Paul McCartney has officially become an oldies act.
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left hand man:
Here's McCartney's 2005 setlist, I'd hardly say that most of this hadn't been performed in America before! I've put the letter B by all the ones that have been performed in America before. Magical Mystery Tour - B Flaming Pie Jet - B I'll Get You Drive My Car - B Till There Was You Let Me Roll It (Foxy Lady jam) - B Got to Get You In My Life - B Fine Line I'm Amazed - B Long and Winding Road - B In Spite Of All The Danger I Will Jenny Wren For No One - B Fixing a Hole piano - B English Tea Yellow Submarine [huh?] I'll Follow the Sun Follow Me Blackbird -B Eleanor Rigby - B Too Many People She Came In Through The Bathroom Window Good Day Sunshine - B Band on the Run - B Penny Lane - B I've Got A Feeling - B Back in the USSR - B Hey Jude - B Live and Let Die - B ENCORES Yesterday - B Get Back - B Helter Skelter MORE ENCORES Please Please Me Let it Be - B Sgt. Pepper's (Reprise) / The End - B That is entirely too many songs repeated yet again from how many other tours?
It's 44% new (in red), like it or not. And another 19% that had only been on one previous US tour (in orange). That's alot of color in that list. btw, You made a couple errors above - I've corrected.
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The fact that McCartney makes a few changes is well known, and I stress a few changes! That 2005 setlist contains way way way too many songs from how many previous tours! The problem is he doesn't make enough changes, and the changes he does make are very puzzling. As mentioned before why pass up fantastic #1 smash hit songs by Wings for some deep obscure Beatle song? If he's going to pick a Beatle song at least pick some of the better ones? There's absolutely no excuse for that, and with the amount of excellent music McCartney has to draw from, there's absolutely no excuse for his setlist being so predictable and repetitive!
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eric in boise:
left hand man:
Here's McCartney's 2005 setlist, I'd hardly say that most of this hadn't been performed in America before! I've put the letter B by all the ones that have been performed in America before. Magical Mystery Tour - B Flaming Pie Jet - B I'll Get You Drive My Car - B Till There Was You Let Me Roll It (Foxy Lady jam) - B Got to Get You In My Life - B Fine Line I'm Amazed - B Long and Winding Road - B In Spite Of All The Danger I Will Jenny Wren For No One - B Fixing a Hole piano - B English Tea Yellow Submarine [huh?] I'll Follow the Sun Follow Me Blackbird -B Eleanor Rigby - B Too Many People She Came In Through The Bathroom Window Good Day Sunshine - B Band on the Run - B Penny Lane - B I've Got A Feeling - B Back in the USSR - B Hey Jude - B Live and Let Die - B ENCORES Yesterday - B Get Back - B Helter Skelter MORE ENCORES Please Please Me Let it Be - B Sgt. Pepper's (Reprise) / The End - B That is entirely too many songs repeated yet again from how many other tours?
It's 44% new (in red), like it or not. And another 19% that had only been on one previous US tour (in orange). That's alot of color in that list. btw, You made a couple errors above - I've corrected.
My biggest problem with that setlist is there are only 5 songs that are not over 30 yrs old. It would be nice to hear McCartney perform songs from "DR", "CHAOS" and "MAF" that have not been played yet and are at least in this decade. I would suggest songs like "About You" from "DR", "Promise to You Girl" from "CHAOS and anything from MAF. (personally love "Only Mama Knows. "House Of Wax", "That Was Me" etc) It would not kill me if he eliminated a couple of Beatle songs or even "Live and Let Die" for some newer material
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Guys this is off topic, but check out McCartney's performance of I've Got A Feeling from the olympia on Youtube. At the end of the song he totally changes it up and starts doing a really rocking version. He also does a really good guitar solo, I think he should keep this extended version of the song in his set. Moves like this help give his set more variety. Check it out and share what you think?
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This website makes it sound like Paul will perform "Only Mama Knows" at concert this weekend which is great news. It is a awesome rocker, promtoes MAF and has only been played on promotional tour. Hope there are more changes like this one.
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jaipur:
Ding! we have a winner here with "Michelle".
Oooh yeah...and wouldn't that be a huge surprise? : Tell you what - the surprise will be if he doesn't play it!!!
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yankeefan7:
This website makes it sound like Paul will perform "Only Mama Knows" at concert this weekend which is great news. It is a awesome rocker, promtoes MAF and has only been played on promotional tour. Hope there are more changes like this one.
I think it was played in Kiev just recently. But yes, a great choice if he plays it.
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Here's a set list to those who complain about the same songs over and over. yes it would be nice to hear something different but to be nasty about it. : So here's the set list. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NOTHING ~ Paul quit touring! So enjoy what we get. No one is going to break your legs if you don't go to the concert. Stay home ~ then you don't have to complain.
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QueenBee:
Here's a set list to those who complain about the same songs over and over. yes it would be nice to hear something different but to be nasty about it. : So here's the set list. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NOTHING ~ Paul quit touring! So enjoy what we get. No one is going to break your legs if you don't go to the concert. Stay home ~ then you don't have to complain.
People are not being nasty, they just want to hear different songs from all parts of McCartney's brillant career. Show me one quote where somebody is being nasty. If somebody says he plays the same songs over and over, they then point out how great McCartney is and all the wonderful songs they would like to hear.
