Barcelona, 7 September 2006. Palau Sant Jordi. Ana Torroja finally appears in Barcelona with her tour “The Force of Destiny”. The singer unleashed all the heavy artillery of Mecano's songs in a concert that will last for years in the memories of those gathered there.: sailors, soldiers, singles, married… and I'm sure there are also some absent-minded priests..
In an elegant and spectacular setting at the same time, Ana appeared rising on a platform located in the uppermost part of it., while the chords of the well-known “Today I can not lift”. Of, from the beginning, the Catalan public surrendered at his feet. To continue, his spectacular new version of “The Lovers”, and then a “50 words, 60 words or 100” where she herself, in the absence of Nacho Cano, gave voice to the chorus, something that, personalmente, as a fan, It made me feel very melancholy and I have to admit that it is the only moment of the concert where I miss the Cano brothers.. From there everything was a succession of songs that, as the singer herself said, They are part of the soundtrack of his life and that of all of us who were there., an audience mostly in their thirties.
Special mention to how well the ex-mecano solved the small stoppage that occurred in the concert due to a technical failure. An a cappella version of “The map of your heart”, masterfully performed, livened up the moment.
If there is one word that can summarize Ana Torroja's performance at the Palau Sant Jordi, that is “sublime”. your voice, so questioned by many lately, rose to the occasion, even going so far as to remember her best moment before the famous laryngitis that removed her from the stage back in the day. 1992. The selection of songs, a success, without any doubt, although the most fans missed some gems of the group, how could it be “Japan” the “Lost in my room”, but of course, You had to choose because not all of them asked to be. Only, for reproaching something to the one known as “Spanish pop voice”, some surprise was missed due to the coincidence of the concert with such an important date in the “mechanical calendar”. Rafael Amargo and his bare-chested dancing were superfluous in the interpretation of “Son of the Moon” and “A Rose is a Rose”. Perhaps asking the Canos to be present at the concert would have been too much., but at least Alex Syntek's participation in the interpretation of “Love hurts”, one of the three songs from his solo career performed by Torroja on this tour together with “20 butterflies” and “I don't get tired”
Mecano fell into a coma 1992 to die definitively in 1998, but Mecano's soul never rested in peace, always remained, or the members of the group themselves kept it there, in limbo, as if he couldn't rest in peace because he had something left to do, and that something was an outstanding debt of the group with its fans for not offering a farewell tour after the failed return of 1998. When Ana Torroja finishes this tour, Mecano's soul will now be able to ascend to heaven and rest in peace forever because his fans will now be able to say that, finally, They have said goodbye to Mecano.