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Life is Peachy.
I know you're right, yet another review of Korn, but I promise one day I will stop... but for now, I propose my take on their second album. Enjoy the reading!
Now we are in 1996, Korn is on their second album, and it will be tough after the release of "Korn" to propose something of that caliber, and yet they succeed. If I gave the first album a 10, "Life is Peachy" gets a 9.5.
As usual, we put the CD in the stereo.... after "Blind" how will Korn welcome us this time? Simple, with "Twist", less than a minute to immediately make clear their intentions, Jon immediately demonstrates his great vocal abilities through verses and screams, and makes it clear he is still pissed off.
Right after this (let's call it) "intro," we find ourselves with "Chi", the song starts with a "PAIN!" followed by Fieldy's bass confirming he has no intention of turning down the volume on his 5-string. The atmosphere seems very dark, then turns aggressive, Jon screams and eats up entire phrases until reaching the second minute where the song seems to fade, it seems the end... but then... and then there they are, more screams and crazy guitars, we are at 3min10sec Jon exclaims "Goodbye" it's over... but no, ready to start again...
Track N°3 "Lost". Head and Munky continue to hurt with their brilliant riffs, only confirming that the CD is spinning in the right direction.
We reach "Swallow" here Fieldy's runs are really well done, the 7-string gentlemen are always ready to give us that punch you expect from them.
"Porno Creep" is the only instrumental track, here Jon is not heard. In this case, we only need to sit back and relax, as if Korn were giving us a break, to rest for what's to come. (And believe me, what comes next is great).
Three touches on David's drums and then Munky and Head start like rockets with an awesome riff, we are listening to "Good God", here the matter is serious. This stuff blasts eardrums when listened at the right volume, you hear Jon screaming "Why don't you get the fuck out of my face?!" which still gives me chills even after hearing it 8 million times! The lyrics are amazing, I recommend everyone read them, we arrive around the second minute when Fieldy makes the bass vibrate and Jon raises his voice more and more, until EXPLODING!!! Rarely have I heard such an Atrocious voice.
The next one is titled "Mr.Rogers" namely his neighbor who abused him. Jon took three months to write this song so obsessed he was by Mr. Roger... It all starts with Jon singing with a hint of resentment and then you hear three sharp knocks from 7-string Ibanez that sound like three punches in the stomach, before opening up in their style. Here I must say that David plays the drums really with his own unique style, very good, no need to tell you how much hate Jon sings this song with... so I'll move on.
The 8th track is titled "K@#ò%!" because you might ask? This is a song with very vulgar lyrics written for a radio that never played them and censored everything... Anyway, the song always stays in Korn's style, always beautiful to listen to.
Now we come to the gem of the album... eheheh "No Place To Hide". If someone doubts your beloved Korn, let them listen to this song that will silence them... You have everything in 3 minutes and 30 seconds... I really can't describe it... I just recommend listening to it. Korn 10 and Praise.
"Wicked" will sound to you... how to say, very Hip-Hop, indeed the song is by Ice Cube sung by Chino Moreno. Jon just puts his touch to turn words into vocal performances.
And so the time has come for the famous and beautiful "A.D.I.D.A.S." which is the acronym for (all day I dream about sex) which, not coincidentally, is named after the quintet from Bakersfield's favorite clothing brand. We can say that it is the least aggressive of the album but that doesn't change the fact that it topped the charts, impossible to go to a Korn concert and not hear it!
"Low Rider" is a cover of "War" sung by Head.
Right after starts "Ass Itch" here Korn, excuse the language, "open the valves" (so to speak)... beautiful riffs, powerful bass, decisive drums, and a Jon who intones 4 types of "Pain"... Fantastic!
And finally "Kill You", a very intricate song (read the lyrics). Very sad here too, as in the first album the last track is where the final outburst happens. It is assumed that the woman mentioned in the lyrics was his stepmother, the one who wants to make his life hell... it all starts with a guitar making a very sad sound, Jon describes everything without double meanings, then lets himself go and pours out words one over the other, as only he can do... towards the end you can hear him scream while crying. Once again, he didn't make it! It's stronger than him to let himself be carried away by emotions. And it's these things that transport me too and make me realize that in their songs beyond the art there is heart.
