Me meto un tiro,
¡Pum!
El eco suena,
¡Pum!
O quizás es el corazón,
¡Pum!
Que todavía sueña.

Día: 16 de diciembre de 2011

Review del Concierto de los Foo Fighters en Madrid

Review del Concierto de los Foo Fighters en Madrid

5 Estrellas

Sacada de RollingStone

Concierto: Foo Fighters.
Lugar: Palacio de Deportes (Madrid).
Fecha: 06/07/11.
Precio: De 40 a 60 euros.
Asistencia: 15.000 personas (lleno).
Vayamos al grano, que ya habrá tiempo para recrearnos en los detalles: Foo Fighters tienen el mejor y más explosivo directo del rock que podrás ver en lo que llevamos de siglo. Y quizá la exageración se queda corta. Si ayer fuiste una de las 15.000 personas (lleno a reventar) que estuvieron en el Palacio de Deportes de Madrid y no te alegraste de vivir un momento histórico, de estar en el sitio adecuado en lugar adecuado, tí@, a ti no te gusta el rock.

Sin demasiados artificios y con un escenario más bien austero (sólo unas pantallas en forma bloques que subían y bajaban) a las 22.00 horas se presentó Dave Grohl, de 42 años y de negro riguroso, junto a sus compinches. A lo largo de 2 horas y 50 minutos (sí, has leído bien: ¡¡casi tres horas!!) y 26 canciones (que sí: ¡26!) desplegaron una fuerza rockera tan inédita en estos tiempos que dan ganas de ponerles un monumento.
Cierto es que los Foo en directo son una actualización de los clichés del rock de estadio (ayer vimos solos de guitarras, oeoeoeoes, «sois el mejor público del mundo», cervezas de un trago, eructos, solos de batería, carreras por la pasarela central…), pero es tal el magnetismo y la personalidad que desprende Dave Grohl que esos tópicos parecen nuevos y frescos. Que Dios nos perdone: ni Lemmy (Motörhead), amigo íntimo de Dave, se lo monta tan bien como este quinteto estadounidense. Quién iba a pensar que aquel tipo graciosote que aporreaba la batería en Nirvana nos iba a dar tantas alegrías casi 20 años después del fallecimiento de Kurt Cobain.

El concierto empezó sin tomar aire, sin carrerilla. Tralla sin piedad desde el minuto uno. Una explosión de guitarrazos directos y decisivos abrieron Bridge burning (primer disparo de su nuevo disco, Wasting light). Luego sonaron Rope (el single del último álbum) y la inmensa The pretender. Con un comienzo así muchos se frotaban las manos. Mucho tenían que torcerse las cosas. No se torcieron. En la cuarta canción ya se vivió uno de los primeros emocionantes momentos del concierto: escuchar a 15.000 personas corear My hero es lo más parecido a sentir el poder del rock en su máxima expresión.

Dave, como buen neandertal del rock, saludó con cuatro aullidos y una declaración de principios que sonó como un os-vais-a-cagar: “Hace mucho tiempo que no veníamos a España”, dijo. “Haremos el mejor concierto que habéis visto de los Foo Fighters. Llevamos 16 años juntos y tenemos muchas canciones. Vamos a tocar todas las que podamos para compensaros por todo este tiempo sin venir”.
El concierto dejó imágenes curiosas dentro y fuera del escenario. Esta es la primera gran gira en la que Foo Fighters se llevan la casa y la familia a cuestas. En las entrañas del Palacio de los Deportes había varios camerinos especiales para los familiares de los miembros del grupo (ver foto abajo). En uno de ellos, en el camerino de los niños, había varios juguetes, casitas de tela y alfombras algodonadas. Pero el hijo de Taylor, el batería, prefirió ver todo el concierto al lado de su padre, con unos cascos de protección y aporreando una batería imaginaria al lado de la batería real de su papi. Una estampa entrañable. Como la que vivieron el día anterior al concierto todo el sequito (más de 30 personas) tomando cañas por el castizo barrio madrileño de La Latina. “Y unas tapas muy ricas”, comentó Dave a ROLLING STONE minutos antes del concierto.
Uno de los grandes secretos de Foo Fighters es la perseverancia y la capacidad que tiene para mezclar sus canciones de aires más pop, como Learn to fly, con la fiereza de White limo. Con ellas continuó el concierto y el público respondió. Dave corría y saltaba de un lugar del escenario a otro, galopaba por la pasarela y alucinaba con el discreto pogo que se vivió en las primeras filas en Breakout. En su rostro se dibujaban amplias sonrisas.

