McCartney promising a "refreshed" version of 2016'
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As much as I dislike the song, it went over really well at all three shows I saw last year because the audience can get into it with the lyrics on the screen and the arrangement that Paul uses in concert. I also don't recall him mentioning the back story of the song whatsoever which probably helps.
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I have read that Paul just before to start his tour of 1989 had thought to make 2 different setlist for night, one just with beatles stuff and one with solo songs....
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B J Conlee:
nobodytoldme:
B J Conlee:
[..] he is adding [..] just because it hit the top 40. [..]
I wish we could say this about his core solo catalogue hits!
___________________________________________________ The 4-5 Seconds narrative really isn' what his audience cares about. Paul unlike Record Executives shouldn't care only about "Hits" per say. It should be more about the quality of the song. I look at a solo Song like Here Today. It was never a "single" or hit from Tug of War but it is a very important song in his overall Career. "Here Today" has great lyrics that he alone wrote. But the reason that it is so well known is that he played it often in his live shows. Otherwise it would have been just another hidden Solo Gem that just hard core fans like us would know. Unfortunately, he has many other Solo songs just as good but he has chosen over the last 15 years to ignore them.
Exactly. Most people attending the concert never heard "Here Today" but by playing it for many years it got to be known. Of course, we both know it only stayed in set list because it is tribute to John Lennon. Like you said, too bad he did not do that with "My Brave Face", "Take It Away" and one of your favorites "Put It There".
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B J Conlee:
yankeefan7:
paulmccartneyfan1:
Lol on the Colombia announcement I noticed it said this: " The 'One On One' Tour spans Paul's entire career - from his earliest work with The Quarrymen through to his most recent collaboration with Kanye West and Rihanna." It looks as though FourFiveSeconds is here to stay.
This just shows you how clueless he is IMO. Does he really think the people who attend his concerts and just want a Beatle Paul show really care about that song? McCartney may think recording withe those two make him hip but his fans really could care less. In addition, it is not a very good song.
_______________________________________________ Let me also add that he can't sing 4-5 Seconds either judging by the quality videos I heard from the Tokyo shows. I think another factor driving Paul's recent strange decisions (even his set lists) are his "Record Marketing Executives". Just reading the press releases have "company speak and talking points" written all over it instead of trying to learn who is fanbase really is. Adding Four-Five Seconds too easily "fits" the narrative of their press releases (the one on one tour spans Paul's entire career from his earliest work with the Quarrymen to his recent collaboration with Kanye Wast and Rihanna) they send to the newspapers and internet sites. I agree with Yankeefan that 99% of his fanbase could care less about the song. Instead of adding a few very good to great Solo songs that are intelligent, smart, mature and meaningful that his overwhelming "boomer" audience can relate to, he is adding 4-5 Seconds with stupid lyrics just because it hit the top 40. Besides the fact that his audience could care less about what is playing on Top 40 radio, the song only made the list because it had Kanye West and Rihanna's name on it. Makes no sense to me except again it fits the narrative of the press release and maybe something Capitol executives want him to play. We've talked about a whole number of very good Solo Songs that you would think he would be proud of and want his audience to know so I won't repeat that list again. Just baffles me. Unfortunately, it feeds into a prevalent thought that I have always argued agains...Paul was only really good when he was with John and the Beatles. It really isn't true but if someone isn't proud of his own material, he can't expect that thought to ever go away.
The career span announcement is really a joke. Sure, it is correct technically but the Tokyo set list had four songs (New, Queenie Eye, Here Today & 45 seconds) after 1980 which is 37 years ago. This means he has totally ignored the 1990's and the first decade of this century. You make an excellent point, if he is not proud of his solo work how can you expect the general public or the media not to think he was just Beatle Paul and the leader of Wings. What baffles me is that with such a rich song catalog, he has no desire to play most of it. You and I have stated so many times that it is really easy to please the first timers and still sprinkle the set list with some very good solo songs never played live.
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corchians:
I have read that Paul just before to start his tour of 1989 had thought to make 2 different setlist for night, one just with beatles stuff and one with solo songs....
Wow, did not know that !! He was in a different mind set regarding set list in 1989. He said in interview promoting the 1989 tour that he opened with "Figure Of Eight" because he wanted to show the audience he was still a relevant artist and not just some oldies act.
