There are times when nostalgia is impossible. For example, in the current tour of Elton John , in which the historical number one British rock celebrates 40 years nothing less from the album Goodbye yellow brick road . Impossible nostalgia, we say, because the force and fury of Elton those seventies when it was consecrated still intact in their songs. Last night was alive again today. In subjunctive perhaps. A continuous present of a type calved in England 1947 to revolutionize the rock scene … and then settle into a grateful pop.
Just five hundred tickets were available yesterday afternoon the 15,500 that had been put up for sale. All with their respective numbered seats. It was a thirst for Elton after its cancellation last year, when the four decades of his Goodbye Yellow Brick Road were met. Appendicitis that almost cost him his life forced him to cancel the tour. But the star has had no problem donning sequins American -of a painful purple- colored and resume as it had conceived, albeit with new album under his arm, The diving board , which does not include subjects. As happened this summer at Cap Roig, where Sir Elton opened the festival, it is immersed in hits from his golden decade. Those who bore seventies albums as sublime as Madman across the water or Honky Château … Do not Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player and this historic double yellow brick, a way that He borrowed his lyricist, Bernie Taupin, The Wizard of Oz .
No, what Elton managed to convey in the era of glam rock, dressed in the most extravagant way, but with that musical mettle who has trained in symphonic composition, is not within reach of time.
Last night kicked off the concert with Funeral for a friend-Love lies bleeding … that combination that serves to change their immediate atmosphere. They followed subjects honoree album: the nack of Bennie and the jets and the sad Candle in the Wind . He was accompanied by his trusty guitar Davey Johnstone, long as a brush, hair flying and those characteristic treble choirs. A battery, another historic, Nigel Olsson, the other with tailored look over time and that elegance British brand also spends Stones Charlie Watts on. Rounding out the band keyboardist Kim Bullard, bass Matt Bissonette and percussionist John Mahon,
“Good evening, Barcelona,” he said, rising from the piano and thereupon announcing two pieces of Madman Across the Water . Standing ovation. Now we understand. Sounds Levon , faithful to the original, but then dragged the blues over New Orleans. And then Tiny dancer , in which the voice accuses -lástima- its 67 springs, a forgettable Believe (1995), the latest concert theme gives way to Daniel , over former Vietnam soldier who prefers to flee to Spain as a normal human being to live in the United States as a hero.
The public young sloshing around with Philadelphia freedom and applauds Goodbye yellow … , Elton literally going to the moon versioning Rocket man and back to reality with ochentera I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues . And up to 25 tracks among which is unforgettable, Your Song , Burn down the mission , Do not Let the Sun Go Down on Me and, as in the encore, crocodrile rock . Still burns the piano on stage at the Sant Jordi …
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