Dave demostró ayer que tiene la capacidad para beberse una cerveza de trago, soltar un sonoro eructo por el micro y seguir siendo ese tío con carisma y rockero con clase al cual muchos tipos se querrían parecer y muchas chicas se querrían tirar (también puede ser al contrario). Porque seamos realistas: ¿quién quiere parecerse o tirarse a un barbudo tristón con gafas que canta canciones folk? Sonó el eructo de Dave y Taylor, el batería, cantó Cold day in the sun. Mientras tanto, Grohl corría por el escenario con la fuerza, la ilusión y la pose de un adolescente con su primera guitarra delante de un espejo.
Los Foo pasan de la dulce Lond road to ruin a la hardcoreta Stacked actors, donde uno de los guitarristas se lanzó al público. Llevábamos una hora y media de concierto y aquello era una locura. Pero habría mucho más: sonaron Walk (¡ese “I never wanna die” pone los pelos de punta), la electrizante Dear Rosemary y These days, tres de las mejores canciones de su último disco.
“Joder, qué bien cantáis”, recalcó Dave a un público donde se veían rostros conocidos, como Alejo Stivel, de Tequila; Edgar, del dúo de dj’s de moda, The Zombie Kids; Álvaro, de Pignoise; el columnista de ROLLING STONE y cocinero Sergi Arola; o Miguel Pardo, de Sex Museum.
Dave también se pegó algunas parrafadas: “El último disco lo hemos hecho en mi garaje”, dijo: “Sin ordenadores, que son una puta mierda. Esto es muy fácil: es sólo rock de verdad”. Fue entonces cuando llegó otro momento para recordar: todo el pabellón cantando a garganta partida Best of you.

Con All my life se llegó al bis. La espera para que volviesen al escenario se hizo corta porque el grupo se llevó al camerino una cámara de visión nocturna que proyectaba en las pantallas lo que ahí detrás ocurría. Dave ponía cara de «¿queréis más?». Minutos después salió a dárnoslo con una botella de cerveza en la mano. Se colocó en el centro del Palacio y, sólo con su guitarra, se marcó una gran Wheels y el principio de Times like these.

“Si me pones aquí hace 10 años me hubiese cagado de miedo. Ahora me siento como en casa. Si no estuviese aquí arriba estaría viendo este concierto ahí abajo. Que lo sepais”, dijo. Como respuesta le tiraron una gorra. Llegó el turno de las versiones. El grupo asegura que tiene 75 preparadas para tocar en cualquier momento. Ayer sonó el dislocado Young man blues, del pianista Mose Allison, y el incendiario Tie your mother down, de Queen.

“No quiero acabar. Sois la mejor audiencia que hemos encontrado en mucho tiempo. No vamos a tardar mucho en volver, pero no se lo digáis a vuestros amigos. Sí, mejor decírselo”, dijo Grohl, con la misma energía del minuto uno (recuerda que tocaron casi tres horas) antes de acabar el concierto con This is a call y Everlong. Los que allí estuvisteis sabréis que fue una noche histórica. Los que no, mala suerte. Pero no os apuréis: han prometido volver pronto.

Dave Grohl felizmente corriendo

La puerta donde se encontraba, en las entrañas del Palacio de los Deportes, la habitación de la familia de los músicos. Había hasta casitas y juguetes para los críos.

Review del «Asco de Gente» de las Sexpeares desde OHIO!

Review del «Asco de Gente» de las Sexpeares desde OHIO!

Year: 2011
Genre: Hardcore Punk
Label: Abubilla Producciones
Tracks: 6
Length: 17 Minutes
My Rating: 7/8

Las Sexpeares are a punk rock band from Madrid, Spain. The band formed around 2009, with the members Benny (guitarplay/sing), Kinki (drumdoes), and Dhiva (playingofbass)… their main influences are bands like Nirvana, Hole, the Smashing Pumpkins, and the She Devils. The members of the band are all very lovely women, but of course, they are also lesbians. Actually, I’m not entirely sure what city they are from since they always list themselves as being from both Madrid, Spain, and Barakaldo, Argentina… how can ONE group exist in TWO places which are far away from eachother? HUH? HUH??!!!!! (over-used gag)

This is the band’s first release (besides their demo recordings), and it’s quite awesome. The music is more interesting than the average hardcore band, because the songplaying and songwriting are very well-done here! Who doesn’t love GOOD MUSIC? Oh yeah, the same people who think good music means popular music… silly me. Actually, some good music used to be popular. Some of it still is. What am I saying, you’ve heard this shit before many times… so yes, this is another one of my favorite records to be released this year so far. Because it doesn’t suck. In fact, it’s cool.

