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It's evening. Tired and stressed, I set out to find a CD that can accompany me to sleep, following the nuances of my flow, without distortions and without too many solitary surges... "7 Worlds Collide" by Neil Finn falls into my hands and I realize I haven't listened to it in too long. Play. We are in Auckland, in a theater with a warm atmosphere, and we are about to attend a concert where Neil Finn, an artist from New Zealand, will introduce us to some friends... maybe far more famous than him, but it doesn't matter!
It starts with "Anytime," accompanied by the presence of Ed O'Brien, Johnny Marr & Lisa Germano. A guitar riff and the lights come on, the valves of the amplifiers start to warm up, turning reddish, and the notes flow lightly. Shy. Ready, go, and on stage, with track number two, comes one of the most charismatic figures in American music: Eddie Vedder. The unmistakable voice of Pearl Jam is the first life force of the album, the first jolt, the first flash in this serenely rock sky. Vedder comes on stage, lights up the scene, and then hides again behind the curtains giving more space, once again, to the evening's first guests. The acoustic returns and thus unravel another 6 light, mystical but incisive tracks. With "Angels Heap" and "Edible Flowers" it's time for Tim, Neil's brother, and the atmosphere becomes familiar, the audience applauds, the guitar first and then the piano, caress and accompany their voices, united from the first notes. I begin to relax as well. Blue lights. Thick. Melancholy on the horizon. With track 11, Vedder's warm voice returns to the stage and the album, perhaps, reaches its peak. "Stuff And Nonsense" is a whispered and endless story, interrupted only by the distortions of "I See Red" played with incredible energy by Vedder himself and Tim Fill. More light rock, at times pop-like, and it's Lisa Germano's turn. "She Will Have Her Way"...
That "7 Worlds Collide" is a swing of emotions and sounds has been clear from the start, and so Vedder returns, with Neil's brother Tim, dusting off the evergreen "Parting Ways." There's room for everyone, for the ukulele and viola of "Paradise," and for the grand finale, always acoustic, with "Don't Dream It's Over." This "7 Worlds Collide" is certainly not the album of my life, but perhaps it will serve to bring the good talent of Neil Finn and his undisputed friends out of New Zealand's borders (and anonymity). Now I can sleep, my flow has found a traveling companion. Music. Immortal as always.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Anytime (03:32)
I see a dog upon the road
Running hard to catch a cat
My car is pulling to a halt
The truck behind me doesn’t know
Everything is in the balance
Of a moment I can’t control
And your sympathetic strings
Are like the stirrings in my soul
I could go at anytime
There's nothing safe about this life
I could go at anytime
Find the meaning of the act
Remember how it goes
Every time you take the water
And you swim against the flow
The world is all around us
The days are flying past
And fear is so contagious
But I’m not afraid to laugh
I could go at anytime
There’s nothing safe about this life
I could go at anytime
Anytime (come without warning)
Anytime (it could be so easy)
A walk in the park (or maybe when I’m sleeping)
Anytime (see the clouds come over)
Rain or shine (I make you so unhappy)
Lets make it right
I feel like I’m in love
With a stranger I’ll never know
Although you’re still a mystery
I’m so glad I’m not alone
I could go at anytime
There’s nothing safe about this life
Make it so easy to fly in the night
I could go at anytime
I could go at anytime
03 The Climber (04:31)
Beside me now, are strangers to my eyes
It might be getting crazy, might be wise
Stranded either way
Such a lonely place
I'm looking out for you
Among the flies that wait in line
The days on end
The nights are cold
But always so intense
I try to reach the top most every day
And hope I turn my face up to the sky
And the cover hangs so low
I see no sign of light
Nothing springs to mind
Among the flies that wait in line
The days on end
The nights so cold
But always so intense
Here we are
There's a smile between us
And it's going on
You and me have always gotten through
Anyone can tell you that it's true
You feel it every time
You drive away from home
Headlights hypnotise
They take you off towards the sea
Into the night
You run away
From thoughts you cannot hide
(...)
Can't describe my hunger
For your (...)
(...)
Can't help thinking of you
13 She Will Have Her Way (04:48)
I might be old
But I'm someone new
She said I'm so sore
That I could cry
Always in the night
May your tired arms
And she will have her way
But somehow I will still believe her
She's the life I've been frightened of
Seems like deafly silence and especially the dark
Feels like I am heavy and my spirit is dying
She will have her way
But somehow I will still believe her
She will have her way
And one day I will come back
Yeah
Still no end in sight
Though I travel far and wide
A dying man is doing time
Think of soldiers, terrified
She will have her way
And somehow I will still believe her
She will have her way
One day I will come back
She will have her way
(...)
Yeah she will have her way
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