[La Traccia del giorno]

[Ef.Di.Gi]

Titolo.:.Sober
Autore.:. Tool
Album.:. Undertow
Anno.:. 1993
Genre.:. alternative-metal

Paranoia. Angoscia. Il periodo grunge si fa portatore di queste sensazioni di una generazione sentitasi tradita. Sua icona mainstream i Nirvana.
In contemporanea, l'evoluzione dello scenario metal non può non prendere in considerazione le tematiche dell'onda grunge unite al tipico riffing new-metal. Aggiungete la voce emotivamente tagliete di James Maynard Keenan, ed avrete la vera sintesi musicale del periodo. Ottimamente esemplificata dal brano in questione.

[Dero88]

.:. Titolo .:. Firth Of Fifth
.:. Autore .:. Genesis
.:. Album .:. Selling England By The Pound
.:. Anno .:. 1973
.:. Genere .:. Progressive Rock
.:. Durata .:. 9' 36''



The path is clear
Though no eyes can see
The course laid down long before.
And so with gods and men
The sheep remain inside their pen,
Though many times they've seen the way to leave.

He rides majestic
Past homes of men
Who care not or gaze with joy,
To see reflected there
The trees, the sky, the lily fair,
The scene of death is lying just below.

The mountain cuts off the town from view,
Like a cancer growth is removed by skill.
Let it be revealed.
A waterfall, his madrigal.
An inland sea, his symphony.

Undinal songs
Urge the sailors on
Till lured by sirens' cry.

Now as the river dissolves in sea,
So Neptune has claimed another soul.
And so with gods and men
The sheep remain inside their pen,
Until the Shepherd leads his flock away.

The sands of time were eroded by
The river of constant change.

[Dero88]

.:. Titolo .:. My Baby
.:. Autore .:. Janis Joplin
.:. Album .:. Pearl
.:. Anno .:. 1970
.:. Genere .:. Rock/Blues
.:. Durata .:. 3' 45''



And when I work hard all day long
I tell you what, it don’t bother me nohow,
‘Cause how could anything ever go wrong
When I got my baby, Lord, yes,
When I got my baby, oh Lord!

And when they tell me love is pain
I said it might be true for you, honey,
But not for Janis no more, no no no no.
All I’ve ever got to do is call my daddy’s name
Yeah and I got m-my baby, Lord, yeah,
Yes I got my baby, good good God,
Honey, I wanna tell you something that I do.

Deep down, h-honey, in the dark of the night,
When I lay my head down, I wanna go to sleep,
And I know everything is gonna be alright,
Yeah I got my baby, Lord yeah,
‘Cause I got m-my baby, oh yeah.

And when I wanna call the names
Or the things to be that wanna be to you.
And when I wanna reach out my hand
It always seems you hold me, dear,
Love, don’t you know how long I looked for you
Daddy, daddy, daddy.
Love, don’t you know how hard I tried,
But now I got my baby, Lord, yeah,
Now I got my baby, yeah.

" Janis Joplin appartiene alle grandi vite bruciate dal rock. Ma mai come in questo caso si può parlare di una commistione pressoché totale tra vita e musica. Janis Joplin è poco più che la sua voce e la sua disperazione. Accompagnata da vari complessi (Big Brother & The Holding Company, Kozmic Blues Band e per ultima la Full-Tilt Boogie Band) nel corso della sua (breve) carriera si è servita del blues-rock come mezzo più fruibile e immediato (e anche più adatto) per dar sfogo alle sue frustrazioni, al suo essere incompresa e alla sua insoddisfazione, dando vita a performance incendiarie, ululanti, con la voce che si piega, si rabbonisce, sbraita, si fa dolce, è sempre sul punto di morire, ma continua a gridare, struggente, melodrammatica, autocompiaciuta. E' la voce di chi si sente sola, di chi in quel corpo c'è finita per sbaglio. "

[lateralus83]

Artista: Francesco De Gregori
Album: Rimmel
Titolo: Rimmel
Anno: 1975



E qualcosa rimane, fra le pagine chiare,
fra le pagine scure,
e cancello il tuo nome dalla mia facciata
e confondo i miei alibi e le tue ragioni,
i miei alibi e le tue ragioni.
Chi mi ha fatto le carte mi ha chiamato vincente
ma lo zingaro è un trucco.
Ma un futuro invadente, fossi stato un pò più giovane,
l'avrei distrutto con la fantasia,
l'avrei stracciato con la fantasia.


