Friday, September 18, 2020

Bon Jovi & Jennifer Nettles - Do What You Can

New second video of "Do What You Can" by Bon Jovi with the awesome Jennifer Nettles.

Love this video completely shot in New York. So many memories I have of that city.

Bon Jovi, Jennifer Nettles - Do What You Can

Dedicated to the everyday heroes fighting to rise above this pandemic.



Hope you will love this awesome lyric.

Bon Jovi & Jennifer Nettles - Do What You Can

[Verse 1: Bon Jovi & Jennifer Nettles]
Tonight they're shutting down the borders
And they boarded up the schools
Small towns are rollin' up their sidewalks
One less paycheck comin' through
I know you're feelin' kinda nervous
We're all a little bit confused
Nothing's the same, this ain't a game
We gotta make it through

[Verse 2: Jennifer Nettles & Bon Jovi]
As we wave outside the window
Older loved ones stay inside
Moms and babies blowin' kisses
May be saving someone's life
They had to cancel graduation
It ain't fair to Skype the prom
Our kids sit home in isolation
TV news is always on

[Chorus: Bon Jovi & Jennifer Nettles]
When you can't do what you do
You do what you can
This ain't my prayer, it's just a thought I'm wanting to send
'Round here, we bend but don't break
Down here, we all understand
When you can't do what you do
You do what you can

[Verse 3: Jennifer Nettles & Bon Jovi]
The chicken farm from Arkansas brought workers PPE
Not before five hundred more had succumbed to this disease
Honest men and honest women workin' for an honest wage
I got a hundred point one fever, and we still got bills to pay

[Chorus: Bon Jovi & Jennifer Nettles]
When you can't do what you do
You do what you can
This ain't my prayer, it's just a thought I'm wanting to send
'Round here, we bend but don't break
Down here, we all understand
When you can't do what you do
You do what you can

[Bridge: Bon Jovi, Jennifer Nettles, Bon Jovi & Jennifer Nettles]
They built a hospital on East Meadow in Central Park last night
Doctors, nurses, truckers, grocery store clerks manning the front lines
I saw a Red Cross on the Hudson
They turned off the Broadway lights
Another ambulance screams by (Screams by)
There by the grace of God, go I

[Verse 4: Bon Jovi & Jennifer Nettles]
Although I'll keep my social distance
What this world needs is a hug
Until we find the vaccination
There's no substitute for love
So love yourself and love your family
Love your neighbor and your friend
Ain't it time we loved a stranger?
They're just a friend you ain't met yet
Oh

[Chorus: Bon Jovi, Jennifer Nettles, Bon Jovi & Jennifer Nettles]
When you can't do what you do
You do what you can (Do what you can)
This ain't my prayer, it's just a thought I'm wanting to send
'Round here, we bend but don't break
Down here, we all understand
When you can't do what you do
You do what you can
When you can't do what you do
You do what you can

Thursday, September 10, 2020

Diana Rigg 2020-09-10 New York Post, Diana Rigg, star of ‘The Avengers’ and ‘Game of Thrones,’ dead at 82

Diana Rigg dies with 82. Actor.

Love her in the Avengers. Just an epic TV Show.

Remembering:

"The Avengers" as Emma Peel (1965-1968, Series 4-5).
"007 On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)".

Diana Rigg, star of ‘The Avengers’ and ‘Game of Thrones,’ dead at 82 (New York Post)

Diana Rigg, star of ‘The Avengers’ and ‘Game of Thrones,’ dead at 82

September 10, 2020 | 9:58am |

Dame Diana Rigg, of James Bond and “The Avengers” fame, has died “peacefully” at 82.

The acclaimed actress known for her role as Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo, the only Bond girl to ever marry 007, Rigg was bestowed her “Dame” title in 1994 for her contributions to all things drama.

The iconic Brit suffered from cancer and died surrounded by her family Thursday morning.

“My Beloved Ma died peacefully in her sleep early this morning, at home, surrounded by family,” her daughter, “Bletchley Circle” actress Rachael Stirling, told the Sun. “She died of cancer diagnosed in March, and spent her last months joyfully reflecting on her extraordinary life, full of love, laughter and a deep pride in her profession. I will miss her beyond words.”

Mastering both film and theater, Rigg earned Emmy, Tony, British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and Evening Standard awards in her long tenure on the stage and screen.

Despite her extensive stage experience, Rigg was perhaps best known for her star-making role in the television series “The Avengers” starting in 1965. There’s hardly a male baby boomer alive whose heart didn’t beat faster at the sight of Emma Peel, her whip-smart, cat-suited character in the mod espionage romp.

“It was a bit frightening,” Rigg, who was in her mid-20s in the swinging ’60s, told The Post in 2018. “Bear in mind, it was 50 years ago. I didn’t know quite what to do with that degree of lust. I’d been in London to drama school and I was [by] no means naive. But to be given that degree of notoriety was a bit of a shock.”

Most recently, Rigg played fan favorite Olenna Tyrell on HBO’s “Game of Thrones” from 2013 to 2015. The character went down in “GoT” history after she admitted to murdering King Joffrey just before being killed herself. She was nominated four times for the Guest Actress in a Drama Emmy for her work on the show.

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Diana Rigg in 1965

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Diana Rigg at the 2018 Tony Awards

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Diana Rigg as Emma Peel in "The Avengers," circa 1966

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Diana Rigg Filming 'The Avengers'

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Diana Rigg in 1964

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She also starred on Broadway in “Abelard and Heloise” in 1971. (Her nude scene in the play and critic John Simon’s bitchy assessment of her body generated boatloads of publicity, Variety reported.) She later headlined a revival of Molière’s “The Misanthrope” in 1975 and “Medea” in 1994. She earned a Tony nod each time for best actress in a play — and won for “Medea.”

After shucking her “Avengers” catsuit in 1968, Rigg became a Bond girl — the only one who landed the spy and became Mrs. Bond, while clad in an ahead-of-its-time white jumpsuit. The film was 1969’s “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service,” in which George Lazenby played 007 for his first and last time. Rigg didn’t seem to have thought much of him.

“George was untried, unschooled … he was a model, a male model,” Rigg told The Post. “I was brought on board to help him and to give him gravitas.” Alas, she took that gravitas to the grave: Mrs. Bond was swiftly dispatched by the minions of archvillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

Rigg’s other film credits include the Paddy Chayefsky satire “The Hospital” (1971), Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (1968), “The Assassination Bureau” (1969), “Julius Caesar” with Charlton Heston (1970), “A Little Night Music” with Elizabeth Taylor (1977), “The Great Muppet Caper” (1981), and Bruce Beresford’s “A Good Man in Africa” opposite Sean Connery (1994).

