Non vi preoccupate, purtroppo non è il nuovo album dei Tool (album al quale i quattro californiani stanno lavorando), ma un demo rilasciato nel lontano 1991, stampato in quantità limitata (massimo 1000 copie) e solo in musicassetta; magari qualcuno di voi ce l'ha scaricato sotto il nome di "Toolshed", o "Tool": io ce l'ho con il misterioso titolo "72826", e su una tastiera del cellulare i numeri corrispondono alla parola 'Satan'...
Tornando al demo, esso fu registrato artigianalmente da Maynard James Keenan (cantante e paroliere, per chi non lo sapesse), e la formazione era ancora quella che comprendeva Paul D'Amour al basso. La qualità della registrazione è alquanto discutibile, ma già osservando le sei canzoni si capisce che, pur essendo agli esordi, la band era già in gamba: sono presenti infatti "Cold And Ugly", "Hush", "Part Of Me" e "Jerk-Off", che finiranno sull'EP "Opiate" (1992), e sono molto simili alle rispettive versioni definitive che i fan conoscono, anche se sono caratterizzate da una certa povertà della registrazione. Le altre due canzoni, che andranno a finire nel loro primo LP "Undertow" (1993) sono "Crawl Away", priva però dell'intro con i canti andini che figureranno solo nell'LP, e la versione demo di una delle mie canzoni preferite in assoluto: "Sober". Ogni fan dei Tool che si deve sicuramente conosce questa canzone, e chi non la conosce compensi subito questa mancanza.
A questo demo do solo tre pallini proprio perché demo, poiché le canzoni presenti sono di qualità eccelsa. Qui sono ancora presenti i Tool degli esordi, rabbiosi, direttie senza fronzoli, lontani dalle vette che raggiungeranno in seguito, ma se volete sentire da dove la storia dei Tool comincia, date un'ascolto a questo demo: dall'EP successivo la storia diventerà leggenda...
Elenco tracce e testi
02 Hush (02:38)
Fuck you
I can't say what I want to
Even if I'm not serious
I can't say what I want to.
Even if I'm not serious
Things like
Go fuck yourself
Go fuck yourself
You piece of shit
Why don't you just go and kill yourself?
I said
I can't say what I want to
Even if I'm not serious
I can't say what I want to
Even if I'm just kidding
People tell me what to say
What to think and what to play
I said
People tell me what to say
What to think and what to play
I said
Fuck yourself
Fuck yourself
You piece of shit
Why don't you just go and kill yourself?
I said
I can't say what I want to
Even if I'm not serious
I can't say what I want to
Even if I'm just kidding
Go fuck yourself
Go fuck yourself
You piece of shit
Why don't you go fuck yourself?
People tell me what to say
What to think and what to play
I said
People tell me what to say
What to think and what to play
Just kidding
Just kidding
Just kidding
03 Part of Me (02:58)
I know you well.
You are a part of me.
I know you better than I know myself.
I know you best, better than anyone.
I know you better than I know myself.
You are a part of me.
You are just a part of me.
You are just a part of me.
You are just a part of me.
You are just a part of me.
Give it up!
You don't speak.
You don't judge.
You can't leave.
You can't hurt me.
You're just here for me to use.
I know you well, you are a part of me.
I know you better than I know myself.
I know you best, better than anyone.
I know you better than I know myself.
I know you well, better than anyone might think.
I know you better than I know myself.
I know you well, you are a part of me.
I know you best, better than anyone.
I know you well, you are a part of me.
I know you best, better than one might think.
It's time for you to make a sacrifice.
It's time to die a little.
Give it up.
I know you best, better than anyone.
I know you better than I know myself!
A part of me.
04 Crawl Away (04:46)
Crawled away from me.
Slipped away from me.
I tried to keep ahold,
But there was nothing I could say.
Slid away from me
Crept away from me
Tried to keep you down
But there was nothing I could say.
What you try to say
Is you don't wanna play.
What you want and what you need
Don't mean that much to me.
I can see your back is turning.
If I could I'd stick the knife in.
You crawled away from me.
Slipped away from me.
I tried to keep ahold,
But there was nothing I could say.
Slid away from me
Crept away from me
I tried to keep you down
But there was nothing I could say.
What you tried to say
Is you don't wanna play.
But what you want and what you need
Don't mean that much to me.
I can see your back is turning.
If I could I'd stick the knife in.
This is love.
This is love,
This is my love for you,(x5)
This is my love.
Say you won't go.
Say,
Get up.
Get up.
Say.
Get up,
Get up,
Get up,
Now!
What you try to say
Is you don't wanna play.
But what you want and what you need
Don't mean a fuck to me.
I can see your back is turning.
If I could I'd stick the knife in.
05 Sober (04:30)
There's a shadow just behind me
Shrouding every step I take
Making every promise empty
Pointing every finger at me
Waiting like a stalking butler
Who upon the finger rests
Murder now, the path called "must we"
Just because the son has come
Jesus, won't you fucking whistle
Something but the past and done?
Jesus, won't you fucking whistle
Something but the past and done?
Why can't we not be sober?
I just want to start this over
And why can't we drink forever?
I just want to start this over
I am just a worthless liar
I am just an imbecile
I will only complicate you
Trust in me and fall as well
I will find a center in you
I will chew it up and leave
I will work to elevate you
Just enough to bring you down
Mother Mary, won't you whisper?
Something but what's past and done
Mother Mary, won't you whisper?
Something but the past and done
Why can't we not be sober?
I just want to start this over
And why can't we sleep forever?
I just want to start this over
Why?
I am just a worthless liar
I am just an imbecile
I will only complicate you
Trust in me and fall as well
I will find a center in you
I will chew it up and leave
Trust me
Trust me
Trust me
Trust me
Trust me
Why can't we not be sober?
I just want to start things over
And why can't we sleep forever?
I just want to start this over
Why?
I want what I want
I want what I want
I want what I want
I want what I want
06 Jerk-Off (03:56)
Someone told me once
That there's a right and wrong
Punishment was the cure
For those who dared to cross the line
But it must not be true
For jerk-offs just like you
Maybe it takes longer
To catch a total asshole
I'm tired of waiting
Someone told me once
That there's a right and wrong
Punishment was the cure
For those who dared to cross the line
But it must not be true
For jerk-offs just like you
Maybe it's just bullshit
I should play God, and shoot you myself
Consequences dictate a course of action
And it doesn't matter what's right
It's only wrong if you get caught
If consequences dictate, my course of action I should
I should play God and just shoot you myself
Tired of waiting
Die
Shoot it
Kick it
Fuck it
Shoot you in your fucking head
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