Charly García opened the two hour show with the theme “Talking with a soul”. Then he made many of him classics of him. Photo: Marcelo Carroll.
Was exactly 9 years agoon 23 September 2013, whenCharly García gave her first concert at the Colón Theaterwhere he had performed only in 2002 on National anthem for a function of the Mercosur Ballet.
A) Yes, before a full colonCharly presented his show “Parallel Lines – Impossible Artifice” accompanied by his band, The Prostitution and the Kashmir Orchestra, consisting of two string quartets.
The idea, which was based on a book of the same title that he edited that year, was to present a concept work with a complex series of lights, which did not thrive and in practice ended up being a concert with a special line-up, who appreciated its formation and classical spirit.
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There were many unknowns. With the project underway, the idea of the symphonic concert has given way to the double string quartet. And Charly, always provocative, played with the idea of his music as an “impossible artifice”, always in the company of his band The Prostitution. Some even wondered how much truth there was in the fact that he was “destroying music”, which he expressed days ago in an interview with Clarione.
García himself, who repeated the show the following Monday, defined “Parallel Lines” as “something made up of certainties and many great questions”. Questions shared, or not, with those who for more than an hour before the start of the concert surrounded the theater waiting for the doors to open, to meet Charly’s music in an environment different from the one known.
Nobody wanted to miss the show. Among the audience were Fabiana Cantilo and Marta Minujínamong many others.
“He deserves it and I hope he likes it. He is the best Argentine artist that has remained, after the loss of Spinetta. He was my great teacher. With this recital, rock has come to Colón, ”said the singer.
“All the greats should be here – added Minujín – because there is no such theater in the world. I have a metaphysical and platonic relationship with him. We are in different places and we are different artists ”.
the start of the show
All the anxiety and mysteries ended at 20:40, when García he appeared on stage from the darkness, wearing a hat, a black jacket and a red shirt.
Say with the soul It was the theme that opened the show. The first applause arrived Way of death; broke out with Disarm and bleed and with Charly leading the strings. Then it was the turn of electrified barsof a toast and tango in secondwith a performance by Jean François Casanova.
Over time, the Colón began to lose its solemnity. And rock, to win the spot. Charly danced as a teenager with love waits. When he was done, Zorrito Quintero loved him kissing those long, thin hands.
“This is a song I made for an artifact that doesn’t exist in Europe: the toilet. Oh, no, the bidet, ”Charly said. A giant mirror ball fell and he began to sing Promises on the bidet.
“Colón is the best thing that can happen to a musician,” García said when the 90s were dying. “I want the music to fulfill its function, which is not to set fire to a bowling alley with rockets, which is not to manifest itself like on a football field, which is not for the band to follow people” he said convicted days ago.
And he did it at the Colón.
plasticine clock he freed the palms of the audience, who were gradually letting go. With the band seated, Fernando Samalea was the only one to jump next to the sound dummy. García was already the master of the situation and the stage. After Constant concept, the interval has arrived. “Here ends the first part. Get in line to go to the bathroom and all, ”she ordered.
The second part
The sobriety of the black dress dissolved in the second part. Charlie dated a purple tailcoat and a powerful version of Move from the bed to the living room. Sitting at the piano, he continued with 20 green seedsthat is not over to begin with The dinosaurs.
“Mercedes was very mischievous,” recalled La Negra Sosa, when she introduced Cuchillos, who she recorded with her on the album. High fedelity. This time he was accompanied by saxophonist Bernardo Baraj as a guest.
“I made this song when I was 17, with a melody more or less. The lyrics are bad, ”she joked earlier Eiti Leda. At the end of the song, the Colón clapped on his feet and there was dancing in the room, raving with the rock version of Send a fax.
“This is the song I like best,” he said, before playing You won’t see me on the subway. Then he introduced host Bernard Fowler, support singer of the Rolling Stones, with whom he did happy and real. In the Colón resounded the piano, strings and voice of Fowler (“the White House”, according to García).
Finally, two hours after the departure, a couple of beams of light crossed the Colón stage. Charly greeted the musicians. “Olé olé olé, Charly …”, the crowd cheered him. He replied: “I had a team that played for me”.
collective unconscious It was the encore, with the theater standing, which marked the rhythm with the palms of the hands. Charly’s unforgettable night is over.
2013 Report: Agustina Binotti, Eduardo Slusarczuk and Diego Jemio
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Source: Clarin
