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Alle volte succede che, per puro caso, si formino dei supergruppi. I supergruppi, però, difficilmente sfornano dei capolavori, sono un po' come il Real Madrid, gonfi di grandi campioni, ma assai poveri di gioco di squadra. In questo caso no, il disco che ne è venuto fuori non sarà magari passato agli annali come un puro capolavoro, ma lo è senz'altro passato come uno dei più divertenti e divertiti album rock usciti negli ultimi vent'anni.
Era successo che George Harrison, sull'onda della buona accoglienza riservata al suo album del 1987 "Cloud Nine", voleva uscire con un singolo da intitolare "Handle With Care" ed ha riunito per l'occasione alcuni amici, tali Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne (Electric Light Orchestra), Tom Petty e Roy Orbison per partecipare a questo singolo in qualità di duettanti-coristi. Quello che ne venne fuori fu una deliziosa canzone rock-pop che convinse i cinque che sarebbe stato il caso di insistere e di fare qualcosa che fosse più di un semplice singolo. Il miracolo fu che si misero tutti d'impegno a scrivere e le canzoni che uscirono furono tra le cose migliori del periodo di tutti e cinque i musicisti. Lo stesso George, prima del successo di "Cloud Nine", veniva da un periodo anonimo in cui, oltre a incidere album piuttosto mediocri, si era dato, senza molto successo a dire il vero, alla produzione cinematografica, Roy Orbison era ormai stato quasi del tutto dimenticato, nonostante la sua fantastica voce, Jeff Lynne aveva da poco sciolto gli ELO, Tom Petty si è sempre mantenuto sugli stessi buoni livelli, mentre Bob Dylan non pubblicava più nulla di buono da almeno cinque anni ("Infidels", 1983).
"Handle with care", di George, è una bella canzone in cui risalta soprattutto la splendida voce di Roy Orbison nell'inciso, un pezzo che parla dell'arrivo della mezza età e il cui titolo era ispirato da una scritta su una cassa nel garage di Bob Dylan."Dirty World", firmata da Dylan, è un sarcastico pezzo che prende di mira, probabilmente, Prince, "Rattled" è una specie di rockabilly, e qui è il turno di Jeff Lynne, "Last Night" è di nuovo Bob ed è sicuramente uno dei pezzi migliori usciti dalla penna di Dylan in quel periodo, con un intermezzo vocale cantato da Orbison.
Roy Orbison si erge poi a protagonista assoluto in "Not Alone Anymore", un brano in stile "Pretty Woman", poi è ancora Bob Dylan a farla da padrone in "Congratulations". "Heading For The Light" è il secondo singolo tratto dal disco, un'altra canzone ariosa e solrae tipica dello stile di George Harrison, "Margarita" è forse il pezzo meno convincente, forse perché il più elaborato e strumentalmente complesso, del disco.
"Tweeter And The Monkey Man" presenta un Bob Dylan grandissimo, con un pezzo che prende clamorosamente in giro uno degli idoli del momento, quel Bruce Springsteen che da molti è stato considerato il suo erede, con tutta una serie di personaggi e di storie scritte con lo stile tipico del Boss.
Il brano che chiude il disco è "End Of The Line", dove cantano tutti e cinque, a turno, testo solare e ottimistico e musica ariosa come in quasi tutto il resto dell'album.
Dopo questo disco, tutti i componenti del gruppo recuperarono entusiasmo e voglia di fare altre buone incisioni, avranno tutti un buon rilancio di carriera, tutti meno uno: il 7 dicembre del 1988, quando sembrava che la fortuna finalmente gli avesse strizzato l'occhiolino, se ne andò Roy Orbison colpito da infarto. Una vita costellata da disgrazie (nel 1966 la sua casa bruciò con dentro la sua famiglia, moglie e figli) e una carriera raramente baciata dal meritato successo. Il disco seguente, Volume 3, pur avendo anch'esso un discreto sucesso, non si avvicinò nemmeno lontanamente alla qualità e al buon umore di questo "Volume 1".
