Gigs you should have been at - Kaiser Chiefs live at Elland Road 2008

The National - Think You Can Wait (new video)

The National posted their new video for the song "Think You Can Wait" on Youtube. You can watch it below.
This song is featured on the movie "Win Win".

The Vaccines - If You Wanna

I don't want to wake up in the morning
But I've got to face the day
That's what all the friends I do not like as much as you say

I don't want to do things independently
But I can't make you stay
That's what all the friends I do not like as much as you say

But if you wanna come back it's alright, it's alright
It's alright if you wanna come back
Do you wanna come back? It's alright, it's alright
It's alright if you wanna come back to me

I don't want to see you with another guy
But the fact is that I may
That's what all the friends I do not like as much as you say

Give it just another couple months or so
Then you'll be ok
That's what all the friends I do not like as much as you say

Alone, all alone
I am on my own
Alone, all alone
I am on my own

But if you wanna come back it's alright, it's alright
It's alright if you wanna come back
Do you wanna come back? It's alright, it's alright
It's alright if you wanna come back to me

If you wanna come back it's alright, it's alright
It's alright if you wanna come back
Do you wanna come back? It's alright, it's alright
It's alright if you wanna come back to me
Do you wanna come back? It's alright, it's alright
It's alright if you wanna come back to me
Do you wanna come back? It's alright, it's alright
It's alright if you wanna come back to me

Arctic Monkeys releasing vinyl for Record Store Day

Arctic Monkeys will release an exclusive white 7” vinyl on Record Store Day, on April 16, featuring "Don’t Sit Down (Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair)" and "Brick By Brick".

You can listen to "Brick By Brick" below.

Fleet Foxes - Grown Ocean (new video)

You can watch below the new video for the song "Grown Ocean", by Fleet Foxes. This song is taken from their upcoming album "Helplessness Blues". You can read the review I wrote for this album, in English, here

http://itsjustrocknrollbitch.blogspot.com/2011/03/review-fleet-foxes-helplessness-blues_29.html and in Portuguese here

http://itsjustrocknrollbitch.blogspot.com/2011/03/review-fleet-foxes-helplessness-blues.html

Summertime Kids

Summertime Kids is a side project of And The Giraffe’s Nick Roberts. Although he’s only 19, his songs demonstrate his great maturity. He released his debut EP, entitled “Table Manners”. This EP has great instrumental folk songs and also a song called “Know”, that is the only non-instrumental song in there.

You can listen and download the EP for free following this link:

http://summertimekids.bandcamp.com/ 

I hope you give it a listen, because it’s really worth it.

[Stream] The Kills - Blood Pressures

The Kills are streaming their upcoming album "Blood Pressures" on their official website: Thekills.tv/bloodpressuresstream.php

Gigs you should have been at - Mumford & Sons live at Reading Festival 2010

The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You

Load the car and write the note.
Grab your bag and grab your coat.
Tell the ones that need to know.
We are headed north.

One foot in and one foot back.
But it don’t pay to live like that.
So I cut the ties and I jumped the track.
For never to return.

Ahh Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in.
Are you aware the shape I’m in?
My hands they shake, my head it spins.
Ahh Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in.

When at first I learned to speak.
I used all my words to fight.
With him and her and you and me.
Ahh, but it's just a waste of time.
Yeah it’s such a waste of time.

That woman she’s got eyes that shine.
Like a pair of stolen polished dimes.
She asked to dance I said it’s fine.
I’ll see you in the morning time.
Ahh Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in.
Are you aware the shape I’m in?
My hands they shake, my head it spins.
Ahh Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in.

Three words that became hard to say.
I and Love and You.
What you were than I am today.
Look at the things I do.

Ahh Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in.
Are you aware the shape I’m in?
My hands they shake, my head it spins.
Ahh Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in.

Ahh Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in.
Are you aware the shape I’m in?
My hands they shake, my head it spins.
Ahh Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in.

Dumbed down and numbed by time and age.
You’re dreams that catch the world the cage.
The highway sets the travelers stage.
All exits look the same.

Three words that became hard to say.
I and Love and You.
I and Love and You.
I and Love and You.

[Review] Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (English)

We can already hear Fleet Foxes’ second album, "Helplessness Blues", though not by legal means. In fact, this album is put on sale on May 3, 2011.

