barbietta
04-14-2002, 10:14 PM
Wow...I had the most amazing time at the Paul
McCartney concert!!! It was by far the best concert I have ever seen (it takes a lot for me to say that after having been to
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant twice!) They started the
show with all these people dressed in bizarre
costumes milling through the crowds and burning
incense--it was like people from all periods from all
over the world throughout history. They all eventually
migrated to the stage for what I would call a "Cirque
du Soleil"-esque performance. Then Paul came on. What
an amazing singer and performer he is! He played
non-stop for three hours...a great mix of old Beatles
stuff, Wings, and old and new solo material (Hello,
Goodbye, Jet, All My Loving, Getting Better, Coming
Up, Let Me Roll It, Lonely Road, Driving Rain, Your
Loving Flame, Blackbird, Every Night, We Can Work It
Out, Mother Nature's Son, Vanilla Sky, Carry That
Weight, Fool on the Hill, Here Today, Something,
Eleanor Rigby, Here There and Everywhere, Band on the
Run, Back in the USSR, Maybe I'm Amazed, C Moon, My
Love, Can't Buy Me Love, Freedom, Live and Let Die,
Let It Be, Hey Jude, Long and Winding Road, Lady
Madonna, Saw Her Standing There, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely
Hearts Club Band, Yesterday, The End). He played all
kinds of instruments; bass guitar, electric guitar,
acoustic guitar, ukulele, piano, organ... As if that
wasn't enough, there was a spectacular video show to
go with it all--scenes of old and new clips of
concerts, excerpts from the Beatles movies, historical
events, funky psychodelic images--you name it. There
were even pyrotechnics! When they were playing "Live
and Let Die", there were a bunch of explosions on
stage. After the song, Poor Paul got up clutching at
his heart and waving his hands like, "no more!". In
between all the songs he chatted with the crowd,
telling jokes, and talking about the origins of all
the songs, various experiences he's had in his
travels, and old times with the Beatles and Wings, etc. He
did a really cool tribute to John Lennon by playing
"Here Today", and then a tribute to George Harrison by
playing "Something" on the ukulele (apparently George
loved ukuleles). It was such a "feel-good" show! There
wasn't a soul there who wasn't grinning ear to ear by
the end of it.
I hope some of you were able to see it as well!
McCartney concert!!! It was by far the best concert I have ever seen (it takes a lot for me to say that after having been to
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant twice!) They started the
show with all these people dressed in bizarre
costumes milling through the crowds and burning
incense--it was like people from all periods from all
over the world throughout history. They all eventually
migrated to the stage for what I would call a "Cirque
du Soleil"-esque performance. Then Paul came on. What
an amazing singer and performer he is! He played
non-stop for three hours...a great mix of old Beatles
stuff, Wings, and old and new solo material (Hello,
Goodbye, Jet, All My Loving, Getting Better, Coming
Up, Let Me Roll It, Lonely Road, Driving Rain, Your
Loving Flame, Blackbird, Every Night, We Can Work It
Out, Mother Nature's Son, Vanilla Sky, Carry That
Weight, Fool on the Hill, Here Today, Something,
Eleanor Rigby, Here There and Everywhere, Band on the
Run, Back in the USSR, Maybe I'm Amazed, C Moon, My
Love, Can't Buy Me Love, Freedom, Live and Let Die,
Let It Be, Hey Jude, Long and Winding Road, Lady
Madonna, Saw Her Standing There, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely
Hearts Club Band, Yesterday, The End). He played all
kinds of instruments; bass guitar, electric guitar,
acoustic guitar, ukulele, piano, organ... As if that
wasn't enough, there was a spectacular video show to
go with it all--scenes of old and new clips of
concerts, excerpts from the Beatles movies, historical
events, funky psychodelic images--you name it. There
were even pyrotechnics! When they were playing "Live
and Let Die", there were a bunch of explosions on
stage. After the song, Poor Paul got up clutching at
his heart and waving his hands like, "no more!". In
between all the songs he chatted with the crowd,
telling jokes, and talking about the origins of all
the songs, various experiences he's had in his
travels, and old times with the Beatles and Wings, etc. He
did a really cool tribute to John Lennon by playing
"Here Today", and then a tribute to George Harrison by
playing "Something" on the ukulele (apparently George
loved ukuleles). It was such a "feel-good" show! There
wasn't a soul there who wasn't grinning ear to ear by
the end of it.
I hope some of you were able to see it as well!