Lollapalooza - Grant Park - Chicago, IL - 7/31/15 - ARCHIVE
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RMartinez:
OnTheRunOutThere:
WTF. We gotta move. The bass from another stage is completely overwhelming the show at least where we are. Whoever is over there really jacked up their volume. It's so extreme it seems deliberate.
Wow. Paul will not be happy about that. HE IS THE BASSMAN!!
Live and Let Die fireworks were monster large. So there was a bit of "take that" to the disco stage. Sweet.
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OnTheRunOutThere:
RMartinez:
OnTheRunOutThere:
WTF. We gotta move. The bass from another stage is completely overwhelming the show at least where we are. Whoever is over there really jacked up their volume. It's so extreme it seems deliberate.
Wow. Paul will not be happy about that. HE IS THE BASSMAN!!
Live and Let Die fireworks were monster large. So there was a bit of "take that" to the disco stage. Sweet.
Good! At least Paul's fireworks drowned out that bass-heavy barrage!
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New Periscope-link: https://www.periscope.tv/w/aIwoxDg2NDk5MTF8NTEzMDA0MzGb0fUSzvR7V8Irt_9IjiDiXV7Fyw89PaNVE0wcdYD_bw== 'Can't Buy Me Love'
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RMartinez:
nobodytoldme:
RMartinez:
nobodytoldme:
Come on, are playing festivals a point of discussion now as well? An almost completely new crowd, a different target audience, a very rewarding place to play, a fantastic outlet.
Yeah. Sure.
moptops:
RMartinez:
nobodytoldme:
Come on, are playing festivals a point of discussion now as well? An almost completely new crowd, a different target audience, a very rewarding place to play, a fantastic outlet.
Yeah. Sure.
Good argumentation . You are really trying to argue about how it can't be rewarding for ANY artist to play for a crowd full of people who possibly would never buy a ticket to a regular show and who might will be won over? Oh boy, how wrong they were to play Glastonbury, Coachella, Bonnaroo, Firefly, Roskilde, Lollapalooza...
First of all, I did not start the comments about festivals. But I agreed. A Paul concert should be a stand alone, amazing experience, which, for me it was until about 2009 when he started playing at festivals, and city parks, and just about anywhere so long as there was money to be made. He didn't play festivals on the Wings Over America tour. He didn't play festivals on the 1989/90 World Tour. He didn't play festivals on the 1993 New World Tour. Those were great tours, exciting and anticipated by the media. Now, he is playing a show being drowned out by another band on another stage. I guess you can think that is cool. I don't. I am actually standing up for Paul, saying he deserves better. No matter how much the payday.
What the hell is your point. The CURRENT tour is a great tour, exciting and anticipated by the media. And so will this festival spot be. I will link you to the reviews later. Never did he cheapen himself, just because he tries to broaden his horizons to new audiences as well, stale setlist or not. What has McCartney's decisions to do with this one festival who hasn't got its shit together at one point during the gig, in technical terms? As if this is a regular feature of festivals anyway. Oh, and look at all these regular McCartney concert goers having a shit time during a solo album cut, glad he doesn't play festivals often: https://instagram.com/p/50vf9nIDlY/ Oh wait.
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The amazing Albama Shakes singing 'Get Back' with McCartney, right now: https://www.periscope.tv/w/aIwnkzYyOTk5Nnw1MTI4OTY0OeTsMzvFuUOMXbMP7_172Uhlm0SQ8MDPGg59fIzeypoh Hear Abe Jr. banging those drums during the coda.
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nobodytoldme:
RMartinez:
nobodytoldme:
RMartinez:
nobodytoldme:
Come on, are playing festivals a point of discussion now as well? An almost completely new crowd, a different target audience, a very rewarding place to play, a fantastic outlet.
Yeah. Sure.
moptops:
RMartinez:
nobodytoldme:
Come on, are playing festivals a point of discussion now as well? An almost completely new crowd, a different target audience, a very rewarding place to play, a fantastic outlet.
Yeah. Sure.