The expectation was great, because their debut album, released in 2008, was undoubtedly one of the best albums that year. Now with this "Helplessness Blues" the American band didn’t disappoint and it will, undoubtedly, be one of the best albums of 2011.

This album couldn’t start better, with "Montezuma" opening and followed by "Bedouin Dress." With these two songs I soon realized that this would be a great album. And the truth is that "Sim Sala Bim" and "Battery Kinzie" support this idea. However, "The Plains / Bitter Dance" is an instrumental music that fails to convince and, although not a bad song (Are Fleet Foxes able to make a bad music?) brings nothing special to this album.

This moment less interesting from "Helplessness Blues" is soon forgotten by the song that named the album and that is probably the best of the twelve songs that comprise it. It is a clear candidate for song of the year.

"The Cascades" is another instrumental song of this album, but it's better than "The Plains / Bitter Dance." The following are "Lorelai" and "Someone You'd Admire." The last on is, a pair of "Helplessness Blues", the best song on this disc.

"The Shrine / An Argument" is, as the name implies, a song divided into two parts. And if the first is very good, the second leaves a bit to be desired.

"Blue Spotted Tail" and "Ocean Grown" are the last two tracks on "Helplessness Blues" that close this album the best possible way.

After hearing this album I was absolutely sure that "Helplessness Blues" will be one of the best albums of 2011, although we’re still in March. This album isn’t on sale yet, but I recommend to try to find on the Internet and listen to it. When it comes out for sale, buy it, because it's worth giving money to a band like this, so they can continue to release true works of art.

9/10

[Review] Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (Português)

Finalmente já se pode ouvir o segundo álbum dos Fleet Foxes, “Helplessness Blues”, embora não pelos meios mais legais. Na realidade, este álbum é posto à venda dia 3 de Maio de 2011.

A expectativa era grande, porque o álbum de estreia dos Fleet Foxes, lançado em 2008, foi sem dúvida um dos melhores álbuns desse ano. Agora com este “Helplessness Blues” a banda norte-americana não desaponta e fez aquele que vai ser sem dúvida um dos melhores álbuns de 2011.

Este álbum começa da melhor maneira com “Montezuma” e é seguido pela não inferior “Bedouin Dress”. Com estas duas músicas percebi logo que este iria ser um grande álbum. E a verdade é que “Sim Sala Bim” e “Battery Kinzie” confirmam esta minha ideia. No entanto, “The Plains / Bitter Dance” é uma música instrumental que não consegue convencer e, apesar de não ser uma má música (será que os Fleet Foxes seriam capazes de fazer uma música má), não traz nada de especial para este álbum.

Este momento menos interessante de “Helplessness Blues” é logo esquecido com a música que dá nome ao álbum e que é, provavelmente a melhor das doze músicas que o constituem. É uma clara candidata a música do ano.

“The Cascades” é a outra música instrumental deste álbum, mas é bem melhor que “The Plains / Bitter Dance”. Seguem-se “Lorelai” e “Someone You’d Admire”. Esta última é, a par de “Helplessness Blues”, a melhor música deste disco.

“The Shrine / An Argument” é, como o nome indica, uma música dividida em duas partes. E se a primeira é muito boa, já a segunda deixa um pouco a desejar.

“Blue Spotted Tail” e “Grown Ocean” são as últimas duas faixas de “Helplessness Blues” que encerram este álbum da melhor forma possível.

Depois de ouvir este álbum fiquei com a certeza absoluta que “Helplessness Blues” vai ser um dos melhores álbuns de 2011, apesar de ainda só estarmos em Março. Embora não esteja à venda, recomendo que o tentem encontrar na Internet e que o ouçam. Quando for posto à venda, comprem, porque vale a pena dar dinheiro a uma banda como esta, para que possam continuar a lançar verdadeiras obras de arte.

9/10

Frank Turner - I Am Disappeared (new song)





Frank Turner released this new song from the upcoming album, "England Keep My Bones", on Youtube today. I loved it and I can't wait for this album to come out!

Muse to play 'Origin Of Symmetry' in full at Reading and Leeds

According to Matt Bellamy, Muse are planning to play the entire album 'Origin Of Symmetry' at Reading and Leeds Festivals. He wrote on Twitter: "So we'll probably play 'Origin...' in its entirety (as well other songs) at Reading/Leeds as it will be 10 years since it came out."

