Hey José! (This is long) +[now in English for y'all]

Hey José! (This is long) +[now in English for y'all]

Postby Centauro on 16 Dec 2007 17:08

¡Hola José! Leí tu recuento de la increíble experiencia que tuviste en Chile con Stewart Copeland y la realización de tu sueño en una forma tan espectacular que colmó todas tus expectativas y no sería temerario decir que las rebasó con creces.

El apoyo y la energía que has recibido de todas partes del mundo a través de los foros de www.stewartcopeland.net y otros websites, es simplemente el fruto de una semilla que tu devoción por Stewart y The Police sembraron desde hace mucho, cuando tu imaginación fabricaba una ilusión, y tu corazón pedía con la fuerza que solo un fan comprende, que contra todos los pronósticos y a pesar de todas las palabras adversas de Sting durante muchos años, se produjera la esperada reunión y los acérrimos de The Police pudiéramos tener la oportunidad de ver al poderoso triunvirato que antaño patrullaba las calles de la música.

Desde el anuncio de la gira visité los foros de SC.net con regularidad pero nunca me registré para postear mensajes, hasta mucho después. Por supuesto no pudo pasar inadvertida para mí la presencia de algunos hispanohablantes entre los cuales destacaba un fan sudamericano, un hijo del Perú al que todos los foristas trataban con gran aprecio y que tenía fama de haber tenido previamente un contacto directo con el único y sin igual Stewart Copeland, amo de los platillos.

A medida que las noticias de prensa y las actualizaciones de los websites se iban sucediendo día tras día, vi crecer y encogerse dentro de mi la esperanza de que la banda viniera a Bogotá, mi ciudad. Al mismo tiempo veía como te pasaba algo similar, cuando las posibilidades de un concierto en Lima menguaban día a día.

No sé si lo recuerdas, pero a mitad de 2007 hice mi tímido ingreso a los foros de SC.net, preguntando algunos datos a los foristas. Había tomado la decisión de ir a ver a The Police a Buenos Aires aunque tuviera que acudir a medidas deseperadas. Mis mensajes no fueron muchos, pero en el último de ellos
te dije que estaba a punto de embarcarme en la madre de todos los secret journeys, pues a falta de otros medios había decidido tomar carretera y llegar hasta Buenos Aires haciendo autostop. Allí me contestabas que tuviera en mente las vastas distancias por carretera en suramérica eran mucho mayores que Europa, y recuerdo que sonreí en ese momento, pues intuí que como yo ponía mis posts en inglés, se te había pasado por alto que hablabas con alguien de Colombia... yo comprendía a qué distancias te referías pues llevaba un par de semanas estudiando mapas. Aún así nada me importaba, pues, al igual que tu, sentía la certeza de que esta sería la primera y última oportunidad de ir a un recital de The Police para nosotros los que por edad y ciudad nos perdimos los conciertos de la época de mayor gloria de Stewart, Andy y Sting.

Tu historia y la mía son paralelas y contradictorias, pues luego de tropiezos demasiado numerosos para listarlos aquí, perdí la motivación y la esperanza de llevar a buen término mi viaje a la Argentina. Tú por tu lado no dejabas de moverte para pedir a quien fuera, que llevaran la gira a Lima. Para mis adentros me decía que, si tú tenías éxito, reviviría también mi esperanza dado que Lima es una ciudad mucho más cercana.

Con el correr de los días se me hizo claro que tal cosa no iba a pasar, y me resigné. Siguiendo de cerca los foros, me emocionanba mucho al leer los mensajes de todos esos fans que iban poniendo sus anécdotas en cada concierto, y más aún las de aquellos que iban a dos y tres presentaciones, y contaban la enorme alegría de ver y escuchar a The Police en vivo. También me divertía con los recorridos de la Bandera y sus cruces a través del atlántico. Pero al mismo tiempo que me alegraba por todos los que hacían parte de esos relatos, me invadía la tristeza de pensar que yo no experimentaría aquello personalmente, y así, mis lecturas de los foros se hicieron menos frecuentes cada vez hasta que cesaron totalmente.

La luz de la esperanza, esa que tu nunca dejaste apagar, renació para mí por un amigo que me contó sobre un concurso radial que llevaría dos personas a uno de los shows en Argentina. Entré al concurso con un poco de escepticismo y ocurrió lo imposible... gané. Ha sido uno de los momentos más extraños de mi vida cuando el hombre de la radio me dijo que me iba para Buenos Aires. Pensé que iba a despertar de un sueño, pensé que esto le estaba sucediendo a alguien más... no estaba seguro de que aquello no fuera una alucinación.

Pero no lo fue. Al igual que a ti, se me cumplió el sueño... Y aunque lo luché mucho menos que tú, no lo deseé menos intensamente. De maneras distintas pudimos llegar desde muy lejos, tú a Santiago y yo a Buenos Aires, a una cita que el destino nos tenía reservada con la banda que llevamos en el corazón. Pero tú te ganaste un increíble premio a tu mayor perseverancia, la intensidad de tus esfuerzos y la enorme pasión por The Police que te mueve, y ese premio es la conexión vital (casi palpable a través de la pantalla) que pasa de tus dedos a los de Stewart en esa genial foto que sacaste en el backstage.

