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Loro sono una delle band che hanno influenzato di più molti complessi successivi, raggiungendo un buon successo nella fine dei Sixties. Si formano nel 1966 a New York e la line-up è composta da Mark Stein alla voce e alla tastiera, Vinnie Martell alla chitarra e alla seconda voce, Tim Bogert al basso e Carmine Appice, fratello di Vinnie, alla batteria. Il loro sound è un rock psichedelico molto energico e possente, genere che andava in voga in quel periodo con band come gli Iron Butterfly e i primi Pink Floyd. I Vanilla Fudge sono formati da musicisti di spessore e di grande tecnica, a partire dal formidabile ed innovativo batterista Carmine Appice. Lui è considerato come il primo batterista rock di sempre, perfino prima di John Bonham, Ian Paice e Keith Moon!! Nei Vanilla Fudge ha esperimentato nuovi grooves e grazie alla sua versailtà musicale riesce a suonare anche in modo semplice (sentite i brani "Young Turks" o "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" di Rod Stewart).
"Psychedelic Sundae" è una raccolta di 18 successi uscita nel 1993 e comprende tutte le hit dei cinque album. "You Keep Me Hangin On" inizia con i formidabili assoli di basso e con la parte tastieristica, per poi cominciare con una sezione ritmica energica supportata dalla doppia cassa di Appice. La sezione vocale di Stein è melodica e piacevole, come anche il sognante refrain, mentre la parte finale della track è infarcita di pura psichedelia. "Where Is My Mind" è un buon pezzo, con un ritornello potente accompagnato dalla sempre ottima prestazione di Stein dietro la tastiera. Una canzone che ricorda un pò i primi Iron Butterfly. "The Look Of Love" e "Come By Day, Come By Night" sono delle track tranquille dove la band dimostra anche le sue ottime doti vocali, ovvero i "classici" coretti in falsetto tipo i primi Beatles. E la passione e la stima per i Fab Four è dimostrata dalla cover di "Ticket To Ride". "Take Me For A Little While" è caratterizzata da un testo un pò sdolcinato ed insolito per i Vanilla Fudge.
La settima traccia è "That's What Makes A Man" dove la voce squillante di Mark sfocia nell'ottimo ed emozionante refrain. "Seasons Of The Witch", cover di Donovan, è un brano che rimane per ben sette minuti in un'area surreale e marziale, con la voce delicata e a tratti sussurrata del vocalist. "Shotgun" presenta il lato più hard rock-blues grazie agli assoli di Martell e alla caciarona e dirompente prestazione di Appice dietro le pelli. "Thoughts" e "Faceless People" sono delle discrete canzoni, mentre con "Good Good Lovin" si ritorna sui paraggi dell'hard rock. Ottimi e sensazionali sono gli assoli e i riff di Martell che supportano la voce graffiante e carica di Stein. Lo volete sapere David Coverdale da dove ha avuto la brillante idea di scrivere un pezzo come "Ready And Willing" ??
"Some Velvet Morning" è qualcosa di spettacolare. L'inizio è affidato al sommesso Hammond per poi esplode nel suo riff insieme al pomposo basso. Successivamente trova spazio la voce delicata di Mark e i sensazionali cori nel ritornello orecchiabile ed emozionante. Dopo questo momento di pura ecstasy si arriva al soul melodico e sdolcinato di "I Cant Make It Alone" e alla bruttina "Lord In The Country". Forse quest'ultima traccia la potevano scartare, magari aggiungendoci la mancante "She's Not There"..
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01 You Keep Me Hangin' On (03:02)
Set me free
Why don't you baby?
Get off my life
Why don't you baby?
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep me hangin' on.
'Cause you don't really need me
But you just keep me hangin' on.
Why do you keep a comin'
Around playing with my heart?
Why don't you get out of my life
And let me make a brand-new start?
Let me get over you
The way you've gotten over me.
Set me free
Why don't you baby?
Get off my life
Why don't you now?
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep me hangin' on.
Now you don't really need me
You just keep me hangin' on.
You say although we broke up
You still just wanna be friends
But how can we still be friend;
When seeing you only
Breaks my heart again?
And there ain't nothing I can do about it
Set me free
Why don't you baby?
Get off my life
Why don't you now?
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep me hangin' on.
Now you don't really need me
You just keep me hangin' on.
Get out, get out of my life
And let me sleep at night...
