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Whitesnake and Judas Priest: a night to
remember (9/11/2011 - Citibank Hall - Rio
de Janeiro )
How can I describe a night in which people
could see two of the best bands of all times in action? Amazing? Astonishing?
Wonderful? Well, I guess there aren't enough adjectives for a night that
started with the heart and soul of Whitesnake’s Hard Rock and ended with a
lesson of the classic Heavy Metal of Judas Priest.
A few hours before the concert, the mall
where Citibank Hall is located in Rio de Janeiro, traditionally visited by
families, was dominated by a sea of black T-shirts, as it’s seems to be the
uniform of Rock’n’roll.
Whitesnake and Judas Priest fans at the food court. |
After a fast snack in the food court, it was time to go to the show. And at 9:30 PM sharp, the first chords of My Generation from The Who preceded Whitesnake’s entrance on the stage, as they have been doing in this tour to promote their new album Forevermore.
They opened the concert with Best Years, a
song from the album Good to be bad, but the crowd started to get crazy with the
second song: Give me all your love, one of the band’s biggest hits. But the
house started to tremble (as I’ve never seen before) with Love ain’t no
stranger, a huge success in Brazil ,
since 1985, when Whitesnake was the first international attraction of first
Rock in Rio Festival. Besides, this song has been used in a cigarette’s TV
commercial (when this kind of propaganda was allowed in the country), so it’s
carved into stone in people’s minds.
After the ballad Is this love, it was time
for some new material, and they introduced the powerful Steel your heart away
and Forevermore from their latest album, also called Forevermore.
It wasn’t a night only for David Coverdale
showing his natural charm (yes, he still has it) and powerful voice: guitar
players Reb Beach and Doug Aldrich also performed an unforgettable guitar duel,
which simply hypnotized people at the venue.
Whitesnake: setting the crowd on fire. |
And one by one, all elements that make up a good Hard Rock concert nowadays were shown at the stage: heart, soul, powerful ballads, amazing guitar solos, bass and drum in total harmony and a beautiful voice that marked more than one generation.
Whitesnake ended their show with Deep
Purple’s Burn. Again, the house was shaking. After an epic concert, what else
could we want?
We wanted Judas Priest and the lesson of
Heavy Metal they are performing in this tour, called Epitaph. In fact it could
be called Heavy Metal’s Essentials or Heavy Metal for Dummies.
Besides each and every fan of Heavy Metal,
this concert should also be seen by people who doesn’t like the gender or who
doesn’t know nothing about it. It would be pretty clarifying for them...
They opened their Heavy Metal lesson with
Rapid Fire from the 1980’s album British Steel. From this classic album,
they’ve also played Metal Gods and Living after midnight, song with which they
ended the show.
A journey into 40 years of classic Heavy Metal. |
With each song, the screen behind the band showed the corresponding album and Rob Halford, as a true master of ceremony, explained a little bit about the history of the song and the album.
And in this lesson of Heavy Metal, the
crowd could enjoy a parade of classic songs, like Judas Rising, Night Crawler,
Turbo Lover, Breaking the Law and Painkiller. Again, the venue was shaking.
It's worth to note that Rob Halford still
has the pipes and the new guitar player, Richie Faulkner (ex-Voodoo Six), who
had the difficult mission of replacing the iconic guitar player KK Downing,
after his retirement, is equally gifted.
To finish such a perfect night (and this
perfect lesson), the band chosen 4 more classics to the encore: The Hellion,
Electric Eye, Hell Bent for Leather, and You've Got Another Thing Coming.
However, they still had one more classic to play, and they ended the show with
Living after midnight, the icing on the cake.
Setlist Whitesnake
Opening: My Generation (The Who song)
- Best Years
- Give Me All Your Love
- Love Ain't No Stranger
- Is This Love
- Steal Your Heart Away
- Forevermore
- Guitar Duel
- Love Will Set You Free
- Drum Solo
- Here I Go Again
- Still Of The Night
- Soldier of Fortune (Deep Purple cover)
- Burn / Stormbringer (Deep Purple cover)
Setlist Judas Priest:
- Rapid Fire
- Metal Gods
- Heading Out to the Highway
- Judas Rising
- Starbreaker
- Victim of Changes
- Never Satisfied
- Diamonds & Rust (Joan Baez cover)
- Dawn Of Creation
- Prophecy
- Night Crawler
- Turbo Lover
- Beyond the Realms of Death
- The Sentinel
- Blood Red Skies
- The Green Manalishi (Fleetwood Mac cover)
- Breaking the Law
- Painkiller
Encore 1:
- The Hellion
- Electric Eye
- Hell Bent for Leather
- You've Got Another Thing Comin'
Encore 2:
- Living After Midnight
Whitesnake e Judas Priest: uma noite a ser lembrada (11/09/2011
- Citibank Hall - Rio de Janeiro )
Algumas horas antes do show, o shopping center onde fica o Citibank
Hall no Rio de Janeiro, tradicionalmente frequentado por famílias com crianças,
foi tomado por um mar de camisetas pretas, que parece ser o uniforme do Rock’n’roll.
