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...Together we can get somewhere / Anyplace is better / Starting from zero got nothing to lose / Maybe we'll make something / But me myself I got nothing to prove...
È mattina; mi sveglio. Un sole abbagliante riscalda seccamente la mia pelle, così piena di brividi.
Oh, che bella giornata! Che altro fare se non trascorrerla con gli amici, davanti a un bel paesaggio.
Chiamo Luca, Angelo. Appuntamento tra 30 min. Mi vado a fare la doccia.
15 min più tardi suona il cell: "Eh, Bibi come facciamo per la nostra uscita? Fuori diluvia!" Io: "Che?".
Eh sì, fuori diluvia. Addio alla nostra uscita!
Delusa e amareggiata da questo tempo che cambia "umore" e che non è mai come te lo aspetti, mi metto a fare uno zapping: mtv; mtv usa top 20. Dopo la prima metà dello "show" cominciano a venirmi dei dubbi: ma le new singers della black music vendono lo loro musica, vendono il loro talento o vendono il loro corpo e non sono niente di meno che un futile prodotto del music business che ci prende per degli ignobili cretini pronti a divorare il primo - apparentemente delizioso - piatto che ci capita?
Apparire sexy non è un'opzione: è un obbligo. Vestirsi o non vestirsi non fa alcuna differenza ma se non si è vestite... è meglio!
Praticamente tutto il contrario di questa Prima Donna: non è bella, non è alta, parlando di look è decisamente out, e di sicuro non è mai stata, è, o sarà la nuova Naomi Campbell!
Lei ha solo una Voce, la sua chitarra e le sette note!
Era il lontano 1988, il mondo era conquistato da rock-noisy bands come i Def Leppard, i Poison, quando a soli 24 anni si fece conoscere una donna dalla delicata voce, ma piena di potenza, con un album che ci provava che il pop poteva ancora emozionare e conquistare, spazzando dalla scena tutti gli altri artisti e vendendo in poco più di un anno più di 9 milioni di copie in tutto il mondo.
Era un album talmente luminoso che lasciava in ombra tutti gli altri: 11 canzoni e 36 minuti di innocua melodia e pura poesia. Cantava le battaglie della sua vita, sia socio-poitiche ("Talkin' About A Revolution") contro la povertà e la segregazione razziale, che relative ai disordini famigliari ("Across The Lines", "Behind The Wall") e l'amore che cambia l'esistenza ("For My Lover").
Tracy Chapman (l'album) è il primo lavoro di una "folkettara nera", che ricorda il mio amaro pomeriggio: potrebbe sembrare scontato, ma non si sa mai come sarà la track sucessiva. Mrs. Chapman aveva decisamente ragione quando diceva: "...I had a feeling that I belonged / And I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone..."
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01 Talkin' Bout a Revolution (02:40)
Don't you know
They're talkin' about a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
Don't you know
They're talkin' about a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
While they're standing in the welfare lines
Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation
Wasting time in the unemployment lines
Sitting around waiting for a promotion
Don't you know
They're talkin' about a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
Poor people gonna rise up
And get their share
Poor people gonna rise up
And take what's theirs
Don't you know
You better run, run, run...(+9)
Oh I said you better
Run, run, run...(+9)
Cause finally the tables are starting to turn
Talkin' bout a revolution
Yes finally the tables are starting to turn
Talkin' bout a revolution oh no
Talkin' bout a revolution oh no
While they're standing in the welfare lines
Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation
Wasting time in the unemployment lines
Sitting around waiting for a promotion
Don't you know
They're talkin' about a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
And finally the tables are starting to turn
Talkin' bout a revolution
Yes finally the tables are starting to turn
Talkin' bout a revolution oh no
Talkin' bout a revolution oh no
Talkin' bout a revolution oh no
02 Fast Car (04:56)
You've got a fast car
I wanna a ticket to anywhere
Maybe we make a deal
Maybe together we can get somewhere
Any place is better
Starting from zero, got nothing to lose
Maybe we'll make something
Me, myself, I've got nothing to prove
You've got a fast car
I've got a plan to get us out of here
Been working at the convenience store
Managed to save just a little bit of money
Won't have to drive too far
Just cross the border and into the city
You and I can both get jobs
And finally see what it means to be living
See my old man's got a problem
Live with the bottle, that's the way it is
He says his body's too old for working
His body's too young, to look like his
When mama went off and left him
She wanted more from life than he could give
I said somebody's got to take care of him
So I quit school and that's what I did
You've got a fast car
Is it fast enough so we can fly away?
We gotta make a decision
Leave tonight or live and die this way
Say remember when we were driving, driving in your car
Speed so fast it felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
And I had a feeling that I belonged
I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone
You've got a a fast car
We go cruising entertain ourselves
You still ain't got a job
Now I work in the market as a checkout girl
I know things will get better
You'll find work and I'll get promoted
We'll move out of the shelter
Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs
Say remember when we were driving, driving in your car
Speeds so fast it felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
And I had a feeling that I belonged
I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone
You've got a fast car
I've got a job that pays all our bills
You stay out drinking late at the bar
See more of your friends than you do of your kids
I'd always hoped for better
Thought maybe together you and me'd find it
I got no plans and I ain't going nowhere
So take your fast car and keep on driving
You've got a fast car
Is it fast enough so you can fly away?
