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My friends? Just a handful now. 2/5 have been taken over by two ladies, as charming as they are rude, who, thanks to the "little triangle that excites us," are turning them into vegetable puppies. I can still occasionally have a laugh with them and get animated in lively conversations accompanied by a few glasses; almost like the good old days if only it didn't happen increasingly rarely. You don't need to be a genius to realize that when they put a ring on their fingers, they'll disappear like magic, just like that half-man or hobbit from Tolkien, only to possibly reappear at a divorce ten years later. Another has gone abroad, and if she has any sense, she'll stay there, one has been living in the middle of nowhere since he finished university. The last one is on the path of the first two. The others? Well, acquaintances: I wouldn't quite call them friends. How the hell can you consider people who've passed the quarter-century mark and are heading towards 30 as friends when, despite that, they're unhappy if they don't have 500 friends on Facebook? Before I deleted myself from that damn site, I received 100 notifications in one day inviting me to take quizzes such as: what type of jerk are you? how many brain cells do you have? which city should you have been born in? what type of drink are you? Friendship requests (declined) from people I hadn't seen since elementary school. I may be old-fashioned, but we're really not on the same page. If I want to keep in touch with people who are far away, Skype is enough for me.
Today, I was supposed to go out with some of these "friends," but then I did some math with my brain and told myself that after 10 hours of hard work, a beer wasn't worth enduring discussions about page 201 of mediavideo, the admiration for the cool prime minister who at 72 screws like a champ, fantasy football, the superb Transformers II, Call Of Duty XXVIII and the new NOKIA FAANCHEILCAFÈ phone (but I use it at 3% of its potential). For heaven's sake, I don't even want someone, like some old university classmates, who grinds my nerves with talk of mere politics, Hegelian philosophy, art, and yawning. A middle ground like that initial handful who reads, prefers newspapers instead of looking at butts on TG4, STUDIO APERTO, and TG1, who goes to the movies, has a sarcastic and sharp sense of humor, talks nonsense, is curious and thirsty, has interests and wants to move rather than grow old on a keyboard.
I'm not in a hurry and I'm not feeling sorry for myself. While waiting to feel like looking for more true friends and maybe a girlfriend, I spend these windy evenings alone. Today, I have a photo album waiting for me in the stube, and I'm rubbing my hands, damn it. One of those old ones, to be completed with meticulous slowness. I took the white marker, and I want to engrave each photo with a phrase written on the black cardboard in a nice cursive that can remind me of that day years later. Not an easy task. But, as usual, I'm not in a hurry, and to find inspiration, I go to Canada and listen to Tesla.
Luck or misfortune. It's always according to points of view. What does Bon Jovi have over Tesla? What can I tell you? It happens and will happen. The unripe ones are truly a great band in their genre and know how to play powerful melodic hard rock that goes particularly well with the undisputed leader Jeff Keith's pipes. "The Great Radio Controversy" is their product I like the most, and it enters my house tonight with a sonic force while I seek inspiration by nibbling on the marker. Well-crafted songwriting, but not at all original, drawing heavily from USA's street hard rock with blues influences and steady riffs supporting real anthems. It's precisely the photograph of the super rock mid-tempo "Heaven's Trail (No Way Out)" that, between backing vocals and obsessive refrains, gets stuck in our heads definitively with a desperate solo. It starts with a reflective intro in "The Way It Is". Tapping taunts alternate with arpeggios while Keith croaks with pleasure. We hardly notice we're in the middle of the song, and it increasingly shouts its winning melody. And like any top-notch band, Tesla were pretty good at composing ballads, and "Love Song" is among my favorites from those years. Sweet, with that long guitar intro and the voice that seems to come from another studio entirely, so distant it is. Drums and an elaborate, redundant chorus complete with a cascading solo to underline the beautiful theme found. No doubt about it.
Tesla knew what they were doing, and look at that beautiful cover I'll slap on the front page. Come on, don't be jerks, and find space in your collection for this nice record.
ilfreddo
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
01 Hang Tough (04:22)
Took a shot to the chin.
Looks like you just can't win
In this do or die situation.
And it's harder than it seems
To survive, keep alive and make your dreams,
Make your dreams all come true.
You gotta, you gotta give it your best shot.
Give it everything you got.
Oh, you gotta hang tough.
Hang tough. Hang tough.
Sometimes love can make you blue.
A heartache made just for you.
But you can't let it bring ya down.
If you should stumble, if you should fall,
Pick yourself up off the floor.
Fight for what's right and stand your ground.