She also hosted PBS’ “Masterpiece Mystery” from 1989 to 2004.

Rigg is survived by a daughter she had with her ex-husband, theater producer Archibald Stirling, actress Rachael Stirling.

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Bon Jovi - Do What You Can

New video by Bon Jovi.

Love this video completely shot in New York. So many memories I have of that city.

Bon Jovi - Do What You Can

Dedicated to the everyday heroes fighting to rise above this pandemic.



Hope you will love this awesome lyric.

Bon Jovi - Do What You Can

Tonight, they're shutting down the borders
And they boarded up the schools
Small towns are rolling up their sidewalks
One last paycheck coming through
I know you're feeling kind of nervous
We're all a little bit confused
Nothing's the same, this ain't a game
We gotta make it through

As we wave outside the window
Older loved ones stay inside
Moms and babies blowing kisses
May be saving someone's life
They had to cancel graduation
It ain't fair to Skype the prom
Our kids sit home in isolation
TV news is always on

When you can't do what you do
You do what you can
This ain't my prayer, it's just a thought
I'm wanting to send
'Round here we bend but down break
Down here, we all understand
When you can't do what you do
You do what you can

The chicken farm from Arkansas…
Bought workers PPE
Not before 500 more
Had succumbed to this disease
Honest men and honest women
Working for an honest wage
I got a hundred point one fever
And we still got bills to pay

When you can't do what you do
You do what you can
This ain't my prayer, it's just a thought
I'm wanting to send
'Round here we bend but down break
Down here, we all understand
When you can't do what you do
You do what you can

They built a hospital on East Meadow
In Central Park last night
Doctors, nurses, truckers
Grocery store clerks manning the front lines
I saw a Red Cross on the Hudson
They turned off the Broadway lights
Another ambulance screams by
There by the grace of God go I

Although I'll keep my social distance
What this world needs is a hug
Until we find the vaccination
There's no substitute for love
So love yourself and love your family
Love your neighbor and your friend
Ain't it time we loved the stranger
They're just a friend you ain't met yet

When you can't do what you do
You do what you can
This ain't my prayer, it's just a thought
I'm wanting to send
'Round here we bend but down break
Down here, we all understand
When you can't do what you do

You do what you can
When you can't do what you do
You do what you can

Friday, March 27, 2020

Bon Jovi - Unbroken (Ft. The Invictus Games Choir)

Here it is a special video out now from Bon Jovi named "Unbroken" (Ft. The Invictus Games Choir).

"All proceeds will go to the Invictus Games Foundation, in support of the recovery and rehabilitation of international wounded, injured or sick military personnel".

Bon Jovi - Unbroken ft. The Invictus Games Choir

Published on Mar 27, 2020

Music video by Bon Jovi performing Unbroken. © 2020 Captain Kidd Corp., under exclusive license to Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.



Hope you will love this awesome lyric.

Bon Jovi - Unbroken (Ft. The Invictus Games Choir)

I was born to be of service
Basic training felt like home
I had honor, I found purpose

Sir, yes, sir
That's what I know
They sent us to a place I never heard of weeks before
When you're nineteen, it ain't hard to sleep
In the desert on God's floor
Close your eyes, stop counting sheep
You ain't in basic anymore

We were taught to shoot our rifles
Then in one, then side-by-side
Thought we'd be made as liberators
In a thousand year old fight
I got this painful ringing in my ear
From an I.E.D. last night
But no lead light humvee war machine, could save my sargeants life
Three more soldiers, six civilians
Need these words to come out right

God of mercy, God of light
Seek your children from this life
Here these words, this humble plea
For I have seen the suffering
And with this prayer I'm hoping
That we, can be unbroken

It's 18 months that I've been back now
With this medal on my chest
But there are things I can't remember
And there are things I won't forget
I lie awake at night with dreams of devils shouldn't see
I wanna scream, but I can't breathe
And Christ, I'm sweating through these sheets
Where's my brothers? Where's my country?
Where's my how things used to be?

God of mercy, God of light
Seek your children from this life
Here these words, this humble plea
For I have seen the suffering
And with this prayer I'm hoping
That we, can be unbroken

My service dogs done more for me
Than the medication would
There ain't no angel that is coming to save me
But even if they could

Today, 22, would die from suicide
Just like yesterday, they're gone
I live my life for each tomorrow
So their memories will live on
Once we were boys, and we were strangers
Now we're brothers and we're men
Someday you'll ask me, was it worth it to be of service in the end?
Well the blessing and the curses, yeah, I'd do it all again

Whoa-oh
Whoa-oh
Whoa-oh
Whoa-oh
Whoa-oh
Whoa-oh
Whoa-oh
Whoa-oh

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Cristóvam - Andrà Tutto Bene (English and Portuguese)

2 videos by Cristóvam. Subtitles in english on the first video and in portuguese on the second video.

Created thinking about all of us living in this dark moment, staying at home (some can't).

Lovely message. Congrats for everyone who helped making this video.

Cristóvam - Andrà Tutto Bene (English and Portuguese)

Published on Mar 25, 2020

Realizador / Director: Pedro Varela
Musica & letra / Music & Lyrics: Cristóvam
Misturado & Masterizado / Mixed & Mastered: Pedro Villas Silva @ Namouche Studios.
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Special thanks:
Pedro Varela
Blanche Filmes
Pedro Villas Silva
Cloé Blue
Sophie Cheung
Sara kirby
Aileen Xu
Sam Scheffer
8K Raw Films
Liu Weilong
Elise Marin
Paulo Inês & Light Film
Vitor Mingates & Améba
Pedro Vicente & Musgo Studio
Pedro Giorgianis
Leonor Alexandrino
João Félix
Timothy Lima
Carlos Borba

Cristóvam - Andrà Tutto Bene (English)

Published on Mar 25, 2020



Cristóvam - Andrà Tutto Bene (Português)

Published on Mar 25, 2020



Hope you will love this awesome lyric.

