David Lynch Foundation Concert
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Introducing Ringo as Billy Shears was a nice touch
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I didn't see this either. My mom & I just had to cancell the LasVegas show at the Hard Rock due to $$$.. We could have made it to NYC to see Sir Paul & Ringo!!!
Alison Fiddler:
I've seen no mention of this anywhere here yet, has anyone else heard about it? http://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/concert.html It says Paul McCartney and other great musicians will perform a global benefit concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Saturday, April 4, 2009, in support of the David Lynch Foundation
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Podgie , Congrats on seeing the concert!
Pawel:
PodgeTheBear:
Curiouser, and curiouser...my life is. Okay, so bizarre things tend to happen to me. Actually, many bizarre things tend to happen to me, in my following of The Beatles...and Paul. For instance there was the ticket fiasco with the Highline that I was responsible for although accidently...how did I know that the link I posted that said that the show was sold out, would all of a sudden become live a few days before ticket sales. As a result alot of forum members (and friends) benifited...a good thing in my book. Or the time in the Peradventure thread where I had a parody of Star Trek with Paul holding a newspaper reading "Red Sox World Series" with my comment that it must be far in the future...how did I know they would win the world series that year?! Am I responsible? I think so! I do know that I can control the weather...yup, me and a tent guarantees monsoon rain! I can stop a drought anywhere in the world. Although, they would soon be wanting to inflict bodily harm for the following extreme flooding. There are many more bizarrities, those are just a few. Then this weekend! I had the most terrific time ever!!!!!! Most unbelievable!!! I got tickets to the RCMH backdoor tour, only $18.50. I had done the tour before, and it is interesting the history and style and stories. Figuring that maybe we would get a glimse of the stage setup and work going on, it was worth a shot. What is funny is that I bought the tickets...and accidentally put in 11am. They run every half hour from 10 to about 3. When I bought the ticket it came up as 11am, and I didn't notice that there was a drop down menu for the other times. My bestist friends, instead of calling me The Blockhead, that I am, got tickets to do the tour with me. There were some other friends whom I think were probably laughing, as they booked for 1 pm and 2pm. What happens? Our timing could not have been the greatest ever!!!!! As we were going around the tour, you could clearing hear Paul singing..."Jet", "Can't Buy Me Love", some jam we couldn't quite make out, etc. I thought at first it was a recording to check the sound. Anyway, the tour was great, but at one point they let you go into this observation room way at the top of the RCMH, the small room has a huge glass window overlooking the whole place, with HD flatscreens on the walls on both sides of the window. They told us no video or photography. As we walked in, what is on stage?!!!! Paul and Ringo center stage, sharing the same microphone, singing "With A Little Help From My Friends!" OMG!!!! They let us stay about 7-8 minutes I would guess...for the complete song!!! As we were walking out we watched Ringo go up on his drums. Then we were able to hear Paul singing, while Ringo played drums "Cosmically Conscience" a long version, very accapella (unlike the evening version)...it was awesome!!!! We ended our tour, went outside and around the side and at the side door heard "I Saw Her Standing There". The group after us was a school group of teenagers or young college age...as they came out we heard a group of girls screaming, and asked what song they saw, they said they saw Paul sing "Blackbird"...we told them we saw Paul and Ringo, and they almost fainted, they were screaming for us!!! It was the most unbelievable experience of my life, and soooo surreal, if I didn't have my best friends with me I would have sworn I dreamt it or was hallucinating!!! We were all knocked out, and couldn't believe our timing!!!! The luckiest Beatle fans in the world at that moment!!! To see what we saw going on, in an empty venue!!! People would have paid a fortune to witness what we saw for $18.50!!! Just another bizarre peradventure in the world of Podgie. Do strange things happen to me... Podgie (yes, they do!) Monkey
Podgie, you one lucky Monkey!!!! You always happen to find yourself in the right place at the right time! I'm so happy for you!!!!!! PS: I took this picture for you
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Thanks for the photos Maggie...excellent as ever. Good luck for your surgery tomorrow.
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- unknown jam by Paul & band (02) Jet (03) With a Little Help From My Friends (with Ringo) (04) Can't buy me love (05) Got to get you into my life (06) Matchbox (with Ringo) (07) another run through of With a Little Help From My Friends (with Ringo) (0 blackbird (09) We Can Work It Out (10) Band on the Run (11) I Saw Her Standing There (Ringo on drums) (12) Cosmically Conscious (13) Cosmically Conscious 2nd time (and let me tell you, it sounds awesome)
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Pawel:
has anybody posted "I Saw Her Standing There" on youtube, please
David Lynch read a brief poem just before "I Saw Her Standing There". I thought it was going to be like the Skeleton's poem with the band playing as he recited, but it was too brief, only a few lines. Then Paul said it was time to go home and to bed, but not before some Rock and Roll...with "I Saw Her Standing There". Very awesome! The Programs were free also. You don't see that at many concerts now-a-days. I still can't believe the whole weekend wasn't a dream. Podgie (what a time!) Monkey
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Delet myself.
