Dusseldorf, Germany- Esprit Arena- May 28th - ARCHIVE
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this is a short interview from one of our popular tv-news. http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek#/beitrag/video/2751312/ZDF-heute-journal-vom-30-Mai-2016 It starts at 23:57. Maybe it's blocked outside of germany :
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Happy24:
Yea, I remember when I saw him in K?ln in 2011, he spoke quite a bit of German too. At the end of the show, he took LP covers from two people in the first row to sign those and said: "Schnellimbiss." During each show Paul speaks a bit of the language of the country he is in, but since he really speaks a little bit of German, the German shows get more of it. I am really looking forward to hearing his German in Berlin in two weeks.
True, the Schnellimbiss thing in Cologne was great. This time it was "Zwei Frikadelle" (a kind of sausage). He also quoted "Jakob der Rabe war der frechste aller Voegeln der ich jeh gesehen habe", some German sentence he learned at school ("Jakob the Raven was the cheekiest of all birds that I've ever seen"). He told this one in Cologne as well, and in a recent interview for German radio. He also said he knows more German words that he learned in Hamburg, but that can not be said ("Slechtes Deutsch", "I know the words and you know the words").
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F. L. B.
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puppywhimpers:
Maybe they learned English listening to Beatles records
Ahahahahah, like the Russians...hallo, goodbye
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gianna:
puppywhimpers:
Maybe they learned English listening to Beatles records
Ahahahahah, like the Russians...hallo, goodbye
absolutly in the case of my dad *1955 and thousands others born in the GDR (the socialist part of germany) or better the former eastern block countries it was really the case. I could tell lot's of stories about how fans like my dad obtained the music we all love... By the way the city I'm living was onced called as "valley of the unsuspecting" (Tal der Ahnungslosen). Till the satellite technology was imported in the 80's it was nearly impossible to receive broadcast/tv stations from the "other side" of germany People here did have to find their own especial way to got "western" information, music etc... At best english was foreign language number 2 (after russian) at school... therefore music was an important access to english
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Thank you to everyone for your reviews of the concert! Seems like everyone had a wonderful time other than those who experienced the bad sound in the arena.
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thenightfish:
Thank you to everyone for your reviews of the concert! Seems like everyone had a wonderful time other than those who experienced the bad sound in the arena.
no the truth is the sound was really bad but we had a wonderful evening nevertheless.
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Love is Paul:
Nancy R:
Love is Paul:
Wow, what a wonderful evening, what a wonderful experience! Before the concert I was starting to get worried because of all the critical comments about Paul's voice here on the forum. However, luckily, there was no need to worry at all! Paul was in fantastic shape, his singing was fantastic! Paul should definitely keep performing - he is absolutely incredible. I noticed that the sound at the Arena was not really fine - there was some kind of echo, but they adjusted it in the course of the evening. At my seat (10th row) the sound was good. I really would like to thank the people in D?sseldorf - they were all in a party mood: as soon as Paul arrived on the stage, everyone around me got up - and we all danced, clapped and sang along for the whole concert. It was my eighth McCartney-concert in 23 years, and there were some "concert moments" in D?sseldorf that I will treasure forever: *) Paul arriving on stage and the standing ovation *) The intro of "Here, There and Everywhere" (I thought he was going to Play "The Long and Winding Road", but then he accompanied HT&E on piano!) *) His acoustic guitar solo on "In Spite of All the Danger"and the "Oh-oh-oh-oh"-part *) Paul's wonderful vocal performance of "Queenie Eye", "New", "Blackbird", "I've Got a Feeling" and "We Can Work It Out" (which sounded much better than e.g. three/five/six years ago) *) Paul's jokes and German language bits (ordering food: "Gem?seplatte"!) *) The extended jam of "Foxy Lady" *) Meeting Rusty (at the Restaurant "Zum Schiffchen") and Wix (on the street) the day after the concert. Both were incredibly friendly and gave us autographs. THANK YOU! WOW!! ...and there were many more fantastic moments Here are some links to News articles, etc. THANK YOU PAUL! THANK YOU D?SSELDORF! http://www.focus.de/kultur/musik/musik-paul-mccartney-flirtet-in-duesseldorf-auf-deutsch_id_5575143.html http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/duesseldorf/kultur/paul-mccartney-in-duesseldorf-grosse-show-schlechter-sound-aid-1.6006729 http://www1.wdr.de/radio/wdr2/musik/konzerte/paul-mccartney-duesseldorf-102.html http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/duesseldorf/paul-mccartney-in-duesseldorf-menschenmassen-am-breidenbacher-hof-aid-1.6005864 http://www.bild.de/regional/duesseldorf/paul-mccartney/hilft-kleinem-autogrammjaeger-46031294.bild.html http://www.bild.de/regional/duesseldorf/duesseldorf/darumkannpaulmccartneysogutdeutsch-46022096.bild.html http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/duesseldorf/paul-mccartney-rockt-in-duesseldorf-bilder-vom-konzert-bid-1.6006289#a
Can you explain the "ordering food" story? Thanks! (I understand it means "vegetable plate" but what was the joke/story?)
