di Davide Morresi
Se c’è un romanzo che parla di musica, che prende la musica e la tramuta in letteratura, che senza musica non sarebbe esistito, è questo: Alta fedeltà di Nick Hornby. Un cult senza tempo e senza spazio. Il mondo musicale degli anni ottanta e non solo è protagonista assoluto, viene anche prima di tutti i personaggi, compreso il protagonista, Rob Fleming, appassionato e stralunato proprietario di un negozio di dischi ricercati, che nei vinili cerca sé stesso senza sapere mai dove si trova. Non a caso vengono citati, tra canzoni e cantanti, quasi duecento riferimenti musicali, principalmente al mondo pop, rock, blues.
Una colonna sonora che forse nessun film avrebbe potuto avere, così piena, emozionante, completa. Questo è il potere della musica che entra nella letteratura e della letteratura quando parla di musica.
Un romanzo eccelso.
Se vi piace leggere e amate ascoltare ottima musica, non potete non aver letto Alta fedeltà. Se non lo avete ancora fatto, recuperate immediatamente. E fateci sapere i vostri pareri.
Editore: Guanda
Ascolta la colonna sonora: https://open.spotify.com/user/snp5dezur5a7yht9mjmyn6fkk/playlist/2wdAonZ5XHyMsgGPuUYv0O?si=YWQ_ZCgsRgGmQonjJXR5pg
Trovate un articolo dedicato a “Tutta un’altra musica”, altro romanzo di Nick Hornby, qui: http://readandplay.it/tutta-unaltra-musica-nick-hornby/
- You’re so vain – Carly Simon
- Inside and outside – Carl King
- Caroline in my mind – James Taylor
- I love my dog – Cat Stevens
- Rocket man – Elton John
- Free bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
- See you later alligator – Dr. Feelgood
- Only love can break your heart – Nei Young
- Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me – The Smiths
- Call me – Aretha Franklin
- I don’t want to talk about it – Rod Stewart
- Love hurts – Nazareth
- When love breaks down – Prefab Sprout, Thomas Dolby
- How can you mend a broken heart – Al Green
- The speed of the sound of the loneliness – Teencats
- She’s gone – Daryl Hall & John Oates
- I just don’t know what to do with myself – Dusty Springfield
- Our house – Madness
- Sweet dreams (are made of this) – Eurythmics
- Blowin’ in the wind – Bob Dylan
- A case of you – Joni Mitchell
- Three little birds – Bob Marley
- Alternative Ulster – Stiff Little Fingers
- This charming man – The Smiths
- Bobby Brown goes down – Frank Zappa
- Kool thing – Sonic Youth
- Walk on the wild side – Lou Reed
- Mrs. Robinson – Lemonheads
- You can’t hurry love – Phil Collins
- She – Elvis Costello
- All kinds of everything – Dana
- Should I stay or should I go – The Clash
- Walking on sunshine – Katrina & The Waves
- Unchained melody – The Righteous Brothers
- Come together – The Beatles
- Help! – The Beatles
- Yellow submarine – The Beatles
- Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles
- I just called to say I love you – Stevie Wonder
- Don’t drive drunk – Stevie Wonder
- Rockin’ in the free world – Neil Young
- Hush – Deep Purple
- Howling wolf – The Picturebooks
- Ziggy Stardust – David Bowie
- Pinball wizard – The Whoo
- Blue – Joni Mitchell
- Baby I love you way (live) – Peter Frampton
- Sloop John B – The Beach Boys
- Get up (I fell like a) sex machine – James Brown
- You left the water running – Otis Redding
- Jailhouse Rock – Elvis Presley
- You never can tell – Chuck Berry
- Whole lot of shackin’ going on – Jerry Lee Lewis
- Zoot Suit – The Who (cover)
- I can’t explane – The Who
- Anyway, anyhow, anywhere – The Who
- My generation – The Who
- Circles – The Who
- Substitute – The Who
- God save the Queen – Sex Pistols
- Tea for the tillerman – Cat Stevens
- It’s a good feeling – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
