Paul's new album and promotion
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Bruce M.:
I must say I'm distressed to see people assuming that at age 75 Paul can't remember his own songs or how to play them. LOTS of people his age have perfectly fine memories. And we really have no way of knowing how good or bad Paul's memory is, but please lets drop the ageist stereotypes.
________________________________________________________ Bruce, I can only speak for my post but I wasn't attacking older people or saying that many seniors don't have fine memories. For God sake, I'm one of them. I'll be 70 in about 15 months (man that is depressing!). But I think it is a pretty safe bet that the mental prowess of the overwhelming majority of seniors (including me) starts to decline when many of us hit around 60. I know it was definitely true for me. One of the reasons I retired at 64 was that I found my job more and more difficult because I had to constantly learn new "technical" type products to sell. I could do it much easier when I was younger. Even now that I'm retired and well into my 60's, I find myself often forgetting certain words, names of restaurants etc. when I'm speaking. I know the word but can't remember it specifically. This is not an ageist stereotype. It is a fact. I'm an extrovert and talk with people around my age all the time (including my senior cousins) and they 100% agree.. Sometimes I will bring up a person or a certain subject and forget why I brought them up in midstream. That's not uncommon for people my age. I'm just being realistic with my current capabilities. Mentally, I'm not nearly as sharp nor is my memory nearly as good as it was when I was in my 40's for example. This is not a stereotype but the truth for most seniors. It is not that there is anything "mentally" wrong with healthy seniors but it is just nature's natural course going on with us. And, of course, there are always exceptions to any rule. Not to go political, but it is a shame that many of our Washington congresspeople/senators (both sides of the aisle) don't realize that they should be already retired and hand these crucial jobs over to younger people whose minds are at their peak. Obviously they would have to be qualified no matter how old they are. As far as Paul goes, my point was that I don't expect Macca to make wholesale changes to his setlist. As an example and especially now at 75, I wouldn't expect half the songs being "Solo" ones that he hasn't sung since he wrote and laid down the tracks upon the album's release. I didn't say that it would be impossible for Paul to remember them or impossible for him to play them, but it would "surely" be much harder. Because his memory isn't as good, it would take significant more time and I certainly wouldn't expect him to do it. It would be much more like "work" and I know I wouldn't want to do it. Furthermore, he is a very busy man with many things going on all the time including writing new songs and guest appearances on other artists' albums etc. My point (and a few others) is to just take 3-4 songs that were "bigger" Solo songs (not obscure ones) and add them each year he tours. It would be relatively easy for him, for example, to play "My Brave Face" and "Put It There" since he played them on a full tour in 1990. I wasn't putting Paul down or suggesting in any way that he has mental problems. But because he is 75, Paul is like most seniors. It's just nature's natural course that our memories aren't as good as they used to be and there is nothing wrong with that. As a big time fan, I'm just being realistic as to what he can still do (even vocally) to make his setlist better for the hard core fans. I'm sure his mental capabilities for his age are fine and normal. And as long as he still plays the "signature" songs, the 1st timers will continue to be thrilled.
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B J Conlee:
Bruce M.:
I must say I'm distressed to see people assuming that at age 75 Paul can't remember his own songs or how to play them. LOTS of people his age have perfectly fine memories. And we really have no way of knowing how good or bad Paul's memory is, but please lets drop the ageist stereotypes.
