Set List critique
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javilu:
oobu24:
RMartinez:
corchians:
A dream: Paul open the show with the medley "We're open tonight/So glad to see you here"
NEVER going to happen. EVER. But a nice dream!
no but it is a cool dream.
I'd go absolutely crazy with that opening! But never going to happen in a million years. I've been fooling around with this song yesterday. Should it be added to the setlist?
If Paul won't do it, you might as well! Sounds nice, especially the two of you at the end. I would probably fall over if he started with "We're Open Tonight"/"So Glad..."!
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favoritething:
If Paul won't do it, you might as well! Sounds nice, especially the two of you at the end. I would probably fall over if he started with "We're Open Tonight"/"So Glad..."!
Thank you, you're too kind Unfortunately, 99% of the audience would take a bathroom break during the opening if it happens haha
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RMartinez:
WixRocks!:
RMartinez:
Henderson7:
Anyone else disappointed to see Magical mystery tour has replaced Eight Days a Week?
I would prefer Eight Days A Week. But since he has opened with that many times in South America, I get the change. Still, why not Hello Goodbye as well?
It's all luck of the draw. I've never heard "Hello Goodbye" BUT, I know many that are sick of it. I'd gladly welcome it back!
I saw it in 2002 and loved it. The problem with Magical Mystery Tour is there are so many high notes he has to force and strain, and it just does not put him in a good light vocally. He could open with Day Tripper, then put Magical Mystery Tour later in the set.
Before 2008 (when it got added), 'Day Tripper' was my #1 wish for a Paul McCartney live set, and at the time I always imagined it as the opener. Still would work very well. ('Eight Days A Week' as a long-time wish for me too, please let him play it outside the usual territory just once...). 'Magical Mystery Tour' at a different spot than the opener would seem strange to me, I thought it was very random to put it as third-ish song at that US festival last year.
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javilu:
favoritething:
If Paul won't do it, you might as well! Sounds nice, especially the two of you at the end. I would probably fall over if he started with "We're Open Tonight"/"So Glad..."!
Thank you, you're too kind Unfortunately, 99% of the audience would take a bathroom break during the opening if it happens haha
Very nice Javi!
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RMartinez:
WixRocks!:
RMartinez:
Henderson7:
Anyone else disappointed to see Magical mystery tour has replaced Eight Days a Week?
I would prefer Eight Days A Week. But since he has opened with that many times in South America, I get the change. Still, why not Hello Goodbye as well?
It's all luck of the draw. I've never heard "Hello Goodbye" BUT, I know many that are sick of it. I'd gladly welcome it back!
I saw it in 2002 and loved it. The problem with Magical Mystery Tour is there are so many high notes he has to force and strain, and it just does not put him in a good light vocally. He could open with Day Tripper, then put Magical Mystery Tour later in the set.
Eeeewww. No way. He sounds even worse on "Day Tripper." I've seen many, many performances, and he has yet to hit the right note on "took me sooooooo long." Awful.
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WixRocks!:
RMartinez:
Henderson7:
Anyone else disappointed to see Magical mystery tour has replaced Eight Days a Week?
I would prefer Eight Days A Week. But since he has opened with that many times in South America, I get the change. Still, why not Hello Goodbye as well?
It's all luck of the draw. I've never heard "Hello Goodbye" BUT, I know many that are sick of it. I'd gladly welcome it back!
"Hello, Goodbye" is among his all-time best openers. And he can still sing it well! I'll take it over "MMT" and "8 Days..." easily.
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oobu24:
javilu:
favoritething:
If Paul won't do it, you might as well! Sounds nice, especially the two of you at the end. I would probably fall over if he started with "We're Open Tonight"/"So Glad..."!
Thank you, you're too kind Unfortunately, 99% of the audience would take a bathroom break during the opening if it happens haha
Very nice Javi!
Thank you, sweetheart!
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audi:
RMartinez:
WixRocks!:
RMartinez:
Henderson7:
Anyone else disappointed to see Magical mystery tour has replaced Eight Days a Week?
I would prefer Eight Days A Week. But since he has opened with that many times in South America, I get the change. Still, why not Hello Goodbye as well?
