A causa di quell'istintivo trasporto che il mondo della musica riesce ad esercitare nei miei confronti (e di tanti altri che leggono, suppongo), spesso mi sono trovato di fronte ad un grande dilemma: 1) assistere (impassibili!?) alla pubblicazione "oltre tempo" di dischi che si è sempre desiderato possedere? 2) rimanere con il dubbio di come questi dischi sarebbero potuti essere? Personalmente, credo fermamente nella prima alternativa, perciò, vedere, acquistare e valutare con obiettività penso rimanga la miglior soluzione. L'uscita di 'Live!' potrebbe rientrare in questa casistica, considerato il fatto di essere stato realizzato a più di due lustri dallo scioglimento di uno dei gruppi più amati di sempre.
Il lavoro che ci troviamo ad ascoltare consta di due cds; il primo show che ha avuto luogo nel Massachussets è datato 1979, ed è tratto da una trasmissione radiofonica andata in onda durante lo stesso anno, mentre il secondo dischetto riproduce il concerto di Atlanta del 1983, che può essere stato già assaporato dai seguaci di lunga data, attraverso una Vhs pubblicata alcuni anni dopo la fine del gruppo.
La registrazione dello spettacolo tenuto all'Orpheum di Boston raccoglie ben 15 pezzi. Circa un'ora di show, che naturalmente non rifletteva la reale durata dei concerti tenuti in quel periodo dai The Police, fermo restando che gli highlights ci sono tutti più diverse piacevoli sorprese, visto che la miniera inesauribile da cui attingere, era rappresentata prevalentemente dai primi due ineguagliabili capitoli. Dall'opener "Next To You", che si presenta grintosa e nevrotica quanto idonea ed ineccepibile per dare il benvenuto ai propri fans, passando per la schietta "Truth Hits Everybody" fino ad arrivare a quei due pezzi di storia chiamati "Walking On The Moon" e "Message In A Bottle" che ai soli accenni delle rispettive introduzioni, ci regalano incontrollate ed insopprimibili emozioni che sembravano oramai relegate a sostare nello scrigno dei ricordi. Un piacere estatico può essere raggiunto nel sentire le ibride schitarrate di "Penauts" e "Born In The 50's", che hanno sempre rappresentato quel personale e perfetto "melting pot" tra il punk e il rock garantendo l'accesso della band a quei circuiti meno avvezzi a suoni meticci.
Un altro lato meno conosciuto dei tre policemen e che quì viene visibilmente messo in mostra, è sicuramente la capacità di jammare e filtrare sapori tribali con sperimentazioni strumentali di cui "The Bed's Too Big Without You" ne è un esempio, così come l'esecuzione del magnifico esordio discografico del maggio 1977 a nome "Fall Out", e il ripescaggio della b-side di "Message In A Bottle" dal titolo "Landlord", ci fanno dono di una lato della carriera artistica di questo gruppo, che a molti farà sicuramente piacere conoscere. Un'esibizione credibile e genuina capace di catturare un gruppo nel pieno della forma, raffigurante una perfetta sintesi di una promettente band in possesso di quell'attitudine e competenza necessari per guadagnare un posto tra i gruppi "di sempre".
Di taglio totalmente differente è il secondo cd, che ci mostra una band all'apice del successo, che intraprende (quasi) consapevolmente l'ultima tournèe della propria carriera dando il meglio di sè stessa senza mai risparmiarsi, ma fornendo uno spettacolo sempre all'altezza delle aspettative dei suoi estimatori. Il tour in questione che tocca Atlanta a meno di quattro mesi dalla pubblicazione di "Synchronicity", predilige l'ultimo lavoro da cui è possibile ascoltare brani come "Synchronicity II", "Walking In Your Footsteps", l'hit-single "Every Breath You Take" - che godranno di un'impressionante heavy rotation con i rispettivi in videoclips -, nonchè l'apertura lasciata propriamente a "Synchroncity I" pur sè deprivata dell'intro di "Voices Inside My Head" che serviva all'audience e alla band per riscaldare l'atmosfera, con uno dei chorus più azzeccati della loro discografia. A ricordarci che il trio ineccepibile che ci troviamo davanti ha avuto anche un passato, ci sono l'indimenticabile vigore di "Don't Stand So Close To Me", come la spassosa "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" e l'avvincente bellezza senza tempo di "Message In A Bottle". La capacità di rapire definitivamente l'ascoltatore è sicuramente lasciata a quell'eccezionale tripletta (la cui successione rispecchia la cronologica pubblicazione dei rispettivi 45rpm) che vede susseguirsi l'immortale "Roxanne" la seminale "Can't Stand Losing You" (in simbiosi con "Reggatta De Blanc") e "So Lonely" in una long-version davvero sfolgorante.