José, te felicito sinceramente... y deseo que ese recuerdo dure igual de intenso de tu mente y tu corazón todos los días de tu vida y mucho más allá, y que por siempre resuene en tus oídos la gran frase que te dijo Stewart: You and me are there, in the center of the Universe.

UN GRAN ABRAZO! SI ESTAS COSAS SUCEDIERON, CUALQUIER COSA PUEDE PASAR! OJALÁ ALGUN DIA NO MUY LEJANO PODAMOS GOZAR A THE POLICE EN NUESTROS PROPIOS PAISES... CUANDO ESO PASE, YO VOY A LIMA Y LUEGO VIENES TU A BOGOTÄ!

Mario


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OK, Just because I wanted to share with everybody else, I need to practice my english too, and just had the time ;-) I translated it all...


¡Hi Jose! I read your tale about the incredible experience you had in Chile with Stewart Copeland and the coming true of your dream in a way so spectacular that lived up to all your expectations and it wouldn't be too daring to say it surpassed them by far.

The support and energy you've gotten from all over the world through the SC.net forums and other websites, is simply the fruit of a seed that was long ago planted by your devotion to Stewart and The Police, when your imagination forged an illussion, and your heart asked with the strength only a fan understands, that against all odds and despite all the adverse phrases from Sting in past years, the awaited reunion would happen and the staunch fans of The Police could have the chance to see the powerful trio that once patrolled the streets of music.

Since the tour was announced, I constantly visited the Sc.net forums but I never registered to post until much later. Of course, it couldn't pass unnoticed to me the presence of some spanish-talking members, amongst whom it was prominent a fan from south america, a son of Perú who everybody was friendly with, and who had the fame of having previous direct contact with the one and only Stewart Copeland, lord of cymbals.

As the news releases and website updates were coming day by day, I saw inside of me the growing and shrinking of a hope to see the band coming to Bogotá, my city. At the same time, I witnessed something alike was happening to you, when the chances of a 2007 concert in Lima dimmed each day.

I don't know if you remeber it, but in mid 2007 I made my timid entrance to the SC.net forums, asking some things to the members. I had decided to go see The Police in Buenos Aires if it meant to take desperate measures. My posts were few, but in the last one of them I told you I was gonna go in the mothe of all secret journeys, as the lack of means forced me to hit the road and make it to B.A. as a hitchhiker. You told me to realize the vast highway distances in South America were way longer than in Europe, and I remember y smiled then, 'cause I sensed that as my posts were in english, you were oblivious that I was from Colombia... Too well I understood the distances you were talking about, as I had been studying maps for two weeks. Nonetheless, I didn't give a damn, 'cause just like you, I felt the certainty that this was gonna be the first and last (?) chance of going to a live show of The Police, for us who had missed the most glorious days of Stewart, Andy and Sting for reasons of age and location.

Your history and mine are parallel and inverse, in a a way, 'cause after too many troubles to list here, I lost my motivation and hope to make my trip to Agenrentina happen. You, instead, never stopped moving, unceassingly asking to whom it pertained,to please take the show to Lima. I told myself that, if you succeded, my own hope would be alive again, since Lima is a much closer city.

As days went by it looked clear to me that it wasn't going to happen, and I became resigned to it. Always lurking the forums, I was trhilled to read posts by all these fans who started to put their tales from each show, and even more the stories of those lucky enough to go to two and three shows to have to huge joy of seeing The Police live repeatedly. I also had fun reading about the voyages of The Flag and its ocean crossings. But at the same time I was glad for all the people involved in those things, I was overwhelmed by the sadness of knowing I wan't to experience such things, and thus, mi silent visits to the forums started to dwindle, until they eventually ceased.

The light of hope, the one you never let die, got revived for me when a friend told me aout a radio station contest that would take two listeners to one of the Argentina shows. I got in the contest, with a little skepticism, and then the impossible happened... I won. It was one of the weirdest moments of my whole life when the guy on the radio told me I was gonna fly to Buenos Aires. I thought I was going to wake up, and I thought that it was happening to someone else... I wasn't sure that it all was not an hallucination.

But it wasn't. As the dream became true for you, it became for me... And if I fought for it less than you, I didn't wish for it less intensely... In different ways we both made it (you to Santiago, me to B.A.) to the appointment destiny had made for us with the band we have in the heart. Fairly enough, you won an awesome prize, proportional to your bigger perseverance, the stenght of your efforts and the huge passion for The Polcie that drives you... that prize is the vital link (almost touchable through the screen) that runs from your fingers to Stewarts' in that ass-kicking and unbelievably cool basckstage pic.

José, I congratulate you deeply... and I wish that memory will live vivid in your mind and heart all the days of your life and way beyond, and may it always resonate in your ears the phrase Stewart gave you: You and me are there, in the center of the Universe.