04 Ticket to Ride (05:56)
I think I'm gonna be sad, I think it's today, yeah
The girl that's driving me mad is going away
She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
She don't care
She says that living with me is bringing her down, yeah
She would never be free when I was around
She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
She don't care
Don't know why she's riding so high
Oughta think twice
Oughta to do right by me
Before she gets to saying goodbye
Oughta think twice
She ought to do right by me
She said "I'm gonna be sad, I think it's today, Yeah"
The girl that's driving me mad she's going away, oh
She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
She don't care
Don't know why she's riding so high
She gotta think twice
She oughta do right by me (when she gets home)
Before she gets to saying goodbye
She oughta think twice
She oughta do right by me
She saya that living with me has brought her down, yeah
She said she would never be free when I was around, hey
She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
She don't care
My baby don't care
My baby don't care
My baby don't care
My baby don't care
My baby don't care
06 Take Me for a Little While (03:21)
TAKE ME FOR A LITTLE WHILE Vanilla Fudge I've been trying to make you love me But everything I try just takes you further from me So you treat me cruel You don't love me no no But no matter how you hurt me I'll always be a fool If you don't want me forever If you don't need me forever And if you don't love me forever Take me for a little while For a little while I've just got to make you want me I've got to make you love me I've got to stop it There should be a law And no maatter how you put me down I feel so helpless I love you more And it ain't funny Cause deep down inside I know If you don't need me forever If you can't love me forever You're never gonna love me If you don't want me forever Take me for a little while I'm gonna make you love me For a llittle while Take me for a little while, baby I've got to make you want me Can't you see it's gonna be me Take me for a little while Take me for a little while I'm gonna tell you how I need you Take me for a little while Tell me how I want you
08 Season of the Witch (07:46)
When I look outside my window,
What do I see?
And when I look outside my window,
So many different people to be
That it's strange, so strange.
You've got to pick up every stitch,
Two rabbits running in a ditch,
The hippies out to make it rich
Oh no, must be the season of the witch,
Must be the season of the witch,
Must be the season of the witch.
Must be the season of the witch.
(Well) when I look over my shoulder
What do I see?
And when I look over my shoulder,
Some ancient fellow I'm longing to be
It's so strange
So strange
You've got to pick up every stitch,
Two rabbits running in the ditch,
That hippie's out to make it rich
Oh no, must be the season of the witch,
Must be the season of the witch, yeah
Must be the season of the witch.
Must be the season of the witch.
"And here we sit immerged in a liquid sea of love,
Shimmering rainbows in silver sky above,
A looking glass that reflects our past
Tied with seaweed all around like willows
Upside down you caress my heart
Caress my soul
Surround my limbs
You laugh your laugh
And hold my body fast
And we wake up and sit here thinking
Thinking about the times we used to have
And know they're gone forever
We'll never learn
Never learn"
"Help me"
"Somebody help him"
As I look over my shoulder
What do I see?
And as I look over my shoulder,
There's so many pretty sights to see
That it's strange, so strange
You've got to pick up every stitch,
You've got to pick up every stitch,
Those hippies out to make it rich
Oh no, must be the season of the witch,
Must be the season of the witch,
Must be the season of the witch.
Season of the witch
Please have mercy on my soul
No. No. Must be the season of the witch
"God. God, hey!
If you can't help us you better listen
Please
Momma, I'm cold"
09 Shotgun (02:35)
Shotgun 2:58 Trk 1
(DeWalt)
I said, shotgun
Shoot 'em 'fore he runs, now
Do the jerk, baby
Do the jerk, now
Hey!
Put on yo' red dress
And then you go downtown, now
I said, buy yourself a shotgun, now
We gonna break it down, baby, now
We gonna load it up, baby, now
A-then you shoot him 'fore he run, now
I said, shotgun
Shoot 'em 'fore he run, now
Do the jerk, baby
Do the jerk, now
Hey!
(sax & instrumental)
Shotgun
Shoot 'em 'fore he run, now
Do the jerk, baby
Do the jerk, now
Yeah!
13 Some Velvet Morning (07:38)
Some velvet morning when I'm straight
I'm gonna open up your gate
And maybe tell you 'bout Phaedra
and how she gave me life
and how she made it in
Some velvet morning when I'm straight
Flowers growing on the hill
Dragonflies and daffodils
Learn from us very much
Look at us but do not touch
Phaedra is my name
Some velvet morning when I'm straight
I'm gonna open up your gate
I'm gonna open up your gate
And maybe tell you 'bout Phaedra
and how she gave me life
and how she made it in
Some velvet morning when I'm straight
Flowers are the things we know
Secrets are the things we grow
Learn from us very much
Look at us but do not touch
Phaedra is my name
Some velvet morning when I'm straight
I'm gonna open up your gate:
And maybe tell you 'bout Phadra
And how she gave me life: and how she made it in
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