Set List critique
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RMartinez:
moptops:
Paul McCartney - "I Loved John" Yep. Not making this stuff up...
On Everynight the high end of his voice is just gone. I hope he takes care of that.
That's not you creating havoc in your hometown I hope. I'd be awfully disappointed...unless of course it wss a protest against you know who for 23 years of no show...
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edcrawf:
A possible way to look at the set list (part 1,984,765,590,123)
Just my thoughts on the whole set list. (I know, I know it will never happen in a million years............ I can dream though). Keep as these songs unite most (if not all the tours) Let It Be Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End Yesterday Band on the Run Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five Save Us In Spite of All The Danger Letting Go Get rid of (as these songs have been over played IMHO) Hey Jude Let Me Roll It Something Here Today I've Got A Feeling New Hi Hi Hi Live and Let Die The Fool on the Hill My Valentine Obla Di Obla Da Four Five Seconds Queenie Eye And I love Her Lady Madonna What a possible set list could look like (assuming Paul's voice was in good shape, and with the exception of the first song and the last three songs, in no particular order -- just that they reflect more of Paul's entire career). My Brave Face Save Us Can't Buy Me Love Band on the Run Letting Go We Can Work It Out Take It Away No More Lonely Nights Arrow Through Me I've Had Enough Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five With A Little Luck Footprints Yesterday In Spite of All the Danger Blackbird Calico Skies Helter Skelter Beware My Love Souvenir Fine Line Only Mama Knows Juniors Farm Mull of Kintyre Blue Sway Through Our Love 1882 Another Day Kicked Around No More Let It Be A Day in the Life Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End
You had me until dropping Hey Jude. He is never going to do that. I agree the setlist needs a drastic change, but let's be realistic.
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mr.flamingpie:
B J Conlee:
RockyRaccoon68:
He didn't say anything new but I do think he came across well. It was definitely one of his more likeable interviews.
______________________________________________________ I agree Rocky Boy (couldn't resist ha, ha) Just watched it on the Internet. I thought Paul seemed very relaxed and spoke well. John Wilson also did a better job than most as a MC. Here are some of my comments/questions: * Why is Paul doing something like this right now during a strenuous tour. His voice sounded very hoarse. During the times he did a song snippet, he really sounded bad. He needs rest if he expects to keep such a hectic schedule. It just makes you wonder. * I thought the question that Noel Gallagher (Oasis) asked was stupid. For those who didn't see it, he said he was with Stella and Mary and since he didn't have a question, they asked him to ask their Dad a question for them...which one of us is Dad's favorite. It's a stupid question because it has an obvious answer. * Someone asked Paul to name the greatest song he wrote. Another question that Paul always gets. I just wished he would spice up his answer. You know he is gong to say Here-There-and Everywhere and Yesterday because he always says this. It would be the perfect time for Paul to say that he has top favorites from all of his eras. So instead of just including a couple of Beatle songs, he could also include Wanderlust and Tug of War from Tug of War, Somedays and Little Willow from Flaming Pie, Too Much Rain from Chaos etc. Paul never speaks up for his "total career". You just want to shake him. * Paul Weller's comment/question was the "best" as someone earlier mentioned. He not only asked the general "Doing a new song vs. playing the hits" at your concerts"...but he then mentions that Memory Almost Full is one of his favorite albums. Now that was a perfect time for Macca to say...Thanks Mr. Weller and I agree. Lots of good stuff on that album. But Paul is his own worse enemy. Instead of taking the opportunity to enhance his Solo stuff (on a comment that someone as prestigious as Paul Weller made), he goes into his pat answer that when he goes to a show (e.g. Stones) he want sot hear the hits. Again, I just want to shake him. Speak up for yourself. You're never going to hear Yoko Ono complementing his Solo carreer
I was disappointed too about the standard answers. U've absolutly right there were more than one chance to advertise the solo career in a positive way (many of us here would like).
It would be more tolerable if he said some new things about The Beatles for once. It's like he only remembers 10 things about his entire time with the band. I wonder if you repeat the same story over and over again if you don't recall other things. I get it, sometimes. If someone asked you questions about yourself 20, 30, 40, 50 years ago, you would stumble sometimes.