Good argumentation . You are really trying to argue about how it can't be rewarding for ANY artist to play for a crowd full of people who possibly would never buy a ticket to a regular show and who might will be won over? Oh boy, how wrong they were to play Glastonbury, Coachella, Bonnaroo, Firefly, Roskilde, Lollapalooza...
First of all, I did not start the comments about festivals. But I agreed. A Paul concert should be a stand alone, amazing experience, which, for me it was until about 2009 when he started playing at festivals, and city parks, and just about anywhere so long as there was money to be made. He didn't play festivals on the Wings Over America tour. He didn't play festivals on the 1989/90 World Tour. He didn't play festivals on the 1993 New World Tour. Those were great tours, exciting and anticipated by the media. Now, he is playing a show being drowned out by another band on another stage. I guess you can think that is cool. I don't. I am actually standing up for Paul, saying he deserves better. No matter how much the payday.
What the hell is your point. The CURRENT tour is a great tour, exciting and anticipated by the media. And so will this festival spot be. I will link you to the reviews later. Never did he cheapen himself, just because he tries to broaden his horizons to new audiences as well, stale setlist or not. What has McCartney's decisions to do with this one festival who hasn't got its s**t together at one point during the gig, in technical terms? As if this is a regular feature of festivals anyway. Oh, and look at all these regular McCartney concert goers having a s**t time during a solo album cut, glad he doesn't play festivals often: https://instagram.com/p/50vf9nIDlY/ Oh wait.
Wow. Get some therapy. Yeah, I'll bet they all LOVE hearing Here Today. :
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RMartinez:
nobodytoldme:
RMartinez:
nobodytoldme:
RMartinez:
nobodytoldme:
Come on, are playing festivals a point of discussion now as well? An almost completely new crowd, a different target audience, a very rewarding place to play, a fantastic outlet.
Yeah. Sure.
moptops:
RMartinez:
nobodytoldme:
Come on, are playing festivals a point of discussion now as well? An almost completely new crowd, a different target audience, a very rewarding place to play, a fantastic outlet.
Yeah. Sure.
Good argumentation . You are really trying to argue about how it can't be rewarding for ANY artist to play for a crowd full of people who possibly would never buy a ticket to a regular show and who might will be won over? Oh boy, how wrong they were to play Glastonbury, Coachella, Bonnaroo, Firefly, Roskilde, Lollapalooza...
First of all, I did not start the comments about festivals. But I agreed. A Paul concert should be a stand alone, amazing experience, which, for me it was until about 2009 when he started playing at festivals, and city parks, and just about anywhere so long as there was money to be made. He didn't play festivals on the Wings Over America tour. He didn't play festivals on the 1989/90 World Tour. He didn't play festivals on the 1993 New World Tour. Those were great tours, exciting and anticipated by the media. Now, he is playing a show being drowned out by another band on another stage. I guess you can think that is cool. I don't. I am actually standing up for Paul, saying he deserves better. No matter how much the payday.
What the hell is your point. The CURRENT tour is a great tour, exciting and anticipated by the media. And so will this festival spot be. I will link you to the reviews later. Never did he cheapen himself, just because he tries to broaden his horizons to new audiences as well, stale setlist or not. What has McCartney's decisions to do with this one festival who hasn't got its s**t together at one point during the gig, in technical terms? As if this is a regular feature of festivals anyway. Oh, and look at all these regular McCartney concert goers having a s**t time during a solo album cut, glad he doesn't play festivals often: https://instagram.com/p/50vf9nIDlY/ Oh wait.
Wow. Get some therapy. Yeah, I'll bet they all LOVE hearing Here Today. :
Man, don't vent your personal frustration on someone who has actual arguments and who can see things in perspective and from the point of view of a festival crowd since he has actual experience with that. Lowering and cheapening yourself as artist over playing festival because there is sound leakage at some point, look at what you are posting.
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Amazing.
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nobodytoldme:
RMartinez:
nobodytoldme:
RMartinez:
nobodytoldme:
RMartinez:
nobodytoldme:
Come on, are playing festivals a point of discussion now as well? An almost completely new crowd, a different target audience, a very rewarding place to play, a fantastic outlet.