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yankeefan7:
corchians:
I have read that Paul just before to start his tour of 1989 had thought to make 2 different setlist for night, one just with beatles stuff and one with solo songs....
Wow, did not know that !! He was in a different mind set regarding set list in 1989. He said in interview promoting the 1989 tour that he opened with "Figure Of Eight" because he wanted to show the audience he was still a relevant artist and not just some oldies act.
That's what I've been saying for a long time. Especially where he is playing 2 nights in one town. He could still do a few Beatles favorites the 2nd night & also a few solo the 1st night.
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yankeefan7:
Nancy R:
I honestly think he has no clue of the significance his solo work since 1980 has for his hardcore fans! It's like he writes the songs, records them, and forgets all about them! He's already on to the next thing. He didn't even choose the songs for Pure McCartney! Then they probably showed him the list and he took a cursory glance at it, "Yeah, looks fine!" And that was that! We can speculate and wish until the cows come home, but he's never gonna get it. Plus, the time for him to do some of these songs was no later than 2002 to 2005 when he still could sing them!
Great post and I will say that any artist that would put a song like "Bip Bop" on a collection and totally ignore songs from FITD shows he did not care one bit about the collection.
______________________________________________________ I think there is a lot of truth in what Nancy states. Pure McCartney is one of the very few new releases of Paul's that I never bought (neither the 2 CD or 4 CD version). Again, it has Record Company/Marketing Executives written all over it. Here I am the perfect customer of Macca. But when I looked at the track listing, it did very little for me. Too much duplication, too many hits that I already have from previous compilations, and not balanced over his overall Post Beatles' career. When he did go into deeper cuts, they were often strange choices like Yankeefan points out. And to not include one song from Flowers in the Dirt was just crazy. Again, someone from Capitol must have pushed the idea that you can't do that since the FITD Reissue was around the corner. The people that would buy a McCartney "compilation" would want a good number of tracks that are "hard to find". I am talking about B-Sides, unreleased material and even rare live performances, demos etc. If I saw songs like Summer of 59, This Loving Game, Back on My Feet, Wings on a Nightingale demo, Yvonne, The Mess, Waterspout etc. etc. then I'm in line to buy it. Yes they can sprinkle other "deep cuts" from albums but it would be all about the tracks that would be hard to find. It doesn't appear that Pure McCartney was successful. In fact, more like a failure. Again, the Marketing Executives in charge that are supposed to be experts, are not experts at all. They don't really know true Paul McCartney fans. As Nancy points out, Pure McCartney was done by other people and Paul just went along.
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B J Conlee:
yankeefan7:
Nancy R:
I honestly think he has no clue of the significance his solo work since 1980 has for his hardcore fans! It's like he writes the songs, records them, and forgets all about them! He's already on to the next thing. He didn't even choose the songs for Pure McCartney! Then they probably showed him the list and he took a cursory glance at it, "Yeah, looks fine!" And that was that! We can speculate and wish until the cows come home, but he's never gonna get it. Plus, the time for him to do some of these songs was no later than 2002 to 2005 when he still could sing them!
Great post and I will say that any artist that would put a song like "Bip Bop" on a collection and totally ignore songs from FITD shows he did not care one bit about the collection.
______________________________________________________ I think there is a lot of truth in what Nancy states. Pure McCartney is one of the very few new releases of Paul's that I never bought (neither the 2 CD or 4 CD version). Again, it has Record Company/Marketing Executives written all over it. Here I am the perfect customer of Macca. But when I looked at the track listing, it did very little for me. Too much duplication, too many hits that I already have from previous compilations, and not balanced over his overall Post Beatles' career. When he did go into deeper cuts, they were often strange choices like Yankeefan points out. And to not include one song from Flowers in the Dirt was just crazy. Again, someone from Capitol must have pushed the idea that you can't do that since the FITD Reissue was around the corner. The people that would buy a McCartney "compilation" would want a good number of tracks that are "hard to find". I am talking about B-Sides, unreleased material and even rare live performances, demos etc. If I saw songs like Summer of 59, This Loving Game, Back on My Feet, Wings on a Nightingale demo, Yvonne, The Mess, Waterspout etc. etc. then I'm in line to buy it. Yes they can sprinkle other "deep cuts" from albums but it would be all about the tracks that would be hard to find. It doesn't appear that Pure McCartney was successful. In fact, more like a failure. Again, the Marketing Executives in charge that are supposed to be experts, are not experts at all. They don't really know true Paul McCartney fans. As Nancy points out, Pure McCartney was done by other people and Paul just went along.
