Set List critique
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WixRocks!:
5th-beatle:
If you guys could choose between Jet and Listen To What The Man Said, which one would you keep in the current setlist?
I would keep "Listen to..." one more time. I think "Jet" is a better concert song, but "Listen to" is probably a bigger hit in retrospect. But for selfish reasons, I've heard "Jet" five times...and "Listen to" only twice!
He could easily keep them both in the show, there are many overplayed songs still there, im sure you can guess which
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BOYCIE:
The phrase "the hits" is bandied about quite a bit on this thread and Paul in the past has talked about playing "the hits" too, why are so many missing then? Let's look at the top twenty hits(UK/US) Paul has not played live ever or for quite awhile! If he's true to his word we'd have a number from this list played live, it fits the criteria perfectly! UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY GIVE IRELAND BACK TO THE IRISH MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB HELEN WHEELS SILLY LOVE SONGS GIRL'S SCHOOL WITH A LITTLE LUCK GOODNIGHT TONIGHT GETTING CLOSER WATERFALLS TAKE IT AWAY PIPES OF PEACE NO MORE LONELY NIGHTS SPIES LIKE US ONCE UPON A LONG AGO MY BRAVE FACE THIS ONE HOPE OF DELIVERANCE YOUNG BOY FINE LINE
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jonh81:
WixRocks!:
5th-beatle:
If you guys could choose between Jet and Listen To What The Man Said, which one would you keep in the current setlist?
I would keep "Listen to..." one more time. I think "Jet" is a better concert song, but "Listen to" is probably a bigger hit in retrospect. But for selfish reasons, I've heard "Jet" five times...and "Listen to" only twice!
He could easily keep them both in the show, there are many overplayed songs still there, im sure you can guess which
Yes, ideally I would re-arrange the opening to this without getting crazy at all... Hello Goodbye Jet Can't Buy Me Love Listen To What The Man Said Save Us Let Me Roll It
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WixRocks!:
RMartinez:
WixRocks!:
When I saw it, I was reminded of The Space Within Us DVD when Abe would always start one last chorus of "I'll Follow The Sun" and Paul would cut hiim off and throw his hands in the air and roll his eyes...then he'd start the last chorus.
Yeah, but wasn't that part of the act? Not trying to be difficult, but that time with Rusty was kind of weird. To me, at least.
Yes, that's what I'm trying to draw together here. Maybe it's a stretch, but I think Paul was depending on his shamltzy grandfather of the band routine with Rusty that night, except he didn't play it off as well as Abe did.
I was there, too. It was a funny moment to me because Paul called b.s. at the notion that it might've been intentional. Rusty has flubbed many notes over the years, which I don't mind -- and, quite frankly -- expect at a live, rock concert. Anyway, I think what compelled Macca to insist on that "do-over" were two selfless motivations, actually: -For Rusty to restore his cred with the audience (in the highly unlikely scenario that it was needed); -because that solo is one of George Harrison's finer moments on record, which Macca might've felt obligated to honor with an error-free performance. Just a theory. Or maybe a live-DVD of that particular show was planned? (after all, "audi" WAS in the house that night. ) Now, if Macca was trying to uncharacteristically, publicly flex his authoritative muscle, perhaps a little karma had intervened when Macca slipped and fell nearly face-first later on in the show. Now THAT I'd totally missed. I'm glad.
