Posted on 09/17/2005 8:52:10 AM PDT by rodomila
Paul Mcartney opened his US tour last night in Miami. I was there and I would heartily recommend it to my fellow Freepers, particularly those in my age range (I am 52). The show opened dubiously with a ten-minute video hagiography that should have embarrassed McCartney as much as it did the audience. Let's face it the man is obviously enamored with himself - playing with his dyed hair far more than a man should, waving to the crowd in phony humility after each song etc. etc. Having said all that I have to say that the show was SPECTACULAR! I was never a fan of post-Beatles McCartney but even those songs sounded great in the live setting. Beatlemaniacs will not be disappointed as the three-hour show includes mostly Beatles material and covers all the classics. Hey Jude, Yesterday, For No One, Got to Get You Into My Life, Get Back, Let It Be, Helter Skelter, I've Got a Feeling, Blackbird, Magical Mystery Tour, Eleanor Rigby, Back in the USSR, Maybe I'm Amazed, and many more. There were even super oldies like Please Please Me, Till There Was You and a thing they recorded when they were the Quarrymen. He moved effortlessly from piano, to bass, to guitar and played many songs solo. His band was first rate and very tight for the tour's first gig. By the end of the show I was willing to forgive him his narcissism (I guess 40 years of adulation changes a man), and was grateful for the opportunity to take my musician sons on such a wonderful trip to my musical past. The crowd was equally floored, demanding encore after encore, which he graciously gave. I felt compelled to write this review after reading the ridiculous review by Howard Cohen, which appeared in today's Miami Herald. Why should I be surprised ? The Herald lies about everything else too. I think he must have been having a bad drug trip or something as the show he reviewed bore absolutely no resemblance to the great show I saw that left a packed to the rafters arena of screaming fans on cloud nine. If the tour comes to your town, don't miss it.
Then maybe we could get a rest from The Beatles.
Thanks for posting this...I'm taking the wife to his date tonight in Tampa.
A lifelong Beatles fan myself (notice my nick?), I've seen Harrison twice (1974), Ringo's All Starr Band three times, and McCartney three times, with the forth being next month in NYC. While I was never much of a fan of his post-Beatles stuff either, he does put on a great show with about 50% being Beatles tunes ... and thats the reason why I go see 'im :)
Aside from being a very old joke and not a funny one at that, your comment seems to me to be in bad taste.
Or the Rolling Stones. They are all starting to look like cadavers now, or should I say they are all starting to look like Keith Richards.
My sister has a theory that the Beatles are dying off in order of musical talent. John Lennon died young. Paul McCartney will probably live forever.
For those who want to argue, listen to some Wings albums before you do. Yuck.
Regards, Ivan
The "Hare Krishna" reference during the guitar solo was a dead giveaway.
Always hated the Beatles, but if I had to pick one, let's just say that I wish Mark David Chapman had hated McCartney.
MARK DAVID CHAPMAN GOT THE WRONG ONE.
My condolences............
Ringo's "Time Takes Time" is the best CD done since "Ringo".
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000000KW/qid=1126985812/sr=1-16/ref=sr_1_16/102-0084132-6009745?v=glance&s=music
And in searching I found "Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band: The Anthology [BOX SET]" which I did not know existed but will buy.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005LOOL/ref=pm_dp_ln_m_2/102-0084132-6009745?v=glance&s=music&vi=samples
Dude, Paul is dead.:)
Really? I thought it was original.
and not a funny one at that
Really? I thought it was kind of amusing.
your comment seems to me to be in bad taste.
Really? The Beatles seem to me to be in bad taste.
I thought his performances had seemed rather lifeless as of late.
Regards, Ivan
So every so often we're subjected to another hobble down Memory Lane. However, these days, the band has to pack Metamucil and Depends instead of the hash pipes and Trojans.
Thanks for the links ... will check out these CD's.
You are a real jackass. If the Beatles bother you so much why don't you simply ignore them when other people want to discuss them? You don't like them, fine. Advocating their murder, not so fine.
Having said that, I'm sure these words will be wasted because someone who would make a post like yours is probably not given to worry about what others think.
"For those who want to argue, listen to some Wings albums before you do. Yuck."
I think Band on the Run is an excellent album. The rest, not so much.
I am a huge Ram fan. Although I'd have to say it's number 2 to Band on the Run. But I'd take either.
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