Paul McCartney dedicates love song 'Michelle' to Michelle Obama during Washington D.C. concert

NY Daily News ^ | 8-2-09 | Tracy Connor

[blueglass]

The President might want to keep an eye on the cute Beatle.

Paul McCartney made no secret of his admiration - or is it adoration? - of Michelle Obama at his Washington-area concert on Saturday night. "I love you, I love you, I love you. That's all I want to say," he sang. "I need to, I need to, I need to, I need to make you see. Oh, what you mean to me." The knighted, besotted singer dedicated the love song "Michelle" to the First Lady during his concert at FedEx Field, NBC Washington reported.

[blueglass]

How do you know when you're officially a third-world country? This would be it...

[Mr. Jazzy]

Could it suck anymore?

[Snickering Hound]

[Genoa]

Where’s the barf alert??

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Story title was too long...otherwise, I’m certain it would have been there....

;-)

[Abundy]

Other than that moment, the concert was one of the best concerts I have attended.

Right up there (in different ways) with Rush, John Denver, Johnny Cash, Jimmy Buffett and the Moody Blues.

[pabianice]

[penelopesire]

HOW MUCH DID WE PAY FOR THAT?

[Parmy]

Idiot! He and the Beatles were idiots when they first came to the U.S. And, they still all

I remember some of their answers to questions they were asked as they deplaned. The questions were idiotic, as were their answers.

[SJSAMPLE]

‘Jo Jo was a man who thought he was a woman ...”

[Puppage]

Paul McCartney dedicates love song 'Michelle' to Michelle Obama during Washington D.C. concert

I was there. He did NOT dedicate it to her.

[WKUHilltopper]

Awww...how putrid of him.

[mancini]

Please tell us, Paul, what has Michelle done to make you love her? Is it because she’s the First Lady? No, that can’t be it. He didn’t serenade Laura Bush. Maybe because she’s black? Maybe because he’s an elitist butt-sniffer who rose out of the puddles of Liverpool to become just another rich guy who thinks he knows better? what crap

[mancini]

I was there. He did NOT dedicate it to her.

Good to hear. Where did the Daily News go wrong?

[taxesareforever]

I just barfed.

[TET1968]

I would have performed “Every Which Way But loose”.

[mikelets456]

“Ebony and Ivory”....Oh boy Paul, I am ashamed to be a HUGE fan of yours!

[kcvl]

McCartney can take his concert and shove it. I wouldn’t go if it was FREE!

[Antoninus]

Sounds about right. One pretentious lightweight serenading another.

[Alberta's Child]

I'd like to congratulate Paul McCartney for a truly marvelous accomplishment . . . he was given a rare encore appearance on the infamous "Men Who Look Like Old Lesbians" blog . . .

[AdvisorB]

Michelle, my belle?

[Constitutions Grandchild]

The First Lady had already “left the building” when he sang the song. I guess the “Kodak Moment” was lost in scheduling. She was on her way to Camp David. Too bad, so sad.

[Armedanddangerous]

what is the song that says, “that girl is a guy..”

thats the one he needs to dedicate to her/him/it.

[Samizdat]

Aunt Esther (Lawanda Paige) would be so proud!

[TwoSue]

We were there, too.

[Sophia777]

Oh I am going to PUKE.

[TwoSue]

You’re correct. He said: “This is one that we, that we think Barack might want to sing to someone.”

[Sophia777]

LOL

[LucyJo]

Rush Limbaugh has been calling her “Michelle, My Belle” for a long time. lol.

[jttpwalsh]

The Press is infamous for inventing quotes, and stuffing them in people’s mouths. Sadly, nothing new here. I told my children years ago not to talk to these jackals. I ended up looking like the wise old man, a few months ago, when there was a small fire at my daughter’s school. A woman came up and asked her a few questions, then revealed she was with The Daily Rag. When the story was published, she said “Dad, you were right, I didn’t say any of those things, except my name!”

SOS, different day. They do call it a “story”, for a reason.

[OldCorps]

GAG!!! HURL!!!!

[JacksonCalhoun]

There’s a great spoof of Michelle by Paul Shanklin, he does a great Barack singing voice.

[Wardenclyffe]

Was he singing "Baggy Ass Blues" to her?

[aruanan]

Paul McCartney dedicates love song 'Michelle' to Michelle Obama during Washington D.C. concert

And Yesterday could be dedicated to Obama (as well as Harrison's Taxman).

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay

[paulycy]

If only...

[Frantzie]

McCartney without Lennon was rubbish and vice versa. On their own they sucked.

The best songwriter on his own in The Beatles was George.

[DJ MacWoW]

Not necessarily. He's a Brit and aging. Blindness happens with age.

However the middle photo is certainly a photo of a tacky 3rd world dictator demanding obeisance.

[dfwgator]

Exactly. John and Paul needed each other to filter out the other’s crap.

[DJ MacWoW]

Their answers were hysterical They did not take themselves or the press seriously.

[Albion Wilde]

No wonder that weirdo divorced him.

[Puppage]

Good to hear. Where did the Daily News go wrong?

He said something to the effect "this is a song someone in the house down the road might want to sing". Or something close to that. At any rate, it's was a dedication by any stretch of the imagination.

[Frantzie]

Exactly. John probably would tell Paully “thats a bit daft” when Paul had some syrupy rubbish.

(see Silly Love Songs, Ebony & Ivory plus dozens more for Paul’s crap)

Lennon had endless solo clunkers as well.

[Parmy]

If that is the case, why did they change? I don’t think their answers were hysterical. To the contrary, they were inane.

[TC Rider]

Well that song is so totally ruined for me now.

[DJ MacWoW]

They got into drugs. At that point, they lost me. I stayed normal and silly. (they became freaks) ;-)

[dfwgator]

You are black and I am white/ You are blind as a bat/ And I have sight/ Side by side, you are my amigo/negro... Let's not fiiiight.

[DJ MacWoW]

Oh and to a 15 yr old, they were funny.

[ReluctantDragon]

I share your sentiments. I saw him in the Kingdome in ‘76 and he was great then. He lost it after that. If he came to Seattle again I would walk to Spokane if necessary.