Pavlov’s Dog – Theme From Subway Sue (1975)

“Ah, i Pavlov’s Dog”. Se c’è stata una band nell’America di metà anni ’70 che avrebbe meritato una carriera di livello mondiale e che invece è finita quasi nel dimenticatoio, questi avrebbero potuto essere i Pavlov’s Dog.
Una formazione che a posteriori viene considerata di ‘rock progressivo’, ma che in realtà partiva da basi diverse, pur avendo una formazione fantasiosa (con pianoforte, flauto e violino).
Ma i Pavlov’s Dog erano soprattutto le belle melodie e la voce particolarissima di David Surkamp (di origine nativo pellerossa) una voce emozionante (ed emozionata) come poche. Pochissimi album e un solo capolavoro, l’album d’esordio del 1975 intitolato Pampered Menial. Ci trovate la splendida Julia (il loro brano più famoso), la crepuscolare Episode e molti altri grandi brani (date un ascolto a quelli che ho citato, cliccando sul titolo dei brani), tra cui ho scelto Theme From Subway Sue, con un finale vocale da pelle d’oca.

Watch the mountains
And take off down the river
Take off twice from where you are
Cause someday soon we’ll take off down the river
And I’ll see nothing of you at all

Tell the birds not to show which way I’m going
And tell the leaves to try and hide the way
We’ll give ‘em gold
Oh cause gold is nothing special
Tell ‘em all to try and hide the way

And someday soon
We’ll find out where we’re going
And someday soon
We’ll find the way
And if the love that you have for me is going
Well I’ll see nothing of you at all

And it’s a long road
A very, very, very long road
A very, very, very long road
And I’m doing fine
And I’m wishing you were mine

Take me back to morning
Morning’s when she calls me
And take me back to days of prior springs
Oooh will you take me back
And I don’t care
Oh your springtimes don’t possess me
And I’ll see nothing of you at all again

And someday soon
We’ll find out where we’re going
And someday soon
We’ll find the way
Well if the love that you have for me is going
Well I’ll see nothing of you at all
Nothing at all

She’s a woman (She’s a woman)
That left me nothing at all (Left me nothing at all)
She’s a woman (Such a lady)
I have nothing at all (I have nothing at all)
Well I’m leaving…I leave soon
Well I’m leaving now
Nothing at all

And I got nothing
Nothing at all
I have nothing
Nothing at all
I’ve got nothing
Nothing at all