Yeah. Sure.
moptops:
RMartinez:
nobodytoldme:
Come on, are playing festivals a point of discussion now as well? An almost completely new crowd, a different target audience, a very rewarding place to play, a fantastic outlet.
Yeah. Sure.
Good argumentation . You are really trying to argue about how it can't be rewarding for ANY artist to play for a crowd full of people who possibly would never buy a ticket to a regular show and who might will be won over? Oh boy, how wrong they were to play Glastonbury, Coachella, Bonnaroo, Firefly, Roskilde, Lollapalooza...
First of all, I did not start the comments about festivals. But I agreed. A Paul concert should be a stand alone, amazing experience, which, for me it was until about 2009 when he started playing at festivals, and city parks, and just about anywhere so long as there was money to be made. He didn't play festivals on the Wings Over America tour. He didn't play festivals on the 1989/90 World Tour. He didn't play festivals on the 1993 New World Tour. Those were great tours, exciting and anticipated by the media. Now, he is playing a show being drowned out by another band on another stage. I guess you can think that is cool. I don't. I am actually standing up for Paul, saying he deserves better. No matter how much the payday.
What the hell is your point. The CURRENT tour is a great tour, exciting and anticipated by the media. And so will this festival spot be. I will link you to the reviews later. Never did he cheapen himself, just because he tries to broaden his horizons to new audiences as well, stale setlist or not. What has McCartney's decisions to do with this one festival who hasn't got its s**t together at one point during the gig, in technical terms? As if this is a regular feature of festivals anyway. Oh, and look at all these regular McCartney concert goers having a s**t time during a solo album cut, glad he doesn't play festivals often: https://instagram.com/p/50vf9nIDlY/ Oh wait.
Wow. Get some therapy. Yeah, I'll bet they all LOVE hearing Here Today. :
Man, don't vent your personal frustration on someone who has actual arguments and who can see things in perspective and from the point of view of a festival crowd since he has actual experience with that. Lowering and cheapening yourself as artist over playing festival because there is sound leakage at some point, look at what you are posting.
Enjoy the show!
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harleyblues:
nobodytoldme:
RMartinez:
nobodytoldme:
Come on, are playing festivals a point of discussion now as well? An almost completely new crowd, a different target audience, a very rewarding place to play, a fantastic outlet.
Yeah. Sure.
moptops:
RMartinez:
nobodytoldme:
Come on, are playing festivals a point of discussion now as well? An almost completely new crowd, a different target audience, a very rewarding place to play, a fantastic outlet.
Yeah. Sure.
Good argumentation . You are really trying to argue about how it can't be rewarding for ANY artist to play for a crowd full of people who possibly would never buy a ticket to a regular show and who might will be won over? Oh boy, how wrong they were to play Glastonbury, Coachella, Bonnaroo, Firefly, Roskilde, Lollapalooza...
Case closed. However,Paul could pull out the stops for a huge feisty like this, yes? Btw you forgot Outside Lands
Hey, if we are going to name them all, Isle Of Wight '10 and that Outside Lands one ... And especially for a festival crowd, the current show OR setlist is exactly pulling out the stops.
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RMartinez:
nobodytoldme:
[..] Man, don't vent your personal frustration on someone who has actual arguments and who can see things in perspective and from the point of view of a festival crowd since he has actual experience with that. Lowering and cheapening yourself as artist over playing festival because there is sound leakage at some point, look at what you are posting.
Enjoy the show!
As good as an argument as what you started with . *insert eye-roll emoticon to put some serious weight to having no arguments in frustration*
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RMartinez:
nobodytoldme:
RMartinez:
nobodytoldme:
RMartinez:
nobodytoldme:
Come on, are playing festivals a point of discussion now as well? An almost completely new crowd, a different target audience, a very rewarding place to play, a fantastic outlet.
Yeah. Sure.
moptops:
RMartinez:
nobodytoldme:
Come on, are playing festivals a point of discussion now as well? An almost completely new crowd, a different target audience, a very rewarding place to play, a fantastic outlet.
Yeah. Sure.
Good argumentation . You are really trying to argue about how it can't be rewarding for ANY artist to play for a crowd full of people who possibly would never buy a ticket to a regular show and who might will be won over? Oh boy, how wrong they were to play Glastonbury, Coachella, Bonnaroo, Firefly, Roskilde, Lollapalooza...
