Reventon 2010

I went to Reventon 2010 last night. It’s a Spanish music concert held in Staples Center and hosted by Super Estrella (a Spanish music radio station in LA).

The invited artists were as follows:

Maria José: A powerful singer.

Reik: A 3-man singing group. They do some alternative and ballad-y stuff.

Belinda: A fun pop singer.

Ramon Ayala: Apparently, he’s the king of accordion. He sings folksy Mexican songs that I guess are pretty popular/well known because every single person in Staples Center was singing along.

Daddy Yankee: Rapper. He gave a pretty good performance. My favorite part was when he had the lights turned off and asked everyone to take a picture with their cameras all at the same time. It was a really cool effect.

Alejandra Guzman: She is supposedly the queen of Spanish rock, and she’s kinda crazy. I don’t really like her music, and I find her difficult to understand because she’s got that too-much-crack-and-smoking voice. Halfway through her performance, she took off her blouse-thing and paraded about in a bra and a pink boa. Oh, did I mention she’s 42? Then she told us a story about all the implants she’s gotten in her body.

Ivy Queen: I still have no idea who this girl is.

Nelly Furtado: We all know who she is. She performed songs from her new album, and she also sang “Manos Al Aire.” I was secretly hoping for a performance of “Maneater,” but no dice.

Enrique Iglesias: He’s really hot.

Enrique’s performance was by far the most memorable. The place went absolutely crazy when he came on. I’ve never heard so many screams. He literally spent time standing there demanding praise.

During his performances, he would walk to the edge of the stage and climb partway into the crowd. Naturally, this sent the whole place into a tizzy. He performed some of his new stuff and then he sang “I Like It” and “Dímelo," which is also known as “Do You Know” in English.

My favorite moment of his performance was his last number, which was Heroe. He invited a 30-something year-old woman on stage and sang the song to her. For those of you who know the song, you can imagine how this woman reacted. Basically, she screamed, cried, embraced him, and just about died. Of course, everyone else in the audience felt the same way. Oh, what I would give to trade spots with her. At the very end of the song, he invited her boyfriend on stage as well, and together they sang “tú y yo.” It was actually really, really cute.

The concert was really fun, and I’m glad I got to go. Every single song, except “I Like It” was sung in Spanish, and the performers always addressed the crowd in Spanish. I was very proud of myself for understanding most of what the performers said when addressing us. Mostly they thanked the crowd, thanked Super Estrella, and talked about how awesome México is. I guess 90% of the crowd is Mexican.


Here is a video of Enrique's performance of "I Like It." I couldn't find one of him singing Heroe.