Ora le tue labbra puoi spedirle a un indirizzo nuovo
e la mia faccia sovrapporla
a quella di chissà chi altro.
I tuoi quattro assi, bada bene, di un colore solo,
li puoi nascondere o giocare come vuoi
o farli rimanere buoni amici come noi.


Santa voglia di vivere e dolce Venere di Rimmel.
Come quando fuori pioveva e tu mi domandavi
se per caso avevi ancora quella foto
in cui tu sorridevi e non guardavi.
Ed il vento passava sul tuo collo di pelliccia
e sulla tua persona e quando io,
senza capire, ho detto sì.
Hai detto "E' tutto quel che hai di me".
È tutto quel che ho di te.


Ora le tue labbra puoi spedirle a un indirizzo nuovo
e la mia faccia sovrapporla
a quella di chissà chi altro.
I tuoi quattro assi, bada bene, di un colore solo,
li puoi nascondere o giocare come vuoi
o farli rimanere buoni amici come noi.

[lady_winc]

...ritorno alle origini...

Artista: Alice In Chains
Titolo: No excuses
Album: Jar Of Flies
Anno: 1993
Genere: Grunge

it's alright
there comes a time
got no patience for search
for peace of mind
layin' low
wanna take it slow
no more hiding or
disguising truths i've sold

everyday it's something
hits me all so cold
you find me sittin' by myself
no excuses, then i know

it's okay
had a bad day
hands are bruised from
breaking rocks all day
drained and blue
i bleed for you
you think it's funny, well
you're drowning in it too

yeah, it's fine
walk down the line
leave our rain, a cold
trade for warm sunshine
you my friend
i will defend
and if we change, well i
love you anyway

[lateralus83]

Artista: Uriah Heep
Album: Salisbury
Titolo: Lady In Black
Anno: 1971



She came to me one morning
One lonely Sunday morning
Her long hair flowing
In the midwinter wind<a href="http://www.testimania.com/">Testi Canzoni</a>
I know not how she found me
For in darkness I was walking
And destruction lay around me
From a fight I could not win
Ah ah ah ...

She asked me name my foe then
I said the need within some men
To fight and kill their brothers
Without thought of love or God
And I begged her give me horses
To trample down my enemies
So eager was my passion
To devour this waste of life
Ah ah ah ...

But she wouldn't think of battle that
Reduces men to animals
So easy to begin
And yet impossible to end
For she's the mother of all men
Who counselled me so wisely then
I feared to walk alone again
And asked if she would stay
Ah ah ah ...

Oh lady lend your hand outright
And let me rest here at your side
Have faith and trust
In peace she said
And filled my heart with life
There is no strength in numbers
Have no such misconception
But when you need me
Be assured I won't be far away
Ah ah ah ...

Thus having spoke she turned away
And though I found no words to say
I stood and watched until I saw
Her black coat disappear
My labour is no easier
But now I know I'm not alone
I find new heart each time
I think upon that windy day
And if one day she comes to you
Drink deeply from her words so wise
Take courage from her
As your prize
And say hello from me
Ah ah ah ...

[Dero88]

.:. Titolo .:. Pioneers Over C.
.:. Artista .:. Van Der Graaf Generator
.:. Album .:. H To He, Who Am The Only One
.:. Anno .:. 1970
.:. Genere .:. Progressive Rock
.:. Durata .:. 12' 42''



Left the earth in 1983, fingers groping for the galaxies,
reddened eyes stared up into the void, 1,000 stars to be exploited
Somebody help me I'm falling, somebody help me, I'm falling down
Into sky, into earth, into sky, into earth .....
It is so dark around, no life, no hope, no sound
no chance of seeing home again ...
The universe is on fire, exploding without flame.
We are the lost ones; we are the pioneers; we are the lost ones
We are the ones they are going to build a statue for
ten centuries ago or were going to fifteen forward .....
One Last brief whisper in our loved ones' ears
to reassure them and to pierce the fear
standing at controls then still unknown we told the world we were
about to go
Somebody help me I'm missing, somebody help me I'm missing now
touch with my mind, I have no frame,
touch with my mind, I have no frame ...
Well now where is the time and who the hell am I,
here floating in an aimless way?
No-one knows where we are, they can't feel us precisely ..
There is no fear here.
How can such a thing exist in a place where living and knowing
and being have never been heard of?
Doomed to vanish in the flickering light,
disappearing to a darker night,
doomed to vanish in a living death, living anti-matter, anti-breath
Somebody help me I'm losing, somebody help me, I'm losing now
people around, there's no-one to touch,
no people around, no-one to touch.
I am now quite alone, part of a vacant time-zone,
here floating in the void,
only dimly aware of existence, a dimly existing awareness,
I am the lost one, I am the one you fear, I am the lost one,
I am the one who went up into space, or stayed where I was,
or didn't exist in the first place .....

