Set List critique
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I've been reading some suggested set lists and some critiques of set lists recently, and it got me thinking: I have always wondered why he has never played Silly Love Songs live ? Am I right and that it's the biggest hit he has never played live before (throwing out Say, Say, Say for obvious reasons)? (Edit: since 1976) So why won't he play it? I have two theories. 1. It is too closely connected with Linda and she has too great a part in the song, and he doesn't want to perform it because he doesn't know how he would replace her part and quite frankly doesn't want to. 2. He is embarrassed about the song. To me, it has to be No. 1. I just wish he would play it. What do you guys think?
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Maccafan82:
I've been reading some suggested set lists and some critiques of set lists recently, and it got me thinking: I have always wondered why he has never played Silly Love Songs live? Am I right and that it's the biggest hit he has never played live before (throwing out Say, Say, Say for obvious reasons)? So why won't he play it? I have two theories. 1. It is too closely connected with Linda and she has too great a part in the song, and he doesn't want to perform it because he doesn't know how he would replace her part and quite frankly doesn't want to. 2. He is embarrassed about the song. To me, it has to be No. 1. I just wish he would play it. What do you guys think?
I wouldnt say its the biigest hit he has never played live. Paul has played it numerous times with Wings. Id say the top two he has never played are Uncle Albert and With a little Luck. Still I agree he should bring back Silly Love Songs. I just wish he would play the Rick.
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I should clarify that I meant that he hasn't played it live since the recent era of touring (post 2002).
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oobu24:
Sgt._Pepper:
B J Conlee:
Glad to hear the crowd in Fargo ND gave Paul a great reception. I think it is cool that Macca is visiting some of the remote areas around the US. As I said in a previous post, I do think it is an absolute shame that Paul isn't into throwing out a total surprise song based on where he is performing. And in this case and as others have mentioned, the obvious song (a Beatles song I might add) was Rocky Raccoon. In this day of technology, it would give instant national publicity to the tour. It would have been the talk of the Fargo show. With 38 songs, it seems easy to perform one surprise somewhere in the Set. Nothing fancy but in this case, a little acoustic rendition of Rocky Boy would do. You know far in advance that you are playing in Fargo ND so just have Rusty brush up on the song in advance of the tour. Paul just has to sing. Even if he messes up a bit on the lyric, the audience would still love it. Even from a sales point of view, you would think that Paul would want to start developing a collection of rare tour songs for a CD at some point. Not trying to be critical but I just wished Paul and company would show a little creativity in advance of the shows. As far as hyping the tour, there wouldn't be a better way than coming up with a little, one song surprise to many shows as possible. You can only go so far with a fan or two coming up on stage.
I'm actually really, really surprised he didn't play "Rocky Raccoon." As you noted, it seemed like an obvious song to play in North Dakota. If he can bust out "San Francisco Bay Blues" every time he plays in San Francisco, why couldn't he do "Rocky Raccoon" in Fargo?
Well San Fran is almost always played at soundcheck so he "knows" it well enough. LOL.
Continuing with this conversation, Paul played "Kansas City" in Kansas City tonight!
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Maccafan82:
I've been reading some suggested set lists and some critiques of set lists recently, and it got me thinking: I have always wondered why he has never played Silly Love Songs live ? Am I right and that it's the biggest hit he has never played live before (throwing out Say, Say, Say for obvious reasons)? (Edit: since 1976) So why won't he play it? I have two theories. 1. It is too closely connected with Linda and she has too great a part in the song, and he doesn't want to perform it because he doesn't know how he would replace her part and quite frankly doesn't want to. 2. He is embarrassed about the song. To me, it has to be No. 1. I just wish he would play it. What do you guys think?
I vote for #2. Silly Love Songs is often cited as an example of Paul's solo career being crap and not as good as the Beatles, I wouldn't be surprised if he's very insecure about it.
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I was browsing the official site, and I see that they've stepped up their reporting on the album's inroads, etc. For example: On the 9th, they reported that "Early Days" was #1 on Billboard's trending charts. That's exactly the kind of news that they need to be reporting.