You hit the nail on the head again BJ. A compilation like "Pure McCartney" should have contain B side singles like the ones you mention which are really terrific songs. Rare live performance or even some sound check songs would have been cool to have on "Pure McCartney". If McCartney truly cared about this project, put some work into it and record an official version of "On The Wings Of A Nightengale" and maybe "Come and Get it". IMO this compilation should have been more about deep cuts, B sides, his version of songs given to other artists etc than the hits.
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B J Conlee:
yankeefan7:
oobu24:
nobodytoldme:
oobu24:
corchians:
No more "Flaming pie" please! I prefer another track for this beautiful album, maybe "Somedays" or "The word tonight"!
I'd love to hear The World Tonight. Do you think he could still sing it?
For the verses he will go into his still pretty intact lower register. Listen to the first seconds of take 27 of 'Your Mother Should Know', the 25 year old McCartney sounding like, take, 'Kisses Of The Bottom' for both falsetto and the low spoken voice! Remarkable. Imagine the 'Venus And Mars' 2010 intro vocal. Then, he will be able to force out the higher notes, and the higher screams will be covered by Abe Jr. I imagine it would be possible. And the band would rock. The thing is though, when did he ever dig out a previously unplayed 80's or 90's song... 'Temporary Secretary' was the first addition in that category in 10 years or something?
He has no confidence in himself. He probably thinks that no one knows it. I wish that he would really pull something good out of his multi talented hat. Maybe the club that started playing Temporary Secretary could also start playing a few others! Then Paul would do them.
"That blew my mind that of all the wonderful songs he could play, he chose "Temporary Secretary" which IMO is horrible. Maybe I need to go to that club and suggest some other songs - lol.
__________________________________________________________ Couldn't agree more. Why he continues to play "Temporary Secretary" just baffles me when he has great and potential classic Solo songs that you would think he would want to be far better known by the masses. An example off the top of my head is "Put It There". You would think he would be so proud of that song and every parent can relate to it. Every year (including this year) around Father's Day I will hear appropriate songs played on local news channels, cable news channels etc. but never have I heard "Put It There". Just think if he had played "Put It There" on every "other" tour since 2002, how much more recognized it would be. Besides the audience at the shows themselves, think of the You Tube hits it would have received. Perhaps media news stations around Father's Day would play it if it was better known. It is a 2 minute song, not too difficult to sing and would be a real nice moment during the show. Best yet, like Here Today, people would know that he has done so much more after the Beatles and Wings. I think Paul likes to be considered "hip" to a fault. And that is where Temporary Secretary appears to fit in. I actually liked McCartney 2 as a complete album. It was different, diverse and still had many terrific Macca melodies. Temporary Secretary was different but just ok as an album track to my ears. When I bought the remastered CD I had a better appreciation for MC 2 but I like 6 or 7 songs better than TS. Examples that I like a lot better are: Coming Up, On the Way, Waterfalls, Nobody Knows, Summer's Day Song and One of These Days. Temporary Secretary is not even close to being one of my favorites on the album itself. Why Paul would continue to play TS and ignore Put it There, My Brave Face, Little Willow, World Tonight etc. just as you say "blows my mind" (and not in a good way). I would put 4-5 Seconds in the same category as TS. 5, 10, 15 years from now, no one (people in general) are going to be singing either TS or 4-5 Seconds and to include them at the expense of his great "meaningful" songs that he has never (or rarely) played is so shortsighted for Paul's own legacy.
I understand he is 75 now and the set list changes we wanted years ago will never happen. That being said, I think even at this age he could do the following and refresh the show a little bit. I would give him some "props" if he did this to show at least he was trying to shake it up. He has played "Temporary Secretary" and the "New" songs for awhile so no big deal IMO to drop them. The Beatle songs being cut are not ones the first timers would be heart broken if he did not play them. The added songs are two from FITD which are really good songs and he promotes the re-issue of FITD. The songs from "New" have not been played live (sound check does not count) and the band already knows these songs. "That Was Me" is just a perfect song about his career and he could have a neat video on the screen behind him while the song is being played. He has rarely played it live and I think audiences would get into it even if they did not know it. Finally, the only songs the band would have to learn are the two FITD songs and that should not take long for them to get it ready for live performance Drop - Temporary Secretary, Queenie Eye, New, I Wanna Be Your Man and Benefit of Mr. Kite Add - My Brave Face, Put It There, I Can Bet, Alligator and That Was Me
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yankeefan7:
B J Conlee:
yankeefan7:
oobu24:
nobodytoldme:
oobu24:
corchians:
No more "Flaming pie" please! I prefer another track for this beautiful album, maybe "Somedays" or "The word tonight"!