[lateralus83]

Artista: Toto
Album: Toto
Titolo: Hold The Line
Anno: 1978



It's not in the way that you hold me, it's not in the way you say you care
It's not in the way you've been treating my friends
It's not in the way that you stayed till the end
It's not in the way you look or the things that you say that you'll do

Chorus:
Hold the line, love isn't always on time, oh oh oh
Hold the line, love isn't always on time, oh oh oh

It's not in the words that you told me, girl
It's not in the way you say you're mine, ooh
It's not in the way that you came back to me
It's not in the way that your love set me free
It's not in the way you look or the things that you say that you'll do

Chorus: Hold the line...

It's not in the words that you told me
It's not in the way you say you're mine, ooh
It's not in the way that you came back to me
It's not in the way that your love set me free
It's not in the way you look or the things that you say that you'll do

Chorus: Hole the line...

Hold the line, love isn't always on time, love isn't always on time
Love isn't always on time, love isn't always on time.

[Dero88]

.:. Titolo .:. ( In The ) Black Room
.:. Autore .:. Peter Hammil
.:. Album .:. Chameleon In The Shadow Of The Night
.:. Anno .:. 1973
.:. Genere .:. Progressive Rock
.:. Durata .:. 10' 53''



I was thinking about thinking but it really didn't get me very far,
So I thought I'd throw a Tarot but I only got the Priestess and the Star.
There's a shadow cast between the future and the past:
The room and I agree to buy some time...
The cards don't tell truth nor lies,
Only options and cusp lines
The furniture in the black room.

I've been thinking abour acid, but, it seem there's not a reason toÛbelieve.
I don't make a vital breakthrough and it walks me like a dog upon a lead.
It's all unreal and, the way I feel,
I'd like to try and make it on my own...
Going to the feeling is find:
I really have me a good pleasure cruise.
But, deep in my mind,
I'm no better or worse, just open to the walls.
Paint peels in the black of my room

I'm only talking about myself, ordering my treasure shell,
Documenting these present feelings as the future sets me reeling...
What I'll be is what I am,
I'm simply trying not to sham or fake.
Use vision as sense and not as crutch!
It doesn't mateer all that much;
Whatever happens we'll all survive.
I'm only trying not to pawn my life.

When I'm (maybe) old and strait-laced, shall I then deny all that I feel?
In words of bitter compromise, re-smelt the wrath that's in my eyes
Like steel?
Be a hermit then?
Or be a miser?
Be a man who hasn't managed yet to write his rules?
The Fool?
The future holds my hand in the room...
Well, then my ghosts shall steer down through the years
And lay a hand upon my soul
Like ice.

[lateralus83]

Artista: Jimi Hendrix
Album: Axis: Bold As Love
Titolo: Little Wing
Anno: 1968
Genere: Rock



Well she's walking through the clouds
With a circus mind that's running wild
Butterflies and zebras
And moonbeams and fairy tales
That's all she ever thinks about
Riding with the wind.

When I'm sad, she comes to me
With a thousand smiles, she gives to me free
It's alright she says it's alright
Take anything you want from me, anything
Anything.

Fly on little wing,
Yeah yeah, yeah, little wing

[the_World]

TITOLO: E-Pro
AUTORE: Beck
Album: Guero



See me comin to town with my soul
Straight down out of the world with my fingers
Holding onto the devil I know
All my troubles'll hang on your trigger
Take your eyes and your mind from the road
Shoot your mouth off but look where you're aiming
Don't forget to pick up what you saw
Talking trash to the garbage around you

See me kickin the door with my boots
Broke down out in a ditch of old rubbish
Snakes and bones in the back of your room
Handing out a confection of venom
Heaven's drunk from the poison you use
Charm the wolves with the eyes of a gambler
Now I see it's a comfort to you
Hammer my bones in the anvil of daylight

I won't give up that ghost
It's sick the way these tongues are twisted
Good in us is all we know
There's too much left to taste that bitter

[Dero88]

.:. Titolo .:. Refugees
.:. Autore .:. Van Der Graaf Generator
.:. Album .:. The Least We Can Do is Wave to Each Other
.:. Anno .:. 1970
.:. Genere .:. Progressive Rock
.:. Durata .:. 6' 22''



North was somewhere years ago and cold:
Ice locked the people's hearts and made them old.
South was birth to pleasant lands, but dry:
I walked the waters' depths and played my mind.
East was dawn, coming alive in the golden sun:
the winds came, gently, several heads became one
in the summertime, though august people sneered;
we were at peace, and we cheered.