________________________________________________________ Bruce, I can only speak for my post but I wasn't attacking older people or saying that many seniors don't have fine memories. For God sake, I'm one of them. I'll be 70 in about 15 months (man that is depressing!). But I think it is a pretty safe bet that the mental prowess of the overwhelming majority of seniors (including me) starts to decline probably when one hits about 60. I know it was definitely true for me. One of the reasons I retired at 64 was that I found my job more and more difficult because I had to constantly learn new "technical" type products to sell. I could do it much easier when I was younger. Even now that I'm retired and well into my 60's, I find myself often forgetting certain words when I'm speaking. I know the word but can't remember it specifically. This is not an ageist stereotype. It is a fact. I'm an extrovert and talk with people around my age all the time (including all my senior cousins) and they 100% agree.. Sometimes I will bring up a person or a certain subject and forget why I brought them up in midstream. That's not uncommon for people my age. I'm just being realistic with my current capabilities. Mentally, I'm not nearly as sharp nor is my memory nearly as good as it was when I was in my 40's for example. This is not a stereotype but the truth for most seniors. Not to go political, but it is a shame that many of our congresspeople/senators (both sides of the aisle) don't realize that they should be already retired and hand these crucial jobs over to younger people whose minds are in their peak. Obviously they would have to be qualified no matter how old they are. As far as Paul goes, my point was that I don't expect Macca to make wholesale changes to his setlist. As an example and especially now at 75, I wouldn't expect half of the songs being "Solo" ones that he hasn't sung since he wrote and laid down the tracks upon the album's release. I didn't say that it would be impossible for Paul to remember them or impossible for him to play them, but it surely would be much harder. Because his memory isn't as good, it would take significant more time and I certainly wouldn't expect him to do it. It would be much more like work and I know I wouldn't want to do it. Furthermore, he is a very busy man with things going on all the time including writing new songs and guest appearances on other artists' albums etc. My point (and a few others) is to just take 3-4 songs that were "bigger" Solo songs (not obscure ones) and add them each year he tours. It would be relatively easy for him, for example, to play "My Brave Face" and "Put It There" since he played them on a full tour in 1990. I wasn't putting Paul down or saying in any way that he has mental problems. But because he is 75 this is just nature's natural course and there is nothing wrong with that. As a big time fan, I'm just being realistic as to what he can still do (even vocally) to make his setlist better for the hard core fans. I'm sure his mental capabilities for his age are fine and normal. As long as he still plays the "signature" songs, the 1st timers would also be thrilled.
Very good post BJ. One of the reasons I had hoped he would not tour much longer is that I did not want to see him get to the point where his memory affected his live performance. Sooner or later "Father Time" catches up to everyone - lol. He has written so many songs it is not realistic to expect him to remember them all even if he was a bunch younger. Do we really think that say 15 years ago he remembered all the words and how to play a song off "Press To Play" for example?
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Reading the paper today, there was an interview with Garrison Keillor, of Prairie Home Companion, and I had to chuckle at what he had to say: He turns 75 on Aug. 7 and boards a bus the next day for a 28-city "Prairie Home Love & Comedy Tour -- 2017," which he vows will be his last. "I don't think you should go out onstage after the age of 76," Keillor told The Associated Press during a recent interview at his St. Paul office. "You don't want to fall down out there and then all of these people, you know, there's a sudden intake of breath. And men in white jackets come in from the wings and put an oxygen mask on you." "You don't want that to happen. It's too much entertainment for the dollar," he adds. "An entertainer is supposed to go away and have a quiet dotage, and you know, lose your marbles in private and not do this out where people can see you."
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Thisbe211:
Reading the paper today, there was an interview with Garrison Keillor, of Prairie Home Companion, and I had to chuckle at what he had to say: He turns 75 on Aug. 7 and boards a bus the next day for a 28-city "Prairie Home Love & Comedy Tour -- 2017," which he vows will be his last. "I don't think you should go out onstage after the age of 76," Keillor told The Associated Press during a recent interview at his St. Paul office. "You don't want to fall down out there and then all of these people, you know, there's a sudden intake of breath. And men in white jackets come in from the wings and put an oxygen mask on you." "You don't want that to happen. It's too much entertainment for the dollar," he adds. "An entertainer is supposed to go away and have a quiet dotage, and you know, lose your marbles in private and not do this out where people can see you."
My my...he sure hasn't seen a McCartney concert lately.
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Bob Gannon:
Now that Sgt Pepper has been released, the focus for MPL should be switching to the new album. But taking a look ahead, there does not seem to be a whole lot of time to promote the album. We know it's eventually coming soon, I mean it will be sent to those who purchased tickets for the later shows on the tour. But when you look ahead, when will there be time? June.....although they are off, if would be quite difficult to do at this point without any advance notice. We are already almost in June July.......bulk of the month touring August....no touring and the band is not on call and off for the month September......back to touring most of the month in NYC area mostly October...we have at least 6 confirmed shows and 2 or 3 rumored ones This leaves November/December.....however at least some of that looks to be touring as well. Don't ask me where, I can't tell you but awefully good chance of some more shows. So this begs the question...How and when will this album be promoted? What does everyone think?
Id say Christmas, you ask to many questions
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yankeefan7:
B J Conlee:
Bruce M.:
I must say I'm distressed to see people assuming that at age 75 Paul can't remember his own songs or how to play them. LOTS of people his age have perfectly fine memories. And we really have no way of knowing how good or bad Paul's memory is, but please lets drop the ageist stereotypes.
