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Ciao ragazzi!
È da tempo che consulto questo sito, e finalmente mi sono iscritto.
Cercando tra le recensioni alla lettera U mi sono stupito di non trovarne alcuna degli Uriah Heep, gruppo fondamentale nella storia del rock, ed ho così deciso di colmare questo vuoto... allora... c'erano una volta i Led Zeppelin, i Deep Purple. Gli UFO, gli Scorpions ed i Thin Lizzy. E gli Uriah Heep. Una leggenda, un gruppo che ha fatto scuola e ha influenzato notevolmente il metal. Crearono uno stile originale, unendo ad un hard travolgente cori soul, lyrics spesso ispirate al fantasy, ballate splendide dal sapore hippie, insomma una formula incredibile!
Nel 1972 diedero luce a quello che, nella loro varia discografia, è il loro terzo album ed il più rappresentativo: Demons and Wizards, un disco fondamentale ed unico nella sua bellezza.
Innanzitutto gli Uriah sono ottimi musicisti, dotati di grande tecnica, in particolare il chitarrista Mick Box ed il tastierista, tra i migliori della storia. La sezione ritmica è perfetta, impeccabile, ed il bassista crea linee di basso molto belle. David Byron (R.I.P), il cantante, scomparso nel 1986, ha una voce splendida, incredibilmente coinvolgente ed emozionante.
La copertina ed il titolo potrebbero fare pensare ad un disco power: niente di più sbagliato, anche se gli Uriah sono ammirati da ogni gruppo power, Blind Guardian in primis (ma qui è tutta un'altra cosa).
L'album, composto da nove tracce, si apre con The Wizard, un'incredibile ballata caratterizzato da splendidi intrecci di chitarre acustiche ed elettriche testo fantasy. Una delle numerose perle del disco, con dei cori sensazionali. Si passa dunque a Traveler In Time, song piena di riff azzeccatissimi e con un Byron in stato di grazia. Gia due perle di rara bellezza. La terza traccia è Easy Living, corta ma veramente trascinante con una ritmica straordinaria. Il coro femminile nella parte centrale è sublime. Poet's Justice ha una sottile vena di mestizia ed è l'ulteriore prova della grandezza e della fantasia creativa degli Heep. Da segnalare il bellissimo testo. Circle Of Hands è un pezzo imperdibile, con un ritmo più lento e melodie che emozionano incredibilmente. Dopo Rainbow Demon, brano dal sound decisamente più duro, arriviamo alle ultime due, meravigliose, canzoni dell'album: Paradise e The Spell. Con la prima menzionata è ancora grande musica, una ballata amorosa bellissima nel suo complesso, ma è con The Spell che si arriva a quello che secondo me è l'apice creativo del disco. Canzone da brivido, merita di essere ascoltata e riascoltata. L'assolo, tranquillo e lento, è sublime, così come le tastiere che accompagnano per tutta la durata (sette minuti) del pezzo.
Concludendo, penso non ci sia altro da dire: questo album è semplicemente magico! La sua importanza storica è indiscutibile... non posso che consigliarvi l'ascolto di questo disco, che a mio parere si colloca tra i più grandi capolavori di tutti i tempi!
Anche molti altri album della loro discografia sono sensazionali, prima di tutti Salisbury di cui consiglio vivamente l'ascolto.
PS: è la mia prima rece, ragazzi, e mi sono cimentato con un classico del genere...forse mi mancano un po di stile e ci sono molte cose da rivedere, dunque vi prego di aiutarmi con i commenti... ciao! ^_*
Elenco tracce testi e samples
01 The Wizard (03:00)
Album: Demons and Wizards
He was the wizard of a thousand kings
And I chanced to meet him one night wandering
He told me tales and he drank my wine
Me and my magic man kind of feeling fine
He had a cloak of gold
And eyes of fire
And as he spoke I felt a deep desire
To free the world of its fear and pain
And help the people to feel free again
Why don't we listen to the voices in our hearts
'Cause then I know we'd find we're not so far apart
Everybody's got to be happy
Everyone should sing
For we know the joy of life
The peace that love can bring
So spoke the wizard in his mountain home
The vision of his wisdom means we'll never be alone
And I will dream of my magic night
And the million silver stars that guide me with their light
Show me the way
Ah ah ah
02 Traveller in Time (03:23)
Every day I have to look to the sun
To see where it was that I have come from
I have a feelin that there must be a time
When I'll get a chance to go home
'Cause I'm so tired of being here alone
But I'm just a traveller in time
Trying so hard to pay for my crime
If I could go back the same way I got here
And see the people that I once held so near
I'd do my best to find an answer for you
But first I must wait 'til I'm set free
And I don't know how long that's gonna be
'Cause I'm a man with a whole lot on his mind
Just out there somewhere travelling in time
Travelling in Time
I've tried for so long to find some way
Of helping mankind
Yeah!