1. Que Asco De Gente
The guitar riff is great… the bass progression is cool also… that’s one thing I like about this EP, the bass playing is pretty un-bland. There’s some backing chorus vocals… I like the drumming in the mid-section. I can’t help but think of fire when hearing this song. The lyrics of this song express a notwant of milk and feelings of depression.

2. Catnip
It is said that when the band recorded this song in the studio, they first ate large amounts of catnip and got totally fucked up. One section features a pounding drumbeat and the band screaming… the other section of the song features, well, singing and a different chord progression of course. And it’s good… the chorus section sounds extremely nice. Yet anoother good song from Mrs. Band.

3. Parasitos
My favorite song from the record. The guitar playing here is really awesome… just listen to the guitar riff… it’s as energizing as it comes. The bass line is great in itself. It’s not as fast as the other songs but who cares because it’s awesome… at the end there is a wild-ass guitar solo that makes Jimi Hendrix roll in his grave with INSANITY! The lyrics are about how we’re all gonna die someday or something… I know this because of the Spanish-to-English translator so it might not be entirely accurate.

4. Suicidas
Another awesome legit great song. This was the first song by the band I heard, though it was the demo version. Some parts are real fast and other parts are slower… the chorus guitar chords grind yer face to the floor! SUICIDAS! The song’s about hating normal stuck-up people and the spirit of punk rock energy and lust for life that will never die!

5. Libertad Cadavercia
The first half of the song is pretty calm and the second half is more loud and buzzed-out. It’s about everyone you knew and loved having died or committed suicide, and being always lonely… the curse of the survivor. As with the others, this is a very good song.

6. Descontrol
Starts off with a soft, depressing intro… then it gets all thrashy and pissed-off… it’s like my little kitty, Steve. She’s all sleepy and meowy one moment and then she starts trying to bite off my leg. It’s SOOOOooOOO cute/annoying! I love/hate her so much!! THERE IS DYNAMITE UNDER MY BED… KA-BOOM!!!!!!!!

That’s my review of the Las Sexpeares CD. EP. Thing-E. CDEPThingEDingyWingy!!!! I’ve never even heard the She Devils before. But this shore is some real awesome punk rock and you should, like, listen to it because the record is free. Don’t believe me? Can’t argue with this string of text:

www.megaupload.com/?d=2Y3U45W0

So this is one of my favorite new records because it’s good and the songs are all good and they sound good becuase SHIT, WHY DO I HAVE TO SAY SHIT AFTER I’VE ALREADY REVIEWED THIS RECORD? WHAT AM I EXPECTING MYSELF TO SAY, HUH??

THEY’RE A BAND.

Top 3 Favorites:
1. Parasitos
2. Suicidas
3. Catnip

Setlist del concierto de Soundgarden en UNCASVILLE

Setlist del concierto de Soundgarden en UNCASVILLE

Searching With My Good Eye Closed
Spoonman
Gun
Black Rain
Let Me Drown
Jesus Christ Pose
Blow Up The Outside World
My Wave
The Day I Tried To Live
Ugly Truth
Fell On Black Days
Hunted Down
Rusty Cage
Outshined
Beyond The Wheel
Burden In My Hand
Black Hole Sun
Superunknown
Room A Thousand Years Wide
Hands All Over
Face Pollution
4th of July
Like Suicide
Slaves & Bulldozers

Setlist y review del concierto de Eddie Vedder en LONG BEACH

Setlist y review del concierto de Eddie Vedder en LONG BEACH

01. Waving Palms
02. Can’t Keep
03. Sleeping By Myself
04. Without You
05. Goodbye (very front only)
06. You’re True
07. Blue, Red And Grey-(Townshend)
08. Longing To Belong w/Rudy Stein playing cello
09. Brain Damage-(Waters)
10. Sometimes
11. I Am Mine
12. Thumbing My Way
13. Long Nights w/Glen Hansard
14. Unthought Known
15. Guaranteed
16. Rise
17. Lukin w/string quartet (fast version)
18. Just Breathe w/string quartet
19. The End w/string quartet
20. Arc

Encore Break 1
21. I’m One-(Townshend)
22. Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
23. Picture In A Frame-(Kathleen Brennan/Tom Waits)
24. Sleepless Nights w/Glen Hansard-(Boudleaux Bryant, Felice Bryant)
25. Society w/Glen Hansard-(Jerry Hannan)
26. Falling Slowly w/string quartet {Glen singing and playing acoustic, Eddie duet vocal}-(Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová)
27. 4th Of July-(Dave Alvin)
28. Porch

Encore Break 2
29. Hard Sun w/Glen Hansard-(Peterson)
30. Yellow Ledbetter w/Mike McCready

Aquí la review, que está en inglés y me entró la pereza… supongo que comprenderéis el por qué

I just got home from Eddie Vedder’s show in Long Beach and the show was amazing. Me and my buddy were probably the youngest people at the show. This review will be kind of scatterbrained, but here it goes.