Arctic Monkeys interview - Q Magazine 2011

Ryan Adams - To Be Young

Young boy, you done me bad, I went and did ya wrong
Young boy, you done me bad, I went and did ya wrong
Then I got high, Lord I got high, and I got a bone to pick with you
And I’m sure you know it’s true

Oh one day when you’re looking back
You were young and man you were sad
When you’re young you get sad
When your young you get sad, then you get high
Oh man

Young gal you done me bad and I went and did ya wrong
Young gal you done me bad so I went and did ya wrong
Then I got high
Lord, I got high
Now you got a bone to pick with me, but I wish you’d let me be

Oh one day when you’re looking back
You were young and man you were sad
When you’re young you get sad
When your young you get sad, then you get high
You get high

Oh the days the rain would fall your way
Oh the days the rain would fall your way
Then you be high, cause you got sad
Cause you got sad
Oh man

Death Cab For Cutie - "You Are A Tourist" (new single)

Death Cab For Cutie released a new single, "You Are A Tourist", taken from their upcoming album "Codes And Keys".

You can listen to this new song here: http://blogs.1077theend.com/aharms/2011/03/28/end-music-discovery-death-cab-for-cutie-you-are-a-tourist/

Radiohead - The Universal Sigh (newspaper)

If  you don't have any chance of getting this Radiohead newspaper, you can download it below.

http://www.mediafire.com/?s1l1g2c29mfk5em

Radiohead releasing 'Supercollider' and 'The Butcher' for Record Store Day

Radiohead will release two new songs on limited edition vinyl on April 16, the Record Store Day.

Although 'Supercollider' and 'The Butcher' were never released before, the band already played them live.

Oasis - (It's Good) To Be Free

Head like a rock spinning round and round

I found it in a hole sitting upside down
You point the finger at me but I don't believe
Paint me a wish on a velvet sky
You demand the answers but I don't know why in my mind
There is no time

But the little things they make me so happy
All I want to do is live by the sea
Little things they make me so happy
But it's good it's good it's good to be free

So what would you say if I said to you
It's not in what you say it's in what you do
You point the finger at me but I don't believe
Bring it on home to where we found
My head like a rock sitting upside down
In my mind there is no time

But the little things they make me so happy
All I want to do is live by the sea
Little things they make me so happy
But it's good it's good it's good to be free

"Rolling Stone"'s "25 Boldest Career Moves"

"From the very beginning of rock & roll musicians have made shocking career moves – from marrying their cousins to shaving their heads in front of hundreds of flashing cameras. Here's a look at the 25 boldest ones of all time."

In this 25 boldest career moves you can find Bob Dylan, Green Day, Radiohead, Pearl Jam, amongst others.


http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-25-boldest-career-moves-in-rock-history-20110318

Gigs you should have been at - The National live @ Zagreb 2010

A great band and one of the greatest crowds that I've ever seen. What else can I say?

Fleet Foxes - Bedouin Dress (new song)

Fleet Foxes released a new track from the upcoming album "Helplessness Blues". This song is called "Bedouin Dress" and you can hear it below.

The Maccabees - First Love

First love, Last love
Only love, it's only love

First love, Last love
Only love, it's only love

Do you miss home?
Do you miss home?
And are you cool?
Symmetrical?

Oh Oh Oh
Let's get married
And tick the boxes
Oh lets get married
And tick the boxes

Do you wanna be alone?
Do you wanna be alone?
And are you cool?
Symmetrical,
Analytical
Hypocritical
So critical
Nothing's perfect; I'm hoping I'll do

Oh nothing's perfect; I'm hoping I'll do

My mistake
And no mistake
And I would take it back if I could
So stay with me tonight

I'll make my bed, I'll lie in it
Enticing with its leopard print
I'll make my bed, I'll lie in it
Enticing with its leopard print
And matching velvet duvet

First love, Last love
Only love, it's only love

First love, Last love
Only love, it's only love
It's only love

London gigs to help Japan

Beady Eye, Primal Scream, Paul Weller, The Coral, Graham Coxon and Richard Ashcroft will play a benefit show for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, at the O2 Academy Brixton, on April 3.

