Dream Beatles Reunion Setlists
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toris:
pancho93:
Bruce M.:
As I can think of no grimmer thought than of the Beatles doing what Don Henley once termed a "lost youth and greed tour," I prefer not to even contemplate this question.
But you can't compare The Beatles with The Eagles, they weren't big worldwide. If The Beatles would have done a world tour I think that it would have been only one, with no new albums or songs. Then, they focus on their solo careers and that's all. It is almost logical that if John had not died, Paul concerts would have had less than six Beatles songs. Just check his setlists from the 70s, so there would have been no need for getting back together
I'm thinking if John and Paul ever did get back together, and paved the way, it would have been primarily to make new music, not to live in nostaliga. Any concerts would've been an afterthought, or only if they felt the fire in their belly to do so. And it would be held to about 22 songs, if that. Or perhaps just a four-song set in a charity event. I'd have preferred the new material than the nostalgia tour (I think).
Probably true. However, would prefer a reunion tour in 2012-2013-2014-2015, not 1989 like the other guy said lol
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KingMacca:
Probably true. However, would prefer a reunion tour in 2012-2013-2014-2015, not 1989 like the other guy said lol
Or maybe one for 89 and other for '14. (25/50 years) 1989 2014 That's why 1989
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They made Paul look even older!
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Nancy R:
They made Paul look even older!
hahahaha
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The BEATLES Reunion Concert Date: August 15th, 1990 Concert Time: 8pm Location: Shea Stadium, New York Attendance: 65,000 -Soundcheck at 3pm -Soundcheck Setlist: I'll Get You, One After 909, Honey Don't, My Sweet Lord (snippet) Matchbox, Two of Us, Eight Days A Week, I'm So Tired, I Want To Tell You -Full stadium seating plus a number of seats on the field for family, friends, VIPs, media, and a score of lucky Beatles fans who won them through contests, giveaways, etc. -The stage is positioned behind second base -Doors open at 6:30pm -A video montage displays the Hamburg/Liverpool Days, "Beatlemania", the "middle years", and the later period -8:30pm: The stadium lights turn dark. Suddenly, a spotlight shines on the right field warning track. A gate opens and a car arrives carrying the Beatles in it. The audience cheers. The car drives the Beatles to the stage. -SETLIST- -A Hard Day's Night -Michelle -Strawberry Fields Forever -Boys -Can't Buy Me Love -Jet (Paul solo career song #1) -Yellow Submarine -I'll Follow the Sun -It Don't Come Easy (Ringo solo career song #1) -While My Guitar Gently Weeps -Magical Mystery Tour -And I Love Her -Twist and Shout -Apple Scruffs (George solo career song #1) -Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da -I've Just Seen A Face -Penny Lane -Instant Karma (John solo career song #1) -What You're Doing -I Need You -Maybe I'm Amazed (Paul solo career song #2) -Across the Universe -Please Please Me ---Intermission--- -I Feel Fine -Octopus's Garden -The Long and Winding Road -Imagine (John solo career song #2) -Till There Was You -Here Comes the Sun -My Sweet Lord (George solo career song #2) -I Saw Her Standing There -Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds -Help! -In My Life -Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With A Little Help From My Friends -Eleanor Rigby -Mother Nature's Son -Sexy Sadie -Photograph (Ringo solo career song #2) -The Night Before -You Never Give Me Your Money -Sun King -Mean Mr Mustard -Polythene Pam -She Came in Through the Bathroom Window -Golden Slumbers -Carry That Weight -The End -Encore 1- -All You Need Is Love (accompanied by fireworks) -Ticket to Ride -I Am the Walrus -Hello, Goodbye -Encore 2- -She Loves You (followed by Sie Liebt Dich) -Something -Here, There, and Everywhere -Let It Be -Encore 2- -Hey Bulldog -Yesterday -Revolution -Hey Jude -Rubber Soul13
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^ That would have been a dream come true!