First of all, I did not start the comments about festivals. But I agreed. A Paul concert should be a stand alone, amazing experience, which, for me it was until about 2009 when he started playing at festivals, and city parks, and just about anywhere so long as there was money to be made. He didn't play festivals on the Wings Over America tour. He didn't play festivals on the 1989/90 World Tour. He didn't play festivals on the 1993 New World Tour. Those were great tours, exciting and anticipated by the media. Now, he is playing a show being drowned out by another band on another stage. I guess you can think that is cool. I don't. I am actually standing up for Paul, saying he deserves better. No matter how much the payday.
What the hell is your point. The CURRENT tour is a great tour, exciting and anticipated by the media. And so will this festival spot be. I will link you to the reviews later. Never did he cheapen himself, just because he tries to broaden his horizons to new audiences as well, stale setlist or not. What has McCartney's decisions to do with this one festival who hasn't got its s**t together at one point during the gig, in technical terms? As if this is a regular feature of festivals anyway. Oh, and look at all these regular McCartney concert goers having a s**t time during a solo album cut, glad he doesn't play festivals often: https://instagram.com/p/50vf9nIDlY/ Oh wait.
Wow. Get some therapy. Yeah, I'll bet they all LOVE hearing Here Today. :
They didn't hear it. It was drowned out.
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nobodytoldme:
RMartinez:
nobodytoldme:
[..] Man, don't vent your personal frustration on someone who has actual arguments and who can see things in perspective and from the point of view of a festival crowd since he has actual experience with that. Lowering and cheapening yourself as artist over playing festival because there is sound leakage at some point, look at what you are posting.
Enjoy the show!
As good as an argument as what you started with . *insert eye-roll emoticon to put some serious weight to having no arguments in frustration*
You're just stroppy cos he never played Pink Pop.
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moptops:
nobodytoldme:
RMartinez:
nobodytoldme:
[..] Man, don't vent your personal frustration on someone who has actual arguments and who can see things in perspective and from the point of view of a festival crowd since he has actual experience with that. Lowering and cheapening yourself as artist over playing festival because there is sound leakage at some point, look at what you are posting.
Enjoy the show!
As good as an argument as what you started with . *insert eye-roll emoticon to put some serious weight to having no arguments in frustration*
You're just stroppy cos he never played Pink Pop.
Hahaha, I'm BLESSED with that actually ;). Now THAT is lowering yourself, hehe. Fish and potatoes line-up every year, in the middle of nowhere, zero festival experience, weak facilities, just an atmosphere-less open field with 2 stages and a tent and that's it, and an organizer who every year claims to have been very close to booking McCartney, yet the only act ever to touch McCartney budget were The Stones. The fact he played Ziggo Dome a week after Pinkpop this year must say enough. Would be funny though, suddenly a whole Dutch crowd of youngster would be instantly fan, just like what happened after The Stones. And DJ's and other media persons suddenly acting like the biggest fan, while they would never play a song of the acts before that time.
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https://instagram.com/p/50xh8GBEf1/ Crowd shot of beginning of the show. https://instagram.com/p/50wnOlpxtI/ 'Hey Jude' festival singalong https://instagram.com/p/50xr3Gpxu8 'Live And Let Die' extended fireworks and picture here https://instagram.com/p/50vSD3gmMf/ and https://instagram.com/p/50veOBTERy/ and especially https://instagram.com/p/50ywq8QjfK/ Professional pictures here: http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-lollapalooza-2015-day-one-20150731-story.html#page=1 http://www.trbimg.com/img-55bc2c43/turbine/ct-lollapalooza-2015-photos-20150731-004/450/450x253
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nobodytoldme:
RMartinez:
nobodytoldme:
[..] Man, don't vent your personal frustration on someone who has actual arguments and who can see things in perspective and from the point of view of a festival crowd since he has actual experience with that. Lowering and cheapening yourself as artist over playing festival because there is sound leakage at some point, look at what you are posting.
Enjoy the show!