There are also rumors that there will be a "supergig" at Wembley Arena, in London, also next month. Promoters Live Nation are organising the event and are talking to Sony and Universal bosses, to see if some of their acts are available to get involved.

Beady Eye at the Royal Albert Hall 2011

Beady Eye played at the Royal Albert Hall yesterday, for Teenage Cancer Trust.
You can watch backstage videos with the band and Miles Kane, who also played yesterday, as well as some photos on the following website: http://www.teenagecancertrust.org/what-we-do/royal-albert-hall/2011/day-5/

Beady Eye played:

'Four Letter Word'
'Beatles And Stones'
'Millionaire'
'Two Of A Kind'
'For Anyone'
'The Roller'
'Wind Up Dream'
'Bring The Light'
'Standing On The Edge Of The Noise'
'Kill For A Dream'
'Three Ring Circus'
'The Beat Goes On'
'Man Of Misery'
'The Morning Sun'
'Wigwam'
'Sons Of The Stage'

Prima Donna

Prima Donna is a rock ‘n’ roll band from Los Angeles formed in 2003 featuring singer/guitarist Kevin Preston, Saxophonist/Keyboardist Aaron Minton, drummer David S. Field, bassist "lights out" Levine, and guitarist Erik Arcane.

In May/June 2005, the band went on an eight country European concert tour with Texas Terri. In December 2005, the band played part of original Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock and the Philistines American tour.

Prima Donna released their debut album, “After Hours”, in 2008. Although it hadn’t much publicity, it was one of the greatest albums from that year. They are, without a doubt, one of the best rock ‘n’ roll bands of the last years.

Gigs you should have been at - Pearl Jam live MTV Unplugged 1992

Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees

Her green plastic watering can
For her fake Chinese rubber plant
In the fake plastic earth
That she bought from a rubber man
In a town full of rubber plans
To get rid of itself

It wears her out, it wears her out
It wears her out, it wears her out

She lives with a broken man
A cracked polystyrene man
Who just crumbles and burns
He used to do surgery
For girls in the eighties
But gravity always wins

It wears him out, it wears him out
It wears him out, it wears him out

She looks like the real thing
She tastes like the real thing
My fake plastic love
But I can't help the feeling
I could blow through the ceiling
If I just turn and run

It wears me out, it wears me out
It wears me out, it wears me out

If I could be who you wanted
If I could be who you wanted all the time

All the time...
All the time...

Guns 'n' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle

Cha!
Welcome to the jungle
We got fun 'n' games
We got everything you want
Honey we know the names
We are the people that can find
Whatever you may need
If you got no money, honey
We got your disease

In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your shun na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, knees, knees!
I, I wanna watch you bleed

Welcome to the jungle
We take it day by day
If you want you're gonna bleed
But it's the price you pay
And you're a very sexy girl
Very hard to please
You can taste the bright lights
But you won't get there for free
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Feel my, my, my, my serpentine
I, I wanna hear you scream

Welcome to the jungle
It gets worse here everyday
Ya learn to live like an animal
In the jungle where we play
If you got a hunger for what you see
You'll take it eventually
You can have anything you want
But you better not take it from me


In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your shun na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, knees, knees!
OI wanna watch you plead


When you're high you never
Ever want to come down, so down, so down, so down... YEAH!

{Guitar solo}

YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE?
You're in the jungle baby!
You're gonna die!
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your shun, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, knees, knees!
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Feel my, my, my, my serpentine
Jungle, Welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your shun, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, knees, knees
Down in the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your
It's gonna bring you down!
HUH!

Gigs you should have been at - The Libertines at Reading Festival 2010

The Strokes to start working on new album in April

The Strokes will start working on their next album in April.

Bassist Nikolai Fraiture said to XFM: "We were just talking about when we would get back together and start writing for the next album," he said. "It should be soon. April, mid-April."

[Stream] Sum 41 - Screaming Bloody Murder

Sum 41 are streaming their upcoming album "Screaming Bloody Murder" on this website: http://sbm.sum41.com/

This album will be released on March 29.

Something is wrong...

Mercury Records to stop releasing physical singles

Mercury Records will stop releasing physical singles, except for "rare ocasions", like when "it is guaranteed to make a profit".
This is a result from the amount of money that the company lost in 2010 with the release of physical singles.

Mercury Records is the label of bands and artists like U2, Arcade Fire, The Killers and Elton John.