If then you have a little patience and let the CD run, you'll be delighted with "Twist" a cappella version.
The record is concluded. Korn once again hit the target, with this record which in my opinion is fundamental (for those who appreciate the genre). Like the first one, also rich in emotions and musical violence at the same time.
Thanks for enduring me once again.
Tracklist Lyrics and Samples
01 Twist (00:49)
Scat Version
Your not rat dat not then they push stop it take a minute, rat tut,
take a mob at that then i pick up a rock so then i pretend to pick up a bat,
rock something in my heart, it don't matter i remember rocks,
something, running in ma i hit the bone i think why is it so?
rock said i do not egzagerate over it now getting up
but i run nothing but a rock...twist..twist...twist..
Lyrics Version
You're not the right one dumb damn rapper
Not the right goddamn
Who are you to rap shit take off
And who says you're right
On top you think you'r bomb artista
But you're bent out of oooo right
Suck my dick
But don't you think that you're oooo right
Sometimes things might make me ooo ooo it makes me mad
And when it happens fuck it
Rugged in mind a hint by bite
Why does it not exist in you?
Right, shit, why hit in yet another day
Woo hoo right
It's not woo hoo right
But you'r wrong
Twist
Put me in right now make mad
Prove that you're right
Somehow you're not right, huh
But that doesn't make me mad
Right now you're beggin' for a little brew
All night
Yeah it's so simple
I had some Red Dog, you hand over it
Twist
02 Chi (03:54)
Pain!
Buried so far away. Into my life of nothing
Sick of the same old things
So I dig a hole, bury pain!
Sick of the same old things
So I dig a hole, bury pain!
I am so high always. Burying my life so slowly.
Sick of the same old things
So I dig a hole, bury pain!
Sick of the same old things
So I dig a hole, bury pain!
It opens my mind to feelings. Can't face bottom without something.
Sick of the same old things
So I dig a hole, bury pain!
Sick of the same old things
So I dig a hole, bury pain!
Re-entering my head, feeling like I'm God
With the world around me, can't you feel this pain?
Ripping through my heart!
Screaming through my mind!
Nothing I can kill!
Screaming a...
Lie! I! Am!
Can't you tear my eyes out?
Can't you take my heart?
Away to heart
Good-bye...
Sick of the same old things
So I dig a hole this big
So I dig a hole this...
Pain, pain, pain...
03 Lost (02:55)
Uh!
Why can't I decide why my feelings I hide?
Always screwing with my mind, a thorn in my spine.
Oh sure, it feels fine, wasting all our time.
In the back of my mind, a thorn in my spine.
Wait! See it before my eyes.
Why? Do I turn away?
Looking all the time, at your face so blind.
Feeling uptight, always the same fight.
Hey man now decide, go ahead take your time.
Kissing all the time, that thorn in my spine.
Wait! You cannot see inside
Why! Play yourself out that way
Why! You and me always hate
Wait! Weren't you my friend?
The pain in which I could not feel!
Hey man look inside, now you need your own life.
Remember me guy? That thorn in your spine.
Waiting all the time, I'm doing mighty fine.
Remember me guy? The thorn in your spine.
Wait! You cannot see inside.
Why? Play yourself out that way
Why? You and me always hate
Wait! Weren't you my friend
Wait! You were my friend.
04 Swallow (03:38)
Fuck Yes! Whew!
Always, I'm locked in my head.
No pain? You don't know what I have had...
By now, I'm so for sure.
Right now, I am yours.
My sorrow
I swallow
Follow me
Oh hell, no.
It came unknown to me.
Paranoid, it's controlling all of me
Somehow, terror so pure.
Right now, shit I'm yours.
My sorrow
I swallow
Follow me
Oh hell, no.
Was it me?
