" Things you can not tell all and grabbing as usual would have us believe, most of the events are unspeakable, take place in an area inaccessible to the word, and more indicative of all are the works of art, lives full of mystery whose life, our next ephemeral, continues. "
- Rainer Maria Rilke
" Such a romantic song I was asking, I do not know if this is a romantic song to sing a song or a saint. In any case, is a bit 'that short communion that is a kiss. What is a kiss or just a moment of particular union between opposites " (Judee Sill)
A more or less famous actress said that kisses are better than sex. A friend of mine said that instead of the kisses just an exchange of DNA. Judee Sill, even a moment of communion. That is basically true. What else is the kiss and the consequent (sometimes) between two people but the merging of two identities in one for those few moments. Just like going to communion, for those who still remembers some words now no longer used and gestures that are more even. To Judee Sill was a reference to the reference to the Eucharist important. Not that it was a very committed Christian, but several of his songs touched a deeper theme, that of redemption and sin. I wonder if Johnny Cash had never heard it, would find familiar. But a kiss was also the signal of the biggest betrayal in human history. Also for those who remember some old stories that today almost no one speaks anymore. And Judee Sill was marked, in spite of the beauty that was singing and trying.
Judee Sill died November 23, 1979, of an overdose. He's only 35 years. His was a life marked by more violence, the disbanding and despair. A father and a brother died of pneumonia in an accident. One time heroin addiction tre anni già quando aveva vent'anni circa. Una vita sui marciapiedi di San Francisco e anche in galera. Lei stessa colpita in un incidente così gravemente da dover prendere droghe per sopportare il dolore. Eppure Judee Sill era stata la prima artista in assoluto a incidere un disco per quella che sarebbe diventata una delle più importanti case discografiche americane, e certamente una delle prime indipendenti in assoluto. L'Asylum di David Geffen, quello che una volta Jackson Browne definì capace di "buttarsi in un letamaio per tirarne fuori un solo centesimo". E che negli anni 80 avrebbe fatto causa a Neil Young perché faceva dischi che non erano abbastanza commerciali. Ma l'Asylum, come diceva il nome stesso, era nata per dare "asilo" a quei musicians who had no place in the record because not enough "commercial". Oh the irony of life, dear Geffen. But at least we gave possiiblità, even today, to hear the extraordinary songs of Judee Sill.
Only two records recorded: "Judee Sill", in 1971, and "Heart Food" in 1973. Graham Nash produced his first single, "Jesus Was A Crossmaker (Jesus was one who made crosses, and she, Judee, crosses knew), and Crosby & Nash, two superstars in those years, she would go on tour. But the success did not come. Forget the music, he returned to make all sorts of how to live in five unma car to die one day in his apartment in North Hollywood. Aveva trovato quel bacio di comunione santa che aveva cercato per tutta la vita.
Dischi postumi in questi ultimi anni ne stanno uscendo. Uno su tutti, il doppio cd registrato dal vivo alla Bbc durante una fugace visita londinese. Meraviglioso, perché solo la sua voce incantevole, una chitarra custica suonata molto bene e un pianoforte. E una canzone, The Kiss, che ancora oggi suona come una delle più belle in assoluto delgi anni 70. Anche se allora, probabilmente, non la ascoltò quasi nessuno. Judee Sill sarebeb troppo facile paragonarla a Nick Drake: stesso talento sconosciuto alle masse durante la vita, stessa morte che sa tanto di suicidio cercato, con la differenza che oggi Drake gode nell'al Beyond the well-deserved success, Judee not yet. Yet his songs are of a sophistication that is unmatched: you conoscvea classical music, and the echo of certain works of Bach for example, is evident. She tried the "dark peace", peace, black, as she calls it. For some it is the only thing that remains.
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