That the voice of a first level singer is heard as an indistinguishable and unpleasant mejunje looks like a problem. Especially if 150 euros have been paid for attending the concert. We know that the acoustics of the Metropolitan Stadium (Madrid), where Last night acted AC/DC with full (55,000), belongs to the category of “needs to improve, and much”, so here the doubt is whether Brian Johnson’s vocal capacity, smelled ostensibly in recent years, had something to do with some of his interventions last night.
We refer to what reached the high stand, where they placed this chronicler, and thousands of more people. There was a reverberant sound that knocked down the ears of the spectators. It was an insidious cicada echo. The question is: did they place an echo in the vocalist’s team to alleviate his affected vocal health? We will never know.
Also clarify that not only did it be deficient what came out of the main microphone: the rest of the instruments also did not show much sharpness. And see that it was easy: bass, drums and guitar. This is AC/DC and, as they know, they do not usually accompany themselves with a symphony orchestra. What reached better clarity was the guitar of Angus Young, blessed are his fingers, his delivery, his talent. He saved the recital.
It was a shame the acoustic inconvenience, because the atmosphere was great, with a lot of audience (also young and families) with the demon headbands placed in the head, the fist raised, dancing, shouting the choruses: almost better to listen to the neighbor singing “and you shook me there all night long, yaah” that Brian who appeared yesterday. They have us at their feet, we are willing to scratch our pocket to listen to a few songs that excite us, we endure high (and dynamic) prices, we pay the excessive management expenses, we release three euros for a bottle of water … We only ask that we pamper us a little and not attentive against our auditory pavilions. Come, it’s not so difficult.
Last night we had the songs, those muscular immortal rocks. Because the riff of guitar of If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It) and jumps from the armchair; And then the powerful cadence of Back In Black, And this time Highway to Hell Do not click on a lazy classic rock station: they are them, you have them in front, even if they sound at lightning. What also damping the effect of criminal sound was the good vibes of the public, which was infected as one pile recharging another. These people do not deserve acoustic conditions that are not ten.
The group held a concert similar to last year at the Cartuja of Seville. Not surprisingly, they are still immersed on the same tour, Power Up Tour. As in that, they endure the foundations because Angus Young holds them. He is the pillar of this band: that 70 -year -old dressed anachronically dressed as a schoolboy from when school was going with short pants and tie. They see: what in principle looked like a cool (that children’s attire) has become a genius that already lasts five decades. Angus has been the support of the group for many years, but it shows more now that he only remains of the original members. Brian Johnson, the older (77 years), joined in 1980, year in which he replaced the always remembered Bon Scott.
Angus, anking like a fish out of the water, with the legend of AC/DC uploading to its bony back, enduring what they throw to offer an exhibition of Guitarristic Roll that ends up wrapped in a miasma of sweats, open shirts, fingers cut from so much scarf on the strings and chamuscada peel. If when I was 30, I needed anything else to finish the recitals to connect to a bottle to administer the oxygen revitalizing, imagine now.
The group displayed the scenic tricks of the house: the giant bell with the four -letter logo and the ray in Hells Bells, The voluptuous girl (this time in images) in Whole Lotta Rosie, The platform that elevates Angus in Let There Be Rock, The scenario crowded with marshall amplifiers, the cannons of For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)…
Some stops between songs felt a bit long, and what in another situation could be a bankruptcy of the show rhythm last night was thanked for fighting us a few seconds from the squeaky sound. They touched on the songs that everyone wanted: in addition to those mentioned, they also undertook Thunderstruck, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, High Voltage, Riff Raff...
Johnson reached the final phase with the voice made a gravel. Suffered a lot in T.N.T. y For Those About to Rock He saved her for the bassist’s choirs, Chris Chaney, and the rhythmic guitarist, Stevie Young. Not even the echo covered the singer. The recital ended between cannon and fireworks, a rumble similar to that of some phases of the recital.
On Wednesday the Australian band plays again in Madrid and some tickets are left to sell. The bad news is that he expects the same treacherous enclosure and that it seems little time for Johnson to recover his best version.