After the late night of a long meeting of friendly cinephiles, somehow the talk went from Jim Morrison to Raphael, to the point that the director was not well understood which of the two pop icons he was talking about. Conflicted with himself, the filmmaker said something like you couldn’t make the Lizard King act, that no matter how best you can make The Great Beast of Pop try to turn things around with a self-parodying role, you’d never have it. the same strength as when he is shining on stage at one of his shows. Also, this filmmaker was obviously affected by the idea that when Raphael appeared on the scene, everything else disappeared, including the director’s style (he didn’t say that out loud, of course).
Of course, this was already known by several generations of El Niño fans who follow him as one should follow a great, every time he comes to Argentina for example. Also, it was not the first time that Raphael appeared on the screen and in Argentina. Long before, being authentically “El Niño”, he had filmed a movie in the country for Argentina Sono Film, “Digan lo que say”, directed by Mario Camus, with the assistance of the then unknown Adolfo Aristarain, and a supporting cast in which even Dario Vittori appeared as a salesman in Fausto bookstores. The film, from 1968, was also like a brochure from the Ministry of Tourism, because they appeared from the neighborhood of La Boca to Cataratas and Bariloche.
Not for nothing last Saturday at a Luna Park Raphael filled every last seat, celebrating his 60-year career on the “6.0” tour. He said that both Argentina and the classic stadium that Tito Lectoure founded had been in his life from the beginning, almost from his first single. Most of the audience was well over 60 years old, and between themes of this great Child it was exciting to turn around to look at the fans who were literally crying with happiness, some accompanied by grandchildren who had no idea who this Raphael was.
Almost everyone present, starting with Raphael himself, had a great time of uncertainty about whether they would ever be in a full Luna Park again (by the way, to get back on track after the pandemic, Luna Park was better than ever , especially in all technical factors).
Raphael referred to the pandemic as “that thing doesn’t work for us, hopefully we can continue seeing each other year after year,” he said almost towards the end of the show, which also had as one of its highlights the hit “Resistiré” by the Dynamic Duo, updated by El Niño in a techno-rock version of the quarantine. But finally what mattered in the two hours that Raphael was on stage at the Luna was his energy, that mystique that only some singers have, a Mick Jagger, or why not, a Jim Morrison of the Doors. And of course the tremendous professionalism that should not be confused with cerebral coldness. Raphael showed a clean sound in every style that he can continue to sing like when he was a kid seriously, and that he could masterfully do everything from Spanish song, rock (with amazing arrangements of the Beatles’ “Day Tripper”), tango, Latin American folklore, a genre that exploded with “La llorona” by Chavela Vargas, a song that he incorporated into his repertoire since the late 1960s. that he lacked to sing was a blues. And not to mention other more strange dances, neo-flamenco mystics with which he surprised his own musicians from time to time.
“60 years is easy but it is very long to sing it” said the Child as a farewell to a show that, according to his most veteran fans -which is quite an saying in this case- had nothing to envy those of the most tender years. of this Great Child.
Source: Ambito
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