Strangers in the night è uno dei 10 migliori live hard rock di tutti I tempi. Purtroppo però è meno noto di tanti altri.
Non me ne vogliano i fans di Thin Lizzy e Kiss, ma Strangers in the Night fa il culo a strisce sia a Live and Dangerous che a Alive! Insieme.
E questa non è un’opinione, ma una solida realtà.
Michael Schenker era una sorta di Ritchie Blackmore vol.2.
Molto instabile come chitarrista, cambiava spesso band.
Ma se lo mettevi sul palco dava la merda a tutti… cioè a tutti no dai, certamente non la dava a Hendrix, non la dava a Blackmore, non la dava a Randy Rhoads, forse non la dava nemmeno a Eddie Van Halen… ma a tutti gli altri, dal vivo, ci cagava in testa.
In questo live ci sono tutti i pezzi migliori degli UFO.
Ora, parliamoci chiaro: penso che prendersi un disco in studio degli UFO sia un po' una cosa da coglioni … bene che vada ci saranno due o tre pezzi forti e tutto il resto robetta banale che vi dimenticherete dopo cinque minuti.
Qui, quei due tre pezzi ad album sono tutti insieme nello stesso disco. Il che, considerato che il cd te lo tirano dietro a 2 o 3 euro, è un fottuto affare. Spesso in omaggio inoltre vi danno pure il poster di un gruppo a scelta che vi piace (non necessariamente UFO quindi, anche perché, chi cazzo lo vuole un poster degli UFO? Molto più fico uno dei led zeppelin, con quell’eremita del cazzo e la sua lanterna del cazzo).
Mi direte voi, vabbè ma allora è lo stesso se mi prendo un greatest hits…
Va bene un cazzo! Qui Michael è live, e dal vivo lui era uno di quelli che ci piaceva anche cambiare un po’ le carte in tavola, improvvisare insomma, mica come quelli degli Iron Maiden che facevano i pezzi sempre identici, perfetti, uguali alle versioni originali… oh ma che bravo Murray.. che precisione… e faccela un’improvvisazione ogni tanto Dave, vaffanculo!
Diciamola tutta, Live after Death è il live più noioso di sempre. Ecco, in quel caso si, metti su un greatest hits e non cambia nulla.
Ovviamente però non è che improvvisava tanto quanto Jimmy Page coi suoi assoli scrotodetonanti da 47 minuti… roba che Plant nel frattempo andava in camerino a farsi una pista, si inchiappettava una groupie e tornava in tempo per la fine dell’assolo… insomma, improvvisava il giusto, quel tanto che bastava a rendere i pezzi più fiqui delle versioni originali.
Gli altri della band? Ah, si, c’erano anche altri nella band. Non so chi siano e francamente non me ne può fregar di meno, e non credo fotta nemmeno a voi sapere il nome del bassista o quello del batterista… non è gente che passerà alla storia, ma ci sapevano fare, anche perché uno bravo come Michael in genere si circonda di gente brava, mica di mezze seghe tipo quelli dei sex pistols o dei velvet under cosi.
Quindi, che altro dire. Accattatevi sto cd e spargete la voce: Strangers in the Night è uno dei dieci migliori live hard rock di tutti i tempi!
Chi non la pensa così merita di fare la fine del mio ex. Volete sapere che fine ha fatto? Chiedetelo a lui, sempre che riesca ancora a parlare, lo stronzo.
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01 Natural Thing (03:59)
Michael Schenker; Phil Mogg; Pete Way
[Spoken]
Ya know we get, we’re getting a bit confused up here.
It’s your licensing laws.