I'd love to hear The World Tonight. Do you think he could still sing it?
For the verses he will go into his still pretty intact lower register. Listen to the first seconds of take 27 of 'Your Mother Should Know', the 25 year old McCartney sounding like, take, 'Kisses Of The Bottom' for both falsetto and the low spoken voice! Remarkable. Imagine the 'Venus And Mars' 2010 intro vocal. Then, he will be able to force out the higher notes, and the higher screams will be covered by Abe Jr. I imagine it would be possible. And the band would rock. The thing is though, when did he ever dig out a previously unplayed 80's or 90's song... 'Temporary Secretary' was the first addition in that category in 10 years or something?
He has no confidence in himself. He probably thinks that no one knows it. I wish that he would really pull something good out of his multi talented hat. Maybe the club that started playing Temporary Secretary could also start playing a few others! Then Paul would do them.
"That blew my mind that of all the wonderful songs he could play, he chose "Temporary Secretary" which IMO is horrible. Maybe I need to go to that club and suggest some other songs - lol.
__________________________________________________________ Couldn't agree more. Why he continues to play "Temporary Secretary" just baffles me when he has great and potential classic Solo songs that you would think he would want to be far better known by the masses. An example off the top of my head is "Put It There". You would think he would be so proud of that song and every parent can relate to it. Every year (including this year) around Father's Day I will hear appropriate songs played on local news channels, cable news channels etc. but never have I heard "Put It There". Just think if he had played "Put It There" on every "other" tour since 2002, how much more recognized it would be. Besides the audience at the shows themselves, think of the You Tube hits it would have received. Perhaps media news stations around Father's Day would play it if it was better known. It is a 2 minute song, not too difficult to sing and would be a real nice moment during the show. Best yet, like Here Today, people would know that he has done so much more after the Beatles and Wings. I think Paul likes to be considered "hip" to a fault. And that is where Temporary Secretary appears to fit in. I actually liked McCartney 2 as a complete album. It was different, diverse and still had many terrific Macca melodies. Temporary Secretary was different but just ok as an album track to my ears. When I bought the remastered CD I had a better appreciation for MC 2 but I like 6 or 7 songs better than TS. Examples that I like a lot better are: Coming Up, On the Way, Waterfalls, Nobody Knows, Summer's Day Song and One of These Days. Temporary Secretary is not even close to being one of my favorites on the album itself. Why Paul would continue to play TS and ignore Put it There, My Brave Face, Little Willow, World Tonight etc. just as you say "blows my mind" (and not in a good way). I would put 4-5 Seconds in the same category as TS. 5, 10, 15 years from now, no one (people in general) are going to be singing either TS or 4-5 Seconds and to include them at the expense of his great "meaningful" songs that he has never (or rarely) played is so shortsighted for Paul's own legacy.
