Last saturday Shakira was performing in Rock in Rio, but this time in Madrid. She was singing for more than an hour and a half and, as it happened two years ago, the show was a hundred times better than the one she did in Lisboa. She seemed to be much comfortable and self-confident. The choreographies had less importance than in others shows, and Shakira prefered to enjoy the concert.
One of the highest moments of the night was when she sang Gitana. Shakira invited to La barbería del sur, a spanish flamenco band, to sing with her at the stage. They all togheter did a great intro to the song.
But, the most important thing of the show was that the colombian singer presented another song of her spanish upcoming album, after the embarrasing song opened in Lisboa, Gordita. This song is called Sale el sol, and I'm to glad to listen it, because it reminds me to the Pies descalzos and ¿Dónde están los ladrones? era. She dedicated the song to Gustavo Cerati, an Argentinian singer and a great friend of her who is hospitalized since last May. It has optimistic lyrics, with no reggaeton sound anymore, and no hips-shaking. Only the guitar, the drums, and her voice.
The song is about the good times that come after the bad ones. The transcription of the chorus part is something like: "A day after the storm, when you less wait for it, the sun will raise up", so optimistic.
I hope Shakira returns to the sounds of the beginning of her career, more simple but more effective.
Here is Sale el sol in live:
