RUI BRANCO
After Bob Dylan and Neil Young, two other indispensable figure in the popular music of the last 40 years intersect today in Lisbon: Leonard Cohen performs on the Promenade in Algés, while Lou Reed plays in the Small Field.
The canadian Leonard Cohen not visited us 20 years ago. This singer-songwriter, above all, a poet, near the 74-year-old, gained notoriety initially in the distant decade of the 50′s as a writer. Only in the middle of the roaring 60′s is that Cohen decided to launch himself into the world of music, for which was essential the meeting with the singer Judy Collins. “Songs of Leonard Cohen” would be the first album of a musical career very productive in this aspect: edited 13 albums, yet it has kept the flame literary.
In 1974 decided to move away from the world of music, by if find disappointed and still feel some lack of inspiration. He returned three years later with an album, “Death of the ladie”s man”, marked by friction with producer Phil Spector.
“I’m your man”, the album of 1988, mark their commercial success, and the applause of critics.
Character fascinating, Cohen decided by another retreat, in the years 90, this made for a monastery near Los Angeles where he was ordained as a buddhist monk.In 2001, becomes reborn with the “Ten new songs”, that would be “Dear Heather”.
it Is this figure that will be on stage more than once in Algés, to offer some of the successes that have marked his career, such as, for example, “Dance me to the end of love”, “Everybody knows”, “Suzanne”, “I’m your man”, “So long, Marianne”, “Sisters of mercy”, “Closing time”, “Bird on the wire” or “Hallelujah”,among others, in a concert that lasts for two hours (with an interval of 20 minutes). According to the promoter, were sold eight thousand tickets at the price of 35 euros.
as for Lou Reed, at 66, has become famous in pop during the florida 60′s through the Velvet Underground, sponsored by Andy Warhol, who was the lead singer and main composer. They were times of excess without limits, that are quite evident in some of the songs that he wrote. Them addresses topics such as the culture of drug abuse, sadomasochism, transvestism, among other subjects forbidden to most mortals.
In the years 70, has embarked on a solo career and the theme is “Walk in the wild side” opened him the doors of the mainstream: their music would no longer be a secret from the underground culture to become a phenomenon of the masses.
In his rich solo career has crossed several times with your companion of the Velvet, John Cale, as well as with Don Cherry, Patti Smith, David Byrne, particularly in concert surprise in the club new york city CBGB’s.
In 1990, signing with Cale a heart-felt tribute to Warhol on the album “Songs for Drella”. A decade later, the times rocker intractable acted before the Pope John Paul II in Rome…
Reed has two passages marked by the city of Porto: in 1981, after a day of S. John, pure and simply decided not to play. In 2005, he performed at the inauguration of the House of Music.
In Lisbon interprets “Berlin”, the album that he edited in 1973. On the disk, Lou tells the story of Caroline and Jim, a couple of berlin whose existence is marked by drugs, sex and violence. Will work with about 30 musicians. The tickets stand between 25 and 75 euros.
Tomorrow repeats the performance in Loulé, integrated in the festival’s domestic oil to feed cars Editions.
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