Gigs you should have been at - The White Stripes live at Glastonbury 2005

The White Stripes were one of the headliners of Glastonbury 2005 and they also played one of the best shows from that year's festival. It was, without a doubt, a memorable concert of one of the best bands from the last decade.

Noel Gallagher recording new songs

Noel Gallagher, according to You At Me Six singer, is working on new songs in Los Angeles. He said on Twitter: "Can hear Noel from Oasis blasting his new tunes from the studio next door," he wrote. "Absolutely mental."

Previously this week, the Oasis fan site "Oasis News" said that Noel will release his debut solo single in September and will release his solo album by the end of this year.

Mumfords & Sons - The Cave

It's empty in the valley of your heart
The sun, it rises slowly as you walk
Away from all the fears
And all the faults you've left behind

The harvest left no food for you to eat
You cannibal, you meat-eater, you see
But I have seen the same
I know the shame in your defeat

But I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck

And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again

Cause I have other things to fill my time
You take what is yours and I'll take mine
Now let me at the truth
Which will refresh my broken mind

So tie me to a post and block my ears
I can see widows and orphans through my tears
I know my call despite my faults
And despite my growing fears

But I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck

And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again

So come out of your cave walking on your hands
And see the world hanging upside down
You can understand dependence
When you know the maker's land

So make your siren's call
And sing all you want
I will not hear what you have to say

Cause I need freedom now
And I need to know how
To live my life as it's meant to be

And I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck

And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again

[Poll] Alex Turner - Submarine (favourite song)

During the last week, we wanted to know what's your favourite song from the "Submarine" EP, by Alex Turner. Here are the results:

"Stuck On The Puzzle" - 63%
"Piledriver Waltz" - 27%
"It's Hard To Get Around The Wind" - 9%

"Stuck On The Puzzle (intro)", "Hiding Tonight" and "Glass In The Park" didn't have any vote.

Gigs you should have been at - Kasabian live at T In The Park 2010

Fake Problems - Soulless

This mess is not to be ignored, vilified, or abhorred
So take these words for what they truly mean to me
And I may not have the same kick as some of the other spices
But I am burning up inside
And I am still losing my mind for you

I was soulless, soulless
Broken down
Hollow as a ghost
But you have brought me back to life
And revived the hope
Take me home
Take me home

I will pretend to be asleep
So that no one will notice me
When everybody leaves
That's when I'll be able to dream
And I'll rearrange the room
The only thing I'll keep is you
And I hope you realize
What you truly mean to me


I was soulless, soulless
Broken down
Hollow as a ghost
But you have brought me back to life
And revived the hope
Take me home
Take me home

I am made of mistakes
I don't believe in fate
And I refuse to fail again
I will not let them win
I am much more than human
But just as insignificant

Soulless, soulless
Broken down (so soulless)
Hollow as a ghost
But you have brought me
Back to life (so soulless)
Revived the hope

I was soulless, soulless
Broken down
Hollow as a ghost
But you have brought me back to life
And revived the hope
Take me home

Concerto de A Jigsaw no Maus Hábitos, no Porto

A banda portuguesa A Jigsaw vai actuar no dia 8 de Abril de 2011 no espaço cultural Maus Hábitos, no Porto.

Para quem não conhece, esta é uma banda de indie folk que conta já com quatro álbuns lançados, o último dos quais em 2010. O pormenor característico desta banda é a utilização de instrumentos muito diversificados, dando-lhes uma sonoridade muito própria.

Os A Jigsaw receberam já vários elogios e menções a nível internacional, incluindo uma referência por parte da revista holandesa “Heaven Magazine”, que descreveu esta banda como um dos mais interessantes projectos de indie folk na Europa, e também uma menção honrosa devido ao dueto “Return To Me” na competição International Songwriting Competition 2009, que tinha um júri constituído, entre outras pessoas, por Robert Smith e Tom Waits.

A primeira parte deste concerto fica a cargo de Sofia Truta e Francisco Rua.

Preço: 5 euros

Em baixo podem ver o vídeo do tema "Red Pony" dos A Jigsaw.

Myspace da banda: http://www.myspace.com/ajigsaw

Website do recinto: http://www.maushabitos.com/



Rise Against - Help Is On The Way (new video)

Rise Against just released the video for the next single, "Help Is On The Way", from their latest album "Endgame".

