Ακούω στο ράδιο διαφημίσεις για την συναυλία των Tindersticks τον Σεπτέμβρη και κάτι παθαίνω. Μου είναι λίγο δύσκολο να το περιγράψω, είναι σαν να με χτυπάει ένα τεράστιο κύμα νοσταλγίας το οποίο με πιέζει μέχρι να σκάσω και μετά φεύγει αφήνοντας μια γλυκόπικρη γεύση στο στόμα μου (αλλά όχι ακριβώς έτσι :p).
Οι Tindersticks δημιουργήθηκαν το 1992 στο Nottingham της Αγγλίας (άσχετο αλλά πήγε ένας φίλος εκεί και μου είπε ότι είναι απίστευτο μέρος..). Υποτίθεται πως παίζουν indie, alternative rock αλλά μου φαίνεται λίγο αυτό για να περιγράψω την μουσική τους. Η μελωδία τους είναι πολύ πλούσια, και πώς να μην ήταν άλλωστε, έχουν 500 όργανα από πίσω (2 όργανα παρόμοια με το ξυλόφωνο, βιολί, τρομπέτα, κλαρινέτο, τρομπόνι και κάτι άλλα περίεργα). Επίσης η φωνή του Staples είναι εξαιρετική, βαθιά και γεμάτη συναίσθημα. Καλή απόλαυση.
Δισκογραφία:
- 1993 – Tindersticks (aka First Album)
- 1995 – Tindersticks (aka Second Album)
- 1997 – Curtains
- 1999 – Simple Pleasure
- 2001 – Can Our Love…
- 2003 – Waiting for the Moon
- 2008 – The Hungry Saw
- 2010 – Falling Down a Mountain
Another Night In (Curtains)
Greed’s all gone now, there’s no question
And I can see you push your hair behind your ear
Regain your balance
Doesn’t matter where she is tonight
Or with whoever she spends her time
If these arms were meant to hold her
They were never meant to hold her so tight
For the love of that girl
Greed’s all gone now, panic subsides
When I could run, pulling arms to love her
Try to put myself on the inside
Of the love of that girl
Tears swell, you don’t know why
For the love of that girl
They never fall, they can never run dry
For the love of that girl
Promise is never over, never questions that needed reply
But she could breathe deep into my neck
Let me know I’m just on the outside
Of the love of that girl
Tears swell, you don’t know why
For the love of that girl
They never fall, they can never run dry
For the love of that girl
Greed’s all gone now, there’s no question
And I can see you push your hair behind your ears
Regain your balance
Doesn’t matter where she is tonight
Or with whoever she spends her time
If these arms were meant to hold her
They were never meant to hold her so tight
For the love of that girl
Tears swell, you don’t know why
For the love of that girl
They never fall, they can never run dry
For the love of that girl
Let’s Pretend (Curtains)
Let’s not make it into a big thing
Let’s not get lost in this
I know it is, I know we could
I guess we surely would
Let’s pretend it’s not
It doesn’t mean a thing
Let’s not blow it out of all sense
As though it meant so much
It’s always thought about for weeks
Not every time your lips meet mine, I think of her
But when her hands reach out, I think of you
Dying Slowly (Can Our Love)
I’ve got memories
I keep them away from me
They won’t behave
Won’t be what I want them to be
I’ve seen it all and it’s all done
I’ve been with everyone and no one
So many squandered moments
So much wasted time
So busy chasing dreams
I left myself behind
I’ve seen it all and it’s all done
I’ve been with everyone and no one
So this dying slowly
It seemed better than shooting myself
This dying slowly
It seemed better than shooting myself
These worms, darling
They’re nibbling away at me
They go at it when I’m sleeping
Won’t let me get to my feet
I’ve seen it all and it’s all done
I’ve been with everyone and no one
So this dying slowly
It seemed better than shooting myself
This dying slowly
It seemed better than shooting
If I could find the words to explain this feeling
I would shout them out
If I could find out all this, what’s inside me
I would shout it out
So this dying slowly
It seemed better than shooting myself
This dying slowly
It seemed better than shouting it out
I make some coffee
Pull on that new pair of pants
I can get so far
The feeling just falls away
I’ve seen it all and it’s all done
I’ve been with everyone and no one
I’m just tired, baby
I just need to lay down
I’m just tired, darling
I just need to lay down
I’m just tired, baby
I just need to lay down
I’m just tired, darling
I just need to lay down
I’m just tired, darling
Can we start again (Simple Pleasures)
I said that I love them
Looking over my shoulder at the door
So many times
I can’t live without her
The wheel kept turning round
My feeling’s changed
I went my own way
What can I say
To make you stay?
Cos in my dreams
They smother all over me
And I’m trying to explain
Reach from my memories
Pull all at once
I’m lost amongst
The folds in their skin
But I’m sorry now
And I’ll show you how
If you were here now
you wouldn’t understand
but I’m ready now I’m ready now
I’ll make you proud I was your man
but it’s so ugly now
and I’ll show you how
cos I’m ready now
I’m ready now
I’m ready now
I’m ready now
Hey I’m ready now
Can we start again?
so many times I said that I loved them
I’m ready now
but I’m ready now
Can we start again?
so many times
I can’t live without her
The years was more than I could bear
It’s turning round
But in my dreams
Can we start again?
They smother all over me
Can we start again?
So many arms reach from my memory
The wheels kept turning round
Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες για τους Tindersticks επισκεφτείτε το Wiki ή το επίσημο site του συγκροτήματος.