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E’ dal ’78 che ascolto i primi tre album di ADM, e ancora mi fa girare la testa…

by Picca

Chicago XI  (1977 – Rhino remaster 2002) “Mississippi Delta City Blues” (Terry Kath) – 4:39

The Band:

Peter Cetera – bass, vocals

Laudir de Oliveira – percussion

Terry Kath – guitar, percussion, vocals

Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals

Lee Loughnane – trumpet, piccolo trumpet, vocals

James Pankow – trombone, keyboards, percussion, vocals

Walter Parazaider – woodwinds

Danny Seraphine – drums, percussion

I’ve got a smile
That I put on
When I’m not at home
When I’m not alone

But it is so hard
To make that smile
‘Cause I know I’ll be at home
And alone in a while
And if I look in a mirror
I see my eyes start to tear
I can’t help but cry
Since you said goodbye

I’ve got to hide
What I’m feelin’ inside
Can’t let them see
How you’re hurtin’ me

So I guess that’s what I’ll do
Won’t let them see through
Won’t let them know
That you could hurt me so

I’ve got a laugh
That I put on
When I’m not at home
When I’m not alone

But it is so hard
To fake that laugh
When my insides are cryin’
And my heart’s torn in half
And all the music I hear
And things I valued so dear
Make me feel so blue
They all remind me of you

(Now) What can I do
(Now) That our love is through
And my purpose is gone
Still I got to live on
I guess that’s what I’ll do
I won’t let them see through
I won’t let them know
That you could hurt me so

 Bad Company “The Way I Choose” (Paul Rodgers)  1974

PAUL RODGERS / MICK RALPHS / BOZ BURRELL / SIMON KIRKE

Bad Company (1974)
Straight Shooter (1975)
Run with the Pack (1976)
Burnin’ Sky (1977)
Desolation Angels (1979)
Rough Diamonds (1982)

Live in Albuquerque 1976 (2006) (semi-official bootleg) (Due to legal objections, Live In Albuquerque 1976 was withdrawn shortly after its release)
Hard Rock Live (CD+DVD) (2009)
Live At Wembley Arena (CD/DVD/BLU RAY) (2011)

10 from 6 (1985)
The Original Bad Company Anthology (1999)
Hard Rock Live (DVD) (2009)
Live At Wembley Arena (DVD/BLU RAY) (2011)

I live my life the way that I choose
I’m satisfied, nothing to lose
I don’t ask no favors, I don’t know the reason why
If I don’t ask no questions, I don’t get no lies

You give your love tederly
Every way that you move is closer to me
I don’t need nobody to tell me the reason why
If I love only you baby, I’ll be satisfied

Baby answer my question
If you won’t say hello, don’t say goodbye

I don’t need nobody to tell me the reason why
If I love only you baby I’ll be satisfied
You know I’ll be satisfied
Because because because you satisfy my love
You satisfy my love
Don’t say goodbye and leave me to cry
Don’t say goodbye
Girl you’re walking away

Uno dei miei pezzi preferiti degli AERO, qui in versione ancor più sofferta presa dall’ottimo bootleg PHILADELPHIA 26-03-1978.

I significati delle parole, dei cognomi, dei nomi di posti etc etc mi hanno sempre interessato molto, questo vale anche per le parole e per lo slang che si trovano nei testi di vecchi blues. Sono sempre  alla ricerca di libri, testi, articoli che abbiano a che fare con queste cose, così ho deciso di proporre una rubrichetta a tal proposito. Si parte.

SUPERSTITIOUS – parola usata in centinaia di blues e di pezzi rock. La parola in sé significa naturalmente SUPERSTIZIOSO, ma l’uso che ne facevano i neri al tempo del blues era improprio: dicevano SUPERSTITIOUS ma intendevano SUSPICIOUS, sospettoso.

Luke Jordan

LUKE JORDAN If I Call You Mama (19 novembre 1929)

 If I call you, woman, doggone, you refuse to come
   If I call you, woman, doggone, you refuse to come
   Hot boilin’ water, I swear, won’t help you none

   You been hollerin’ ‘round here ‘bout you’re goin’, right now is your goin’ time
   (Guitar plays repetition of the line)
   If you haven’t got your train fare, woman, swear, I’ve got mine

   You’ve been braggin’ ‘bout your brickhouse woman, you ought to see my frame
   You’ve been braggin’ ‘bout your brickhouse woman, you ought to see my frame
   You been hollerin’ ‘round here ‘bout your high yella, you certainly ought to see my Jane

   She don’t use no tobacco, swear she don’t dip no snuff
   She don’t use no tobacco, (guitar finishes line)
   She ain’t no high yella, woman, she’s fair brown enough

   I called for whiskey, got the nerve to bring me gasoline
   Mama, I called for whiskey, had the nerve to bring me gasoline
   My home ain’t here, it’s down in New Orlean

   If you don’t b’lieve I’m leavin’, woman, count the days I’m gone
   If you don’t b’lieve I’m leavin’, woman, count the days I’m gone
   I’m from the South, I’m superstitious, and I know something’s goin’ on wrong