Vancouver, BC- Rogers Arena- April 19th and 20th - ARCHIVE
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Just left Rogers, great show and the place was packed! SPOILER AHEAD...... Did My Valentine with local girl Dianna Krall and also Mull of Kintyre with the Delta Police band in the encore.
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Great show at Rogers last night. Any rumours that is voice is shot are FALSE! There was a little warble here and there, but he's still hitting those high notes in tunes like Band on the Run, Hi Hi Hi, et al. No Helter Skelter, I think he changed the song order a little bit as well. Hopefully a few different tunes tonight.
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mosthigh:
Great show at Rogers last night. Any rumours that is voice is shot are FALSE! There was a little warble here and there, but he's still hitting those high notes in tunes like Band on the Run, Hi Hi Hi, et al. No Helter Skelter, I think he changed the song order a little bit as well. Hopefully a few different tunes tonight.
That's great and very encouraging. He must have sounded a world better than Fresno and Portland. I look forward to checking out the clips.
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Henderson7:
Just left Rogers, great show and the place was packed! SPOILER AHEAD...... Did My Valentine with local girl Dianna Krall and also Mull of Kintyre with the Delta Police band in the encore.
It would be cool if at the 2nd show there Ms Krall's hubby got up for My Brave Face or Veronica...yeah I'm dreaming.
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moptops:
Henderson7:
Just left Rogers, great show and the place was packed! SPOILER AHEAD...... Did My Valentine with local girl Dianna Krall and also Mull of Kintyre with the Delta Police band in the encore.
It would be cool if at the 2nd show there Ms Krall's hubby got up for My Brave Face or Veronica...yeah I'm dreaming.
Hubby was in the audience. i did not see him but some of my friends were sitting near him on the floor. Diana sat at the piano and played and Paul stood next to her and sang into a hand mic. he mostly sang the song to her.
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moptops:
mosthigh:
Great show at Rogers last night. Any rumours that is voice is shot are FALSE! There was a little warble here and there, but he's still hitting those high notes in tunes like Band on the Run, Hi Hi Hi, et al. No Helter Skelter, I think he changed the song order a little bit as well. Hopefully a few different tunes tonight.
That's great and very encouraging. He must have sounded a world better than Fresno and Portland. I look forward to checking out the clips.
He must have been somewhat better. I read the Vancouver newspaper review and the only mention of his voice having trouble was during "My Valentine". I will check out clips later today also.
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Looking at some clips he certainly sounds better than the few shows previous on the tour: not great, but I hear an improvement. C'mon Paul!!! (please let it be just a bug - please let it be just a bug)
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*logs in to forum for first time in a week* Hooooooooly. That was unforgettable. Shocked and stunned. One of the best McCartney concert experiences ever.
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nobodytoldme:
*logs in to forum for first time in a week* Hooooooooly. That was unforgettable. Shocked and stunned. One of the best McCartney concert experiences ever.
Please elaborate. (I'm serious)
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moptops:
nobodytoldme:
*logs in to forum for first time in a week* Hooooooooly. That was unforgettable. Shocked and stunned. One of the best McCartney concert experiences ever.
Please elaborate. (I'm serious)
I had no clue about the setlist, and got hit with so many gems and totally unexpected moments. Closest I have ever been to this was the opening leg of the EU tour in Bologna with 'Come And Get It' and 'The Word', and this was that x 10. Sure, on paper you think back and realise he added 0 solo songs and the second half was largely the same, but hey... we even got 'Letting Go' back, nobody could have expected that. More to come.
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Letting Go pops up in soundcheck so it's return wasn't s huge surprise. (a) How was his voice? (b) Did you take some more nice vids???
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moptops:
Letting Go pops up in soundcheck so it's return wasn't s huge surprise. (a) How was his voice? (b) Did you take some more nice vids???
Sure, but it's a Wings tune, a great one, back in the proper set for the first time in 6 years, which normally means it's dead forever. Very harsh in the beginning, to the point that he had barely power when he spoke to the audience, but it quickly went better and better. I did, won't disappoint you guys. I tried to fix nice audio but stealth mode on that one failed big time, haha... But stay tuned.
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If you've been on a swlf imposed blackout all the talk here has been how bad, REALLY bad his voice has been on each concert previous to Vancouver. I also mentioned he has "no power" in his voice. Anyway there's heaps about that you can catch up with at your leisure. Tell me you've got nice clips of AHDN and Love Me Do!
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nobodytoldme:
moptops:
nobodytoldme:
*logs in to forum for first time in a week* Hooooooooly. That was unforgettable. Shocked and stunned. One of the best McCartney concert experiences ever.
Please elaborate. (I'm serious)
I had no clue about the setlist, and got hit with so many gems and totally unexpected moments. Closest I have ever been to this was the opening leg of the EU tour in Bologna with 'Come And Get It' and 'The Word', and this was that x 10. Sure, on paper you think back and realise he added 0 solo songs and the second half was largely the same, but hey... we even got 'Letting Go' back, nobody could have expected that. More to come.
Will get to see Paul in Berlin, so how does it compare to previous concerts you've been to?!
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nobodytoldme:
moptops:
Letting Go pops up in soundcheck so it's return wasn't s huge surprise. (a) How was his voice? (b) Did you take some more nice vids???
Sure, but it's a Wings tune, a great one, back in the proper set for the first time in 6 years, which normally means it's dead forever. Very harsh in the beginning, to the point that he had barely power when he spoke to the audience, but it quickly went better and better. I did, won't disappoint you guys. I tried to fix nice audio but stealth mode on that one failed big time, haha... But stay tuned.
Going to show 2, lad?
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Good reports appearing here re Vancouver. That's great to see!
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moptops:
If you've been on a swlf imposed blackout all the talk here has been how bad, REALLY bad his voice has been on each concert previous to Vancouver. I also mentioned he has "no power" in his voice. Anyway there's heaps about that you can catch up with at your leisure. Tell me you've got nice clips of AHDN and Love Me Do!
Ah, I'm not sure I want to catch up on all that, haha. 'Love Me Do', that whole incredible new semi-acoustic set even, yes. AHDN, no. I had a suspicion the opener could be a good one, and wanted to enjoy it to the fullest. It was amazing.
jonh81:
[..] Will get to see Paul in Berlin, so how does it compare to previous concerts you've been to?!
Like said, 11 times, first time ever I got to see a show without knowing the plot to the script. Unforgettable for me.
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I thought it was pretty meh actually tbh. Strange Days Indeed...one might say. Still glad you had such a blast.
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moptops:
[..] Going to show 2, lad?
No, this was my golden lucky chance until he comes to Australia, lol. I made the impossible happen. Travelled from Australia to California for another act: jetlagged and without sleep from Friday morning in Australia to Friday morning on the West Coast US straight to Palm Springs, day later flew to San Francisco without any sleep, day later to Santa Cruz without much sleep, after the gig straight to the airport and onto Vancouver via LA with only an one hour power nap, and now again without any sleep catching a plane in 3 hours back to LA. I knew it would be worth it. And btw, Ticketmaster stitched me up and never made my ticket upgrade happen in the end, and were unreachable on all fronts. All shout-outs and props and blessings and thumbs up to the local Rogers Arena people (and the Vancouver locals in general). They traded my nosebleeds I was saddled with, with fantastic seats at the side for no extra fee to make up for the Ticketmaster hassle. I always was at the front for McCartney, or at the least close at the front, and this was a whole different experience, but I actually really enjoyed it this way.