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every time paul speaks about the "composition" of his setlists he refers to first timers and the big hits... I'm currios to know what would be his (alternate) setlist if he wouldn't orientate on that argumentation
: . That would have been a very interessting question for an interview like the bbc one yesterday!
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moptops:
oobu24:
mr.flamingpie:
B J Conlee:
RockyRaccoon68:
He didn't say anything new but I do think he came across well. It was definitely one of his more likeable interviews.
______________________________________________________ I agree Rocky Boy (couldn't resist ha, ha) Just watched it on the Internet. I thought Paul seemed very relaxed and spoke well. John Wilson also did a better job than most as a MC. Here are some of my comments/questions: * Why is Paul doing something like this right now during a strenuous tour. His voice sounded very hoarse. During the times he did a song snippet, he really sounded bad. He needs rest if he expects to keep such a hectic schedule. It just makes you wonder. * I thought the question that Noel Gallagher (Oasis) asked was stupid. For those who didn't see it, he said he was with Stella and Mary and since he didn't have a question, they asked him to ask their Dad a question for them...which one of us is Dad's favorite. It's a stupid question because it has an obvious answer. * Someone asked Paul to name the greatest song he wrote. Another question that Paul always gets. I just wished he would spice up his answer. You know he is gong to say Here-There-and Everywhere and Yesterday because he always says this. It would be the perfect time for Paul to say that he has top favorites from all of his eras. So instead of just including a couple of Beatle songs, he could also include Wanderlust and Tug of War from Tug of War, Somedays and Little Willow from Flaming Pie, Too Much Rain from Chaos etc. Paul never speaks up for his "total career". You just want to shake him. * Paul Weller's comment/question was the "best" as someone earlier mentioned. He not only asked the general "Doing a new song vs. playing the hits" at your concerts"...but he then mentions that Memory Almost Full is one of his favorite albums. Now that was a perfect time for Macca to say...Thanks Mr. Weller and I agree. Lots of good stuff on that album. But Paul is his own worse enemy. Instead of taking the opportunity to enhance his Solo stuff (on a comment that someone as prestigious as Paul Weller made), he goes into his pat answer that when he goes to a show (e.g. Stones) he want sot hear the hits. Again, I just want to shake him. Speak up for yourself. You're never going to hear Yoko Ono complementing his Solo carreer
I was disappointed too about the standard answers. U've absolutly right there were more than one chance to advertise the solo career in a positive way (many of us here would like).
Do you think Yoko or John would still be talking about the Beatles? They had their own agenda. "I don't believe in Beatles"
George wouldn't. Even Ringo never mentions The Beatles by name at his concerts. Moreover he's loathe to dwell on his Beatles past. Paul looks for an opening and jumps in head first!
- Asking a parent who their favorite child is amazes me. Of course you are going to get the typical "I love them all the same". if he said anything else I would be disappointed in him. 2) They need phrase the question differently to him about his favorite songs. Ask him his top three favorites from Beatles, Wings and Solo. 3) I would have followed up his answer about wanting to hear the hits and say that you play about 30 hits in your show for first timers and would love to hear stuff from MAF and then name specific songs. If it was me, I would mention "That Was Me" and "House of Wax". 4) I think most of us agree that the other three would not in their 70's still be mentioning the Beatles all the time. Like I said in another post, would love to have him set up with electric shock during interview and anytime he mentions The Beatles he gets a shock - lol.
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oobu24:
mr.flamingpie:
B J Conlee:
RockyRaccoon68:
He didn't say anything new but I do think he came across well. It was definitely one of his more likeable interviews.
