«Con gruppi come i Queers ci fai poco o niente...».
Questo il commento in cui mi sono imbattuto leggendo una vecchia pagina di DeBaser. Per carità di patria, evito di menzionare il solone autore della perla, ma gli dedico cordialmente le tre paroline che aprono «Love Songs For The Retarded»: you suck motherfucker! E mi astengo dal tradurne il significato, peraltro intuibile.
Perché a me non mi toccate i Queers: ché se mai ho covato il dubbio di mutare il nomignolo che mi affibbiarono vent'anni fa, è stato solo per rimpiazzarlo con Granola-Head o Noodlebrain; ché ho comprato prima il loro «Rocket To Russia»», e solo qualche anno dopo l'originale.
E soprattutto non mi toccate «Love Songs ...», sedici brani tiratissimi registrati in nemmeno venti ore tra il 7 e l'8 novembre 1993, sotto l'egida di Ben Weasel e Mass Giorgini per la Lookout Records.
Punk, hardcore e pop, di questo si tratta: e se negli anni ‘70 il punto di riferimento è «Rocket To Russia» e negli anni ‘80 «Milo Goes To College», negli anni ‘90 è tempo di «Love Songs For The Retarded». Ecco chi sono i Queers, un incrocio fatale tra i Ramones ed i Descendents, tra idea melodica pop sixties e ruvida pratica hardcore punk.
Senza scordare che Joe, B-Face e Hugh non vogliono rischiare di passare inosservati, per cui scelgono di chiamarsi «Le Checche», intitolano un brano «Finalmente A Ursula Sono Cresciute Le Tette», un altro «Non Riesco A Smettere Di Scorreggiare», un altro ancora «La Notte Delle Checche Livide» ... e giù accuse di sessismo, omofobia e tutto il desolante campionario del genere. Pari pari la sorte toccata agli analoghi Hard-Ons, pari pari la reazione: un sonoro «Fottetevi!» cantato in faccia a tutti i benpensanti sostenitori del politically correct rocchettaro ed una grassa risata per seppellirli.
Ha poco senso segnalare un brano piuttosto che un altro, ma non posso esimermi dal raccomandare in rapidissima successione «Ursula Finally Has Tits», «Teenage Bonehead», «Fuck This World», «Feeling Groovy», «Debra Jean», «Noodlebrain», «Granola-Head» (la «Pinhead» degli anni ‘90), «I Won't Be» e soprattutto «Daydreaming», perfetti esempi di quella simbiosi tra punk, hardcore, pop e melodia assassina che ha reso i Queers, a dispetto della semplicità, ripetitività ed apparente banalità della proposta, un gruppo da non dimenticare. L'unico difetto è che non attaccano mai con «One, two, three, four», mannaggia a loro.
Nient'altro da dire, se non che l'idiota che con i Queers ci fa poco o niente ero io, sorpreso un anno fa in un momento di alterazione più profonda del solito, per cui mi rigiro ancora una volta il meritato: you suck motherfucker! E metto 5 pallini sperando che Le Checche mi perdonino.
Oh, se mai mi capitasse di denigrare i Ramones, non mi insultate ma dite una preghiera per me.
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01 You're Tripping (01:52)
You suck
Motherfucker
I hate;White Power"
I hate you band
Can't you see
This ain't Nazi Germany
Bring on the beers
'Cause we are the Queers
You're Tripping
You're Tripping
Oh yeah;[x4]
You suck
Motherfucker
Your face is ugly
Your brain's in space
Can't you see
This ain't 1943
Bring on the beers
'Cause we are the Queers
[Chorus]
04 Teenage Bonehead (02:20)
My folks had me commited just two weeks ago
My best friend ran off with my girl - those two damn bozos
Oh and don't you know it hurts
But hey she ain't the first
She ain't the first
I was a teenage bonehead - Yes it's true
I was a teenage bonehead - A-wah-ooh-ooh
I was a teenage bonehead just because of you
My parents kicked me out, I'm sick of them so I don't care
My girl sent me a post card saying "Glad that you're not here"
Oh and don't you know it hurts
But hey she ain't the first
She ain't the first
[Chorus]
She never said goodbye to me, now I sit here wondering
Where she is and what she's eating...
