What albums do you listen to most?
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@yankeefan2 Okay, I’ll credit you 5 demerits after that post!
What a lucky deal to get to see John with Elton! I saw Elton too, but with Billy Joel!
Were you in Charlotte in 1992? You missed Ringo there!
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/ringo-starr-and-his-all-starr-band/1992/blockbuster-pavilion-charlotte-nc-53c7479d.htmlI only saw him once in 1997 in Atlanta at Chastain Park (outdoors - thankfully it didn’t rain!) My friend has seen him probably over 20 times! She’s even seen in one of his All Starrs videos. She saw him recently at The Ryman in Nashville where she lives (from the 2nd row center!) She’s also met him twice (long story!) This is the same friend I spoke to toris about in my previous post.
P.S. When I saw George in Atlanta in 1974 he wasn’t hoarse. He sounded great. I didn’t like that he changed the words to “In My Life” also. What was the other one he changed? -
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"P.S. When I saw George in Atlanta in 1974 he wasn’t hoarse. He sounded great. I didn’t like that he changed the words to “In My Life” also. What was the other one he changed?"I believe he changed a line in "Something". It was after he sang "your asking me if my love will grow". I think he sang "I hope so" instead of "I don't know". It was really noticeable how hoarse he was but especially when he sang the song "Dark Horse". I saw him in December 1974, not sure when the Atlanta show was.
"Were you in Charlotte in 1992? You missed Ringo there!"
We moved there in 1990. Since my daughters were 4 and 2, we probably had issue getting babysitter -lol. Saw Paul a year later but my sister-in law planned a visit to see us then and she was thrilled to watch her nieces for an evening.
"I saw Elton too, but with Billy Joel!"
We did also, the "Face To Face" concert was great!! I loved how they opened together, and each took their turn singing the other one's songs.
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This thread has ignited me to listen to some more Paul.... Chaos and Creation in the Backyard... haven't listened to it for awhile.... A sort of dark album... But quite brilliant.,,, the real McCartney 3.... It is quite magnificent.
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@john-mackintosh said in What albums do you listen to most?:
Re: What albums do you listen to most?
In recent times, Egypt Station and McCartney III.
Timeless favorites include Band on the Run, Tug of War, Flaming Pie, Chaos. Nice how one is from each decade starting with BOTR for the 70s, Tug of War 80s, etc.
I would rate EgyptStation his best since Chaos.
Any rumors of when the next studio album will emerge?
We know Paul's been recording with Andrew Watt, who produced the new Rolling Stones album. But how close it is to being done, much less released, seems unclear from what I've seen.
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@njr said in What albums do you listen to most?:
@toris If you get any Ringo album, get “Ringo” because all 4 Beatles are on it (although never all 4 together)
I’m guilty of not listening to my large collection of solo albums at all since they were released (except some of Paul’s like Band on the Run, Wings Over America, Venus & Mars, Flaming Pie and others when the Remasters came out)
Unfortunately I spend too much time on the internet or watching TV (I guess I like to see new things - I’ve always been more of a “visual” person) I have a good friend who is the opposite - she listens to The Beatles channel on Sirius XM and Joe Johnson’s Beatle Brunch constantly and hardly any TV unless it’s Beatle/Paul related!I'm finding myself these days watching all the stuff on You Tube....God, I wish it was around all those years ago!... I could spend a month of Sundays over the next four hundred years and still not get through it all. One of the best things of technology.... So much stuff out there.... back in the old days, I'd have to buy a VHS/DVD special that cost thirty bucks and only went for an hour. VHS dead (BETA died first)... I just hope DVD's don't get usurped.
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@yankeefan2 George came to Atlanta in late Nov. 1974. I still have my ticket stub! Note price: $8.50! 🤯
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@toris I still have THREE working VHS players!
I have a boatload of stuff I recorded off the TV about the Beatles! (since 1983 until about 2018 I stopped) Some I’ve replaced over the years with professional VHS tapes, then DVDs when they came out (like The Anthology) My friend Jennifer makes DVDs for me of stuff she gets from a friend. Every Christmas I get a nice surprise. She says I don’t have to get her anything, but I’m getting her the new Rolling Stones album that Paul is on. (You think I’M a completist? She is the ultimate completist!) Her mom is getting her the Dolly Parton album that Paul & Ringo are on!
