Some thoughts on the Paul McCartney concert I was at last
nite.
It’s Paul fucking McCartney! Nuff said
Paul played guitar and piano much more than he did bass.
His back-up band has been playing with him for more years
than the Beatles were together!
He brought out several chestnuts never before played on
tour: “Lovely Rita”, “Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite”, Your Mother Should
Know”, “All Together Now”.
The dude is 70 years old and played non-stop for 2 ½ hours!
He looks great.
That being said, the video close-ups on Paul were not that
close up… high res 70 feet high does not make for a pretty picture for an old
guy, no matter how well preserved.
Average age of attendees was probably about 45. After all,
what young one could afford tickets that ranged from $100 to $500 (without mom and dad, of course!)
Great light show- “Live And Let Die” had lasers and explosions.
Emotionally tingling moments: “Hey Jude” (complete with
audience sing-a-long), “Something” (dedicated to George and played on Ukelele,
before th whole band joined in), “Here Today” (dedicated to and about John).
It was in Brooklyn… so the “Fuhgettaboutit Paul” sign was
especially apropos.
He played “I Saw Her Standing There”- that song is 52 years
old!
Cool Hendrix tribute!!!!! With a “Foxy Lady” jam in “Let Me
Roll It” -plus a great story about
Hendrix playing Sgt Pepper live only 2 days after the Beatles released it!
“Yesterday” was played of course, but then Paul did a couple
of lines from the original song title: “Scrambled Eggs”
When you think about the catalog of material that McCartney
has, it’s absolutely staggering. And when
you hear 30 plus songs representing the best of 20th century music,
it is humbling.
$10 beers and a horrible seating scheme (the upper deck is
sloped dangerously steep) did not make for a fun customer experience.
Total dick move of the night- some old fuck ratted out a couple of people smoking some grass and they got tossed.
It’s Paul fucking McCartney! Nuff said
But the best part of
the show was watching the joy my daughter displayed seeing the show!
The set list:
1.
Eight Days a
Week
2.
Junior's Farm
3.
All My Loving
4.
Listen to What the Man Said
5.
Let Me Roll It
6.
Paperback Writer
7.
My Valentine
8.
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five
9.
The Long and Winding Road
10.
Maybe I'm Amazed
11.
Things We Said Today
12.
We Can Work It Out
13.
Another Day
14.
And I Love Her
15.
Blackbird
16.
Here Today
17.
Your Mother Should Know
18.
Lady Madonna
19.
All Together Now
20.
Lovely Rita
21.
Mrs. Vandebilt
22.
Eleanor Rigby
23.
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
24.
Something
25.
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
26.
Band on the Run
27.
Back in the U.S.S.R.
28.
Let It Be
29.
Live and Let Die
30.
Hey Jude
Encore:
31.
Day Tripper
32.
Hi, Hi, Hi
33.
I Saw Her Standing There
Encore 2:
34.
Yesterday
35.
Helter Skelter
36.
Golden Slumbers
37.
Carry That
Weight
38.
The End