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pancho93:
KingMacca:
Probably true. However, would prefer a reunion tour in 2012-2013-2014-2015, not 1989 like the other guy said lol
Or maybe one for 89 and other for '14. (25/50 years) 1989 2014 That's why 1989
Why did they turn John into a Professor? And, I would think George would change his wardrobe from 1969!
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Nancy R:
^ That would have been a dream come true!
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Rubber Soul13:
Nancy R:
^ That would have been a dream come true!
Love that one!
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JoeySmith:
pancho93:
KingMacca:
Probably true. However, would prefer a reunion tour in 2012-2013-2014-2015, not 1989 like the other guy said lol
Or maybe one for 89 and other for '14. (25/50 years) 1989 2014 That's why 1989
Why did they turn John into a Professor? And, I would think George would change his wardrobe from 1969!
John looks like Doctor Who!
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Let's get this thread back to the top where it belongs! -Rubber Soul13
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I'll be the party pooper here. I'm not much into "dream" set lists so I won't offer one. Had John lived and they all agreed to reunite, here's what I would have liked to have seen happen. They gather in 1994 for the Anthology project and during the course of interviews they decide to release an album of new material. Quoting John from his 1980 Double Fantasy interviews, "diarrhea of rock" is flowing and they write enough songs to fill a double album. I'll say 30 album tracks total (same as the White Album). They also have enough material to release 3 singles - two songs per single, thus six songs total (John, Paul and George each receive an A side). As was their custom, these singles do not appear on the album so as not to "con the public" (George Martin quote). Album cover is an updated version of the Please Please Me / Get Back covers (or the 'Red' and 'Blue' albums if you prefer) taken at Manchester Square. No world tour Instead, they have a single concert at the Royal Albert Hall where they only play their new material. No retro songs (group or solo), and the public is made aware of this well in advance. Ticket prices are beyond ridiculous because they're The Beatles and know they can command whatever they want and the seats will still be filled. The concert is made available to watch live in theaters and pay-per-view across the planet. Recorded viewings continue for the next month. The new album and subsequent concert video and is released in conjunction with the Anthology series which includes extra footage of the foursome playing a few of their 60s hits acoustically at Friar Park. They say "Thank you and Goodbye" and there's no more Beatles. Oh, and a decade earlier John and Paul had combined forces to purchase the Northern Songs catalog. And John agrees to Paul's request of having "McCartney-Lennon" credited on songs Paul had the majority of writing. Okay, I think I've gone too far now.
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unclesox:
I'll be the party pooper here. I'm not much into "dream" set lists so I won't offer one. Had John lived and they all agreed to reunite, here's what I would have liked to have seen happen. They gather in 1994 for the Anthology project and during the course of interviews they decide to release an album of new material. Quoting John from his 1980 Double Fantasy interviews, "diarrhea of rock" is flowing and they write enough songs to fill a double album. I'll say 30 album tracks total (same as the White Album). They also have enough material to release 3 singles - two songs per single, thus six songs total (John, Paul and George each receive an A side). As was their custom, these singles do not appear on the album so as not to "con the public" (George Martin quote). Album cover is an updated version of the Please Please Me / Get Back covers (or the 'Red' and 'Blue' albums if you prefer) taken at Manchester Square. No world tour Instead, they have a single concert at the Royal Albert Hall where they only play their new material. No retro songs (group or solo), and the public is made aware of this well in advance. Ticket prices are beyond ridiculous because they're The Beatles and know they can command whatever they want and the seats will still be filled. The concert is made available to watch live in theaters and pay-per-view across the planet. Recorded viewings continue for the next month. The new album and subsequent concert video and is released in conjunction with the Anthology series which includes extra footage of the foursome playing a few of their 60s hits acoustically at Friar Park. They say "Thank you and Goodbye" and there's no more Beatles. Oh, and a decade earlier John and Paul had combined forces to purchase the Northern Songs catalog. And John agrees to Paul's request of having "McCartney-Lennon" credited on songs Paul had the majority of writing. Okay, I think I've gone too far now.