It's all luck of the draw. I've never heard "Hello Goodbye" BUT, I know many that are sick of it. I'd gladly welcome it back!
I saw it in 2002 and loved it. The problem with Magical Mystery Tour is there are so many high notes he has to force and strain, and it just does not put him in a good light vocally. He could open with Day Tripper, then put Magical Mystery Tour later in the set.
Eeeewww. No way. He sounds even worse on "Day Tripper." I've seen many, many performances, and he has yet to hit the right note on "took me sooooooo long." Awful.
Fair enough. But it's better than Magical Mystery Tour.
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audi:
WixRocks!:
RMartinez:
Henderson7:
Anyone else disappointed to see Magical mystery tour has replaced Eight Days a Week?
I would prefer Eight Days A Week. But since he has opened with that many times in South America, I get the change. Still, why not Hello Goodbye as well?
It's all luck of the draw. I've never heard "Hello Goodbye" BUT, I know many that are sick of it. I'd gladly welcome it back!
"Hello, Goodbye" is among his all-time best openers. And he can still sing it well! I'll take it over "MMT" and "8 Days..." easily.
I thought he would have put MMT to bed by now, think EDAW works well. If Paul was to try another opener then how about these: Venus and Mars/Rockshow- still not heard this live Drive my Car- could easily be bought back in Good Day Sunshine- not been done since 2008.
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Venus And Mars would be ok with me. He is releasing the remastered album, after all. I wish he would do something crazy and truly unexpected, like opening with I Want To Hold Your Hand. It woud drive people crazy.
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5th-beatle:
... I wish he would do something crazy and truly unexpected, like opening with I Want To Hold Your Hand. It woud drive people crazy.
Now how cool would that be!!
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5th-beatle:
Venus And Mars would be ok with me. He is releasing the remastered album, after all. I wish he would do something crazy and truly unexpected, like opening with I Want To Hold Your Hand. It woud drive people crazy.
Now that would be something, that really would be something!
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5th-beatle:
Venus And Mars would be ok with me. He is releasing the remastered album, after all. I wish he would do something crazy and truly unexpected, like opening with I Want To Hold Your Hand. It woud drive people crazy.
With Paul being a bass player how cool would it be for him to do a song in memory of Jack Bruce? The Allman Bros did.
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Of the NEW songs added to the setlist for this leg of the Out There tour, wouldn't you think he would've added "Everybody Out There" to the mix? It's basically the title track of the tour itself. I even think it would make for a strong opener (though I'm not naive enough to think he would ever open with anything other than a Beatles song). But it would definitely make a strong second song in lieu of Save Us.
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LiveForever:
Of the NEW songs added to the setlist for this leg of the Out There tour, wouldn't you think he would've added "Everybody Out There" to the mix? It's basically the title track of the tour itself. I even think it would make for a strong opener (though I'm not naive enough to think he would ever open with anything other than a Beatles song). But it would definitely make a strong second song in lieu of Save Us.
He is doing Everybody Out There on this tour.
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Indeed he is. I'll crawl away now. I even saw him do it Saturday
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Don't feel too badly; it's a very forgettable song.
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I posted this in the Louisville thread, but repeating here...Eight Days A Week was back as the opener, and he replaced Hi Hi Hi with Birthday (done for Bea since it was her birthday altho he also acknowledged seeing signs from the audience asking for the song too).