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Queen Bee, just to share with you, I did exactly what you suggested! I skipped McCartney's last tour because it was basically just more of the same old same old. I've already seen that basic setlist three times, no need to spend more hard earned money on the same basic show, I have all the DVDs. Now if he really changes his setlist, and I do mean really changes it, I will be one of the very first in line!!
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left hand man:
Queen Bee, just to share with you, I did exactly what you suggested! I skipped McCartney's last tour because it was basically just more of the same old same old.
I can beat that....I stopped attending Paul's concerts in 1993 for the same reason. I was just getting bored seeing him perform the same old songs less well than the tour before. Queen Bee got it half right though......Paul should quit touring and instead spend the time in the studio making better albums.
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There are so many hundreds of thousands or millions who disagree with that and flock to Macca's concerts and adore them-- you're vastly outnumbered in your opinion--so much so that it looks like you're wrong.
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I have to disagree with you Kestrel about Paul performing the songs less well as the time has passed.I have seen every tour since '79,and the best show i have been too,was the 2003 gig at Earls Court in London, with the current band.Apart from the '79 Wings UK tour, Paul's vocals were stronger in 2003 than in '89 and '93.The setlist was the best i had seen too.It included some favourites of mine, songs like Birthday,Two Of Us,She's Leaving Home,I've Just Seen A Face and Getting Better, songs that were not played live very often,if at all.
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Apart from 'Michelle', another logical choice for the set would be 'Birday'. It is, afterall, our 400th birthday, no? He did perform it in Kiev where they did celebrate an anniversary too. At this time -- there is some minor chaos in the lineup at the gates right now -- I know I won't make it to the section in front of the stage. What the h***! I'll go just the same. I want to soak in the ambiance. Too bad I haven't been able to go before now cause I live just a stone's throw from the Plains of Abraham, I'm not as healthy and energetic as I was when I heard my first Beatle song (I was then 6-7 years old). I have been waiting some forty odd years for this chance !!! I'm sure I'm gonna cry... because I have been in the last couple of days. They've been playing Macca, Wings and Beatle songs for the past couple of days here, and every time I hear a few of my faves some memorable life moments creep up and I can't help it. BTW, I've never seen so many neighbors having their folks around for the week-end, babyboomers driving around and scouting parking spaces in their BMWs, Porshes, etc, and of course campers. There's even one who was interviewed on the site a few minutes ago saying he was not a fan -- how can that be : . Geez, I deserve a such a good spot way before his standing in the line-up . OK, I should have been there at 5 am, but still... I'm so sad I feel in such bad shape, would have been there too early morning. OK, time to go pack up some stuff for the long waiting before the show, I don't care much about the lead-in groups. I just hope it's not gonna rain too much (40% chance). At least, we had the thunder showers last night. Now the question is: should I bring along my cheap digital camera? My cell phone camera is even cheaper. Oh well, I'm gonna record the show on tv anyways. For prosperity. Something I'll cherish in my golden age. See yall later. lyse ps I'm glad that this venue brought me here. Nice forum!
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Oh, one more thing... I'm hoping he'll play 'Maybe I'm amazed'. So many sweet memories attached to it. Arghh, the tears are starting out again ops: .
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You seem like such a lovely person, Lyselle. Macca will be honored to have you as a fan. Yeah he can turn on the water works can't he with his music and various exploits, as well as great joy, and even the tears, you're smiling through them...it's so fab.
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Hey Suzy, Thanks for your kind words. Geez, I still haven't left my living room yet... and showtime is a bit over 4 hours away. Thing is, I feel really under the weather, and it is so muggy around here: 23C + 71.9% humidity = 28C humidex (perceived temp.). That's 82 F south of the border. And, rare thing, because Québec City is the Chicago of our land, no wind at all. Still. Not a little wee bit of a breeze. OK, it might not sound so hot for you, I don't know which state you're in, but chances are you do get dryer temps than us up in the Great White North. Unless you're in Florida? It must not be funny out there on the site if one suffers from asthma. I guess I'll make some provisions of A/C before venturing over there lyse l.
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Kestrel:
left hand man:
Queen Bee, just to share with you, I did exactly what you suggested! I skipped McCartney's last tour because it was basically just more of the same old same old.
I can beat that....I stopped attending Paul's concerts in 1993 for the same reason. I was just getting bored seeing him perform the same old songs less well than the tour before. Queen Bee got it half right though......Paul should quit touring and instead spend the time in the studio making better albums.
McCartney's voice is not as good due to age (it is still pretty good), after all he is 66. IMO- this band is the best he has had and they rock. I think CHAOS and MAF are pretty good albums. They have both been critically acclaimed.
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Oldies? I don't care!!! My first and probably last show with Sir Paul. And just five minutes away from home! I would have dreamt it and it would never have happened. As a matter of fact, he admitted in the course of an interview earlier this week that he was an oldies' fan himself: stuff like Cole Porter music, Tony Bennett (who, if I'm not mistaken, sang at his last and unfortunate wedding), oldies he grew up on while his parents were listening. As I posted on another thread I heard parts of the sound check earlier, and no surprise so far... Live and Let Die which I heard clearly.
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This thread is STILL going strong? Geez....................what else is there to comment about?