giovedì 29 novembre 2018

Effetto placebo



You dip your hands into my flesh

And say you won't reveal a scar

I must have faith in this procedure

It's a miracle - It's a wonder

A thousand hidden needles

In a thousand covered nerves

Stick pins in my receptacles

Look to your Voodoo doll-your mojo

Staying alive at five

For you to cure my ailments

Another soul is saved

With your bogus medications

What colour shall we have today?

Depends on how you feel I say

Consult your research on the media

See blue will calm my hysteria

Staying alive at five

For you to cure my ailments

Another soul is saved

With your bogus medications

Staying alive at five

With your empty containers

Another corpse ornaments your waiting room

Will you ever regret - the placebo effect

Can you ever forget - the placebo effect



Compositori: Mkcay / Morris / Steven Severin / Susan Ballion

lunedì 26 novembre 2018

We were fireworks



The body is wrapped in shadow
The face is built of cinders
And panic tears thro' your silhouette
As you're squeezed by burning fingers
And he crackling in our colours
With teeth of gelignite
When he sighs his song and pirouettes
Thro' a dance of dynamite
We are fireworks - slowly, glowing
Bold and bright
We are fireworks - burning shapes
Into the night
His fuel is our frustration
And dreams begin to ache
And all the while we wear a party smile
And happily we shiver
And happily we shake
Oh shake, shake, shake
We are fireworks - slowly, glowing
Bold and bright
We are fireworks - burning shapes
Into the night
Twist and turn - burn, burn, burn
Twist and turn - burn, baby, burn

domenica 25 novembre 2018

La canzone del mese (novembre 2018)



From the cradle bars
Comes a beckoning voice
It sends you spinning
You have no choice
You hear a laughter
Cracking through the walls
It sends you spinning
You have no choice
You hear laughter
Cracking through the walls
It sends you spinning
You have no choice
Following the footsteps
Of a rag doll dance
We are entranced
Spellbound
Following the footsteps
Of a rag doll dance
We are entranced
Spellbound...
Spellbound...
And don't forget
When your elders forget
To say their prayers
Take them by the legs
And throw them down the stairs
When you think
Your toys have gone berserk
It's an illusion
You cannot shirk
You hear laughter
Cracking through the walls
It sends you spinning
You have no choice
Following the footsteps
Of a rag doll dance
We are entranced
Spellbound
Following the footsteps
Of a rag doll dance
We are entranced
Spellbound...
Spellbound...
Following the footsteps
Of a rag doll dance
We are entranced
Following the footsteps
Of a rag doll dance
We are entranced
Entranced, entranced...

martedì 13 novembre 2018

Il lato che non mostrerò mai



Doctor, can't you see that I'm trying
The explaination just hasn't been found
Doctor, no one knows when I'm frying
I slam the door when the feeling comes 'round and
Every cloud has a silver lining
Every doubt has an answer, I know
But in my heart there's no light shining
Just emptiness and faded glow
Raining down on the side I'll never show
Doctor, it's the hardest season
I said wait for the down and let go
Doctor, without the slightest reason
I've become a man that I don't want to know and
Every cloud has a silver lining
Every doubt has an answer, I know
But in my heart there's no light shining
Just emptiness and faded glow
Raining down on the side I'll never show
Yeah, every cloud has a silver lining
Every doubt has an answer, I know
But in my heart there's no light shining
Just emptiness and faded glow
Raining down on the side I'll never show
Doctor, I believe that I heard
Calling down from beyond the flood
Doctor, in my heart there was murder
There wasn't no body and there wasn't no blood and
Every cloud has a silver lining
Every doubt has an answer, I know
But in my heart there's no light shining
That's a side I'll never show
That's a side that I'll never, never, never, never show

domenica 11 novembre 2018

A che gioco giochiamo

Un libro (un saggio di storia, sociologia e anche antropologia) molto interessante e a suo modo utile per capire come eravamo, come siamo diventati e cosa diventeremo. Personalmente mi permetto di essere meno ottimista di Baricco sull'effetto che la tecnologia digitale ha avuto sull'umanità e soprattutto sul nostro essere umani: da quello che vedo e vivo, l'attuale umanità (intendo le persone) non è molto migliore di quella del 900, anche se avrebbe le possibilità e tantissimi strumenti (i tool) per diventarlo.

venerdì 9 novembre 2018

Stavo sparendo



Al Bloser mercoledì scorso Chris Cacavas ha eseguito con Steve Wynn questa sua meravigliosa canzone. A me sono venuti i lucciconi, perchè mi ha ricordato i mesi in cui ho suonato con gli Sleeves, mesi difficilissimi, perchè ero senza lavoro, e la musica sembrava l'unica medicina per tirare avanti verso un futuro che poi grazie al cielo c'è stato (e NON grazie agli Sleeves).
Meno male che ho avuto la musica, certe canzoni, in certi periodi.

I will disappear if you want me to
I'll leave without a trace in the middle of the night
and if you look I'm not around
well I'm here but nowhere to be found
I'm only six feet underground
and I can't be found
Catch me if you can, I don't think you can
'cause now I'm in my car and I'm shifting sand
and if you look I'm not around
I'm only six feet underground
and I can't be found
I've been relocated  to a safer place
they gave me a new name and a different face
and if you look I'm not around
well I'm here but nowhere to be found
I'm only six feet underground
and I won't be found

giovedì 8 novembre 2018

"Nice singing! Pavaroti!"






































Steve Wynn e il sottoscritto alla fine del memorabile concerto al Bloser, ieri sera. Ne racconterò su TomTomRock. Oltre alla foto-ricordo per ora mi preme solo dire di come, al terzo pezzo cantatogli in faccia, il buon Steve abbia esclamato indicandomi il titolo del post. So' soddisfazioni, so'.

P.S. ora che vedo la foto, qualcosa di Pavarotti in effetti lo sto prendendo: LA PANZA!

domenica 4 novembre 2018

Una serata con Nick Drake



Su Tomtomrock il mio racconto della bella serata di mercoledì scorso dedicata a Nick Drake da Rodrigo D'Erasmo e Roberto Angelini.


sabato 3 novembre 2018

Dan Stuart e il posto dove spreca il suo tempo


Molto colpito dall'umanità, oltre che dalla musica di Dan Stuart giovedì al Raindogs. Prossimamente su tomtomrock.it il resoconto di quella memorabile serata. E' quasi commovente questo filmato che ritrae Dan nella sua quotidianità di orgoglioso perdente sopravvissuto. Massimo rispetto.

giovedì 1 novembre 2018

The glory of love



Non so perchè, ma oggi mi sono svegliato con questo pezzo in testa. Forse perchè ieri sera ho visto Rodrigo D'Erasmo dal vivo, e lui ne eseguì una versione da brivido insieme a Steve Wynn, qualche anno fa a Milano. Non so. Forse è la perfetta canzone autunnale. O forse ho solo questo gusto dolceamaro, questa lieve malinconia dentro, che evaporerà col freddo, come un vetro appannato.