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NO FUTURE
Beach Boys, Neil Young, The Band, Beck e Mercury Rev. Frullate il tutto: eccovi i The Thrills con il loro So Much For The City.
Sembra che oggi avere il "The" davanti al nome sia una garanzia di qualità. Vi faccio la mia teoria: siamo nel ’77, quando il rock era invaso dalla noia segaiola del progressive e del glam heavy-metal. Nacque quindi il punk (grazie a quel sub-genio di Malcom McLaren) sfoderato per infrangere il trip stellare dei vari Yes & Zeppelin. "No future", ecco il motto del punk dell’epoca.
Ora i discografici odierni stanno facendo un'operazione simile pensando che sia arrivato il momento d’infrangere il sound elegiaco e new-progressive dei vari Radiohead e Coldplay (questi guai a chi me li tocca!), come pure quello tamarro e metallozzo di Korn e compagnia bella. Risultato? Eccoci servita l’invasione di tutti questi "The".
Evviva, il Rock’n’Roll non è morto, e ci salverà! Noi però, appassionati attenti al nostro portafoglio e alle nostre orecchie, le bufale le abbiamo scoperte già da un po’, ancor più durante quest’anno che è in atto la gittata di secondi dischi di tutti questi "The".
Questi giovani, imberbi irlandesi "The" Thrills, tanto osannati dai critici (presso il New Musical Express con fastidioso pompaggio) per il fresco sound tra classic rock e sensibilità britannica, sono senz’altro bravi e carini, ma niente di più. So Much For The City è un album che esplora le vecchie sonorità Seventies con esperta e calcolata padronanza strumentale.
Grazie anche alla spinta di Morrissey (dei The Smiths, anche loro dei "The" , sì, ma di un’altra epoca e di tutt’altro livello) che li ha voluti con lui alla Royal Albert Hall in concerto di questa primavera, i cinque irlandesi sono destinati a un "no future" radioso.
Disco discreto, ma io vi consiglio di risparmiare i vostri sudati soldini, e di rispolverare i vecchi vinili anni ’70, più veri, più originali, più sinceri…
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01 Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far) (04:13)
Well tell me
where it all went wrong
And tell me
where you lost those damn songs
I can't say I was surprised
I heard a drink was involved
Oh you gotta be, oh you gotta be
Still living by the sea
Oh you gotta be, oh you gotta be
Cos santa cruz
you're not that far
Oh santa cruz,
no, you're not that far
But now and then here once in a while
Those August cowboys stole your style
Dont you know he feels blind
Well your train's just rolled in on time
Oh you gotta be, oh you gotta be
Still living by the sea
Oh you gotta be, oh you gotta be
Cos santa cruz,
you're not that far
Oh santa cruz,
no, you're not that far
(END IT!)
02 Big Sur (03:07)
So much for the city
Tell me that you'll dance to the end
Just tell me that you'll dance to the end
Hey, hey you're the monkees
People said you monkeyed around
But nobody's listening now
Just don't go back to Big Sur
Hangin' around, lettin' your old man down
Just don't go back to Big Sur
Baby baby please don't go
So much for the street lights
They're never gonna guide you home
No they're never gonna guide you home
Down at the steam boat show,
All the kids start spittin'
I guess it didn't live up to the billing.
