Rocks

As we took our positions at the closest spots to the stage we were booed from the people behind us who were sit. They wanted us to sit... and the show haven't even started yet! Do you think we sat? Well, they later threw paper and beer on us.

Caetano Veloso delivered tonight a show beyond expectations: techinically perfect and uhg who am I kidding with this talk? Everything was perfect including the companies, so cool and hype. The man has such a charisma and presence! He's humble and snob altogether but always close to the public, sometimes dancing always making us cheer. The repertoire was a well balanced mix of the rocks from the latest album Cê and samba [electrified by psychodelic guitar and bass]. And fuck the man can rock! In a less effusive and classier Mick Jagger style he fronted a band that shone with him throughout the show. I danced, sang-along, waved hands did everything I needed to extravasate the joy that music was bringing. When he played the classic Sampa as a rock I simply died; and when Rocks was played Nine and I danced widly as people gathered on the front to do the same. At the encore he played Transa's You Don't Know Me... fuck! the whole place went down, singing and dancing madly!!

We noticed the old people didn't seem much to be into the vibe as if not getting Caetano's latest reinvention. Which is something really stupid; Caetano is a pure example of a totally free artist, he never ever cared to please anyone doing what he likes and that way gathering fans and admirors all over his more than 20-year-old career. This time he came with a fresh and raw experimental rock album that resembles the indie rock being done nowadays. Some loved [meeeee!!], some rock geeks despised, some Caetano fans too.. but fuck these last two, they missed to enjoy a marvelous reinvention plus concert.

Caetano is Rock! Caetano is Art!

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[Song: Deusa Urbana - Caetano Veloso]