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oobu24:
BOYCIE:
The phrase "the hits" is bandied about quite a bit on this thread and Paul in the past has talked about playing "the hits" too, why are so many missing then? Let's look at the top twenty hits(UK/US) Paul has not played live ever or for quite awhile! If he's true to his word we'd have a number from this list played live, it fits the criteria perfectly! UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY GIVE IRELAND BACK TO THE IRISH MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB HELEN WHEELS SILLY LOVE SONGS GIRL'S SCHOOL WITH A LITTLE LUCK GOODNIGHT TONIGHT GETTING CLOSER WATERFALLS TAKE IT AWAY PIPES OF PEACE NO MORE LONELY NIGHTS SPIES LIKE US ONCE UPON A LONG AGO MY BRAVE FACE THIS ONE HOPE OF DELIVERANCE YOUNG BOY FINE LINE
If one didn't know better, it would be easy to conclude that songs like "My Brave Face," "Off The Ground" and other solo rarities are seemingly recurring staples of McCartney's concert repertoire to this day. But most know that Macca's '89-'93 tours were hefty itineraries, and as a rule the setlists stayed intact with rare adjustments. Song Play Count 1 Let It Be (The Beatles song) 532 2 Hey Jude (The Beatles song) 520 3 Band on the Run (Wings song) 508 4 Yesterday (The Beatles song) 507 5 Live and Let Die (Wings song) 502 6 Back in the U.S.S.R. (The Beatles song) 496 7 The Long and Winding Road (The Beatles song) 445 8 The End (The Beatles song) 424 9 Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles song) 421 10 Jet (Wings song) 420 11 Let Me Roll It (Wings song) 397 12 I Saw Her Standing There (The Beatles song) 363 13 Lady Madonna (The Beatles song) 360 14 All My Loving (The Beatles song) 336 15 Blackbird (The Beatles song) 332 16 Get Back (The Beatles song) 324 17 Maybe I'm Amazed 307 18 Can't Buy Me Love (The Beatles song) 287 19 Here Today 275 20 We Can Work It Out (The Beatles song) 268 21 Coming Up 267 22 Something (The Beatles song) 258 23 Paperback Writer (The Beatles song) 236 24 My Love (Wings song) 225 25 Got to Get You into My Life (The Beatles song) 217 26 Drive My Car (The Beatles song) 214 27 Golden Slumbers (The Beatles song) 213 Carry That Weight (The Beatles song) 213 29 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (The Beatles song) 208 30 Helter Skelter (The Beatles song) 203 Hello, Goodbye (The Beatles song) 203 32 The Fool on the Hill (The Beatles song) 196 33 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles song) 195 34 Here, There and Everywhere (The Beatles song) 180 35 Magical Mystery Tour (The Beatles song) 168 36 Michelle (The Beatles song) 160 37 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (The Beatles song) 157 38 Day Tripper (The Beatles song) 156 39 I've Got a Feeling (The Beatles song) 153 40 Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five (Wings song) 149 41 I've Just Seen a Face (The Beatles song) 146 42 And I Love Her (The Beatles song) 143 Good Day Sunshine (The Beatles song) 143 44 Let 'Em In (Wings song) 142 45 Penny Lane (The Beatles song) 135 46 Things We Said Today (The Beatles song) 124 47 Mrs. Vandebilt (Wings song) 121 48 Every Night 118 49 My Brave Face 113 50 Dance Tonight 109 51 We Got Married 106 This One 106 53 Rough Ride 105 Put It There 105 Figure of Eight 105 56 A Day in the Life (The Beatles song) 99 57 Sing the Changes (The Fireman song) 95 58 Hope of Deliverance 94 59 Lonely Road 93 Ain't That a Shame (Fats Domino cover) 93 61 Getting Better (The Beatles song) 92 Your Loving Flame 92 My Valentine 92 64 You Never Give Me Your Money (The Beatles song) 91 65 Good Rocking Tonight (Roy Brown cover) 88 66 Another Day 87 67 Twenty Flight Rock (Eddie Cochran cover) 86 68 Peace in the Neighbourhood 84 Off the Ground 84 Biker Like an Icon 84 71 C'mon People 83 72 Ebony and Ivory 79 Robbie's Bit (Thanks Chet) 79 74 Flaming Pie 78 75 Calico Skies 76 76 Looking for Changes 75 77 Driving Rain 73 78 I Lost My Little Girl 72 79 Ain't No Sunshine (Bill Withers cover) 70 80 Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (The Beatles song) 69 81 Junior's Farm (Wings song) 67 82 Listen to What the Man Said (Wings song) 66 All Together Now (The Beatles song) 66 84 Lovely Rita (The Beatles song) 65 85 Birthday (The Beatles song) 63 86 She's Leaving Home (The Beatles song) 62 Eight Days a Week (The Beatles song) 62 I'll Follow the Sun (The Beatles song) 62 89 Hi, Hi, Hi (Wings song) 57 90 In Spite of All the Danger (The Quarrymen song) 56 91 Fixing a Hole (The Beatles song) 55 92 New 54 93 Freedom 53 The rest of the list is here: http://www.setlist.fm/stats/paul-mccartney-13d6bd15.html
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audi:
oobu24:
BOYCIE:
The phrase "the hits" is bandied about quite a bit on this thread and Paul in the past has talked about playing "the hits" too, why are so many missing then? Let's look at the top twenty hits(UK/US) Paul has not played live ever or for quite awhile! If he's true to his word we'd have a number from this list played live, it fits the criteria perfectly! UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY GIVE IRELAND BACK TO THE IRISH MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB HELEN WHEELS SILLY LOVE SONGS GIRL'S SCHOOL WITH A LITTLE LUCK GOODNIGHT TONIGHT GETTING CLOSER WATERFALLS TAKE IT AWAY PIPES OF PEACE NO MORE LONELY NIGHTS SPIES LIKE US ONCE UPON A LONG AGO MY BRAVE FACE THIS ONE HOPE OF DELIVERANCE YOUNG BOY FINE LINE
If one didn't know better, it would be easy to conclude that songs like "My Brave Face," "Off The Ground" and other solo rarities are seemingly recurring staples of McCartney's concert repertoire to this day. But most know that Macca's '89-'93 tours were hefty itineraries, and as a rule the setlists stayed intact with rare adjustments. Song Play Count 1 Let It Be (The Beatles song) 532 2 Hey Jude (The Beatles song) 520 3 Band on the Run (Wings song) 508 4 Yesterday (The Beatles song) 507 5 Live and Let Die (Wings song) 502 6 Back in the U.S.S.R. (The Beatles song) 496 7 The Long and Winding Road (The Beatles song) 445 8 The End (The Beatles song) 424 9 Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles song) 421 10 Jet (Wings song) 420 11 Let Me Roll It (Wings song) 397 12 I Saw Her Standing There (The Beatles song) 363 13 Lady Madonna (The Beatles song) 360 14 All My Loving (The Beatles song) 336 15 Blackbird (The Beatles song) 332 16 Get Back (The Beatles song) 324 17 Maybe I'm Amazed 307 18 Can't Buy Me Love (The Beatles song) 287 19 Here Today 275 20 We Can Work It Out (The Beatles song) 268 21 Coming Up 267 22 Something (The Beatles song) 258 23 Paperback Writer (The Beatles song) 236 24 My Love (Wings song) 225 25 Got to Get You into My Life (The Beatles song) 217 26 Drive My Car (The Beatles song) 214 27 Golden Slumbers (The Beatles song) 213 Carry That Weight (The Beatles song) 213 29 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (The Beatles song) 208 30 Helter Skelter (The Beatles song) 203 Hello, Goodbye (The Beatles song) 203 32 The Fool on the Hill (The Beatles song) 196 33 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles song) 195 34 Here, There and Everywhere (The Beatles song) 180 35 Magical Mystery Tour (The Beatles song) 168 36 Michelle (The Beatles song) 160 37 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (The Beatles song) 157 38 Day Tripper (The Beatles song) 156 39 I've Got a Feeling (The Beatles song) 153 40 Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five (Wings song) 149 41 I've Just Seen a Face (The Beatles song) 146 42 And I Love Her (The Beatles song) 143 Good Day Sunshine (The Beatles song) 143 44 Let 'Em In (Wings song) 142 45 Penny Lane (The Beatles song) 135 46 Things We Said Today (The Beatles song) 124 47 Mrs. Vandebilt (Wings song) 121 48 Every Night 118 49 My Brave Face 113 50 Dance Tonight 109 51 We Got Married 106 This One 106 53 Rough Ride 105 Put It There 105 Figure of Eight 105 56 A Day in the Life (The Beatles song) 99 57 Sing the Changes (The Fireman song) 95 58 Hope of Deliverance 94 59 Lonely Road 93 Ain't That a Shame (Fats Domino cover) 93 61 Getting Better (The Beatles song) 92 Your Loving Flame 92 My Valentine 92 64 You Never Give Me Your Money (The Beatles song) 91 65 Good Rocking Tonight (Roy Brown cover) 88 66 Another Day 87 67 Twenty Flight Rock (Eddie Cochran cover) 86 68 Peace in the Neighbourhood 84 Off the Ground 84 Biker Like an Icon 84 71 C'mon People 83 72 Ebony and Ivory 79 Robbie's Bit (Thanks Chet) 79 74 Flaming Pie 78 75 Calico Skies 76 76 Looking for Changes 75 77 Driving Rain 73 78 I Lost My Little Girl 72 79 Ain't No Sunshine (Bill Withers cover) 70 80 Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (The Beatles song) 69 81 Junior's Farm (Wings song) 67 82 Listen to What the Man Said (Wings song) 66 All Together Now (The Beatles song) 66 84 Lovely Rita (The Beatles song) 65 85 Birthday (The Beatles song) 63 86 She's Leaving Home (The Beatles song) 62 Eight Days a Week (The Beatles song) 62 I'll Follow the Sun (The Beatles song) 62 89 Hi, Hi, Hi (Wings song) 57 90 In Spite of All the Danger (The Quarrymen song) 56 91 Fixing a Hole (The Beatles song) 55 92 New 54 93 Freedom 53 The rest of the list is here: http://www.setlist.fm/stats/paul-mccartney-13d6bd15.html
"If one didn't know better, it would be easy to conclude that songs like "My Brave Face," "Off The Ground" and other solo rarities are seemingly recurring staples of McCartney's concert repertoire to this day. " I would really question those numbers because Mr. McCartney played them only on one tour so unless he played over 100 concerts each on the 89 and 93 tours those numbers are kind of high.
