EUROPE IN SPAIN

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And small end of festival… Nothing less than Europe. Almost nothing. It be left the more conservatives of out of date and cheap prejudices. One must remove the bandage of the eyes and to see in Europe something more than The Final Countdown, that to some seems that costs them. Commercial Successes aside, the Swedes came to show that twenty years later, continue being a band of hard rock whose name should be written with letters of gold. Yes, its return will be for money, probably the communication among Joel Tempest and John Forum be nula but this in its shows neither is perceived. Of pearls the example of Judas comes me Priest, to the ones that two months ago I saw in the festival of Graspop, and without spirit to compare to a group with another but its situations, so similar, there is not color. Europe obtain that in no moment recall that if return is for money. Professional al maximum, is noted that besides they enjoy like children this I review to the old times. Already since the principle, they threw it a pair and with a theme of the first album, Seven Doors Hotel, small pleasure, that yes that was to begin with desires and silencing mouths… AND the second, Wings Of Tomorrow, by if had not remained clarito how them are spent. To all this, Joey Tempest formidable, super dynamic since the principle and with a voice that continues being conserved extraordinary (is a grief that Joey have not been valued like singer, what deserved, I expect that this tour put it where corresponds it).

The initial choruses of Superstitious were received by the public with shouts of joy, a theme that sounded of vice in direct and with a John Norum that was being left to note since the first moment. Some they throw for Kee Marcello, al that him do not I remove merits, but for my flavor Norum always emanated a lot more feeling, is a more versatile enough guitarist (throws an eye to his disks alone or his career with Dokken) and the alone embroiders him. He was inspiradísimo in the hardest theme of the night Ready Or Not (to was the one that more pleased me with difference) and that permitted to the band to be amused in its or­nda rougher. Besides, Tempest took advantage of to be united with the guitar al remainder of the group, what the double one of force gave it.

Another strong point was the set list. Although they sounded all the indispensable, some semi-fixed were substituted as Open Your Heart (a grief obviarlo) by other that I did not expect- Scream Of Anger –, giving al concert a point of ideal spontaneity. Carrie it was eaten Tempest he solito with the guitar acoustics, little before we sang the happy birthday to Ian Haugland (with an undershirt of Ramones!), step was given al alone of John forum, short but exciting, to return again to the first times with Stormwind and the great homage arrived to Out Of This World of the hand of Let The Good Times Rock. And by if not yet you had noticed yourself, not yet I have mentioned no theme of Prisioners In Paradise neither I am going to do it. The fifth disk was erased of the map as by art of magic and although I miss some theme as the own one Prisioners In Paradise, is also truth that the four first works surpass it with increase. Asi that for the end of this first part only would remain the inevitable alone one of Ian, quite original and with a Norum that gave backup with the riff of the Ace Of Spades of Motorhead, and a Yesterday’s News that not many we expected but that knew to glory.


Remained still more? Therefore yes. For the bises would fall Cherokee and Rock The Night, that even they obtained a better reception than the theme crashes that everyone has in mind. Both they sounded simply splendid, was a delight to go back in the time with two of the themes that so much have marked us to many and that said fusion between present and future materialized with the execution act followed by the theme that will give title to their new work- Start From The Dark -, all a statement of principles and with some Europe totally renewed, more heavies than never. The end, obviously, would come with The Final Countdown, with a public already totally yielded to the evidence: the Swedes still has a lot that to offer us. This magic night, by fortune, only was a warming-up.



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