Morphine

Outra das minhas carreiras favoritas, no que à música diz respeito.
Os Morphine, liderados pelo enorme mark Sandman, infelizmente já falecido, tiveram uma carreira curta demais para tanta qualidade, tanto engenho, tanta originalidade.
Formada em Boston por Sandman, Dana Colley no mais tresloucado saxofone de que há memória, e Billy Conway e/ou Jerome Deupree na bateria e percussões, a sua música elevou-se a outros patamares através de uma capacidade de recriação musical e, acima de tudo, instrumental que sempre tornou difícil a sua catalogação enquanto banda rock/pop/jazz(?).
Sandman tocava um baixo com apenas duas cordas mais uma de guitarra eléctrica, Colley tocava frequentemente dois saxofones ao mesmo tempo, e os concertos eram uma explosão de energia que transbordava para o público, sempre cúmplice dos três músicos em palco.
Estranhamente nunca aqui tinha falado neles.
Imperdoavelmente nunca tive a oportunidade de assistir a um espectáculo deles...
Ficaram as músicas - convites irresistíveis à dança, ao pulsar dos corpos - e as palavras absolutamente engenhosas de Sandman.

We used to meet every Thursday Thursday
Thursday in the afternoon
For a couple of beers and a game of pool
We used to go to a motel a motel
A motel across the street
And the name of the motel was the Wagon Wheel
Oh
One day she said come on come on she said
Why don't you come back to my house
She said my husband's out of town
You know he's gone till the end of the month
Well I was just so nervous so nervous
You know I couldn't really quite relax
Cause I was never really quite sure when her
Husband was coming back
Sure one of the neighbors yea one of the neighbors
One of the neighbors that saw my car
And they told her yea they told her
I think they know who you are
Well her husband he's a violent man a very violent and jealous man
Now I have to leave this town I got to leave while I still can
We should have kept it every Thursday Thursday
Thursday in the afternoon
For a couple of beers and a game of pool
We should have kept it every Thursday Thursday
Thursday in the afternoon
For a couple of beers and a game of pool
She was pretty good too