Cristóvam - Andrà Tutto Bene

Cities are vacant like they've never been
Everyone's scared of what blows in the wind
The plans we all had
Have all gone down the drain
Our lives were postponed
But I know in the end we'll be alright
We stand together as one

People are lining in grocery stores
Silence is screaming the fear in their hearts
Don't give up your faith, no
Don't let your light fade
Together we'll get through the dark of these days

Two or three months
They're saying on TV
Be safe in your shelters and soon we'll be free
One day we'll remember the hardest of times
When distance meant love and it kept us alive

Andrà tutto bene
Vai ficar tudo bem
Everything will be alright
Andrà tutto bene
Tout ira bien
Everything will be alright

To doctors and nurses
And all those who fight
The heroes that save us
By risking their lives
We'll give them our love, yeah
We'll shout to the skies
Brothers and sisters
We're here by your side

Take care of our loved ones
Be strong and be brave
Your kindness is something that cannot be paid
And when this is over the memories will shine
Of those who passed on and those who stood in line

A few more months
The anchorman said
Divided we fight but united we stand
One day we'll remember the hardest of times
When distance meant love and it kept us alive

Andrà tutto bene
Vai ficar tudo bem
Everything will be alright
Andrà tutto bene
Tout ira bien
Everything will be alright
Andrà tutto bene
Alles wird gut
Everything will be alright
Andrà tutto bene
Todo irá bien
Everything will be alright

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Bon Jovi 2020-03-24 USA Today Network (app), How Bon Jovi became the rock 'n' roll epicenter in the battle against the coronavirus

https://eu.app.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/03/24/how-bon-jovi-became-rock-n-roll-epicenter-battle-against-coronavirus/2901403001/

How Bon Jovi became the rock 'n' roll epicenter in the battle against the coronavirus


Calling Tommy and Gina.

When a group of Chicagoans wanted to unify the city with a city-wide sing-along from their window as a way of showing solidarity while Illinois is in a “stay at home” order due to the coronavirus outbreak, Bon Jovi's “Livin’ on a Prayer” was the song they chose.

“The song has this ability to make people come together,” said Jenni Spinner, an organizer of the sing-along.

Dozens of videos of the sing-along were posted. Chicago became intimately familiar with the story of Tommy and Gina, a hardscrabble couple with little but a prayer to hold them forth.

In the hours before the sing-along, two related events happened. Bon Jovi frontman Jon Bon Jovi expressed support for the sing-along and Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryan revealed that he had tested positive for the coronavirus, COVID-19.

Bon Jovi has become the rock 'n' roll epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak. No band has stirred more empathy, articulated the feelings of uncertainty, and comforted fans with reassurance than the Jersey rockers in the first weeks of the outbreak.

Coronavirus NJ: 3 more Monmouth testing sites open

More: David Bryan, Bon Jovi keyboardist and Broadway composer, tests positive for coronavirus

More: Jon Bon Jovi is writing a song about the coronavirus outbreak and he'd like your help

“These are trying times we're going through, uncharted territory, the great unknown,” said Jon Bon Jovi on a Sunday, March 22, social media posting. “But one thing is for sure, we're going to make it through.”

Bon Jovi is the right band for the moment, fans say.

“It’s because they've always been there,” said fan Lori Franchini O'Leary, 47, of East Brunswick. “They never left no matter what year it is. They’ve always had some type of a song, some type of an album or tour for a connection with the fans. They never really left.”

The first member of the band to be affected by the outbreak was Bryan, who had his new musical, “Diana,” postponed March 12 on Broadway, as were all Broadway shows.

Then, Jon Bon Jovi and sons Jesse Bongiovi and Jake Bongiovi were shown group dancing to Doja Cat's “Say So” on the banks of the Navesink River at his home in Middletown in a March 14 video called “Quarantine Choreography” posted to the Hampton Water TikTok account and shared on a Hampton Water Instagram story.

Hampton Water is the name of the rosé sold by Jon Bon Jovi, Jesse Bongiovi and French winemaker Gérard Bertrand. The video was a fun diversion, but it certainly didn't convey the gravity of what was to come.

“I was watching that, and I was, 'What did I just watch?' " said Franchini O'Leary.

The next post, on Thursday, March 19, had a very different tone. A picture of Jon Bon Jovi, in short sleeves, washing dishes at the Soul Kitchen community restaurant in Red Bank, which he founded with his wife Dorothea Bongiovi. The Soul Kitchen restaurant is now closed due to the coronavirus outbreak, but takeout is still available for those who need it.

“If you can't do what you do ... do what you can,” commented Bon Jovi on the post.

The picture went viral.

“I thought it was very humbling,” Franchini O'Leary said. “He doesn’t just say it, he’s really actually doing it. He's totally in the present all the time. He doesn’t have people or a crew, he’s actually involved.”

Jon Bon Jovi washing dishes at the Soul Kitchen in Red Bank on March 18, 2020.
Jon Bon Jovi/Instagram
 

The rocker has built a long resume of philanthropic and political endeavors. He served on President Obama's White House Council for Community Solutions and worked with Gov. Chris Christie on superstorm Sandy relief for Jersey, including his hometown of Sayreville. His JBJ Soul Foundation teamed with Help USA to build 51 units of affordable housing in Newark in 2008. Fifteen of the units were dedicated solely for HIV/AIDS patients.

He and Dorothea Bongiovi recently opened a Soul Kitchen on the campus of Rutgers-Newark University. It's the third Soul Kitchen location, in addition to Red Bank and Toms River. Diners pay what they can.

“Jon has been very active as a philanthropist for many, many years, and I think people know that and certainly his fans know it,” said Tony Pallagrosi, a former member of the Asbury Jukes and a Jersey Shore-based music promoter. “I think it’s a natural for him to be out in front in a situation like this. It doesn‘t surprise me.”

The appeal of Bon Jovi in this moment is partly due to the fact that Jon Bon Jovi has been a good citizen, Spinner said.

“In the Me Too era, every other day we’re finding out about somebody we’ve looked up to forever who ends up being a racist, or a Trump supporter, or a rapist or there's something about him that turns you off,” Spinner said.

“Jon Bon Jovi’s been married forever. He’s putting his money where other people's mouths are and he’s been doing good stuff and he’s been doing it for while. Not only is he not a Me Too disappointment, he’s actually doing really good stuff.”

Jon Bon Jovi and Bryan, who's also a Tony Award-winning Broadway composer, are imparting positive messages during the outbreak.