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My oldest friend couldn't believe that I skipped McCartney's recent Nashville show. This led to an online conversation, and he asked me to make my case regarding Paul's stale setlist. Here's what I said in that email: Paul is, unfortunately, dedicated to his solo songs only when he's promoting a new album; then he discards 'em (some would say "banish") once the album has exhausted its commercial potential. Granted, Paul has updated his setlist several times over the years, but he will not budge when it comes to simply rotating his signature songs. It's OK to play signature tunes, of course, but Paul insists on singing ALL 15-20 of his signature songs at EVERY show, leaving little room for a major overhaul. When Paul went back on tour in 2002, I didn't mind the Beatle-heavy setlist -- especially with that then-new band. I considered Driving Rain a good record at the time -- give or take -- but he picked the wrong songs to perform live. I'll never understand why he never performed the song on Driving Rain best suited for live-performance, "About You." In fact it should've been the lead single, but I digress. Next, the 2004 summer tour, which led up to the Glastonbury gig, happened: Updated setlist, tons o' Beatles (again) -- however, we got live versions of "Flaming Pie" and "Calico Skies." VERY encouraging signs! 2005 came, and so commenced the soon-to-be-overused "Magical Mystery Tour" show-openers. Also, Rusty convinced Paul to perform the super-obscure song from Ram, "Too Many People." Oddly, I never cared for that song, as with Band On The Run's "Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five," until Macca did it live. (hint, hint) Those 2007 mini-concerts to promote Memory Almost Full were great."House Of Wax" and "That Was Me" were clearly the crowd-pleasers -- fantastic audience-response -- but both songs were history by the time he'd resumed full-scale touring the following year. We were left with one mediocre song ("Dance Tonight") and one great song ("Only Mama Knows"). But -- thanks to the fans in Ukraine -- we got "Mrs. Vandebilt." Another encouraging sign, but, alas, 2009 turned out to be the same ol' same ol'. 2010 was definitely a good tour for Wings fans: "Ram," "Rockshow" and "Letting Go." All total shockers. By that point, songs like "Long & Winding Road," "Eleanor Rigby" and "Let It Be" officially became bathroom-break songs to me. 2011 and 2012: I followed his tours online, and I kept wondering why he barely acknowledges his work beyond 1980. As a longtime McCartney consumer, this sh-t is starting to get a little old, and "Here Today" isn't cutting it anymore. Setlist updates continued in 2012, but the practice is now: "Replacing Beatle songs with other Beatle songs -- and don't you DARE touch my precious, career-defining anthems." No bold moves at all. After seeing him at Bonnaroo last year, I became convinced that -- at this rate -- he'll be doing Ringo's songs by next year. (Incidentally, I give him a free-pass on "Benefit Of Mr. Kite" because he plays a mean bass on that one). I'll sum up and say that the collective whining about his oldies-show has gone far beyond mere frustration: This is a man who was, after all, only one-fourth of The Beatles; yet, he tours as if he were all four of them. The whole reason I became a diehard fan in the first place was, not because he was a Bealte, but because he dared to out-do them afterward. He doesn't respect his solo-catalog. He has accepted that he's an oldies act. And why not? It's easy applause, and he gets to milk his Beatle legacy, which feeds his ego; he gets his ass kissed everywhere he goes. I no longer expect an all-solo tour -- fair enough. But what's fair about pretending that gems like "My Brave Face," "Wanderlust," "About You" and "Jenny Wren" never existed? It's becoming offensive to fans like me, the ones who made those albums Gold/Platinum. I'll always love the dude, but I sho' nuff don't respect him anymore. All I can hope for now is that next month's tribute-album results in a huge concert with Paul performing with some of the album's artists.
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Sgt._Pepper:
audi:
I can't believe that, all these years later, Paul McCartney hasn't reunited with any surviving members of Wings. Fans would love an onstage reunion -- even if it's just a song or two. At this point, Nirvana's survivors have joined Macca onstage in New York and Seattle; Paul Weller, Ronnie Wood, Roger Daltrey, George Michael and k.d. lang have joined Macca onstage over the years. To see Denny Laine and Laurence Juber join Paul would be one of the best surprises of his career -- and it would also be a generous gesture. Any previous drama among them should be water-under-the-bridge now. Isn't that one of the gifts of growing older? Anyway, now that I've mentioned it, I've probably jinxed the idea now. LOL!
At Beatlefest in L.A. Denny Seiwell talked about how Paul considered doing a Wings reunion around the time Linda died, as a tribute to her. Paul nixed the idea because he felt that doing a Wings reunion without Linda just wouldn't be a Wings reunion.
For the last year or so, The Rolling Stones have had Mick Taylor join them for "Midnight Gambler," which the audiences have been loving. Surely, Denny Laine is as historically significant as Mick Taylor, no?