Saturday, October 17, 2015

The best concert I've ever seen

Fortunately, I've had the chances to go to lots of concerts because my older brother and sister invite me to almost every concert that they go. I've seen Iron Maiden, Santana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, The Offspring, Zas, Black Sabbath, Jack White with Robert Plant, recently I went to Santiago Gets Louder festival to see Faith No More and System of a Down, also I went to this year's Lollapalloza festival. Despite seening all that great artist I would have to say that the best concerts that I've seen are Paul McCartney at Estadio Nacional in 2011, Roger Water's "The Wall" also at Estadio Nacional in 2012, and, just two days ago, Muse at Movistar Arena. I remember those three concerts as if they have been just yesterday (although one of those was, in fact, just two days ago hahaha).
Paul McCartney's concert was amazing, a trip for his entire career, reviewing his Beatles times with song like Drive my Car, Penny Lane, Hey Jude, Let it Be, etc. Also, his Wings times with Jet, Band of the Run or Live and Let Die and of course his solo albums with song like Dance Tonight. He even had time to honor John Lennon and George Harrison, that was very beautiful.
The Roger Waters concert was very different as it was a whole concept of the album "The Wall", not just play good songs, he made the entire stadium part of the show, with speakers surrounding the stadium for the helicopter effcts, a large wall covered all the stage in the first half of the album for, later to be destroyed for the final of the album concept. That show was really amazing, is maybe the biggest production in the rock world, for all it takes.
Finally, the Muse concert just two days ago was brilliant. I arrived to Parque O'Higgins near 11pm to make line to be the nearest possible to the band's stage, and I got it. Althought it wasn't a long concert, it was very energical, I yelled every song as it should be for your favorite band. The concert had lots of videos, images that gave life to the album's tour concept: "Drones". Lots of lights that were kind a "playing" with song with a perfect cohesion. Definetelly, the have one of the greatest live shows nowadays.
So, those are my favorite concerts, every one of them with huge world quality productions. As I said in my previous post, I dream giving great concerts like those. If someday I have the oportunity to do it, of curse that those great shows would serve as inspiration for me and my hypothetical shows.

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