THE 'FRESHEN UP' TOUR 2018
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Maccaroni1974 wrote:
For him to say they didnt have much time to rehearse is a horrible excuse. Schedule the dates in a time frame where you CAN rehearse. Don't make people buy the album, spends tons on tix, then rehash the same set with only 3 new songs. Awful.
I bet you can't wait for the live cd and dvd set next year?
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mr.flamingpie wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
corchians wrote:
Sadly Paul at age of 76 is still frightened by the judgment of the public....
Very true which is amazing. If I was him and played 25 Beatle/Wings hits every night, I think I would feel I satisfied my audience and the other remaining 10 songs I would do what I darn wanted to play and if the audience is a bit more quiet after those songs it would not really bother me.
unfortunately he don't thinks (or feel) like "us" fans
And he seems to lost the persuasion that the majority of his current outputs aren't equivalent to the most beatle stuff. The "concert Paul" of 1993, 1989 or 1976 is unfortunately long ago history. To recognize this is as one side but to accept that a song like in spide of all the danger is more important for him than songs like Put it there, Own it all to you or Happy with you on the other side is barely comprehensible for fans who likes all his songs from 1957-2018.Mr. Flaming Pie,
You make a great point. It's not that "In spite of all the Danger" is a bad song, but Paul has this notion that people naturally like his Beatle songs better (even the more obscure ones like "Danger") than his solo/non-beatle stuff. Why would you continue to drag out the secondary or tertiary songs (add I Wanna Be Your Man to the list) but not consider terrific Solo songs like Early Days (from New), Put It There (from Flowers in the Dirt), Happy With You (from Egypt Station), Young Boy (from Flaming Pie) etc etc. I could go on and on. Even if some in the audience are not that familiar with a specific Solo song, that as Yankeefan points out, should not matter. Have confidence in your own material no matter what the era is. For those fans unfamiliar, it is like hearing a new song. If it's good quality, it's good quality. We're not talking about obscure Solo songs here. We're talking about songs that were highlights from specific albums.
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B J Conlee wrote:
mr.flamingpie wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
corchians wrote:
Sadly Paul at age of 76 is still frightened by the judgment of the public....
Very true which is amazing. If I was him and played 25 Beatle/Wings hits every night, I think I would feel I satisfied my audience and the other remaining 10 songs I would do what I darn wanted to play and if the audience is a bit more quiet after those songs it would not really bother me.
unfortunately he don't thinks (or feel) like "us" fans
And he seems to lost the persuasion that the majority of his current outputs aren't equivalent to the most beatle stuff. The "concert Paul" of 1993, 1989 or 1976 is unfortunately long ago history. To recognize this is as one side but to accept that a song like in spide of all the danger is more important for him than songs like Put it there, Own it all to you or Happy with you on the other side is barely comprehensible for fans who likes all his songs from 1957-2018.Mr. Flaming Pie,
You make a great point. It's not that "In spite of all the Danger" is a bad song, but Paul has this that his Beatle songs are naturally better (even the more obscure ones like "Danger") than his solo/non-beatle stuff. Why would you continue to drag out the secondary or tertiary (add I Wanna Be Your Man) songs but not consider terrific Solo songs like Early Days (from New), Put It There (from Flowers in the Dirt), Happy With You (from Egypt Station), Young Boy (from Flaming Pie) etc etc. I could go on and on.
Let's think about it, you are going to see Paul McCartney for the first time with significant other or friend and you start discussing what songs you would love to hear at the concert that night. How many people do you think would mention "In Spite Of All Danger" or "I Wanna Be Your Man" - lol ? I love the Beatles as much as anybody and even I could care less if I ever heard either one of them live. Next, he starts playing "45 Seconds" awhile ago and like you said maybe it is to appear hip and it was a "hit" so he plays it. News flash to Mr. McCartney, you are "hip" now with the #1 album in the country and you don't have to do a song you were barely involved with in your setlist IMO.
