)
Don't try to stop me Freddy,
Cause the nights a neverender!
Now I'm drinking steady...
Tell your mom i didnt mean to offend her!
And if you can't keep up,
Then you better shut up!
Cause tonight I'm gonna stay out till 5 o'clock in the mornin'!
(v2)
Well I really like you
But I just cant talk right now
Sure, I'll sign your shoe
Since you got backstage somehow...
(pre-chorus)
Its a party when we start playin',
Come on baby thats what I'm sayin',
(chorus)
Don't try to stop me Freddy,
Cause the nights a neverender!
Now I'm drinking steady...
Tell your mom i didnt mean to offend her!
And if you can't keep up,
Then you better shut up!
Cause tonight I'm gonna stay out till 5 o'clock in the mornin'!
(bridge)
It's time for everyone to get out of here!
But I think we'll stick around and finish off the beer
Dont get lazy, it's about to get crazy
Just wait till you see what we did with the chandelier!!
(v3)
Well theres nothing to eat,
But we got a big bottle of liquor
Its a little to sweet,
But it always works so much quicker
I get so excited and ready to go
Sweats gonna pour all through the show
Yea-ah!
(chorus)
Don't try to stop me Freddy,
Cause the nights a neverender!
Now I'm drinking steady...
Tell your mom i didnt mean to offend her!
And if you can't keep up,
Then you better shut up!
Don't try to stop me Freddy,
Cause the nights a neverender!
Now I'm drinking steady...
Tell your mom i didnt mean to offend her!
And if you can't keep up,
Then you better shut up!
Cause tonight I'm gonna stay out till 5 o'clock in the mornin'!
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