Sure! Instead of the "Did you know that George was a great ukulele player..."-story before playing "Something" Paul explained (in English) that he had learned a little bit of German at school and that only he and George knew some words in German and were able to order food for the Beatles during the early Hamburg days. And then he imitated the way they would order food: "Zwei Frikadellen (meat balls), bitte. Gem?seplatte!"It was not really a joke, but it was a nice little anecdote - and people enjoyed it and laughed. After the song "Something" he said something like: "Thank you, George, for writing this wonderful song!" - and the crowd reacted enthusiastically. I thought it was a really fantastic performance of the song - with harmony vocals and all. I had heard him play the song several times before - but this time it seemed really special - and one of the final pictures on the screen was a photo of George, Paul and Ringo in 1995 which I had not seen before (Paul without sunglasses). Anyway, sorry for digressing.
He told about learning German in school and had a little poem. I didn't understand what a said. Did you? :
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servi:
Happy24:
Yea, I remember when I saw him in K?ln in 2011, he spoke quite a bit of German too. At the end of the show, he took LP covers from two people in the first row to sign those and said: "Schnellimbiss." During each show Paul speaks a bit of the language of the country he is in, but since he really speaks a little bit of German, the German shows get more of it. I am really looking forward to hearing his German in Berlin in two weeks.
True, the Schnellimbiss thing in Cologne was great. This time it was "Zwei Frikadelle" (a kind of sausage). He also quoted "Jakob der Rabe war der frechste aller Voegeln der ich jeh gesehen habe", some German sentence he learned at school ("Jakob the Raven was the cheekiest of all birds that I've ever seen"). He told this one in Cologne as well, and in a recent interview for German radio. He also said he knows more German words that he learned in Hamburg, but that can not be said ("Slechtes Deutsch", "I know the words and you know the words").
Thanks for "Jakob der Rabe"! It didn't make any sense to me neither to my German neighbour.
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as @servi already wrote the poem is Jakob der Rabe: "Jakob der Rabe war der frechste aller Voegeln der ich jeh gesehen habe", some German sentence he learned at school ("Jakob the Raven was the cheekiest of all birds that I've ever seen") By the way here is full interview (in english) from the tv news: http://www.heute.de/ex-beatle-paul-mccartney-auf-tour-die-beatles-waren-das-beste-43729264.html
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Here is a link to an interview for German national radio, where he cited the Jakob poem (scroll down to the middle of the page). http://www1.wdr.de/radio/wdr2/musik/interview-paul-mccartney-100.html
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This gig is getting a slamming on Eventim.de ** References the terrible sound ** Terrible sound again! * Terrible sound. Would have left after 5 songs if they hadn't driven so far. * "catastrophic" sound * Critical of his choice to open with a Lennon song. "No longer in good voice". Using Google translate but this one doesn't seem to be good at all! Can anyone translate this? "Auch wir waren unter den entt?uschten Besuchern, die ihr Idol nach 30 Minuten entthront sahen und sind zum Wohl unserer Gesundheit gegangen. Trotz bester Pl?tze exakt gegen?ber der B?hne im Unterrang. 700 Euro f?r weniger als nichts verbrannt und unendlich entt?uscht von einem Superstar, der im Rentenalter gnadenlos verramscht wird." * Again critical of his voice. "shows signs of age" "painful to watch as the work of a music legend damaged" "heroes riding on a lame horse into the sunset" * Critical of the venue and price * Again the sound * Bad sound. "Paul was not his best" * Sonic mush * "The sound engineer must have been deaf" *** Spoiled by the volume * This was not a concert, it was an injury to the body There are a few positive ones but the overwhelming feeling is that it was completely ruined by the sound?