In this video you can watch images of natural disasters and its consequences, specially the huge number of houses that are destroyed, which makes a lot of families lose their homes.

You can watch this video, by going to the following website: http://www.riseagainst.com/news/default.aspx?nid=34815

Gigs you should have been at - Queen live at Wembley Stadium 1986

Muse to play "Origin Of Symmetry" songs for the last time at Reading and Leeds Festivals

Matt Bellamy, frontman of the English band Muse, told NME that they will probably play "Origin Of Symmetry" songs for the last time at Reading and Leeds Festivals, because they want to finish an era that started with the release of that album, ten years ago. "It's probably the last time some of these songs will ever be played live again," he said of the 2001 album. He explained that the shows would see the band "drawing a line under one phase of our career". He added: "It was on the second album ['Origin...'] that things really started happening for the band, and when we focused on the live side of things much more. So it'll be like coming full circle: we've gone off on one a little bit, and now it feels like the right time to pull it back and remind ourselves of what we were doing 10 years ago."

Megadeth - Symphony Of Destruction

You take a mortal man,
And put him in control
Watch him become a god,
Watch peoples heads a'roll
A'roll...

Just like the Pied Piper
Led rats through the streets
Dance like marionettes,
Swaying to the Symphony...
Of Destruction

Acting like a robot,
Its metal brain corrodes
You try to take its pulse,
Before the head explodes
Explodes...

Just like the Pied Piper
Led rats through the streets
Dance like marionettes,
Swaying to the Symphony...

Just like the Pied Piper
Led rats through the streets
Dance like marionettes,
Swaying to the Symphony...
Swaying to the Symphony...
Of Destruction

The earth starts to rumble
World powers fall
A'warring for the heavens,
A peaceful man stands tall
Tall...

Just like the Pied Piper
Led rats through the streets
Dance like marionettes,
Swaying to the Symphony...
Swaying to the Symphony...
Of Destruction

[Review] Roger Waters no Pavilhão Atlântico (Blitz)

"Foi grande e transversal, em termos geracionais, a romaria para assistir, ontem à noite, à primeira visita de Roger Waters a Portugal desde a atuação no Rock In Rio Lisboa, em 2006. Na altura, o músico sexagenário trazia consigo a digressão The Dark Side of the Moon (1973); desta feita, o chamariz foi The Wall , lançado seis anos mais tarde e um dos álbuns rock mais populares de sempre em Portugal, o que explica as duas casas cheias (o enorme Atlântico, em Lisboa, volta a receber Waters na terça-feira, 22 de março).

O espetáculo erigido em torno do duplo The Wall , sabem-nos os fãs mais dedicados e os ouvintes ocasionais, é grandioso: ao fim da primeira música há um avião - réplica de um Stuka, bombardeiro alemão da II Guerra - que sobrevoa a plateia despenhando-se contra o muro e aí se "incendiando" (impõe, confessamos, algum respeito); há uma produção de palco espantosa, cativante e imaculada, e há também uma noção assumida, por autores e espetadores, da importância do disco e do concerto na história do rock. O que mais surpreende, no meio de um espetáculo que se poderia temer megalómano, é então o ambiente quase familiar e acolhedor do serão, com pais e filhos em harmonia, entoando todas as letras e exultando, atentamente, com o foguetório que ia sendo disparado do palco-muro disposto a toda a largura do Atlântico (a propósito: por uma vez a sala provou ser a melhor escolha para receber o espetáculo, não nos tendo nós apercebido das deficiências de som comuns neste local).

Geralmente badalado pela sua conotação política, The Wall é agora, segundo o próprio Roger Waters, citado pelo Atual desta semana, "mais universal que a [produção] original", e à segunda música da noite, "The Thin Ice", surgem imagens do seu pai, Eric Waters, morto na II Guerra Mundial, tal como de civis anónimos (sobretudo do Médio Oriente) desaparecidos nos últimos anos. Na base de tudo, porém, está a viagem quase psicanalítica de Roger Waters, e mesmo no meio de toda a pirotecnia isso transparece. Na frente do palco-muro, trajado de negro (lá atrás esconde-se a banda numerosa e cumpridora), Waters apresenta o seu "bebé", The Wall , com orgulho e "savoir faire", mas também com a fragilidade de quem se debate, perante milhares de estranhos e por vezes até sem a "muleta" do baixo, com fantasmas íntimos.

