Paul in Brazil - Through my eyes

oobu24:Thanks Javi!

Here's video of her dancing onstage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj7Olvwpm-Y

"Do you really believe she was a brazilian fan? It seemed to everyone she was just an actress hired to the concert. Pretty obvious."

Lame.

oobu24:Thanks Javi!

Here's video of her dancing onstage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj7Olvwpm-Y

A bit uncomfortable to watch.

jena:She is beautiful. What's the problem? Celosas?

Have you been reading or not?
She wasn't a fan. Sh was hired to act in a future Paul video clip and her coming on stage was faked as if she was picked for being a fan who waved a sign.

Bob Gannon:Didn't find her dancing on stage any more or less uncomfortable than we he brings any other person on stage. There really is no excitement generated out of these stage appearances other than the person and maybe their close friends. There is little to no creativity displayed by most of them either to make it the slight bit interesting

She still wasn't a fan picked out of the audience.
I'm sure you're excited Bob when one of your friends gets onstage for the 1st,2nd or 3rd time . Those ones are not interesting at all to the rest of us. . They are greedy.
I'm sure they could have picked a real fan instead of a model .
What kind of video is Paul making with a dancing girl anyway?

I've only seen one that I've liked !
If I never saw another fan up there I'd be happy .
The dancing this year has mostly been awkward, maybe they wanted someone up there not afraid to dance in front of an audience !

I'm also not a fan of the dancing -- that clip was indeed cringeworthy to watch and Paul seems uncomfortable too. I don't think he likes being put in these situations that almost seem meant to tempt him in front of his wife. Though honestly that girl doesn't seem like his type. ;)

While I'm happy for those who've met Paul onstage, I'm also not a big fan of fans onstage during the main show. Soundcheck is fine, but during the show itself it often feels like an awkward buzzkill unless it's particularly clever -- like Terry from Detroit and her ass sign, which I laugh thinking about all the time! However, if it ever gets to the point long from now where Paul can't perform anymore, he could turn the shows into a Let's Make a Deal routine and just interact with crazy audience members.

Meanwhile @javilu, thank you for your detailed rundown of the Brazil shows. That's a lot of strange slipups -- I wonder if Paul needs a good rest before the next leg!

AcresOfFun:I'm also not a fan of the dancing -- that clip was indeed cringeworthy to watch and Paul seems uncomfortable too. I don't think he likes being put in these situations that almost seem meant to tempt him in front of his wife. Though honestly that girl doesn't seem like his type. ;)

While I'm happy for those who've met Paul onstage, I'm also not a big fan of fans onstage during the main show. Soundcheck is fine, but during the show itself it often feels like an awkward buzzkill unless it's particularly clever -- like Terry from Detroit and her ass sign, which I laugh thinking about all the time! However, if it ever gets to the point long from now where Paul can't perform anymore, he could turn the shows into a Let's Make a Deal routine and just interact with crazy audience members.

Meanwhile @javilu, thank you for your detailed rundown of the Brazil shows. That's a lot of strange slipups -- I wonder if Paul needs a good rest before the next leg!

This is another video taken of the "Birthday" number with the girl dancing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVdTy2mCCGU

In this video, notice that after the song is over, he approaches the piano for the final number (go to 03:48 mark) and turns and appears to be saying to someone "wasn't my idea!" Maybe it's possible he wasn't told about the model, and really did think it was a fan from the audience - especially if he flew into Salvador just before the performance. Perhaps he wasn't aware of what other people were preparing. He didn't seem comfortable with the idea, though, when it happened.

If that would have happened when Linda was alive, she'd probably have comically walked over and tapped the girl on the shoulder and motioned with her thumb to take a hike, then would have had fun dancing with Paul herself . That would have been fun to see

So, here's what I can say about this subject.

First of all, I went to the Sao Paulo show, and felt TOTALLY different than the first post. Paul was NOT in a rush at all. He talked back to me and several other friends, encouraged all the chanting we made, sang again the chorus of Obladi Oblada, played with us quite a bit actually. WAY MORE than 2014. Through MY eyes, he was taking his time. He didn't take the song You Won't See Me out on purpose. Wix had the accordion, Paul looked back and said "THAT'S NOT THE SONG WE ARE PLAYING!" Wix looked at Abe, changed instruments, there was a little talk from the band WITH Paul, which to start singing Love Me Do, he turned laughing, probably after they said he forgot a song or something. After the song, Abe asked him what was next and he said "And I Love Her". He decided to not go back on the set. Simple as that. Show was wonderful and the energy was AMAZING. Rusty many times would walk towards Paul and say "They just keep going, they don't want the song to end" and they both would open a big smile. Other fact, Paul did talk WAY more Portuguese than any other show. So not sure what show the guy in the first post went, but there's already a full video going around from that show, so you can see by yourself. It kinda sounds to me someone is a bit upset about a not transferable hotsound package ticket more than anything else.

