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Lettera a Van Morrison.
So you want to be a rock'n'roll star... Chi non ha sognato almeno una volta di essere un artista? Anch'io. Tra i primi appetiti sessuali, indisciplina ed acne, utopie e realtà, illusioni e disillusioni, crescevo come un albero nella foresta. Col tempo, le ambizioni intellettuali, gli ideali, si sono persi per strada, pian piano mi sono convinto di essere portatore sano di germi della pazzia. Una volta mi strappai la maglietta e dissi a mia madre che era stata una ragazza innamorata di me, infine, a vent'anni, mi sono ritrovato ad andare a birra e Lanciostory. Alla stessa età, tu sei stato capace di fondare i "Them". concepire un lavoro immortale come"Astral Weeks" in un giorno, e "Moondance" in meno di una settimana. Grazie Van per quell'ora e mezzo d'incanto di questi due dischi. "Lester Young" diceva: la musica non è tensione, la musica la devi pisciare, se non ti esce come la pipì non è giusta. Tu ci sei riuscito. Quando canti, sei uno dei pochissimi capace di riprodurre il caos delle emozioni più private. La tua incessante esplorazione tra le curve del rhythm and blues, alla ricerca di una tua personale formula, ti ha spinto più in là del rhythm and blues. Oltre alla tua propria e sommessa vena jazzata, hai aggiunto qualcosa di nuovo all'espressività del "cantautore", tanto da indurre i critici ad attribuire pure a te la definizione : flusso di coscienza. Fino ad allora era usata esclusivamente per descrivere la prosa di alcuni scrittori, Virginia Woolf, Italo Svevo o il tuo connazionale James Joyce, sono i più famosi. L'esempio più evidente, di questa tecnica narrativa, è soliloquio di Molly Bloom.
Nel 77 hai fatto stampare "A Period Of Transition" Non so quanto tempo hai impiegato a mettere insieme quelle sette canzoni, ma se è vero che ogni disco fotografa un periodo della vita di un artista, era chiaro che vivevi una profonda crisi. Sapevi che non era un lavoro degno della tua classe, il titolo parla chiaro. Sapevi anche che il disco sarebbe stato accolto con scetticismo sia dalla critica che dal pubblico. Perché questo disco? Ho sempre cercato di giustificare questa tua opera, ma, ascoltata oggi, mi sembra ancora più deludente di quando fu pubblicata. Anche udendo il disco predisposti al meglio, cercando i pregi, si rimane insoddisfatti. Di quella componente mistica, che aveva contraddistinto i tuoi lavori solisti precedenti, non c'è traccia. A meno che non si apprezzino le stravaganti combinazioni di suoni gospel dei coristi in "The Eternal Kansas City". Mi sento di salvare solo "Cold Wind In August", ma neanche questa è al livello delle composizioni di "Into The Music" il disco che hai pubblicato un paio d'anni dopo. Uno dei tuoi lavori migliori.
Elenco tracce e testi
02 It Fills You Up (04:37)
There's something going on
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now
There's something going on
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now
But you don't know what it is
But you don't know what it is
But you don't have to know
You just take it for what it is (spoken)
Within this melody
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now
There's more then you can see
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now
There's another realm
There's another world
With kings and queens
Yeah yeah
That's why you got to face the facts
That's why you gotta testify (suggested)
You gotta do and die (suggested)
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now
You got to do in that
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now
You got to sing with the music and groove
You got to turn on the music and groove
Every every every day
You know what I'm talking about (spoken)
It fill you up, it fill you up (spoken)
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now
Yeah!
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now
Yeah!
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now
Get you rolling in the money
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now
Work out a few kinks
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now
It fill you up to the brim jim
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now
Lord have mercy
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now
Come here baby
It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now
03 The Eternal Kansas City (05:27)
Chorus (choir singing)
Excuse me do you know the way to kansas city?
Excuse me do you know the way to kansas city?