You gotta give it your best shot.
Give it everything you got.
Oh, you gotta hang tough.
Hang tough. Hang tough.
When the goin' gets rough.
Hang tough. You got to give it all you've got.
Hang tough. Keep your head above the ground.
Don't you let it get you down.
Oh, you gotta hang tough.
Hey! Oh! Hey! Oh!
You stay locked away inside your room
'Cause you don't know what this world is comin' to.
Hummingbird hums 'cause he don't know the words
And the piper will play 'cause he don't know what to say.
He's alot like you, yeah. Oh, he's alot like you, yeah.
He tries hard ev'ry day to be free and fly away. Yeah!
Hang tough, oh, when the goin' gets rough.
Hang tough. You've got to give it all you got.
Hang tough. Keep your head above the ground.
Don't you let it get you down.
Oh, you gotta hang tough.
Hang tough. Oh, you got to give it all you got. You gotta
Hang tough. Don't you let it get you down.
Hang tough. No! Oh, you gotta hang tough.
Hang tough.
Hang tough!
02 Lady Luck (03:45)
With a snap in her style and a click in her heels.
In seconds flat my heart she could steal.
Lookin' ev'ry bit of a where it's at.
More like breakfast, lunch and dinner, as a matter of fact.
Mm. There she stood in living color, standin' all alone.
So I walked up to her, I say, "How do you do?"
And she said, "I don't".
Lady Luck took a walk.
When all I wanted was some company.
Lady Luck took a walk.
You know she walks right out on me.
Hard as it seems, but not as hard to believe.
What can it be?
I guess I'm on a losin' streak.
And I know it's true, I got a bad attitude.
But I'm down on my luck. Bitch, tell me, what's your excuse?
Tell me now.
Lady Luck took a walk.
When all I wanted was some company.
Lady Luck took a walk.
You know she walks right out on me.
Lady Luck took a walk.
When all I wanted was some company.
Lady Luck took a walk.
You know she walks right out on me.
Lady Luck (Lady Luck) took a walk. (took a walk)
[Fade Out]
03 Heaven's Trail (No Way Out) (04:43)
You know I'm on a slick trip.
I'm always ready to kick ass.
Up on the stage I'm in a rage.
Yes, I'm havin' the time of my life.
Yes, indeed. What a sweet, sweet life it is,
Until some loco two-bit floosie
With a Louie Le-strange.
Ain't good for nothin' but trouble,
They're just two fools livin' up to their names.
And now it's startin' to rain on my parade.
(You) know there's nothin' like the real world
To get me down.
Nothin' like the world outside
That turns me upside down,
Makes me feel like I'm headin' down a one-way, dead-end street.
There's no way out, no way out
Of this living hell.
No way out, no way out
Unless you walk heaven's trail.
No way out, no way out
Of this living hell, livin' hell.
You know I had it made in the shade
Thinkin' that it's not so bad after all.
That's when I woke up, smelled the coffee.
Now I'm back where I started again, yes.
And now it's pourin' rain on my parade.
You know there's nothin' like the real world
To get me down. No!
One is there to lift you up,
One to drag you down.
Now, don't you see
That we're headin' down a one-way, dead-end street.
There's no way out, no way out
Of this living hell.
No way out, no way out
Unless you walk heaven's trail.
No way out, no way out
Of this living hell.
I guess I'll live in hell.
There's no way out, no way out
Of this living hell.
No way out, no way out
Unless you walk heaven's trail.
No way out, no way out
Of this living hell, livin' hell.
You know, I'm on a slick trip.
I'm always ready to kick ass.
10 Flight to Nowhere (04:47)
Look at me, I'm young and bold.
Even though I may be growin' old,
I'm never slowin' down.
No, I won't slow down.
I feel like dynamite, I'm ready to explode.
Amplifier pushin' overload.
Outta touch with reality
To the point of insanity, yeah.
Goin' down on a flight to nowhere.
Goin' down, gettin' nowhere fast.
Goin' down, I'm on a flight to nowhere.
Goin' down, goin' down, goin' down.
Opinion is a piece of mind.
Some are good, some are just like
Where the sun don't shine.
You know sometimes they can [stink] out loud, yeah.
Now, the more you look, the more you're gonna find.
More than enough to blow your mind.
It's such a mess, it's a cryin' shame.
And we've only got ourselves to blame.
Goin' down on a flight to nowhere.
Goin' down, gettin' nowhere fast.
Goin' down, I'm on a flight to nowhere.
Goin' down, goin' down, goin' down.
So just stop, let me off.