“I’ve been sick for a week and feeling better each day,” Bryan said on Saturday, March 21. His wife, Lexi Quaas, also has it. “Please don’t be afraid!!! It’s the flu not the plague. I’ve have been quarantined for a week and will for another week. And when I feel better I’ll get tested again to make sure I’m free of this nasty virus. Please help out each other. This will be over soon... with the help of every American!!”

Bon Jovi asked fans for help writing a verse of a new song, “Do What You Can,” that was partially premiered on the evening of Sunday, March 22, on Bon Jovi's social media sites. Fans were asked to video themselves singing their verse, then post it to the Bon Jovi social media sites with the #DoWhatYouCan hashtag.

“Here's my idea. We write this one together. I'm going to give you the chorus. I'm going to give you the first verse. I'm going to play the second verse, but you tell me your story,” Bon Jovi said. “Tell me what you're going through. Tell me how you're feeling. Tell me if you're hurting. Talk about that high school graduation that's going to be canceled, talk about that prom you just might not have, talk about that baby coming there's nothing you can do about that. Talk about the paycheck that you're losing. Talk about being afraid, looking out your window and wondering what to make about all of this.

“Just remember, we're going to get through it.”

Jon Bon Jovi also appears in a video for First Lady Tammy Murphy's New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund that will assist state organizations in getting resources to vulnerable communities across the state. Bruce Springsteen, Jon Stewart, Danny DeVito, Whoopi Goldberg and Charlie Puth are also in the video, which was released on the morning on Tuesday, March 24.

“I think it's wonderful that Johnny is reaching out to lift people,” said Peter Mantas, who grew up with Jon Bon Jovi in Sayreville and spent many years working with the band. “We got each other, and that's a lot!”

Bon Jovi is scheduled to release the new album, “2020,” on May 15. The band has announced that a U.S. “Bon Jovi 2020 Tour” is scheduled to play the Prudential Center in Newark on July 14. The tour, which begins June 10 in Tacoma, Washington, also includes two shows, July 27 and 28, at Madison Square Garden, which will close the 18-date trip.

The new album promises to be more about topical subjects, the band has said.

“They have families, kids who are in their 20s, and they’re looking at what’s around them,” Franchini O'Leary said. “They're writing about what's currently around them, and it’s soldiers, it’s homelessness, it’s building homes. It's people who are less fortunate and they writing about in their songs.”

Jon Bon Jovi has his guitar at the ready.

“I'm just warming up getting ready to sing along with you. In these trying times, I am with you with all of my heart and my soul,” said Bon Jovi on Instagram prior to the Chicago sing-along. “Sing it out, baby. We're all going to come through this together.”

Chris Jordan, a Jersey Shore native, covers entertainment and features for the USA Today Network New Jersey. Contact him at @chrisfhjordan; cjordan@app.com.

Published 4:50 PM EDT Mar 24, 2020

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Covid-19 2020-03-17 Daily Maverick, Covid-19: Planet Earth fights back

I found this article about what is happening to Planet Earth due to the Covid-19 Virus. I hope it will be useful to you.

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2020-03-17-covid-19-planet-earth-fights-back/

Opinionista Swati Thiyagarajan 17 March 2020

Covid-19: Planet Earth fights back


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Swati Thiyagarajan


Swati Thiyagarajan is an environment journalist, works at Sea Change Project and is consulting environment editor at New Delhi TV, NDTV.

The flip side to Covid-19 is first the understanding that we are not invincible and are just another species on this planet. That the world is round and a crisis in one place can become a crisis in every place. That we are only as strong as our most vulnerable people, and systems put in place to ruthlessly maximise profit while minimising humanity will always lead to disaster.



Patient zero has been around for a while. She is breathless, severely dehydrated, her lungs are compromised, her immunity is compromised, she has a raging high fever with occasional chills. She is 4.5 billion years old and she lived in relative health for 99% of that time. Then this really ghastly virus called the agricultural, and then the industrialised human came along, and she’s been sick pretty ever since.

She, unlike us, self-heals. Over her very long life, she has created life, destroyed it and changed it in order to do only one thing – survive. Her self-healing now, has shut us down. All our arrogance of technological advancement, hyper-capitalism, space travel – and we may as well be hunter-gatherers living in a cave facing down a pride of hungry lions with no weapons, in the face of Covid-19.

A zoonotic disease, it’s not the first and certainly will not be the last. From rabies, to anthrax, to HIV/AIDS, the bubonic plague, the various coronaviruses like Sars, Mers and so on, all zoonotic and all due to our relentless exploitation of the planet and her resources.

While it is not yet clear exactly from which animal this Covid-19 virus originated, it is absolutely fact that it is from a wild animal, poached and trapped against its will, kept and consumed in unhygienic conditions. The original virus could have started in a bat and perhaps came to us through the pangolin, the most trafficked animal on earth. The illegal wildlife trade is worth multiple billions of dollars and scant attention and resources have been allocated to fight it. Poaching has pushed tens of thousands of species to the brink while sanctioned legal development is pushing habitats to the brink. This dangerous combination of both habitat and species loss is exacerbating climate change which in turn is causing damage to our ability to survive as a species.

Biodiversity, or the variety of species in a living ecosystem, is the immune system of the planet. Take the human body. Our bodies have more bacteria than human cells. These microorganisms help keep us alive and healthy. For the human body, the gut or the stomach plus intestines are the most crucial part of our immune system. The greater the biodiversity – or different types of good bacteria in our guts – the better our health and immune response. If an external agent attacks, it’s the immune system that fights it off. Similarly, for planet Earth, it’s her biodiversity that is the immune system. When we, with our exploitative activities, cause issues like climate change, she can cope if her biodiversity stays intact. But we are riddling her precious immune system with holes which adds to the growing ravages of climate change.

This collapse is also forcing people and the wild into closer proximity and forcing poor communities who are hit hardest to turn to poaching and bushmeat and wet markets to supplement their food requirements. It’s easy to point fingers at poor African communities over AIDS and Ebola, and at the Chinese over wet markets and illegal wildlife trade, but unless we acknowledge we are all culpable in this mess, we are in big trouble.

This virus has already forced social isolation on us. We are unable to hug our parents, kiss our grandparents, hold our children. Basic everyday needs that keep us human, that keep us together as a community. There are people dying without being held by their loved ones at the very end. If there are real scars leftover from Covid-19, it would be this. That someone we loved died without a last loving human touch from the person who mattered the most to them.