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Maccaroni1974 wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
paulmccartneyfan1 wrote:
joyce wrote:
From an interview will Billboard from Sept 19th. 2018:
You're in the middle of tour dates, and you're playing some songs from the new album on tour. I think you're playing, like, three or so? Will they change each night?
PAUL: We're doing three at the moment, 'cause you know why? 'Cause we didn't have that long to rehearse, and we're putting other things in the show. So it's a question of learning 'em. 'Cause you know, you write the thing, and then you go and record it. And when you record it, obviously it's a certain arrangement, so now you've got to reproduce it faithfully, you've got to learn that arrangement all over again. So we've learned three. We've got another one that we've nearly got. So they're gradually coming onboard. And then we may be able to change them up in that case.
I think he forgot he performed Confidante in July lol
Good catch - lol.
For him to say they didnt have much time to rehearse is a horrible excuse. Schedule the dates in a time frame where you CAN rehearse. Don't make people buy the album, spends tons on tix, then rehash the same set with only 3 new songs. Awful.
Like I said in another post, how long would it take for him and the band to rehearse some of these songs to be able to play them live? Are we to believe that McCartney and his band need tons of rehearsal to learn 5-6 songs that probably average around 3-4 minutes. It is not like they have to rehearse much else for this tour, the band can play the other songs probably in their sleep - lol.
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When will new tour dates be posted? Any ideas?
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After seeing the set list for the first two shows, I'm thinking of contacting trading standards about this tour name
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"The nothing new tour" here the real name!
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I was at the concert last night in Montreal.
The horns really aded something to the show.
I was always a fan of the later Beatles music.
Funny thing is - I was really moved hearing the early songs:
From Me to You
Love Me Do
Wow. Just wow.
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STCH-639 wrote:
I was at the concert last night in Montreal.
The horns really aded something to the show.
I was always a fan of the later Beatles music.
Funny thing is - I was really moved hearing the early songs:
From Me to You
Love Me Do
Wow. Just wow.
Glad you had fun and I am sure the horn section really added something to certain songs.. Another really old one (Meet The Beatles) I would love him to do is "Hold Me Tight".
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corchians wrote:
"The nothing new tour" here the real name!
I literally spit out the water I was drinking when I read this, gave me a real good laugh of the day.
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
corchians wrote:
"The nothing new tour" here the real name!
I literally spit out the water I was drinking when I read this, gave me a real good laugh of the day.
Me too.
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Yeah, Freshen Up is something I do to my cat's litter box daily.
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
Maccaroni1974 wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
paulmccartneyfan1 wrote:
joyce wrote:
From an interview will Billboard from Sept 19th. 2018:
You're in the middle of tour dates, and you're playing some songs from the new album on tour. I think you're playing, like, three or so? Will they change each night?
PAUL: We're doing three at the moment, 'cause you know why? 'Cause we didn't have that long to rehearse, and we're putting other things in the show. So it's a question of learning 'em. 'Cause you know, you write the thing, and then you go and record it. And when you record it, obviously it's a certain arrangement, so now you've got to reproduce it faithfully, you've got to learn that arrangement all over again. So we've learned three. We've got another one that we've nearly got. So they're gradually coming onboard. And then we may be able to change them up in that case.
I think he forgot he performed Confidante in July lol
Good catch - lol.
For him to say they didnt have much time to rehearse is a horrible excuse. Schedule the dates in a time frame where you CAN rehearse. Don't make people buy the album, spends tons on tix, then rehash the same set with only 3 new songs. Awful.
Like I said in another post, how long would it take for him and the band to rehearse some of these songs to be able to play them live? Are we to believe that McCartney and his band need tons of rehearsal to learn 5-6 songs that probably average around 3-4 minutes. It is not like they have to rehearse much else for this tour, the band can play the other songs probably in their sleep - lol.
I see that after the 2 Canadian shows are over, Paul and the Band has a month to prepare for the Japanese shows. Maybe they can add a 4th Egypt Station song to the setlist!
