O som da chuva caindo no chão e na minha pele plastificada.
Um mar de gente molhada e histérica por todos os lados, todos entorpecidos de
expectativa. A chuva engrossa e já não sei mais se o que ouço é a chuva mesmo
ou se é a aterrorizante introdução de uma velha canção favorita. Os sinos batem
ao longe e de repente ouvimos a risada demoníaca dele…
What is this that stands before me?
Figure in black which points at me
Turn around quick, and start to run
Find out I'm the chosen one
Oh nooo!
Figure in black which points at me
Turn around quick, and start to run
Find out I'm the chosen one
Oh nooo!
Eu pisco os olhos vermelhos e diante de mim estão Ozzy, Tony
e Geezer tocando Black Sabbath. A chuva cai pesada e eu também desabo. Tínhamos
esse encontro marcado desde o começo do ano e finalmente aqui estamos. This is
the beginning of the end, finally. Me sinto absurda ao agradecer a deus por
eles estarem ali, vivos e vibrantes, diante de mim e de mais de 60 mil pessoas
cantando em uníssono cada verso do hino maior do heavy metal.
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| Rival Sons |
Antes do show do Sabbath caía uma garoa fininha, que deu até
uma cor viva para os Rival Sons. Deu para tomar cerveja, era cara mas era
Heineken, graças a deus! Penso em deus toda hora… como não pensar? Faço novos
amigos, ganho um copo-souvenir que tinha, mas acabou. Quando a chuva desaba pra
valer, saco minha capucha, presente de última hora também, e me plastifico bem
direitinho para esperar my madman gritar para mim “Find out I’m the chosen
one!” Claro que você é Ozzy, e nós somos todos ordinários em nossas
capas reluzentes.
Estamos diante do Sabbath mais original que já vi (e pela 2a
vez num espaço de 3 anos, quanta sorte!). Não consigo evitar pensar nisso tudo
enquanto Ozzy grita “oh noooooo!” – então finalmente percebo Tommy Clufetos
descendo o braço na bateria, mostrando a todos porque ele está ali também. A chuva
aperta, meus pés estão ensopados, mas o palco está pegando fogo.
Big black shape with eyes of fire
Telling people their desire
Satan's sitting there, he's smiling
Watches those flames get higher and higher
Oh no, no, please God help me!
Telling people their desire
Satan's sitting there, he's smiling
Watches those flames get higher and higher
Oh no, no, please God help me!
Geezer Butler, tocando em sua velocidade absurda de sempre
acelera tudo com Clufetos e Tony Iommi, que faz um solo acachapante, uma
cacetada que deixa todo mundo estupefato. Ao final da música as pessoas estão em
transe. Barbados, cabeludos, carecas tatuados velhos e crianças choram ao meu
redor. Os brutos também amam e louvam a deus, pensa que não?
Child cries out for his mother
Mother's screaming in the fire
Satan points at me again
Opens the door to push me in
Oh nooooo!
Mother's screaming in the fire
Satan points at me again
Opens the door to push me in
Oh nooooo!
Is it the end, my friend?
Satan's coming 'round the bend
people running 'cause they're scared
The people better go and beware!
No, no, please, no!
Satan's coming 'round the bend
people running 'cause they're scared
The people better go and beware!
No, no, please, no!
Ozzy encerra a canção de forma clássica “God bless you all” e reclama “I can’t hear you”, apesar da
histeria. Estamos todos em êxtase apesar de molhados. Ele não se importa. Tony,
Geezer e Clufetos também não e já emendam a introdução de Fairies Were Boots. Tommy
Clufetos fica gigante no centro do palco e eu me pergunto se Bill Ward tocaria
tão pesado. Ozzy então vem com sua voz doce de pato louco e começa a contar
minha historinha de fadas preferida da vida…
Goin' home,
late last night
Suddenly I got
a fright
Yeah I looked through
a window and surprised what I saw
Fairy wear
boots and dancin' with a dwarf, all right now!
Dançamos então na chuva como se não houvesse amanhã. No
telão atrás deles estão imagens lisérgicas que ajudam ainda mais a viajar no
som. Clufetos desce a porrada, Tony acelera e Geezer acelera ainda mais. Ozzy
canta bem gritado:
Yeah, fairies
wear boots and you gotta believe me
Yeah I saw it,
I saw it, I tell you no lies
Yeah, fairies
wear boots and you gotta believe me
I saw it, I
saw it with my own two eyes, all right now!