A BIG HUG! IF THESE THINGS HAPPENED, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN! I HOPE SOME NOT TOO DISTANT DAY WE CAN ENJOY THE POLICE IN OUR OWN CONTRIES... WHEN THAT OCCURS I GO TO LIMA AND YOU COME TO BOGOTA, OK?
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Postby Jose on 16 Dec 2007 17:34

Hola Mario!

Genial tu comentario...espero , si me lo permites, postearlo en mi blog y si sacaste fotos alla en Argentina sería genial q me las envies para acompañar a tu estupendo relato.

puedes encontrar mi email en: "Memberlist"

Saludos cordiales,

Jose desde Lima 8)
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Postby Pau on 16 Dec 2007 17:57

jeje...
...lindo post Centauro!
La verdad que ustedes chicos tuvieron una gran suerte, y la de Jose fue mayor que la tuya todavía, si eso es posible.
Me alegro verdaderamente por los shows que pudieron vivir, y por todo lo que atravesaron para llegar a eso.
Premio a la perseverancia.

Moraleja: tengan confianza, fe y no pierdan la esperanza. Todo es posible ¡?

Chauchas
Saludos especiales a Centauro y a Jose, ¿mis compañeros sudamericanos?

PD: por fin un topic en español!
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Postby Centauro on 16 Dec 2007 18:31

Por supuesto! Put it in your blog if you wish... it'd honor me.

I took pics wih a borrowed cell phone, but they came out awful... damn thing has no good cam focus nor resolution --it's an old model. I'll send a link to them in a PM if you really want to see them. Mi consuelo es la galeria de JMRL en Flicker... excelentes fotos! Supongo que ya las viste...

Pau: Un saludo para ti también compañera... y todos los fans Suds!
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Postby Centauro on 16 Dec 2007 20:25

PMs DISABLED. OK, I had put these pics up just for the nice ladies I met there
in fist row, but you can check it out too, if you want to.

You've been warned. THE PICS LOOK LIKE CRAP :lol: except the last ones maybe,
(all the way down that page, but TP is not in them, just the aforementioned
ladies and me once the show was over).

So here's the URL for what it's worth:

http://www.geocities.com/javiermoreno21 ... olice.html

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Postby DirtyMartini on 16 Dec 2007 22:48

That was lovely, Centauro. Thank you for the translation for us Spanish-deficient types.
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Postby visions on 17 Dec 2007 00:42

Ahh just love stories like this

thanks for putting it in English for us who do not speak or read another language

winning the trip was brilliant and so glad that happened to you

i have noticed many amazing things happen to people in this wonderful magical world of Copeland

Glad you made it to the concert and i am sure that will stay in your memoies for ever
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Postby JMRL on 17 Dec 2007 02:04

Hi Mario!!
glad to listen from you again. Unfortunatly we didnt have the chance to say goodbye after the concert in Buenos Aires. I looked for you when the concert finished but coulnt find you.
I have upload new pictures to my flickr album. Take a look at them.
Un abrazo desde Argentina!

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Postby Maud138 on 17 Dec 2007 07:23

Thanks for translating this Mario. It is a great story. I'm very happy for you.
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Postby nancyrose on 17 Dec 2007 12:23

Beautiful story, Mario! I'm so happy your wish came true in this surprising way! Thanks for sharing it with us!
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Postby Jose on 17 Dec 2007 14:27

Hey Centauro!

Your pixeled pics are cool, if you loook it like a pop-art wharhol paints 8)

Do you have Joe's pics gallery link? I need to post most about argentinian concerts into my blog (the same with Brazilian and Puerto Rico's concerts) cause I don't have enough time to post it into my blog.

Hey you look like a mixing of Bob Marley, Jesus and Incubus singer :wink:

Your pic with the colombian flag is one of the most outstanding pics I saw... your smile transmit all the feelings you had it 8)
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Postby JMRL on 17 Dec 2007 14:38

Hi Jose!! Find me photos form december 1st concert in Buenos Aires here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9931374@N0 ... 349339150/
Un abrazo,

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Postby Jose on 17 Dec 2007 14:44

Cool, Joe! Thanks a lot!

Is it possible to write for me (in spanish) your experience-report about the Buenos Aires "Police Concerts"? To post it at my blog with your amazing pics 8)

you'll find my email searching it at member list section

thanks in advance,

Jose :wink:
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Postby Jose on 18 Dec 2007 04:29

[quote="JMRL"]Hi Jose!! Find me photos form december 1st concert in Buenos Aires here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9931374@N0 ... 349339150/
Un abrazo,

Joe[/quote]

Hi Joe!

I just updated my blog with the Buenos Aires gigs...including pics from you and Ana.. yeah you are in the credits!

Thanks in advance,

Jose :wink:
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Postby JMRL on 18 Dec 2007 14:45

Hi Jose! Give me some time if you want me to write something. I havent updated my website yet!!! It´s being a very busy end of year now nad I must say that I have been a little distracted this last months and I do not know why ... LOL!!
Glad you like the pictures

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