______________________________________________________ I agree Rocky Boy (couldn't resist ha, ha) Just watched it on the Internet. I thought Paul seemed very relaxed and spoke well. John Wilson also did a better job than most as a MC. Here are some of my comments/questions: * Why is Paul doing something like this right now during a strenuous tour. His voice sounded very hoarse. During the times he did a song snippet, he really sounded bad. He needs rest if he expects to keep such a hectic schedule. It just makes you wonder. * I thought the question that Noel Gallagher (Oasis) asked was stupid. For those who didn't see it, he said he was with Stella and Mary and since he didn't have a question, they asked him to ask their Dad a question for them...which one of us is Dad's favorite. It's a stupid question because it has an obvious answer. * Someone asked Paul to name the greatest song he wrote. Another question that Paul always gets. I just wished he would spice up his answer. You know he is gong to say Here-There-and Everywhere and Yesterday because he always says this. It would be the perfect time for Paul to say that he has top favorites from all of his eras. So instead of just including a couple of Beatle songs, he could also include Wanderlust and Tug of War from Tug of War, Somedays and Little Willow from Flaming Pie, Too Much Rain from Chaos etc. Paul never speaks up for his "total career". You just want to shake him. * Paul Weller's comment/question was the "best" as someone earlier mentioned. He not only asked the general "Doing a new song vs. playing the hits" at your concerts"...but he then mentions that Memory Almost Full is one of his favorite albums. Now that was a perfect time for Macca to say...Thanks Mr. Weller and I agree. Lots of good stuff on that album. But Paul is his own worse enemy. Instead of taking the opportunity to enhance his Solo stuff (on a comment that someone as prestigious as Paul Weller made), he goes into his pat answer that when he goes to a show (e.g. Stones) he want sot hear the hits. Again, I just want to shake him. Speak up for yourself. You're never going to hear Yoko Ono complementing his Solo carreer
I was disappointed too about the standard answers. U've absolutly right there were more than one chance to advertise the solo career in a positive way (many of us here would like).
Do you think Yoko or John would still be talking about the Beatles? They had their own agenda. "I don't believe in Beatles"
Is it his fault that people want to ask him about The Beatles? An interviewer isn't going to interview Paul McCartney without having questions about The Beatles
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Mate if I asked him about rare Beatles or Wings he would still divert to the robotic standard replies...
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Adonnis:
oobu24:
mr.flamingpie:
B J Conlee:
RockyRaccoon68:
He didn't say anything new but I do think he came across well. It was definitely one of his more likeable interviews.
______________________________________________________ I agree Rocky Boy (couldn't resist ha, ha) Just watched it on the Internet. I thought Paul seemed very relaxed and spoke well. John Wilson also did a better job than most as a MC. Here are some of my comments/questions: * Why is Paul doing something like this right now during a strenuous tour. His voice sounded very hoarse. During the times he did a song snippet, he really sounded bad. He needs rest if he expects to keep such a hectic schedule. It just makes you wonder. * I thought the question that Noel Gallagher (Oasis) asked was stupid. For those who didn't see it, he said he was with Stella and Mary and since he didn't have a question, they asked him to ask their Dad a question for them...which one of us is Dad's favorite. It's a stupid question because it has an obvious answer. * Someone asked Paul to name the greatest song he wrote. Another question that Paul always gets. I just wished he would spice up his answer. You know he is gong to say Here-There-and Everywhere and Yesterday because he always says this. It would be the perfect time for Paul to say that he has top favorites from all of his eras. So instead of just including a couple of Beatle songs, he could also include Wanderlust and Tug of War from Tug of War, Somedays and Little Willow from Flaming Pie, Too Much Rain from Chaos etc. Paul never speaks up for his "total career". You just want to shake him. * Paul Weller's comment/question was the "best" as someone earlier mentioned. He not only asked the general "Doing a new song vs. playing the hits" at your concerts"...but he then mentions that Memory Almost Full is one of his favorite albums. Now that was a perfect time for Macca to say...Thanks Mr. Weller and I agree. Lots of good stuff on that album. But Paul is his own worse enemy. Instead of taking the opportunity to enhance his Solo stuff (on a comment that someone as prestigious as Paul Weller made), he goes into his pat answer that when he goes to a show (e.g. Stones) he want sot hear the hits. Again, I just want to shake him. Speak up for yourself. You're never going to hear Yoko Ono complementing his Solo carreer
I was disappointed too about the standard answers. U've absolutly right there were more than one chance to advertise the solo career in a positive way (many of us here would like).
Do you think Yoko or John would still be talking about the Beatles? They had their own agenda. "I don't believe in Beatles"
Is it his fault that people want to ask him about The Beatles? An interviewer isn't going to interview Paul McCartney without having questions about The Beatles
There is no such thing as an interview with Paul McCartney where he has no idea what the questions will be. Stipulations are set in stone.