Just don't go back to Big Sur
Hangin' around, lettin' your old man down
Just don't go back to Big Sur
Baby baby please don't go
03 Don't Steal Our Sun (02:50)
So you've paid your dues,
(No intention to)
Those Elvis frauds, how they'll applaud,
Farewell my friends
So in your rock'n'roll
(In your rock'n'roll)
And pretty soon those pretty girls
Will find your home
We'll pay you handsomely (But you see)
Dont steal our sun
Dont steal our sun(You're just killin' fun)
I said you felt so good
(I said you felt so good)
Well I'm amazed
hey what a show
i heard you're dating Sue (yeah your welcome to)
I'd love to talk
but don't we know
That don't ring true
We'll pay you handsomely (But you see)
Dont steal our sun
Dont steal our sun(You're just killin' fun)
04 Deckchairs and Cigarettes (04:58)
Well, what can you do
When all that surrounds you
Says slow down
Deckchairs and cigarettes
(Theyre sayin)
Lets go to San Diego
Hey thats where all the kids go
Just don't change a thing
Just don't change a thing
Just don't change a thing
Well the bottom fell out
On our summer
But we knew
What we got ourselves into
(Theyre sayin)
Lets go to San Diego
Hey thats where all the kids go
Just don't change a thing
Just don't change a thing
Just don't change a thing
Lets go to San Diego
Hey thats where all the kids go
You build me up so high,
My darling
You brought me down so low,
You know it
You build me up so high,
My darling
You brought me down so low,
You know it
Just don't change a thing
Just don't change a thing
Just don't change a thing
05 One Horse Town (03:14)
Yeah you're burning
Oh you're burning
My ears with your travelling tales
But my in laws;
oh baby my in laws
Well they're trying to tie a young man down
Well I never should have settled down
Hanging around in a one horse town
And ever started sleeping around
But this feeling
That I'm feeling
Well you're praying on a tender heart
So this evening
Oh baby I'm leaving
On a one way ticket tonight
Well I never should have settled down
Hanging around in a one horse town
And ever started sleeping around
Though my friends said don't go settle down
Hanging around in a one horse town
And ever started sleeping around
Guess I never should have settled down
You see hanging around in a one horse town
Does nothing for your state of mind
06 Old Friends, New Lovers (04:01)
Everybody's talking crazy
This town you're hanging up on me,
Baby blue.
Its such a shame when old friends fall out,
Its such a shame when old friends fall out,
Its such a shame when old friends fall out,
Over new lovers. (Well my oh my oh my)
Broken friendships surely beckon
Why she asked me?
All because of you,
Baby blue.
Its such a shame when old friends fall out,
Its such a shame when old friends fall out,
Its such a shame when old friends fall out,
Over new lovers. (Well my oh my oh my)
Its such a shame when old friends fall out,
Its such a shame when old friends fall out,
Its such a shame when old friends fall out,
Over new lovers. (Well my oh my oh my)
07 Say It Ain't So (02:44)
This old world won't take me home
I said sure for the hell she goes
Well i dont know man, well i dont know man
(I sure know i'm here)
Ooh, say it ain't so
Ooh, say it ain't so
Because i sure love you so
Memories dig in my heels
I dont care girl,
I'll be there girl
So does this mean your truly gone?
Well i don't know man, well i dont know man
(I sure know i'm here)
Ooh, say it ain't so
Ooh, say it ain't so
Because i sure love you so
Ooh, say it ain't so
Ooh, say it ain't so
Because i sure love you so
08 Hollywood Kids (05:33)
Well they're sure keen on dancin'
Those Hollywood kids, those Hollywood kids got it made.
When they act, big doors open.
Those Hollywood kids, those Hollywood kids got it made.
So let's party, Dustin Hoffman.
Those Hollywood kids, those Hollywood kids got it made.
Oh how the sun sets on my Boulevard
But leaves quite a shadow to fill
Oh how the sun sets on my Boulevard
But leaves such a shadow to fill
Oh the death of a fast life.
Those Hollywood stars, those Hollywood stars got to pay.
That's some will you've been drinkin.
Those Hollywood stars, those Hollywood stars got to pay.
Oh how the sun sets on my Boulevard
But leaves quite a shadow to fill
Oh how the sun sets on my Boulevard
But leaves such a shadow to fill
So look closer, do you still think that,
Those Hollywood kids, those Hollywood kids got it made
09 Just Travelling Through (03:21)
If this sounds phoney,
Don't say i didn't warn
This place suffocates,
And my hearts yearns me on
But the one girl you want,
is waiting right here
But the one girl you want,
is waiting right here
You spent your life inspiring envy,
But not yourself.
That's the last thing you told me,
I'm back to make amends.
So go on tell all your friends,
You're just travelling through.
But the one girl you want,
is waiting right here
10 Your Love Is Like Las Vegas (02:23)
Dont you know
You can't rewrite
Your own history
Cigarette Barbie
Your love is like a city i visited
Your love is like a city that burnt me good
Oh Las Vegas,
I could only afford one weekend
Don't you know
You're like Pete Best
Bitter after all these years
Just let it go
Your love is like a city i visited
Your love is like a city that burnt me good
Oh Las Vegas,
I could only afford one weekend
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