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Settimana particolare, tra computer rotti e impegni vari, ma sono comunque riuscito a sentire i soliti 5 album settimanali!

Dopo tanto tempo ho risentito Revolver dei Beatles, e come al solito è fantastico. Il miglior disco del quartetto di Liverpool, pochi cazzi. Idee a fiotti, avanguardia tecnologica, temi psichedelici ante litteram. Che si può volere di più?

Illinois di Sufjan Stevens, già presente in queste classifiche, rimane un grande capolavoro dell’indie folk. Sentendolo, sembra di viaggiare per le strade dell’Illinois, conoscere le persone famose e meno famose del luogo, sentire i rumori delle città e dei boschi. Sempra di vivere lì da sempre.

All’apice del grunge gli Screaming Trees di Mark Lanegan (di cui Kurt Cobain era grande fan) tirano fuori un disco, Sweet Oblivion, che è davvero incredibile. Rock allo stato puro. Punto.
Tutti dovrebbero sentirlo almeno una volta nella vita.

Paul’s Boutique, invece, è un grande album hip hop east coast, di quando i Beastie Boys erano fighi esagerati. Lo sono ancora, ma molto meno…

Sung Tongs degli Animal Collective segue la classica linea del collettivo: musiche ripetitive e gioiose, folk quanto basta e indie all’eccesso, coretti acuti e divertenti. Non uno dei loro capolavori, ma sempre un disco eccezionale.

Beastie Boys
An Open Letter to NYC

Listen all you New Yorkers…

Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten
From the Battery to the top of Manhattan
Asian, Middle-Eastern and Latin
Black, White, New York you make it happen

Brownstones, water towers, trees, skyscrapers
Writers, prize fighters and Wall Street traders
We come together on the subway cars
Diversity unified, whoever you are
We’re doing fine on the 1 and 9 line
On the L we’re doin’ swell
On the number 10 bus we fight and fuss
You know we’re thorough in the boroughs ’cause that’s a must
I remember when the Duece was all porno flicks
Running home after school to play PIX
At lunch I’d go to Blimpies down on Montague Street
And hit the Fulton Street Mall for the sneakers on my feet
Dear New York I hope you’re doing well
I know a lot’s happened and you’ve been through hell
So, we give thanks for providing a home
Through your gates at Ellis Island we passed in droves

Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten
From the Battery to the top of Manhattan
Asian, Middle-Eastern and Latin
Black, White, New York you make it happen

The L.I.E. the B.Q.E
Hippies at the band shell with the L.S.D.
Get my BVD’s from VIM
You know I’m reppin’ Manhattan the best I can
Stopped off at Bleecker Bob’s got thrown out
Sneakin’ in at 4:00 am after going out
You didn’t rob me in the park at Diana Ross
But everybody started looting when the light went off
From the South South Bronx on out to Queensbridge
From Hollis Queens right down to Bay Ridge
From Castle Hill to the Lower East Side
From 1010 WINS to Live At Five
Dear New York this is a love letter
To you and how you brought us together
We can’t say enough about all you do
‘Cause in the city we’re ourselves and electric too

Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten
From the Battery to the top of Manhattan
Asian, Middle-Eastern and Latin
Black, White, New York you make it happen

Shout out the South Bronx where my mom hails from
Right next to High Bridge across from Harlem
To the Grand Concourse where my mom and dad met
Before they moved on down to the Upper West
I see you’re still strong after all that’s gone on
Life long we dedicate this song
Just a little something to show some respect
To the city that blends and mends and tests
Since 911 we’re still livin’
And lovin’ life we’ve been given
Ain’t nothing gonna take that away from us
Were lookin’ pretty and gritty ’cause in the city we trust
Dear New York I know a lot has changed
2 towers down but you’re still in the game
Home to the many rejecting no one
Accepting peoples of all places, wherever they’re from

Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten
From the Battery to the top of Manhattan
Asian, Middle-Eastern and Latin
Black, White, New York you make it happen

New York City…

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