I understand he is 75 now and the set list changes we wanted years ago will never happen. That being said, I think even at this age he could do the following and refresh the show a little bit. I would give him some "props" if he did this to show at least he was trying to shake it up. He has played "Temporary Secretary" and the "New" songs for awhile so no big deal IMO to drop them. The Beatle songs being cut are not ones the first timers would be heart broken if he did not play them. The added songs are two from FITD which are really good songs and he promotes the re-issue of FITD. The songs from "New" have not been played live (sound check does not count) and the band already knows these songs. "That Was Me" is just a perfect song about his career and he could have a neat video on the screen behind him while the song is being played. He has rarely played it live and I think audiences would get into it even if they did not know it. Finally, the only songs the band would have to learn are the two FITD songs and that should not take long for them to get it ready for live performance Drop - Temporary Secretary, Queenie Eye, New, I Wanna Be Your Man and Benefit of Mr. Kite Add - My Brave Face, Put It There, I Can Bet, Alligator and That Was Me
_______________________________________________________ Great thoughtful post Yankeefan given Paul's age. Just a few realistic changes like you suggest above and I, as a big time fan, would be at the Tampa show in a heartbeat. I don't care if I would have to pay surcharges. Don't mean to be greedy but there are a couple of additional changes that would have me salivating to attend a show or two. Drop: 4-5 Seconds - I know that it won't happen since the "suits" (his so-called Marketing experts) are pushing the "career spanning and relevance" narrative. I think both are false but they are the easy "talking points" they want to push in the press releases. Let Me Roll It - How many years is Paul going to continue to play this song at every show/tour. I loved it early on but it is not a signature song like Band on the Run, Jet and Live and Let Die. Talk about needing a refreshment. And we won't have to hear the same Jimmy Hendrix story Add: Penny Lane - Signature Beatle song that has been overlooked and was a definitive part of the Sgt. Pepper era And maybe a song from the upcoming album. I must say that I heard "Alligator" the other day on the Sirius Beatles station. I don't know if I had ever heard it on radio before but it sounded terrific. Alligator is yet another really hidden gem he's never played and it would be a great substitute for one of the "New" (the CD) songs he has been playing over the last 3-4 years. I also would like to hear "I Can Bet" but I wouldn't have any problem if he did another up-tempo Solo song like Young Boy, Promise to You Girl, This One or World Tonight instead. It's not that we're only stuck on a couple of specific Solo songs. He has so many possible choices if he really wanted to "refreshen" the setlist that as you said...would be quite easy. You have a good thought about "I Can Bet" and "Alligator". The Band already knows them.
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^ He did Alligator in 2013. Here in Japan at soundcheck. I think he also did it in NY at a show. https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=paul+mccartney%2c+alligator&&view=detail&mid=8EB3184A65594AFCF4FB8EB3184A65594AFCF4FB&FORM=VRDGAR
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oobu24:
^ He did Alligator in 2013. Here in Japan at soundcheck. I think he also did it in NY at a show. https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=paul+mccartney%2c+alligator&&view=detail&mid=8EB3184A65594AFCF4FB8EB3184A65594AFCF4FB&FORM=VRDGAR
Alligator never made it to the concert stage if I remember correctly. As for NY, I think you're thinking of "On My Way To Work" in Albany 2014...I believe DrivinFan and maybe some others had signs or something to make that happen too.
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WixRocks!:
oobu24:
^ He did Alligator in 2013. Here in Japan at soundcheck. I think he also did it in NY at a show. https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=paul+mccartney%2c+alligator&&view=detail&mid=8EB3184A65594AFCF4FB8EB3184A65594AFCF4FB&FORM=VRDGAR
Alligator never made it to the concert stage if I remember correctly. As for NY, I think you're thinking of "On My Way To Work" in Albany 2014...I believe DrivinFan and maybe some others had signs or something to make that happen too.
I agree, I don't think Alligator has ever been done at an actual show. It has made several appearances at soundchecks over the years since 2013; I have been lucky enough to have caught it a couple of times. It is one of my favorite songs from NEW and it would be fun to have it in the regular set.
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thenightfish:
WixRocks!:
oobu24:
^ He did Alligator in 2013. Here in Japan at soundcheck. I think he also did it in NY at a show. https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=paul+mccartney%2c+alligator&&view=detail&mid=8EB3184A65594AFCF4FB8EB3184A65594AFCF4FB&FORM=VRDGAR
Alligator never made it to the concert stage if I remember correctly. As for NY, I think you're thinking of "On My Way To Work" in Albany 2014...I believe DrivinFan and maybe some others had signs or something to make that happen too.
I agree, I don't think Alligator has ever been done at an actual show. It has made several appearances at soundchecks over the years since 2013; I have been lucky enough to have caught it a couple of times. It is one of my favorite songs from NEW and it would be fun to have it in the regular set.
Yep, you guys are correct. I was just showing the soundcheck version for BJ's info since it's in his list.
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oobu24:
thenightfish:
WixRocks!:
oobu24:
^ He did Alligator in 2013. Here in Japan at soundcheck. I think he also did it in NY at a show. https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=paul+mccartney%2c+alligator&&view=detail&mid=8EB3184A65594AFCF4FB8EB3184A65594AFCF4FB&FORM=VRDGAR
Alligator never made it to the concert stage if I remember correctly. As for NY, I think you're thinking of "On My Way To Work" in Albany 2014...I believe DrivinFan and maybe some others had signs or something to make that happen too.
