26 October 2006 - 12:54Pink Concert

Last night I went to Forum, to the Pink Concert. I have noticed a huge change in Pinks attitude since she first began singing. Back then she was a spoiled over-teen, rebelliously imposing her attitude through high-beat rock-pop music. Now we could see her maturity taking over and providing the same feel of energy out-sourcing but in a more controlled and serious environment. She was visiting Copenhagen, on a tour promotion for new “I’m not dead” album, and as I heard this has been the first show she made in Europe. Although she is more blond-haired than pinkish, I might say she did live up to an entertainer reputation. I must admit that the Robbie Williams show was over hers. He really made more than 20.000 people dance, scream shout and cry, all in one evening. One thing I noticed about American artists recently is the fact that they are having a very strange campaign against war, with a huge emphasis upon the Iraq conflicts. A few months ago Robbie Williams asked on stage :

So tell me Copenhagen are you against war ?

At that point it seemed quite normal, OK, he is concerned about his image and wants to be seen as an artist that cares for what is going on in th world. Blah! But last night Pink took this one step further. Her stage was equipped with 3 large screens and another 2 huge screens, and while she sang “Dear Mr President .. ” in a very slowish and sweet way, on screen there were displaying a montage of images starring George W Bush himself showing the finger or laughing his ass off as his troupes invaded Iraq. Tragic images of people being persecuted in Iraq, shot at and killed. Short videos of the First Lady of the US and her daughter dressed up and looking good and then of Muslim parents grieving their 4 year old son. Bombs dropping, scattered buildings and children digging in ruins searching for their siblings. The look on children’s faces as they were being evacuated from their homes with their families, and with a gun at their head and with tears going down on their cheeks.
One of the lyrics from the song she sang that still lingers in my mind is :

Dear Mr President, how could you go to sleep, knowing a father didn’t get a chance to say goodbye ?

It made me realize a lot of things, which I was aware of but didn’t put so much value on before. Feeling weak is not good at all. I realized that this is probably a unwritten agreement between singers and artists in the states to promote the fight against violence and especially upon wars started by morons as Bush. I think it is very brave to have this kind of attitude, especially when the country you are criticizing is yours and the president leading you is the president which you might have voted for. That reminds me of a talk I had with a friend a couple of days ago, about people doing something against a government that misleads them.
All in all it was a nice evening out, and carrying a VIP pass again proved to be not so bad either.
;o) For now it is enough …