Questa è la storia di cinque adolescenti: i due fratelli O’Neill, Feargal Sharkey, Bradley e Doherty.
Siamo nella seconda metà degli anni ‘70 a Derry in Irlanda del Nord, l’Irlanda di Bobby Sands.
L’Irlanda è quel posto dove in estate se il cielo si apre, il sole picchia come nella pianura padana. Poi arriva un nuvolone e la pioggia viene giù fina e ti impregna le ossa.
I cinque ragazzi di Derry sono cattolici. Essere cattolico nella Derry degli anni ‘70 significa essere povero e disoccupato. C’è la Questione Irlandese e all’ingresso del loro quartiere un murales dice:” You Are Now Entering In Free Derry”.
I cinque si conoscono da sempre e fanno parte dei boy scouts. Il capo lupetto è Feargal Sharkey. Si ritrovano poi a casa dei i fratelli O’Neill e nel sottotetto schitarrano le canzoni dei loro eroi musicali.
Dopo un po' iniziano a fare i loro pezzi, fatti di riff semplici e diretti, molto melodici, incorniciati dal canto asmatico di Feargal. E’ un power pop con venature punk (oppure l’inverso).
Nonostante il mondo attorno a loro sia in fiamme, cantano i problemi dei ragazzi e i primi amori.
E’ la storia di migliaia e migliaia di bands, che si trovano nel sottotetto o nel garage: tutto potrebbe finire da un momento all’altro. Feargal ha un lavoro fisso. Appena lo trovano gli altri si mette su famiglia e ci si trova al pub alla sera.
Un giorno un loro demo arriva tra le mani di John Peel che lo ascolta e decide di mandarne una traccia nella sua celeberrima trasmissione. In quella puntata, per la prima volta, un pezzo viene trasmesso due volte di seguito…
...”Are Teenage Dreams So Hard To Beat?”
The Undertones - Omonimo album del 1979
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01 Family Entertainment (02:38)
So you think you're so clever never in doubt
But I've seen you two together fooling about
Don't get me wrong now I've seen what you are
Mummy wouldn't like it - its gone too far
Got to - keep it in the family
Learn to - keep it in the family
Have to - keep it in the family
Want to - keep it in the family
Playing with each other its your favourite game
You never try to hide it there's no shame
You'll soon be discovered what will you do then
Family entertainment will come to an end
Got to
02 Girls Don't Like It (02:15)
Here comes Eddie in a brand new car
Driving like that he won't get far
Kissing in the back seat all the way home
You can't do that if you're on your own
But what else can you do if the girls don't like it
Says he doesn't have nowhere else to go
No late night movies now on radio
Just a TV switched up really loud
Know what I mean it becomes part of the crowd
But what else can you do if the girls don't like it
If the girls want to know what were gonna do know
Always up to things they're not supposed to allow
Leading us on telling no
Making us stop instead of letting us go
But what else can you do if the girls don't like it
03 Male Model (01:56)
When I was young I never wanted toys
Things like that were for little boys
My mamma got me clothes for her favourite son
Freeman's item A page 61
I wanna wanna be a male model
I wanna wanna be a male model
I wanna wanna be a ... model ... model
Read women's magazines for fashion scenes
Til you know the prices they're in pounds and pence
Reminds me that I can't afford to buy new clothes
I never got a chance to say I'll take those
I wanna wanna be ...
I'm fed up of wearing things second hand
The coat that must belong to another man
Sizes that got out of style years ago
Anything cheap I don't wanna know
05 Teenage Kicks (02:27)
Are teenage dreams so hard to beat
Every time she walks down the street
Another girl in the neighbourhood
Wish she was mine, she looks so good
I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night
I'm gonna call her on the telephone
Have her over cos I'm all alone
I need excitement, oh I need it bad
And its the best I've ever had
I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night
I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night
06 Wrong Way (01:24)
Stop treating me this way girl
Cos you know I meant no harm
Is this the way you wanted to be now
My head's going round and round
I can't understand the way things are
This is the wrong way
You will have to change someday
08 Here Comes the Summer (01:45)
Oh baby baby what can I do
You know you drive me crazy when I'm looking at you
The summer's really here and it's time to come out
Time to discover what fun is about
Here comes the summer
Here comes the summer
Here comes the summer
Keep looking for the girls with their faces all tanned
Lying on the beaches all covered in sand
Stretching out their long legs lying in the sun
They know they're beautiful they're having fun
Here comes the summer
11 Jimmy Jimmy (02:43)
Little mummy's boy
He wasn't very old
Though he was very small
He did what he was told
Jimmy Jimmy
Jimmy Jimmy - Oooh
Jimmy Jimmy
Poor little Jimmy wouldn't let go
He'd stay awake at night
Lying in his bed
No one ever listened
To a single word he said
Jimmy Jimmy
Jimmy Jimmy - Oooh
Jimmy Jimmy
Poor little Jimmy wouldn't let go
(Silly boy)
(Silly boy)
(Silly boy)
(Such a silly boy)
Jimmy Jimmy
Jimmy Jimmy - Oooh
Jimmy Jimmy
Poor little Jimmy wouldn't let go
Now little Jimmy's gone
He disappeared one day
But no one saw the ambulance
That took little Jim away
Jimmy Jimmy
Jimmy Jimmy - Oooh
Jimmy Jimmy
Poor little Jimmy wouldn't let go
Jimmy Jimmy
Jimmy Jimmy - Oooh
Jimmy Jimmy
Poor little Jimmy wouldn't let go
(Poor little Jimmy wouldn't let go)
Jimmy Jimmy
Jimmy Jimmy - Oooh
Jimmy Jimmy
Jimmy Jimmy - Oooh
12 True Confessions (02:23)
Don't look so surprised
You've been telling me lies
True - true - true - confessions
It's hard to wake up to your makeup
So let's take off that disguise
Oh your true - true - true - confessions
Let's sit down and sort this out
Its not so hard to talk about
True - true - true - confessions
I got a picture from your sister
There was writing on the back
True - true - true - confessions
15 Listening In (02:26)
I was sitting on my own
No one rang so I picked up the phone
Then I heard your voice
I was listening in
You were talking in the hall
I wasn't there but I heard it all
Nothing I could do
Just listening in
On the carpet you're so small
Who had you covered wall to wall
Nothing I could do
Just listening in
Now you're gone any your line's dead
Nothing I can do instead
No more - no more
No more listening in
16 Casbah Rock (00:48)
Now it won't take long
Now before you know
If you're not thrown out
Then you'll want to go
Cos you'll never get pop at the Casbah Rock
You'll never get pop at the Casbah Rock
Ooh you won't get pop at the Casbah Rock
You'll never get pop at the
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Di Riff&Raff
Questo disco, grazie alla sua elementare spontaneità, riesce a far breccia nel cuore di qualunque ascoltatore!
La vera perla del disco è 'Teenage Kicks', un inno generazionale e simbolo del movimento punk.
