Il bambino di “BOY” si è incazzato, siamo nel 1983, l’Irlanda attraversa un periodo difficilissimo. Quale occasione migliore per il salto di qualità?
Basta con i garage, basta parlare di adolescenti e di autunno: WAR rappresenta per gli U2 l’album della svolta, abbandonato l’underground i quattro incominciano il loro cammino verso l’olimpo del rock.
La sensazione che si prova ascoltando “SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY” è indescrivibile: la marcia disperata e i colpi di MULLEN entrano dritti nel cuore, il riff di THE EDGE provoca una reazione a catena sulla pelle ed un brivido incredibile attraversa tutto il corpo…
“And the battle's just begun/ There's many lost, but tell me who has won/ The trench is dug within our hearts/ And mothers, children, brothers, sisters/ Torn apart”.
“NEW YEARS DAY” è spettacolare, il pianoforte accostato alla chitarra elettrica crea un qualcosa di indescrivibile, il testo disperato è riassunto dal titolo dell’album e il cielo rosso sangue citato nella canzone rievoca il titolo rosseggiante sulla copertina: “WAR”.
“LIKE A SONG” e’ un’ esplosione di rock duro e puro, “SURRENDER” e’ una canzone meno impegnativa e più rilassante così come “RED LIGHT” che con un po’ di basso in più sarebbe stata a suo agio in “Blood Sugar Sex Magic”. “SECONDS” è stupenda e in “DROWING MAN” la potenza della voce di BONO soppianta tutti gli strumenti in una ballata senza ritornello un po’ strana, ma molto appassionante.
Niente cazzate superficiali, sono lontani i tempi di “ONE” di “BEAUTIFUL DAY” … questi sono gli U2 amici, quattro ragazzi incazzati con delle enormi zattere punk in testa, non eccessivamente bravi, ma molto, molto, molto sinceri (almeno all’inizio della loro carriera)!
Negli anni ottanta una nuova pagina della storia del rock venne scritta da quei quattro, il giro di batteria di “SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY” è proprio li, accanto a “We will rock you”, accanto a “Good times bad times”.
Allora si che erano sinceri, ne avevano tante di idee, allora si che lo volevano cambiare davvero il mondo…
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01 Sunday Bloody Sunday (04:40)
Yeah...
Hmm... hmm....
I can't believe the news today
Oh, I can't close my eyes
And make it go away
How long...
How long must we sing this song?
How long? How long...
'cause tonight... we can be as one
Tonight...
Broken bottles under children's feet
Bodies strewn across the dead end street
But I won't heed the battle call
It puts my back up
Puts my back up against the wall
Sunday, bloody Sunday
Sunday, bloody Sunday
Sunday, bloody Sunday
(Oh, let's go)
And the battle's just begun
There's many lost, but tell me who has won?
The trench is dug within our hearts
And mothers, children, brothers, sisters torn apart
Sunday, bloody Sunday
Sunday, bloody Sunday
How long...
How long must we sing this song?
How long? How long...
'cause tonight... we can be as one
Tonight... tonight...
Sunday, bloody Sunday
Sunday, bloody Sunday
(Yeah, let's go)
Wipe the tears from your eyes
Wipe your tears away
Oh, wipe your tears away
I wipe your tears away
(Sunday, bloody Sunday)
I wipe your blood shot eyes
(Sunday, bloody Sunday)
Sunday, bloody Sunday (Sunday, bloody Sunday)
Sunday, bloody Sunday (Sunday, bloody Sunday)
(Yeah, let's go)
And it's true we are immune
When fact is fiction and TV reality
And today the millions cry
We eat and drink while tomorrow they die
(Sunday, bloody Sunday)
The real battle just begun
To claim the victory Jesus won
On...
Sunday, bloody Sunday
Sunday, bloody Sunday...
02 Seconds (03:10)
It takes a second to say goodbye, say goodbye
Oh, oh, oh
It takes a second to say goodbye, say goodbye
Oh, oh, oh
Say bye-bye
Where are you going to now?
Lightning flashes across the sky
East to West
Do and die
Like a thief in the night
See the world by candlelight
Fall, rise and...
Fall, rise and...
In an apartment on Times Square
You can assemble them anywhere
Held to ransom, hell to pay
A revolution every day
U.S.S.R., G.D.R., London, New York, Peking
It's the puppets, it's the puppets pull the strings, yeah
Fall, rise and...
Fall, rise and...