As good as an argument as what you started with . *insert eye-roll emoticon to put some serious weight to having no arguments in frustration*
I made my argument. Your response was typical fan slop. "Paul is great, everything he does is great, when he plays festivals it's great!" Really?? REALLY??? THAT'S your amazing argument?? Puh-LEEZE! Again, I merely disagree with you, which you clearly cannot handle. Paul is playing to a crowd of people most of whom were born after his best music was recorded, were not born when John was killed, and will not even remember him tomorrow. He should stick with playing to crowds and venues that APPRECIATE him. I know what you mean about lowering oneself. But I did it to help you, not hurt you.
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RMartinez:
nobodytoldme:
RMartinez:
nobodytoldme:
[..] Man, don't vent your personal frustration on someone who has actual arguments and who can see things in perspective and from the point of view of a festival crowd since he has actual experience with that. Lowering and cheapening yourself as artist over playing festival because there is sound leakage at some point, look at what you are posting.
Enjoy the show!
As good as an argument as what you started with . *insert eye-roll emoticon to put some serious weight to having no arguments in frustration*
I made my argument. Your response was typical fan slop. "Paul is great, everything he does is great, when he plays festivals it's great!" Really?? REALLY??? THAT'S your amazing argument?? Puh-LEEZE! Again, I merely disagree with you, which you clearly cannot handle. Paul is playing to a crowd of people most of whom were born after his best music was recorded, were not born when John was killed, and will not even remember him tomorrow. He should stick with playing to crowds and venues that APPRECIATE him. I know what you mean about lowering oneself. But I did it to help you, not hurt you.
You are so far beyond your initial point it's laughable. Go read my posts again. I'm highly critical of the current McCartney setlist and show, I just have a realistic view on this festival set. Paul McCartney playing a set full of songs the mass wants to hear to a massive festival crowd of people all of younger target audience than he normally plays for. You can try to make as much silly stabs as you want to someone who you can't win an argument from, but that doesn't make you right. No fan slop, as proven. Point me towards the point I ever said, let alone in this argument, that everything he does great. You might confuse me with someone else. Again, read posts of users you are trying to argue with before replying. You never made any argument because you don't have any. Besides assumptions on subjects you don't have much reality in, your only other point seems that you are butt-hurt McCartney isn't exclusive. First of all, you have no clue whether festival crowds appreciate him or not. Just because they are younger? Or might not have the money for his regular shows? Hopefully you know yourself how much of a laughable argument this is, right? The reviews for the festivals are amazing, the audiences are buzzing all over social media, go look it up. No argument, no evidence, no clue. Secondly, I see as more problems in the form of rude behavior at regular McCartney gigs than I see problems at festivals, technical or crowd-related, for maybe not having an optimal circumstance for a show with so much dynamics. McCartney does mega shows, you think that's a crowd full of people who appreciate every moment? I see people during McCartney gigs I attend leaving during key songs, blabbing through ballads, having beer breaks, and the worst, trying to spend their whole evening trying to get the attention of the artist and forgetting anything else. What makes it any different that those people paid? Because they are older? Hell, a lot of people in the first rows got their ticket for free through connections and might have no bond with the artist anyway. But hey, let's put a whole target audience aside, because above examples are clearly a much more worthy audience.
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https://instagram.com/p/500SRICxbM/ Snippet of Brittany Howard from Alabama Shakes during 'Get Back'.
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Anybody know the setlist yet. Sorry I'm eager since they're broadcasting a bit of it
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moptops:
RMartinez:
nobodytoldme:
Oh dear, the sound leakage of the other stage is so loud. 'Here Today' with beat under it... "There's a disco going on over here", McCartney noted.
It's a festival! Why doesn't Paul scrap acoustic songs for this show and ROCK OUT??? Play songs on electrics from sound check.
Why the hell is he even doing festivals? Peter Pan thing going on.
People really loved him and the music at the Firefly Festival. I ran into so many really young people who were so very excited to hear Paul and he was voted by Festival goers, as top act at the festival. I would guess that may have something to do with it... Plus festivals are relaxed and more fun than a regular concert... So many young people around me thought he was so cool! All party poopers tend to stay home...