Yeah, fairies
wear boots and you gotta believe me
Yeah I saw it,
I saw it, I tell you no lies
Yeah, fairies
wear boots and you gotta believe me
I saw it, I
saw it with my own two eyes, all right now!
So I went to
the doctor, see what he could give me
He said
"Son, son, you've gone too far.
‘cause smokin'
and trippin' is all that you do."
Yeah......
Catarse. Tony faz aquele solo final, com as porradas de Clufetos
e Geezer acompanhando em velocidade alucinante. E a gente acha que vai morrer
quando acaba. É quase um golpe fatal entre as costelas.
Mas calma, o fim ainda está no começo! Vamos falar sobre
eternidade…
Have you ever thought about your soul can it be saved?
Or perhaps you think that when you're dead you just stay in your grave
Is God just a thought within your head or is he a part of you?
Is Christ just a name that you read in a book when you were in school?
Or perhaps you think that when you're dead you just stay in your grave
Is God just a thought within your head or is he a part of you?
Is Christ just a name that you read in a book when you were in school?
When you think about death do you lose your breath or do you
keep your cool?
Would you like to see the Pope on the end of a rope do you think he's a fool?
Well I have seen the truth, yes I've seen the light and I've changed my ways
And I'll be prepared when you're lonely and scared at the end of our days
Would you like to see the Pope on the end of a rope do you think he's a fool?
Well I have seen the truth, yes I've seen the light and I've changed my ways
And I'll be prepared when you're lonely and scared at the end of our days
Could it be you're afraid of what your friends might say
If they knew you believe in God above?
They should realize before they criticize
That God is the only way to love
If they knew you believe in God above?
They should realize before they criticize
That God is the only way to love
Is your mind so small that you have to fall
In with the pack wherever they run
Will you still sneer when death is near
And say they may as well worship the sun?
In with the pack wherever they run
Will you still sneer when death is near
And say they may as well worship the sun?
I think it was true it was people like you that crucified Christ
I think it is sad the opinion you had was the only one voiced
Will you be so sure when your day is near, say you don't believe?
You had the chance but you turned it down, now you can't retrieve
I think it is sad the opinion you had was the only one voiced
Will you be so sure when your day is near, say you don't believe?
You had the chance but you turned it down, now you can't retrieve
Perhaps you'll think before you say that God is dead and gone
Open your eyes, just realize that he's the one
The only one who can save you now from all this sin and hate
Or will you still jeer at all you hear, yes I think it's too late
Open your eyes, just realize that he's the one
The only one who can save you now from all this sin and hate
Or will you still jeer at all you hear, yes I think it's too late
Masters of reality apresentando décadas depois uma versão
pesadíssima de After Forever… Geezer Butler simplesmente destrói tudo… E a
guitarra feliz de Tony Iommi nessa música? Dá pra não pensar em deus, no tempo,
na sorte de ainda não ser tarde demais? Me lembro da nossa primeira vez, em
1992, penso no Dio, como foi importante também. Me lembro também de 13 em 2013.
Em todas as vezes achei que era a última, mas não era. Que sorte…
Acordei do transe quando Tony Iommi dedilhou Into the Void e
Geezer Butler pareceu tocar ainda mais alto. Rolou uma espécie de duelo. A
chuva lavando tudo. Clufetos administrando com maestria pedais e pratos, e Ozzy
devagar, quase rezando, profético com nossa espécie abestalhada…
Rocket engines
burning fuel so fast
Up into the night sky they blast
Through the universe the engines whine
Could it be the end of man and time?
Back on earth the flame of life burns low
Everywhere is misery and woe
Pollution kills the air, the land and sea
Man prepares to meet his destiny, yeah
Rocket engines burning fuel so fast
Up into the black sky so vast
Burning metal through the atmosphere
Earth remains in worry, hate and fear
With the hateful battles raging on
Rockets flying to the glowing sun
Through the empires of eternal void
Freedom from the final suicide
Freedom fighters sent out to the sun
Escape from brainwashed minds and pollution.
Leave the earth to all its sin and hate
Find another world where freedom waits.