I’m glad Eddie played Long Beach and not just Los Angeles; it was a thrill going to a pretty nice area to see a concert. No offense LA. The opening act (and also part of Eddie’s show on certain songs) Glen Hansard was great, you can tell why Eddie picked him as his opener. I seem to have had better luck with openers this year with concerts (I enjoyed Chris Cornell’s opener in May). Mike McCready showed up just a few minutes before Eddie went on, when fans saw him walk to seats in the front they went nuts, Mike acknowledged the fans. I had a feeling Mike would show up since he’s playing the national anthem at the Angels/Mariners game tomorrow (I’ll be there for that) and has been doing a lot of soundtrack/scoring work. Eddie went on at around 8:50, and when Eddie played “Can’t Keep” I knew it was going to be a fantastic show. The next few songs were mainly Ukulele Songs stuff, and seeing them performed live made me really like them more. While I like Ukulele Songs, there were certain songs I wasn’t as into until seeing them performed tonight.

The show really kicked into high gear during “Sometimes.” Call me biased towards Pearl Jam, but once Eddie started belting out that chorus is got me pumped up. He followed that up with two more Pearl Jam classics (I Am Mine and Thumbing My Way), and to me this series of three songs was one of the best parts of the show. It was nice to see some songs from Riot Act performed live, as that’s always been one of my favorite Pearl Jam albums (since my Dad played it to death in 2002/2003). “Unthought Known” is another great live song, when Eddie performed it tonight and also when I saw Pearl Jam perform it in LA two years ago. It was awesome to see stuff from Into the Wild performed live, since this was the first time I have seen Eddie solo. “Just Breathe” and “The End” were just as epic as when I saw them live at the Gibson Ampitheatre in 09. When Glen Hansard came out to do certain songs with Eddie I thought they sounded great together, especially during “Long Nights” (where Eddie hilarious fucked up the opening).

“Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town” was great, the crowd knew every damn word like always. I knew that “Porch” was likely based on prior setlists but it was awesome to see such a heavy Ten song in a stripped down setting. I’d say my favorite stuff of the night was Pearl Jam/Eddie stuff, I enjoyed a lot of the covers but there’s just a certain passion Eddie puts into his own stuff.

The last encore was the best part of the show, everybody was standing when Eddie and Glen performed “Hard Sun.” It really had a different vibe from the rest of the show with the house lights being on and Eddie just going crazy on the guitar near the end. Then after that, Eddie mentioned that there was somebody there but he hadn’t seen him yet. Mike McCready then walked on stage and the crowd erupted, Eddie and Mike embraced and then they played “Yellow Ledbetter.” It was epic. Eddie helped the guys pick up some of the gear as the show ended, Eddie showed his appreciation to the crowd. This was really a great show, Eddie was intense while also telling hilarious jokes and stories. One of the best shows I’ve been to in the last couple of years, it was incredibly diverse setlist and performance wise. Eddie’s definitely one of the best ever, when he sings and plays it just comes off as so natural.

Here are some funny things and stories that Eddie told throughout the concert. I may have certain words wrong and what not since I’m basing this all on memory.

Said after the first song that this show was already better than last night’s.

Told a story about writing songs with ukuleles. He mentioned that all you need is a ukulele and a girl to fall in love with to write a song. He also threw in a joke about fucking too, mentioning that that’s a good part about it. Also said that breaking up causes you to write even more songs.

He made a joke about his ukulele and he had a fondness for inanimate objects when he was younger, including a bong.

Told a story about Glen Hansard and how they bonded over tragedies occurring at their concerts.

Gave a shout out to the people in the back who were on upper levels, and pointed out a guy in the front and said he was higher than any of them.

After playing “Lukin” he said something along the lines of, “and now something more appropriate” and played “Just Breathe.”

Somebody yelled out that Eddie should take off his clothes.

Eddie said that he was going all out tonight because he has a day off tomorrow. He mentioned that he would get some reading in by reading Bristol Palin’s new book. He said that he had been into Russian books recently, and joked he wanted to read Bristol’s. He said he heard it sold 13 copies.

Eddie said at one point during the show he wanted to play a banjo, he went around looking for it and couldn’t find it so he went back to sit down. One of his guys came out with it and Eddie said he’d play it later. He never did!

I saw some guy in a PJ20 shirt walking around playing the ukulele before the show.