Now, SALVADOR, had a lot of friends in the first row, and friends who saw what happened. So, to start with the right beginning, here's the whole situation

The girl was at the hotel jam, Sheraton Hotel, where around 100 fans were singing in the piano and playing McCartney songs. The crew went down, hung out with them, Charlie had his camera, but he was just recording one girl (the girl who went on stage). Interviewing here, recording her around the jam, the girl did NOT know any of the songs, she was just acting. Many people there thought Charlie was just hitting on her or something. But they were actually recording fragments to a video (which at that point nobody knew).

Day of the show, friends got first row, they could see EVERYTHING that happened, as other people that posted on the Paul McCartney Brasil group on Facebook. They saw the girl, BETWEEN the rail and the stage. with a credential. Charlie AND security were giving her instructions. Nobody understood what happened.

As the show got close to the song he calls people on stage, security apparently opened a space for her to be close to the front, and she was holding a sign, a very generic one by the way, "Brazilian girl wants to dance with you". Charlie and the crew were filming her holding the sign. She was on the big screen a couple of times, before she got called on stage. Security opened space for her, they took her again between the rail and the stage, and she went up on stage.

There was a LOT of discomfort going on, as it was CLEARLY a set up and nobody knew what was being recorded. Including Paul from what we can see in the videos. Charlie kept following her recording. So, girl gets on stage, CLEARLY again, doesn't know the song, dances in a very sexual manner. What pissed everybody off, was also the camera work. They zoomed in her butt quite a bit as she was shaking it. Not necessary at all. There were a lot of men yelling in the video "OH PAUL GOT A GOOD ONE" and other disrespectful things. The crowd got cold, since everybody saw it was a set up. Fans that were camping, and traveling the country to try to meet him, were VERY upset as well. After the show ended, people saw Charlie recording the girl walking outside, some people confronted Charlie as he was recording her waving at the people on the VIP area. Charlie said "She's a f***** actress" to one of the people. Anyway, very VERY uncomfortable situation for who was in the stadium.

Later we read on a newspaper that they were recording a video clip for the song Paul wrote to Brazil that will be in the new album.

Another issue, that was also very discussed though, is the sexualization of the Brazilian women. This country has a lot of sex trafficking issues, illegal prostitution, etc.

The citizens of this country have been battling for YEARS to change the image that Brazil is a destination to sex tourism, or that Brazilian women are easy, walking naked on the street, Carnaval, samba, all party, etc.

We live in a very serious country, dealing with MANY issues because of this fame, as cited before, sex tourism, illegal prostitution due to that same factor. So there's been a big movement here to change that image.

The way the video, the girl going up on stage was dealt with, tight short shorts, heels, bikini top, and the way she danced, the CAMERA WORK during the dance mainly, and she not being a fan, raised MANY questions by the Brazilian fans.

Will this be another stereotype issue for this country? Where IF the video clip is released, people will again see the hot, sensual, Brazilian women shaking her butt.

I truly believe that MPL will present a good work, and not do the same the VIDEO crew did during her participation on stage.

It definitely pissed people off for not calling a fan that could make a dream come true, and it DEFINITELY pissed a LOT of people off by the sexual way the situation was shown.

We are hoping the video concept if released, will tone the sexual content down a bit. And maybe it won't be the stereotype we are used with.

But by now, the way the video crew dealt with her participation, it was very uncomfortable and disrespectful to the women who fight here EVERYDAY to change that image.

heitorcrespo92:So, here's what I can say about this subject.

First of all, I went to the Sao Paulo show, and felt TOTALLY different than the first post. Paul was NOT in a rush at all. He talked back to me and several other friends, encouraged all the chanting we made, sang again the chorus of Obladi Oblada, played with us quite a bit actually. WAY MORE than 2014. Through MY eyes, he was taking his time. He didn't take the song You Won't See Me out on purpose. Wix had the accordion, Paul looked back and said "THAT'S NOT THE SONG WE ARE PLAYING!" Wix looked at Abe, changed instruments, there was a little talk from the band WITH Paul, which to start singing Love Me Do, he turned laughing, probably after they said he forgot a song or something. After the song, Abe asked him what was next and he said "And I Love Her". He decided to not go back on the set. Simple as that. Show was wonderful and the energy was AMAZING. Rusty many times would walk towards Paul and say "They just keep going, they don't want the song to end" and they both would open a big smile. Other fact, Paul did talk WAY more Portuguese than any other show. So not sure what show the guy in the first post went, but there's already a full video going around from that show, so you can see by yourself. It kinda sounds to me someone is a bit upset about a not transferable hotsound package ticket more than anything else.

I've seen Paul in concert 25 times and he never forgot or skipped a song that was in the setlist for any of those concerts.
Yes, he spoke some portuguese because he just followed the script he reads from his screen.
And he played with the audience when the audience sings so he can stop them and move on to the next song.
Paul was distracted at times, specially in Belo Horizonte, and I've never seen him distracted in concert before.
Regarding the Salvador actress debacle, I completely agree.