Past the stars in fields of ancient void
Through the shields of darkness where they find
Love upon a land a world unknown
Where the sons of freedom make their home
Leave the earth to Satan and his slaves
Leave them to their future in their grave
Make a home where love is there to stay
Peace and happiness in every day
Up into the night sky they blast
Through the universe the engines whine
Could it be the end of man and time?
Back on earth the flame of life burns low
Everywhere is misery and woe
Pollution kills the air, the land and sea
Man prepares to meet his destiny, yeah
Rocket engines burning fuel so fast
Up into the black sky so vast
Burning metal through the atmosphere
Earth remains in worry, hate and fear
With the hateful battles raging on
Rockets flying to the glowing sun
Through the empires of eternal void
Freedom from the final suicide
Freedom fighters sent out to the sun
Escape from brainwashed minds and pollution.
Leave the earth to all its sin and hate
Find another world where freedom waits.
Past the stars in fields of ancient void
Through the shields of darkness where they find
Love upon a land a world unknown
Where the sons of freedom make their home
Leave the earth to Satan and his slaves
Leave them to their future in their grave
Make a home where love is there to stay
Peace and happiness in every day
No final da música as pessoas cantam aos berros o riff da
guitarra “oooooo oooo oooo”. É muito juvenil tudo isso, todo mundo cantando
junto na chuva assim. Gosto demais de como Into the void acaba, evocando paz e
amor todos os dias. Como seria bom…
Chega então a vez de Snowblind, com sua aura progressiva
de um Sabbath que só existiu naquela época. Me dou conta do passeio que é este
setlist… ele conta a história do Sabbath, assim como Snowblind parece narrar
com escárnio os pingos de água atingindo nosso nariz como se fosse gelo. Ou
outra coisa…
What you get
and what you see
Things that
don't come easily
Feeling happy
in my pain
Icicles within
my brain
(cocaine)
Something
blowing in my head
Winds of ice
that soon will spread
Down to freeze
my very soul
Makes me
happy, makes me cold
My eyes are
blind but I can see
The snowflakes
glisten on the tree
The sun no
longer sets me free
I feel the
snowflakes freezing me
Let the winter
sunshine on
Let me feel
the frost of dawn
Build my
dreams on flakes of snow
Soon I’ll feel
the chilling glow
Don't you
think I know what I'm doing
Don't tell me
that it's doing me wrong
You're the one
that's really the loser
This is where
I feel I belong
Kiss the world
with winter flowers
Turn my days
to frozen hours
Lying
snowblind in the sun
Will my ice age
ever come?
Eu ainda tentando me recuperar da pedrada punk-prog e o
Morumbi começa a chacoalhar com as sirenes aunciando War Pigs. Genial, tremeu
tudo. A chuva caindo pesada. Clufetos deu seu show particular de vigor, e Ozzy mal precisou
cantar, correu de um lado pro outro levantando a galera, entre seus “everybody jump” e “let me see your fucking hands”. Penso no Brasil de ponta cabeça e
no quanto a letra de War Pigs cabe no nosso picadeiro… oh lord, yeah!
Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerers of death's construction
In the fields the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds
Oh lord yeah!
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerers of death's construction
In the fields the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds
Oh lord yeah!
Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor
Yeah
Time will tell on their power minds
Making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess
Wait 'till their judgment day comes
Yeah!
Making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess
Wait 'till their judgment day comes
Yeah!
Now in darkness world stops turning
Ashes where the bodies burning
No more war pigs have the power
Hand of God has struck the hour
Day of judgment, God is calling
On their knees the war pig's crawling
Begging mercy for their sins
Satan laughing spreads his wings
Oh lord yeah!
Ashes where the bodies burning
No more war pigs have the power
Hand of God has struck the hour
Day of judgment, God is calling
On their knees the war pig's crawling
Begging mercy for their sins
Satan laughing spreads his wings
Oh lord yeah!
Ozzy apresenta a banda, como se precisasse. Fala com as
pessoas na sua língua própria. É cativante vê-lo ali ainda, comandando o
espetáculo. Eu nunca achei que veria a bunda branca do Ozzy tantas vezes ao
vivo… ele anuncia Behind the Walls of Sleep e segue capitaneando nossa viagem
aos primórdios do Sabbath.
