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1967. Nell' arco di 4-5 anni si sarebbe completamente rivoluzionato il mondo della musica. Il pop e il folk che regnavano si sarebbero districati in mille modi, dando vita all' ondata psichedelica ed ai primi vagini dell' Hard Rock e del Proto Metal. Il tutto grazie ai numerosi gruppi della British Invasion, tra i quali ricordiamo oltre ai troppo citati Beatles e Rolling Stones altre bands che hanno dato il via al pari merito alle numerose correnti musicali a venire, quali i Kinks, gli Zombies, i Troggs, gli Yardbirds, gli Small Faces e chi piu ne ha piu ne metta. L' oltreoceano non stava a guardare, e quasi contemporaneamente al debutto di Jimi Hendrix un gruppo che aveva intenzione di rivoluzionare erano i Vanilla Fudge. Ma torniamo al 1967. Come avrebbero potuto emergere i nostri quando nell' anno del loro debutto vi era il sergente Pepper, il debutto dei Doors, lo sviluppo Hendrixiano, e ancora Surrealistic Pillow, la sperimentazione Zappiana...Disraeli Gears...Insomma, non la situazione piu favorevole.
I Vanilla Fudge si formano sulla metà degli anni 60 a New York. La formazione conta Tim Bogert al basso, Vince Martell alla chitarra, Mark Stein alle tastiere e udite udite Carmine Appice (di origini italiane) alla batteria. Uno dei batteristi piu influenti della storia della musica oserei dire. Il suo modo di suonare fu ripreso da molti personaggi futuri che riscossero ben piu successo di lui, tra cui sento il dovere di menzionare Bonzo dei Zeppelin. Psichedelia dura, durissima per l'epoca, che non avrebbe mai potuto non sfociare nell' Hard Rock questo debutto dei Vanilla. Tante cover, forse troppe, ma era consuetudine dell' epoca sfornare debutti zeppi di canzoni altrui. Grandi estimatori dei Beatles quali erano non potevano non partire con una loro cover, ''Ticket To Ride'', resa quasi irriconoscibile dall' Hammond di Stein. Cover meno riuscita forse la successiva ''People Get Ready'' di Mayfield. Ancora altre due interpretazioni direi molto alternative della famosa all' epoca ''She's Not There'' degli Zombies e l'immortale ''Bang Bang'' di Sammy Bono. ''You Keep Me Hanging On'' , resa celebre dai nostri, uno dei cavalli di battaglia del gruppo, e la seconda cover dei Beatles, ''Eleanor Rigby'' con la durata di ben 8 minuti, a chiudere il tutto. I piu attenti scorgeranno sul chiudere del disco versi di Strawberry Fields. In ogni e dico ogni traccia, inconfondibile il tocco di Appice, vero 'pioniere' del drumming.
Forse non l'album piu bello che abbiate mai ascoltato, ma quanta strada ha spianato questo disco è impossibile dirlo. Pensare che agli esordi i Deep Purple vennero definiti i Vanilla Fudge imbruttiti.
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01 Ticket to Ride (05:40)
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
02 People Get Ready (06:30)
People get ready
People get ready
People get ready
There's a train a-coming
Picking up passengers
From coast to coast
All you need is faith
To hear diesel comin'
Don't need no baggage
You just get on board
People get ready
For the train to Jordan
Picking up passengers
From coast to coast
All you need is faith
To hear diesel comin'
You don't need no ticket
You just thank the Lord
There ain't no room
For the hopeless sinner
They got the hurt of mankind
Just to save his own
Have pity on those
Whose chances grow thinner
Theres's hope for all
among the Kingdom's Throne
There ain't no room
For the hopeless sinner
They got the hurt of mankind
Just to save his own
Have pity on those
Whose chances grow thinner
You don't need no ticket
You just thank the Lord
04 Bang Bang (05:20)
I was five and you were six
We rode on horses made of sticks
She wore black and I wore white
I always win the fight
Bang bang, you shot me down
Bang bang, i hit the ground
Bang bang, that awful sound
Bang bang, my baby shot me down
Seasons came and changed the time
I grew up, I called you mine
You would always laugh and say
"Remember when we used to play"
Bang bang, you shot me down
Bang bang, i hit the ground
Bang bang, that awful sound
Bang bang, my baby shot me down
Music played and people sang
Just for mr the Church bells rang
After echoes from a gun
We both vowed that we'd be one
Bang bang
Bang bang
Bang bang
Now when you're gone I don't know why
Sometimes I cry
You didn't say, "Goodbye"
Didn't take the time to lie
Bang bang, you shot me down
Bang bang, i hit the ground
Bang bang, that awful sound
Bang bang, my baby shot me down
Bang bang
...
08 Take Me for a Little While (03:27)
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
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