Por um lado uma gigantesca produção, com o muro a erguer-se durante o primeiro acto e a transfigurar-se no segundo, até à derradeira queda, o concerto The Wall é, ao mesmo tempo, a jornada interior de um homem alienado de um certo mundo e abrigado num outro, ora fantasioso ora distópico. Apesar da grande aclamação de "Another Brick In The Wall" (com as 15 crianças de uma associação cultural da Cova da Moura eufóricas em palco, a dançar e interagir com um dos bonecos de Gerard Scarfe), "Mother", "Comfortably Numb" ou "Run Like Hell", é complicado escolher os momentos altos de um espetáculo que flui com muita naturalidade e consegue ser tão impressionante, a nível visual, como tocante pelo seu conteúdo.

Por exemplo: durante a inescapável "Another Brick In The Wall Part 2", Waters "estreia" dois solos de guitarra, enquanto um curiosíssimo efeito - uma carruagem de metro, qual interminável centopeia - nos implora a atenção dos olhos, percorrendo, veloz, o palco-muro. Segundos depois, é Jean Charles de Menezes, o brasileiro morto pela polícia londrina em 2005, a ser lembrado no mural dos desaparecidos, numa inesperada homenagem. O "ataque" aos sentidos, e ao coração, culmina na primeira interpelação de Waters ao público, simples e afável, lembrando os "inacreditáveis" 31 anos que se passaram sobre os primeiros concertos The Wall e apresentando a belíssima "Mother", na qual contracenou consigo mesmo, graças às imagens de uma atuação dos Pink Floyd em 1980 derramadas sobre o muro, em jeito de sombra. Foi um momento de grande intimismo - algo difícil de almejar a uma escala tão grande - e também de grande partilha, ampliada quando, à pergunta "Should I trust the government?", e a resposta se pintou garrida no muro: "No fucking way". Escusado será dizer que a multidão, com os nervos políticos em franja, se alvoroçou.

Ao longo dos últimos dias, a BLITZ publicou aqui, no seu site, imagens de concertos da mesma digressão, mas é consideravelmente diferente ver ao vivo as pombas da paz a darem lugar aos aviões da guerra, ou sentir na pele o contraste entre a suavidade da música e as imagens agrestes de "Goodbye Blue Sky" (curiosamente, a "chuva" de Estrelas de David, criticada por alguns setores judeus, não pareceu incomodar o público, ao contrário das referências a marcas, prontamente apupadas). Embalados pela narrativa e pela construção do muro que, cada vez maior, torna as projeções ainda mais envolventes, chegamos ao intervalo, para o qual Roger Waters parte, cantando "à janela", "Goodbye Cruel World".

20 minutos mais tarde, o segundo ato, fortemente assente em ilusões de ótica que fazem o público crer no desmoronar do muro, quando os "tijolos" que o compõem se mantêm ainda firmes e hirtos, traz as muito aguardadas "Hey You", "Is There Anybody Out There?" ou "Bring The Boys Back Home", musicalmente épico e visualmente intenso, com fotografias de crianças desfavorecidas a comover a plateia. Invariavelmente atento e pouco dado a participações fora de tempo, o público português deixar-se-ia ainda conduzir por Waters no coro de "Comfortably Numb", maravilhar pelo anunciado porco insuflável e gritar o nome do seu herói ("Waters, Waters, Waters!") antes de este lhes dar permissão para, em "Run Like Hell", se "divertirem". Com jogos de palavras à volta do império iPod ("iRun", "iProfit", "iLose", ia-se lendo nas projeções) este foi um dos últimos "picos de corrente" do espetáculo, que terminou com toda a "equipa" na boca de cena - contámos 12 músicos, Roger Waters incluído - agradecendo a presença e a postura dos portugueses.

"Quando escrevi [este disco] as pessoas não o respeitaram da mesma forma", disse Waters na despedida. "Mas nestes anos todos muita coisa mudou e nós não podíamos estar mais contentes por estarmos aqui esta noite". Pareceu sincero, emocionado e, à semelhança do concerto que ali terminava, emocionou. Missão mais do que cumprida."

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