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E la risposta alla fine è arrivata, come un pugno in piena faccia, a chi li considerava un gruppo finito, che non aveva più niente da dire, eccessivamente addolcito, troppo incupito come appariva in "12 Memories" (album incredibilmente sottovalutato solo perché non aveva una spaccaclassifiche come "Sing" da giocarsi).
Brian Eno e Nigel Godrich: due mostri sacri della produzione che difficilmente si sarebbero mossi per un gruppo "alla frutta". "Closer", diamante pop di assoluto valore incastonato in un palinsesto radiofonico sempre più impaludato con mercenari da hit parade, era una sorta di stupefacente avvertimento, ma questo "The Boy With No Name" spiazza in una maniera quasi indecente già dalle prime note della sontuosa "3 Times And You Lose", rimando alle cose migliori del best seller "The Invisibile Band" grazie alle sue atmosfere acustiche delicate e sognanti. Totale inversione di marcia, però, già con la successiva "Selfish Jean", sicuro marchio a fuoco sull'estate 2007, che sfodera una melodia pop ‘n roll di sontuoso impatto; inizia richiamando vagamente l'Iggy Pop di 'Lust For Life', poi va da tutt'altra parte, recuperando una vitalità ed una positività che mancava ai Travis addirittura da "Good Feeling".
Di "Closer" abbiamo detto e sentito, dunque è maggiormente invitante soffermarsi sulla disarmante (in senso assolutamente positivo) "Big Chair", forse la miglior canzone dei Travis dai tempi di "The Man Who"; l'ennesima risposta, stavolta a quelli che considerano Francis Healy buono solo a scrivere banali "pezzi pop". E' una canzone che potrebbe benssimo provenire dal pugno inspirato di Thom Yorke, è una fenomenale commistione di batteria delicata ma frenetica, cantato sommesso ma incisivo e sprazzi di piano e archi qua e là, quasi come lampi improvvisi. "Battleships" è la cosa più british che avete sentito da anni a questa parte, sa di pioggia e di passanti con impermeabile ed ombrello, di Notting Hill e autobus a due piani. "Eyes Wide Open" ci riporta addirittura, in quanto a sonorità, ai fasti di "The Man Who"; è quasi una "Writing To Reach You" evoluta e maggiormente ritmata, mentre "My Eyes" è il classico pezzo malinconico a cui ci hanno abituato Healy e soci e, potete scommetterci, futuro singolo.
"One Night" riporta invece a una canzone sottovalutata in maniera ignobile come la superba "Love Will Come Through", guardacaso l'episodio meno cupo di "12 Memories". "Out In Space" è un numero di pop intimista che ricrea un'atmosfera stupenda e particolarissima; la voce di Francis unita alla sola chitarra acustica trasporta l'ascoltatore dentro un sogno fatto di armonie delicate, appena turbate da rumori di sottofondo sporadici. "Colder" è l'ennesima, bellissima canzone, che stavolta su una batteria come soffocata e lontana e un sorprendente intermezzo di armonica. "New Amsterdam" chiude alla grande ma in maniera sommessa, quasi impercettibile.
Un grande lavoro questo "T.B.W.N.N.", l'ennesima gemma di elegantissimo pop offerta da un gruppo che ci ha abituati benissimo e statene certi, continuerà a farlo.
Il loro miglior album dopo l'inarrivabile "The Man Who".
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02 Selfish Jean (04:01)
Cheers
Thanks for everything
You hung me out by my heart
You're just so selfish jean
Yes you are
Hey you
Threw it all away
By holding everything in
Hey Jean don't rock the boat
When you can't swim
With a perfect understanding
Of the finer things in life
A quite alarming knack of knowing
When to twist the knife
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Selfish Jean
Here's to you
Who read everything
Left it out on the shelf
There's no one else to blame
Except yourself
Well a perfect combination
Of good etiquet and charm
You keep the chocolate biscuits
Wired to a car alarm
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Selfish Jean
Well i'm standing on my own
And this house is not a home
It's so sad to see you go
Things are high, things are low
And it's good to know you know
If you've got nowhere to go
Well you could spend the night with me
There will be no guarantee
That I'll be here
In the morning
Or any time that you call
I hear you snoring Jean
Through the wall
So hey
Here's to everything
To peace and love in our time
Ah Jean the slate is clean
I guess we're fine
Well I don't expect a miracle
Not asking you to change
If you can't see me happy
Well just look the other way
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Selfish Jean
Aaaaaaaaaaaaah
Selfish Jean
Jean
Oh yeah
Jean
03 Closer (04:01)
I've had enough of this parade
I'm thinking of the words to say
We open up unfinished parts
Broken up
It's only love
And when I see you then I know it will be next to me
And when I need you then I know you will be there with me
I'll never leave you
Just need to get
Closer, closer
Lean on me now
Lean on me now
Closer, closer
Lean on me now
Lean on me now
Keep waking up (waking up) without you here (without you here)
Another day (another day) another year (another year)
I seek the truth (seek the truth), we set apart (we set apart)
Second dance
A second chance (a second chance)
