miamilan blog: coming up next... concerts

coming up next... concerts

about Paolo Nutini and Ennio Morricone concerts: see other posts.

Juliette Lewis @ Magazzini Generali

sfilata Miss Bikini catwalk in Milan with Juliette

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9b5bZ_GKt0

Hot kiss (Juliette Lewis and The Licks): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25E-0uZVokY

Stereophonics @ Alcatraz

www.stereo-phonics.blogspot.com

I was thinking: Oasis are over, Led Zeppelin are over, the Beatles I think they're over ^_^, so what's my 4th fav band? The Phonics!
They're Oasis friends as well, and performed gigs with them.
16th November: Stereophonics new album "Keep calm and carry on"
At their last gig in Milan (2005) I met them, they were on the tourbus outside the venue and I met also funny people, a girl from Rimini, an English boy, I gave him a free ticket and he was so happy and surprised because of me speaking English so good ^_^ (sorry for mistakes :), I said it's thanks to your songs :), he said he wanted to learn Italian so well. It's a pity we lost ourselves after the gig, hope to find them again.

Innocent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rAxeEcSWJ4

Diana Krall @ Arcimboldi theatre

The look of love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it1NaXrIN9I

Fly me to the Moon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVCgf6_M7i4

Kasabian @ Alcatraz disco

Yesterday morning they told they come back to Milan again. Sergio Pizzorno will convince girls to come :)

L.S.F. Lost Souls Forever (escape from Alcatraz :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ouzUazBIIQ
Fire: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd0Y1Sko7hA

Empire: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoC1EgaDhxE
Club Foot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC-Mp105WJ4

Underdog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNGjaCpiAHc
Me Plus One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaASRemw1a4
Shoot The Runner: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fe6dQ1TwmQ
Vlad The Impaler: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM5YDI7ttME
Heaton Park 2009 with Oasis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqqOYlpfc8Y

Where did all the love go? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuPK6KgSjno

Brett Anderson @ Musicdrome (near San Siro)

tour for the 3rd solo album with his band, but probably he will perform summat from his old Suede career.
www.suedetears.blogspot.com
One time even Noel Gallagher said Brett writes good lyrics :), usually speaking about women and cars :)
For those who didn't know them, his most famous song was probably Beautiful ones:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPFd-CHLaAA

The chemistry between us: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3zAZPgFt6Q

See also the post about the English pub and shopping in via Torino.

She's in fashion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsbTfdcHXRs

Claudio Baglioni @ Arcimboldi theatre

dedicated to East girls
4 nights
those days are holidays

one of the most famous Italian songwriters of love songs, appreciated also abroad.
In September he was in Verona, now Milano.

This is his most famous song, Questo piccolo grande amore (This little big love) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEj1G-52jW4
Strada facendo ("Me and my dark eyes grew up together...") http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1lCUrpIPIY

Mille giorni di te e di me (One thousand days of you and me) (video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl8w29MdfNg
E tu (And you) (karaoke) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDOECGGinoI
La vita è adesso (Life is now) (video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myUSmbOsGKI
Avrai (You'll have) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH6ZTh_EQjc
Sabato pomeriggio (Saturday afternoon) (video with a young Baglioni)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngAT4KFYy5E
Amore bello (Nice love) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLYdDfBi2ho
Tu come stai? (How are you?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLZYBeYhOKY
Poster http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xaB2J7YFPA

This is a song of the '80s (also poem), titled "Le ragazze dell'Est" (The girls of East), very emotional and meaningful, which I tried to translate down.
dedicated to all the girls from East Europe, the most beautiful in the world.

some ways to learn the language of love :)

