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Post by noproblems on Dec 17, 2018 19:42:31 GMT
... walks on water. I saw him at the O2 Arena last night (Sun 16th) and he was simply excellent. We got a three hour show, guest appearances from Ringo Starr and 'Honest' Ron Wood for Get Back, Macca called out wife and daughter (Stella), and Roger Daltrey was reportedly spotted in the crowd. I think he said that Olivia Harrison was also in the audience. He paid tributes to John ( Here Today), George ( Something) and Linda. For Something, Macca played the song using George's ukelele. Set list for Paul McCartney ' Freshen Up' tour Start time 20:10. Finish time 23:08. (*) donates new album 'Egypt Station' 1. Hard Day's Night 2. Junior's Farm 3. All My Loving 4. Letting Go 5. Who Cares* 6. Got to Get You into My Life 7. Come On to Me* 8. Let Me Roll It 9. I Got a Feeling 10. Let 'Em In 11. My Valentine 12. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five 13. Maybe I'm Amazed 14. I've Just Seen a Face 15. In Spite of All the Danger 16. From Me to You 17. Dance Tonight 18. Love Me Do 19. Blackbird 20. Here Today 21. Queenie Eye 22. Lady Madonna 23. Eleanor Rigby 24. Fuh You* 25. Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite 26. Something 27. Ob-La-Di 28. Band on the Run 29. Back in the USSR 30. Let it Be 31. Live and Let Die 32. Hey Jude ENCORE
1. Birthday 2. Wonderful Christmastime 3. Get Back (guest appearances by Ringo Starr and Ronnie Wood) 4. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise) 5. Helter Skelter 6. Golden Slumbers 7. Carry That Weight 8. The End Rolling Stone link: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/paul-mccartney-ringo-starr-ronnie-wood-get-back-769986/
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Post by snakelady on Dec 18, 2018 6:53:22 GMT
Not too bad for an old man They all might be short tunes, but still .. 32 ! And take note Quo - this is an encore worth its name. I'm surprised though he left out his biggest solo hit, Mull Of Kintyre. Obviously the punters went home happy anyway, so maybe the other band we usually talk about should dare dropping RAOTW and especially WYW too ..
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Post by mortified on Dec 18, 2018 7:24:00 GMT
Sounds like a great night. I actually had tickets to see Wings in Edinburgh way back in the 70's but I couldn't go and gave the tickets away. Never got the chance again. Sir Paul's latest album Egypt Station is pretty good. Like most albums of his, I tend to like about half of it. Junior's Farm is a great favourite of mine. And never as big a hit as many others so interesting that he played it. Quite a lot of Beatles stuff in there as well. My stepdaughter can't stand him and I have no idea why. I tell her it's quite acceptable not to like him or his music but make it constructive. Or it's like slagging off Beethoven The Mozart of popular culture. Ta for the report
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Post by noproblems on Dec 18, 2018 9:49:55 GMT
If you take away the fame that goes with the name, you are left with a very talented singer/songwriter, and a very good multi instrumentalist.
Macca is famous for his Hofner bass, but during the show he switched between bass, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, ukulele, grand piano and upright piano. He also plays drums, and probably a host of other instruments (he played most of the instruments during the recording of Band on the Run.)
I also find it very striking that he still feels the need to be creative by writing and recording new material, and then going out on the road to promote it. It's not as if he needs the money...
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Post by mortified on Dec 18, 2018 11:40:12 GMT
I always say that if you don't or didn't like the Beatles and couldn't see what all the fuss was about, you should simply appreciate that they changed the world. Literally. And forever. I can't stick Elvis or his music for example; he's just not for me. But he was another that changed absolutely everything. Both allowed me to latch on to other things which followed. Those types of individuals come along very infrequently. And I'm getting the impression these days that the well has dried up His voice has held up remarkably well. Bearing in mind he's now 76 years old.
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Post by craydarr on Dec 18, 2018 17:32:35 GMT
I saw him on his Flowers in The Dirty tour at Wembley in the late Eightes, it was a fantastic gig and up there in my top five gigs ever.
I still love his Tripping the Live Fantastic live album which was recorded on this tour.
You can’t knock a person with a back catalogue like his.