Never! Sounds like a wonderful fantasy to me!
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This is a great thread... I thought I would weigh in on my dream Beatles setlist. The Beatles at Madison Square Garden - 50th Anniversary Tour Set 1: Come Together I Want To Hold Your Hand Twist and Shout Helter Skelter And Your Bird Can Sing Taxman Help! Eleanor Rigby And I Love Her Something Blackbird Here, There and Everywhere Tomorrow Never Knows Set 2: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band/With a Little Help From My Friends Strawberry Fields Forever Penny Lane Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds While My Guitar Gently Weeps I Am the Walrus All You Need Is Love/She Loves You Here Comes the Sun The Long and Winding Road Let It Be A Day in the Life Encore: Yesterday Across the Universe Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End Encore 2: Hey Jude
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took pancho93 setlist and idea to this blog (he permited it!) http://beatlesfantasyworldtour.blogspot.com
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Keep the setlists coming - love reading them! -Rubber Soul13
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Rubber Soul13:
The BEATLES Reunion Concert Date: August 15th, 1990 Concert Time: 8pm Location: Shea Stadium, New York Attendance: 65,000 -Soundcheck at 3pm -Soundcheck Setlist: I'll Get You, One After 909, Honey Don't, My Sweet Lord (snippet) Matchbox, Two of Us, Eight Days A Week, I'm So Tired, I Want To Tell You -Full stadium seating plus a number of seats on the field for family, friends, VIPs, media, and a score of lucky Beatles fans who won them through contests, giveaways, etc. -The stage is positioned behind second base -Doors open at 6:30pm -A video montage displays the Hamburg/Liverpool Days, "Beatlemania", the "middle years", and the later period -8:30pm: The stadium lights turn dark. Suddenly, a spotlight shines on the right field warning track. A gate opens and a car arrives carrying the Beatles in it. The audience cheers. The car drives the Beatles to the stage. -SETLIST- -A Hard Day's Night -Michelle -Strawberry Fields Forever -Boys -Can't Buy Me Love -Jet (Paul solo career song #1) -Yellow Submarine -I'll Follow the Sun -It Don't Come Easy (Ringo solo career song #1) -While My Guitar Gently Weeps -Magical Mystery Tour -And I Love Her -Twist and Shout -Apple Scruffs (George solo career song #1) -Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da -I've Just Seen A Face -Penny Lane -Instant Karma (John solo career song #1) -What You're Doing -I Need You -Maybe I'm Amazed (Paul solo career song #2) -Across the Universe -Please Please Me ---Intermission--- -I Feel Fine -Octopus's Garden -The Long and Winding Road -Imagine (John solo career song #2) -Till There Was You -Here Comes the Sun -My Sweet Lord (George solo career song #2) -I Saw Her Standing There -Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds -Help! -In My Life -Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With A Little Help From My Friends -Eleanor Rigby -Mother Nature's Son -Sexy Sadie -Photograph (Ringo solo career song #2) -The Night Before -You Never Give Me Your Money -Sun King -Mean Mr Mustard -Polythene Pam -She Came in Through the Bathroom Window -Golden Slumbers -Carry That Weight -The End -Encore 1- -All You Need Is Love (accompanied by fireworks) -Ticket to Ride -I Am the Walrus -Hello, Goodbye -Encore 2- -She Loves You (followed by Sie Liebt Dich) -Something -Here, There, and Everywhere -Let It Be -Encore 2- -Hey Bulldog -Yesterday -Revolution -Hey Jude -Rubber Soul13
Personally, I think if they would have done that it would not have been in Shea Stadium. IMO they would have done it at a place like Royal Albert Hall and filmed it. I agree with you regarding the addition of some solo songs by each one of them but think they may have wanted to do one or two more each. Can't see John or George wanting to do that many Beatle songs since they appeared to want to distance themselves from their Beatle past. I also think they would do much shorter concert. I think you have over 50 songs. I think maybe 25 Beatle songs and four solo songs by each one of them would be the more reasonable amount.