Seems that I can't get my point across to you.
I know you're listening,
But I'm just not getting through, yeah, yeah.
Now there's one more thing I would like to say:
This is everybody's world and everybody's
Gonna live it their own way,
No matter what we say, yeah!
Now the headlines read all across the land
'Bout the motherfuckers gettin' way outta hand.
Troubled minds are full of hate,
Willin' to destroy the human race.
Goin' down, I'm on a flight to nowhere.
Goin' down, gettin' nowhere fast.
I'm goin' down, I'm on a flight to nowhere.
Goin' down, gettin' nowhere fast.
Goin' down, on a flight to nowhere.
Goin' down, goin' down, goin' down.
Goin' down, I'm on a flight to nowhere.
Goin' down, goin' down, goin' down.
11 Love Song (05:25)
So you think that it's over,
That your love has fin'lly reached the end.
Any time you call, night or day,
I'll be right there for you if you need a friend.
It's gonna take a little time.
Time is sure to mend your broken heart.
Don't you even worry, pretty darlin'.
I know you'll find love again. Yeah.
Chorus:
Love is all around you. Yeah
Love is knockin' outside *YOUR* door.
Waitin' for you is this love made just for two
Keep an open heart and you'll find love again, I know.
Love is all around you.
Love is knockin' outside **YOUR** door.
Waitin' for you is this love made just for two
Keep an open heart and you'll find love again, I know.
Chorus / Outro:
Love will find a way.
Darlin', love is gonna find a way,
Find its way back to you.
Love will find a way.
So look around, open your eyes.
Love is gonna find a way.
Love is gonna, love is gonna find a way.
Love will find a way.
Love's gonna find a way back to you, yeah,
I know. I know. I know.
12 Paradise (04:59)
Hold me close now, hold me tight, don't let go of me tonight
You're all I want, you're all I need
Hold me close now, hold me tight, and don't let go of me tonight
Sweet paradise, yeah
How I love all of those crazy little things you've said and done for me
You're the one for me
Darlin', dry your eyes, I can't stand to see you cry
Now just turn and walk away, don't look back when I say goodbye paradise
Days go by and life goes on, I feel I've been away too long
What I would give to be with you, days go by and life drags on
Feel I've been away too long, for much too long, yeah
And all the while that I'm away, don't let our love fade away
Don't you fade away
Now as sure as the sun is gonna shine, the day will come
Now I'm waitin' for the day, there'll be no more sayin' goodbye paradise
My sweet paradise, you are the reason why it tears me up inside
And I break down and cry, didn't wanna say goodbye paradise
I'm comin' home to you tonight, comin' home to you tonight
So hold on tight, tonight I'm on my way back home to paradise
I'm so lost without you, I can't live without you
I've been away too long, now, tonight I'm on my way back home to you
My my paradise, my my paradise
To hold you in my arms, you're all that I adore
To see your smilin' face as I walk through the door
I'll never say goodbye again, no
13 Party's Over (04:20)
It's the same old song and dance,
You're askin' me for a second chance.
I don't care, baby, what you say,
All I wanna do is gotta get away.
Been too many times callin' out your name,
You promised me, but you never came.
Was it, baby, all a game to you? Yeah.
After all the things that I've done for you,
Say your love, your love, could not be true.
I don't need nobody like you.
Chorus:
So turn out the lights, the party's over.
Turn out the lights, the party's over for you.
This time is the last time, never be a next time.
Tonight I wanna dance to a brand new tune.
You know, it took so long for me to realize
You got a cheatin' heart full of dirty lies.
Now listen baby, I got news for you.
Now don't cha come knockin' on my door.
'Cause I don't want your love no more.
I don't need nobody like you.
Chorus:
So turn out the lights, (lights out) the party's over.
Turn out the lights, (lights out) the party's over for you.
This time is the last time, never be a next time.
Tonight I wanna dance to rock and roll.
I guess it must-a been you were so caught up
That you didn't even notice we were fallin apart.
Now you played the game, now you play the fool.
I don't need nobody like you.
I don't want it. I don't need it.
No, no, nobody like you. All I got to say.
Chorus:
So turn out the lights, (lights out) the party's over.
Turn out the lights, (lights out) the party's over for you.
This time is the last time, never be a next time.
Turn out the lights, the party's over.
Turn out the lights.
Turn out the lights. (turn out the lights)
Turn out the lights, the party's over.
Turn out the lights. (turn out the lights)
Turn out the lights, (lights out) the party's over.
Turn out the lights, the party's over. Yeah.
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