You left my heart like an abandoned car...
Se Simon Neil è "la perfezione fattasi uomo" (così sostengono le sue ammiratrici), Biffy Clyro è la perfezione sotto forma di band.
Ho voluto scegliere un brano acustico dei tre rockettari scozzesi per sottolineare il loro attaccamento per narrazioni che scorrono su corde intime seguendo anche una logica emotiva. In seguito, loro, sul palco, trasformeranno la ballata in un iroso inno heavy, magari dai connotati brutal-death; ma la loro bravura risiede a monte: nella capacità di scovare le verità recondite dell'animo ed estrinsecarle in linguaggio pop, in merce consumabile...
... pur se il rock'n'roll (e loro sono rock'n'roll!) conserva una carica eversiva che è inutile negare.
Curiosità: i fans di questo gruppo spesso mostrano ai concerti cartelli con su scritto:
Mon the Biff!
Il significato è presto spiegato: "mon" è scozzese e sta per "come on", e Biff ("il buffetto"...) è la band.
Sul significato del nome 'Biffy Clyro', leggi questa spiegazione data da Neil: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a206591/biffy-clyro-explain-origin-of-band-name.html
Testo di "Black Chandelier"
Drip, drip, drip
Drip, drip, drip
Drip, drip, drip
Drip, drip, drip
Drip, drip, drip
I shouldn’t laugh, but I know I’m a failure in your eyes
I know its daft, but I guess I know it deep inside
It feels like we’re ready to crack these days, you and I
When it’s just the two of us, only the two of us, I could die
You left my heart like an abandoned car
Old and worn and no use at all
But I used to be free
We’re gonna separate ourselves tonight
We’re always running scared but holding knives
But there’s a black chandelier
It’s casting shadows and lies
Drip, drip, drip
I’ll sit in silence for the rest of my life if you’d like
Dressing our wounds with industrial gloves made of wire
Feel it penetrating the skin, we begin to relax
When it’s just the two of us, and a cute little cup of cyanide
You left my heart like an abandoned car
Old and worn and no use at all
But I used to be free
We’re gonna separate ourselves tonight
We’re always running scared but holding knives
But there’s a black chandelier
It’s casting shadows and lies
We’re gonna separate ourselves tonight
We’re always running scared but holding knives
But there’s a black chandelier
You left my heart like an abandoned car
Old and worn and no use at all
But I used to be free
We’re gonna separate ourselves tonight
We’re always running scared but holding knives
But there’s a black chandelier
It’s casting shadows and lies
We’re gonna separate ourselves tonight
We’re always running scared but holding knives
But there’s a black chandelier
It’s casting shadows and lies
Un tipico concerto dei Biffy Clyro: al Reading Festival 2013
Simon Neil (guitar, lead vocals)
James Johnston (bass, vocals)
Ben Johnston (drums, vocals)
"Black Chandelier" official video
(la versione "elettrica" della canzone)
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