________________________________________________________ Bruce, I can only speak for my post but I wasn't attacking older people or saying that many seniors don't have fine memories. For God sake, I'm one of them. I'll be 70 in about 15 months (man that is depressing!). But I think it is a pretty safe bet that the mental prowess of the overwhelming majority of seniors (including me) starts to decline probably when one hits about 60. I know it was definitely true for me. One of the reasons I retired at 64 was that I found my job more and more difficult because I had to constantly learn new "technical" type products to sell. I could do it much easier when I was younger. Even now that I'm retired and well into my 60's, I find myself often forgetting certain words when I'm speaking. I know the word but can't remember it specifically. This is not an ageist stereotype. It is a fact. I'm an extrovert and talk with people around my age all the time (including all my senior cousins) and they 100% agree.. Sometimes I will bring up a person or a certain subject and forget why I brought them up in midstream. That's not uncommon for people my age. I'm just being realistic with my current capabilities. Mentally, I'm not nearly as sharp nor is my memory nearly as good as it was when I was in my 40's for example. This is not a stereotype but the truth for most seniors. Not to go political, but it is a shame that many of our congresspeople/senators (both sides of the aisle) don't realize that they should be already retired and hand these crucial jobs over to younger people whose minds are in their peak. Obviously they would have to be qualified no matter how old they are. As far as Paul goes, my point was that I don't expect Macca to make wholesale changes to his setlist. As an example and especially now at 75, I wouldn't expect half of the songs being "Solo" ones that he hasn't sung since he wrote and laid down the tracks upon the album's release. I didn't say that it would be impossible for Paul to remember them or impossible for him to play them, but it surely would be much harder. Because his memory isn't as good, it would take significant more time and I certainly wouldn't expect him to do it. It would be much more like work and I know I wouldn't want to do it. Furthermore, he is a very busy man with things going on all the time including writing new songs and guest appearances on other artists' albums etc. My point (and a few others) is to just take 3-4 songs that were "bigger" Solo songs (not obscure ones) and add them each year he tours. It would be relatively easy for him, for example, to play "My Brave Face" and "Put It There" since he played them on a full tour in 1990. I wasn't putting Paul down or saying in any way that he has mental problems. But because he is 75 this is just nature's natural course and there is nothing wrong with that. As a big time fan, I'm just being realistic as to what he can still do (even vocally) to make his setlist better for the hard core fans. I'm sure his mental capabilities for his age are fine and normal. As long as he still plays the "signature" songs, the 1st timers would also be thrilled.
Very good post BJ. One of the reasons I had hoped he would not tour much longer is that I did not want to see him get to the point where his memory affected his live performance. Sooner or later "Father Time" catches up to everyone - lol. He has written so many songs it is not realistic to expect him to remember them all even if he was a bunch younger. Do we really think that say 15 years ago he remembered all the words and how to play a song off "Press To Play" for example?
Except a couple years ago Paul pulled "Temporary Secretary" out of his bag of tricks -- not exactly one of his "bigger" solo songs -- and continues to do it fairly regularly. Surely if he has trouble thinking of solo tunes to do, there are lots of folks to give him ideas -- or he might even pick up a copy of, say, "Pure McCartney" to jog his memory. Alas, he seems to have forgotten even the relatively successful solo songs -- or more likely, decided his Beatle-obsessed crowds aren't interested.
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Bruce M.:
[... -- or more likely, decided his Beatle-obsessed crowds aren't interested.
Nail on head.
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Bruce M.:
yankeefan7:
B J Conlee:
Bruce M.:
I must say I'm distressed to see people assuming that at age 75 Paul can't remember his own songs or how to play them. LOTS of people his age have perfectly fine memories. And we really have no way of knowing how good or bad Paul's memory is, but please lets drop the ageist stereotypes.
