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Questo disco, tra i primi della rock'n'roll band inglese (uscì nel 1965), dimostra come a metà anni '60 Mick Jagger & C. stavano trovando una propria impronta, fatta di buono e sano rock (caratteristica peculiare dei 5 boys britannici) unito a del blues di ottimo impatto che successivamente sarà abbandonato per far posto a un più deciso rock'n'roll (eccezion fatta per molti indecorosi album usciti negli anni '80, tra i peggiori del loro repertorio). Tutto ciò emerge in questo lavoro, della durata di appena 33 minuti.
Con "Mercy Mercy" e "Hitch Hike", entrambe sotto i 3 minuti, ci troviamo subito davanti alla grandezza del personaggio Jagger, non un grandissimo cantante ma con una capacità interpretativa dei brani veramente tra le migliori in assoluto. In evidenza, in questi primi brani, anche il genio chitarristico di Richards, capace di rendersi protagonista di riff indimenticabili come quello della parte iniziale di "The Last Time" o di assoli estremamente espressivi come in "Mercy Mercy".
In "Good Times" (di appena 2 minuti) troviamo le "pietre rotolanti" esprimersi in un blues che, come in "Cry To Me", ha qualche particolarità del sound che ci fa venire in mente il rock-blues dei Doors, altra grande band del panorama di quel periodo (metà '60). Per arrivare al miglior brano di questo album bisogna arrivare alla traccia numero 10, per ascoltarci i 2 minuti e poco più di "Play With Fire", graziosissima ballad con un grande Mick Jagger e una particolarissima base estremamente , con l'apporto molto leggero di chitarra, basso e cembalo.
In questo disco è contenuto anche il classico-che-più-classico-non-si-può dal titolo "Satisfaction", al quale aggiungere ogni descrizione o commento sarà sicuramente superfluo.
La band ha realizzato sicuramente lavori superiori a questo (ed è per questo motivo che non l'ho valutato da 5/5), ma in questa mezz'ora è contenuta musica che alcuni artisti (soprattutto italiani) di oggi sognano di fare...
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01 Mercy, Mercy (02:49)
Have mercy, have mercy, baby
Have mercy, have mercy on me
Well I went to see the gypsy
To have my fortune read She said "Man, your baby gonna leave you
Her bags are packed up under the bed,"
That's right
Have mercy, have mercy, baby
Have mercy, have mercy on me
But if you leave me baby
Girl if you put me down
I'm gonna make it to the nearest river child
And jump overboard and drown
That's right
Have mercy, have mercy, baby
Have mercy, have mercy on me
I said hey hey baby, hey hey now
What you trying to do
Hey hey baby, hey hey now
Please don't say we're through
Have mercy, have mercy, baby
Have mercy, have mercy on me
But if you stay baby
I tell you what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna work two jobs, seven days a week
And bring my money home to you
That's right
Have mercy, have mercy, baby
Have mercy, have mercy on me
Yeah
Have mercy, have mercy, baby
Have mercy, have mercy on me
02 Hitch Hike (02:27)
(Gaye/Stevenson/Paul)
I'm going to Chicago that's the last place my baby stayed
I'm packing up my bags I'm gonna leave this town right away
I'm gonna find that girl if I have to hitch hike around the world
"Chicago City" that's what the sign on the freeway read
I'm gonna keep on going 'til I get to that street's called 6th and Main
I've gotta find that girl if i have to hitch hike around the world
C'mon hitch hike
Hitch hike children
Hitch hike
Hitch hike baby
Hitch hike
Hitch hike baby
C'mon hitch hike
Hitch hike darling
I'm going to St. Louis but my next stop just might be L.A., that's what I say
I got no money in my pocket so i'm going to have to hitch hike all the way
I'm gonna find that girl if i have to hitch hike around the world
C'mon hitch hike
Hitch hike children
Hitch hike
Hitch hike baby
Hitch hike
Hitch hike baby
C'mon hitch hike
Hitch hike children
Now c'mon c'mon hitch hike
Hitch hike children
Hitch hike
Hitch hike darling
C'mon hitch hike
Hitch hike children
Hitch hike hitch hike
Hitch hike baby
Mmmmm...
07 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (03:47)
I can't get no satisfaction
I can't get no satisfaction
'Cause I try, and I try, and I try, and I try
I can't get no, I can't get no
When I'm drivin' in my car
And a man comes on the radio
He's tellin' me more and more
About some useless information
Supposed to fire my imagination
I can't get no, oh no no no
Hey hey hey, that's what I say
I can't get no satisfaction
I can't get no satisfaction
'Cause I try, and I try, and I try, and I try
I can't get no, I can't get no
When I'm watchin' my TV
And a man comes on and tells me
How white my shirts can be
Well he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke
The same cigarettes as me
I can't get no, oh no no no
Hey hey hey, that's what I say
I can't get no satisfaction
I can't get no girl reaction
'Cause I try, and I try, and I try, and I try
I can't get no, I can't get no
When I'm ridin' 'round the world
And I'm doin' this and I'm signin' that
And I'm tryin' to make some girl
Who tells me, "baby better come back later next week
'Cause you see I'm on losin' streak"
I can't get no, oh no no no
Hey hey hey, that's what I say
I can't get no, I can't get no
I can't get no
Satisfaction, no satisfaction, no satisfaction, no satisfaction
I can't get no
10 Play With Fire (02:18)
( Nanker Phelge)
Well, you've got your diamonds and you've got your pretty clothes
And the chauffeur drives your car
You let everybody know
But don't play with me, 'cause you're playing with fire
Your mother she's an heiress, owns a block in Saint John's Wood
And your father'd be there with her
If he only could
But don't play with me, 'cause you're playing with fire
Your old man took her diamond's and tiaras by the score
Now she gets her kicks in Stepney
Not in Knightsbridge anymore
So don't play with me, 'cause you're playing with fire
Now you've got some diamonds and you will have some others
But you'd better watch your step, girl
Or start living with your mother
So don't play with me, 'cause you're playing with fire
So don't play with me, 'cause you're playing with fire
11 The Spider and the Fly (03:41)
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)
Sittin' thinkin' sinkin' drinkin'
Wondering what I'd do when I'm through tonight
Smoking moping, maybe just hopin'
Some little girl will pass on by
Don't wanna be alone but I love my girl at home
I remember what she said
She said, "My, my, my don't tell lies, keep fidelity in your head
My, my, my don't tell lies, when you've done the show go to bed
Don't say hi, like a spider to a fly
Jump right ahead and you're dead"
Sit up, fed up, low down go 'round
Down to the bar at the place I'm at
Sitting drinking, supereficially thinking
About the rinsed-out blonde on my left
Then I said, "hi", like a spider to a fly
Remebering what my little girl said
She was common, flirty, she looked about thirty
I would have run away but I was on my own
She told me later she's a machine operator
She said she liked the way I held the microphone
I said my, my, like the spider to the fly
Jump right ahead in my web
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Altre recensioni
Di Viva Lì
"'Satisfaction' è un capolavoro intramontabile che deve tutta la propria forza al genio artistico di Keith Richards."
"Questi cinque ragazzacci britannici tutto sembrano fuorché umani."
Di MauroCincotta66
Improvvisamente non più una cover band ma i Rolling Stones con quel suono di chitarra fuzzy, gioioso e sguaiato.
Col senno di poi, 'Out of Our Heads' ha consacrato i Rolling Stones come una delle influenze più seminali nel corso del rock.