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The Beatles mean a great deal to Paul, being a huge part of his music career and they were the first Super Star band (for lack of a better word), a fantastic mind blowing experience which understandably continues to exert an enormous impact on him. You don't go through something like Beatlemania without remembering and still being influenced by their glory days. He knows it means a great deal to millions of other people besides the members of the Beatles and Beatle people who were personal friends and colleagues of the Fabs during early days. It's sad and a trip to see them all dying off. Not "all" but a lot of them. Tony Bramwell the latest. One can see how Paul is still awestruck by that part of his life, likes to recall and relive it fairly frequently. He's said to have the most vast accumulation and assortment of Beatles memorabilia and I can well imagine him loving to look at all that on occasion, having a lot of fun with it
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You can milk your past glories only so much. Even retired pro-football players' Superbowl stories get old sooner or later. As Janet Jackson once asked: What have you done for me lately?
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Besides Paul Weller, I will give John Wilson (the MC) some credit for bringing more things up about his Post Beatles Career. Examples I remember are: * Every Night - not the normal Solo song that Paul gets asked about. Paul showed how he got the song started via hitting a chord on the guitar (similar to what he says about the initial origin of "You Won't See Me" on his current tour). * Early Days - Mr. Wilson brought up Early Days a song that Paul wrote just a few years ago. It was refreshing to hear and then they showed a clip of the video for Early Days. * Coming Up - Mr. Wilson brought up this 1980 song and how it helped bring John Lennon out of his retirement and back in the studio. Of course Mr. Wilson brought up the last 2 songs to get back to Beatle related discussions but at least he brought up these 2 Solo songs that were written long after the Beatles split and are not normally discussed. One thing that bothered me about this event and what happened the next morning all over the various websites. Mr. Wilson got Paul to discuss what happened to him personally after the Beatles split up. Paul went into depth about the split, the legal problems, the animosity between him and his fellow Beatles etc. He went on about his problems with the bottle and how Linda got him out of it. He spoke about the genesis of starting a band (Wings) and how terrible they were. He told about having to teach Linda the Keyboards and the story of one of the University Tours where Linda forgot the opening chords to Wildlife. This was all fine (although I had heard them before) but then the worse things happen the next day. The following morning headlines on some of the big internet sites and under Paul McCartney news was: "Paul says that Wings were terrible". Now we know that the headline was taken totally out of context but again how many people just see the headline. We all know that Paul was talking about Wings in the very beginning. That is when you could say they were terrible. It was just the opposite in 1975-1976 period when Wings became one of the biggest Concert draws in the World. They were a very good band and Paul has often said this. Just wish that during this part of the interview Paul would have qualified his "terrible" remark by saying that by 1976 Wings was a great band. I can only imagine how Denny Laine, Joe English, Laurence Jubor and/or Steve Holly might have felt if they saw these headlines. Hopefully they realize that it was taken totally out of context.
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SusyLuvsPaul:
The Beatles mean a great deal to Paul, being a huge part of his music career and they were the first Super Star band (for lack of a better word), a fantastic mind blowing experience which understandably continues to exert an enormous impact on him. You don't go through something like Beatlemania without remembering and still being influenced by their glory days. He knows it means a great deal to millions of other people besides the members of the Beatles and Beatle people who were personal friends and colleagues of the Fabs during early days. It's sad and a trip to see them all dying off. Not "all" but a lot of them. Tony Bramwell the latest. One can see how Paul is still awestruck by that part of his life, likes to recall and relive it fairly frequently. He's said to have the most vast accumulation and assortment of Beatles memorabilia and I can well imagine him loving to look at all that on occasion, having a lot of fun with it
For the second time, it is Tony Barrow most recently deceased!
