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I Vaselines non hanno mai fatto la storia. Non sono mai entrati nel gotha dell'Indie Rock e non sono mai stati tacciati di originalità. Non hanno alcun talento ed ancor meno pretese. Da un rango così vasto di imperfezioni e da questo furore tardo adolescenziale, intriso di sconfitte, tutto ciò che si può trarre è "Dum-Dum".
Rilasciato agli inizi del 1989, l'album in questione è ad oggi l'unico full lenght della band di Edinburgo. All'interno di esso è rintracciabile una completa odissea nei meandri delle due decadi precedenti, passate al setaccio da un cannocchiale saturo di fuzz. Eugene Kelly e Frances McKee descrivono traiettorie Pop post moderne con la facilità propria dei perdenti. L'essere Pop va di pari passo con l'essere Naif. La loro melodia edulcolorata è popolare quanto poteva esserlo quella di eventuali The Pastels quindicenni. Si respira infantilità nei solchi di "Dum-Dum". Filastrocche al fulmicotone per bambini (troppo) cresciuti a pane e Punk. Spiccano tributi ad Iggy Pop & The Stooges ("Sex Sux (Amen)", "Dum-Dum"), ballate esistenziali senza futuro alcuno di matrice Velvet Underground ("No Hope") ed inni annoiati, di chiara derivazione Eighties, come "Lovecraft". Ciò che rimane non è altro che un lamento Indie Pop incastonato in brani brevi, ironici e beffardi ("The Day I Was A Horse" e "Oliver Twisted" possono essere abbastanza esplicative a riguardo).
Prima ancora di divenire infamosi i Vaselines si scioglieranno, salvo poi riformarsi definitivamente nel 2006 (da ricordare una precedente, qui sì, famosa reunion nel 1990). Riescono a toccare le corde del cuore ed i muscoli ad esso circostanti, spezzano la barriera emotiva a tal punto da farla incrociare con il piacere ludico fine a se stesso. Infettano l'ascoltatore con la loro ingenuità al sapore di Big Babol. Loro non ti abbandonano. I Vaselines non faranno mai la storia. Ma segnano dentro e non si fanno dimenticare.
Che aspettate a bruciare i vostri manuali di "Storia Della Musica"?
Elenco tracce e testi
01 Sex Sux (Amen) (03:14)
I was born up an original sin,
Brought my two time in her slim virgin,
Father, Son and the Holy Ghost,
I'm the Sacred host, with the most.
I was born on Christmas day,
And all my people turned me away.
They said I'd be the one,
Borrow the life of the chosen son,
Doing the cross was not for me,
It's human life of chastity.
I was born on Christmas day,
And all my people turned me away.
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
I got one thing to say, SEX SUX AMEN!
02 Slushy (02:02)
Long brown hair, eyes were green.
Prettiest girl I've ever seen,
And you'll never miss what you never had.
Oh, you'll never miss what you never had.
Long brown hair, eyes were gray.
Tried and tried to stay away,
And you'll never miss what you never had.
Oh, you'll never miss what you never had.
I do, I do,
I really miss you,
And if I'd only ask your name again.
03 Monsterpussy (01:46)
Monsterpuss, monsterpuss,
Meow, my monsterpuss,
Monsterpuss, monsterpuss,
Meow, my monsterpuss,
I'm gonna skin it and wear it as a hat,
On my head, everyday when it's dead.
I'm gonna skin it and wear it as gloves,
On my hands, everyday when it's dead.
I'm gonna skin it and wear it as a scarf,
Around my neck, everyday when it's dead.
06 Oliver Twisted (02:55)
Once I had a friend called Oliver Twisted,
Who used to think he was a brand and gifted,
Stupendisly handsome, Beautifully smart,
He had no heart.
On his own he was all alone,
He wanted more than he ever got.
Once I had a friend called Oliver Twisted,
Who took life so slow that he occasionally missed it,
Permanently senseless, never on his brain, he had no brain.
Once I had a friend called Oliver Twisted,
Who lived on the edge or so he insisted,
Inteligently careless, hated rock and roll, he had no soul.
07 The Day I Was a Horse (01:35)
They say the story, hope it don't bore ya,
About they day I was a horse,
He said I've been a mourning and a better be a comming,
And he changed into a horse.
Where'd he go?
I don't know.
Whats he on?
Something strong.
Whats it?
Doing shit.
I think I'm on a muther fuckin trip.
He walks his house with a big bad mouth,
And he swallowed all my friends,
So I let him in and rescued the gang,
And he started up again,
He got kinda thinking and he started up a shaking,
And fell on the bed,
Forgot his swings how everything had changed,
Thought this might never end.
08 Dum-Dum (02:01)
I'm a real dum-dum, I'm a son of a gun,
I was born to walk, but I wanted to walk,
I'm a real dum-dum, I even left my mom,
Cause I get on my knees, and I do what I please.
Dum-dum,
Dum-dum,
Dum-dum,
Dum,
Dum-dum,
Dum-dum
I'm a real dum-dum, but I don't mind,
I got a dum-dum girl, we're two of a kind,
I'm a real dum-dum, I'm gonna find the sun,
I'm gonna do what I want, everyday that I please,
I'm a real dum-dum, Just look at the fun,
I'm gonna get my pics already, satan, satan,
I'm a real dum-dum, hey, I don't care,
If you wanted to know I'm a don't carebear.
09 Hairy (01:53)
I don't want to look like you,
Greasy hair and ugly too,
I just want to live in peace,
To lie in bed and stay asleep.
I don't need your company,
I'm so hungry and I can't sleep,
I'm real tired to even whine,
So don't come up and offer man!
I can do without you,
I've come this far on my own,
I don't need any helping hand,
Cause I'm, I'm a man.
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