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01 Handle With Care (03:19)
Been beat up and battered around
Been sent up and I've been shot down
You're the best thing that I've ever found
Handle me with care
Reputation's changeable
Situation's tolerable
But baby you're adorable
Handle me with care
I'm so tired of being lonely
I still have some love to give
Won't you show me that you really care
Everybody's got somebody to lean on
Put your body next to mine and dream on
I've been fobbed off and I've been fooled
I've been robbed and ridiculed
In day care centers and night schools
Handle me with care
Been stuck in airports, terrorized
Sent to meetings, hypnotized
Overexposed, commercialized
Handle me with care
I'm so tired of being lonely
I still have some love to give
Won't you show me that you really care
Everybody's got somebody to lean on
Put your body next to mine and dream on
I've been uptight and made a mess
But I'll clean it up myself, I guess
Oh, the sweet smell of success
Handle me with care
02 Dirty World (03:29)
He love your sexy body, he loves your dirty mind
He loves when you hold him when you grab him from behind
Oh baby, you're such a pretty thing
I can't wait to introduce you to the other members of my gang
You don't need no wax job, you're smooth enough for me
If you need you oil changed I'll do it for you free
Oh baby, the pleasure would be all mine
If you let me drive your pickup truck and park it where the sun don't shine
Every time he touches you his hair stands up on end
His legs begin to quiver and his mind begins to bend
Oh baby, you're such a tasty treat
But I'm under doctor's orders, I'm afraid to overeat
He love your sense of humor, disposition too
There's absolutely nothing that he don't love about you
Oh baby, I'm on my hands and knees
Life would be so simple if I only had you to please
Oh baby, turn around and say goodbye
You go to the airport now and I'm going home to cry
He loves your Electric dumplings
He loves your Red bell peppers
He loves your Fuel injection
He loves your Service charge
He loves your Five-speed gearbox
He loves your Long indurance
He loves your Quest for junk food
He loves your Big refrigerator
He loves your Trembling wilbury
He loves your Marble earrings
He loves your Porky curtains
He loves your Power steering
He loves your Bottled water
He loves your Parts and services
Dirty world, a dirty world, it's a Fucking dirty world
03 Rattled (02:59)
I get rattled every time we meet
I get rattled even in my sleep
I get rattled, baby, over you
I get twisted, I get turned around
I get twisted, and I'm up then I'm down
I get twisted, baby, over you
(Chorus)
Well, baby, baby, baby won't you save one night for me
Baby, baby, baby is there something wrong with you
Baby, baby, baby this is out of my control
It looks like nothing's wrong but deep down in my soul
I'm twisted - shaken - rattled
I get rattled, baby, over you
(Chorus)
I get shaken, I get torn up by the roots
Yeah, I'm shakin', way down in my boots
I get rattled, baby, over you
I get rattled, baby, over you
Rattled, baby, over you
04 Last Night (03:51)
She was there at the bar, she heard my guitar
She was long and tall, she was the queen of them all
Last night, thinking about last night
Last night, thinking about last night
She was dark and discreet, she was light on her feet
We went up to her room and she lowered the boom
Last night, thinking about last night
Last night, thinking about last night
(Bridge 1)
Down below they danced and sang in the street
While up above the walls were steaming with heat
Last night, thinking about last night
Last night, thinking about last night
I was feeling no pain, feeling good in my brain
I looked in her eyes, they were full of surprise
Last night, talking about last night
Last night, talking about last night
(Bridge 2)
I asked her to marry me she smiled and pulled out a knife
The party's just beginning she said, it's your money or you life
Last night, talking about last night
Last night, talking about last night
Now I'm back at the bar, she went a little too far
She done me wrong, all I got is this song
Last night, thinking about last night
Last night, thinking about last night
Last night, talking about last night
Last night, talking about last night
Last night, thinking about last night
Last night, thinking about last night
05 Not Alone Any More (03:25)
You always said that I'd be back again
That I'd come running to you in the end
I thought that you were on your own
And now I find you're not alone
(Chorus)
(not alone) I'll see you through the rain (not alone)
Through the heartache and pain (not alone)
It hurts like never before
You're not alone any more
You always said that I would know someday
Just how it feels when your love walks away
I let you down I let you go
I lost you, how was I to know
(Chorus)
(not alone) I'll see you through the rain (not alone)
Through the heartache and pain (not alone)
It hurts like never before
You're not alone any more
I never knew I could feel this way
I never could see past yesterday
You feel that everything is gone
I feel it too, you're not alone
(Chorus)
(not alone) I'll see you through the rain (not alone)
Every heartache and pain (not alone)
It hurts like never before
You're not alone, You're not alone, You're not alone
any more, any more, any more
06 Congratulations (03:29)
Congratulations for breaking my heart
Congratulations for tearing it all apart
Congratulations you finally did succeed
Congratulations for leaving me in need
This morning I looked out my window and found
A bluebird singing but there was no one around
At night I lay alone in my bed
With an image of you goin' around in my head
Congratulations for bringing me down
Congratulations now I'm sorrow bound
Congratulations you got a good deal
Congratulations how good you must feel
I guess that I must have loved you more than I ever knew
My world is empty now cause it don't have you
And if I had just one more chance to wind your heart again
I would do things differently but what's the use to pretend
Congratulations for making me wait
Congratulations now it's too late
Congratulations you came out on top
Congratulations you never did know when to stop
Congratulations
07 Heading for the Light (03:36)