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yankeefan7:
[..] I would really question those numbers because Mr. McCartney played them only on one tour so unless he played over 100 concerts each on the 89 and 93 tours those numbers are kind of high.
Setlist.FM is far from trustworthy, but seeing as he did 103 regular shows during his comeback tour in 1989/1990 alone, and at that time the setlist was the same every. single. night. the numbers seem more or less accurate. 103 times 'Rough Ride' alone in 1989/1990. Same with 1993, 77 regular tour gigs alone, 77 times 'Peace in the Neighbourhood'.
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With the exception of a brief break in the latter part of '93, Paul McCartney practically spent the entire year on the road. God knows how his plants survived.
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nobodytoldme:
yankeefan7:
[..] I would really question those numbers because Mr. McCartney played them only on one tour so unless he played over 100 concerts each on the 89 and 93 tours those numbers are kind of high.
Setlist.FM is far from trustworthy, but seeing as he did 103 regular shows during his comeback tour in 1989/1990 alone, and at that time the setlist was the same every. single. night. the numbers seem more or less accurate. 103 times 'Rough Ride' alone in 1989/1990. Same with 1993, 77 regular tour gigs alone, 77 times 'Peace in the Neighbourhood'.
OK, makes sense if he did that many shows. I just knew once the 89/90 tour was over songs like "My Brave Face" were never heard again live.
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Obviously he's sticking to the regular Out There setlist (with a couple of changes) until a new tour comes along. That's when we'll get about a dozen different songs. He knows those songs will be enough to make us buy tickets again, so why use them now? It's a smart business strategy.
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5th-beatle:
Obviously he's sticking to the regular Out There setlist (with a couple of changes) until a new tour comes along. That's when we'll get about a dozen different songs. He knows those songs will be enough to make us buy tickets again, so why use them now? It's a smart business strategy.
That's the truth, right there. I'm considering seeing him twice this summer based solely off rumors, doing the same show I've seen the past two times. The proof is in our pockets (or his rather) that he really doesn't have to change much to sell tickets. However, it says something much greater about his personal musical self-worth the more stagnant things remain...
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yankeefan7:
nobodytoldme:
yankeefan7:
[..] I would really question those numbers because Mr. McCartney played them only on one tour so unless he played over 100 concerts each on the 89 and 93 tours those numbers are kind of high.
Setlist.FM is far from trustworthy, but seeing as he did 103 regular shows during his comeback tour in 1989/1990 alone, and at that time the setlist was the same every. single. night. the numbers seem more or less accurate. 103 times 'Rough Ride' alone in 1989/1990. Same with 1993, 77 regular tour gigs alone, 77 times 'Peace in the Neighbourhood'.
OK, makes sense if he did that many shows. I just knew once the 89/90 tour was over songs like "My Brave Face" were never heard again live.
Yes, the balance of songs he played is very telling once you only consider the songs played with the current band/in this century. They played every single Beatles song McCartney (mainly) wrote/sang in 2002-2015, except: 'Hold Me Tight', 'Every Little Thing', 'What You're Doing', 'Another Girl', 'Wild Honey Pie', 'Honey Pie', 'Martha My Dear', 'Rocky Raccoon', 'Why Don't We Do It in the Road?', 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer' and 'Oh! Darling'. And, 'Love Me Do', 'P.S. I Love You' (hurrendous medley in 1989), 'I Wanna Be Your Man' and 'Help!'/'Strawberry Fields Forever' were all done at other tours, not by this band. Plus some nitpicking like 'Fixing A Hole' only played solo by McCartney since 2002 etc. Solo songs not from an era this band participated in, played since then, those bold played regularly (longer than one leg for example): 70's: Every Night Maybe I'm Amazed Another Day Too Many People Ram On Live And Let Die My Love Hi, Hi, Hi C Moon Band On The Run Jet Bluebird Mrs. Vandebilt Let Me Roll It Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five Junior's Farm Venus And Mars / Rock Show Letting Go Listen To What the Man Said Let 'Em In Mull Of Kintyre Wonderful Christmastime Coming Up 80's: Here Today Ebony And Ivory 90's: In Liverpool Hope Of Deliverance Cosmically Conscious Calico Skies Flaming Pie ('Great Day' and 'Goodnight Tonight' were played without the band in the last 15 years. 'Dress Me Up Like A Robber' as a spoken word piece) This must sum it up. The only post-1976 songs played regularly on tour by him in the last 15 years: 'Coming Up' (1979) played on tour in 2002/2003, and a few times in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013. 'Here Today' (1982) played on tour in 2002-2004, a few times in 2007 and 2009-2015. 'Calico Skies' (1997), played on tour in 2002-2005, Summer 2009 and few times in 2007 and 2010. 'Flaming Pie' (1997), played on tour in 2004-2005 and 2009 and a few times in 2007 and 2008. About 350 concerts since then, in who knows how many countries. Cold hard figures.
