[1972]
Parole e musica di Harry Nilsson
Nell’album intitolato “Son of Schmilsson”, ancora più eccentrico del precedente “Nilsson Schmilsson” (1971)
Un disco che vide alla batteria Ringo Starr (celato sotto lo pseudonimo di Richie Snare) e alla chitarra Peter Frampton. La tromba e l’arrangiamento di tutti gli splendidi fiati sono di Jim Price, musicista di chiara fama, associato a Rolling Stones e Joe Cocker.

Now this is a track I really treasure! It conjures up such an atmosphere of the hopelessness of war - in the same way movies like 'Saving Private Ryan' and 'Full Metal Jacket' do. I can feel myself as part of the troop of soldiers keeping their spirits up by singing only to fall into a booby-trap and get mown down by Jim Price's inevitable brassy machine gun!
From its opening notes the guitar sets the bluesy scene - more instruments join in but never clamour space in another very... (continuer)

Dall'omonimo disco del 2010

Thank You opens with the title tune, which Frampton says is about his birth and is “a thank you to Mr. Churchill for bringing my father back from the second world war.” But the song is not simply a greeting card; it takes a surprising turn, sliding into topical territory where Frampton argues how we should be “waging peace instead of war”. The sentiment is ages old but the music is hard, biting and blistering. When he is on a topical bent, Frampton’s playing is simply breathtaking. Tearing into world issues seems to have driven him to play harder and with more passion than he has in years.

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