________________________________________________________ Bruce, I can only speak for my post but I wasn't attacking older people or saying that many seniors don't have fine memories. For God sake, I'm one of them. I'll be 70 in about 15 months (man that is depressing!). But I think it is a pretty safe bet that the mental prowess of the overwhelming majority of seniors (including me) starts to decline probably when one hits about 60. I know it was definitely true for me. One of the reasons I retired at 64 was that I found my job more and more difficult because I had to constantly learn new "technical" type products to sell. I could do it much easier when I was younger. Even now that I'm retired and well into my 60's, I find myself often forgetting certain words when I'm speaking. I know the word but can't remember it specifically. This is not an ageist stereotype. It is a fact. I'm an extrovert and talk with people around my age all the time (including all my senior cousins) and they 100% agree.. Sometimes I will bring up a person or a certain subject and forget why I brought them up in midstream. That's not uncommon for people my age. I'm just being realistic with my current capabilities. Mentally, I'm not nearly as sharp nor is my memory nearly as good as it was when I was in my 40's for example. This is not a stereotype but the truth for most seniors. Not to go political, but it is a shame that many of our congresspeople/senators (both sides of the aisle) don't realize that they should be already retired and hand these crucial jobs over to younger people whose minds are in their peak. Obviously they would have to be qualified no matter how old they are. As far as Paul goes, my point was that I don't expect Macca to make wholesale changes to his setlist. As an example and especially now at 75, I wouldn't expect half of the songs being "Solo" ones that he hasn't sung since he wrote and laid down the tracks upon the album's release. I didn't say that it would be impossible for Paul to remember them or impossible for him to play them, but it surely would be much harder. Because his memory isn't as good, it would take significant more time and I certainly wouldn't expect him to do it. It would be much more like work and I know I wouldn't want to do it. Furthermore, he is a very busy man with things going on all the time including writing new songs and guest appearances on other artists' albums etc. My point (and a few others) is to just take 3-4 songs that were "bigger" Solo songs (not obscure ones) and add them each year he tours. It would be relatively easy for him, for example, to play "My Brave Face" and "Put It There" since he played them on a full tour in 1990. I wasn't putting Paul down or saying in any way that he has mental problems. But because he is 75 this is just nature's natural course and there is nothing wrong with that. As a big time fan, I'm just being realistic as to what he can still do (even vocally) to make his setlist better for the hard core fans. I'm sure his mental capabilities for his age are fine and normal. As long as he still plays the "signature" songs, the 1st timers would also be thrilled.
Very good post BJ. One of the reasons I had hoped he would not tour much longer is that I did not want to see him get to the point where his memory affected his live performance. Sooner or later "Father Time" catches up to everyone - lol. He has written so many songs it is not realistic to expect him to remember them all even if he was a bunch younger. Do we really think that say 15 years ago he remembered all the words and how to play a song off "Press To Play" for example?
Except a couple years ago Paul pulled "Temporary Secretary" out of his bag of tricks -- not exactly one of his "bigger" solo songs -- and continues to do it fairly regularly. Surely if he has trouble thinking of solo tunes to do, there are lots of folks to give him ideas -- or he might even pick up a copy of, say, "Pure McCartney" to jog his memory. Alas, he seems to have forgotten even the relatively successful solo songs -- or more likely, decided his Beatle-obsessed crowds aren't interested.
"or more likely, decided his Beatle-obsessed crowds aren't interested." Bingo - lol
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oobu24:
Bruce M.:
[... -- or more likely, decided his Beatle-obsessed crowds aren't interested.
Nail on head.
Personally I do think his shows have far too much Beatles related material compared to the rest of his career. Paul has been recording music now for 55 years and he was only effectively a Beatles for (at a push) 8 of those years. So being a Beatle only equates to being roughly 14% of his career. So is Paul's current set-list made up of only 14% of Beatles songs? Nah. its more around 63% which is totally out of proportion to what a balanced set-list should consist of.
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Sadly I think the Beatles are hard-wired into our culture in a way solo Beatles are not. There are many reasons for this, but at its heart it is a time and place argument belonging to a particular generation, the baby boomers. The 60s, once viewed as an enlightened and revolutionary decade, are now a sort of misty-eyed depository of wishful and youthful thinking. Personally I feel that our memories are locked into a culture war which uses hierarchy to create myths and dispel reality - when we look at back at the 60s we should feel a burning anger at the injustice of a generation of political leaders gunned down; instead we think Beatles and we put our denial of the reality of those times into those songs. So we are much more heavily invested in them than we should be. The solo Beatles just can't have the same impact. I could sit here and make an argument that Band on the Run is a perfect metaphor for the Watergate scandal, but it wouldn't fly - it wouldn't fly because the boomers voted for Nixon in their droves. As adults complicity arrives; so better to remember the time before complicity and keep it simple and sentimental.
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I think part of the problem is so many are just plain dismissive of Paul's solo work beyond his big radio hits. I have a friend who was a teen during Beatlemania and considers himself a big Paul fan. It was after he trashed Paul's solo work that I realized he's only a fan of Beatle-Paul. This guy hasn't heard anything beyond BOTR. Not Flaming, Flowers, or Chaos. I offered him all my CDs, he wouldn't even give it a try. I think there are a lot of people out there like him who just decided Paul's music stinks without having really listened to him. Those are the fans Paul is playing to. Not us. I would gladly pay to hear him play nothing but his music from the last 20 years.
