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Correva l'anno 1979 e in Inghilterra si avvertivano già da un po' di tempo i vagiti della New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, corrente musicale che rimodernizzava i canoni dell'hard rock settantiano miscelando gli ingredienti di quest'ultimo con il punk che era esploso come una bomba intorno alla metà dei seventies. I Thin Lizzy, reduci dalla consacrazione mondiale avvenuta grazie al successo di album come Jailbreak, Johnny The Fox e Bad Reputation, si presentano in splendida forma alla fine di quello che è il decennio più geniale della musica Rock (o almeno lo è per il sottoscritto!) con l'album Black Rose. Lynott è ispirato come non mai e l'avvento alla seconda chitarra (anche se per me è la prima!) del grande Gary Moore, in sostituzione di Brian Robertson, dona quel tocco di classe al disco che permette ai Lizzy di fare un deciso salto di qualità rispetto ai precedenti lavori.
Si comincia con la spiritosa "Do Anything You Want To" che apre la strada a "Toughest Street In Town", track energica dove le chitarre la fanno da padrone accompagnando la sempre affascinante voce di Lynott. Superata la gradevole "S & M" ecco arrivare quella che è la song più conosciuta dei Lizzy (ovviamente dopo l'eterna "The Boys Are Back In Town") ovvero "Waiting For An Alibi", e qui ci si trova di fronte ad un autentico capolavoro da 3 minuti, sentire per credere! L'intro di basso di Lynott è tanto semplice quanto trascinante e le due chitarre sembrano quasi "parlare" tra di loro soprattutto nella parte finale dove entrambe suonano che è una meraviglia!!! La quinta track, "Sarah", è caratterizzata dal sapiente lavoro di chitarra di Moore oltre che dal solito eccezionale Lynott che rende questa ballata assolutamente deliziosa. Si torna alla carica con tre brani al fulmicotone: "Got To Give It Up", "Get Out Of Here" e "With Love" che anticipano la perla dell'album "Roisin Dubh" (Black Rose), una gemma da 7 minuti che si ispira ad una raccolta di poesie irlandesi del 19esimo secolo contenute nell'opera "Dark Rosaleen" in cui viene trattato il tema della voglia d'indipendenza che infiamma i cuori d'Irlanda. All'interno della traccia le chitarre eseguono inoltre 4 brani della tradizione irlandese come "Shenandoah", "Will You Go", "Danny Boy" e "The Mason's Apron", assolutamente un brano da ascoltare!
Questo è l'album dei Thin Lizzy che più mi emoziona, lo preferisco addirittura a quel Jailbreak che li ha resi famosi, ogni amante della buona musica rock dovrebbe possederlo, a buon intenditor...
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01 Do Anything You Want To (03:53)
There are people that will investigate you
they'll incinuate intimidate and complicate you
don't ever wait or hesitate
to state the fate that awaits of those who
try to shake or take you
don't let them break you
CHORUS
You, can do anything you wanna do
it's not wrong what i say is true
you can do anything you wanna do
do what you want to
People who despise you
will analyse and critizise you
they'll scandalyise untill they realise you
are someone they should've apolagised to
Don't let these people compromise you
be wise to
Chorus
Hey you, you're not that puppet on a string
you can do everything
It's true if you really want to
you can do anything you want
Just like i do
Chorus
hey you, you can do.
hey you, yes you
Elvis is dead
the king of rock and roll is dead
Elvis is dead
04 Waiting for an Alibi (03:30)
Valentino's got a booky shop and what he takes
He gives for what he's got
And what he's got he says he has not
Stole from anyone
It's not that he don't tell the truth
Or even that he misspent his youth
It's just that he holds the proof
But you feel there's something's wrong
Waiting for an alibi
Waiting for an alibi
Waiting for an alibi
Waiting for an alibi
Valentino's in a cold sweat, placed all his money on that last bet
Against the odds he smokes another cigarette
Says that it helps him to forget
That he's a nervous wreck
It's not that he misses much
Or even that he's lost his lucky touch
It's just that he gambles so much
And you know that it's wrong
Waiting for an alibi
Waiting for an alibi
Waiting just to catch your eye
Waiting for an alibi
Waiting for an alibi
Try to say I told you I told you
Waiting for an alibi
Waiting just to get you
Waiting for an alibi
Waiting for an alibi
To say I told you
Waiting for an alibi
Waiting for an alibi
05 Sarah (03:31)
One, two
One, two, three, four
When you came in my life you changed my world
My Sarah
Everything seemed so right my baby girl
My Sarah
You are all I want to know
You hold my heart so don't let go
You are all I need to live
My love to you I'll give
My Sarah
When you begin to smile you change my style
My Sarah
When I look in your eyes I see my prize
My Sarah
You are all I want to know
You hold my heart so don't let go
You are all I need to live
My love to you I'll give
You are all I want to know
Oh my Sarah
Don't let go oh no
My Sarah
You are all I want to know
You hold my heart so don't let go
You are all I need to live
My love to you I'll always give
You are all I want to know
You hold my heart so don't let go
You are all I want to know
Oh my Sarah
Yes you changed my style with your baby smile
Sarah
Childlike charms keep me warm hold you in my arms
Sarah
Change my world my baby girl
Sarah
All I want to know don't let go
No, no, no, no, no, no
Sarah
Sarah
Be mine
06 Got to Give It Up (04:24)
I've got to give it up I've got to give it up
That stuff
I've got to give it up I've got to give it up
That stuff
Tell my mama and tell my pa
That their fine young son didn't get far
He made it to the end of a bottle
Sitting in a sleazy bar
He tried hard but his spirit broke
He tried until he nearly choked
In the end he lost his
Bottle drinking alcohol
I've got to give it up I've got to give it up
That stuff
I've got to give it up I've got to give it up
That stuff
Tell my brother I tried to write and
Put pen to paper but I was frightened
I couldn't seem to get the words out right
Right quite right
Tell my sister I'm sinking slow
Now and again I powder my nose
In the end I lost my bottle
It smashed in a casbah
I've got to give it up I've got to give it up
That stuff
I've got to give it up I've got to give it up
That stuff
I've got to give it up I've got to give it up
That stuff
I've got to give it up I've got to give it up
That stuff
I've been messing with the heavy stuff
For a time I couldn't get enough
But I'm waking up and it's wearing off
Junk don't take you far
Tell my Mama I'm coming home
In my youth I'm getting older
And I think it's lost control
Mama I'm coming home
I've got to give it up I've got to give it up
That stuff
I've got to give it up I've got to give it up
That stuff
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Phil non abbandona per un attimo il suo ruolo di cantastorie.
Black Rose è uno dei più riusciti album dei Thin Lizzy, realizzato subito prima che il quartetto venisse travolto.
