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Un giorno nel 2004, quando ancora (ahimè) ascoltavo quegli stupidi dei Maroon 5 e quella troietta di Avril Lavigne, mi capita di sentire per televisione "In The Shadows" di questi The Rasmus, sconosciuti per me allora. Dai non è maluccio, di sicuro non è gran canzone, ma un po' ci siamo.
Decido allora in estate di comprare il loro CD, "Dead Letters". Ignorando completamente il bizzarro titolo del disco (in italiano suppongo sia "Lettere morte") inizio ad ascoltarlo. Come inizio non è male, "First Day Of My Life" non è maluccio, una buona canzone carica di energia rock e una buona tonalità della voce di Lauri Ylonen, cantante della band. Troviamo poi sicuramente la canzone miglore dell'album, ovvero "In The Shadows", energica track che insieme all'album, raggiunsero rispettivamente la Top 10 e la Top 3 nelle classifiche inglesi, ed entrambi entrarono nella Top 50 della classifica australiana, contemporaneamente arrivando al vertice della classifica dei singoli in Nuova Zelanda. Il singolo ha inoltre raggiunto la Top 20 delle classifiche Billboard Heatseeker, il che è un buon traguardo.
Troviamo poi alla 3 "Still Standing" canzone all'inizio calma e rilassante per dopo trasformarsi in una scatenata rock song, ma a mio parere piuttosto noiosa. Dopo questa possiamo dire che c'è l'ultima canzone "carina" di quest'album, ovvero "In My Life", bella sonata rock, molto scatenata dove le tonalità canore del cantante raggiungono il massimo. Altre canzoni da segnalare sono "Guilty", apprezzata dalla maggior parte della gente, anche se io non ci vedo nulla di particolare, una ripetitiva rock song che non fa che ripetersi, e poi "Funeral Song", proprio da funerale da quanto triste e noiosa è. Questo gruppo, formatosi nel 1994, ha finora fatto 7 album, raggiungendo comunque un modesto successo, talvolta rovinato da delle forti reazioni da parte del pubblico, che al "Reading Festival" nel 2004 lanciarono bottiglie di plastica, finchè la band non fu costretta a lasciare il palco.
Ma tornando all'album, disco modesto, magari buono per gli amanti del genere rock/metal commerciale. Successivamente, nel 2005 uscì il loro settimo album, "Hide From The Sun", che riscontrò uno scarso successo per la modesta qualità delle canzoni del calibro di "No Fear", prima ad essere pubblicata, "Sail Away", un pochino meglio e "Shot". Gli altri componenti di questa band finlandese, sono Pauli Rantasalmi, chitarrista, Aki Hakala, batterista e come bassista Eero Heinonen. Che razza di nomi...
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01 First Day of My Life (03:44)
I feel like I'm stoned, I wanna be alone, just for a while, unknown,
Weeks on the road, a long way from home, just shut off the phone,
And you say I'll heal you .
I'll always be yours
And you say I'll kill you if I do something wrong,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Still feels like the first time
To stand here by your side
Together regardless
We'll walk through the darkness
Still feels like the first day of my life
Remember the times, together we swore to never give up this life
Still hanging on, still going strong, here I belong
And maybe I'm crazy but I just can't slow down
And maybe I'm crazy but at least I'm still around,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Still feels like the first time
To stand here by your side
Together regardless
We'll walk through the darkness
Still feels like the first day of my life
Feels like the first day of my life
Feels like the first time
Still feels like the first day of my life
Still feels like the first time
To stand here by your side
Together regardless
We'll walk through the darkness
Still feels like the first day of my
Still feels like the first day of my
Still feels like the first day of my life
02 In the Shadows (04:06)
Ooh-ooh ooh-ooh
No sleep,
No sleep, until I'm done with finding the answer
Won't stop,
Won't stop, before I find the cure for this cancer
Sometimes I feel like going down I'm so disconnected
Somehow I know that I am haunted to be wanted
I've been watching, I've been waiting
In the shadows for my time
I've been searching, I've been living
For tomorrows all my life
Ooh-ooh ooh-ooh
In the shadows
Ooh-ooh ooh-ooh
In the shadows
They say that I must learn to kill before I can feel safe
But I, I'd rather kill myself than turn into their slave
Sometimes I feel that I should go and play with the thunder
Somehow I just don't wanna stay and wait for a wonder
I've been watching, I've been waiting
In the shadows for my time
I've been searching, I've been living
For tomorrows all my life
Lately, I've been walking, walking in circles
Watching, waiting for something
Feel me, touch me, heal me
Come take me higher
I've been watching, I've been waiting
In the shadows for my time
I've been searching, I've been living
For tomorrows all my life
I've been watching..........
I've been waiting..........
I've been searching..........
I've been living..........
for tomorrows.....
Ooh-ooh ooh-ooh
In the shadows.....
I've been waiting...
03 Still Standing (03:32)
I wish you were here tonight with me to see the northern lights.
I wish you were here tonight with me.
I wish I could have you by my side tonight when the sky is burning.
I wish I could have you by my side.
'Cause I've been down and I've been crawling,
won't back down no more.
Can't you stop the lies falling from the skies?
Down on me, I'm still standing.
Can't you roll the dice, I might be surprised,
conscience clear, I'm still standing here.
Burns like a thousand stars.
Though you are light years away.
Burns like a thousand stars or more.
You're up there, you're always with me,
smiling down on me.
Can't you stop the lies falling from the skies?
Down on me, I'm still standing.
Can't you roll the dice, I might be surprised,
conscience clear, I'm still standing here.
It's something sacred, something so beautiful.
Something quiet to ease the mind.
When the pressure's taking me over and over.
'Cause I've been down and I've been crawling.
