Ultimamente, nelle mie sessioni di studio mi capita di ricorrere alla musica per estraniarmi dal contesto in cui mi trovo. Di solito ascolto quello che viene trasmesso sul profilo YouTube di LoFI Girl, che se non conoscete, vi segnalo perché lo reputo molto utile. Quando però la stanchezza dopo una giornata di lavoro comincia a fare capolino, la strategia che sto applicando è quella di ascoltare dei pezzi che in qualche modo “mi sveglino” perché mi intrigano, e faccio leva su questo per godermi un piccolo break per poi riprendere lo studio.
Questa settimana, la colonna sonora, tra le altre influenze, mi ha riportato al 2013-2014, per riascoltare un album degli Arctic Monkeys. Quindi ecco breve riflessione su i miei due brani preferiti dell’album in questione.
Ritmo incalzante, suono avvolgente, parole che sanno di passato (spillin’ drinks on my “settee”) e un testo che in alcune parti reputo chirurgicamente perfetto per lo stato d’animo che la canzone descrive (Baby, we both know / That the nights were mainly made / For sayin’ things that you can’t say tomorrow day).
Fil rouge è la domanda che da il titolo al brano: do I wanna know?
Trascinando l’ascoltatore in un altalena di possibilità.
Decisamente diverse invece le atmosfere di I wanna be yours, sempre nello stesso album (AM) dove invece la posizione del cantante è resa palese, non solo dal titolo, ma nelle parole di un testo che non lascia margini all’interpretazione, quasi una forma di devozione (“deep devrtion”).
Anche qui, testo ben costruito, influenze in old english (Let me be your “‘leccy” meter and I’ll never run out) mescolate ad atmosfere morbide, per lasciare l’ascoltatore con la certezza che “Secrets I have held in my heart/ Are harder to hide than I thought / Maybe I just wanna be yours / I wanna be yours, I wanna be yours … )
Buon ascolto.
Immagine generata dall’AI con il prompt “a lover awake in the night, thinking about, an atmosphere of desire, dark setting ”
Per la scrittura del testo, non ho utilizzato AI generativa.
Do I Wanna Know
Have you got colour in your cheeks?
Do you ever get that fear that you can’t shift the tide
that sticks around like something in your teeth?
Hiding some aces up your sleeve
Have you no idea that you’re in deep?
I’ve dreamt about you nearly every night this week
How many secrets can you keep?
Cause there’s this tune I found that makes me think of you somehow and I play it on repeat
Until I fall asleep
Spilling drinks on my settee
(Do I wanna know?) If this feeling flows both ways
(Sad to see you go) Was sorta hoping that you’d stay
(Baby we both know) That the nights were mainly made
for saying things that you can’t say tomorrow day
Crawling back to you
Ever thought of calling when you’ve had a few?
Cause I always do
Well baby I’m too busy being yours to fall for somebody new
Now I’ve thought it through
Crawling back to you
So have you got the guts?
Been wondering if your heart’s still open and if so I wanna know what time it shuts
Simmer down and pucker up
I’m sorry to interrupt it’s just I’m constantly on the cusp of trying to kiss you
I don’t know if you feel the same as I do
But we could be together if you wanted to
(Do I wanna know?) If this feeling flows both ways
(Sad to see you go) Was sorta hoping that you’d stay
(Baby we both know) That the nights were mainly made
for saying things that you can’t say tomorrow day
Crawling back to you
Ever thought of calling when you’ve had a few? (calling when you’ve had a few)
‘Cause I always do (‘cause I always do)
Baby I’m too busy being yours to fall for somebody new
Now I’ve thought it through
Crawling back to you
(Do I wanna know?) If this feeling flows both ways
(Sad to see you go) Was sorta hoping that you’d stay
(Baby we both know) That the nights were mainly made
For saying things that you can’t say tomorrow day
(Yeah)
(Do I wanna know?) Too busy being yours to fall
(Sad to see you go) Ever thought of calling down?
(Baby we both know) Do you want me crawling back to you?
I wanna be yours
I wanna be your vacuum cleaner Breathing in your dust
I wanna be your Ford Cortina I will never rust
If you like your coffee hot Let me be your coffee pot
You call the shots babe I just wanna be yours
Secrets I have held in my heart
Are harder to hide than I thought
Maybe I just wanna be yours
I wanna be yours, I wanna be yours
Wanna be yours, wanna be yours, wanna be yours
Let me be your ‘leccy meter and I’ll never run out
And let me be the portable heater that you’ll get cold without
I wanna be your setting lotion (I wanna be)
Hold your hair in deep devotion (How deep?)
At least as deep as the Pacific Ocean
I wanna be yours
Secrets I have held in my heart
Are harder to hide than I thought
Maybe I just wanna be yours
I wanna be yours, I wanna be yours
Wanna be yours, wanna be yours, wanna be yours
Wanna be yours, wanna be yours, wanna be yours, wanna be yours
I wanna be your vacuum cleaner Breathing in your dust
I wanna be your Ford Cortina I will never rust
I just wanna be yours (Wanna be yours)
I just wanna be yours (Wanna be yours)
I just wanna be yours (Wanna be yours)
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