We walked alone, sometimes hand in hand,
between the thin lines marking sea and sand;
smiling very peacefully,
we began to notice that we could be free,
and we moved together to the West.

West is where all days will someday end;
where the colours turn from grey to gold,
and you can be with the friends.
And light flakes the golden clouds above all;
West is Mike and Susie,
West is where I love.

There we shall spend our final days of our lives;
tell the same old stories: yeah well,
at least we tried.
Into the West, smiles on our faces, we'll go;
oh, yes, and our apologies to those
who'll never really know the way.

We're refugees, walking away from the life
that we've known and loved;
nothing to do or say, nowhere to stay;
now we are alone.
We're refugees, carrying all we own
in brown bags, tied up with string;
nothing to think, it doesn't mean a thing,
but we'll be happy on our own.
West is Mike and Susie;
West is where I love,
West is refugees' home.



Bellissima ballata densa di calore, filtrata da eleganti e primaverili fiati praticamente perfetti. Una delle più intense ed avvolgenti canzoni che io conosca.

[Arkai]

ma ke razza di musica ascoltate skerzo

[Eowyn.]

Articolo 31
Voglio Una Lurida (Messa Di veSpiri)
1994


Voglio una lurida LURIDA
Doc, calda come un uovo alla coque
che mi faccia un elettroschok al cuore BUM BUM
che con ardore mi conquisti corpo e mente e che mi faccia innamorare.
Mi sono rotto della magre bionde tipo la Barbie
delle maggiorate tipo quelle che si fa Sgarbi. NO
Non e' una presa di posizione, e' che preferisco la cellulite al silicone
La mia lurida dov'e' BHO BHO, qualcuno saprebbe dirmi se c'e' NO NO
e come con la Titina io la cerco e non la trovo
continuamente ci provo, non c'e' mai niente di nuovo
Baldo come i Ga-Ga anni fa, vado a caccia per la città, con fascino e carisma
guidando la mia vecchia prisma vedo una tipa che cammina
gli chiedo un'indicazione quando si ferma a guardar la vetrina
e colgo l'occasione per attaccare bottone; eila', come va, che ci fai qua e... BLA BLA BLA
Ma quando apre la bocca mamma mia, mi casca la poesia
mi dice cose banali e poi ste' tipe son tutte uguali.
La mattina fanno ciclette, le gambe le radono con le Gilett
fanno diete da ammalato di diabete, facce lampadate con le gonne attillate ma
messe orizzontali son piu' pudiche di un frate.
Gina Lolofrigida che vive il sesso a rate, vi comunico che me le sono fracassate
la pu-pulzella e' acqua passata, cerco l'anima gemella con questa serenata
RIT.

Sono arrapato, SONO ARRAPATO, sono arrapato UH UH
ma non ancora rassegnato.
Cerco una lurida che vesta come un musicista funky
con dei bei cuscinetti adiposi lungo i fianchi
con la risata che sembra un raglio,
con i santini nel portafoglio,
che usi un dentifricio all'aglio, che se per sbaglio,
le do un bacio metto la mia vita a repentaglio
e poi la voglio: molto maleducata, che segue la dieta, che fa Eta Beta,
delicata come un karateka,
e quando t'accarezzo senza veli... mylady
voglio sentirti i peli... sui piedi
A. A. A. cercasi lurida scopo relazione duratura, mai dura
e quindi ecco un disperato appello a chi mi puo' aiutare
forse Marta Flavi ad agenzia matrimoniale
RIT.
La tipa a me m'attizza SE C'HA I BUBBONI.
Se ha la faccia da pizza QUATTRO STAGIONI.
Se la doccia la fa a Natale e poi non la fa piu',
se sui capelli sembra che c'ha messo il Paraflu'
Trovo eccitante che rutti al ristorante, che metta scarpe nere su calze bianche,
mutande da lottatore di sumo, voglio che usi il cademartori come profumo.
Voglio in intimita' accarezzarti il pelo OH OH OH ...delle braccia intendevo AH !
Tenetevi il modello bomba sexi, voglio una tipa che sembri Craxi
che abbia i capelli giallo-taxi, che si trucchi come un Apache,
insomma con il maquillage, che sembri un collage
e camminare stringendo la sua mano umida,
io sono un lurido... voglio una lurida.
RIT.

E J.Ax vuole una lurida, e DJ Jad vuole una lurida...




Che bei ricordi!!

