Julio Iglesias veio a Bahrain, participar do festival da
primavera. Eu confesso que fico meio enlouquecida essa epoca do ano, por que
tudodeumavezagora, varios artistas vem pra ca. E o resto do ano, nao acontece praticamente nada na area cultural.
Entao, eu me sinto como um camelo - que tem que estocar o maximo de agua possivel na corcunda, pra se preparar para os dias de seca no deserto. Durante o festival, quero ir a todos os shows, abracar o mundo, assistir a tudo o
que eu puder.
O Julio ( ai como eu to intima) viria no ano passado, mas o festival foi cancelado
por causa dos conflitos e ele acabou assinando contrato pra esse ano. Eu nao ia, eu nem gosto dele os convites estavam bem caros e como sao muitos
shows, eu tive que acabar escolhendo os meus favoritos. Julio Iglesias ia ficar
pra outra oportunidade.
O negocio e que uma amiga me ligou e disse que tinha dois
convites na ala VIP que ela gostaria de
me dar. Aceitei na hora, claro. De graca, ate injecao na testa...e se for botox entao, ja peco logo varias picadas.
No dia do show, Fabio acordou se sentindo meio mal e ficou
em casa – eu fui com um amigo.
Fui sem grandes expectativas. Me lembro de ter crescido
ouvindo Julio Iglesias, ate a minha avo era fa dele. Meio Roberto Carlos
espanhol. E eu nao ouco Roberto Carlos.
Ja de cara me surpreendi com o carisma dele. O cara tem 68
anos e tem um dominio de palco de dar inveja a garotinho de Las Vegas. Show de
bola.
Ele cantou em Espanhol, em Ingles e em Italiano. A voz dele
nao se tocou que o resto do corpo envelheceu e continua fazendo e acontecendo!
Ele cantou musicas romanticas, cantou tres tangos ( e dois
bailarinos excepcionais dancaram no palco durante essas apresentacoes),
conversou com o publico, fez piadinha e encantou todo mundo.
O cara e fera. Nao vou ficar aqui discutindo gosto ou
qualidade musical. Isso todo mundo conhece e ja tem opiniao formada, ninguem
precisa do meu pitaco.
O que eu quero falar e do talento dele como show man. Como
ele cativa a audiencia, faz piadas perigosas :
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Nossa, eu nunca imaginei que um dia estaria
tomando vodka em Bahrain, numa garrafinha de Evian...
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Nao sei se a minha mae tem ascendencia arabe ou
Judia, mas sei que ela e minha mae. Ja meu pai, esse eu nem sei se e meu pai...
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Uma vez eu tive uma namorada arabe...foram os
melhores anos da minha vida...e ficou suspirando...
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Se voces dancarem um tango com o seu amante marido hoje e nao ficar gravida, amanha cedo
voce ligue para os eu medico...
Tudo muito inocente e razoavel, voce deve estar pensando.
Mas nos moramos num pais arabe, onde os “pode”e “nao pode” sao muito diferentes
dos normais.
E ele colocou as back vocals em vestidos super sexy e
provocantes, colocou a dancarina de tango com as costas e pernas completamente
de fora e pra completar a ousadia, a dancarina brasileira lascou um beijo na boca dele – depois jurou que tinha sido surpresa ate pra ele...
Resumindo, o cara aos 68 anos de idade segura o
palco e o publico na unha. E entre thobes e abbayas ele foi aplaudido de pe.
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Julio Iglesias came to Bahrain, to participate in the "spring of cultures". Every year, the Ministry of Culture organizes a huge number of shows from all over the world and brings them to perform in Bahrain. I confess I get crazy this time of the year, because it all happens at once, and for the next 11 months, nothing really exciting happens in the cultural scene.
So, I feel like a camel - who has to store as much water as possible in it's hump, to prepare for the days of drought in the desert. During the festival, I go to all shows, watch everything I can, trying to embrace the world.Julio (calling him by his first name - who do I think I am?) was booked to came last year, but the festival was canceled due to the political conflicts, so they postponed the show for this year.
I wasn't going, I do not even like him , the tickets were very expensive, there are many shows, and I had to pick my favorites. Julio Iglesias was going to wait for another chance.But a friend called me and offered me two VIP tickets. Of course I accepted them right away. In Brazil we have a saying : "for free we even accept injections on our foreheads" Of course this was before botox, because now we PAY for those...
On the day of the show, Fabio woke up feeling a little sick and decided to stay home - I went with a friend.I went without high expectations. I remember growing up listening to Julio Iglesias, my grandmother liked him.
As soon as he arrived on stage, he surprised me with his charisma. The guy is 68 years and has a great stage presence. He reminded me of Las Vegas shows. Just amazing.
He sang in Spanish, in English and Italian. He sang romantic songs, sang three tangos (two exceptional dancers danced on stage during these presentations), he spoke to the audience, made little jokes and charmed everyone.The man is great on stage. I will not be here discussing musical taste.
What impressed me was the way he interacted with the public, how he managed to get people laughing, crying and singing with him.
Some of his jokes were even innaporpriate:
- Wow, I never imagined that one day I would be drinking vodka in Bahrain, from a small bottle of Evian ...
- I do not know if my mother was Jewish or Arab descent, but I know she was my mother. But my father, I do not even know if he was my father ...
- I once had an arab girlfriend ... those were the best years of my life ...
- If you guys dance a tango with your lover husband today and do not get pregnant, tomorrow you should call a doctor ...
All very innocent and reasonable, you must be thinking. But we live in an Arab country, where "OK" and "not OK" are very different from what we are used to.
His dancers were wearing very "revealling"clothes, the tango dancer was showing all her back and her legs were totally exposed. The Brazilian dancer gave him a passionate, wet kiss on the lips, that surprised everyone.In short, the guy with 68 years of age and is holding the stage and the audience as if he was on his 30's.