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? That's reality. Folks with no agenda offering objective opinions. The cloying fawning, gushing and swooning around here is called nostalgia. Some folks look at Paul today and still see the poster on their bedroom wall from their teenage days. Others are overcome by being in the presence of their hero; or see an elderly man still sounding great "for 74." Being caught up in the afterglow is why fans still went to latter day Judy, Elvis and Sinatra and insisting they were still great and probably why that delusional bunch thought Wacko was a normal, beautiful, faultless human being. Fandom alters the reality.
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moptops:
? That's reality. Folks with no agenda offering objective opinions. The cloying fawning, gushing and swooning around here is called nostalgia. Some folks look at Paul today and still see the poster on their bedroom wall from their teenage days. Others are overcome by being in the presence of their hero; or see an elderly man still sounding great "for 74." Being caught up in the afterglow is why fans still went to latter day Judy, Elvis and Sinatra and insisting they were still great and probably why that delusional bunch thought Wacko was a normal, beautiful, faultless human being. Fandom alters the reality.
de gustibus non est disputandum. Art and music are not objective. It's all just opinions. And opinions are like arses: everyone has got one. 90% of the fun for me is seeing Paul and his enthusiasm and charisma. Nothing wrong with that. I had one of the best evenings of my life (despite the sound and the fact that I have had much better seats at other concerts). I know the songs, heard them thousands of times. Can even play them on expensive equipment if I want. That's not the point. Even if sound and singing were completely perfect, there are artists I never would want to see live. It's all in the mind, y'know, just like the rest of your life... So people drive for hours to go to a concert at a football stadium (which Esprit Arena is), and then in retrospective start complaining about the sound ???? Really, that's quite unbelievable.... Why are we going to a museum to see a bowl or a ring or a knife that is 500 years old ? I have better ones and newer ones at home. On the other hand: anyone is entitled to give their opinion, but don't spoil the party with negativity. Don't condemn or ridicule fans because they enjoy theirselves. I fawn, gush, swoon or whatever when I feel like it,.. Still, the big acts are commercialised, seats are terribly expensive, as are drinks at the venue and merchandise. But if you see through that, you can have a wonderful experience imo.
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servi:
moptops:
? That's reality. Folks with no agenda offering objective opinions. The cloying fawning, gushing and swooning around here is called nostalgia. Some folks look at Paul today and still see the poster on their bedroom wall from their teenage days. Others are overcome by being in the presence of their hero; or see an elderly man still sounding great "for 74." Being caught up in the afterglow is why fans still went to latter day Judy, Elvis and Sinatra and insisting they were still great and probably why that delusional bunch thought Wacko was a normal, beautiful, faultless human being. Fandom alters the reality.
de gustibus non est disputandum. Art and music are not objective. It's all just opinions. And opinions are like arses: everyone has got one. 90% of the fun for me is seeing Paul and his enthusiasm and charisma. Nothing wrong with that. I had one of the best evenings of my life (despite the sound and the fact that I have had much better seats at other concerts). I know the songs, heard them thousands of times. Can even play them on expensive equipment if I want. That's not the point. Even if sound and singing were completely perfect, there are artists I never would want to see live. It's all in the mind, y'know, just like the rest of your life... So people drive for hours to go to a concert at a football stadium (which Esprit Arena is), and then in retrospective start complaining about the sound ???? Really, that's quite unbelievable.... Why are we going to a museum to see a bowl or a ring or a knife that is 500 years old ? I have better ones and newer ones at home. On the other hand: anyone is entitled to give their opinion, but don't spoil the party with negativity. Don't condemn or ridicule fans because they enjoy theirselves. I fawn, gush, swoon or whatever when I feel like it,.. Still, the big acts are commercialised, seats are terribly expensive, as are drinks at the venue and merchandise. But if you see through that, you can have a wonderful experience imo.
But the sound was much more better in the case of the two amsterdam gig's last year (we both visited) Isn't it : IMO the disappointment of some fans is perspicuous.
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I agree that it's nitpicking if people complain about things which are part of the game: a concert hall being crammed up with people, or nosebleed seats not having a perfect view or sound, or a rock and roll concert being loud, or having to wait a few minutes for a beer for a mass event. But this are complaints about the most crucial part of what people are paying for. If they can't get the part of the sound of a concert together, then they shouldn't have picked that place/that equipment. For me personally, a 200 euro ticket for an almost 3 hour long concert has to guarantee you of the main thing you are paying for and want to enjoy: at least proper sound. If that's not possible in this stadium, then it shouldn't have been organised at the place. It must have been particularly bad, because I can't remember one McCartney gig with awful sound, not even at the places famous for it. They have their own rig, and they fix things. I wonder what happened.