[Kiara]

Originally posted by the_World
TITOLO: E-Pro
AUTORE: Beck

[lateralus83]

Artista: A Perfect Circle
Album: Mer De Noms
Titolo: Judith
Anno: 2000



You're such an inspiration for the ways
That I'll never ever choose to be
Oh so many ways for me to show you
How the savior has abandoned you
Fuck your God
Your Lord and your Christ
He did this
Took all you had and
Left you this way
Still you pray, you never stray
Never taste of the fruit
You never thought to question why

It's not like you killed someone
It's not like you drove a hateful spear into his side
Praise the one who left you
Broken down and paralyzed
He did it all for you
He did it all for you

Oh so many many ways for me to show you
How your dogma has abandoned you
Pray to your Christ, to your god
Never taste of the fruit
Never stray, never break
Never---choke on a lie
Even though he's the one who did this to you
You never thought to question why

Not like you killed someone
It's Not like you drove a spiteful spear into his side
Talk to Jesus Christ
As if he knows the reasons why
He did it all for you
Did it all for you
He did it all for you..

[the_World]

TITOLO: Where You End
AUTORE: Moby
ALBUM: Hotel



Some things fall apart
Some things makes you hold
Some things that you find
Are beyond your control

I love you and you're beautiful
You write your own songs
But if the right part is leaving
Turned out to be wrong

If I could kiss you now
I'd kiss you now again and again
I don't know where I begin
And where you end

Thought I fell in love the other day
With an old friend of mine
I was running kisses
Down every inch of the spine

We had the roof down
The sun came shining in
The black fact is...
that I was thinking of you

If I could kiss you now
I'd kiss you now again and again
I don't know where I begin
And where you End

I slept in the sun the other day
I thought I was fine
Everything seemed perfect
Until I had you on my mind

I tried to love you
I did all that I could
I wish that the bad now
Finally turned into good

If I could kiss you now
I'd kiss you now again and again
I don't know where I begin
And where you End

If I could kiss you now..
If I could kiss you now..
If I could kiss you now..

Oh where you end,
Is where I begin.

Oh where you end
Oh where you end
Oh where you end

[lateralus83]

Artista: Ozzy Osbourne
Album: No More Tears
Titolo: Desire
Anno: 1991



I always knew what I wanted to be
I knew for sure, I knew for sure
Always knew it was them or me
I wanted more, more and more

It's all right, it's okay
None of them people gonna take it away
Cause they don't know, like I know
And I can't stop 'cause it drives them crazy
It drives them crazy, 'cause I won't be cool
It's too late baby

It's the same old desire
Nothing has changed, nothing's the same
Burning like fire
Don't you ever take my name in vain

Always moving somewhere else to be
Moving on, moving on
Scream at you and you scream at me
Right or wrong, right or wrong

It's all right, it's okay
No one's ever gonna take us away
'Cause they don't know, like I know
I gotta keep rockin' cause it makes me crazy
It makes me crazy, who needs to be cool
Life's amazing

It's that same old desire
Crazy train, crazy train

[djnat]

.::.Titolo: Safari
.::.Autore: Andre Kraml
.::.Durata: 7' 03"
.::.Album: /
.::.Genere: Minimal Techno
.::.Anno: 2004



Un disco stupendo, sonorità particolarissime ed anche discretamente raffinate accompagnano questo disco che magari può non colpire ad un primo ascolto, ma se lo si sente più volte ha quel giro di basso e quel motivetto che iniziano a piantarsi nella testa e non uscire più. Tra le creazioni più notevoli e "diverse" dell'ultimo anno, è sicuramente una traccia che merita la segnalazione.

La voce presente nel brano è quella di Schad Privat.

Da ascoltare in un momento in cui ci si vuole lasciar trasportare verso un paesaggio esotico, a contatto diretto con la natura e gli animali; il titolo, in questo senso, direi che è azzeccatissimo.

[djnat]

.::.Titolo: Been a long time
.::.Autore: The Fog
.::.Durata: 7' 34"
.::.Album: /
.::.Genere: House
.::.Anno: 1993



Ralph Falcon & Dorothy Mann, in arte The Fog, hanno sfornato 12 anni fa quello che è stato un successo assoluto. In radio lo passavano continuamente, in discoteca si sentiva veramente sempre anche a distanza di mesi e mesi dall'uscita, ha spaccato veramente tanto.

Peraltro la particolarità di questo brano è la totale assenza di strumenti o accompagnamenti di ogni genere; è house pura, groove, basso e voce, una voce stupenda che entra nelle vene.

Oggi riascoltandola quasi mi sono commosso... che bei tempi.