Biodiversity also is a system of checks and balances. If there are certain species that are prey, there are certain that are predators. If there are species that are parasites, there are also species that feed on them. As biodiversity dwindles, these checks and balances go haywire. Let’s say there’s a herd of deer in the wild. Several predators keep the deer from multiplying too fast and devouring the habitat. The deer also stay alert, fast, fit because of all the running and alertness required to evade the predators. The predators also target the weak, the slow, the sick, keeping the deer population healthy. Without them, the deer will grow in number, out-eat their survivability and get sick.

Sounds familiar? What we do when we get hold of animals is crowd them up, keep them in unhygienic conditions, feed them the wrong foods and sometimes artificially keep them healthy with antibiotics. This has led to a cascade of diseases in humans, adds to making us antibiotic-resistant and then throws up a deadly zoonotic which brings us to our knees.

As omnivores, we pretty much eat anything. While zoonotic diseases come from eating meat raised or housed in unhygienic conditions, it’s not meat per se that’s the problem. It’s factory-farmed meat and illegal wild meat. Both plant-based agriculture and meat farms in the industrialised age cause extensive habitat damage leading to biodiversity loss.

The flip side to Covid-19 is firstly the understanding that we are not invincible and are just another species on this planet. That the world is round and a crisis in one place can become a crisis in every place. That we are only as strong as our most vulnerable people, and systems put in place to ruthlessly maximise profit while minimising humanity will always lead to disaster. Meanwhile, between social distancing, lack of travel and drop in manufacturing and consumption, emissions have dropped, China has seen a blue sky after years, serious concerns are being raised around the wildlife trade and patient zero is feeling better.

If we choose to live on this planet like a breeding prey species that devours like a predator while functioning like a parasite, we will force our host to react more virulently. Hers is an ancient biological intelligence that has powered life for four billion years, It’s honed, it’s extensive and it is a cold intelligence that will do what it takes to survive. As we race to find a vaccine to help us survive viruses, so is she, patient zero, looking for solutions.

If we choose to find the best parts of ourselves, where in lockdown an Italian neighbourhood sang to one another, where young people are going door to door asking older people if they need help in running errands, where the Chinese flew out a whole plane full of experts and helpers and ventilators to Italy, where we learn to live with greater compassion for each other and the living planet, we can hope to cope with and perhaps even thrive in the coming decades.

As the Chinese wrote on their help package, “we are all waves in the same ocean”. DM

Friday, February 28, 2020

BabyMetal - My Other Favorite Videos

Here it is other 6 videos of BabyMetal that I did not put on the first blog ( http://pedrossm.blogspot.com/2020/02/babymetal-my-top-3-videos.html ).

Will add here other 6 videos of BabyMetal that I like.

BABYMETAL - ヘドバンギャー!!- Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!!!! (OFFICIAL)
17,615,647 views •Nov 8, 2012
https://www.youtube.com/embed/2IzR_ClTE8Y
And the video:


BABYMETAL - イジメ、ダメ、ゼッタイ - Ijime,Dame,Zettai (OFFICIAL)
24,685,866 views •Nov 26, 2012
https://www.youtube.com/embed/nDqaTXqCN-Q
And the video:


BABYMETAL - メギツネ - MEGITSUNE (OFFICIAL)
62,785,988 views •Jun 4, 2013
https://www.youtube.com/embed/cK3NMZAUKGw
And the video:


BABYMETAL - Ijime,Dame,Zettai - Live at Sonisphere 2014,UK (OFFICIAL)
11,015,582 views •Aug 26, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ro-_cbfdrYE
And the video:


BABYMETAL - THE ONE (OFFICIAL)
12,592,216 views •Mar 26, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/embed/TZRvO0S-TLU
And the video:


BABYMETAL - PA PA YA!! (feat. F.HERO) (OFFICIAL)
13,513,809 views •Jul 1, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/embed/oO7Y8NsnkRg
And the video:


Will copy here some info from wikipedia for you to learn what this sound really is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babymetal

"Babymetal (stylized as BABYMETAL) are a Japanese kawaii metal band. The band consists of Suzuka Nakamoto as "Su-metal" (Vocal and Dance) and Moa Kikuchi as "Moametal" (Scream and Dance). The band is produced by Kobametal from the Amuse talent agency. Their vocals are backed by heavy metal instrumentation, performed by a group of session musicians known as the "Kami Band" at performances.

The band was formed in 2010, with the original lineup of Su-metal (Vocal and Dance), Moametal (Scream and Dance), and Yui Mizuno as "Yuimetal" (Scream and Dance), with the concept of a fusion of the heavy metal and Japanese idol genres. Originally a sub-unit of the Japanese idol group Sakura Gakuin, Babymetal became an independent act in 2013, following Nakamoto's departure from Sakura Gakuin. Babymetal released their eponymous debut album in February 2014. Their second album Metal Resistance was released worldwide on April 1, 2016, charting well internationally for a Japanese band. Babymetal has also embarked on several tours, with a majority of their tour dates taking place outside of Asia.

On October 19, 2018, Babymetal announced that Yui Mizuno (Yuimetal) had decided to leave the band due to poor health, following her absence from live performances since December 2017. Since her departure, the band has performed with one or more backup dancers called at live performances. In 2019, the band introduced three backup dancers that were present in a rotation on each live show to form a trio with Moametal and Su-metal, with the dancers being called Avengers."

BabyMetal - My TOP 3 videos

I was on youtube a few weeks ago and discovered a video of a band named BabyMetal (that I've never heard before).

The first video I saw was the amazing and awesome video of "Gimme Chocolate". Was the video that got me hooked. And then I went to look for all other videos of BabyMetal and found out all of her videos on the official youtube BabyMetal channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC33_tIj4m1_XaqfFcomShvw and also found out the youtubers reviewing their videos.

This videos of people reviewing for the first time some videos of BabyMetal that other people on their comments told them and they were really surprise for the positive. Because of the weirdness of the videos. Crazy and amazing Metal sound with 3 little girls appearing and then singing. It was just a new thing for me for sure to see that level of Metal with some young kids. Really great japanese influences.

Will copy here some info from wikipedia for you to learn what this sound really is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babymetal

"Babymetal (stylized as BABYMETAL) are a Japanese kawaii metal band. The band consists of Suzuka Nakamoto as "Su-metal" (Vocal and Dance) and Moa Kikuchi as "Moametal" (Scream and Dance). The band is produced by Kobametal from the Amuse talent agency. Their vocals are backed by heavy metal instrumentation, performed by a group of session musicians known as the "Kami Band" at performances.

