Green Day and Coldplay stage shows that will always be remembered when it comes to Rock in Rio. But not only them. Ludmilla gains new status after her 2 million reais show on the Sunset stage; Jessie J should only return if she plans to sing in the world after rocking Sunset’s audience as well; CeeLo Green singing James Brown was a hecatomb (more for the band than for Green’s voice); and the tribute to Elza Soares conducted by Larissa Luz is something superior to all the projects already carried out on Elza. Furthermore, there are passages that are overrated by the non-negotiable heart of a fan who will be forgotten, passages that everyone has already forgotten and passages that just won’t be forgotten because, even for a fan, they were too bad.
Ludmilla: starts 10 meters higher than the entrance Photo: Bruna Prado AP
Ludmilla against Luisa Sonza
Despite having a great corporate job, which saw her host CeeLo Green at one time singing James Brown and at another singing a dangerous Love Of My Life with Andreas Kisser, Luisa Sonza needs some artistic support. Her voice is faint and her presence is dazzling even within a show meant to be a knockout, with well-rehearsed dancers scattered around the four corners. Sonza misses the deception that comes out of Ludmilla’s pores, something you can’t buy on Spotify. Ludmilla leaves Rock in Rio 10 meters higher. Anita take care of yourself.
Billy Idol and Guns N ‘Roses
There are two different cases. Guns still have a great show, but anchored in a voice that no longer exists. The problem is that Axl is a legend and without him, and even with all of Slash’s powers, the Guns wouldn’t exist. His audience then activates the affective inner ear, the one that will always listen to Axl as if it were in 1991, and endures happily ever after the over two hours of out of tune grunts. Billy Idol has no tools to anchor to. It’s him and his voice. If it is missing, as it is not because the guitarist has made a mistake or because he has forgotten the text, as we said, but because Idol has not found the tone, the show ends. And this was not an isolated event.
GreenDay vs Coldplay
Anyway, what’s the best Rock in Rio show? To each his own, but here’s an argument in favor of Green Day. The two bands, Billie Joe Armstrong and Chris Martin, work with very different emotional registers. Green Day taps into anger – not hate, but anger, something sweeter – and Coldplay bond with love. But regardless of which part of the brain they play in, Armstrong and Martin’s positions on stage are quite different and this will be definitive in their show. More honestly, Green Day allows their audience to freely experience what the band does on stage. Feel free, that’s the point. Just like in literature or film, emotions can be highly manipulated in a show, making it possible to time the exact moment when the first tear will fall from a fan’s face. These are Coldplay. The souls controlled at all times by the centralizer Martin do not even decide when the lights that are attached to their arms will activate. Leave it to Uncle Chris Martin and do what he says. Cattle behavior that would be troubling if Martin were a villain. Luckily not.
Ivete Sangalo against nobody
Ivete Sangalo lives in an existential dilemma. His show is great, but his persona needs a doable engagement speech to defend before it falls into a degree of irreversible non-importance. The professional and respectful entertainment of her still keeps her at a festival like Rock in Rio, but the gulf that exists between her and a new Ludmilla, for example, due to all the flags that Lud naturally carries, is growing. Rock in Rio, like Lollapalooza and all the festivals to come, needs militancy. Not to raise awareness among show business managers, but to attract sponsors who need to tie their images to activism, which will lead them to speak to a wide range of new customers. Activism is key and must follow all stages, but wake up. You are becoming a millionaire business.
Megan Thee Stallion, the worst of all
I was a Procon case. Fans who feel deceived for paying for a show that didn’t exist seek their rights. Either the girl had no repertoire or she thought the Brazilians would accept anything. She almost said more than she sang and, at the height of the hype, spent a lot of time calling fans to take the stage and take selfies with him. Incredible.
“Historic, incredible and powerful”
If we remove these two adjectives, there will no longer be any broadcasts of Rock in Rio on TV. Historic, surprising and “so and so delivered a lot”. “Deliver”, a corporate term, was imported into music for this very reason: nothing more corporate than a festival of this scale. An artist needs to deliver their product. What, then, about Megan Thee Stallion, who only did crap and disrespect, taking selfies with fans while 100,000 others awaited the return of the show? But it is interesting when the artist himself uses the term. Ah, there is another: “Powerful show”. Everything is powerful. At least it’s not historic or incredible. Or were all three of them at the same time? “Historic, incredible and powerful.” Get closer to 2024.
Source: Terra
Emily Jhon is a product and service reviewer at Gossipify, known for her honest evaluations and thorough analysis. With a background in marketing and consumer research, she offers valuable insights to readers. She has been writing for Gossipify for several years and has a degree in Marketing and Consumer Research from the University of Oxford.