Precious cups within the flower
Deadly petals with strange power
Faces shine a deadly smile
Back up on you at your trial
Chill and numbs from head to toe
Icy sun with frosty glow
Deadly petals with strange power
Faces shine a deadly smile
Back up on you at your trial
Chill and numbs from head to toe
Icy sun with frosty glow
Why'd you go reaching your sorrow?
Why'd you go read no tomorrow
Feel your spirit rise with the priest
Feel your body falling to its knees
Why'd you go read no tomorrow
Feel your spirit rise with the priest
Feel your body falling to its knees
Take your walk of remorse
Take your body to a corpse
Take your body to a corpse
Take your body to a corpse
If you want all remorse
Take your body to a corpse
Take your body to a corpse
Take your body to a corpse
Take your body to a corpse
If you want all remorse
Take your body to a corpse
Now from darkness, there springs light
Wall of sleep is cold and bright
Wall of sleep is lying broken
Sun shines in, you are awoken
Wall of sleep is cold and bright
Wall of sleep is lying broken
Sun shines in, you are awoken
Quando Geezer puxa N.I.B. o panetone treme de novo. Geezer
Butler merecia ser canonizado por esta canção de amor demoníaca. Tony Iommi
coroado como rei dos riffs. E Ozzy merecia Oscar, Grammy e Nobel por este “Oh
yeaah!”
Oh yeah
Some people say my love cannot be true
Please believe me, my love, and I'll show you
I will give you those things you thought unreal
The sun, the moon, the stars all bear my seal
Please believe me, my love, and I'll show you
I will give you those things you thought unreal
The sun, the moon, the stars all bear my seal
Oh yeah
Follow me now and you will not regret
Leaving the life you led before we met
You are the first to have this love of mine
Forever with me 'till the end of time
Leaving the life you led before we met
You are the first to have this love of mine
Forever with me 'till the end of time
Your love for me has just got to be real
Before you know the way I'm going to feel
I'm going to feel
I'm going to feel
Before you know the way I'm going to feel
I'm going to feel
I'm going to feel
Oh yeah
Now I have you with me, under my power
Our love grows stronger now with every hour
Look into my eyes, you'll see who I am
My name is Lucifer, please take my hand
Our love grows stronger now with every hour
Look into my eyes, you'll see who I am
My name is Lucifer, please take my hand
Oh yeah
Follow me now and you will not regret
Leaving the life you led before we met
You are the first to have this love of mine
Forever with me 'till the end of time
Leaving the life you led before we met
You are the first to have this love of mine
Forever with me 'till the end of time
Your love for me has just got to be real
Before you know the way I'm going to feel
I'm going to feel
I'm going to feel
Before you know the way I'm going to feel
I'm going to feel
I'm going to feel
Oh yeah
Now I have you with me, under my power
Our love grows stronger now with every hour
Look into my eyes, you'll see who I am
My name is Lucifer, please take my hand
Our love grows stronger now with every hour
Look into my eyes, you'll see who I am
My name is Lucifer, please take my hand
Rat Salad junta de novo Clufetos disputando com Geezer quem
consegue tocar mais rápido e com Tony quem consegue tocar mais pesado. Que belo
substituto Bill Ward ganhou… Aproveito o solo interminável de bateria e vou ao
banheiro. Na volta, na correria, um headbanger cheio de tachas se enroscou na
minha capa e levou a metade com ele. Xinguei muito mas consegui voltar para
perto do palco semiseca. Clufetos continuava tocando… god bless!
Achei emocionante a introdução de Dirty Women, mais uma vez
levando a gente para viajar pela psicodelia progressiva de um Sabbath muito
rico e pouco ouvido. Desde a turnê 13 eu fiquei vidrada nesta música… uma ode à
solidão, à putaria e à vida desregrada como ela é, sobretudo em Gothamcity
rainy nights, eu com a capa rasgada praguejando... Sabbath é foda! Dirty Women
me soa como um bolero…
The neon lights are shining on me again
I walk the lonely streets in search of a friend
I need a lady to help me to get through the night
If I could find one then everything would be alright
I walk the lonely streets in search of a friend
I need a lady to help me to get through the night
If I could find one then everything would be alright
The sleepy city is dreaming the nigh time away
Out on the street I watch tomorrow becoming today
I see a man, he's got take away women for sale
Yes for sale
Guess that's the answer
'cause take away women don't fail
Out on the street I watch tomorrow becoming today
I see a man, he's got take away women for sale
Yes for sale
Guess that's the answer
'cause take away women don't fail
Oh dirty women, they don't mess around
Oh dirty women, they don't mess around
You've got me coming
You've got me going around
Oh dirty women,
They don't mess around
Oh dirty women, they don't mess around
You've got me coming
You've got me going around
Oh dirty women,
They don't mess around
Walking the streets I wonder will it ever happen
Gotta be good then everything will be o.k.
