Invio la mia prima recensione di quello che, per me, è uno dei più grandi Album Blues della storia.
Non vi strapperò i pelini dagli zebedei sulla vita/storia del grande Bluesman (c'è Wikipedia per questo), quì è solo da dire che c'è tutta l'essenza del Blues delle origini, pochi strumenti, ritmica libera ed ipnotica, Hooker al massimo delle possibilità vocali (se ha un senso x il suo Talkiing Blues), lontano anni luce dal "Blues scintillante" di B.B. King etc..
Quando lo ascolto la notte, mi sembra di trovarmi in campo di cotone del Missisipi la sera a guardare i raccoglitori tornare a casa x ubriacarsi, fumare e fare l'amore.. oppure a Chicago seduto fuori ad un bar pieno di "signorine" x bene..
Meglio di tutte le varie compilation dell'artista.
Elenco tracce e testi
01 I'm In The Mood (02:43)
I'm In The Mood (Version 1)
by John Lee Hooker Bernard Bessman
recording of 1959
from The Vee Jay Years 1955-1964 (Charly 82333-1754-2) & Vee Jay No. 1069,
I'm in the mood baby, I'm in the mood for love
I'm in the mood baby, I'm in the mood for love
I'm in the mood, I'm in the mood, baby, I'm in the mood for love
I said night time is the right time, to be with the one you love
You know when night come baby, God know, you're so far away
I'm in the mood, I'm in the mood baby, I'm in the mood for love
I'm in the mood, in the mood, baby, in the mood for love
I said yes, my mama told me, to leave that girl alone
But my mama didn't know, God know, girl was puttin' down
I'm in the mood, I'm in the mood baby, in the mood for love
I'm in the mood, I'm in the mood, baby, in the mood for love
09 The Waterfront (05:22)
I cover the waterfront, watchin' the ship go by
I could see, everybody's baby, but I couldn't see mine
I could see, the ships pullin' in, to the harbor
I could see the people, meetin' their loved one
Shakin' hand, I sat there,
so all alone, coverin' the waterfront
And after a while, all the people,
left the harbor, and headed for their destination
All the ships, left the harbor,
and headed for their next destination
I sat there, coverin' the waterfront
And after a while, I looked down the ocean,
as far as I could see, in the fog, I saw a ship
It headed, this way, comin' out the foam
It must be my baby, comin' down
And after a while, the ship pulled into the harbor,
rollin' slow, so cripple
And my baby, stepped off board
I was still, coverin' the waterfront
Said "Johnny, our ship had trouble, with the fog
And that's why we're so late, so late
Comin' home, comin' down'
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