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Great performance of "Lovely Rita" -- well-shot, too!
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audi:
love2travel:
audi:
I never really liked "Lovely Rita" until I saw the Orlando 2013 videos -- it's become a favorite now.
Always looking for the "like" button on your posts Audi Maybe he'll do that Electric Arguments and New concert for us one day Then it's front row !! No matter the cost!
Part of me truly believes that could still happen one day.
I do too Audi... And I can see you and I and some other really lucky people sitting right near the front!!
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love2travel:
audi:
love2travel:
audi:
I never really liked "Lovely Rita" until I saw the Orlando 2013 videos -- it's become a favorite now.
Always looking for the "like" button on your posts Audi Maybe he'll do that Electric Arguments and New concert for us one day Then it's front row !! No matter the cost!
Part of me truly believes that could still happen one day.
I do too Audi... And I can see you and I and some other really lucky people sitting right near the front!!
*Raises hand* Please...me...please!
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love2travel:
WingsOfMacca:
why is he playing Lovely rita or Maybe I'm amazed with his current voice?
Just look at Paul's face on the jumbotron, when he sings Maybe I'm Amazed and you will not wonder any longer... If a guy wants to sing a beautiful dedication song to his wife who has passed, then the question is, why don't you want to allow him to?! I've really enjoyed Lovely Rita... It's a great song... He can't please every one so he may as well please himself! If you ran your own business, would you be making the decisions, or would you stop people on the sidewalk outside and let them make the decision!?! well, you know what I mean... Peace and Love Don't get me wrong, I have my own list of songs which some of them, I don't even think people even know are Paul's songs... so I do understand...
I know he does it for feelings... but I think he could play other songs, I mean songs that his current voice can reach. I love Maybe I'm Amazed, is one of my favorites, but it didn't sound too good in the concert. About Lovely Rita... is other discussion. I like that song but considering he didn't play any song from the 80's (just Here Today), he could move LR y sing one from FITD or PoP. It's my opinion, but they are just little details. Macca's show is always amazing!!
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audi:
JoeySmith:
yankeefan7:
WingsOfMacca:
yankeefan7:
Bruce M.:
WingsOfMacca:
Is there a chance that Paul not "miss" the 80's and 90's? maybe for respect for Linda, maybe because those times makes him think about her... I saw Paul in Montevideo four months ago and he didn't play any song from the 80's and 90's. Why?
I've always suspected Paul avoids the '80s, except for Here Today which is kind of special, because it's the period when he ceased being a hit-maker. That must have been traumatic.
In the early 80's, he had hit singles "Coming Up","Ebony and Ivory" and "Say Say Say". The album TOW (1982) was a big hit so McCartney was doing quite well commercially. He had rough patch in mid 80's but with FITD he returned to form a bit. FITD was #1 in the charts in the UK and reached #21 in the US which is not horrible. "My Brave Face" was his last top 40 single, reached #25 in US. McCartney has played "Coming Up" and "Ebony and Ivory" live. The 1989 tour featured I believe six songs from FITD which included "My Brave Face". McCartney opened with "Figure of Eight" that tour which is the last time he ever opened concert with a solo song. McCartney plays little from the 80's now because IMO he is consumed with feeding people just hits and his latest CD. I don't think the lack of songs from this period have much to do with he stopped being a "hit" maker or the loss of Linda McCartney.
And the loss of John, remember. I think those things can influence. He could play Coming up, No more lonely nights, My brave face... why is he playing Lovely rita or Maybe I'm amazed with his current voice?
IMO - If He can sing "Here Today" for Lennon every night then I don't think the loss of Lennon would stop him from playing other songs from the 80's. Yep, he can't do justice to "Maybe I'm Amazed anymore and should either delete it or change the arrangement but that will not happen.
You also forgot "Spies Like Us", "Once Upon a Long Ago" & "No more lonely nights", all Top 10 smash singles . I'm amazed at those who say the 80's were bad for Macca. Only a small number of artists had more hit singles & albums in the decade than Paul.
While "Spies Like Us" was a big hit (one of my all-time fave movies), a live version ain't gonna ever happen -- and, frankly, that's a good call if ya' ask me. People say that "No More Lonely Nights" might be too much of a vocal challenge, but I'm not so sure about that. It's a classic.
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Here is my compilation (not necessarily my favourites) though I don't like at all the A-Z idea, because I think the song order is an important thing to make an album work and should be chosen carefully: CD1 1 Beautiful night 2 Coming up 3 Dance 'till we're high 4 Ebony and ivory 5 Fine line 6 Footprints 7 From a lover to friend 8 Here today 9 Hope of deliverance 10 Jenny Wren 11 My brave face 12 My valentine 13 No more lonely nights CD2 1 Only love remains 2 Pipes of peace 3 Quennie eye 4 Riding to vanity fair 5 Rinse the raindrops 6 Say say say 7 Sing the changes 8 So bad 9 Somedays 10 The world tonight 11 We all stand together 12 We got married
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WingsOfMacca:
yankeefan7:
Beats me why he does not play things from the 80's especially from TOW. The title song is awesome and "Take It Away was a top 20 single. McCartney does not play anything from FITD because once he tours and that record was his most recent release on that tour, he rarely goes back and plays anything from it again. "Hope of Deliverance" (OFG) is one of the few songs he has actually done a few times after featuring it on another tour (1993). I wonder why he feels it is a obligation to do "Here Today"/ "Something" at every show. He has paid his respect to Lennon and Harrison many times now and if he did not do it I am sure the audience would not care. BTW - Does Mick Jagger dedicate a song every night to Brian Jones? Does Daltry and Townsend dedicate a song every night to Keith Moon or John Enwhistle? There are plenty of other examples but I think you will get the point. Maybe I am being cynical but if the roles were reversed, I don't think Lennon would be singing tribute song to McCartney at every show.