03 Easy Livin' (02:45)
This is a thing I've never known before
It's called easy livin'
This is a place I've never seen before
And I've been forgiven
Easy livin' and I've been forgiven
Since you've taken your place in my heart
Somewhere along the lonely road I had tried to find ya
Day after day on the windy road I had walked behind ya
Easy livin and I've been forgiven
Since you've taken your place in my heart
Waiting, watching
Wishing my whole life away
Dreaming, thinking
Ready for my happy day
And some easy livin'!
Somewhere along the lonely road I had tried to find you
Day after day on the windy road I had walked behind you
Easy livin' and I've been forgiven
Since you've taken your place in my heart
Easy livin' and I've been forgiven
Since you've taken your place in my heart
04 Poet's Justice (04:16)
Cold winds and cloudy skies
turn to sweetness in her eyes.
Fantasies I realized
came to life to my surprise.
Rain came and took her away
just when I thought she was here to stay.
Sun gone, I was left high and dry
when love came by and touched me and kissed me so long.
Shine hard October moon.
He will take me to her soon.
Run swiftly silver stream.
Find my love or let me dream.
Now half of me is all of her,
I'd be much happier if I were whole.
All my words and wisdom fail.
The poet's justice leads me to my goal - leads me to my goal.
Cold winds and cloudy skies
turn to sweetness in her eyes.
Fantasies I realized
came to life to my surprise.
05 Circle of Hands (06:27)
Album: Demons and Wizards
Circle of hands
Cold spirits plan
Searching my land for an enemy
Came across love's sweet cost
And in the face of beauty
Evil was lost
Sky full of eyes, minds full of lies
Black from their cold hearts, down to their graves
Murdered the dawn, spreading their scorn
Cursing the sun of which love was born
We must keep them away
Or pretty soon we'll pay
And count the cost in sorrow
Sacrifice, the future has its price
And today is only yesterday's tomorrow
We must keep them away
Or pretty soon we'll pay
And count the cost in sorrow
Sacrifice, the future has its price
And today is only yesterday's tomorrow, tomorrow
Tomorrow, tomorrow
Tomorrow, tomorrow
Tomorrow, tomorrow
06 Rainbow Demon (04:23)
There rides the Rainbow Demon
On his horse of crimson fire
Black shadows are following closely
On the heels of his desire
Riding on in the mist of morning
No one dared to stand in his way
Possessed by some distant calling
Riding on through night and day
Rainbow Demon - pick up your heart and run
Rainbow Demon - lives for his sword and his gun
Riding on in the mist of morning
No one dared to stand in his way
Possessed by some distant calling
Riding on through night and day
Rainbow Demon - pick up your heart and run
Rainbow Demon - lives for his sword and his gun
Rainbow Demon - pick up your heart and run
Rainbow Demon - lives for his sword and his gun (repeat chorus to fade)
07 All My Life (02:51)
I had a little look for a minute today
and I told here there was something that I wanted to say.
Just sitting there glowing, with her red light on,
so I gotta move fast and it shouldn't take long.
Maybe she will? Maybe she won't?
You get yourself together cause she doesn't say don't.
I never ever thought I was looking for a wife
but I think I can love her for the rest of my life.
I only took one cause I couldn't take two.
I want to make love and it's gotta be you.
Every little thing that I ever tried to say
is coming out right in my own kind of way.
Take it, make it, the weather feels fine.
She must be Lady Luck and she's gonna be mine.
I never ever thought I was looking for a wife
but I think I can love her for the rest of my life.
I will love you all my life.
(Repeat and fade)
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