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I know it'll never be like that, but that my ultimate setlist for a concert (I will finally see Paul at the 1st Amsterdam show!): Venus and Mars/Rock Show Jet All My Loving Save Us Junior?s Farm Let Me Roll It Got to Get You Into My Life Please Please Me The Long And Winding Road Nineteen Hundred Eighty Five Maybe I?m Amazed Souvenir I Saw Her Standing There Silly Love Songs Beware My Love Getting Closer We Can Work It Out New Queenie eye Press Another Day And I Love Her Eleanor Rigby Bluebird Hope of Deliverance Band On The Run Back In The USSR Ob-La-Di-Ob-La-Da Let It Be Live And Let Die Hey Jude Lady Madonna C?mon people Here, There and Everywhere Blackbird Michelle Day Tripper Goodnight Tonight Penny Lane Helter Skelter Yesterday Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End What do you think? What's yours?
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He HAS to play In Liverpool at the Echo Arena, surely!
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glass_0ni0n:
He HAS to play In Liverpool at the Echo Arena, surely!
That would be very nice, but he sang that one back in 2008. However, every time he plays in his hometown he does either a rare early rock and roll song (Maggie May, Honey Hush, Hippy Hippy Shake) or something else that is unique (Penny Lane, Mull Of Kintyre, I Lost My Little Girl, In Liverpool, the 1990 premiere of that Lennon Medley, the 2008 premiere of A Day In The Life), so I'm expecting another rarity. Maybe the premiere of Early Days, and also One After 909?
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5th-beatle:
glass_0ni0n:
He HAS to play In Liverpool at the Echo Arena, surely!
That would be very nice, but he sang that one back in 2008. However, every time he plays in his hometown he does either a rare early rock and roll song (Maggie May, Honey Hush, Hippy Hippy Shake) or something else that is unique (Penny Lane, Mull Of Kintyre, I Lost My Little Girl, In Liverpool, the 1990 premiere of that Lennon Medley, the 2008 premiere of A Day In The Life), so I'm expecting another rarity. Maybe the premiere of Early Days, and also One After 909?
Heart of the country I hope
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It seems that Can't Buy Me Love has replaced Get Back at the second Tokyo concert, two weeks after my suggestion on page 117 of this thread. When was it last sung prior to this tour? 2009? Maybe someone from Paul's camp has been reading this message board, after all. If he does She's A Woman (or Nowhere Man, but that's unlikely) at the Budokan, I'll have no doubts anymore.
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5th-beatle:
It seems that Can't Buy Me Love has replaced Get Back at the second Tokyo concert, two weeks after my suggestion on page 117 of this thread. When was it last sung prior to this tour? 2009? Maybe someone from Paul's camp has been reading this message board, after all. If he does She's A Woman (or Nowhere Man, but that's unlikely) at the Budokan, I'll have no doubts anymore.
"Maybe someone from Paul's camp has been reading this message board, after all" If they have then they have missed a bunch of posts about doing more solo songs - lol
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yankeefan7:
5th-beatle:
It seems that Can't Buy Me Love has replaced Get Back at the second Tokyo concert, two weeks after my suggestion on page 117 of this thread. When was it last sung prior to this tour? 2009? Maybe someone from Paul's camp has been reading this message board, after all. If he does She's A Woman (or Nowhere Man, but that's unlikely) at the Budokan, I'll have no doubts anymore.
"Maybe someone from Paul's camp has been reading this message board, after all" If they have then they have missed a bunch of posts about doing more solo songs - lol
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Ballroom Dancing would work well in the encore. I've a feeling his new tour will add that one and Girls School