The band was formed in 2010, with the original lineup of Su-metal (Vocal and Dance), Moametal (Scream and Dance), and Yui Mizuno as "Yuimetal" (Scream and Dance), with the concept of a fusion of the heavy metal and Japanese idol genres. Originally a sub-unit of the Japanese idol group Sakura Gakuin, Babymetal became an independent act in 2013, following Nakamoto's departure from Sakura Gakuin. Babymetal released their eponymous debut album in February 2014. Their second album Metal Resistance was released worldwide on April 1, 2016, charting well internationally for a Japanese band. Babymetal has also embarked on several tours, with a majority of their tour dates taking place outside of Asia.

On October 19, 2018, Babymetal announced that Yui Mizuno (Yuimetal) had decided to leave the band due to poor health, following her absence from live performances since December 2017. Since her departure, the band has performed with one or more backup dancers called at live performances. In 2019, the band introduced three backup dancers that were present in a rotation on each live show to form a trio with Moametal and Su-metal, with the dancers being called Avengers."

Will add here my Top 3 videos of BabyMetal including the first one I saw (Gimme chocolate).

1st:
BABYMETAL - ギミチョコ!!- Gimme chocolate!! (OFFICIAL)
113,080,516 views •Feb 25, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/embed/WIKqgE4BwAY
And the video:


2nd:
BABYMETAL - KARATE (OFFICIAL)
56,148,356 views •Mar 17, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/embed/GvD3CHA48pA
And the video:


3rd:
BABYMETAL - Road of Resistance - Live in Japan (OFFICIAL)
23,659,794 views •May 6, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/embed/zTEYUFgLveY
And the video:

Sunday, February 23, 2020

Covid-19 2020-02-20 The New York Times, Why Did the Coronavirus Outbreak Start in China?

I found this article very interesting about the "CoronaVirus - Covid-19" and China and its customs. I hope it will be useful to you.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-china-cause.html

Opinion

Why Did the Coronavirus Outbreak Start in China?

Let’s talk about the cultural causes of this epidemic.
Mr. Lian is a former chief editor of the Hong Kong Economic Journal and a contributing Opinion writer.

Credit...Agence France-Presse — Getty Images


The new coronavirus disease has a name now: COVID-19. That took a while. The virus’s genome was sequenced within two weeks or so of its appearance, but for many weeks more, we didn’t know what to call it or the disease it causes.

For a time, in some quarters, the disease went by “Wuhan pneumonia,” after the city in central China where the first human infections were detected. But guidelines from the World Health Organization, which christened COVID-19 recently, discourage naming diseases after locations or people, among other things, to avoid “unintended negative impacts by stigmatizing certain communities.”

Indeed. On Jan. 29, an Australian tabloid owned by Rupert Murdoch featured on its front page a red face mask stamped with “Chinese Virus Pandamonium”: The emphasis on “panda” was the paper’s doing, so the misspelling it highlighted presumably was deliberate, too. A Chinese student in Melbourne protested in an op-ed in another paper, “This virus is not ‘Chinese.’”

Of course, the virus isn’t Chinese, even if its origin eventually is traced back to a cave in China; nor is the disease that it causes.

Epidemics, on the other hand, are often societal or political — much like famines are usually man-made, even though droughts occur naturally.

As far as the current outbreak goes, two cultural factors help explain how the natural occurrence of a single virus infecting a single mammal could have cascaded into a global health crisis. And now for the controversial aspect of this argument: Both of those factors are quintessentially, though not uniquely, Chinese.

The first is China’s long, long history of punishing the messenger.

A doctor who had flagged on social media the risk of a possible viral outbreak was among several people summoned by the police in Wuhan in early January and warned not to spread rumors. He died recently after being infected with COVID-19.

Similarly, the epidemic of SARS — which is caused by another coronavirus — that broke out in southern China in late 2002 was covered up by local authorities for more than a month, and the surgeon who first sounded the alarm was held in military detention for 45 days.

In 2008, a scandal erupted over tainted baby formula, after major Chinese producers were found to have added melamine to milk powder. (Six infants died; 54,000 had to be hospitalized). Four years later the whistle-blower credited with first exposing the problem was stabbed to death under mysterious circumstances.

These are recent examples, but that doesn’t mean they should be pinned solely on the Chinese Communist Party: The practice of punishing whoever brings embarrassing truths has been the order of the day since at least the time of Confucius, in the sixth century B.C.

The sage took a page from an even more ancient tract, “The Classic of Poetry” (also known as “The Book of Songs”), a collection of songs and poems dating to the 10th century B.C. or before, and adopted a rule from it: “To Manifest the Way, First Keep Your Body Safe.” (明哲保身) That may sound innocuous enough, until you consider the fate of one of Confucius’s beloved students, Zi Lu (子路), also known as Zhong You (仲由), after he ran afoul of the precept: For trying to rebuke a usurper in a power struggle between feudal lords, he was killed and his body was minced. (It is said that Confucius never ate ground meat again.)

In the third century, the maxim took on some literary flair and a cynical didactic twist in an essay on fate by the philosopher Li Kang (李康): “The tree that grows taller than the forest will be truncated by gales” (木秀于林,風必催之). This, in turn, eventually gave rise to the more familiar modern adage, “The shot hits the bird that pokes its head out” (槍打出頭鳥).

Admittedly, China’s rulers occasionally solicit honest views from their subjects — but only of a certain kind or usually for a limited time. Mao Zedong, in his “Hundred Flowers” or “Big Voices, Big Gripes” (大鳴大放) campaign of late 1956 and early 1957, called for the facts and critical opinions to be freely proffered. A few months later came the Anti-Rightist Movement (反右運動) — during which hundreds of thousands of educated people who had spoken out were sent to jail, forced into exile or subjected to years of mistreatment, their careers and families destroyed.

Punishing people who speak the truth has been a standard practice of China’s ruling elite for more than two millenniums and is an established means of coercing stability. It is not an invention of modern China under the Communists — although the party, true to form, has perfected the practice. And now, muzzling the messenger has helped spread the deadly COVID-19, which has infected some 75,000 people.

A second cultural factor behind the epidemic are traditional Chinese beliefs about the powers of certain foods, which have encouraged some hazardous habits. There is, in particular, the aspect of Chinese eating culture known as “jinbu,” (進補) meaning, roughly, to fill the void. Some of its practices are folklorish or esoteric, but even among Chinese people who don’t follow them, the concept is pervasive.

