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Rating: I write this review first and foremost for myself and secondly to introduce a bit of Blues to those who haven't yet had the pleasure.
The Blues. It is more than "the root of modern popular music." It is the womb. Blues is what most closely resembles the primordial and incomprehensible instinct that drives man, the animal, to produce music, or simply to tap his foot in rhythm.
Three chords, no frills.
Many music scholars (see also Scorsese's documentary "Feel Like Going Home") trace it back to African tribal chants. Exactly, the same Africans deported to America starting from the 1500s. Three chords, 12 bars, and away you go. A pattern that allows even two musically illiterate farmers to improvise a jam session on the porch in the evening, while the old women help Jim's wife give birth and the others have just finished filling the sacks of cotton. And it also happens that a 21-year-old student-worker from Rome sits in his room with the slide on his finger and plays more or less those same songs, deriving rare pleasure.
I'm digressing, as usual, let's get back to Fleetwood Mac. Of Peter Green, I mean. I know practically nothing about the others. - I open another beer -. I struggle to express what this music causes inside me...
It is bigger than me, it's as if God picked up the guitar and said: "Ok, now shut up and listen".
1800 characters are certainly not enough.
I can tell you nonetheless that "Rattle Snake Shake" is a trance-inducing song. It’s powerful. Passionate.
"Black Magic Woman" is Black Magic Woman. "Oh Well" has a riff that Tom Morello is crapping himself over. "Jumping At Shadows" is poignant, sincere, and disarming. "Red Hot Mama" is full of life. "Man Of The World" is a bit pathetic, but if you read Peter Green's biography, you might understand why.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Black Magic Woman (06:08)
Written by Peter Green.
Got a black magic woman
I got a black magic woman
Yes, I got a black magic woman
Got me so blind I can't see
But she's a black magic woman
And she's tryin' to make a devil out of me
Don't turn your back on me baby
Don't turn your back on me baby
Yes, don't turn your back on me baby
You're messin' around with your tricks
Don't turn your back on me baby
'Cause you might just break up my magic stick
break:
You got your spell on me baby
You got your spell on me baby
Yes, you got your spell on me baby
You're turning my heart into stone
I need you so bad, magic woman, I can't leave you alone
Yes, I need you so bad
Well, I need you darling
Yeah, I need you darling
Yes, I want you love me
I want you love me
Whoa, I want you love me, ah
Whoh, yeah
Oh, whoa, baby
Yes, I need your love
Oh, I need your love so bad
I want you love me
04 Jumping at Shadows (04:54)
Now, what can you say - there isn't much to tell
But I'm going down hill, but I blame myself
I've been - jumpin' at shadows, thinkin' - about my life
Now, everybody - they point their hand at me
but I know I'm just a picture - of what I could have been
I've been jumping at shadows, thinkin' about my life
break:
Now, God, have mercy - 'cause I think I'm going insane
The devil's been gettin' at me - he's got me down again
I've been - jumpin' at shadows
Thinkin', oh, about my life
06 Oh Well (03:04)
Can't help about the shape I'm in
I can't sing, I aint pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you
I might not give the answer that you want me to
Oh well
Now when I talk to God
I know he understands
He said "stick by me and I'll be your guiding hand"
But don't ask me what I think of you
I might not give the answer that you want me to
Oh well
07 Sandy Mary (05:14)
There's a girl I love, Sandy Mary is her name
There's a girl I love, Sandy Mary is her name
She got those bony bare looks
Enough to drive a vegetarian insane
She do not read so well, made the teacher go back to school
Do not read so well, make the teacher go back to school
A bony bare baby, yes, and I'm her bony bare fool
When we're lovin' - Sandy Mary
Get so high - feel so ready
Hold me baby - hold me darling
Feel my love come, to you fallin'
Hold me baby - hold me darling
Hold me baby - hold me darling
Feel my love come to you fallin', now
Sandy Mary, Sandy Mary -
Now, baby, you're the one for me, yeah
Sandy Mary, Sandy Mary -
Now, baby, you're the one for me
You got just what it takes
To make a flesh-eater out of me, yeah
break:
When we're lovin' - Sandy Mary
I get so high - feel so ready
Hold me baby - hold me darling
Feel my love come, to you fallin'
Hold me baby - hold me darling
Hold me baby - hold me darling
Feel my love come, to you fallin'
Hold me baby - hold me darling
There's a girl I love, Sandy Mary is her name
There's a girl I love, Sandy Mary is her name
Got those bony bare looks
Enough to drive a vegetarian insane
Sandy Mary, Sandy Mary - now, baby, you're the one for me
Sandy Mary, Sandy Mary - now, baby, you're the one for me
You got just what it takes to make a flesh eater out of me
09 Got to Move (03:51)
Written by Homesick James Williamson.
You've got to move, you can't stay here no more
You've got to move, you can't stay here no more, oh yes
You're my baby, I love you so,
but, still you've got to go - away from here
You won't cook, you won't wash
You won't iron, you won't sew
Oh, no, you won't even scrub the floor
You're my baby, I love you so,
but, still you've got to go - away from here
Well, I'd rather be dead and in my grave
Then to see another man here to take my place
Oh, yes, you've got to move, yeah
You're my baby, I love you so,
but still you've got to go away from here
break:
Well, I'd rather be dead and in my grave
Then to see another man here to take my place
Umm, yes, you've got to move, yeah
You're my baby, I love you so,
but still you've got to go away from here
You got to move, away from here
Oh, yes, you got to move, away from here
You're my baby, I love you so
But still you've got to go away from here
Let's bring it out now
12 Man of the World (02:50)
Written by Peter Green.
Shall I tell you about my life
They say I'm a man of the world
I've flown across every tide
And I've seen lots of pretty girls
I guess I've got everything I need
I would't ask for more
And there's no one I'd rather be
But I just wish that I'd never been born
break:
And I need a good woman
to make me feel like a good man should
I don't say I'm a good man
Oh, but I would be if I could
I could tell you about my life
And keep you amused I'm sure
About all the times I've cried
And how I don't want to be sad anymore
And how I wish I was in love
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