I swallow
Forget me
I don't know.
Oh hell no...
This thing, I follow.
The place, I'm too scared to fucking go.
A freak, that I'm sure.
A freak, that is yours.
My sorrow
I swallow
Follow me
Oh hell, no.
Was it me?
I swallow
Forget me
I don't know.
I swallow
I swallow
Freak, Punk ass sissy...
I'm a freak, Punk ass sissy...
06 Good God (03:21)
You came into my life without a single thing.
I gave in to your ways, which left me with nothing.
I've given in to smiles, I fell for all your games.
I wish so bad right now, I hadn't let you win.
Won't you get the fuck out of my face? Now! (2)
In the sea of life, you're just a minnow, live your life insecure.
Feel the pain of your needles as they shit into my brain.
I scream without a sound, how could you take away
everything that I was - made me a fuckin' slave.
Your face that I despise, your heart inside that's gray.
I came today to say - you're fucked in every way
Won't you get the fuck out of my face? Now!(2)
In the sea of life, you're just a minnow. Live your life insecure.
Feel the pain of your needles as they shit into my mind.
You stole my life
Without a sigh
You suck me dry
Won't you get the fuck out of my face? Now!(8)
In the sea of life, you're just a minnow. Live your life insecure.
Feel the pain of your needle as they shit into my mind
You stole my life
Without a sigh
You suck me dry
07 Mr. Rogers (05:10)
Time has come, to realize
What you are, what you've done inside
Time has come, we'll have something to talk about
I will too
Looking back (dumb)
And now I realize (old man)
How much you really liked him (dumb)
This child's mind you terrorized (old man)
You came to him (dumb)
He really didn't know your lies (old man)
Now his innocence’s gone (dumb)
He's that child you'd terrorized (old man)
This fucking pain that I feel - you gave to me and you
This fucking pain that I feel - because of you
My childhood’s gone - because I loved you
My childhood’s gone - because I loved you
Be my neighbour
Looking back (child)
And now I realize (fucker)
How much you really loved him (child)
This child's mind you'd hypnotized (fucker)
You came to him (child)
You really didn't know his lies (fucker)
Now his innocence’s gone (child)
I'm that child you terrorized (fucker)
This fucking hate that I feel - you gave to me and you
This fucking pain that I feel - because of you
My childhood’s gone - because I loved you
My childhood’s gone - because I loved you
Be my neighbour [x2]
My neighbour
Fred, you told me everybody was my neighbour. They took advantage of me and then they took their turns hating me. I wish I wouldn't have watched you, but then you made my childhood a failure. What a fucking neighbour
Fred, you told me everybody was my neighbour. They took advantage of me and then they took their turns hating me. I wish I wouldn't have watched you, but then you made my childhood a failure
What a fucking neighbour
I hate you! I will too [x3]
I hate you
I hate you
Be my neighbour [x2]
This fuckin' hate that I feel
This fuckin' pain that I feel
My childhood’s gone
My childhood’s gone
This fuckin' hate that I feel
This fuckin' pain that I feel
My childhood’s gone
My childhood’s gone
I will too [x8]
10 Wicked (04:00)
Yo chuck we got runnin in mixes and da headpfones
Ha ah hahaha
Wicked!
Ha Ha! 1 2 3 and I come with the wicked
style, and you know that I'm from the wicked crew,
you act like you knew,
but I got everybody jumping to the voodoo.
You kickin' wicked rhymes, picket signs,
me and my mob got a truck full of 9's.
Play ya and I'll slay ya,
I got thug-made dough by the hey-a.
Ready to BUCK, BUCK, BUCK,
but it's a must to DUCK, DUCK, DUCK,
before I bust ya, looking for the one that did it,
you want my vote, no you're never gonna get it,
cause I'm the one with the tight mad skills,
and I won't choke like the Buffalo Bills.
Sittin' at the pad just chillin'
cos Larry Parker just got 2 million,
oh what a fucking feeling!
That nigger done pass me the pill,
and I slam dunk it like Shaquille O'Neal.