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Martin Luther:
I think part of the problem is so many are just plain dismissive of Paul's solo work beyond his big radio hits. I have a friend who was a teen during Beatlemania and considers himself a big Paul fan. It was after he trashed Paul's solo work that I realized he's only a fan of Beatle-Paul. This guy hasn't heard anything beyond BOTR. Not Flaming, Flowers, or Chaos. I offered him all my CDs, he wouldn't even give it a try. I think there are a lot of people out there like him who just decided Paul's music stinks without having really listened to him. Those are the fans Paul is playing to. Not us. I would gladly pay to hear him play nothing but his music from the last 20 years.
Unfortunately Mr. McCartney only has himself to blame. He never truly embraced his solo career live, he just does the required promote his current album thing in concert but little else. Once that album had been replaced, he basically forgot those songs ever existed in his shows. He also does not make the best choices for singles which does not help the public know his more recent songs. When he does media interviews on TV/Print he also lives way in the past too much and people don't hear enough about his current work. Mr. McCartney has received good/very good critical reviews for his albums the last twenty years. BTW - Rolling Stone rated "New" the 3rd best album of that year. He has received Grammy nominations for album of the year three times in his solo career. (TOW, CHAOS, Flaming Pie). It would be nice if you could get your friend to read some of these reviews and maybe he would change his mind and give the music a chance.
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Kestrel:
oobu24:
Bruce M.:
[... -- or more likely, decided his Beatle-obsessed crowds aren't interested.
Nail on head.
Personally I do think his shows have far too much Beatles related material compared to the rest of his career. Paul has been recording music now for 55 years and he was only effectively a Beatles for (at a push) 8 of those years. So being a Beatle only equates to being roughly 14% of his career. So is Paul's current set-list made up of only 14% of Beatles songs? Nah. its more around 63% which is totally out of proportion to what a balanced set-list should consist of.
Sadly, it is all about making money and not being an artist who does concerts with a more balanced set list of his entire career. We all know he would not be charging hundreds of dollars for a ticket if he was not doing a Beatlefest show. As I have stated several times on this board the DR tour was the key. He had perfect opportunity to do whatever he wanted regarding the set list. He had a brand new band, had not toured in almost a decade and the audience was not expecting a Beatle heavy show. He started doing more Beatle songs and once that started there was no turning back.
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yankeefan7:
Martin Luther:
I think part of the problem is so many are just plain dismissive of Paul's solo work beyond his big radio hits. I have a friend who was a teen during Beatlemania and considers himself a big Paul fan. It was after he trashed Paul's solo work that I realized he's only a fan of Beatle-Paul. This guy hasn't heard anything beyond BOTR. Not Flaming, Flowers, or Chaos. I offered him all my CDs, he wouldn't even give it a try. I think there are a lot of people out there like him who just decided Paul's music stinks without having really listened to him. Those are the fans Paul is playing to. Not us. I would gladly pay to hear him play nothing but his music from the last 20 years.
Unfortunately Mr. McCartney only has himself to blame. He never truly embraced his solo career live, he just does the required promote his current album thing in concert but little else. Once that album had been replaced, he basically forgot those songs ever existed in his shows. He also does not make the best choices for singles which does not help the public know his more recent songs. When he does media interviews on TV/Print he also lives way in the past too much and people don't hear enough about his current work. Mr. McCartney has received good/very good critical reviews for his albums the last twenty years. BTW - Rolling Stone rated "New" the 3rd best album of that year. He has received Grammy nominations for album of the year three times in his solo career. (TOW, CHAOS, Flaming Pie). It would be nice if you could get your friend to read some of these reviews and maybe he would change his mind and give the music a chance.
___________________________________________________________ Great posts Martin Luther and Yankeefan. I also have a very good friend (in his later 50's) who is exactly like the first post above describes. He is a massive Beatle and Beatle Paul fan (and the earlier Wings' hits) but doesn't give any of Paul Solo albums a try at all. I think that is the overwhelming majority of boomers attending Paul concerts these days (at least in the US). And for the most part, that is the majority of Paul's Setlists. I also 100% agree with what Yankeefan says. Paul is his worse enemy whether involving his Setlists since 2002 or his interviews. His interviews never talk about any of his very good solo albums or solo eras. They totally focus on the Beatle years where you mainly hear the same stories (much like his "live" shows). Paul is his worse enemy because he can control the interviews to a large degree. For example, when the great George Martin passed away, Paul has and still only talks about the Beatle years with Mr. Martin. He could certainly tell any interviewer (even beforehand) that he wants to speak about his years with George as his Producer during the great Tug of War period. Even if the interviewer doesn't mention a Solo period, Paul can change the discussion point to reflect at least some of his great Post Beatle and Wings' work.. To me and from Macca's own point of view, this Beatles' obsession only hurts his overall legacy. You would think his own kids (who grew up with Paul's Solo material) would be telling him to talk more about his great "Solo" eras.