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nobodytoldme:
I agree that it's nitpicking if people complain about things which are part of the game: a concert hall being crammed up with people, or nosebleed seats not having a perfect view or sound, or a rock and roll concert being loud, or having to wait a few minutes for a beer for a mass event. But this are complaints about the most crucial part of what people are paying for. If they can't get the part of the sound of a concert together, then they shouldn't have picked that place/that equipment. For me personally, a 200 euro ticket for an almost 3 hour long concert has to guarantee you of the main thing you are paying for and want to enjoy: at least proper sound. If that's not possible in this stadium, then it shouldn't have been organised at the place. It must have been particularly bad, because I can't remember one McCartney gig with awful sound, not even at the places famous for it. They have their own rig, and they fix things. I wonder what happened.
True ! I paid 99 euro by the way, but these were bad seats... I would have prefered a concert hall instead of a football stadium but I don't complain because I knew what to expect. The discussion reminds me of the Beatles at Shea Stadium somehow: that concert had lousy sound (through the stadium's PA system), there were only bad seats (very far away, nobody alllowed on the field), Lennon was not in his best voice, they played for 25 minutes nobody could hear anything anyway because of the screaming BUT it was iconic. The Beatles concert that will be remembered forever. To a lesser extent that is what Dusseldorf was like. Paul in a superb shape and mood. With big charisma that left us speechless for a moment when he finally hit the last note.... Part of the problem may be the part of the audience that probably normally goes to theaters to see a play or something similar. Part of the crowd was like that if I may judge (stuffed up people, sorry). They don't know that a popconcert is different probably and went to see "the legendary PM". I saw very old people leaving the concert because it was too "loud", with a terror look on their face. A pity he didn't play HELTER SKELTER It was amazing though to see both teenagers and elderly (>75 yrs of age) there singing together....
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moptops:
? That's reality. Folks with no agenda offering objective opinions. The cloying fawning, gushing and swooning around here is called nostalgia. Some folks look at Paul today and still see the poster on their bedroom wall from their teenage days. Others are overcome by being in the presence of their hero; or see an elderly man still sounding great "for 74." Being caught up in the afterglow is why fans still went to latter day Judy, Elvis and Sinatra and insisting they were still great and probably why that delusional bunch thought Wacko was a normal, beautiful, faultless human being. Fandom alters the reality.
Did you attend this concert ?? If not, what does your opinion add to the discussion ?? I only believe my own eyes and ears, not somebody else's..... About nostalgia: many discussions on this forum are about Paul playing too many Beatles tunes and too little of his own. I prefer his recent work (any song !!) over Let it be or Yesterday during a concert and many of my friends have the same opinion. I would love him to do songs from Flowers, Driving Rain, New instead of the "nostalgic" tunes and so do many fans. Most are not teenage girls with posters on their walls, but grown-up men in their forties, fifties and sixties
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servi:
moptops:
? That's reality. Folks with no agenda offering objective opinions. The cloying fawning, gushing and swooning around here is called nostalgia. Some folks look at Paul today and still see the poster on their bedroom wall from their teenage days. Others are overcome by being in the presence of their hero; or see an elderly man still sounding great "for 74." Being caught up in the afterglow is why fans still went to latter day Judy, Elvis and Sinatra and insisting they were still great and probably why that delusional bunch thought Wacko was a normal, beautiful, faultless human being. Fandom alters the reality.
Did you attend this concert ?? If not, what does your opinion add to the discussion ?? I only believe my own eyes and ears, not somebody else's..... About nostalgia: many discussions on this forum are about Paul playing too many Beatles tunes and too little of his own. I prefer his recent work (any song !!) over Let it be or Yesterday during a concert and many of my friends have the same opinion. I would love him to do songs from Flowers, Driving Rain, New instead of the "nostalgic" tunes and so do many fans. Most are not teenage girls with posters on their walls, but grown-up men in their forties, fifties and sixties
What does my opinion add to the discussion? Couldn't care less tbh: I'm only stating my opinion - and disregarding yours.
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But you have NO arguments to justify your opinion. You were not even there..... So what does your opinion add to this forum if there are no solid arguments ? Try to answer that question ! Which arguments/proof do you have for "opinions" like: -The cloying fawning, gushing and swooning around here is called nostalgia. -Some folks look at Paul today and still see the poster on their bedroom wall from their teenage days. -Others are overcome by being in the presence of their hero; or see an elderly man still sounding great "for 74."