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Questo disco parla di locali fumosi sui docks, sporchi e decadenti come le figure dei loro frequentatori. Parla di vite vissute sul filo di un rasoio. Di serate alcoliche tra vibranti pulsioni sessuali e zuffe accese per un qualche dimenticato motivo. Questo disco racconta di porte cigolanti che si aprono e si chiudono dinnanzi a questi ennesimi perdenti del rock’n’roll.
Eppure all’inizio degli anni novanta i Quireboys hanno ottenuto il loro breve ed effimero momento di notorietà, scalando le chart del Regno Unito e intraprendendo tour di supporto a grossi calibri come Guns’n’Roses e Soundgarden. Ma come disse nonmiricordochi “in cima ad ogni vetta si è sull'orlo di un abisso”. Saranno le vertigini o più semplicemente un’ispirazione mai più ripetuta, resta il fatto che il gruppo è presto ritornato ai propri polverosi bassifondi. Non è comunque da tutti lasciare dei lavori così onesti e coinvolgenti come “A Bit of What You Fancy”. Per carità, non parlerò di gioiello in questo caso. Trattasi di semplice bigiotteria. Ma di quella che riesce sempre a catturarci per qualche inspiegabile ragione.
Una musica da scorrere tutta di un sorso, come whiskey appena uscito dalla botte. Puro rock’n’roll divertente e scanzonato, specchio dell’energia ed incoscienza della gioventù, condito da un generoso bicchiere di blues. Quel rock’n’roll vibrante e rumoroso come un martello pneumatico, che rimanda alle solite vecchie pietre che rotolano. Chi ha vissuto quegli anni probabilmente si ricorderà di Spike, il leader dei Quireboys. Se non per il singolare nome, probabilmente per le immancabili e colorite bandane. Spero invece ci sia anche qualcuno che come me lo ricorda per la sua voce calda e passionale. Quell’ugola roca e grintosa che tanto ricorda il Rod Stewart dei bei tempi andati.
Cosa altro dire di questo disco? Dodici canzoni che invitano a ballare, a vivere la vita per quello che è. Con le loro atmosfere calde ed eccitanti, che sanno riscaldare i cuori più impavidi. E a quelli che odiano il track-by-track vorrei descrivere il piano saltellante e gli ululati alcolici del trascinante singolo "7'o clock". Oppure le emozionanti ballate da pomiciata con qualsiasi essere dalla parvenza femminile come “I Don’t Love You Anymore” e “Roses and Rings”. E ancora i pigri ed efficaci riff di chitarra e quei ritornelli ruffiani da canticchiare al culmine di una delirante sbronza di “There She Goes Again” e “Hey You”. E qui mi fermo. Se vi ho incuriosito o al contrario vi ho fatto incazzare con la kappa, allora adesso potete pure scaricare l’adrenalina con “A Bit of What You Fancy”.
Non attaccatevi alla bottiglia però, ci sono altri modi per arrivare all’anima delle cose. La musica è uno di questi.
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04 Sex Party (02:36)
Sharper than steel I cut like a knife You better start running �fore the lightning strikes Come on along have a good time You all been invited to a sex party Sex party, yeah sex party, you all been invited to a sex party With me (sex party), tonight (sex party), you all been invited to a sex party Laugh it's no joke I'll spit in your eye You'll love it from the moment y'all come inside Come on along boys girls free You all been invited to a sex party Sex party, yeah sex party, you all been invited to a sex party With me (sex party), tonight (sex party), you all been invited to a sex party Sex party, sex party, you all been invited to a sex party Sex party, sex party, you all been invited to a sex party Sex party, sex party, you all been invited to a sex party I love the way you walk, love the way you talk I like the things y'all do to me yeah Want you honey, need you baby You all been invited to a sex party Sex party, yeah sex party, you all been invited to a sex party With me (sex party), tonight (sex party), you all been invited to a sex party Well I love the way you walk, love the way you talk I like the things y'all do to me yeah Want you honey, need you baby You all been invited to a sex party.
05 Sweet Mary Ann (03:39)
Get my hat get my coat get my suitcase in the hall
And I won’t forget the letters that you wrote me
Oh cry, cry when I’m away, but my love will always stay
Right home, right home next to you
Well I’d go whoah whoah whoah
You’ll always be my friend
Whoah whoah whoah
You showed me who I am
Whoah whoah whoah
Darling understand
Well I thank you my sweet Mary Ann
Well I walked down that road
Down that rocky rocky line yeah
But I’ll always have your shoulder to cry on
And I sure, sure won’t forget
And I sure will never regret
Being close, being close to someone like you yeah
I’d go whoah whoah whoah
You’ll always be my friend yeah
Whoah whoah whoah
You showed me who I am yeah
Whoah whoah whoah
Darling understand
Well I thank you my sweet Mary Ann
Oh now I look back in time
You showed me the right from the wrong
I just wanna say how much this all meant to me
Now I walked out that door but I’ll always remember your ways
I’d go whoah whoah whoah
You’ll always be my friend yeah
Whoah whoah whoah
You showed me who I am yeah
Whoah whoah whoah
Darling understand
Well I thank you my sweet Mary Ann
07 Hey You (03:20)
Jenny was a shy girl I gave her my love
And everything she was dreaming of
She don’t want me that’s alright
Aint no reason no time to fight
I caught you out no word of a lie
See you walking with another guy
All ya said and all ya done
Oh baby, you did me wrong yeah
Hey you what can I do
Can’t you stand by your man like the other girls can
Hey you what can I do
Can’t you stand by your man like the other girls can
All the girls can
Show me how this happened so fast
All you wanted and all you asked
I gave it all my everything
What you wanted and don’t complain
Sure is sad now it’s a fact
Made a fool of me behind my back
All those stories and all them lies
Oh baby, you never compromised yeah
Hey you what can I do
Can’t you stand by your man like the other girls can
Hey you what can I do
Can’t you stand by your man like the other girls can
All the girls can
Hey you what can I do
Can’t you stand by your man like the other girls can
Hey you what can I do
Can’t you stand by your man like the other girls can
Hey you what can I do
Can’t you stand by your man like the other girls can
Hey you what can I do
Can’t you stand by your man like the other girls can
Hey you, hey you
Stand by your man like the other girls can
Hey you what can I do…
11 There She Goes Again (02:56)
Sitting in a bar room must have gone past ten Well I had the kind of day I never want again I got this gun pointing to my head Gonna pull the trigger baby cos you want me dead It's got so bad hey what ya doing to me Everywhere I look what do I see Whoah whoah whoah there she goes again ooh yeah Whoah whoah whoah there she goes again Night time turns to morning it's a cold but sunny day I must have walked a million miles to get this far away I've been in every bar in every town No matter where I go you're there when I turn round It's got so bad hey what ya doing to me Everywhere I look what do I see Whoah whoah whoah there she goes again ooh yeah Whoah whoah whoah there she goes again It's got so bad hey what ya doing to me Everywhere I look It's driving me out my mind can't you let me go I don't really want ya baby no no no Whoah whoah whoah there she goes again ooh yeah Whoah whoah whoah there she goes again Whoah whoah whoah there she goes again ooh yeah Whoah whoah whoah there she goes again...
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