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Why has this thread devolved into yet another set list argument? And yes, I know I derailed it a few days ago on politics, lol.
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Macca84:
Why has this thread devolved into yet another set list argument? And yes, I know I derailed it a few days ago on politics, lol.
_________________________________________________________ Yes the thread is on Paul's "new and upcoming" album but it is has been a natural progression to expand this subject to his current setlist. Paul and Band has the entire month of August (and 1st part of Sept) off so there is interest again whether Paul is going to make some minor tweaks to the Setlist. The curiosity of Paul possibly performing a couple of tracks from the upcoming Album surely started this setlist discussion on this Thread. And Paul's basic "1st hint" of one of the songs on the new Album then started the "politics" discussion. So I think the tread has had a natural progression. Another thing is that Paul has already played some of the more recent "One-on-One" songs in the US Northeast in 2016 (markets like Philly, Boston, NY, Washington DC etc) so you have to wonder if Paul will make some minor changes to the Setlist starting in Newark NJ on 9/11. For the "hard core" Macca fans on this Site, we wonder if songs like Temporary Secretary, 4-5 Seconds, Save Us, Queenie Eye, New, etc. might be replaced.
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B J Conlee:
Macca84:
Why has this thread devolved into yet another set list argument? And yes, I know I derailed it a few days ago on politics, lol.
_________________________________________________________ Yes the thread is on Paul's "new and upcoming" album but it is has been a natural progression to expand this subject to his current setlist. Paul and Band has the entire month of August (and 1st part of Sept) off so there is interest again whether Paul is going to make some minor tweaks to the Setlist. The curiosity of Paul possibly performing a couple of tracks from the upcoming Album surely started this setlist discussion on this Thread. And Paul's basic "1st hint" of one of the songs on the new Album then started the "politics" discussion. So I think the tread has had a natural progression. Another thing is that Paul has already played some of the more recent "One-on-One" songs in the US Northeast in 2016 (markets like Philly, Boston, NY, Washington DC etc) so you have to wonder if Paul will make some minor changes to the Setlist starting in Newark NJ on 9/11. For the "hard core" Macca fans on this Site, we wonder if songs like Temporary Secretary, 4-5 Seconds, Save Us, Queenie Eye, New, etc. might be replaced.
Staying off topic... This "hard core" fan would like Paul to keep all the songs you state there. Except for maybe 4 5...and maybe he could replace some of the Beatles songs that are overplayed.
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Macca84:
Why has this thread devolved into yet another set list argument? And yes, I know I derailed it a few days ago on politics, lol.
Like BJ said, people wonder if some of the new album will be played live in the upcoming shows and then it led to his set list. It really is not an argument, some fans just would love to hear more his wonderful songs since the early 80's. I don't think any of us who want to hear different songs have said he should not keep the basic 25 Beatle/Wings songs most people want to hear in the set list. It is just the other 10-12 we would love to have some changes. As you know the politic thing was all because of Mr. McCartney saying one of the new songs was about the current POTUS. You can't expect that kind of news to discussed in just musical terms.
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I would be more than happy to attend a future Paul McCartney concert where he plays his next album in full plus a dozen of the songs that he's recorded over the last 20 years. There's absolutely no need to go further back than that.
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yankeefan7:
Macca84:
Why has this thread devolved into yet another set list argument? And yes, I know I derailed it a few days ago on politics, lol.
Like BJ said, people wonder if some of the new album will be played live in the upcoming shows and then it led to his set list. It really is not an argument, some fans just would love to hear more his wonderful songs since the early 80's. I don't think any of us who want to hear different songs have said he should not keep the basic 25 Beatle/Wings songs most people want to hear in the set list. It is just the other 10-12 we would love to have some changes. As you know the politic thing was all because of Mr. McCartney saying one of the new songs was about the current POTUS. You can't expect that kind of news to discussed in just musical terms.