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Post by noproblems on Dec 19, 2018 22:13:30 GMT
I saw him on his Flowers in The Dirty tour at Wembley in the late Eightes, it was a fantastic gig and up there in my top five gigs ever. I still love his Tripping the Live Fantastic live album which was recorded on this tour. You can’t knock a person with a back catalogue like his. No, you can't. I last saw him in 1990 - simply entitled 'The Paul McCartney World Tour' (I've still got the programme). There are two members of the band that played in both shows, the other one being Paul Wickens.
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Post by craydarr on Dec 20, 2018 7:07:17 GMT
I saw him on his Flowers in The Dirty tour at Wembley in the late Eightes, it was a fantastic gig and up there in my top five gigs ever. I still love his Tripping the Live Fantastic live album which was recorded on this tour. You can’t knock a person with a back catalogue like his. No, you can't. I last saw him in 1990 - simply entitled 'The Paul McCartney World Tour' (I've still got the programme). There are two members of the band that played in both shows, the other one being Paul Wickens. Yeh Wickens was with him when I saw him, he’s a top session man who’s played with everyone including Quo. When I saw him he had a guitarist playing with him called Robbie Macintosh, great guitarist who is my favourite guitar player of all time. Again a top session man who’s played with everyone.
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Post by mortified on Dec 20, 2018 7:14:55 GMT
It's interesting that Sir Paul and Ringo are still making music.
I didn't think Ringo's last album was that great but the one before from a couple of years ago, Postcards From Paradise, was very good indeed. I really like it.
They both obviously do it purely for pleasure and therefore make the music they want to without compromise.
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Post by snakelady on Dec 20, 2018 7:22:10 GMT
I was too young to have cared about the Beatles while they still existed, but as a kid in school during the 70s you couldn't avoid them, as half your teachers were into them. Even in music lessons one or two Beatles tunes were analysed and the radio still played them regularly. So yep, as Billy says, they were ground breaking and whether you liked them or not you had to at least take notice. Interestingly the Stones were seen different and didn't have the same elevated cult status. Obviously they still existed and struggled, which doesn't help to become legends .. . That was a much newer phenomenon. Maybe similar to Paul - he was always there, so after John's tragic death all the attention centred around his music and the images of John the intellectual and Paul the 'mere' pop star were cemented once and for all. With the Beatles nearly forgotten these days, at least by the younger generations (after all they can't do arena tours ..) Paul never got the respect and acknowledgement he deserves IMO. I've never seen him live, can't remember any tours of his here either during those years when I really was into music. Maybe I just didn't notice though, as at the time the Beatles and Paul weren't seen as cool ? Isn't it strange how perception changes depending on so many factors other than the music itself ? I'd go see him now (depending on ticket prices though - I tend to boycott everything above 100€).
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Post by mortified on Dec 20, 2018 7:53:36 GMT
I remember The Beatles at their crazy peak although I was very young. My mum took me to see A Hard Day's Night and Help and I loved them both but I was too young to be properly interested in music. I simply sang along to a nice tune. The Stones were just an R&B band at the time; one of dozens in the UK. But they took off primarily because of their rebellious attitude coupled with their articulate approach when interviewed. It came across as strangely contradictory. They also wrote some fantastic tunes! Both evolved of course. Big time! Both becoming even more ground breaking. That level of innovation in popular culture seems to have passed. Although maybe that's just me being old in my views. Which I always sought to avoid But I hear very little these days that makes me stop and think "wow, that's different".
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Post by johnnymain on Dec 20, 2018 8:13:19 GMT
... walks on water. I saw him at the O2 Arena last night (Sun 16th) and he was simply excellent. We got a three hour show, guest appearances from Ringo Starr and 'Honest' Ron Wood for Get Back, Macca called out wife and daughter (Stella), and Roger Daltrey was reportedly spotted in the crowd. I think he said that Olivia Harrison was also in the audience. He paid tributes to John ( Here Today), George ( Something) and Linda. For Something, Macca played the song using George's ukelele. Rolling Stone link: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/paul-mccartney-ringo-starr-ronnie-wood-get-back-769986/Macca gives a shout out to his wife Nancy at every show - she attends most of them these days - and Roger Daltrey can be seen in the official footage of the show at the side of the stage when Ronnie Wood walks on.