It is better to cure a disease with food than medicine, so starts the holistic theory. Illnesses result when the body is depleted of blood and energy — though not the kind of blood and energy studied in biology and physics, but a mystic version.

Credit...Anti-Poaching Special Squad, via Associated Press


For men, it is most important to fill the energy void, which is related to virility and sexual prowess; for women, the stress is on replacing blood, which improves beauty and fertility. Rare plants and animals from the wild are thought to bring the best replenishment, especially when eaten fresh or raw. Winter is said to be the season when the body needs more “jinbu” foods. (Could that help explain why both SARS and the current epidemic broke out during that time of year?)

Hard-core believers in “jinbu” seem to buy into this notion, too: “Like-shapes eaten strengthen like-shapes” (以形補形), with the word “shapes” sometimes referring to human organs and their functions. Adherents count as favorites a long list of exotic foods — whose methods of procurement or preparation can be outright cruel, with some simply too revolting to describe here.

I’ve seen snakes and the penises of bulls or horses — great for men, the theory goes — on offer at restaurants in many cities in southern China. Bats, which are thought to be the original source of both the current coronavirus and the SARS virus, are said to be good for restoring eyesight — especially the animals’ granular feces, called “sands of nocturnal shine” (夜明砂). Gallbladders and bile harvested from live bears are good for treating jaundice; tiger bone is for erections.

More mundane yet no less popular is the palm civet (果子狸), a small, wild quadruped suspected of having passed on the SARS virus to humans. When stewed with snake meat, it is said to cure insomnia.

Less wealthy people might turn to dog meat — preferably a dog that has been chased around before being slaughtered, because some people believe that more “jinbu” benefits are reaped from eating an animal whose blood and energy ran high. Similarly, it is thought that animals killed just before serving are more “jinbu” potent, which is one reason the more exotic offerings in wet markets tend to be sold alive — also making them more potent vectors for any virus they might carry.

Eating exotic wildlife has long been endorsed by scholars and elevated to mystical heights, including in the medical treatise “The Inner Bible of the Yellow Emperor” (黃帝内經), written some 2,000 years ago and still revered by many health-conscious Chinese today. Beliefs surrounding the health benefits of certain wildlife foods — which are discussed in newspaper columns and on numerous dedicated internet sites, as well as taught in China’s medical schools — permeate the culture.

True, these practices are not legion across China. Nor are they uniquely Chinese: Many peoples in many other countries eat exotic foods, too. But what is notable about China is that these beliefs about the special powers of some foods have been accepted, are now a given, even among people who do not put them into practice. They have become firmly embedded in the Chinese collective consciousness.

And so there are strong reasons to say that the current outbreak of COVID-19 has been aided by two fundamentally Chinese cultural practices. This may be discomfiting to hear; the notion might even strike some people as offensive. But it is necessary to investigate all the causes behind this deadly epidemic, whatever their nature — because if we don’t, we will only be inviting the next one.

Yi-Zheng Lian, a commentator on Hong Kong and Asian affairs, is a professor of economics at Yamanashi Gakuin University in Japan and a contributing Opinion writer.

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Friday, February 21, 2020

Bon Jovi - Limitless

Today the new video from Bon Jovi named "Limitless" is live.

Bon Jovi - Limitless

Published on Feb 21, 2020

Limitless

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Hope you will love this awesome lyric.

Bon Jovi - Limitless

WAKE UP, EVERYBODY WAKE UP
HERE WE GO
IT’S JUST ANOTHER DAY
ANOTHER BUZZ ANOTHER BEEP
SCRUB YOUR FACE
AND BRUSH YOUR TEETH
OUT THE DOOR
INTO THE STREET
I FELL OUT OF MY SLEEP
A MILLION DIFFERENT FACES
ALL FROM DIFFERENT PLACES
SWIMMING IN THE SEA
TRYING TO KEEP YOUR HEAD ABOVE WATER
TRYING TO KEEP YOUR HEAD ABOVE WATER

ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS
ONE PRAYER ONE WISH
STEP OUT OFF THE EDGE
IT’S WORTH THE RISK
LIFE IS LIMITLESS LIMITLESS
LIMITLESS LIMITLESS

WAKE UP, EVERYBODY WAKE UP
MORNING COMES YOU DO IT ALL AGAIN
YOU KNOW THE SONG IT’S ON REPEAT
FOUND YOUR SHOES CAN’T FIND YOUR FEET
GRAB YOUR WALLET AND YOUR KEYS
BETTER NOT FORGET TO BREATHE
SWEAT UNTIL YOUR SOAKING
DON’T LET THEM SEE YOU CHOKING
A TEARDROP IN THE SEA
TRYING TO KEEP YOUR HEAD ABOVE WATER
TRYING TO KEEP YOUR HEAD ABOVE WATER

ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS
ONE PRAYER ONE WISH
STEP OUT OFF THE EDGE
IT’S WORTH THE RISK
LIFE IS LIMITLESS LIMITLESS
LIMITLESS LIMITLESS
LIFE IS LIMITLESS LIMITLESS
LIMITLESS

LEFT TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT
WHEN THE SUN COMES UP
AND THE SUN GOES DOWN
IS THERE SOMETHING MORE
THAN IT WAS BEFORE
THERE’S AN OPEN DOOR
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR

LIFE IS LIMITLESS LIMITLESS
LIMITLESS

ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS
ONE PRAYER ONE WISH
STEP OUT OFF THE EDGE
IT’S WORTH THE RISK

ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS
ONE TOUCH ONE KISS
STEP OUT OFF THE EDGE
IT’S WORTH THE RISK
LIFE IS LIMITLESS LIMITLESS
LIMITLESS LIMITLESS
LIFE IS LIMITLESS LIMITLESS
LIMITLESS LIMITLESS

Sunday, January 19, 2020

Madonna 2020-01-18 Coliseu dos Recreios, Lisbon

Sat, January 18, 2020 in Lisbon, Portugal @ Coliseu dos Recreios

The tour of Madonna is: "Madame X Tour".
It was my 10th Madonna show. 3rd of 3 shows this tour in Lisbon.

This tour all seats are seated so no need to go to early. Doors open at 20h30. And Madonna was scheduled to start at 21:30.
For this show I bought the ticket on Saturday, 2019/May/25 in FNAC, Chiado, Lisbon, Portugal. Got "Balcão Central Par H76".