I agree, I don't think Alligator has ever been done at an actual show. It has made several appearances at soundchecks over the years since 2013; I have been lucky enough to have caught it a couple of times. It is one of my favorite songs from NEW and it would be fun to have it in the regular set.
Yep, you guys are correct. I was just showing the soundcheck version for BJ's info since it's in his list.
Thanks for putting the link back in. I hadn't listened to that in a few years, nice to hear something different. I was never real keen on the album track itself but this was a nice change of pace. "I Can Bet" was the missed opportunity live from that record.
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WixRocks!:
Thanks for putting the link back in. I hadn't listened to that in a few years, nice to hear something different. I was never real keen on the album track itself but this was a nice change of pace. "I Can Bet" was the missed opportunity live from that record.
Agree on "I Can Bet." And yes - thanks oobu for that link!
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I had some Alligator signs that we'd run off...really cute with an Alligator & all. haha..I should find those pics. I'd love to hear Appreciate too!
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oobu24:
thenightfish:
WixRocks!:
oobu24:
^ He did Alligator in 2013. Here in Japan at soundcheck. I think he also did it in NY at a show. https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=paul+mccartney%2c+alligator&&view=detail&mid=8EB3184A65594AFCF4FB8EB3184A65594AFCF4FB&FORM=VRDGAR
Alligator never made it to the concert stage if I remember correctly. As for NY, I think you're thinking of "On My Way To Work" in Albany 2014...I believe DrivinFan and maybe some others had signs or something to make that happen too.
I agree, I don't think Alligator has ever been done at an actual show. It has made several appearances at soundchecks over the years since 2013; I have been lucky enough to have caught it a couple of times. It is one of my favorite songs from NEW and it would be fun to have it in the regular set.
Yep, you guys are correct. I was just showing the soundcheck version for BJ's info since it's in his list.
_____________________________________________________ Actually, the list is from Yankeefan (both Alligator and I Can Bet).
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B J Conlee:
yankeefan7:
B J Conlee:
yankeefan7:
oobu24:
nobodytoldme:
oobu24:
corchians:
No more "Flaming pie" please! I prefer another track for this beautiful album, maybe "Somedays" or "The word tonight"!
I'd love to hear The World Tonight. Do you think he could still sing it?
For the verses he will go into his still pretty intact lower register. Listen to the first seconds of take 27 of 'Your Mother Should Know', the 25 year old McCartney sounding like, take, 'Kisses Of The Bottom' for both falsetto and the low spoken voice! Remarkable. Imagine the 'Venus And Mars' 2010 intro vocal. Then, he will be able to force out the higher notes, and the higher screams will be covered by Abe Jr. I imagine it would be possible. And the band would rock. The thing is though, when did he ever dig out a previously unplayed 80's or 90's song... 'Temporary Secretary' was the first addition in that category in 10 years or something?
He has no confidence in himself. He probably thinks that no one knows it. I wish that he would really pull something good out of his multi talented hat. Maybe the club that started playing Temporary Secretary could also start playing a few others! Then Paul would do them.
"That blew my mind that of all the wonderful songs he could play, he chose "Temporary Secretary" which IMO is horrible. Maybe I need to go to that club and suggest some other songs - lol.
__________________________________________________________ Couldn't agree more. Why he continues to play "Temporary Secretary" just baffles me when he has great and potential classic Solo songs that you would think he would want to be far better known by the masses. An example off the top of my head is "Put It There". You would think he would be so proud of that song and every parent can relate to it. Every year (including this year) around Father's Day I will hear appropriate songs played on local news channels, cable news channels etc. but never have I heard "Put It There". Just think if he had played "Put It There" on every "other" tour since 2002, how much more recognized it would be. Besides the audience at the shows themselves, think of the You Tube hits it would have received. Perhaps media news stations around Father's Day would play it if it was better known. It is a 2 minute song, not too difficult to sing and would be a real nice moment during the show. Best yet, like Here Today, people would know that he has done so much more after the Beatles and Wings. I think Paul likes to be considered "hip" to a fault. And that is where Temporary Secretary appears to fit in. I actually liked McCartney 2 as a complete album. It was different, diverse and still had many terrific Macca melodies. Temporary Secretary was different but just ok as an album track to my ears. When I bought the remastered CD I had a better appreciation for MC 2 but I like 6 or 7 songs better than TS. Examples that I like a lot better are: Coming Up, On the Way, Waterfalls, Nobody Knows, Summer's Day Song and One of These Days. Temporary Secretary is not even close to being one of my favorites on the album itself. Why Paul would continue to play TS and ignore Put it There, My Brave Face, Little Willow, World Tonight etc. just as you say "blows my mind" (and not in a good way). I would put 4-5 Seconds in the same category as TS. 5, 10, 15 years from now, no one (people in general) are going to be singing either TS or 4-5 Seconds and to include them at the expense of his great "meaningful" songs that he has never (or rarely) played is so shortsighted for Paul's own legacy.
