Non è passato ancora un giorno dall’8 Novembre, data dello storico live di Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds a Roma.
Se vi tormentano domande sulla morte, l’amore, ma soprattutto chi è Nick Cave – l’uomo che dicono sia il più influente poeta e cantautore vivente- ecco 10 brani (e una bonus track) per altrettante possibili risposte.
1 I’LL LOVE YOU TILL THE END OF THE WORLD
Primo mistero: L’Amore Incondizionato.
“I mean, if you can just picture it
The whole third floor of the hotel gutted by the blast
And the street below showered in shards of broken glass.
(…) And me, if you can believe this, at the wheel of the car
Closin’ my eyes and actually prayin’
Not to God above, but to you.
Sayin’ : Help me girl, help me girl
I’ll love you till the end of the world.”
(ITA) Voglio dire: figurati la scena. L’intero terzo piano dell’hotel dilaniato dall’esplosione, la strada sotto un tappeto di vetri infranti (…) E poi proprio io, al volante dell’auto, che chiudo gli occhi e mi metto a pregare: non il Dio dei cieli, ma te. E ripeto: salvami ragazza. Salvami ragazza. Ti amerò fino alla fine del mondo.
(*Dalla Colonna sonora del film di Wim Wenders UNITIL THE END OF THE WORLD – Fino alla fine del mondo, 1991)
2 THE MERCY SEAT
Secondo mistero: Verità e Misericordia
“Occhio per occhio, dente per dente.
Ma in ogni caso ho detto la verità, e non ho paura di morire.”
“And the mercy seat is waiting
And I think my head is burning
And in a way I’m yearning
To be done with all this measuring of proof
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth
And anyway I told the truth
But I’m afraid I told a lie.”
(*Dall’album TENDER PRAY, 1988)
3 DO YOU LOVE ME?
Terzo mistero: Mi ami come io ti amo?
“She was given to me to put things right
And I stacked all my accomplishments beside her
Still I seemed so obselete and small
I found God and all His devils insider her
In my bed she cast the blizzard out
A mock sun blazed upon her head
So completely filled with light she was
Her shadow fanged and hairy and mad
Our love-lines grew hopelessly tangled
And the bells from the chapel went jingle-jangle…”
(*Dall’album LET LOVE IN, 1994)
4 PEOPLE AIN’T NO GOOD
Quarto mistero: Gli altri.
La miserabile perfida natura dell’essere umano.
“It ain’t that in their hearts they’re bad
They can comfort you, some even try
They nurse you when you’re ill of health
They bury you when you go and die
It ain’t that in their hearts they’re bad
They’ll stick by you if they could
But that’s just bullshit baby
People just ain’t no good”
(*Dall’album THE BOATMAN’S CALL, 1997)
5 STRAIGHT TO YOU
Quinto mistero: Qualcosa che deve accadere, accade.
La ballata d’amore secondo Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
“Heaven has denied us its kingdom
The saints are drunk howling at the moon
The chariots of angels are colliding
Well, I’ll run, babe, but I’ll come running
Straight to you
For I am captured
Straight to you
For I am captured
One more time”
(*Dall’album HENRY’S DREAM, 1992)
6 THE WEEPING SONG
Sesto mistero: Il senso di colpa. La cognizione del dolore.
Un brano dedicato a fenomeni universali eppure inspiegabili: rimorso e lacrime; acqua salata prodotta chissà dove nel corpo, ma destinata a sgorgare tramite gli occhi.
“Oh father tell me are you weeping?
Your face it seems we to touch.
Oh then I’m so sorry father
I’d never thought I’d hurt you so much.
This is a weeping song
A song in which to weep
While we rock ourselves to sleep
This is a weeping song
But I won’t be weeping long.”
(dall’album THE GOOD SON, 1990)
7 HENRY LEE
Settimo mistero: Dialogo degli amanti sull’Amore non corrisposto.
“Get down, get down, little Henry Lee
And stay all night with me
You won’t find a girl in this damn world
That will compare with me
And the wind did howl
And the wind did blow
La la la la la
La la la la lee”
(*Nick Cave & Pj Harvey. Dall’album MURDER BALLDS, 1996)
8 ARE YOU THE ONE THAT I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR?
Ottavo mistero: Sogno e realtà. Un ospite inatteso.
“Chi cerca trova. Chi bussa sarà fatto entrare”
“There’s a man who spoke wonders, though I’ve never met him
He said: “He who seeks finds and who knocks will be let in”
I think of you in motion and just how close you are getting
And how every little thing anticipates you
All down my veins my heart-strings call
Are you the one that I’ve been waiting for?”
(*Dall’album: THE BOATMAN’S CALL, 1997 // THE BEST OF, 1998)
9 JUBILEE STREET
Nono mistero: Illuminazioni.
Ovvero: morte, resurrezione e rinascita di un uomo.
“I am alone now
I am beyond recriminations
The curtains are shut
The furniture has gone
I am transforming
I am vibrating
I am glowing
I am flying
Look at me now!”
(*Dall’album: PUSH THE SKY AWAY, 2013)
10 I NEED YOU
Decimo mistero: La sciagura. La morte ritorna
Un crudele scherzo del destino. Niente ha più senso. Il cerchio continua.
(In the loving memory of Nick Cave & Susie Bick’s son, Arthur)
“Cause nothing really matters
On the night we wrecked like a train
Purring cars and pouring rain
Never felt right about, never again
Cause nothing really matters
Nothing really matters anymore, not even today
No matter how hard I try
When you’re standing in the aisle, and no, baby
Nothing, nothing, nothing
I need, I need, I need you”
(dall’album SKELETON TREE, 2016)
***BONUS TRACK:
11 HIGGS BOSON BLUES
Undici: senti il battito del mio cuore?
“And if I die tonight
Bury me in my favourite yellow patent leather shoes
And with a mummified cat
And a cone-like hat
That the Caliphate forced on the Jews
Can you feel my heart beat?
Can you feel my heart beat?”
(PUSH THE SKY AWAY, 2013)
Marta Zoe Poretti
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