if I could score tonight then I will end up happy
A woman for sale is gonna help me save my day
Gotta be good then everything will be o.k.
if I could score tonight then I will end up happy
A woman for sale is gonna help me save my day
As pessoas estão em êxtase de novo. Em algum momento começam
a gritar “Ole ole ole ole, Chape, Chape…” um sentimento de tristeza estranho
toma conta de mim, quase uma culpa por estar tão feliz… Ozzy, porém, é um cara feliz por natureza e anuncia
Children of the Grave com a alegria de quem vai encerrar o expediente. Go fucking crazy! ele diz. Tenho
vontade de matá-lo a mordidas! Sinto um misto de raiva e alegria quase
infantil… Todo mundo canta o riff em uníssono. This is the beginning of the end, for real.
Revolution in their minds the children start to march
Against the world in which they have to live
And all the hate that's in their hearts
They're tired of being pushed around
And told just what to do
They'll fight the world until they've won
And love comes flowing through, yeah
Against the world in which they have to live
And all the hate that's in their hearts
They're tired of being pushed around
And told just what to do
They'll fight the world until they've won
And love comes flowing through, yeah
Children of tomorrow live in the tears that fall today
Will the sun rise up tomorrow bringing peace in any way?
Must the world live in the shadow of atomic fear?
Can they win the fight for peace or will they disappear, yeah
Will the sun rise up tomorrow bringing peace in any way?
Must the world live in the shadow of atomic fear?
Can they win the fight for peace or will they disappear, yeah
So you children of the world,
Listen to what I say
If you want a better place to live in
Spread the words today
Show the world that love is still alive you must be brave
Or you children of today are children of the grave, yeah
Listen to what I say
If you want a better place to live in
Spread the words today
Show the world that love is still alive you must be brave
Or you children of today are children of the grave, yeah
Mas não temos como evitar… sabíamos que fim estava próximo e
Tony Iommi anuncia em uma nota na sua SG histórica que nossa história paranóica
chega ao fim. Como pode ter sido tão rápido? Chove muito e a gente se acaba...
Finished with my woman 'cause she couldn't help me with my mind
People think I'm insane because I am frowning all the time
All day long I think of things but nothing seems to satisfy
Think I'll lose my mind if I don't find something to pacify
Can you help me, occupy my brain?
Oh yeah
I need someone to show me the things in life that I can't find
I can't see the things that make true happiness, I must be blind
I need someone to show me the things in life that I can't find
I can't see the things that make true happiness, I must be blind
Make a joke and I will sigh and you will laugh and I will cry
Happiness I cannot feel and love to me is so unreal
And so as you hear these words telling you now of my state
I tell you to enjoy life I wish I could but it's too late
Happiness I cannot feel and love to me is so unreal
And so as you hear these words telling you now of my state
I tell you to enjoy life I wish I could but it's too late
Quando elegi o Black Sabbath como minha banda preferida de
todos os tempos, há uns 20 poucos anos atrás, não imaginei que nossa história
seria tão rica, que teria tantos episódios, tanta gente, e que eu teria tantas
oportunidades de desfrutar ao vivo desse amor louco, longevo e improvável.
The End em São Paulo marca o final da turnê na América Latina e
inicia a contagem regressiva de 10 shows que encerram a turnê mundial do
Sabbath, sendo o último em Birminghan, terra natal sabática. Não poderei estar
lá, mas não poderia também estar mais agradecida de tê-los visto aqui, na minha
terra natal, chuvosa e complicada. Se este for mesmo o último capítulo da nossa
história, só posso dizer que cada segundo foi infinitamente aproveitado. O que
vem depois do fim certamente é a eternidade. The perfect End.
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Black Sabbath – The End – Estádio do Morumbi, SP, 4/12/2016
Setlist: http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/black-sabbath/2016/estadio-do-morumbi-sao-paulo-brazil-63fb861b.html