Le ragazze dell'Est

Nei mattini pallidi ancora imburrati di foschia
risatine come monete soffiate nei caffè
facce ingenue appena truccate di tenera euforia
occhi chiari laghi gemelli occhi dolci amari...Io le ho viste
fra cemento e cupole d'oro che il vento spazza via
sotto pensiline che aspettano il sole e il loro tram
coprirsi bene il cuore in mezzo a sandali e vecchie camicie fantasia
e a qualcuno solo e ubriaco che vomita sul mondo...
Io le ho viste portare fiori e poi fuggire via
e provare a dire qualcosa in un italiano strano
io le ho viste coi capelli di sabbia raccolti nei foulard
e un dolore nuovo e lontano tenuto per la mano...
Io le ho viste che cantavano nei giorni brevi di un'idea
e gomiti e amicizie intrecciati per una strada
io le ho viste stringere le lacrime di una primavera che non venne mai
volo di cicogne con ali di cera...
Ancora io le ho viste far la fila con impazienza davanti ai gelatai
quando il cielo stufo d'inverno promette un po' di blu
piccole Regine fra statue di eroi e di operai
lievi spine d'ansia nei petti rotondi e bianchi...
Io le ho viste
eccitate buffe e sudate per la felicità
negli alberghi dove si balla gridare l'allegria
e bere birra e chiudere di fuori la solita neve e la realtà
e ballare alcune tra loro e ballare e poi ballare...
Le ho viste
nelle sere quando son chiuse le fabbriche e le vie
sulle labbra vaghi sorrisi di attesa e chissà che
scrivere sui vetri ghiacciati le loro fantasie
povere belle donne innamorate d'amore e della vita...le ragazze dell'Est.

THE GIRLS OF EAST

In pale mornings still buttered of mist
little laughing as coins blowns in cafes
naive faces a bit maked up of tender euphoria
light eyes twin lakes bitter sweet eyes...I've seen them
between cement and golden domes that wind wipes away
under bus shelters waiting for the sun and their tram
well covering their heart between sandals and old fantasy shirts
and some man alone and drunk vomiting over the world...
I've seen them bringing flowers and then flee away
and trying to say something in a funny Italian
I've seen them with sand hair gathered in foulards
and a new far pain kept with the hand...
I've seen them singing in short days of an idea
and elbows and friendships weaved in a street
I've seen them pressing the tears of a spring that never came
flight of stork with wax wings...
Still I've seen them impatient in the queues for ice creams
when the sky tired of winter, it promises a bit of blue
little Queens between statues of heroes and workers
soft thorns of anxiety in round white breasts...
I've seen them
excited funny and sweaty for happiness
in the hotels where dancing shouting joy
and drinking beer and closing outside the usual snow and reality
and some between them dancing and dancing and then dancing...
I've seen them
in the evenings when factories and the streets are closed
on their lips vague smiles of waiting and who knows what
writing on freezed glasses their fantasies
poor beautiful women in love with love and life...the girls of East.

Ragazze dell'Est http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAWC_Zp6zGE

White Lies @ Alcatraz disco

To lose my life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6jRdEy1dGI
Death: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWLRqrvn1qU
I would have made different the final part from 4:05 minute: no voice, but only a guitar solo, and longer, cos it sounds good.

Farewell to the fairground http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dohJLd3IQmk

There's no place like home... so true!

James Morrison @ Alcatraz disco

You give me something: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzS6oB2WVX0
The pieces don't fit anymore: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9UZ6Qb7mBg
Broken strings (feat. Nelly Furtado): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aluwpslpygQ
Please don't stop the rain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTjPSACyzSQ
You make it real: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU1Yau9K9YQ

Wonderful World http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apb-kHZ5vto

Spandau Ballet reunion @ Mediolanum Forum, Assago

True: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e4WLdLNajs
Gold: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntG50eXbBtc
Be free with your love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pptLHqAwonY
I'll fly for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YRTlnH8tFQ

Gli Spandau "hanno dato l’annuncio ufficiale della loro reunion a bordo dell’HMS Belfast, la famosa nave militare inglese ormeggiata sulle rive del fiume Tamigi, teatro di un loro memorabile concerto all’inizio degli anni Ottanta.
Proprio come allora, partono per il loro giro del mondo dalla HMS Belfast.
Scoperti al Blitz Club di Soho, Londra nel 1979 nel bel mezzo di un’altra depressione economica, gli Spandau si sono formati a scuola nel nord di Londra e sono diventati una delle band più sensazionali al mondo. Da lavoratori londinesi appassionati di moda e musica, a superstar mondiali, gli Spandau Ballet hanno segnato lo stile e il sound degli anni Ottanta.
Non solo i loro album hanno venduto milioni di copie, il loro look e stile ha influenzato il mondo della moda e oltre. Hanno creato un loro stile unico, un mix di creatività, eleganza imprenditoriale e quello spirito libero della gioventù dei primi anni Ottanta in un periodo di crisi e agitazione.
Gli Spandau Ballet sono un fenomeno enorme, dal punto di vista commerciale e culturale."

Per fortuna che poi nel '79 è arrivata la Thatcher e i conservatori ci sono rimasti per quasi vent'anni... facendo grande l'Inghilterra, tutt'altro che il disastro Labour di questi anni.