Say goodbye, say goodbye
Say goodbye, say goodbye
Say goodbye
It takes a second to say goodbye
Say goodbye, oh, oh, oh
Push the button and pull the plug
Say goodbye, oh, oh, oh
Fall, rise and...
Fall, rise and...
And they're doing the atomic bomb
Do they know where the dance comes from?
Yes they're doing the atomic bomb
They want you to sing along
Say goodbye, say goodbye
Say goodbye, say goodbye
Say goodbye.
03 New Year's Day (05:35)
All is quiet on New Year's day
A world in white gets underway
And I want to be with you
Be with you night and day
Nothing changes on New Year's day
On New Year's day
I... will be with you again
I... will be with you again
Under a blood red sky
A crowd has gathered in black and white
Arms entwined
The chosen few
The newspaper says, says
Says it's true, says it's true and
We can break through
Torn in two
We can be one
I... I will begin again
I... I will begin again
Yeah
Oh...
Oh and maybe the time is right
Oh... maybe tonight
I... will be with you again
I... will be with you again
And so we are told this is the golden age
And gold is the reason for the wars we wage
Though I want to be with you
To be with you night and day
Nothing changes on New Year's day
On New Year's Day...
On New Year's Day...
06 The Refugee (03:40)
Wa, war... she's the refugee
I see your face
I see you staring back at me
Wa, war... she is the refugee
Her mama say one day she's gonna live in America
In the morning
She is waiting
Waiting for the ship to sail
Sail away...
Wa, war... her papa go to war
He gonna fight but he don't know what for
Wa, war... her papa go to war
Her mama say one day he's gonna come back from far away
Oh help me
How can you help me?
In the evening
She is waiting
Waiting for her man to come
And take her by her hand
And take her to this promised land
Wa, war... she's a pretty face
But at the wrong time in the wrong place
Wa, war... she's a pretty face
Her mama say one day she's gonna live in America
Yeah, America
Wa, war... she is a refugee
She coming back, she come and keep you company
Wa, war... she is a refugee
Her mama say one day she's gonna live in America
08 Red Light (03:46)
Oh I talk to you
You walk away
You're still on the down beat
You say you don't want my help
But you can't escape
If you're running from yourself
I give you my love
I give you my love
Give you my love
Still you walk away
Well...
It's your own late show
As you jump to the street below
But where can you go
To leave yourself behind?
Alone in the spotlight
Of this, your own tragedy
I give you my love, love, love...
09 Surrender (05:34)
Oh, the city's alight
With lovers and lies
And bright blue eyes
Oh, the city is bright
It's brighter than day tonight
(Surrender, surrender)
(Surrender, surrender)
Sadie said she couldn't work out what it was all about
And so she let go
Now Sadie's on the street and the people she meets you know
She tried to be a good girl and a good wife
Raise a good family
Lead a good life
It's not good enough
She got herself up on the 48th floor
Gotta find out
Find out what she's living for
(Surrender, surrender)
(Surrender, surrender)
Oh, the city's a fire
A passionate flame that knows me by name
Oh, the city's desire to take me for more and more
It's in the street gettin' under my feet
It's in the air, it's everywhere I look for you
It's in the things that I do and say
And it I wanna live I gotta die to myself someday
Oh, oh, oh, oh...
Papa sing my sing my song
Papa sing my sing my song
Papa sing my sing my song
10 "40" (02:35)
I waited patiently for the Lord
He inclined and heard my cry
He brought me up out of the pit
Out of the miry clay
I will sing, sing a new song
I will sing, sing a new song
How long to sing this song?
How long to sing this song?
How long, how long, how long
How long to sing this song?
You set my feet upon a rock
And made my footsteps firm
Many will see, many will see and hear
I will sing, sing a new song
I will sing, sing a new song
I will sing, sing a new song
I will sing, sing a new song
How long to sing this song?
How long to sing this song?
How long to sing this song?
How long to sing this song?
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Altre recensioni
Di Alevox
"Sunday Bloody Sunday colpisce come frecce dritte al cuore."
"War è un deposito di canzoni che rimangono tra le migliori della band e della storia del rock 'n roll."
Di Rax
Gli U2, alla stessa età dei Beatles, pubblicavano "War" – per molti il loro capolavoro più autentico.
"Sunday Bloody Sunday" parla soprattutto della spettacolarizzazione della guerra in televisione e tocca con sincerità profonda.
Di Ocean
“War ha rappresentato meglio di ogni altro album i sentimenti dei giovani all’inizio degli anni 80.”
“Una canzone può fare più di tante conferenze di pace.”