We’ve just taken a vote; apparently this is something called Natural Thing
[Intro]
Said she came from Memphis
You can look but please don't touch
Didn't like rock and rollers
It seemed a bit much too much
Cause it's the natural thing you git at the start
The natural blood starts to flow
Yeah, the natural thing, you git at the start
Then she'll never let you go
Hey girl, now does it feel alright
D’ya think I'm getting through
Don't you think it feels real tight
Wait till we start to move
May sound funny but you gave it to me
I didn't even like it
May sound funny but you gave it to me
Now I got to live without it
[Instrumental]
Gittin’ on down to Atlanta
I got to move my feet
Ya know I’m down for the last encore
With every star she meets
Cause it's the natural thing you git at the start
The natural blood starts to flow
Yeah, the natural thing, you git at the start
Then she'll never let you go
Hey girl, now does it feel alright
D’ya think I'm getting through
Don't you think it feels real tight
Wait till we start to move
May sound funny but you gave it to me
I didn't even like it
May sound funny but you gave it to me
Now I got to live without it
[Instrumental to end]
02 Out in the Street (05:09)
Pete Way; Phil Mogg
Lady love to hang on
Lady like a real intel-lectual
Sweet sister you’re still shaking
And your tragedy is never ending
Silver shoes you're wearing
Every window that you've ever stared in
Over my head, over my head
Sidewalks of the city
Every theater there you've ever played
Your comic book impersonations
Wish for cinder embers to keep
Over my head, so it's all…
Out in the streets for just one more matinee
Yes, your vaudeville carries on
So put a smile in front your man can see
Yes your vaudeville carries on
[Instrumental]
Out in the street for just one more matinee
Yes, your vaudeville carries on
So put a smile in front your man can see
Yes your vaudeville carries on
Lady love to hang on
Lady like a real intel-lectual
Sweet sister you’re still shaking
And your tragedy is never ending
Over my head, over my head
03 Only You Can Rock Me (04:10)
Michael Schenker; Pete Way; Phil Mogg
Who’s taking time out, we’ll take a shine out
We’re the boys we got nothing to lose
I’ve had enough now of school and stuff now
If you ain’t with us then it’s just bad news
Only you can rock me rock me
Come on back now d o it again
Only you can rock me, rock me
Kicking out just like a hurrican3
We can’t wait from day to day
Cuz we’ve got something to say
We can’t wait from day to day
Cuz we’ve got something to say
Come on the street now on every corner
Breaking out and we’re doing what we want to
Just like a jewel shines in the night
She burns so hot out under the street light
Chorus
We are here and there’s no end
We keep on coming again
We are here and there’s no end
We just keep coming again
Instrumental
Who’s taking time out, we take a shine out
We’re the boys we got nothing to lose
I’ve had enough now of school
And stuff now
If you ain’t with us then it’s just bad news
Only you can rock me, rock me
Come on back now, do it again
Only you can rock me, rock me
Kickin’ out just like a hurricane
We can’t wait from day to day
Cuz we’ve got something to say
We are here and there’s no end
We’ll keep on coming again
We can’t wait from day to day
Cuz we’ve got something to say
We are here and there’s no end
We’ll keep on coming again
Only You Can Rock Me
04 Doctor Doctor (04:42)
Michael Schenker; Phil Mogg
Doctor doctor, please
Oh, the mess Im in
Doctor doctor, please,
Oh the mess Im in
She walked up to me
And really stole my heart
And then she started
To take my body apart
*livin, lovin, Im on the run
Far away from you
Livin, lovin, Im on the run
So far away from you
Doctor doctor, please
Oh, Im goin fast
Doctor doctor, please,
Oh, Im goin fast
Its only just a moment,
Shes turnin paranoid
Thats not a situation for a nervous boy
Doctor doctor, please
Oh, the mess Im in
Doctor doctor, please,
Oh, the mess Im in
But you look so angry
As I crawled across your floor
Shes got the strain,
And I cant take any more
*repeat
*repeat
05 Mother Mary (03:26)
Try to make some changes really on the line
Given your religion, never ever time
All the jokers laughing, queens upon the floor
Don't misunderstand it, baby needs some more
Lovin' up some ransom, weapon and a gun
Just your education, hard to understand
Will the teenage lesion make a mark on you
Make a big tome status, then we run them through
Mother Mary could you ever really feel the same
And would you try to understand a wild colonial boy
Try to make some changes really on the line
Given your religion, never ever time
All the jokers laughing, queens upon the floor
Don't misunderstand it, baby needs some more
Mother Mary could you ever really feel the same
And would you try to understand a wild colonial boy
06 This Kids (04:58)
Michael Schenker; Phil Mogg; Schenkar
Kid's gettin' tired, hangin' around
So cocksure, thinkin' aloud
Can't get it in (when you) can't get it out
Sure ain't enough and there ain't no doubt
You can't stop a train with just a smile
Stop me at the start only for a while
Hole in my pocket and a hole in my arm
All that's left when life's lost it's charm
This could be for us just any other day
So come on girl, we really got to get away
It's the only chance you'll ever have to change
Or stick in this city will drive you insane
*
Can't win or lose when there's little left to choose
Now 'til next year it'll always be the same
The black backstreets and people who don't know your name
Go with the wind if it'll only carry us away
--instrumental--
Between The Walls
No Lyrics - Instrumental
07 Love to Love (08:10)
Michael Schenker; Phil Mogg
Oh it’s been too many times and I can’t go back
Night bars, guitars, rundown motels like shacks
What it mounts up to I don’t want it at all
Lost you and I want you today
* misty green and blue
Love to love to love you
Misty green and blue
Love to love to love you
To be something, to be with you
Don’t say that you’ll never know
Love to love to love you
[instrumental]
Half the time it could seem funny
The other half is just too sad
This west bound moon’s they rise and fall
Lost you and I want you today
* repeat
To be something, to be near you
I don’t know where I’m goin’ to
I’ve tried and I need you to stay
[instrumental]
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Di extro91
Uno dei live più incendiari della storia del Rock.
Michael Schenker ci immobilizza con il suo vertiginoso assolo.