Excuse me do you know the way to kansas city?
Excuse me do you know the way to kansas city? (do you know the way to kansas city? )
Excuse me do you know the way to kansas city? (do you know the way to kansas city? )
Excuse me do you know the way to kansas city? (do you know the way to kansas city? )
Excuse me do you know the way to kansas city? (do you know the way to kansas city? )
Excuse me do you know the way to kansas city? (do you know the way to kansas city)?
(van singing)
Excuse me do you know the way to kansas city?
Excuse me do you know the way to kansas city?
Excuse me do you know the way to kansas city?
Excuse me do you know the way to kansas city?
Train down to st. louis
Get me there alright
Over to the city there, you know that one
Where the farmer's daughter digs the farmer's son
Dig your charlie parker
Basie and young
Witherspoon and jay mcshann
They will come
Oooowoooowoooo
Chorus (van and choir in background)
Excuse me do you know the way to kansas city?
Excuse me do you know the way to kansas city?
Excuse me do you know the way to kansas city?
Excuse me do you know the way to kansas city?
Lady liberty in waiting
You know she lights the way
Her name is billie, she's a holiday
And the city is eternal -- hey, can't you see?
It's inside of you and it's inside of me
Oooowoooowoooo
Chorus (van and choir in background)
You know, you know the way to kansas city?
You know, you know the way to kansas city?
You know, you know the way to kansas city?
You know, you know the way to kansas city ?
You know...the way to kansas city
You know...the way to kansas city
Wild thing
You know the way to kansas city (choir only)
Thank you man (van)
You know the way to kansas city
Sing it (van)
You know the way to kansas city (van and choir)
Hit it (van)
You know...the way to kansas city
You know...the way to kansas city
You know...the way to kansas city
You know...the way to kansas city
Baby can't you sing it one time (van)
(choir)
You know the way to kansas city
You know the way to kansas city
You know the way to kansas city
You know the way to kansas city
You know the way to kansas city
You know the way to kansas city
You know the way to kansas city
You know the way to kansas city
04 Joyous Sound (02:50)
How sweet that joyous sound
Whenever we meet, whenever we meet
How sweet that joyous sound
Whenever we meet again
I think you know it well
Whenever we meet, whenever we meet
I think you know it well
Whenever we meet again
?????
Yah alright
And you will begin to know about that
That grace will follow us
Wherever we go, wherever we go
That grace will follow us
Until we meet again
Hey!
Oh yeah
Uhuhuhuh
Just run and let it out
Oh yeah now
And you will begin to know about it darling
That grace will follow us
Wherever we go, wherever we go
That grace will folow us
Until we meet again
(Van and choir)
How sweet that joyous sound
Whenever we meet, whenever we meet
How sweet that joyous sound
Whenever we meet again
Oh! Whenever we meet
Whenever we meet
Whenever we meet again
Oh! Whenever we meet
Whenever we meet
Whenever we meet again
Oh! Whenever we meet
Whenever we meet
Whenever we meet again
Aaaaggggaaiinnn
06 Heavy Connection (05:26)
In the land of a thousand dances
I dance with you
I was out I was taking my chances
When dreams came true
When you came into my dream
Like from a whisper to a scream
And it's a real heavy connection
It's just a real heavy connection
It's a real heavy connection
Lalalala......
I remember when I got your message in Amsterdam
I was going through my letters
And found a picture-postcard of the Reeperbahn
When you came into the room
Not too late and not too soon
And it's a real heavy connection
And it's a real heavy connection
And it's a real heavy connection
Lalalala......
And you came into my dreams
From a whisper to a scream
And it's a real heavy connection
And it's a real heavy connection
It's just a real heavy connection
Lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala
And it's a real heavy connection
And it's a real heavy connection
And it's a real heavy connection
Lalalala.....
Baby, baby, baby
I can't stop this rainbow
Touching my soul
I can't stop this rainbow
In my soul
Baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby
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