Demolition 23 forever!

En el especial del Ruta 66 de este mes aparece una entrevista con Little Steven. Siempre leo con detenimiento lo que nos cuenta este sujeto. El Silvio de Los Soprano es mucho más que el Pepito Grillo de la E Street Band. Siempre ha sido un tipo con inquietudes involucrado en proyectos muy interesantes. Uno de los que más brillo en los noventa fue Demolition 23. Según cuenta en el Ruta tiene intención de reeditar esa bomba que grabaron y que me fue imposible encontrar las veces que lo intenté. Ahí van Nothing´s Allright, Hammersmith Palais y The Scum Lives on. Yo a eso le llamo un inicio demoledor. Y no es que el resto desmerezca en absoluto, es más el nivel continúa igual o mejor pero tengo grabado a fuego la rompedora sensación que tuve cuando escuché esos tres primeros temas. Y lo escucho hoy en día y me sigue volando la cabeza. Esa es una de las sensaciones más placenteras de escuchar música. Si señor, Michael Monroe, otro tipo que parece cabreado cuando canta. ¡Como me gusta!

Born in the age of Altamont

Mommy was a hippie and Daddy was a drunk

They really believed all you need is love

While they we're looking for God

the streets we're runnin' with blood

Now there ain't no one to trust

you're a 60's baby

and nothin's alright

Born in the age of disco junk

Mommy liked reptiles Daddy was a punk

They said there'll be no future for you

They did too much drugs

and made sure it came true

Now you're really born to lose

you're a 70's baby

and nothin's alright

Born in the age of take what you can get

Mommy and Daddy was a TV set

All they left to you remember them by

Is some poisoned water

and a hole in the sky

And Russian Roulette sex

you're a 80's baby

and nothin's alright

you're a 60's baby

you're a 70's baby

you're a 80's baby

and nothin's alright

Do you want to hear the story of my life

Got no reason to go home tonight

I ain't complaining what's the use

It's just me and the boys and a pint or two

Telling lies about things we used to do

i ain't had no fun in london

since the hammersmith palais

new york city's boring

since the punks all went away

tokyo's gone techno

and berlin's going crazy

i ain't had no fun since hammersmith palais

Once upon a time the world made sense

Now there's nothin' straight enough to rebel against

Ain't been no work since '82

There's only one thing left to do

Make sure they know we've been here when we're through

Do you want to hear the story of my life

Got no reason to go home tonight

Well life's a drag and then you're dead

It's just me and the boys and a bottle of red

Telling lies about better days ahead

Well my misery's without company

My partners in crime have been taken from me

We used to laugh about our legacy

Couldn't get arrested on MTV

Johnny Thunders was a New York Doll

He cared so much he didn't care at all

Stiv Bator went to catholic school

Turned his sins into something cool

and the scum lives on

all my friends are gone

why they gotta die so young

and the scum lives on

Brian Jones and Keith Moon had style

Bon Scott was a problem child

Rob Tyner bugged the F.B.I.

Was Abbie Hoffman really suicide?

Jesse Helms' gonna live forever

Jimmy Swaggart's gonna live forever

Dan Quayle's gonna live forever

Ronald Reagan already lived forever

Reverend Donald Wildmon will live forever

Rush Limbaugh's gonna live forever

All the politician's gonna live forever

Nixon taught them all how to live forever

I'd hate to think it's conspiracy

No one's left who makes sense to me

The immoral majority adding insult to my injury