I understand he is 75 now and the set list changes we wanted years ago will never happen. That being said, I think even at this age he could do the following and refresh the show a little bit. I would give him some "props" if he did this to show at least he was trying to shake it up. He has played "Temporary Secretary" and the "New" songs for awhile so no big deal IMO to drop them. The Beatle songs being cut are not ones the first timers would be heart broken if he did not play them. The added songs are two from FITD which are really good songs and he promotes the re-issue of FITD. The songs from "New" have not been played live (sound check does not count) and the band already knows these songs. "That Was Me" is just a perfect song about his career and he could have a neat video on the screen behind him while the song is being played. He has rarely played it live and I think audiences would get into it even if they did not know it. Finally, the only songs the band would have to learn are the two FITD songs and that should not take long for them to get it ready for live performance Drop - Temporary Secretary, Queenie Eye, New, I Wanna Be Your Man and Benefit of Mr. Kite Add - My Brave Face, Put It There, I Can Bet, Alligator and That Was Me
_______________________________________________________ Great thoughtful post Yankeefan given Paul's age. Just a few realistic changes like you suggest above and I, as a big time fan, would be at the Tampa show in a heartbeat. I don't care if I would have to pay surcharges. Don't mean to be greedy but there are a couple of additional changes that would have me salivating to attend a show or two. Drop: 4-5 Seconds - I know that it won't happen since the "suits" (his so-called Marketing experts) are pushing the "career spanning and relevance" narrative. I think both are false but they are the easy "talking points" they want to push in the press releases. Let Me Roll It - How many years is Paul going to continue to play this song at every show/tour. I loved it early on but it is not a signature song like Band on the Run, Jet and Live and Let Die. Talk about needing a refreshment. And we won't have to hear the same Jimmy Hendrix story Add: Penny Lane - Signature Beatle song that has been overlooked and was a definitive part of the Sgt. Pepper era And maybe a song from the upcoming album. I must say that I heard "Alligator" the other day on the Sirius Beatles station. I don't know if I had ever heard it on radio before but it sounded terrific. Alligator is yet another really hidden gem he's never played and it would be a great substitute for one of the "New" (the CD) songs he has been playing over the last 3-4 years. I also would like to hear "I Can Bet" but I wouldn't have any problem if he did another up-tempo Solo song like Young Boy, Promise to You Girl, This One or World Tonight instead. It's not that we're only stuck on a couple of specific Solo songs. He has so many possible choices if he really wanted to "refreshen" the setlist that as you said...would be quite easy. You have a good thought about "I Can Bet" and "Alligator". The Band already knows them.
I agree with you about "45 Seconds" but if it is in his marketing of the tour, we both know it is not going to be cut. "Let Me Roll It" needs to go, it has gotten played out but I remember awhile back somebody posted it was one of Nancy's favorite songs - oh well - lol. "I have heard him do "Penny Lane" and it is great, would be even better with a live horn section - lol !! I would love "Promise To You Girl" and the other songs you mentioned,. Like you stated, we are not stuck on specific songs, so many good ones we would love to hear.
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oobu24:
I had some Alligator signs that we'd run off...really cute with an Alligator & all. haha..I should find those pics. I'd love to hear Appreciate too!
nice! I never liked "Appreciate"...just not my style. Glad it never panned out. The truly missed opportunity of the past decade with new music live on stage, was not promoting "I Want To Come Home" more when it came out. To this day I love that song so dearly. It really hit me hard at a meaningful time and he only played it for a few months and barely at all in the US.