In the end, you make sense of it all: we've survived the five days of Mad Cool, we feel more hardened physically and emotionally than a week ago.
We have beaten Uber prices, waiting for two hours to sit in a taxi, walking 20 minutes at 3 in the morning to catch a subway that leaves you an hour from home... We have achieved it.
We have grown as people.
We even take for good the high economic investment.
The moment of happiness is too short considering how hard the road has been here, but it has compensated.
And since we have passed the demanding test, we can ask for the coming year to make our return home more pleasant.
One year left to prove it...
Last night Mad Cool ended with Nathy Peluso as a queen.
And from the first minute, moreover, with that rushing exit that she made, dressed in black, with red gloves and short, slicked-back hair.
She squandered a wide range of scenic resources in Argentina.
Powerful in the dance, dominating the audience, fun, agitating, vocally powerful... She was backed by a band of seven musicians, all dressed the same, with a wind section and congas that propelled Caribbean music that was fabulous at that 9 p.m., when the sun was going down.
Nathy Peluso interacts with one of her musicians.
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This singer has a strange diction that prevents a clear understanding of the message.
It is her style, her personal, without a doubt.
After four days of great guitars, her hot rhythmic proposal felt wonderful.
The Mad Cool artificial turf received the stomping of boots and sneakers to the sound of bachata or salsa.
"I didn't imagine it was going to be so good," she said as a young man danced, no doubt a new addition to the Peluso cause.
The unprejudiced attitude when combining styles should not only be verbalized;
Also, you need to run it.
And Nathy Peluso did it last night.
In addition to Latin rhythms, his repertoire advances based on hip hop, soul, electronic and even rock.
Impossible not to have a good time.
Another of his qualities is that he uses the cameras wonderfully to cause impressive effects on the screens.
And what about his physical waste.
An hour of
crossfit
is a piece of cake for her.
Aggressive, sensual dances, visits to the public... she Even she spent several minutes tirelessly jumping rope.
She continually called the public "my people" and expressed from the beginning what her thing was about: "Long live the party, damn it."
She performed songs like
Pure poison,
Ateo
(the popular theme with C. Tangana, although the musician from Madrid was not there) or
Mafiosa.
And it ended with a version of
To live like this is to die of love,
by Camilo Sesto.
Excellent concert by Nathy Peluso.
The Argentine singer in a moment of her concert. INMA FLORES
It was the night with the least public (about 20,000 compared to 70,000 in previous days) and the one with the most young people.
Boys and girls in their twenties, many of them with their faces decorated with adhesive crystals (the trend at festivals), who had a wonderful time with Natos and Waor, a phenomenon of Spanish hip hop.
The Madrid duo who met at the cockfights in neighborhoods like Aluche have been serious business for a long time.
They have already blown up the Palacio de Vistalegre in Madrid with 10,000 people and now they are targeting the capital's WiZink and its capacity of 15,000 for February next year.
“Stealing at Carrefour and not at the Chinese.
/ Fucking the one above, helping the neighbor.
/ Starting file, sharing the liter.
/ Glass eyes, vomiting, shots.
/ Burning the free micro of any gambling den.
/ We learned to turn water into wine.
Lost Generation,
and it was sung by the thousands of young people who followed them on the big stage of the festival.
Natos and Waor, last night, on the big stage at Mad Cool.
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It is a group that has connected with young people from working-class neighborhoods, and also residential areas.
There were two uniformed firefighters in the audience (it said “Madrid Firefighters” on the back of their shirt) who took advantage of the fact that there was no fire there to watch the concert.
They were undoubtedly fans, since as the recital progressed they became more animated until they took out their mobile phones to record songs and recite songs like
More alcohol with the rest of the audience:
“And give me more alcohol, more medicine.
/ To heal the wounds of life.
/ A reason to let go of the rudder.
/ I am happy when I drift”.
In addition to their texts about partying and life in the neighborhood, the duo manages other registers, such as the interesting
Gato de alley,
with a tribute to the Caño Roto sound in the chorus;
more melodic songs like
Bicho Rare;
beautiful
Pieces of love tears such as
Caminaré,
and that danceable whiplash that is
Cold Sweats
and which they sang with their colleague Recycled J. Because of their lyrics, attitude and transcendence in the street, Natos and Waor are a kind of Extremoduro of hip hop that they are not going to do more to grow in the coming times.
The public awaits the departure of Nathy Peluso.
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The beginning of the Jack White concert was a bit of a disaster.
The American came out like a cyclone, he performed
Taking Me Back
and, when the song was over, he waved his arm at his band to leave with him.
With the empty stage came a noise of electrical couplings that, by all accounts, was not a new song (although you never know with this loud guitarist) from the founder of the White Stripes.
A handful of technicians were scurrying nervously across the dais.
After five minutes of plugging and unplugging cables, the band came out again (drums, keyboards and bass) and began to play;
a few minutes later White returned.
All a bit strange, because neither he nor anyone gave explanations, although it was evident that there were sound problems there.
Jack White during his concert at Mad Cool.Andrés Iglesias
White served on the posters as the headliner of the day.
He didn't seem like it, beginning because he played on stage 2 and continuing because fewer people attended than to see Nathy Peluso and Natos y Waor.
Once the technical thing was solved, a concert was resumed that turned out to be a bit of a tostón.
White was determined to show how virgo he is with his extensive collection of guitars, prioritizing his virtuosity to the songs.
We were able to save his concert by playing a Led Zeppelin record quietly at home.
Better.
He only got excited in the final stretch with
Steady, as she She Goes,
from her group Raconteurs, and with, of course,
Seven Nation Army
,
anthem of the White Stripes anthems.
At the same time as Jack White there was a better atmosphere at the concerts of La MODA and Recycled J, who were playing on the other two active Mad Cool stages at that time.
It was even better in the small Vibra Disco tent, a noisy meeting place throughout the festival, where people rushed the end of Mad Cool dancing to firecracker music.
A Mad Cool left with a good organization inside the enclosure and many inconveniences to get home.
Next year it will surely change its location to the south of Madrid, to Villaverde.
A big detail would be for the organizers to prioritize a quiet return home and, if possible, by public transport.