Maybe because Jagger/Richards hate Jones, and Paul loves John and George. And maybe because Paul believes that Beatles were the best thing happened in his profesional life.
I have no idea about the relationships in the Rolling Stones but just using it as an example and think it is fairly obvious the point I was trying to make.
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"Wings Greatest" and "All the Best!" were commercial flops too so I don't think it should stop new compilations that it might not be # 1 on the charts. I think it would be natural with a summary after so many years. It could perhaps also serve as an introduction to his studio albums the last thirty years. There is a lot of music to maneuver in. Even classical music. Slightly harder job maybe since you don't have the obvious hits, taste, personal favorites... but maybe songs that represent much of what he has done musically. An overview
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Hendrix Ibsen:
"Wings Greatest" and "All the Best!" were commercial flops too so I don't think it should stop new compilations that it might not be # 1 on the charts. I think it would be natural with a summary after so many years. It could perhaps also serve as an introduction to his studio albums the last thirty years. There is a lot of music to maneuver in. Even classical music. Slightly harder job maybe since you don't have the obvious hits, taste, personal favorites... but maybe songs that represent much of what he has done musically. An overview
They both sold 2 million copies in the US alone. Hardly a flop to me. With that said I would love a post 1985 compilation. Sadly may not happen for a long time.
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In the long run maybe. It reached only #62 (All the Best!) and #29 (Wings Greatest) on the Billboard Charts. But it is also what is my point. I think this would be good in the long run. Focusing on good things in his discography, musical highlights and great songs even if they have not been big hits.
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Hendrix Ibsen:
In the long run maybe. It reached only #62 (All the Best!) and #29 (Wings Greatest) on the Billboard Charts. But it is also what is my point. I think this would be good in the long run. Focusing on good things in his discography, musical highlights and great songs even if they have not been big hits.
Don't forget Wingspan, which reached #2 in the U.S. Of course, it was promoted with a primetime TV special.
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Yeah, he's a had a resurgence on the charts in the States since "Flaming Pie", hasn't he? His first top 10 since "Pipes of Peace". Since then, it has gone better.
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David Bowie's triple disc compilation "Nothing Has Changed" is a career spanning overview from 1964-2014. Bowie had no big hits between "Lets Dance" (1983) and "Where Are We Now?" (2013) but he always include songs from this period and newer songs on updated compilations. But he also release compilations more often than McCartney so it has become a part of the progression.
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Maybe if you read over and over again that your best years were 1962-1970 and that you've never done anything since Band on the Run, you start to believe it after a while.
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Yeah, and if the music business doesn't think his music the last thirty years are worthy of a compilation, it will probably not change... Take a look at compilations out there and see what they endlessly recycle.
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Hendrix Ibsen:
In the long run maybe. It reached only #62 (All the Best!) and #29 (Wings Greatest) on the Billboard Charts. But it is also what is my point. I think this would be good in the long run. Focusing on good things in his discography, musical highlights and great songs even if they have not been big hits.
Agreed. Long term it would be great.
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HaileyMcComet:
Maybe if you read over and over again that your best years were 1962-1970 and that you've never done anything since Band on the Run, you start to believe it after a while.
If I were a musician I would have no problem having a career and sales that Paul has done from 1975 to present. I will add I would be happy with only post 1975 sales and chart positions. Sorry can't seem to do proper sentences today.
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Hendrix Ibsen:
David Bowie's triple disc compilation "Nothing Has Changed" is a career spanning overview from 1964-2014. Bowie had no big hits between "Lets Dance" (1983) and "Where Are We Now?" (2013) but he always include songs from this period and newer songs on updated compilations. But he also release compilations more often than McCartney so it has become a part of the progression.
Exactly. Both Bowie and Paul have had similar US chart placing s and sales post 1985.
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Wilco released an essential 1994-2014 tracks compilation last year. A double album with 19 songs on each disc. None of those songs were big hits so I think essential is a good idea. I also think it is some of the best songs the last twenty years. Jeff Tweedy is a great songwriter to my ears. I have everything with Wilco, and even Uncle Tupelo, Tweedy's former band and solo albums. But just like McCartney is it not exactly the kind of songs that have been No. 1 the last decades. It's just very good craftsmanship. For my part, I had loved a similar collection of essential McCartney tracks, about 1985-2015.
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Hendrix Ibsen:
Wilco released an essential 1994-2014 tracks compilation last year. A double album with 19 songs on each disc. None of those songs were big hits so I think essential is a good idea. I also think it is some of the best songs the last twenty years. Jeff Tweedy is a great songwriter to my ears. I have everything with Wilco, and even Uncle Tupelo, Tweedy's former band and solo albums. But just like McCartney is it not exactly the kind of songs that have been No. 1 the last decades. It's just very good craftsmanship. For my part, I had loved a similar collection of essential McCartney tracks, about 1985-2015.
I think if it were a 3cd set like Bowie did encompassing Paul's entire career then people might buy. Here in the US Paul was able to get top ten hits between 1970 and 1985. Post 1985, some albums in the US top ten. In fact I got bowies collection just yesterday even though I have previous collections.