Near a tree

La settimana prossima, a Torino, c’è Traffic: l’ormai consueto festival gratuito di musica al parco della Pellerina, quest’anno esteso a quattro serate.

C’è chi si esalta per mercoledì, la sera del bollito misto (suona Lou Reed); chi per sabato, con Battiato e i Subsonica. Ma per noi duri e puri della musica indipendente, la serata clou è venerdì, con nientemeno che gli Art Brut, i Coral e infine gli Arctic Monkeys: tre dei più famosi gruppi di indie britannico degli ultimi anni.

Se gli Arctic Monkeys sono famosi e i Coral dalla sostanziosa radice progressive sono un mio mito da anni, gli Art Brut sono i meno conosciuti in Italia; in effetti, quando mio zio me li ha fatti sentire mesi fa, nessuno li aveva mai sentiti nominare. Eppure, su Radio Flash, nelle ultime settimane, passa a ciclo continuo una canzone dei Tre allegri ragazzi morti (quelli del fumettista cult Davide Toffolo) intitolata Mio fratellino ha scoperto il rock’n’roll.

Bene, come si evince facilmente anche dal testo, è una traduzione letterale di questo pezzo degli Art Brut: che, come dice il titolo, fanno un punk a bassa fedeltà, ribelle e adolescenziale come tutto il vero punk, e volutamente suonato malissimo. O forse non volutamente, visto che il loro primo singolo aveva per ritornello “Formed a band / We formed a band / Look at us / We formed a band”. Enjoy, e ci vediamo il 13.

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My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
There’s a noise in his head, and he’s out of control

And yes it frustrates
Let’s let him make his own mistakes
On the dance floor watch him go now
Boy those moves I just don’t know how

My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
He’s only 22 and he’s out of control

How’s he living?
With all of that unforgiving
On the dance floor watch him go now
Boy those moves I just don’t know how

My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
He’s only 22 and he’s out of control

He no longer listens to A-sides
He made me a tape of bootlegs and B-sides
And every song, every single song on that tape, says exactly the same thing
Why don’t our parents worry about us?
Why don’t our parents worry about us?

My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
He’s only 22 and he’s out of control

My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
There’s a noise in his head, and he’s out of control

My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
Stay off the crack!

[tags]art brut, traffic, torino, festival, tre allegri ragazzi morti[/tags]

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