For this vacation the Gatos had a quite memorable surprise for us. We went to the Hollywood Bowl to see Paul McCartney.
I have never really been fond of him, but he was spectacular. And watching him playing at the Bowl, after what he called "a million of years", made me have my own travel through time. The Beatles played here in the sixties, and since then Paul had not come back to this magnificent stage. He remembered the crowds back then, John, George, the civil rights struggle and linked this memories back to the future, to Obama's smiling face, and a song calling for change.
Meanwhile, I remembered the height of the eighties, when mum brought me to Hollywood, to see Marilyn Monroe's foot and hand prints at the Chinese theater. Dressed like a mini-Madonna, and endlessly moody, mum made me visit an empty Hollywood Bowl, to see the stage where the biggest ones played. I thought of you during the whole concert last night, mamichi.
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I have always been reluctant to concede a true artistic quality to the major part of pop and rock music, possibly because at the side of a Bach cello sonata most everything that can be performed has a simplicity close to the offense. However, what has to be praised, is the social change that some of the major perfomers of the last 50 years have inspired. Mr. McCarthney and friends are one of the top examples. Just imagine the way they shaped generations, opening millions of eyes to what is now a universal right of dissention and questioning to authority, using the less violent way to teach the meaning of tolerance. In the past, such changes were caused only by tragedy - if massive - or quietly inspired by literature - if elitistic. To my eyes, this is the major achievement of modern popular music and the personalities behind it. Not a minor thing.
Wow!!! I am speechless!!! Paul is one of my favorite performers. I had the opportunity to see him in Mexico City, about 17 years ago (chale!!! I'm getting old).
me encanto que pensaras tanto en tu mama, y que recordaras que te llevo a ver las manos y pies de MM... Besitos
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