La differenza più evidente tra i due shows stà nel fatto che nel primo compact disc abbiamo a che fare con un gruppo che per quanto sia ad inizio carriera, dimostra competenza compositiva e capacità tecnica di esecuzione davvero eccellenti, dando priorità assoluta a ritmi e suoni volutamente più aggressivi, che nel secondo cd vengono a moderarsi a vantaggio di una maggior ricercatezza nello stile e nella produzione, caratterizzanti la fase finale del percorso evolutivo del gruppo che (forse) più di tutti ha messo d'accordo fans di differente estrazione musicale. Questa doppia confezione va considerata come un ottimo sunto di una band dal suono inconfondibile, affermatasi attraverso cinque capitoli musicali sempre caratterizzati da una forte individualità, che nulla ha mai tolto a quell'irresistibile miscela di melodie e sonorità , che li ha fatti sempre distinguere dai loro contemporanei partners di Hit-Parade e non.
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01 Next to You (02:59)
I can't stand it for another day
When you live so many miles away.
Nothing here is gonna make me stay,
(You) took me over, let me find a way.
I sold my house
I sold my motor, too.
All I want is to be Next To You.
I'd rob a bank
Maybe steal a plane.
You took me over,
Think I'm goin' insane.
What can I do,
All I want is to be next to you.
What can I do,
All I want is to be next to you.
I've had a thousand girls or maybe more,
But I've never felt like this before.
But I just don't know what's come over me,
You took me over, take a look at me.
What can I do,
All I want is to be next to you.
What can I do,
All I want is to be next to you.
All I want is to be next to you,
All I want is to be next to you,
All I want is to be next to you.
So many times I used to give a sign
Got this feeling, gonna lose my mind.
When all it is is just a love affair.
You took me over baby, take me there.
What can I do
All I want is to be next to you
What can I do
All I want is to be next to you
What can I do
All I want is to be next to you
What can I do
All I want is to be next to you.
All I want is to be next to you...
02 So Lonely (07:36)
Well, someone told me yesterday
That when you throw your love away
You act as if you just don't care
You look as if you're going somewhere
But I just can't convince myself
I couldn't live with no one else
And I can only play that part
And sit and nurse my broken heart
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely
Now, no one's knocked upon my door
For a thousand years or more
All made up and nowhere to go
Welcome to this one-man show
Just take a seat, they're always free
No surprise, no mystery
In this theatre that I call my soul
I always play the starring role
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely
I feel lonely, oh so lonely
I feel so alone
I feel low
I feel so, feel so low
I feel low, low
I feel low, low, low
I feel low, low, low
I feel low, low, low
I feel low, low, low
I feel low, low, low
Low, I feel low
I feel low
I feel low
I feel so lonely
I feel so lonely
I feel so lonely, lonely, lonely, lone
Lonely, lone
I feel so alone, yeah
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely
03 Truth Hits Everybody (02:35)
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Sleep lay behind me like a broken ocean
Strange waking dreams before my eyes unfold
You lay there sleeping like an open doorway
I stepped outside myself and felt so cold
Take a look at my new toy
It'll blow your head in two, oh boy
Truth hits everybody
Truth hits everyone (oh, oh, oh)
Truth hits everybody (oh, oh, oh)
Truth hits everyone (oh, oh, oh)
Truth hits everybody (oh, oh, oh)
Truth hits everyone
I thought about it and my dream was broken
I clutch at images like dying breath
And I don't want to make a fuss about it
The only certain thing in life is death
Take a look at my new toy
It'll blow your head in two, oh boy
Truth hits everybody
Truth hits everyone (oh, oh, oh)
Truth hits everybody (oh, oh, oh)
Truth hits everyone (oh, oh, oh)
Truth hits everybody (oh, oh, oh)
Truth hits everyone
Where you want to be
Won't you ever see
Truth hits everybody
