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.
Amazing show.
I'll probably try to make it to this one as well.
Pass. The late Bobby Hatfield of the "Righteous Brothers" sang the way that Paul McCartney wised that he could. Furthermore, McCartney butchered "Twist and Shout" way back when. Never bought a Beatles record, never will.
Anyone who forces his dog to be a vegetarian because of his views will never get a penny of my money either.
Didn't John sing lead on "Twist and Shout?"
I couldn't get tickets to any venue close to Cincinnati so I surprised my wife (same age as you) with tickets at Madison Square Garden. Sounds like it will be a great show!
Yes, John sure did sing lead on Twist & Shout.
On the record .. yes. Probably my favorite vocal performance of all time. Lately Paul has been singing it in concert.
Didn't John sing lead on "Twist and Shout?"
You're right. I guess to some people they all sounded the same.
Lucky you. Paul is coming to my area in October and I will be out of town ... I have never seen any of the Beatles, as a group, or as solo artists, in concert and I want badly to see Paul. Won't happen.
Is he 64 yet?
LOL!
"McCartney butchered "Twist and Shout" way back when. Never bought a Beatles record, never will."
Like the others posted, it was lennon. Not much of a song to butcher anyway.
I guess since the Stones did a tour, McCartney has to do one too. None of the Beatles solo were as good as they were in a group....not even close.
The group "Rain", a Beatles tribute band, play out in Reno and Tahoe from time to time...they are fantastic....sound even better than the Beatles. But without all the screaming girls...it just isn't the same.
When's Yoko going on her tour? I think I'll wait for that one.
Yep, Paul and John did a good job of filtering out each others crap.
I've seen 1 of Paul's concerts and 2 of Ringo's and Ringo beats Paul hands down. But Ringo does not do all Beatle songs, so if you want to hear Beatles songs Paul's concert is the one to see.
Possibly. I just was never into the Beatles to make any distinction about who sang lead on what. Regardless, McCarthy was there screeching his "Liverpudlian" lungs out. The botched imitation dised the Isley Bros and should have embarrassed the Beatles.
OTOH, there are some songs by Ringo and George that I do like. I'm not all a "Blue Meanie".
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