Ho sempre adorato quei film d'azione di serie b pieni di stuntman. Trovo il mestiere dello stuntman relativamente ingrato ma al contempo molto interessante.
Lo stunt sta al posto di un altro attore, al quale regala la capacità ovviamente illusoria di saper fare le stesse cose spettacolari, incredibili, stupefacenti, come cadere dal terzo piano rimanendo illesi o cose del genere. In più esso è una controfigura, un doppio, è l'originale solo in una dimensione altra, virtuale ed eccezionale, e il suo compito diverrebbe presocchè inutile nei casi in cui un copione non prevedesse alcune cose che l'attore, quello "vero", non è disposto a fare.
Forse è per questo motivo che "Underachievers Please Try Harder" dei Camera Obscura mi piace così tanto. E se esiste un copione pop, state certi che i Camera Obscura lo reciteranno alla perfezione.
Come controfigure però, giacchè sin dalle prime battute qualcosa rischia di suonare come già sentito e masticato. In effetti la formula del sestetto scozzese non appare nuova soprattutto quando si produce in capriole zuccherine che guardano ai 60' ("Number One Son") o quando il ritmo lascia spazio all' "fraternalismo intimista" (ebbene sì, loro ci sono riusciti!) di "A Sisters Social Agony" che inizia con parole di sorella microfonate: "You bruise like a cherry my darling sweet girl...".
Ho paura che, alla lunga, a procurarsi lividi facendo le acrobazie come controfigure dei Belle & Sebastian non saranno solo sorelle col cuore spezzato...
Quattro stelle, una per ogni mese di ascolto ininterrotto e continuativo che ho fatto del disco. Meno undici però, come i mesi che sono passati dall'ultimo ascolto di questo lavoro, seguito da una crisi iperglicemica acuta.
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01 Suspended From Class (03:46)
You're such a beautiful writer
That's not all you are
I'm sorry about making a pass
It was subtle but I think that you grasped
The meaning intended
I can be a friend to you
I won't pretend
I'm not interested in breaking a heart
It's not love no it's nothing like that
I'll leave that to lookers like him
Oh he's such a delicate thing
Now it's such a fragile thing that we have
I should be suspended from class
I don't know my elbow from my arse
I should be suspended from class
I don't know my elbow from my arse
We could go out dancing
But, in truth it is the last thing that I have on my mind
Please say if I'm way out of line
I won't need telling twice
Now he wants to kiss
Said he can't resist
You're going to have to keep it hidden inside
I've a feeling that pigs might fly, might fly
I should be suspended from class
I don't know my elbow from my arse
I should be suspended from class
I don't know my elbow from my arse
You're such a beautiful writer
And that's not all you are
I'm sorry about making a pass
It was subtle but I think that you grasped
The meaning intended
I should be suspended from class
I don't know my elbow from my arse
I should be suspended from class
I don't know my elbow from my arse
02 Keep It Clean (03:16)
Does it make you happy to ignore me on streets?
I guess by now you think I''m weak
I wish you would have said something before now
I wouldn''t share a bag of chips with you
And in my opinion you don''t have a clue
I''m being cruel, I''m being cruel
I don''t want to be part of your scene
I''ll stay with him; I'll keep my nose clean
You''re the one pretending to be licking stamps
All alone in a room following lines on maps
It''s clear you don't want me here
How about I send you a book on nutrition?
Stop spoon-feeding me non-fiction
Just for a while, I will fake a smile
I don''t want to be part of your scene
I''ll stay with him; I'll keep my nose clean
Oh, why did you say she was a friend of mine?
I thought it was me you couldn''t stand
I''m confused
I will win; you will lose
You''ve taken to phoning my house when you''re drunk
And then confessing all your love
I wish you would have said so before now
I don''t want to be part of your scene
I''ll stick with him; I'll keep my nose clean
03 A Sisters Social Agony (03:59)
You bruise like a cherry my darling girl
Words can mean nothing to some in this world
I want you to know I thought about you last night
I cried
Play indie rock if that's what you want
Quote Mike Leigh films it will turn them all on
I heard you were going on a first date
That's great
Don't apologise
Try your best not to disguise
To get misty eyed at times is fine
Sometimes it feels like you're the only one
A freckle appeared on your lip from the sun
Those kids that you run with, they put you down
Make no sound
04 Teenager (03:40)
for your birthday she sent you a card
she didn't sign her name she gave an autograph
now she's trying to call your bluff
is she your true love?
we knew the boy who went from Mod to Ted
she asked matter of fact had he gone off his head
he was uncomplaining as a tree
not a thing like me
you're not a teenager
so don't act like one
sure she is a heartbreaker
does she have one?
is it down to me, down to me?
we both rarely speak
I went for a stroll after dark
I thought of you and her while staring at the black
I didn't have you down for being easily led
or the girl well read
you're not a teenager
so don't act like one
sure she is a heartbreaker
does she have one?
is it down to me, down to me?
we both rarely speak
06 Your Picture (03:08)
My friend she told me such a story but she didn?t know what I knew
I laughed with my friend when she got to the end
I knew we were laughing at you
She told me that you made some money and you got yourself frames on the wall
People come by and they look at your face
And they say it?s the fairest of all
Of course you protest
That?s what you do best
You?re modest and shy to the end
You?re watching them as they?re looking at you
And you know it was money well spent
She told me you?d given up drinking to be with somebody you knew
And you tried to get into the bible
But it never got into you
You?ve still got some loyal disciples I suppose that I?m one of the few
I shouldn?t have laughed Cause I mean you no harm
But my friend got to me before you
And next time I see you I?ll be pleased to see you
I hope you?ll be pleased to see me
I?ll visit your picture I won?t have the nerve
To tell them that they?ve got you all wrong
08 Let Me Go Home (03:35)
Hurry up, baby, 'cause we're going somewhere tonight
One glass of wine and you're mine and you know i just might...
You know i just might
You know i just might
Well the room goes boom to the sound of temptations and more
Twisting and turning that girl's looking good on the floor
Good on the floor
Good on the floor
Well the four walls they collide
Until the blue-eyed girl decides to let me go home
Let me go home
Host plays a ghost in my house, gets a fist in the eye
Vinyl is crushed in the rush for the liquor supply
The liquor supply
The liquor supply
Supremes in our dreams
Do we quit bein' obscene on the stairs
Daylight appears through the curtains and nobody cares
Nobody cares
Nobody cares
Well the four walls they collide
Until the blue-eyed girl decides to let me go home
Let me go home
Daylight appears through the curtains and nobody cares
Supremes in our dreams
Do we quit bein' obscene on the stairs
11 Lunar Sea (04:56)
For the Lunar sea see the river moon
And you got it
Match the finest words to the greatest tune
And you bought it
See me cross in style
Walk the longest mile in a minute
Where do drifters go?
Wonder if they know there's no limit
At the rainbows end
Find a perfect friend say you're sorry
Make me dream at night
Break my heart on sight don't you worry
Swept the sounds of love from the skies above
And I knew it
Swim the seas of blue just to drown in you
And I blew it
Chorus
You hear it, the shiver in spine don't come near it
I love it, you soar and you cry rise above it
Got my lunar sea for you're river moon
If you let it
Match my finest words to your greatest tune
Won't forget it
Chorus
You hear it, the shiver in spine don't come near it
I love it, you soar and you cry rise above it
Fly by lunar sea lullaby
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