[premessa: ho rifatto la recensione di questo disco perché dopo aver riletto quella precedente………..è giusto così]
Primo lavoro per le cosiddette “strisce bianche”, Jack e Meg hanno iniziato proprio così la loro carriera musicale con questo disco omonimo che si presenta al primo ascolto povero di spunti interessanti e purtroppo continuando ad ascoltarlo il risultato non cambia. Le prime tre canzoni"Jimmy the exploder", "Stop breaking down" e “The big three killed my baby” scorrono veloci come lo stile dei White vuole pieno garage rock che ti scivola addosso, subito si cambia genere con la quarta “Suzy lee” più sul blues, seguita da ballate quali “Sugar never tasted so good” e “Wasting time”. Solo una piccola parentesi che ci fa tornare subito al garage con “Cannon” “Astro” “Brocken bricks” “When I hear my name” “Do” e “Screwdriver” canzoni piene di spunti e idee di Jack ma sviluppate male in quanto tendono quasi tutte ad assomigliarsi.
Ancora un piccola pausa con “One more cup of coffee” per poi continuare tutta una tirata fino alla fine dell’album con “Little people” “Slicker drips” “St.James infirmare blues” e “I fought piranhas” finito di ascoltare la sensazione che rimane è pessima in quanto la caratteristica nel bene e nel male dei White è che sono solo in due e la sola chitarra di Jack non può colmare la poca musicalità che ne viene fuori, comunque era solo il primo album e da allora ne hanno fatta di strada
Elenco tracce testi e video
01 Jimmy the Exploder (02:31)
Now, Jimmy, well, do you want an explosion now?
Yeah, Jimmy, do you want to explode now?
Yeah, monkey, now you seeing red now.
Yeah, monkey, jumping on the bed now.
Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo...
Green apples on the tree and growing now.
Green apples are gonna be exploding now.
Yeah, monkey, are you seeing red now?
Yeah, monkey, jumping on the bed now.
Woo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo...
04 Suzy Lee (03:23)
There's a story
I would like to tell
My problem is
It's one you know too well
It's one you know too well
Ms. Suzy Lee
The one I'm speaking of
The question is
Is she the one I love?
Is she the one I love?
Is she the one I love?
Is she the one I love?
She sent me flowers
With her tears burned inside
And you know what I'd do
I would run and hide
I would run and hide
In the paper
On it was my name
With the question
"Do you feel the same?"
"Do you feel the same?"
To end this tale
The one I'm speaking of
I wish I had an answer but I just don't know
Is this really love?
Is this really love?
Is this really love?
Is this really love?
06 Wasting My Time (02:15)
And if i'm wasting my time
then nothing could be better
than hanging on the line
and waiting for an honest word forever
And if you're saying goodbye
please don't you think me bitter
for recalling every rhyme
from the book the page
the line the word the letter
Well the windows turning blue
and the waters ever flowing
and i hope i'm not a fool
for laughing at myself
as you are going
07 Cannon (02:32)
outside
my door
unlocked
i'm lookin'
at this sound
That chime out of nowhere
yeah, nowhere
whoo
wheels turnin'
scratchin'
and burnin'
yeah
i fought guns
tanks
cannon
cannon
yeah
tell me who's that writin'
john the revelator
tell me who's that writin'
john the revelator
tell me who's that writin'
john the revelator
wrote the book on the seven seas
christ went down on easter mornin'
mary mother went down to see it
gotta tell my disciples to meet me in galilee
who's writin'
john the revelator
tell me who's that writin'
john the revelator
tell me who's that writin'
john the revelator
wrote the book on the seven seas
hey
whoo
lord above
i command
i've been evil
evil
yeah
evil
08 Astro (02:44)
Maybe Jasper does the astro
Maybe Jasper does the astro
Maybe Jasper does the astro, astro
(Yeah)
Maybe Lily does the astro
Maybe Lily does the astro
Maybe Lily does the astro, astro
(woah .... eh...)
Maybe Jackson does the astro
Maybe Jackson does the astro
Maybe Jackson does the astro, astro
Maybe Momma does the astro
Maybe Momma does the astro
Maybe Momma does the astro, astro
Maybe Tesla does the astro
Maybe Tesla does the astro
Maybe Edison is AC/DC
10 When I Hear My Name (01:55)
when i hear my name
i want to disappear
woah woah woah
when i see my face
i want to disappear
woah woah woah
when i see my face
i want to disappear
woah woah mmm-hmm
when i hear my name
i want to disappear
woah woah woah
12 Screwdriver (03:15)
Tuesday morning now
I gotta have somewhere to go
I call up tommy now
I call him on the telephone
Won't you wake up and come with me now
I'm going to the pawn and loan
Walking down thirty three
Walking on thirty o
Well what am i supposed to think
I drop a nickel in the sink
I love people like a brother now
But i'm not gonna be their mother now
What if someone walked up to me
And like an apple cut right through me
im not just gonna stand there grinnin
cause I'm not the one who's sinnin
Screwdriver
Now that you have heard my story now
I've got a little ending to it now
Whenever you go out alone
Take a little dog a bone
Think about your little sister
Then you got to drive it home
With a screwdriver
I got a little feeling goin' now
I got a little feeling goin' now
15 Slicker Drips (01:32)
you're lookin' at me
nowhere to go
what they're sayin'
I just don't know
a floor below me
ceiling above
and I'm in the middle
with nobody to love
nobody to love
nobody to love
nobody to love
yeah
well lookin' at me
nowhere to go
know what they're sayin'
I just don't know?
a floor below me
a ceiling up above
and I'm in the middle
with nobody to love
nobody to love
yeah, hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
17 I Fought Piranhas (03:07)
Well, I hold the rope and I hold the sail,
And I kept my papers to keep from land in jail.
And I fought piranhas, and I fought the cold.
There was no one with me, I was all alone.
Well, it's Easter morning now, and there's no one around,
So I unroll the cement and walk into the town.
There was no one with me, I was all alone.
And I fought piranhas, and I fought the cold.
Well, you know what it's like, I don't got to tell you,
Who puts up a fight walking out of Hell, now.
When you fought piranhas and you fought the cold,
There's nobody with you, and you're all alone.
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