I took along a friend for the Glasgow show and we were both totally mesmerised by it I still keep in touch with the woman I was sat next to with whom I danced for 3 hours but who I had never met before until that night. It really was a special sunny Scottish experience
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RE: Paul, Hampden Park, Glasgow, 20th June - ARCHIVE
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RE: Paul, Hampden Park, Glasgow, 20th June - ARCHIVE
Triplets Love Paul:
Euan B:
My review of the gig is published in this month's British Beatles Fan Club magazine
Great news, Euan!!! Congratulations!!!
Agreed! It was enough for me to take out membership so really looking forward to reading it
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RE: What makes you smile?
Every time I think of the Hampden concert recently, I have the biggest smile on my face My guitars make me happy, and good music too. Even through the worst of times, the correct piece of music can lift you - even if it's only temporary - and take you to a much better place. Also, seeing dogs hanging their heads out of car windows
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RE: what do you think of Dogs
I absolutely adore dogs (and cats). It's the one thing in my life I would like more than anything but being on my own and working all day means there's no one at home to look after him when I'm out and it wouldn't be fair to have one. I love their honesty, their warmth, and the manner in which they adore and abide by their owners. Such true committed love that very few people are able or willing to give. People are always amazed at how much I love animals as they see me as being a bit cold because I really don't like children so they assume that I am not capable of going all gooey eyed and soppy until they see me with animals and see that I'm just a softie at heart!
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RE: iPod Shuffle
The Beatles - Fool on the Hill (Blue Album) John Denver - Leaving on a Jet Plane (used to taunt my colleagues before I go on holiday) Elvis Costello - This Year's Girl Queen - We are the Champions Rodrigo y Gabriela - Triveni Elvis Costello - High Fidelity The Beatles - Yesterday (Red album) Dick Dale - Miserlou Bob Dylan - Just Like a Woman John Lennon - Whatever Gets You Through the Night
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RE: What Concerts are you going to this year?
Eli Paperboy Reed as part of the Edge Festival in Edinburgh during August (will be the 3rd time this year!), and also The Gaslight Anthem in November.
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RE: What Beatles Item did you last buy?
Another guitar strap - this time the Help strap for the ('Inspired by Lennon) Epiphone Casino guitar. http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg187/nicola1976edinburgh/Lennoncasino.jpg
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RE: Paul, Hampden Park, Glasgow, 20th June - ARCHIVE
The photos from the Revolver show looked good too! I recognised a few faces from around me at Hampden. I was so worried beforehand that it was going to be a 'sitting down' show with me being unable to dance or anything, but there was little chance of people doing anything other than dancing around me! I've got Elvis Costello in Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall on 2nd July, and in some ways, I'm not looking forward to sitting down at it. I like to bop about! Anyhow, I've decided to bite the bullet and have got a ticket for Hard Rock Calling. London, here I come!!!
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RE: Paul, Hampden Park, Glasgow, 20th June - ARCHIVE
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RE: Paul, Hampden Park, Glasgow, 20th June - ARCHIVE
Great review on The Big Issue website: Paul McCartney Hampden Stadium 5/5 It?d be easy to make 68-year-old dad-rocking former Beatle Paul McCartney sound ridiculous ? he can?t resist lifting his guitar in the air at the end of every song (even when it?s actually a mandolin), he boogies on the spot, pointed fingers aloft like an embarrassing uncle and later he?s an Englishman waving a giant Saltire. But just because it?s easy doesn?t mean that it?s right. In fact, over a remarkable three hours McCartney energetically runs through some of the best pop music that the world has ever seen. A dynamo in blue shirt and white braces (they make another Saltire on his back), he?s a cruise missile of crowd-pleasing. Even his most unfashionable hits ? a giant cheesy version of ?Mull of Kintyre? complete with the Loretto school pipe band and (yet another) giant Saltire in the background, a stadium-sized singalong to ?Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da? ? are far more enjoyable than it?s ok to admit in polite company. Between songs there?s plenty of love for the Scottish crowd, but also some fantastic anecdotes. Few other acts could tell the story of how they ?had the good fortune? to know Jimi Hendrix. ?We put out Sgt Pepper on the Friday night,? says McCartney, after a growling rendition of the riff from ?Foxy Lady?, ?on the Sunday I went to see Jimi live. He?d learned the whole thing and opened with ?Sgt Pepper?s Lonely Hearts Club Band?. It was the greatest compliment he could?ve paid me.? Thanks to Jimi?s enthusiastic use of the whammy bar, McCartney continues, his guitar was dreadfully out of tune, so he started scanning the audience for Eric Clapton, who was desperately trying to duck out of sight. There?s a big natural guffaw as McCartney recalls Clapton?s horrified face. That?s all before he brings out the really big guns. Starting with ?Eleanor Rigby?, the last 19 songs (of a truly massive 37) really show the depth of back catalogue that this living legend has to draw on. Pummelled with classic after classic ? ?Something? (played as a big-lump-in-the-throat George Harrison tribute), ?Back in the U.S.S.R.?, ?I?ve Got a Feeling?, ?Paperback Writer, ?Let It Be?, ?Hey Jude? ? you?re left wondering what he could possibly have left for an encore. A musically, and literally, explosive version of one of Bond's best themes ?Live And Let Die?, which is surrounded by spectacular pyrotechnics, is the kind of finale lesser acts would actually die for. Yet as McCartney returns for the encore, correctly assessing that ?I get the feeling you guys want to keep rocking?, he?s well capable of giving tens of thousands of Scots exactly what they desire. Over two encores he?s still got a thrashing ?Helter Skelter?, a heartstrings-tugging ?Yesterday? and a howling ?Get Back? up his sleeve. Apologising for leaving ? ?We?ve got to go home some time. You?ve got to go home some time? ? he finishes up with an apposite medley of ?Sgt. Pepper? (?We?d like to thank you once again?) and ?The End?. As the (naturally blue and white) ticker tape drowns the front row, we?re left in no doubt that we?re being sent back to our beds. Although you get the feeling McCartney was right and Glasgow could?ve gone all night, not a single member of the audience, which ranges from six to 64 and well beyond, could possibly feel short changed. Excellent review!
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RE: Paul, Hampden Park, Glasgow, 20th June - ARCHIVE
susieboo93:
brilliant gig - i was 11th row in AA7 - great view and lots of tears - the technical hitch at the start was great, some decent unplanned banter and the glasgow crowd loved MACCA! can't wait until hyde park
You must've been near me - I was in AA7, Row N. Great view. Did anyone get some good close ups of Loretto Band? Found out this morning that the son of a colleague was on stage last night and thought I would try and get him some photos...........
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RE: Paul, Hampden Park, Glasgow, 20th June - ARCHIVE
parkymac:
I did the Moonwalk too. Was all worth it though, wasn't it? I forgot all about my sore legs and feet when Macca came on! I'm suffering today though!
Absolutely worth it! Even off the back of 1 hour dozing on the sofa before heading through to Glasgow, I didn't stop dancing! Deserved my chips on the way back to the car afterwards under guise of 'trying to stave off cramp' during the night Will never do the Moonwalk again, but the experience of seeing Macca is one I'm hoping I can repeat very soon. Hard Rock Calling is looking very tempting for next weekend............
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RE: Paul, Hampden Park, Glasgow, 20th June - ARCHIVE
I did the Edinburgh Moonwalk last night - the full 26.2 miles and spent the first hour after it in the medical tent : Impossible to walk right now but I'll be there
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RE: Paul, Hampden Park, Glasgow, 20th June - ARCHIVE
Glad to see another Killie person on (even if I've been in Edinburgh for the past 12 years!) The kids from Loretto School in Musselburgh will be providing the bagpipes for Mull of Kintyre which will be a cracking experience for them. Personally, I'm looking forward to it! Cracking tune to whistle along to.
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RE: Paul, Hampden Park, Glasgow, 20th June - ARCHIVE
I hope everyone has a wonderful time I'm in block A7, row N which could be among the first 14 or 15 rows depending upon how the seats are arranged. From memory the tiered seating at Hampden starts from AA at the front with the single letters being further up (don't hold me to it though, I'm thinking back to Scotland games a few years back!) and I don't know if it will be similar on the pitch seating. I suppose we'll find out on Sunday! Have a great time.
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RE: Paul, Hampden Park, Glasgow, 20th June - ARCHIVE
If you're getting the train from Mount Florida railway station, then there could be a long wait. A friend of mine queued for a train there after Springsteen and I was back in Edinburgh by car before she got on a train!
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RE: What Beatles Item did you last buy?
For me it has been two Beatles guitar straps - Revolver and Beatles for Sale - and a George canvas for the music room.
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RE: Paul, Hampden Park, Glasgow, 20th June - ARCHIVE
Hi all - really looking forward to Sunday. I'm sure we'll have a great show! Last time I was at Hampden was for Springsteen last year and while the acoustics of the stadium aren't the best, I'm sure we'll barely notice when the show starts! Like others, I've got no interest in seeing Sharleen Spiteri so will be heading for my usual Hampden parking spot (around Elrig and Monireith Road near Cathcart railway station) hopefully timed well to get there after she's finished!