I Monaco nascono quindi dalla "mancanza di idee" che i New Order atraversarono durante tutti gli anni 90, anche se il progetto si rivela comunque fallimentare, se si esclude l'unico loro successo, "What do you want from me".
Nati nel 1997 i Monaco, trascinati da questa hit, vendettero più di mezzo milione di copie del loro album "Music for pleasure". Dopo altri sfortunati singoli quali "Shine" (1998) e "I've got a feeling" (2001) la band si scioglie, e i componenti riprendono a suonare nei New Order fino al 2007.
E come tante meteore anni 90, anche i Monaco sono diventati famosi sopratutto in Italia, grazie a uno spot pubblicitario. In questo caso quello della Martini, che vedeva protagonista Sharon Stone.
Ecco il testo di "What do you want from me", 1997.
Sha-la la la la-la la
Sha-la la la la-la la
Sha-la la la la-la la
Sha-la la la la-la la
There is one thing that I would die for
It's when you say: "My life is your hands"
'Cause when you're near me your love is all I need
Now I can't imagine
What do you want from me
It's not how it used to be
You've taken my life away
Ruining everything
What do you want from me (sha-la la la la-la la)
It's not how it used to be (sha-la la la la-la la)
You've taken my life away (sha-la la la la-la la)
Ruining everything (sha-la la la la-la la)
Give me something I can rely on
Far away from the life that I once knew
What does it matter, that's all I have to say
And I can't imagine
What do you want from me
It's not how it used to be
You've taken my life away
Ruining everything
What do you want from me
It's not how it used to be
You've taken my life away
Ruining everything
Sha-la la la la-la la
Sha-la la la la-la la
Sha-la la la la-la la
Sha-la la la la-la la
(BREAK)
What do you want from me (sha-la la la la-la la)
It's not how it used to be (sha-la la la la-la la)
You've taken my life away (sha-la la la la-la la)
Ruining everything (sha-la la la la-la la)
Sha-la la la la-la la
Sha-la la la la-la la
Sha-la la la la-la la
There is one thing that I would die for
It's when you say: "My life is your hands"
'Cause when you're near me your love is all I need
Now I can't imagine
What do you want from me
It's not how it used to be
You've taken my life away
Ruining everything
What do you want from me (sha-la la la la-la la)
It's not how it used to be (sha-la la la la-la la)
You've taken my life away (sha-la la la la-la la)
Ruining everything (sha-la la la la-la la)
Give me something I can rely on
Far away from the life that I once knew
What does it matter, that's all I have to say
And I can't imagine
What do you want from me
It's not how it used to be
You've taken my life away
Ruining everything
What do you want from me
It's not how it used to be
You've taken my life away
Ruining everything
Sha-la la la la-la la
Sha-la la la la-la la
Sha-la la la la-la la
Sha-la la la la-la la
(BREAK)
What do you want from me (sha-la la la la-la la)
It's not how it used to be (sha-la la la la-la la)
You've taken my life away (sha-la la la la-la la)
Ruining everything (sha-la la la la-la la)
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Ma quanto cavolo l'ho cercata questa canzone che non sapevo come si chiamava! Grazie mille!
Capolavoro, amo come Peter Hook fa suonare quel dannato basso. Sia "Music for Pleasure", sia il successivo album omonimo "Monaco" sono due piccoli capolavori.
Spettacolari!!! E pure boni...
Questa non è una meteora, è un side-project: loro facevano altre cose e nel mentre hanno tirato fuori i Monaco.
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