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@njr said in What albums do you listen to most?:
@toris I still have THREE working VHS players!
I have a boatload of stuff I recorded off the TV about the Beatles! (since 1983 until about 2018 I stopped) Some I’ve replaced over the years with professional VHS tapes, then DVDs when they came out (like The Anthology) My friend Jennifer makes DVDs for me of stuff she gets from a friend. Every Christmas I get a nice surprise. She says I don’t have to get her anything, but I’m getting her the new Rolling Stones album that Paul is on. (You think I’M a completist? She is the ultimate completist!) Her mom is getting her the Dolly Parton album that Paul & Ringo are on!
Was I dreaming, or did I just last night listen to Let it Be, by Dolly, with Paul and Ringo on there?... I fluked it, on my You Tube journey.... I love You Tube!.... I've got my Anthology... cost me heaps on VHS. No longer viable. Of course, I replaced it on DVD. I just hope DVDs don't get made obsolete any time soon!... ps. Dolly was good.
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Very cool, don't have my ticket stub from that or any other "Beatle" concert. I do have my ticket stubs from seeing Led Zepplin and The Who from that time period. I also have some ticket stubs for a few concerts (1980's) I saw when I lived in Colorado (Red Rocks, McNichols arena). Some of the groups/artists were America, Fleetwood Mac, John Denver and Billy Joel. I paid $8.50 to see Led Zepplin and The Who (1970's) so that must have been the going price back then. The concerts in Colorado were in the 80's and the price was up to $12.50 - lol.
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@bruce-m Thanks Bruce. A fresh McCartney album will help make 2024 special.
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@toris I have Anthology on VHS as well as DVD too! I just display the VHS set in my Beatles room!
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I never listen to Wild Life or McCartney II. If I play solo Paul, it will be Flaming Pie and/or Band On The Run. Nothing else comes close. On Tug of War, I really don't care for Stevie Wonder's contributions. He makes it more about him on What's That You're Doing....he dominates the song.....and I never cared for Ebony and Ivory. I do like The Pound Is Sinking and Wanderlust a lot, however. Non Paul or Beatles?......it would likely be The Moody Blues and/or ELO. But.....I rarely listen to any particular album or individual artist anymore...not even Adele...and certainly not Taylor Swift!!!! I have playlists of favorite Newer Songs....all up to the minute..., favorite Older songs (60's, 70's and 80's) and Pop Memories...pre-Beatles era material such as Del Shannon, Ricky Nelson, The Skyliners, Gene Pitney, Roy Orbison......and many others from that era. Sometime watching a TV show...such as several series on Netflix, I hear songs that I really like but am not necessarily familiar with until I research or select a Sirius XM Station that plays new music, such as on alternative rock...Lewis Capaldi (Someone you Loved and Before You Go) and Twenty One Pilots (Stressed Out), for example. I look on line and buy quite a few that way......such as spending over $800 that I on iTunes so far!!!!
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@toris said in What albums do you listen to most?:
@njr said in What albums do you listen to most?:
@toris I still have THREE working VHS players!
I have a boatload of stuff I recorded off the TV about the Beatles! (since 1983 until about 2018 I stopped) Some I’ve replaced over the years with professional VHS tapes, then DVDs when they came out (like The Anthology) My friend Jennifer makes DVDs for me of stuff she gets from a friend. Every Christmas I get a nice surprise. She says I don’t have to get her anything, but I’m getting her the new Rolling Stones album that Paul is on. (You think I’M a completist? She is the ultimate completist!) Her mom is getting her the Dolly Parton album that Paul & Ringo are on!
Was I dreaming, or did I just last night listen to Let it Be, by Dolly, with Paul and Ringo on there?... I fluked it, on my You Tube journey.... I love You Tube!.... I've got my Anthology... cost me heaps on VHS. No longer viable. Of course, I replaced it on DVD. I just hope DVDs don't get made obsolete any time soon!... ps. Dolly was good.
It's from Dolly's new album, Rockstar, which has a whole bunch of guest stars besides Paul and Ringo -- Debbie Harry, Steven Tyler, John Fogerty, Stevie Nicks, Joan Jett and many more. It's gotten mixed reviews, but at least a couple have been really positive.