Before "Madonna" in Coliseu dos Recreios, played Madame X Fado Band, they started at 21:47 and played 28 minutes.

Members: Gaspar Varela (guitar), Miroca Paris (percussion and guitar), Carlos Mil-Homens (percussion) and Jessica Pina (trumpet and background vocalist) were invited by Madonna to play an instrumental opening set which included Madonna covers: "Secret", "Don't Tell Me", "Like a Virgin" and "Who's That Girl". Between the Madonna songs they played some Fado related sounds.

Finally was time for Madonna. She started at 22:42 and played 148 minutes. Played a set of 21 songs.

Love the concert and the setlist that was created for this tour.
Best moments for me in this Madame X Tour:
Old songs - > Vogue, American Life, Frozen and Like a Prayer.
New songs - > Crave, I Rise.

Well you can check all the details of the show in the setlist below.

Here it is the setlist:



Act I
01. God Control
02. Dark Ballet
03. Human Nature
04. Express Yourself (A cappella)
Papa Don't Preach (String Introduction)

Act II
Madame X Manifesto (Video Introduction)
05. Vogue
06. I Don't Search I Find
07. American Life

Act III
Coffin (Video Interlude)
08. Batuka
09. Fado Pechincha (Isabel De Oliveira cover)
10. Killers Who Are Partying
11. Crazy
12. La Isla Bonita (With excerpts from "Welcome to My Fado Club")
13. Sodade (Cesária Évora cover) (with Dino d'Santiago)
14. Medellín
15. Extreme Occident

Act IV
Rescue Me (Dance Interlude)
16. Frozen
17. Come Alive
18. Future
19. Crave (Tracy Young Remix)
20. Like a Prayer

Encore:
21. I Rise

Friday, January 17, 2020

Madonna 2020-01-16 Coliseu dos Recreios, Lisbon

Thu, January 16, 2020 in Lisbon, Portugal @ Coliseu dos Recreios

The tour of Madonna is: "Madame X Tour".
It was my 9th Madonna show. 2nd of 3 shows this tour in Lisbon.

This tour all seats are seated so no need to go to early. Doors open at 20h30. And Madonna was scheduled to start at 21:30.
For this show I bought the ticket on Saturday, 2019/May/25 in FNAC, Chiado, Lisbon, Portugal. Got "Balcão Central Imp C59".

Before "Madonna" in Coliseu dos Recreios, played Madame X Fado Band, they started at 21:52 and played 28 minutes.

Members: Gaspar Varela (guitar), Miroca Paris (percussion and guitar), Carlos Mil-Homens (percussion) and Jessica Pina (trumpet and background vocalist) were invited by Madonna to play an instrumental opening set which included Madonna covers: "Secret", "Don't Tell Me", "Like a Virgin" and "Who's That Girl". Between the Madonna songs they played some Fado related sounds.

Finally was time for Madonna. She started at 22:50 and played 149 minutes. Played a set of 21 songs.

Love the concert and the setlist that was created for this tour.
Best moments for me in this Madame X Tour:
Old songs - > Vogue, American Life, Frozen and Like a Prayer.
New songs - > Crave, I Rise.

Well you can check all the details of the show in the setlist below.

Here it is the setlist:



Act I
01. God Control
02. Dark Ballet
03. Human Nature
04. Express Yourself (A cappella)
Papa Don't Preach (String Introduction)

Act II
Madame X Manifesto (Video Introduction)
05. Vogue
06. I Don't Search I Find
07. American Life

Act III
Coffin (Video Interlude)
08. Batuka
09. Fado Pechincha (Isabel De Oliveira cover)
10. Killers Who Are Partying
11. Crazy
12. La Isla Bonita (With excerpts from "Welcome to My Fado Club")
13. Sodade (Cesária Évora cover)
14. Medellín
15. Extreme Occident

Act IV
Rescue Me (Dance Interlude)
16. Frozen
17. Come Alive
18. Future
19. Crave (Tracy Young Remix)
20. Like a Prayer

Encore:
21. I Rise

Monday, January 13, 2020

Madonna 2020-01-12 Coliseu dos Recreios, Lisbon

Sun, January 12, 2020 in Lisbon, Portugal @ Coliseu dos Recreios

The tour of Madonna is: "Madame X Tour".
It was my 8th Madonna show. 1st of 3 shows this tour in Lisbon.

This tour all seats are seated so no need to go to early. Doors open at 20h30. And Madonna was scheduled to start at 21:30.
For this show I bought the ticket on the same day at 13h00 (I tried the ticket offices when they opened). Got "Camarotes 2a 36º".

Before "Madonna" in Coliseu dos Recreios, played Madame X Fado Band, they started at 21:03 and played 27 minutes.

Members: Gaspar Varela (guitar), Miroca Paris (percussion and guitar), Carlos Mil-Homens (percussion) and Jessica Pina (trumpet and background vocalist) were invited by Madonna to play an instrumental opening set which included Madonna covers: "Secret", "Don't Tell Me", "Like a Virgin" and "Who's That Girl". Between the Madonna songs they played some Fado related sounds.

Finally was time for Madonna. She started at 21:57 and played 148 minutes. Played a set of 22 songs.

Love the concert and the setlist that was created for this tour.
Best moments for me in this Madame X Tour:
Old songs - > Vogue, American Life, Frozen and Like a Prayer.
New songs - > Crave, I Rise.

Well you can check all the details of the show in the setlist below.

Here it is the setlist:



Act I
01. God Control
02. Dark Ballet
03. Human Nature
04. Express Yourself (A cappella)
Papa Don't Preach (String Introduction)

Act II
Madame X Manifesto (Video Introduction)
05. Vogue
06. I Don't Search I Find
07. American Life

Act III
Coffin (Video Interlude)
08. Batuka
09. Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley cover) (A cappella)
10. Fado Pechincha (Isabel De Oliveira cover)
11. Killers Who Are Partying
12. Crazy
13. La Isla Bonita (With excerpts from "Welcome to My Fado Club")
14. Sodade (Cesária Évora cover) (with Dino d'Santiago)
15. Medellín
16. Extreme Occident

Act IV
Rescue Me (Dance Interlude)
17. Frozen
18. Come Alive
19. Future
20. Crave (Tracy Young Remix)
21. Like a Prayer

Encore:
22. I Rise

Note: this set was filmed for future release