Fãs do Whitesnake e Judas Priest na praça de alimentação. |
Depois de um lanche rápido da praça de alimentação, era hora
de ir para o show. E às 21h30min em ponto, os primeiros acordes de My
Generation do The Who foram tocados, precedendo a entrada do Whitesnake no
palco, como tem sido feito nessa turnê para promover o novo álbum da banda, Forevermore.
Eles abriram o show com Best Years, uma música do álbum Good
to be bad, mas o público começou a enlouquecer com a segunda música: Give me
all your love, um dos maiores sucessos da banda. Mas a casa começou a tremer (como eu nunca tinha visto antes) com Love ain’t no
stranger, um enorme sucesso no Brasil, desde 1985, quando o Whitesnake foi a
primeira atração internacional do primeiro Rock in Rio .
Além disso, essa música foi usada em um comercial de cigarro para TV (quando
esse tipo de propaganda era permitido no país), por isso, está gravada na
memória da maioria das pessoas.
Depois da balada Is this love, era hora de ouvir um pouco do
material novo e eles apresentaram as poderosas Steel your heart away e
Forevermore de seu último álbum, também chamado Forevermore.
Não era apenas uma noite para David Coverdale mostrar seu
charme natural (sim, ele ainda o tem) e voz poderosa: os guitarristas Reb Beach
e Doug Aldrich também realizaram um duelo de guitarra inesquecível, que
simplesmente hipnotizou as pessoas no local.
Whitesnake: empolgando o público. |
E um a um, todos os elementos que formam um bom show de Hard
Rock hoje em dia foram mostrados no palco: emoção, sentimento, baladas
poderosas, solos de guitarra maravilhosos, baixo e bateria em total harmonia e
uma bela voz que marcou mais de uma geração.
O Whitesnake encerrou seu show com a música Burn, do Deep
Purple. Novamente, a casa estava tremendo. Depois de um show épico, o que mais
poderíamos querer?
Nós queríamos Judas Priest e a aula de Heavy Metal que eles
estão apresentando nessa turnê, chamada Epitaph. Na verdade, ela poderia se
chamar Fundamentos do Heavy Metal’ ou Heavy Metal para Neófitos.
Além de todos os fãs de Heavy Metal, esse show também
poderia ser visto por pessoas que não gostam do gênero ou que não sabem nada
sobre ele. Isso seria muito esclarecedor para essas pessoas...
Eles abriram a aula de Heavy Metal com Rapid Fire do álbum
de 1980 British Steel. Deste álbum clássico, eles também tocaram Metal Gods e
Living after midnight, com a qual encerraram o show.
Uma viagem por 40 anos de Heavy Metal clássico. |
A cada música, a tela atrás da banda mostrava o álbum
correspondente e Rob Halford, um mestre de cerimônias legítimo, explicava um
pouco sobre a história da música e do álbum.
E nessa aula de Heavy Metal, o público pôde curtir um
desfile de canções já clássicas, como Judas Rising, Night Crawler, Turbo Lover,
Breaking the Law e Painkiller. Mais uma vez, o lugar estava balançando.
Vale a pena observar que Rob Halford ainda canta muito bem e
o novo guitarrista, Richie Faulkner (ex-Voodoo Six), que recebeu a difícil
missão de substituir o icônico KK Downing, após sua aposentadoria, é igualmente
talentoso.
Setlist Whitesnake
Abertura: My Generation (The Who)
- Best Years
- Give Me All Your Love
- Love Ain't No Stranger
- Is This Love
- Steal Your Heart Away
- Forevermore
- Guitar Duel
- Love Will Set You Free
- Drum Solo
- Here I Go Again
- Still Of The Night
- Soldier of Fortune (Deep Purple cover)
- Burn / Stormbringer (Deep Purple cover)
Setlist Judas Priest:
- Rapid Fire
- Metal Gods
- Heading Out to the Highway
- Judas Rising
- Starbreaker
- Victim of Changes
- Never Satisfied
- Diamonds & Rust (Joan Baez cover)
- Dawn Of Creation
- Prophecy
- Night Crawler
- Turbo Lover
- Beyond the Realms of Death
- The Sentinel
- Blood Red Skies
- The Green Manalishi (Fleetwood Mac cover)
- Breaking the Law
- Painkiller
Bis 1:
- The Hellion
- Electric Eye
- Hell Bent for Leather
- You've Got Another Thing Comin'
Bis 2:
- Living After Midnight
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