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Post by noproblems on Dec 20, 2018 11:22:01 GMT
I'd go see him now (depending on ticket prices though - I tend to boycott everything above 100€). You'll never see him then. My ticket for O2 totalled £142. If Macca announces a farewell tour, expect that price to double.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2018 13:29:39 GMT
I remember The Beatles at their crazy peak although I was very young. My mum took me to see A Hard Day's Night and Help and I loved them both but I was too young to be properly interested in music. I simply sang along to a nice tune. The Stones were just an R&B band at the time; one of dozens in the UK. But they took off primarily because of their rebellious attitude coupled with their articulate approach when interviewed. It came across as strangely contradictory. They also wrote some fantastic tunes! Both evolved of course. Big time! Both becoming even more ground breaking. That level of innovation in popular culture seems to have passed. Although maybe that's just me being old in my views. Which I always sought to avoid But I hear very little these days that makes me stop and think "wow, that's different". It's an interesting debate. My initial thoughts are that I agree but I'm mindful that styles of music such as rap, dance, trance, etc are increasingly popular amongst the population. It's not my cup of tea and I don't always associate it as being 'music' but that's just me being a fuddy duddy (and I'm not 40 yet). You could argue it's innovative though. Maybe the traditional format of guitar, bass and drums will never provide a new innovation, maybe it's all been done via that method and there's nothing new to find? I hope not.....
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Post by mortified on Dec 20, 2018 14:04:26 GMT
I remember The Beatles at their crazy peak although I was very young. My mum took me to see A Hard Day's Night and Help and I loved them both but I was too young to be properly interested in music. I simply sang along to a nice tune. The Stones were just an R&B band at the time; one of dozens in the UK. But they took off primarily because of their rebellious attitude coupled with their articulate approach when interviewed. It came across as strangely contradictory. They also wrote some fantastic tunes! Both evolved of course. Big time! Both becoming even more ground breaking. That level of innovation in popular culture seems to have passed. Although maybe that's just me being old in my views. Which I always sought to avoid But I hear very little these days that makes me stop and think "wow, that's different". It's an interesting debate. My initial thoughts are that I agree but I'm mindful that styles of music such as rap, dance, trance, etc are increasingly popular amongst the population. It's not my cup of tea and I don't always associate it as being 'music' but that's just me being a fuddy duddy (and I'm not 40 yet). You could argue it's innovative though. Maybe the traditional format of guitar, bass and drums will never provide a new innovation, maybe it's all been done via that method and there's nothing new to find? I hope not..... I think that sort of emphasises the point. It was all done, certainly in an innovative sense, by the 90's and early 2000's. Stormzy is the darling of the press (and the young) at the moment and I tend to go along with the school of thought that he might be the only one really pushing the envelope just now. Sort of any way. I dare say someone like Cypress Hill from back in the day would beg to differ. But maybe I'm not listening properly. I am finding that as I get older. I've become more dismissive. It's not good and I'm aware of it but I can't help myself But I guess all of this is a discussion away from Sir Paul. The point I think is that no one is changing the world anymore. Not with music.
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Post by vivfromcov on Dec 27, 2018 12:21:18 GMT
Thanks noproblems for the write up and setlist! I was there too and agree it was an amazing concert, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Got quite emotional at times. Those songs and the film backdrop brought it home how much time has passed.... I grew up with The Beatles music and loved all the old songs but the newer ones were great too. I'd thought Macca was a bit of an egotist and his voice was shot but he has definitely gone up in my estimation! Loved it!
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Post by frozenhero on Jan 13, 2019 12:08:56 GMT
Not too bad for an old man They all might be short tunes, but still .. 32 ! And take note Quo - this is an encore worth its name. I'm surprised though he left out his biggest solo hit, Mull Of Kintyre. Obviously the punters went home happy anyway, so maybe the other band we usually talk about should dare dropping RAOTW and especially WYW too .. Not all are that short. Sure, the last three encores are parts of the medley at the end of Abbey Road but Band on the Run, 1985, Let Me Roll It are all around five minutes. I'm surprised that with the tracks off the new album he played "Fuh You" (which I thought was dreadful) but not something as wonderful as "Despite Repeated Warnings"...
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