Truth hits everyone (oh, oh, oh)
Truth hits everybody (oh, oh, oh)
Truth hits everyone (oh, oh, oh)
Truth hits everybody (oh, oh, oh)
Truth hits everyone (oh, oh, oh)
Truth hits everybody (oh, oh, oh)
Truth hits everyone (oh, oh, oh)
Truth hits everybody (oh, oh, oh)
Truth hits everyone
04 Walking on the Moon (05:01)
Giant steps are what you take
Walking on the moon
I hope my legs don't break
Walking on the moon
We could walk forever
Walking on the moon
We could live together
Walking on, walking on the moon
Walking back from your house
Walking on the moon
Walking back from your house
Walking on the moon
Feet they hardly touch the ground
Walking on the moon
My feet don't hardly make no sound
Walking on, walking on the moon
Some may say
I'm wishing my days away
No way
And if it's the price I pay
Some say
Tomorrow's another day
You stay
I may as well play
Giant steps are what you take
Walking on the moon
I hope my legs don't break
Walking on the moon
We could walk forever
Walking on the moon
We could be together
Walking on, walking on the moon
Some may say
I'm wishing my days away
No way
And if it's the price I pay
Some say
Tomorrow's another day
You stay
I may as well play
Keep it up, keep it up
05 Hole in My Life (04:10)
Yeah
There's a hole
In my life
There's a hole
In my life
Shadow in my heart
Is tearing me apart
Or maybe it's just something
In my stars
There's a hole
In my life
There's a hole
In my life
Be a happy man
I try the best I can
Or maybe I'm just looking
For too much
There's something missing from my life
Cuts me open like a knife
It leaves me vulnerable
I have this disease
I shake like an incurable
God help me please
Oh, there's a hole
In my life
There's a hole
In my life
Yeah...
06 Fall Out (02:48)
I never thought of leading
I've got my own machine
And I've paid my dues all along
All set for breaking
When I missed those other people
'Cause I knew that I was really alone
Fall out
Fall out with all the leaders and gangs
Fall out
Fall out with all the leaders and gangs
I saw my education
It was my indoctrination
Just to be another parking machine
All my sense was breaking
When I missed those other people
'Cause I knew that I was not very clean
Fall out
Fall out with all the leaders and gangs
Fall out
Fall out with all the leaders and gangs
Fall out!
07 Bring on the Night (05:18)
The afternoon has gently passed me by
The evening spreads its sail against the sky
Waiting for tomorrow
Just another day
God bid yesterday goodbye
Bring on the night
I couldn't spend another hour of daylight
Bring on the night
I couldn't stand another hour of daylight
The future is but a question mark
Hangs above my head there in the dark
Can't see for the brightness
Is staring me blind
God bid yesterday goodbye
Bring on the night
I couldn't spend another hour of daylight
Bring on the night
I couldn't stand another hour of daylight
08 Message in a Bottle (04:29)
Just a castaway, an island lost at sea, oh
Another lonely day, with no one here but me, oh
More loneliness than any man could bear
Rescue me before I fall into despair, oh
I'll send an S.O.S. to the world
I'll send an S.O.S. to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
Message in a bottle, yeah
Message in a bottle, yeah
A year has passed since I wrote my note
But I should have known this right from the start
Only hope can keep me together
Love can mend your life or
Love can break your heart
I'll send an S.O.S. to the world
I'll send an S.O.S. to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
Message in a bottle, yeah
Message in a bottle, yeah
Message in a bottle, yeah
Message in a bottle, yeah
Walked out this morning, don't believe what I saw
Hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore
Seems I'm not alone at being alone
Hundred billion castaways, looking for a home
I'll send an S.O.S. to the world
I'll send an S.O.S. to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
Message in a bottle, yeah
Message in a bottle, yeah
Message in a bottle, yeah
Message in a bottle, yeah
I'm sending out an S.O.S.
I'm sending out an S.O.S.
I'm sending out an S.O.S.
I'm sending out an S.O.S.