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B J Conlee:
Besides Paul Weller, I will give John Wilson (the MC) some credit for bringing more things up about his Post Beatles Career. Examples I remember are: * Every Night - not the normal Solo song that Paul gets asked about. Paul showed how he got the song started via hitting a chord on the guitar (similar to what he says about the initial origin of "You Won't See Me" on his current tour). * Early Days - Mr. Wilson brought up Early Days a song that Paul wrote just a few years ago. It was refreshing to hear and then they showed a clip of the video for Early Days. * Coming Up - Mr. Wilson brought up this 1980 song and how it helped bring John Lennon out of his retirement and back in the studio. Of course Mr. Wilson brought up the last 2 songs to get back to Beatle related discussions but at least he brought up these 2 Solo songs that were written long after the Beatles split and are not normally discussed. One thing that bothered me about this event and what happened the next morning all over the various websites. Mr. Wilson got Paul to discuss what happened to him personally after the Beatles split up. Paul went into depth about the split, the legal problems, the animosity between him and his fellow Beatles etc. He went on about his problems with the bottle and how Linda got him out of it. He spoke about the genesis of starting a band (Wings) and how terrible they were. He told about having to teach Linda the Keyboards and the story of one of the University Tours where Linda forgot the opening chords to Wildlife. This was all fine (although I had heard them before) but then the worse things happen the next day. The following morning headlines on some of the big internet sites and under Paul McCartney news was: "Paul says that Wings were terrible". Now we know that the headline was taken totally out of context but again how many people just see the headline. We all know that Paul was talking about Wings in the very beginning. That is when you could say they were terrible. It was just the opposite in 1975-1976 period when Wings became one of the biggest Concert draws in the World. They were a very good band and Paul has often said this. Just wish that during this part of the interview Paul would have qualified his "terrible" remark by saying that by 1976 Wings was a great band. I can only imagine how Denny Laine, Joe English, Laurence Jubor and/or Steve Holly might have felt if they saw these headlines. Hopefully they realize that it was taken totally out of context.
____________________________________________________ Did anyone else get annoyed with the headlines following the "master tapes' interview" that read something to the effect: Paul admits that Wings were terrible! The typical things that certain members of the press who have agenda's do. Take something totally out of context and make a headline out of it like what they are saying is "totally" true.
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Just talking with a friend about our upcoming 40th high school reunions this summer and that got us trying to remember the top songs from 1976... Billboard #1 1976....Silly Love Songs! Hard to believe Paul hasn't played it live in almost all those 40 years since. Or did I miss it somewhere along the line?
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bernie1cat:
Just talking with a friend about our upcoming 40th high school reunions this summer and that got us trying to remember the top songs from 1976... Billboard #1 1976....Silly Love Songs! Hard to believe Paul hasn't played it live in almost all those 40 years since. Or did I miss it somewhere along the line?
Not played live since October '76, however it was played in 1984's "Give My Regards To Broad Street".
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DrivinFan:
bernie1cat:
Just talking with a friend about our upcoming 40th high school reunions this summer and that got us trying to remember the top songs from 1976... Billboard #1 1976....Silly Love Songs! Hard to believe Paul hasn't played it live in almost all those 40 years since. Or did I miss it somewhere along the line?
Not played live since October '76, however it was played in 1984's "Give My Regards To Broad Street".
That was a very robotic performance though.
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moptops:
DrivinFan:
bernie1cat:
Just talking with a friend about our upcoming 40th high school reunions this summer and that got us trying to remember the top songs from 1976... Billboard #1 1976....Silly Love Songs! Hard to believe Paul hasn't played it live in almost all those 40 years since. Or did I miss it somewhere along the line?
Not played live since October '76, however it was played in 1984's "Give My Regards To Broad Street".
That was a very robotic performance though.
With the exception of the bass solo -- which, for many years, I'd mistakenly believed was played by Macca himself* -- I must agree. * = played by the super-funky, recently deceased Louis Johnson of The Brothers Johnson
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audi:
moptops:
DrivinFan:
bernie1cat:
Just talking with a friend about our upcoming 40th high school reunions this summer and that got us trying to remember the top songs from 1976... Billboard #1 1976....Silly Love Songs! Hard to believe Paul hasn't played it live in almost all those 40 years since. Or did I miss it somewhere along the line?
Not played live since October '76, however it was played in 1984's "Give My Regards To Broad Street".
That was a very robotic performance though.
With the exception of the bass solo -- which, for many years, I'd mistakenly believed was played by Macca himself* -- I must agree. * = played by the super-funky, recently deceased Louis Johnson of The Brothers Johnson
I was alluding more to the video from the film...good grief, what were they thinking? Oh the 80's. Yuk.
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Been too long. Can't recall it. But if I had to guess: Are you referring to the futuristic, white face-paint costumes?
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audi:
Been too long. Can't recall it. But if I had to guess: Are you referring to the futuristic, white face-paint costumes?
Yep.