TO THE EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL "JAM - A Journey in Music"
Guaitamacchi Director,
chagrin I found that Jam has lost its authority, the inimitable pen, the valuable knowledge and passion with few equals intelligence and deep Paolo Vites.
I am well aware that the reality 'is always complex, and not' right to apply summary simplifications. But I also have enough responsibility 'in my work to know that if you are unable to retain key assets and that' - no excuses - grave responsibility 'of the boss.
why, after years of buying and reading the magazine, even within the limits of the mild consequences of my choice, I would certainly inform you that you do not buy 'more' not even a copy of his magazine Jam.
I happened to stumble into a new song and get hooked for days. As often happens to me in these cases, the song - a discovery for unpredictable series of coincidences - not exactly cheerful. And even better if played by a great female voice.
I run into Cadillac Records, thanks to a colleague who had not even seen the film. A long journey by train on weekends and I see it. The film narrates the birth, and the premature explosion conclusion of the experience of Chess Records, the legendary American label and discussed from the '50s to '69. It tells nothing less than the flourishing of Muddy Waters, Little Walter, H. Wolf, Chuck Berry and Etta James. Blues and early rock'n'roll black despair ("This is not the blues .. I do not know what the hell it is but the record"), racial discrimination and music for both white and blacks, between Chicago and Mississippi. These films really 'are rather' fake 'as a representation that give the characters, you understand. And there are some scenes that make a lot of smile, like that of Lomax who goes around to record songs. But in the meantime I'm quite hungry for music and its background, so 'as the origins della musica. E qui se non altro ci ho trovato un po' di informazioni ed alcune ambientazioni.
Ma probabilmente l'intento del regista è sincero, tanto che un personaggio riesce bene. Anzi non tutto il personaggio, in verità. Va certo premiata la scelta coraggiosa di Beyonce ad interpretare la splendida Etta James. Come attrice è tutto tranne che irresistibile, certo, ma quando canta.. Deve confrontarsi con un pezzo da brivido, ma lo fa con enorme professionalità, con gran capacità e con coinvolgimento sublime. Quella scena sì, suona davvero vera. Saro' sensibile, ma ci sono rimasto incastrato.
"Sei poco donna per questa canzone. La canzone parla d'amore, lo sai che significa? Have you ever been left by an asshole? One that not only you but also left her married to another .. You know how it feels? " " Let me try again .. "And some interpretation harrowing, visceral.
of those songs that are basically what we seek, we need as we approach the stereo (or iPod ). Those songs are music. And all I could do was cry.
do All I Could Was Cry (Etta James) I heard church bells ringing I heard a choir singing I saw my love walk down the aisle On her finger he Placed in ring
Oh, I Saw Them holding hands She Was Standing There with my man I heard them promise "Till death do us part" Each word was a pain in my heart
All I could do, all I could do was cry All I could do was cry I was losing the man that I loved And all I could do was cry
Yeah and now the wedding's over Rice, rice has been thrown over their heads For them life has just begun But mine is at an end
All, all I could do, all I could do was cry All I could do was cry I was losing the man that I loved And all I could do was cry
Ieri sera una serata che sara' impossibile dimenticare. Come non ripensare tutta notte ai 90,000 fedeli (nel senso di fan, ovviamente) che rimangono incollati ad ascoltare l' Ave Maria che chiude il concerto, sotto quel palco che --dice qualcuno-- ricorda cosi' tanto la cattedrale di barcellona, la Sagrada Familia?
Sono arrivato a s.siro moderatamente gasato: preoccupato per le condizioni vocali di bono, contento di rivedere mia moglie e di farle un regalo, pieno comunque di aspettativa (per quanto esplicitato da P.Vites in questo articolo: Paolo Vites su ilsussidiario.net ). L'atmosfera (salamella e salsiccia con rapporto peso/prezzo equivalente allo zafferano..) e' di festa, si capisce subito. I supporter fanno due gran pezzi, l'audio e' sorprendetemente eccellente e lo stadio gia' quasi pieno saluta e batte le mani. I soliti cafoni in piedi alla balustra non riescono a rovinare il senso di attesa.
Le luci si spengono e comincia un'ora di rock a ritmo devastante. Davvero tirato, non me l'aspettavo.
Highlights assolute: il medley I Still Havent Found + Stand By Me e poi, dedicata a Michael Jackson, il medley Angel of Harlem + Man In The Mirror . Al culmine della esaltazione chiama sul palco la figlia, per festeggiare il suo compleanno e le dedica Party Girl . Party Girl! Sono tornato back 15 years.
I sit down (completely sweaty, of course). Even Bono and charges for a couple of pieces can not fully control the situation, fails to close the songs they sing well a cappella with the audience.
At this point goes to the point: the rosary out from under his shirt and introduces the dedication of the evening: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's political prisoners from '90. questioning each of us, as we were not in 90.000 but in 10, what are you doing for justice? comes even an exhortation to Berlusconi because 'keep the promise on the debt: it is not' too late, there are 3 days before the G8. And dedicated "One" (deserves for that!) As said before Beautiful day: they are difficult times, so each is worth all the time (that is eternity ').
Pride, Sunday Bloody Sunday with words in Arabic on a green background, With or without you .. catered 'for all. The voice, which too often had been a bit 'covered by the sound, but is out with arrogance and grace shining on the moving closing Moment of Surrender.
effects spectacular scenery exaggerated. But that seems natural. And 'in fact so obvious that the "point" of the evening and not' the show's sake, that these effects scenic seem "exaggerated." U2 put it this way ', no compromises are always one step ahead.
The final embrace between the four reminds us how special this band is, in fidelity 'and solidity'. A unique band, even in this. And then, as mentioned, they give us the notes of the Ave Maria were there to point out that 'all (we like Bono and his) for a great, great over' the choir of 90,000 voices, about the size 'of the structure of the stage who goes to heaven.