The problem: How many live perormances of "Early Days" have there been to date? Zero.
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He played Silly Love Songs on the 1976 Wings Over the World Tour. By 1979, it was dropped from the set list, even though he was performing live with Wings and Linda was in the band. I suspect it is something he does not want to be associated with. Too late. He already is! At this point, I think it would be a vocal challenge, as it is in a high range and stays there almost the whole song.
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Ane:
Maccafan82:
I've been reading some suggested set lists and some critiques of set lists recently, and it got me thinking: I have always wondered why he has never played Silly Love Songs live ? Am I right and that it's the biggest hit he has never played live before (throwing out Say, Say, Say for obvious reasons)? (Edit: since 1976) So why won't he play it? I have two theories. 1. It is too closely connected with Linda and she has too great a part in the song, and he doesn't want to perform it because he doesn't know how he would replace her part and quite frankly doesn't want to. 2. He is embarrassed about the song. To me, it has to be No. 1. I just wish he would play it. What do you guys think?
I vote for #2. Silly Love Songs is often cited as an example of Paul's solo career being crap and not as good as the Beatles, I wouldn't be surprised if he's very insecure about it.
The song lyrics were IMO response to critics and Mr. Mcartney saying that he does not care because "here I go again" - lol. The song was also a major hit so Mr. McCartney laughed his way to the bank.
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Maccafan82:
I've been reading some suggested set lists and some critiques of set lists recently, and it got me thinking: I have always wondered why he has never played Silly Love Songs live ? Am I right and that it's the biggest hit he has never played live before (throwing out Say, Say, Say for obvious reasons)? (Edit: since 1976) So why won't he play it? I have two theories. 1. It is too closely connected with Linda and she has too great a part in the song, and he doesn't want to perform it because he doesn't know how he would replace her part and quite frankly doesn't want to. 2. He is embarrassed about the song. To me, it has to be No. 1. I just wish he would play it. What do you guys think?
McCartney said things among the lines of point 1.
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Maccafan82:
1. It is too closely connected with Linda and she has too great a part in the song, and he doesn't want to perform it because he doesn't know how he would replace her part and quite frankly doesn't want to.
He can bring one of his daughters on tour as a guest star on that song
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5th-beatle:
Maccafan82:
1. It is too closely connected with Linda and she has too great a part in the song, and he doesn't want to perform it because he doesn't know how he would replace her part and quite frankly doesn't want to.
He can bring one of his daughters on tour as a guest star on that song
I doubt that they are the least bit interested in a singing career. (yes I know you were kidding)
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From Rolling Stone Last night, you switched up your usual set a little ? you played "On My Way to Work," from your most recent album, without even warning your band. Do you ever feel like doing more of that, just tearing up the set list and playing whatever you like? Yeah, we occasionally do that, just for the fun of it. But it's not like I'm Phish, you know. Certainly, there's a load of people in the audience that would want us to do that, but I have to be a bit conscious that there's a load of people that wouldn't. Last night at the show, I said, "I know what you think of new numbers." Because when we do the old numbers ? something like "And I Love Her" ? I see all the phones come out. You see all the little lights, ding-ding-ding-ding-ding, like Disneyland. And why did you just get your phone out? "Because it's my old favorite." That's reality. And like me and the Bill Haley concert, I don't want to cheat those people. So we mix it up occasionally, but mainly we hope we're pleasing the various facets in the audience. People say, "But why do you care, man?" Someone like Bob Dylan doesn't necessarily care ? he'll just do what he wants, and that's cool. I say, "Yeah, but I have these memories that haunt me of these concerts that I went to and these records that I bought." I don't want those people in my audience thinking, "Hey, we came for big hits, and you played a bunch of shit." A not especially convincing excuse for playing it safe!