09 The Bed's Too Big Without You (08:53)
Bed's too big without you
Cold wind blows right thru my open door
I can't sleep with your memory
Dreaming dreams of what used to be
When she left I was cold inside
That look on my face was just pride
No regrets no love no tears
Living on my own was the least of my fears
Bed's too big without you
The bed's too big without you
The bed's too big
Without you
Since that day when you'd gone
Just had to carry on
I get thru day but late at night
Made love to my pillow but it didn't feel right
Every day, just the same
Old rules for the same old game
All I gained was heartache
All I made was one mistake
Now the bed's too big without you
The bed's too big without you
The bed's too big
Without you
10 Peanuts (03:10)
It's all a game
You're not the same
Your famous name
The price of fame
Oh no
Try to liberate me
I said oh no
Stay and irritate me
I said oh no
Try to elevate me
I said oh no
Just a fallen hero
Don't wanna hear about the drugs you're taking
Don't wanna read about the love you're making
Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking
Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking
You sang your song
For much too long
The songs they're wrong
The bread has gone
Oh no
Try to liberate me
I said oh no
Stay and irritate me
I said oh no
Try to elevate me
I said oh no
Just a fallen hero
Don't wanna hear about the drugs you're taking
Don't wanna read about the love you're making
Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking
Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking
It's all a game
You're not the same
Your famous name
The price of fame
Oh no
Try to liberate me
I said oh no
Stay and irritate me
I said oh no
Try to elevate me
I said oh no
Just a fallen hero
[Oh, you're just a fallen hero]
Don't wanna hear about the drugs you're taking
Don't wanna read about the love you're making
Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking
Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking
Don't wanna find out what you've been taking
Don't wanna read about the love you're making
Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking
Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking
Don't wanna find out what you've been taking
Don't wanna read about the love you're making
Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking
Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking
Peanuts, peanuts
Peanuts
11 Roxanne (04:44)
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Those days are over
You don't have to sell your body to the night
Roxanne
You don't have to wear that dress tonight
Walk the streets for money
You don't care if it's wrong or if it's right
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Ro
I loved you since I knew you
I wouldn't talk down to you
I have you to tell just how I feel
I won't share you with another boy
I know my mind is made up
So put away your make up
Told you once I won't tell you again
It's a bad way
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Roxanne (You don't have to put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (You don't have to put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
Roxanne (Put on the red light)
13 Landlord (02:29)
I don't want to rent a house from you
I don't know how you can expect me to
I ain't moving 'cause I know my rights
Too many homeless on the streets at night
You own a street and a block of flats
You earn your living like the other rats
You've no morality, what do you care
You deal in poverty, you buy despair
I ain't moving 'till the bailiff comes
I've got no weapons, gonna get me some
I ain't moving 'till the bailiff comes
I've got no weapons, gonna get me some
You go and call yourself a business man
You're just a parasite on Pyllosan
You're just a middle class middle aged shit
You sold your granny for a three-penny bit
You own a street and a block of flats
You earn your living like the other rats
You've no morality, what do you care
You deal in poverty, you buy despair
I ain't moving 'till the bailiff comes
I've got no weapons, gonna get me some
I ain't moving 'till the bailiff comes
I've got no weapons, gonna get me some
14 Born in the 50's (04:20)
We were born
Born in the fifties
Born
Born in the fifties
My mother cried
When president Kennedy died
She said it was the Communists
But I knew better
Would they drop the bomb on us
While we made love on the beach
We were the class they couldn't teach
'Cos we knew better
We were born
Born in the fifties
Born
Born in the fifties
They screamed
When the Beatles sang
And they laughed when the King fell down the stairs
Oh they should've known better
Oh we hated our aunt
Then we messed in our pants
Then we lost our faith and prayed to the TV
Oh we should've known better
We were born
Born in the fifties
We freeze like statues on the pages of history
Living was never like this when we took all those G. C. S. E.'s
Oh you opened the door for us
And then you turned to dust
You don't understand us
So don't reprimand us
We're taking the future
We don't need no teacher
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Di fabioz
Il terzetto al top in un concerto davanti a 70000 persone deliranti, con una produzione e amplificazione perfetta.
La formidabile miscela che riuscirono a tirare fuori sti 3 è diventato un sound classico che nessuno a seguire è riuscito a riproporre.
