9 VOLT HEART

Sarà bello il crescere vertiginoso della tecnologia, ma francamente assistere allo svuotarsi dei negozi di dischi ed al crescere del numero di iPOD in circolazione, mi procura un po’ di tristezza.
Forse perché estrarre un cd dalla custodia (per non parlare di un bel vinile ...), tenere tra le mani la copertina, leggerne le note e i testi, scorrerne le immagini mentre ascolto la musica, per me significa qualcosa.
Davanti a un disco mi capita ancora di pensare al lavoro di un artista, a un progetto, a un’idea, al condividere un percorso.
Niente a che fare con un hit di successo, scaricabile mille volte come mp3, a riempire un disco fisso già stracolmo di cose che tra un po’ cancellerò.
Così finisco per stare coi vecchi eroi, come quel Dave Alvin che canta di una vecchia radio capace ancora di accendere emozioni....


NINE VOLT HEART
Dave Alvin/Rod Hodges

His mama said “Baby, wait for me in the car,”
And she went lookin’ for his daddy inside a bar
So he sat and let the radio take him far away
Listenin’ to XPRS and KRLA.
Plastic silver nine-volt heart
You click it on and let the music start
And the radio was his toy
The radio was his toy.
Well Rachel was twenty and he was seventeen years old
Sittin’ in a parked car on a country road
Runnin’ his fingers through her long black hair
And the Staples singin’ “Baby, I’ll take you there.”
Plastic silver nine volt heart
You click it on and let the music start
And the radio was his toy
The radio was his toy.
Doin’ the dishes long after midnight
Talkin’ about the evenin’ news with his wife
The baby wakes up and starts to cry
So they turn the radio on for his lullaby.
Plastic silver nine volt heart
You click it on and let the music start
Plastic silver nine volt heart
You click it on and let the music start
And the radio was his toy
The radio was his toy.