![]() So the bass is turned up to a level so high that it feels like a huge sound wave. ![]() Then Johnny asks if we want the bass cranked up. He went on to say he needs us to clap or he can’t keep with the beat. They also perform the song, “Sun” where audience participation is mandatory. And he performed his song, “Religion” which points out the hypocrisy of having religions as money making machines. He said Bush has done us in with his eight year reign. He wouldn’t be being Johnny Rotten otherwise. Of course Johnny has his political statements. I couldn’t help but wonder what kind of a friend Johnny Rotten, or should I say, John Lydon would be. Then they play “Disappointed.” It has the chorus, “Disappointed a few people… when friendship reared its ugly head… disappointed a few people… well, isn’t that what friends are for?” After the song, Johnny says, “Your friends are worth forgiving.” It’s a personal statement to the crowd. “I take no quarter… this is my land… I’ll never surrender… I am a warrior.” With a voice self-described as sounding like “a bag of kittens falling down a flight of stairs” it’s extremely powerful and anthemic. They play some PiL classics like, “Death Disco,” “Bags” and “Flowers of Romance.” When Johnny performs “Warrior” he sings it with the full conviction that he is a warrior. He cares if we’re having a good time or not. For somebody who has a reputation for not giving a fuck, he tells the crowd to loosen up and dance. And even though he’s taking swigs of brandy between songs and even gargling with it, spitting on the stage because he has built up phlegm, he is fully engaged and putting on a great show. Respect is a recurring theme that Johnny comes back to again and again over the course of the night. He is not somebody I want to anger or throw off.īut despite his prickliness, Johnny tells the security team to respect the audience and that the audience will respect them back. He makes eye contact with me during the first song, and it’s intense. and the show kicks off with “(This is Not a) Love Song.” And right away Johnny Rotten is talking to some people up in the right side balcony, telling them to move because the obscenities they are hurling are throwing him off. And while the opening song may sound like a love song, it’s clearly not. Yet, this is a post-punk show and the sheer volume and sound pressure is making my head feel like it’s going to explode. He's an old school legend: Playero wore a T-shirt embossed with his own name in rhinestones walking into a hotel for press interviews, later taking the decks in a dad-like zip-up hoodie and baseball cap, spinning classic acts like Wisin, Hector & Tito, Yaga & Mackie, Nicky Jam and, of course, Daddy Yankee.It’s Wednesday night at the Crofoot in Pontiac-a small venue great for the intimate exchange between artist and audience. In 1990s Puerto Rico, Playero produced and distributed some of the most influential mixtapes of the era, including the first ever Daddy Yankee record. ![]() The sound matured in Puerto Rico, where, despite being censored by the government (its dance counterpart perreo translates to "doggie style"), hip-hop and sampling became key thanks to a feedback loop with the Spanish-speaking American diaspora, before making its way to the rest of the world. A quick primer: reggaeton is originally from Panama, born when Jamaican migrants working on the canal set Spanish lyrics to dancehall and reggae's dembow beats. The most high-profile acts of the night were DJ Playero, a godfather of the genre, and DJ Pope, producer and right-hand man to J Balvin, one of the artists guiding it towards the future. Reggaeton has long been Colombia's biggest cultural export.
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