I'm being sarcastic but I agree with you. How hard would it be for Paul and the Boys to have been ready to perform "I Don't Know" or "Happy For You". That was a lame excuse if I ever heard one. One good thing for next year's US shows....Judging by the comments and tweets I've seen, I think Paul is getting some serious flack about the lack of ES songs at these shows especially considering it became a #1 Album in both the US and Canada. By next year, Paul better be ready to perform 6-8 ES songs. Maybe he could finish next year's "Freshen Up" tour with "Despite Repeated Warnings" which for me is now becoming the masterpiece of ES. Will we ever see Macca start and finish a show from the same "new" album. ES deserves it in my opinion but I would shocked.
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corchians wrote:
Sadly Paul at age of 76 is still frightened by the judgment of the public....
I'm sure you have more experience at being a global megastar
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rlj1010 wrote:
As I stated in the other thread, I think this show is called Freshen Up, because it's a big 'F.U'. to all of us.
Yep. It's a big Fuh You to the fans.
Drop: In Spite Of All The Danger, 4/5 Seconds, My Valentine, Love Me Do, I've Just Seen A Face, A Hard Days Night, Can't Buy Me Love, I've Got A Feeling, Let Me Roll It.
There's 9 songs. A lot can be added to Freshen Up the set.
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LonelyRoad wrote:
rlj1010 wrote:
As I stated in the other thread, I think this show is called Freshen Up, because it's a big 'F.U'. to all of us.
Yep. It's a big Fuh You to the fans.
Drop: In Spite Of All The Danger, 4/5 Seconds, My Valentine, Love Me Do, I've Just Seen A Face, A Hard Days Night, Can't Buy Me Love, I've Got A Feeling, Let Me Roll It.
There's 9 songs. A lot can be added to Freshen Up the set.
Can't lose "Can't Buy Me Love", my go to dance song during the concert.
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This is how I would Freshen Up the "Freshen Up" setlist...
Freshened Up Setlist
Help!
Young Boy
Take It Away
Letting Go
I Saw Her Standing There
Come On To Me
Fuh You
The Word/All You Need Is Love
Let Em In
I Don't Know
1985
Maybe I'm Amazed
Put It There
She's Leaving Home
From Me To You
Happy With You
Blackbird
Here Today
When I'm Sixty-Four
Lady Madonna
Calico Skies
Eleanor Rigby
Uncle Albert
Being For The Bennefit Of Mr. Kite
Something
Band On The Run
Back In The U.S.S.R.
Despite Repeated Warnings
C'mon People
Let It Be
Live And Let Die
Hey Jude
Yesterday
Silly Love Songs
Sgt. Pepper's Longly Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
A Day In The Life/Give Peace A Chance
Golden Slubmers/Carry That Weight/The End
C'mon Paul...
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Back from Montreal:
The DJ set and preshow film were fresh. "Happy With You" was featured in the preshow with Egypt Station graphics.
The horn section (the guys were great) and the three ES songs along with "From Me To You" freshened things up a bit.
"My Valentine" was done on piano (saw someone asked on a previous post) amd yes I'm glad Queenie Eye was still in the set as well (someone mentioned this too)
BTW-the new songs rocked in the arena setting; pity more weren't played. I believe NEW had four live songs to start out when it was released
I thought the merchandise was weak as I didnt see anything related to ES.
Rememeber these shows are fresh for our Canadian friends. The States will get the minty fresh rejigged Freshned Up tour next summer.
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Since Caesar Rock being released as the new single, do you guys think we'll hear that live any time soon? Or any time at all? lol
I saw little Egypt Station merch in Quebec City as well. There was an all black t shirt with the pyramid/train station logo in white, coffee mug with a few Egypt Station prints on it, and a pin set with ONE Egypt Station pin in it with the same design on the coffee mug.
I posted some pictures from the merch stand which are on my instagram.
(They are in the set with the concert chairs album showing the booster seat I randomly saw lol)
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I haven't seen any posts yet regarding that obtrusive small rising stage. Is it still there?