- No blow no show – Bobby Bland
- Mr. Big Stuff – Jean Knight
- The love you save – The Jackson 5
- The ghetto – Donny Hathaway
- Got to get you off my mind – Solomon Burke
- Holiday – Madonna
- Woman to woman – Shirley Brown
- The guitar – Guy Clarck
- Downey to Lubbock – Jimmie Dale Gilmore
- Happy go lucky girl – The Paragons
- Just like honey – The Jesus and Mary Chain
- I can’t stand the rain – Ann Pleebes
- Alison – Elvis Costello
- Little triggers – Elvis Costello
- Man out of the time – Elvis Costello
- King horse – Elvis Costello
- Everyday I write the book – Elvis Costello
- Born under a bad sign – Albert King
- Behind closed doors – Charlie Rich
- Thunder road – Bruce Springsteen
- Bobby Jean – Bruce Springsteen
- Janie Jones – The Clash
- Smell like teen spirits – Nirvana
- Let’s get it on – Marvin Gaye
- Return of the grievous angel – Gram Parsons
- I want to see the bright lights tonight – Richard Thompson
- Don’t you (forget about me) – Simple Minds
- Bob Wills boogie – Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
- The message is love – Al Green
- Sha-la-la (makes me happy) – Al Green
- Take me to the river – Al Green
- Sweet Jane – Cowboy Junkies
- Barry Town – Steely Dan
- Brown Sugar – The Rolling Stones
- The nightfly – Donald Fagen
- My babe – Little Walter
- Cut that out – Junior Wells
- Can’t buy me love – Ella Fitzgerald
- Leader of the pack – Twisted Sisters
- Dead man’s curve – Jan & Dean
- Terry – Twinkle
- Honey – Bobby Goldsboro
- Tell Laura I love her – Ray Peterson
- One step beyond – Madness
- You can’t always get what you want – The Rolling Stones
- Abraham, Martin and John – Marvine Gaye
- Paranoid – Black Sabbath
- Come as you are – Nirvana
- One love – Bob Marley
- Many rivers to cross – Jimmy Cliff
- Angel – Aretha Franklin
- Best thing that ever happened to me – Gladys Knight & The Pips
- Holding back the years – Simply Red
- Invisible touch – Genesis
- Bright eyes – Art Garfunkel
- Got to get you off my mind – Solomon Burke
- Upside down – Diana Ross
- The took of love – Dusty Springfield
- The bitch is back – Tina Turner
- Uptown girl – Billy Joel
- Wuthering Heights – Kate Bush
- Theme from Tubular Bells – Mike Oldfield
- Moonshine – Mike Oldfield
- Breathe (in the air) – Pink Floyd
- Stars – Simply Red
- Here comes the sun – The Beatles
- Star star (sturfucker) – The Rolling Stones
- Just like a womand – Bob Dylan
- The model – Kraftwerk
- Boulder to Birmingham – Emmylou Harris
- Welcome to the real world – Butch Hancock
- Leti t be – The Beatles
- Rock the Casbah – The Clash
- Pretty vacant – Sex Pistols
- Breakfast in bed – Chrissie Hynde
- Respect – Aretha Franklin
- Land of 1000 dances – Wilson Pickett
- Everybody needs somebody to love – Solomone Burke
- Soul bowl – Memphis Horn
- Hey Joe – Jimi Hendrix
- Stand by me – Otis Redding
- Honky tonk women – The Rolling Stones
- Sin city – Flying Burrito Brothers
- Baby let’s play house – Elvis Presley
- Think – Aretha Franklin
- Angel – Aretha Franklin
- The house that Jack built – Aretha Franklin
- Louie Louie – Kingsmen
- Little red Corvette – Prince
- Papa’s got a brand new bag – James Brown
- Back stubbers – O’Jays
- Satisfaction guaranteed – Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
- Holiday – Madonna
- Nelson Mandela – Specials
- Twist and shout – The Beatles
- Route 66 – The Beatles
- Long tall Sally – The Beatles
- Money – Pink Floyd
- Do you love me – The Contours
- In the midnight hour – Wilson Pickett
- La bamba – Richie Valens
- Family affair – Sly And The Family Stone
- Tired of being alone – Al Green
- (White man) in the Hammersmith Palais – The Clash
- Back in the USA – Chuck Berry