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A hilarious literal Spanish /English review of the Cervantes concert last week. maybe a Spanish speaker could give us a proper translation. Bob L gets a good mention too. The original, with pic at
That Bob Geldof continues enjoying the respect of the public in spite of two decades withdrawn of the life of crowded rock concerts is undeniable, after the enthusiastic applause among the ones that was received last night, who was one of the pioneers of the punk rocker. Before a Cervantes not too much concurred but delivered the Irishman gave the shot at the outset al Terral 2006 by where they will pass during all the month of July a total of 14 concerts to delight to the ears lovers of the jazz, the soul, the blues, the flamenco, the folk and other musical kinds as the bossa or the reggae.
In scene. Geldof rose al setting dressed with a temperate English marine blue suit and a hanging guitar to its frail body, between the shouts of an amusing and fond of dancing public even before the musician pronounced a single word. Three they were the themes that the Irishman interpreted before pronouncing a word to greet to their delivered audience with the one that established a communication since the principle. "Good afternoon", were the two only words that the rock artist pronounced in Spanish, since was easier to be communicated with its countrymen that answered to voices since the audience in the same language to a Bob Geldof that moved for the boards of the Cervantes to its craving and as natural as if was at home. It accompanied by a singular violinist dressed with long hair and white suit, al rowdy style of Cloak, almost so protagonist as the own one Geldof, a guitar, a reduction, a keyboard and a battery, the musician interpreted themes in which melted the pop music- rock with the rhythms of the traditional and Celtic music and the sounds of the reggae with the ones that the components of the band of the ideologist of the They encouraged al I publish to participate, while the rock artist introduced improvisations and tarareos rhythmic to the themes that sounded infected by the force of all the instruments. In the equator of the recital the musician interpreted the theme of his last work that saw the light in 2002, Sex, age & death´, after to have dedicated the two last decades of his life to the organization of musical events to support the hunger and the poverty of Africa. In these two decades only he has published three works, the last one in 2002.
Edited- my husband, who used to live in Lanzarote has had a bash at it and got some, not all, of it, but apologises to native speakers.
" After two decades in the background of major rock concerts, he came on to enthusiastic applause, before doing his concert last night. He was a pioneer of punk rock"
Then it goes on to talk about the rest of the concerts in the Festival, including music for all ages, blues, flamenco, soul and reggae.
"He was dressed in a sober blue suit, with his guitar clutched to his thin body. He only said Good Afternoon in Spanish and the rest of the conversations were all in English with the other artists and the crowd. He easily interacted with people at different tables.
He was accompanied by a solo violinist dressed in a white suit. (Can't get the next bit, sorry). He was backed by guitar, keyboard, electronic sound system, and banjo. He played pop and rock with the rhythms of traditional Celtic folk music. There was lots of audience participation and improvisation, which was contagious. He was very animated on stage. the music was very powerful for the audience. He has dedicated the last two decades of his life to organising musical events for the starving and poor in Africa."
It finishes by saying his last album was SAD, in 2002.