You gotta make a decision
Leave tonight or live and die this way
03 Across the Lines (03:24)
Across the lines
Who would dare to go
Under the bridge
Over the tracks
That seperates whites from blacks
Choose sides
Or run for your life
Tonight the riots begin
On the back streets of America
They kill the dream of America
Little black girl gets assaulted
Ain't no reason why
Newspaper prints the story
And racist tempers fly
Next day it starts a riot
Knives and guns are drawn
Two black boys get killed
One white boy goes blind
Little black girl gets assaulted
Don't no one know her name
Lots of people hurt and angry
She's the one to blame
04 Behind the Wall (01:49)
Last night I heard the screaming
Loud voices behind the wall
Another sleepless night for me
It won't do no good to call
The police
Always come late
If they come at all
Last night I heard the screaming
Loud voices behind the wall
Another sleepless night for me
It won't do no good to call
The police
Always come late
If they come at all
And when they arrive
they say they can't interfere
With domestic affairs
Between a man and his wife
And as they walk out the door
The tears well up in her eyes
Last night I heard the screaming
Then a silence that chilled my soul
Prayed that I was dreaming
When I saw the ambulance in the road
And the policeman said
"I'm here to keep the peace
Will the crowd disperse
I think we all could use some sleep"
Last night I heard the screaming
Loud voices behind the wall
Another sleepless night for me
It won't do no good to call
The police
Always come late
If they come at all
05 Baby Can I Hold You (03:14)
Sorry
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like sorry like sorry
Forgive me
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like forgive me forgive me
But you can say baby
Baby can I hold you tonight
Maybe if I told you the right words
At the right time you'd be mine
I love you
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like I love you I love you
But you can say baby
Baby can I hold you tonight
Maybe if I told you the right words
At the right time you'd be mine
Baby can I hold you tonight
Maybe if I told you the right words
At the right time you'd be mine
You'd be mine
You'd be mine....
06 Mountains o' Things (04:39)
The life I've always wanted
I guess I'll never have
I'll be working for somebody else
Until I'm in my grave
I'll be dreaming of a life of ease
And mountains
Oh mountains o' things
To have a big expensive car
Drag my furs on the ground
And have a maid that I can tell
To bring me anything
Everyone will look at me with envy and with greed
I'll revel in their attention
And mountains
Oh mountains o' things
Sweet lazy life
Champagne and caviar
I hope you'll come and find me
Cause you know who we are
Those who deserve the best in life
And know what money's worth
And those whose sole misfortune
Was having mountains o' nothing at birth
Oh they tell me
There's still time to save my soul
They tell me
Renounce all
Renounce all those material things you gained by
Exploiting other human beings
Consume more than you need
This is the dream
Make you pauper
Or make you queen
I won't die lonely
I'll have it all prearranged
A grave that's deep and wide enough
For me and all my mountains o' things
Mostly I feel lonely
Good good people are
Good people are only
My stepping stones
It's gonna take all my mountains o' things
To surround me
Keep all my enemies away
Keep my sadness and loneliness at bay
I'll be dreaming, dreaming...
Dreaming...
07 She's Got Her Ticket (03:56)
She's got her ticket
I think she gonna use it
I think she going to fly away
No one should try and stop her
Persuade her with their power
She says that her mind is made
Up
Why not leave why not
Go away
Too much hatred
Corruption and greed
Give your life
And invariably they leave you with
Nothing
Young girl ain't got no chances
No roots to keep her strong
She's shed all pretenses
That someday she'll belong
Some folks call her a runaway
A failure in the race
But she knows where her ticket takes her
She will find her place in the sun
And she'll fly, fly, fly...
08 Why? (02:06)
Why do the babies starve
When there's enough food to feed the world
Why when there're so many of us
Are there people still alone
Why are the missiles called peace keepers
When they're aimed to kill
Why is a woman still not safe
When she's in her home
Love is hate
War is peace
No is yes
And we're all free
But somebody's gonna have to answer
The time is coming soon
Amidst all these questions and contradictions
There're some who seek the truth
But somebody's gonna have to answer
The time is coming soon
When the blind remove their blinders
And the speechless speak the truth
09 For My Lover (03:12)
Two weeks in a Virginia Jail
For my lover for my lover
Twenty thousand dollar bail
For my lover for my lover
And everybody thinks
That I'm the fool
But they don't get
Any love from you
The things we won't do for love
I'd climb a mountain if I had to
And risk my life so I could have you
You, you, you...
Everyday I'm psycoanalyzed
For my lover for my lover
They dope me up and I tell them lies
For my lover for my lover
And everybody thinks
That I'm the fool
But they don't get
Any love from you
The things we won't do for love
I'd climb a mountain if I had to
And risk my life so I could have you
You, you, you...
I follow my heart
And leave my head to ponder
Deep in this love
No man can shake
I follow my heart
And leave my mind to wonder
Is this love worth
The sacrifices I make
Two weeks in a Virginia Jail
For my lover for my lover
Twenty thousand dollar bail
For my lover for my lover
Everyday I'm psycoanalyzed
For my lover for my lover
They dope me up and I tell them lies
For my lover for my lover
And everybody thinks
That I'm the fool
But they don't get
Any love from you
The things we won't do for love
I'd climb a mountain if I had to
And risk my life so I could have you
You, you, you...
10 If Not Now... (03:01)
If not now then when
If now today then
Why make your promises
A love declared for days to come
Is as good as none
You can wait til morning comes
You can wait for the new day
You can wait and lose this heart
You can wait and soon be sorry
Now loves the only thing thats free
We must take it where its found
Pretty soon it may be costly
If not now what then
We all must live our lives
Always feeling
Always thinking
The moment has arrived
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