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Alison Fiddler:
I saw her standing there
Thank you for this link
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21st Century Paul:
rlj1010:
Ringo's never been a strong singer.... and he's often off-key. But it's usually at least passable. I've seen several of Ringo's All-Starr band tours, and he does alright. But after watching clips all the clips from last night, Ringo sounded really bad. If they do indeed release the show as a live album or a DVD, I wonder if Ringo will be able to re-record his vocal track.
Yes, he sounded bad, but does that matter really?
It matters in the sense that I mentioned.... a potential DVD release could technically be thwarted due to Ringo's sour vocals. I don't know if they would want to put that out there, as is.
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The end of the concert
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The David Lynch Concert Videos Video:Change Begins Within Press conference with Paul and Ringo
Can't buy me love (Paul McCartney-David Lynch Benefit concert) Cosmicall Counsious (Macca and Friends) Lady Madonna (Paul McCartney) Can't buy me love (Paul McCartney) I saw her standing there -
PodgeTheBear:
Pawel:
has anybody posted "I Saw Her Standing There" on youtube, please
David Lynch read a brief poem just before "I Saw Her Standing There". I thought it was going to be like the Skeleton's poem with the band playing as he recited, but it was too brief, only a few lines. Then Paul said it was time to go home and to bed, but not before some Rock and Roll...with "I Saw Her Standing There". Very awesome! The Programs were free also. You don't see that at many concerts now-a-days. I still can't believe the whole weekend wasn't a dream. Podgie (what a time!) Monkey
Podgie, What an awesome weekend for you..............somehow, you ALWAYS come out "smelling like a rose".........Enjoy your "Paul-high", it'll probably carry until the next time
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well that was a fun night. The programs were given out free at the beginning of the show but I heard that afterwards they were selling them for $5.00 at the merchandise stands. Also seems they used Paul Saltzman's India photos in the program. Nice. I was wondering why those posters were $100 and didn't find out until later that they were done by Shepard Fairey nor that he had signed them. Didn't buy one, wasn't that crazy about the design tho I do like Fairey's Obama stuff. I didn't believe that Paul had signed anything; if he had, you know it would have been more than $100. Altho I guess that explains why the person in front of me bought five of them...
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rlj1010:
21st Century Paul:
rlj1010:
Ringo's never been a strong singer.... and he's often off-key. But it's usually at least passable. I've seen several of Ringo's All-Starr band tours, and he does alright. But after watching clips all the clips from last night, Ringo sounded really bad. If they do indeed release the show as a live album or a DVD, I wonder if Ringo will be able to re-record his vocal track.
Yes, he sounded bad, but does that matter really?
It matters in the sense that I mentioned.... a potential DVD release could technically be thwarted due to Ringo's sour vocals. I don't know if they would want to put that out there, as is.
There's lots of DVD with poor vocals and no-one expect perfection from Ringo anyway.
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This is a much better recording quality of With a Little... yesterday. From the Spanish TV, only half a minute long.
even longer, from an italian TV -
http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-06-2009/0005001453&EDATE= Paul McCartney and Special Guests Raise an Estimated 3 Million Dollars for David Lynch Foundation Special guests include Ringo Starr, Sheryl Crow, Donovan, Eddie Vedder, Ben Harper, Moby, Paul Horn, Bettye LaVette, Jim James, Howard Stern, and Jerry Seinfeld
Highlights included Comedian Jerry Seinfeld doing a brief stand-up act, Paul McCartney singing such hits as "Let it Be," "Can't Buy Me Love," "Blackbird," "Baby You Can Drive My Car," "Jet," "Got To Get You Into My Life," "Lady Madonna," "Here Today" and "Band On The Run." The evening closed with a finale of Paul, Ringo and Special Guests performing "Little Help From My Friends" and "I Saw Her Standing There." Celebrities who attended included Jennifer Aniston, Yoko Ono, John McEnroe, Martin Scorsese, Carole King, Kyle MacLachlan, Stephen Collins, David Arquette, Beth Ostrosky, Michael J. Fox, Matthew Broderick, Jason Bateman, Olivia Harrison, and Robin Quivers.
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Looks like a great time. Thanks for the links!
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I'd just like to say that I happened to be on a school trip to New York, and we went on a tour of Radio City the day after the concert. I actually stood on the stage, but I missed Paul by a day. I wish I could have been at the concert; I bet it was amazing.
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beautiful stories.......
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21st Century Paul:
rlj1010:
21st Century Paul:
rlj1010:
Ringo's never been a strong singer.... and he's often off-key. But it's usually at least passable. I've seen several of Ringo's All-Starr band tours, and he does alright. But after watching clips all the clips from last night, Ringo sounded really bad. If they do indeed release the show as a live album or a DVD, I wonder if Ringo will be able to re-record his vocal track.
Yes, he sounded bad, but does that matter really?
It matters in the sense that I mentioned.... a potential DVD release could technically be thwarted due to Ringo's sour vocals. I don't know if they would want to put that out there, as is.
There's lots of DVD with poor vocals and no-one expect perfection from Ringo anyway.
There's a big difference between Ringo's usual typical live vocals.... and the vocals he displayed at Radio City. Yes, no one expects perfection from Ringo. But was time was almost embarrassing. Hopefully in post-production, they can separate the vocals from the music, and have Ringo come to a studio and record a new part (sorta like what Paul did for the Live Aid DVD.... though that was a little different, since his vocals were missing in the first place)