Penso siano capitati a ciascuno di noi, incontri da cinematografo...del tipo che vedi una ragazza una mattina nella metropolitana...poi gli sguardi si incrociano...certi vis-a-vis entrano come lame nella pelle. Di solito finisce lì e ti resta una fotografia nel ripostiglio della memoria. Oppure inizia qualcosa di inaspettato e pericoloso. Come nel film “The eternal sunshine of the spotless mind”…
Un giorno ho incontrato per caso una copertina intrigante ed un titolo evocativo: “Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers”. Suonano i The National.
Ho ascoltato molto questo disco e mi è piaciuto moltissimo. Le canzoni oscillano tra il cantautorato e l’indie rock. I testi parlano di amori difficili, di illusioni e delusioni. Di rapporti mai consumati e notti in bianco. Di tradimento e gelosia. Della confusione dei ruoli.
I National hanno fatto molti altri dischi e io non ne ho ascoltato nessun'altro tranne questo.
E’ bastato uno sguardo e mi sei entrata dentro. Poi la paura di deluderti e di deludermi.
E tutto si è fermato a quell’istante.
The National - Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers (2003)
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02 Slipping Husband (03:22)
sit down dear we gotta talk
your acting like a kid
we don't wanna hear about
the things you never did
you coulda been a legend
but you became a father
that's what you are today
that's what you are today
spending all your time
somewhere inside your head
haunted by the important
life you coulda lead
but your kisses aren't enough
to keep your kids in line
so you better straighten out yourself
and give your baby time
cause if you don't give her what she needs
she'll get it where she can
she's lonely man
Don't leave yourself alone for too many days
Sooner than you know your gonna start slipping
you'll end up talking to the ghost
of your wife as if you knew her
your eyes will put her everywhere
and spending all your time
somewhere inside your head
haunted by the important
life you coulda lead
you'll fuck yourself to clear your head
you'll close your door and go to bed
you'll try to sleep without a dream
that's where she finds you
that's where she finds you
Don't leave yourself alone for too many days
Sooner than you know your gonna start slipping
Dear we better get a drink in you
before you start to bore us
Dear we better get a drink in you
before you start to bore us
Dear we better get a drink in you
before you start to bore us
"Don't forget the alcohol oooh baby oooh baby ..."
04 It Never Happened (04:37)
We look younger than we feel
And older than we are
Now nobody's funny
No god, they took our fashion week
That's a real bad thing
Cause we have scars to cover
Now I forget how to think
So crack my skull
Rearrange me
Lover put me in your beautiful bed
And cover me
Lover put me in your beautiful bed
Nothing made a sound in Williamstown that night
And all the air was empty
Then what to my wondering eyes should appear
Nothing, cause nothing ever happens here
Now I forget how to think
So crack my skull
Rearrange me
Lover put me in your beautiful bed
And cover me
Lover put me in your beautiful bed
Nothing ever happened here
Nothing ever happened here
Bad things never happen to the beautiful
05 Murder Me Rachael (03:45)
I saw my love with pretty boy
I saw my love with pretty boy
murder me Rachael I made a mistake
I loved her to ribbons
loved her to ribbons
murder me Rachael I made a mistake
murder me Rachael
murder me Rachael
I saw my love with pretty boy
I saw my love with pretty boy
so say goodbye to pretty boy
just say goodbye to pretty boy
her pretty little ribbons
her pretty little name
sew it in my skin
never go away
her pretty little ribbons
her pretty little name
sew it in my skin
never go away
I saw my love with pretty boy
I saw my love with pretty boy
so say goodbye to pretty boy
just say goodbye to pretty boy
tomorrow won't be pretty
tomorrow won't be pretty
love her to ribbons
love her to ribbons
love her to ribbons
love her to ribbons
love her to ribbons
07 Available (03:20)
Did you clean yourself
for me last night
put the water out and donned a marigold
in your hair to bring me here
and tie one on you
did you dress me down and liquor me up
to make me last for the minute
when the red comes over you
like it does when you're filled with love
or whatever you call it
do you feel alone when I'm in my head
while you wait for me
to take my breath
do you still feel clean
when the only dirt is the dirt I left
how can you blame yourself
when I did everything I wanted to
you just made yourself available
you just made yourself available
why did you dress me down (repeat)
and liquor me up (repeat)
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