Wicked, wreckin' baby
I'll rock that test tube baby, take it...
'Cause I get Wicked! I told them not to keep on their fire
Yes I Wicked! I told them not to keep on their fire
Yes I Wicked! I told them not to keep on their fire
But now I'm in your face, so you'll keep on your fire
"wicked"
Don't say nothing just listen,
got me a plan to break Tyson out of prison.
You going my way you get served,
still got a deuce that'll bunny hop the curb.
Nappy head, nappy chest, nappy chin,
never seen with a happy grin,
show the phat frown cause I'm down,
so take a look around,
all you see is big black boots steppin',
use my steel toe as a weapon.
Kick ya and flip ya,
now they want to label this one with a stick
hopn' that's not a stick
'cause I got a body count like in the city.
From men in New York
I get them skins, and I ain't talking about pork.
Ya slut, you pig, dig,
listen from the flow from a soul fro'ed caucasian,
oh, your picket signs, you know all
this funky ass wisdom picket budget talking.
'Cause I get Wicked! I told them not to keep on their fire
Yes I Wicked! I told them not to keep on their fire
Yes I Wicked! I told them not to keep on their fire
But now I'm in your face, so you'll keep on your fire
"wicked" prop ch ch ch
People wanna know how come I got a Gat
and I'm sitting at the window like Malcolm,
ready to bring that noise
and going to get heavy like the Ghetto Boyz.
April 29th was power to the people,
and you might just see a sequel,
'cause police got equal pay,
a horse is a pig that don't fly straight.
I'm doin' Daryl Gitts but it's Willie Willams,
I'm down with the pilgrims,
I'm through with the pig,
so I think the job is dead, get out and die
'Cause I get Wicked! I told them not to keep on their fire
Yes I Wicked! I told them not to keep on their fire
Yes I Wicked! I told them not to keep on their fire
But now I'm in your face, so you'll keep on your fire
WICKED! oh ass hole well i come
i come sayeeee
11 A.D.I.D.A.S. (02:32)
Honestly somehow it always seems
That am dreaming of something I could never be
It doesnt MATTER me ´cause I will always be the pimp
That I see in all of my fantasies
I dont know your fucking name
So what? Lets......
Screwing may be the only way that I can truly be free
From my fucked up reality
So I dream and stroke it harder
Cause it´s so fun to see my face staring back at me
I dont know your fucking name
So what? Lets fuck anyways!
All day I dream about sex
All day I dream about fucking
All day I dream about fucking
All day I dream about sex
Yes all day I dream about sex and all day I dream about sex
Yes all day I dream about sex and all day I dream about sex
Yes all day I dream about sex and all day I dream about sex
Yes all day I dream about sex
All day I dream about sex
All day I drem about fucking
All day I dream about sex
All day I dream about fucking
12 Lowrider (00:58)
Vocals by Brian "Head" Welch
Original by WAR
All my friends drive a Low Rider
And a Low Rider is a little lower
Take a little trip
Take a little trip
Take a little trip, you and me...
Ah yeah...
Oh shit, Aw shit, uh, yep.
13 Ass Itch (03:39)
I hate writing shit, it is so stupid. What's my problem today?
Maybe I'm depressed, maybe I'm helpless to what comes out my hand?
Pain, pain (x2)
I hate writing shit, it is so stupid. Why do I feel this way?
Feelings in my heart, I'm in way too far. Can't - it won't go away...
Pain, pain (x2)
Before long, my song is dying.
Before long, my song is dying.
I hate writing shit, ain't looking forward to it. What's fucked up today?
Writing all this time, feeling all that's mine come right out my hand.
Pain, pain (x2)
Before long, my song is dying.
Before long, my song is dying.
Tell me now I want to know, is that me inside you see?
Ah, is this fair, I gotta let this song inside me... free.
Set me free
Just set me free
Just set me free
Just set me free
It just set me free (x8)
Before long, my song is dying.
Before long, my song is dying.
That's why I die.
That's why I try.
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