And when I see you then I know it will be next to me
And when I need you then I know you will be there with me
I'll never leave you
Just need to get
Closer, closer
Lean on me now
Lean on me now
Closer, closer
Lean on me now
Lean on me now
Lean on me now
And when I see you then I know it will be next to me
And when I need you then I know you will be there with me
I'll never leave you
Just need to get
Closer, closer
Lean on me now
Lean on me now
Closer, closer
Lean on me now
Lean on me now
Lean of me now
Closer, closer
Closer, closer
05 Battleships (04:12)
When will you carry me home
Like the wounded star in the movie
When will you carry me home
Take it back to the start when you knew me
'Cause when you talk to me that way
I'll be a million miles away
I guess it's just another day
In love
We're battleships
Drifting in our wee river
Taking hits
Sinking, it's now or never
Overboard
Drowning in a sea of love and hate
But it's too late
Battleship down
When will you figure it out
That you're not always right little darling
When will you figure it out
That it's not worth the fight little darling
'Cause when you can't think what to say
You go and throw it all away
I guess it's just another day
In love
We're battleships
Drifting in our wee river
Taking hits
Sinking, it's now or never
Overboard
Drowning in a sea of love and hate
But it's too late
Battleship down
But you're too smart
And I'm too dumb
With no heart in the middle
We're battleships
Drifting in our wee river
Taking hits
Sinking, it's now or never
Overboard
Falling into the ocean
Ship to shore
Drowning in a sea of love and hate
But it's too late
Battleship down
07 My Eyes (04:08)
Deep in my heart
There's no room for crying
But I'm trying to see your point of view
Deep in my heart
I'm afraid I'm dying
I'd be lying if I said I'm not
Welcome in, welcome in
Shame about the weather
Welcome in, welcome in
You're welcome
It's a sin it's a sin
We're birds of a feather
Are welcome to land on you
Ya ya yay
Ya ya yay
You got my eyes
We can't see what you'll be
You can't disguise
Either way
I will pray
You will be wise
Pretty soon you will see
Tears in my eyes
As each day goes by
Makes way for another
We discover that we're not alone
And each day we try
The best we can to recover
All the feelings that we left below
Welcome in, welcome in
Shame about the weather
Welcome in, welcome in
You're welcome
It's a sin it's a sin
We're birds of a feather
Are welcome to land on you
Ya ya yay
Ya ya yay
You got my eyes
And we can't see what you'll be
You can't disguise
But either way
I will pray
You will be wise
Pretty soon you will see
Tears in my eyes
Welcome in, welcome in
Shame about the weather
Welcome in, welcome in
You're welcome
It's a sin it's a sin
We're birds of a feather
Are welcome to land on you...
Ya ya yay
Ya ya yay
You got my eyes
We can't see what you'll be
You can't disguise
But either way
I will pray
You will be wise
Pretty soon you will see
Tears in my eyes
Pretty soon you will see
Tears in my eyes
Oh pretty soon you will see
Tears in my eyes
10 Out in Space (03:36)
Oh my friend
We have spent
So much time looking for someone to blame
'Cause we're the same
And jealous games
Take up time we could spend on other things
Oh my friend
If it ends
Let us go and then not look back again
We can't be
You and me
Taking ourselves much too seriously
But out in space
A million miners work upon the nights coal face
And all I see is black
And the stars look back at me
Oh my friend
What a friend
I'd have thought you'd have stayed here till the end
To take a bow
Draw the crowd
We're just words in the sand at high tide
But out in space
A million miners work upon the nights coal face
And all I see is black
And all the stars look back at me
Oh my friend
We should spend
Some more time looking from the other end
'Cause we would see
So clearly
We blame ourselves as much as we blame we
We blame ourselves as much as we blame we
We blame ourselves
11 Colder (04:07)
I'm in love with everything
With every face I've ever seen
And every place I've ever been
Has left it's mark upon my worries
I colour in the world I see
I pick apart the melody
'Cause maybe there's a symphony
Caught inside but there's no way out
And the sky is falling down and there's an angel on the ground it's getting colder
I'm standing looking down there's not a sound around the town it's getting colder
Colder
I would show you everything
But everything is too extreme
We'll wait and see the entropy
At the end when we all start flying
But the sky is falling down and there's an angel on the ground it's getting colder
I'm standing looking down there's not a sound around the town it's getting colder
The sky is falling down and there's an angel on the ground it's getting colder
I'm standing looking down there's not a sound around the town it's getting colder
The sky is falling down and all the people on the ground are getting colder
I'm standing looking down again but you can't help me now I'm getting colder
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Di francis
Una canzone che è epica e dimessa allo stesso tempo e che trasmette un qualcosa di magico, veramente eccezionale.
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