I've wandered around with nothing more than time on my hands
I was lost in the night with no sight of you
And at times it was so blue and lonely
Heading for the light
Been close to the edge, hanging by my fingernails
I've rolled and I've tumbled through the roses and the thorns
And I couldn't see the sign that warned me, I'm
Heading for the light
Ooh - I didn't see that big black cloud hanging over me
And when the rain came down I was nearly drowned
I didn't know the mess I was in
My shoes are wearing out from walking down this same highway
I don't see nothing new but I feel a lot of change
And I get the strangest feeling, as I'm
Heading for the light
Ooh - my hands were tired
Jokers and fools on either side
But still I kept on till the worst had gone
Now I see the hole I was in
My shoes are wearing out from walking down this same highway
I don't see nothing new but I feel a lot of change
And I get the strangest feeling, as I'm
Heading for the light
I see the sun ahead, I ain't never looking back
All the dreams are coming true as I think of you
Now there's nothing in the way to stop me
Heading for the light
Now there's nothing in the way to stop me
Heading for the light
08 Margarita (03:16)
Margarita, ah
Margarita, ah
Ooh
It was in Pittsburgh late one night
I lost my hat, got into a fight
I rolled and tumbled till I saw the light
Went to the big apple, took a bite
Still the sun went down your way
Down from the blue into the gray
Where I stood I saw you walk away
You danced away
I asked her what we're gonna do tonight
She said "Cahuenga Langa-Langa-Shoe Box Soup"
We better keep tryin' till we get it right
Tala mala sheela jaipur dhoop
She wrote a long letter on short piece of paper
Oh margarita don't stay away too long
Come on home
Oh margarita don't say you will when you won't
Margarita
09 Tweeter and the Monkey Man (05:27)
Tweeter and the Monkey Man were hard up for cash
They stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash
To an undercover cop who had a sister named Jan
For reasons unexplained she loved the Monkey Man
Tweeter was a boy scout before she went to Vietnam
And found out the hard way nobody gives a damn
They knew that they found freedom just across the Jersey Line
So they hopped into a stolen car took Highway 99
And the walls came down all the way to hell
Never saw them when they're standing
Never saw them when they fell
The undercover cop never liked the Monkey Man
Even back in childhood he wanted to see him in the can
Jan got married at fourteen to a rackateer named Bill
She made secret calls to the Monkey Man from a mansion on the hill
It was out on thunder road - Tweeter at the wheel
They crashed into paradise - they could hear them tires squeal
The undercover cop pulled up and said "Everyone of you's a liar
If you don't surrender now it's gonna go down to the wire
And the walls came down all the way to hell
Never saw them when they're standing
Never saw them when they fell
An ambulance rolled up - a state trooper close behind
Tweeter took his gun away and messed up his mind
The undercover cop was left tied up to a tree
Near the souvenir stand by the old abandoned factory
Next day the undercover cop was hot in pursuit
He was taking the whole thing personal
He didn't care about the loot
Jan had told him many times it was you to me who taught
In Jersey anything's legal as long as you don't get caught
And the walls came down all the way to hell
Never saw them when they're standing
Never saw them when they fell
Someplace by Rahway prison they ran out of gas
The undercover cop had cornered them said "Boy, you didn't
think that this could last"
Jan jumped out of bed said "There's someplace I gotta go"
She took a gun out of the drawer and said "It's best if you dont' know"
The undercover cop was found face down in a field
The monkey man was on the river bridge using Tweeter as a shield
Jan said to the Monkey Man "I'm not fooled by Tweeter's curl
I knew him long before he ever became a Jersey girl"
And the walls came down all the way to hell
Never saw them when they're standing
Never saw them when they fell
Now the town of Jersey City is quieting down again
I'm sitting in a gambling club called the Lion's Den
The TV set been blown up, every bit of it is gone
Ever since the nightly news show that the Monkey Man was on
I guess I'll to to Florida and get myself some sun
There ain't no more opportunity here, everything's been done
Sometime I think of Tweeter, sometime I think of Jan
Sometime I don't think about nothing but the Monkey Man
And the walls came down all the way to hell
Never saw them when they're standing
Never saw them when they fell
And the walls came down all the way to hell
Never saw them when they're standing
Never saw them when they fell
10 End of the Line (03:29)
Well it's all right, riding around in the breeze
Well it's all right, if you live the life you please
Well it's all right, doing the best you can
Well it's all right, as long as you lend a hand
You can sit around and wait for the phone to ring
Waiting for someone to tell you everything
Sit around and wonder what tomorrow will bring
Maybe a diamond ring
Well it's all right, even if they say you're wrong
Well it's all right, sometimes you gotta be strong
Well it's all right, As long as you got somewhere to lay
Well it's all right, everyday is Judgement Day
Maybe somewhere down the road aways
You'll think of me, wonder where I am these days
Maybe somewhere down the road when somebody plays
Purple haze
Well it's all right, even when push comes to shove
Well it's all right, if you got someone to love
Well it's all right, everything'll work out fine
Well it's all right, we're going to the end of the line
Don't have to be ashamed of the car I drive
I'm glad to be here, happy to be alive
It don't matter if you're by my side
I'm satisfied
Well it's all right, even if you're old and grey
Well it's all right, you still got something to say
Well it's all right, remember to live and let live
Well it's all right, the best you can do is forgive
Well it's all right, riding around in the breeze
Well it's all right, if you live the life you please
Well it's all right, even if the sun don't shine
Well it's all right, we're going to the end of the line
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