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streetlegal:
From Rolling Stone: Last night, you switched up your usual set a little ? you played "On My Way to Work," from your most recent album, without even warning your band. Do you ever feel like doing more of that, just tearing up the set list and playing whatever you like? Yeah, we occasionally do that, just for the fun of it. But it's not like I'm Phish, you know. Certainly, there's a load of people in the audience that would want us to do that, but I have to be a bit conscious that there's a load of people that wouldn't. Last night at the show, I said, "I know what you think of new numbers." Because when we do the old numbers ? something like "And I Love Her" ? I see all the phones come out. You see all the little lights, ding-ding-ding-ding-ding, like Disneyland. And why did you just get your phone out? "Because it's my old favorite." That's reality. And like me and the Bill Haley concert, I don't want to cheat those people. So we mix it up occasionally, but mainly we hope we're pleasing the various facets in the audience. People say, "But why do you care, man?" Someone like Bob Dylan doesn't necessarily care ? he'll just do what he wants, and that's cool. I say, "Yeah, but I have these memories that haunt me of these concerts that I went to and these records that I bought." I don't want those people in my audience thinking, "Hey, we came for big hits, and you played a bunch of s**t." A not especially convincing excuse for playing it safe!
He has no confidence in his newer work.
How can he say "and you played a bunch of s**t." Well what does he think the other half of his audience is saying? Oh such a shame Paul...You have soo many fantastic songs that I would love to hear. I guess I'll have to get out my own cds & such.
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The Lost Cause Tour We've officially lost him, friends.
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oobu24:
streetlegal:
From Rolling Stone: Last night, you switched up your usual set a little ? you played "On My Way to Work," from your most recent album, without even warning your band. Do you ever feel like doing more of that, just tearing up the set list and playing whatever you like? Yeah, we occasionally do that, just for the fun of it. But it's not like I'm Phish, you know. Certainly, there's a load of people in the audience that would want us to do that, but I have to be a bit conscious that there's a load of people that wouldn't. Last night at the show, I said, "I know what you think of new numbers." Because when we do the old numbers ? something like "And I Love Her" ? I see all the phones come out. You see all the little lights, ding-ding-ding-ding-ding, like Disneyland. And why did you just get your phone out? "Because it's my old favorite." That's reality. And like me and the Bill Haley concert, I don't want to cheat those people. So we mix it up occasionally, but mainly we hope we're pleasing the various facets in the audience. People say, "But why do you care, man?" Someone like Bob Dylan doesn't necessarily care ? he'll just do what he wants, and that's cool. I say, "Yeah, but I have these memories that haunt me of these concerts that I went to and these records that I bought." I don't want those people in my audience thinking, "Hey, we came for big hits, and you played a bunch of s**t." A not especially convincing excuse for playing it safe!
He has no confidence in his newer work.
How can he say "and you played a bunch of s**t." Well what does he think the other half of his audience is saying? Oh such a shame Paul...You have soo many fantastic songs that I would love to hear. I guess I'll have to get out my own cds & such.
I don't recall a mass exodus from the audience when he played "On My Way To Work" last week. Unless I've missed something...
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That was a really disappointing read. He has to realize that there is middle ground. He can still be a crowd pleaser AND play deep fan favorites. If his idea of a must-have concert track is "And I Love Her", then yes. I believe Audi nailed it, we have lot him.
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OK, so we're not gonna get the dream setlist we've been waiting and waiting for. At the very, very, very least, all we can hope for is that he'll occasionally throw us a bone. But Paul McCartney possesses neither the interest nor the discipline to learn "The Pound Is Sinking" or "About You."
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audi:
OK, so we're not gonna get the dream setlist we've been waiting and waiting for. At the very, very, very least, all we can hope for is that he'll occasionally throw us a bone. But Paul McCartney possesses neither the interest nor the discipline to learn "The Pound Is Sinking" or "About You."
In a sense, he called his own solo material sh*t.
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We're barely even gonna get a bone.
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"...'Yeah, but I have these memories that haunt me of these concerts that I went to and these records that I bought.' ..." Tell me about it.