Pushed around and always falling.
You're up there, you're always with me,
smiling down on me.
Can't you stop the lies falling from the skies?
Down on me, I'm still standing.
Can't you roll the dice, I might be surprised,
conscience clear, I'm still standing here.
Can't you stop the lies, falling from the skies?
Down on me. Still standing here.
Can't you roll the dice? I might be surprised,
conscience clear. I'm still standing here, here.
05 Time to Burn (04:32)
Come on
Fear of the dark, tears me apart
Won´t leave me alone and time keeps running out
Just one more life, I'm so sick and tired
Of singing the blues, I should turn my life around
Come on
Tell me why do I feel this way
All my life I`ve been standing on the borderline
Too many bridges burned
Too many lies I´ve heard
Had a life but I can´t go back
Can´t do that, it will never be the same again
And I know I don´t
Have any time to burn
Come on
They follow me home, disturbing my sleep
But I´ll find a place, A place where they cannot find me
Maybe I´m lost, and maybe I´m scared
But too many times I´ve closed the doors behind me
Tell me why do I feel this way
All my life I`ve been standing on the borderline
Too many bridges burned
Too many lies I´ve heard
Had a life but I can´t go back
Can´t do that, it will never be the same again
And I know I don´t
Have any time to burn
Leave it all behind,
Cross the borderline,
Face the truth, don´t have any time to
Have any time to burn
Tell me why do I feel this way
All my life I`ve been standing on the borderline
Too many bridges burned
Too many lies I´ve heard
Had a life but I can´t go back
Can´t do that, it will never be the same again
Gotta go, cause I know I don´t,
Have any time to burn
Tell me why do I feel this way
All my life I`ve been standing on the borderline
Too many bridges burned
Too many lies I´ve heard
Had a life but I can´t go back
Can´t do that, it will never be the same again
And I know I don´t
Have any time to,
Have any time to burn
Come on
06 Guilty (03:46)
(Woah)
(Yeah)
I feel
guilty
My words are empty
No signs to give you
don't have the time for you
You say I'm heartless
And you say I don't care
I used to be there for you
you've said I seem so dead, that I have changed
But so have you
Guilty (woah), guilty I feel so
Empty (yeah), empty you know how to make me feel
I put a shield upon you
I didn't mean to hurt you
would've only poisoned your mind
Never meant to make you cry
You've been so thoughtless
I can see right through you
You used to be there for me
don't you leave and say goodbye
You have changed, but so have I
Guilty (woah), guilty I feel so
Empty(yeah), empty you know how to make me feel
I never thought that the time and the distance
Between us made you so much colder
I'll carry the world on my shoulders
(whisper) Guilty,
Woah!
(whisper) Guilty,
Yeah!
(wisper) Guilty
Guilty (woah)
Empty (yeah)
Guilty (woah), guilty I feel so
Empty (yeah), empty you know how to make me feel
Guilty (woah)
Empty (yeah)
you know how to make me feel
Guilty (Woah), so guilty
Empty (woah), so empty, you know how to make me feel
07 Not Like the Other Girls (05:44)
No more blame I am destined to keep you sane.
Gotta rescue the flame.
Gotta rescue the flame in your heart.
No more blood, I will be there for you my love.
I will stand by your side.
The world has forsaken my girl.
Should have seen it would be this way.
Should have known from the start what she's up to.
When you've loved and you've lost someone
You know what it feels like to lose.
She's fading away, away from this world.
Drifting like a feather she's not like the other girls.
She lives in the clouds and talks to the birds.
Hopeless little one she's not like the other girls I know.
No more shame, she has felt too much pain in her life.
In her mind she's repeating the words.
All the love you put out will return to you.
Should have seen it would be this way.
Should have known from the start what she's up to.
When you loved and you've lost someone close to you
You know what it feels like to lose.
She's fading away, away from this world.
Drifting like a feather she's not like the other girls.
She lives in the clouds and talks to the birds.
Hopeless little one she's not like the other girls I know.
09 Back in the Picture (03:44)
There were times in my life I was down on my knees, now it's over
Deep inside my heart I know
Simply put I've been stabbed in the back ever since I remember
And deep inside it hurt to let go
Woahh
Back in the picture, back in the picture
I wonder what took so long, so long
Back in the picture, back in the picture
I wonder what took so long, so long
Dedicate everything I create
To my friends I would die for
But you will always be the one
Memories that you can't overrun, memories I could cry for
I thought I'd always be on the run
Woahh
Back in the picture, back in the picture
I wonder what took so long, so long
Back in the picture, back in the picture
I wonder what took so long, so long
There were times in my life I was down on my knees, now it's over
Deep inside my heart I know
Woahhh
Back in the picture, back in the picture
I wonder what took so long, so long
Back in the picture, back in the picture
I wonder what took so long, so long, so long, so long
So Longgggg....
10 Funeral Song (03:16)
I dumped you again
Don't understand
It's happened before
Can't take it no more
These foolish games
Always end up in confusion
I'll take you back
Just to leave you once again
I died in my dreams
What's that supposed to mean?
Got lost in the fire
I died in my dreams
Reaching out for your hand
My fatal desire
I failed you again
Cause I let you stay
I used to pretend
That I felt ok
Just one big lie
Such a perfect illusion
I made you mine
Just to hurt you once again
I died in my dreams
What's that supposed to mean?
Got lost in the fire
I died in my dreams
Reaching out for your hand
My fatal desire
ohh ohh
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Di penny_lane86
Sbirciando su internet ho trovato i testi delle loro canzoni e traducendoli ho scoperto che si tratta di vere e proprie poesie.
La loro musica è, a mio parere, ben suonata e la voce del cantante è ottima.