Oh and don't you know it hurts
But hey she ain't the first
She ain't the first
[Chorus]
07 Feeling Groovy (02:21)
I'm feeling so sick, someone get me a beer
My life is a shambles, you know I'm a Queer
My head it really pounds and pounds
Records just go round and round
Mom and Dad - they just hate my guts
The only girls I know are sluts
Say I'm deeply troubled
Oh I shake my head it just ain't so
Daddy beat me with a hose
Got kicked out of the Webelos
Feeling so groovy
I'm feeling so groovy
I'm feeling so groovy it sucks
Phone's disconnected, hey I'll never learn
Just eleven more months 'til my income tax returns
I'm really not that dumb you know
Got lots of beer and Tuinols
Ran over Rin Tin Tin today
His Alpo's mine now, hey it's great
Say I'm deeply troubled
Oh I shake my head it just ain't so
Daddy beat me with a hose
Kicked out of the Webelos
[Chorus]
Well I was walking down the street
With my head held high
Thinking everything was alright
When a big fat bird came and shit on my head
Man that's the story of my life
Feeling so sick, someone get me a beer
My life is a shambles, you know I'm Joe Queer
I'm not really that dumb you know
Got lots of beer and Tuinols
Ran over Rin Tin TIn today
His Alpo's mine now, hey it's great
Say I'm deeply troubled
Oh I shake my head it just ain't so
I've gone completely out of hand
I want Dan Vapid in my band
[Chorus]
10 NoodleBrain (02:27)
Sittin' drinkin' a brew. trying not to think of you I think you suck - you acted like a slut Did you ever really like me I think I know the answer Fuck you Well listen up - this stupid song's for you You're a noodle brain and I hate you You're a noodle brain you're ugly You're a noodle brain you're so stupid You're a noodle brain just like me Sittin' drinkin' a brew and I'm feeling like a stooge You're the reason why I drank all that beer last night Did you ever really like me I think I know the answer Fuck you Well listen up - this is what I think you [Chorus x2]
12 Night of the Livid Queers (02:20)
Am I going crazy or is it my empty head
B-Face is so lazy all day he stays in bed
Going out with Nikki made Hugh's brain go dim
But Johhny Ramone knows I can play faster than him
GO
GO
Flippin' out I'm trippin' out
I'm really shittin' now
Night of the Livid Queers <i>[x2]
A.J. hangs around with total acne on his face
Me and Lash are slingin' hash over at Joe's Place
The Queers threw all the knuckle-heads out the fuckin' door
B-Face better clean all the puke up off the floor
[Chorus]
15 Monster Zero (02:17)
I took her to the drive-in, she looked so sweet
We started necking in the back seat
She says she's crazy, well I'm crazy too
I think that bonehead should stop sniffing glue
I think she's nuts, I think she's really gone
I think she's on pot
She's crazy, I'm lazy, who gives a fuck
Oh Yeah...
Monster Zero <i>[x4]
I think she's whacked out, she thinks I'm cheap
I tried to kiss her but she fell asleep
Thought I impressed her with my dad's car
She's looking at me like I'm a retard
I think she's nuts, I think she's really gone
I think that she's on pot
She's crazy, I'm lazy, who gives a fuck
Oh Yeah...
Monster Zero <i>[x4]
16 Day Dreaming (03:49)
Yeah, I was thinking that my life was all through
But now it ain;t since I got you
Oh honey don't, don't you be so cool
Stick with me, I'll stick with you
Yeah, you taught me wrong from right
And now I brush my teeth every night
Oh honey don't, don't you be so cruel
Stick with me, I'll stick with you
I used to think some girls were really the most
But I know better now
Is this infatuation or just my imagination...
I'm daydreaming my life away 'cause of you
Yeah, I love the funny clothes that you wear
And the little things you do to your hair
Oh honey don't, don't you be so cool
Stick with me, I'll stick with you
I used to think some girls were really the most
But I know better now
I always wished I always hoped
And they always let me down
So don't say maybe 'cause I need you baby now
Is this infatuation or just my imagination...
I'm daydreaming my life away 'cause of you
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Di fandingo
Musica senza troppe pretese, dunque.
Un giorno dobbiam pur morire e che forse, a volte non val la pena di prenderci così sul serio.
