Il 3' album delle Femmes non ha mai ottenuto l'attenzione che merita se paragonato ai primi due album ,due capolavori.Ai miei tempi ballavamo alcuni brani di questo disco addirittura in discoteca.In realta' si tratta ahime' dell'ultimo album veramente consistente del gruppo ,che ha il merito di distinguersi tanto dal primo quanto dal secondo.Presenta un suono decisamente piu' "Mainstream" merito della produzione del chitarrista-tastierista dei Talking Heads Jerry Harrison , tanti gli ospiti da Fred Frith a Leo Kottke .Dopo l'apertura scatenata con la protesta di"Old Mother Reagan" ,ecco il primo capolavoro del disco la trascinante "No Killing" retta dal magnifico basso ,questa volta elettrico di Brian Ritchie ,e da un indimenticabile ritornello a "levare" nel quale alla voce del leader si uniscono quelle di De Lorenzo (che suona credo con un drum kit tradizionale) e Ritchie ,immediatamente a seguire capolavoro numero 2 l'irresistibile "Faith" ,qua' si rientra in territori piu' naturali al gruppo ,il brano l'avremmo trovato anche nel disco precedente ,un gospel blues religioso guidato da fiati e armonica con un altro ritornello azzeccato che non ti lascia piu'.A seguito "Breakin' Hearts" con una interpretazione che ricorda il leader dei Talking Heads ,quindi il rocker "Special" ,"Love and me make three" e "World Without Mercy" (presente solo nelle cassette) offre l'interpretazione vocale di Brian Ritchie e di un Victor De Lorenzo ,straordinariamente simile come tono a John Cale.Il Lato B si apre con "I Held Her In My Arms" anni dopo fu girato un video della medesima con un nuovo arrangiamento ,irresistibile il sax, a seguito un altro piccolo capolavoro la cover dei T-Rex "Children of The Revolution" ,semplicemente straordinaria ,una delle rinterpretazione piu' riuscite di un brano d'altri ,radiofonica ma catchy .mi ricordo il curiosissimo video che presenta la scena del retro della copertina dell'album.Qundi "Good Friend" dove il nostro Gordon si ispira senza nasconderlo troppo a Lou Reed ,brano sorretto anche qui' dallo splendido basso di Brian Ritchie.Mi sono dilungato anche troppo...buon ascolto..
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01 Old Mother Reagan (00:29)
And her crew
Took away
From me and you
I hope she goes far away
She better go far away
Y'know it ain't right
When it's all wrong
This is the Old Mother Reagan
Protest song
Old Mother Reagan
She's so dumb
She's so dangerous
How come...
Old Mother Reagan went to heaven
But at the pearly gates
She was stopped!
05 Special (02:16)
"You smile,
because you know.
You smile,
because you know.
You smile,
I told you so.
Come on give me a smile,
I'm gonna let you know.
You're something special,
You're something special,
You're something special to me,
You're something special.
Your mama don't lie.
Your papa don't lie.
Your mama don't lie.
Your papa don't lie.
All of the GOOD THINGS they said about you!
They said you were my love,
I think it might be true!
You're something special
You're something special to me
You're something special
Special special what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Special special what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Get away from me...
Im gonna hurt somebody...
Get away from me...
Im gonna hurt somebody...
I....I... I dont really wanna hurt nobody
But sometimes I just gotta hurt somebody
Cause people are... dangerous
And people are... mysterious
And people are... adventurous
And people are... childish
And people are... ridiculous
And people are... suspicious
Of somebody who's SPECIAL
Special
Whats so special about him?
Whats so special about him?
You smile
Because you know
You smile
I told you so
Come on give me a smile im gonna let you know
Youre something special
Youre something special to me
Youre something special
Youre something special to me
Youre something special
Special special what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Special special what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt"
08 I Held Her In My Arms (02:50)
That I have been burnt
And I'm learning things that I
Should've already learnt
Everyone I ever knew
Was so kind and coy
I was with a girl
But it felt like I was with a boy
I can't even remember
If we were lovers
Or if I just wanted to
But I held her in my arms
I held her in my arms
I held her in my arms
But it wasn't you
I will not kill
The one thing that I love
In this world of wreckage
I look above
Help me Lord
Help me understand
What it means to be a boy
What it means to be a man
09 Children Of The Revolution (04:17)
You can bump and grind.
Have a good time.
You can twist and shout.
Let it all hang out,
but you won't fool the children of the revolution.
No you won't fool the children of the revolution.
You can tell a plane, in the falling rain.
I gotta rolls royce,
cause its good for my voice,
but you won't fool the children of the revolution.
No you won't fool the children of the revolution.
You can bump and grind.
Feeling fine.
You can twist and shout.
Knock yourself out, but you won't fool the children of the revolution.
No you won't fool the children of the revolution.
No you can't fool the children of the revolution.
No you won't fool the children of the revolution.
No you can't fool the children of the revolution.
No you won't fool the children of the revolution.
You can bump and grind, have a good time.
You can bump and grind, have a good time.
Bump and grind, have a good time.
11 Heartache (02:00)
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
I know nobody ever taught you
How to dance like that
Nobody ever taught you
How to dance like that
Nobody ever taught me
How to dance like that
Heartache---too late
And I gotta get up
Heartache---too late
And I gotta get up
Heartache---too late
And I gotta get up
I know
I been workin' twenty-five hours a day
I don't want to live this way
Five and a half weeks with one day off
Stop the train I'm getting off
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