Well said, couldn't agree more
Posts made by forget 64
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RE: Adelaide, Australia - Wed 18 Oct 2023 Confirmed
I just read an article in Rolling Stone Magazine from October 19th 2023 titled "Paul McCartney Delivers the Greatest Rock N Roll Show on Earth." Sounds like, as usual, it was another Great McCartney concert in Adelaide. In the article the author wrote:
"As with all McCartney shows, there are touchstones in the setlist that will always resonate. To hear an arena sing the na na na's in "Hey Jude" is sheer joy; his tribute to George Harrison was a ukulele led "Something" is sublime; John Lennon appearing via Peter Jackson's cinematic genius for "I've Got a Feeling" was profoundly moving - and further enhanced by a stunning new coda McCartney has added to the song."In another part of the article the author wrote:
"To see him riffing on his 1963 Hofner Bass or sitting at the psychedelic piano and leading us through his unparalleled catalogue is a thrill. The voice somehow became herculean as the night wore on - who else would drop "Helter Skelter" two hours in and tear it to shreds?The author. ended the article with " In Adelaide last night, McCartney delivered the greatest rock and roll show on earth, a triumph".
If you're a McCartney Fan and you get a chance read the article you'll enjoy it.
Hopefully he'll play Europe and or the U.S. so I can see this concert!
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RE: What makes you smile?
Paul having new tour dates. Selling out arenas and bringing his fantastic show to the world. I've seen him a lot but its never enough!!! It's the best show on the planet, like it has been every time he plays. Enjoy it, it won't last forever. IMO :
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RE: New Sound Check Book - 2022
The absolute best experience's I have ever heard about!!!
I Was there the first time, but just missed the next.
It couldn't have happened to 2 better people!!!"The top of the mountain!!
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RE: Welcome to the NEW Maccaboard!
Thanks for taking care of my log in issues.
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RE: MetLife Stadium, New Jersey - June 16, 2022 Confirmed
AcresOfFun wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
Did anybody else find it ironic that Paul had the time with the band to quickly "learn" "Glory Days" but he can't seem to have time to rehearse new songs from "McCartney III" to play on tour.
Nope! Most of us are just enjoying the shows and appreciative when he continues to do fun, different things at 80 years old. Thank you Paul for another great show and fantastic tour!
It certainly was "Another great Show"and a very enjoyable tour for the shows I went to. He had Met Life rocking ! Just hope he keeps on touring even if he plays less dates. IMO No reason to stop.
Happy Fathers Day Guys
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RE: Knoxville, TN 5/31 Thompson-Boling Arena
thenightfish wrote:
Was also in Knoxville. There is definitely stubble LOL.
LetMeRollIt, where the heck were the back gates? Media told everyone to get there early for parking and as a result, there was a huge cluster at all the doors when they opened, and it took ages to get inside. Very disorganized and the heat didn't help. We were there very early for limo watch and then had a ton of time to waste because Paul arrived before 4:30, which is super-early for him. If I had known how bad the doors would be, we would have camped out near one so as to be first in.
Knoxville had a great, loud crowd which Paul acknowledged several times. His voice definitely sounds better live. He did take a drink before the platform solo set, and also took another one right before Live and Let Die.
John - Coming Up gets done in soundcheck sometimes and does sound great with the horn section. It would be fun if he put it into the set.
And it seems that Women and Wives has disappeared; I thought he was doing it on alternate nights, but during a discussion about it after the show, I checked setlist.fm, and it seems that it has not been performed since Fort Worth. Which is disappointing. I am glad I caught it in Seattle (at a show and a soundcheck).
Will see if I can remember anything else unique to Knoxville...
Front row "D", Always happy to see you and the crew!!! As usual, another GREAT concert .
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RE: Set List critique
B J Conlee wrote:
Just read a review from the Winston Salem Show that made me feel good. The writer of the article is from Charlotte and he had a 80 mile drive to get to the show.
Despite the traffic problems and heavy rainstorm before the concert, he loved the show. I didn't realize that "population wise" Winston Salem was such a small area compared to Charlotte. From what the writer said, the capacity for this smaller stadium venue was about 30,000. Paul and Band actually ended up with a crowd of about 33,000 people. They opened up "lawn seats" for only a $40.00 cost that the writer said ended up being some of the best seats in the venue.
Now if that show was within a 100 miles fom me and they had such reasonable priced lawn seats, I would attend in a heartbeat despite having heard most of the songs (from past tours) and hearing many of the same stories in the past. I would just be thrilled being in the same stadium with other fellow Beatle/Paul fans.
Thinking about it further, what "living" music artist can still sell out stadium shows (e.g. Winston Salem, Sofi stadium in Los Angeles etc.) at those kinds of prices. Just a small list that you could count on one hand. That is why I think that Paul McCartney is the greatest.
Good Post and Good points.
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RE: Set List critique
george_e_girl wrote:
I agree with the majority of the people posting here. I am also disappointed that there aren't more changes in the setlist, but at this point, it's just not going to happen. At 80, it's not that Paul can't do it, but I have learned that he won't do it. This is his pattern, it's not changing now. Where I seem to differ with a lot of people is on the newer albums. I own the CD's and I have listened to them. They are good, but they aren't the music that Paul will be remembered for by most people. I don't really care to hear them live in concert. I would love to hear more from the 80's and 90's though. I am a long-time, die-hard fan. I will be seeing Paul for the 30th time this tour. I fear it may be the last. I selfishly want him to end on a high note, while he's still thrilling the fans! I don't want to see him falter.
I really enjoyed your post.I'm a die hard fan who has seen him many many times and I couldn't agree with you more. whatever he plays there will be complaints, we all have our ideas and favorites.
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RE: Ft Worth
thenightfish wrote:
forget 64 wrote:
NJR wrote:
forget 64 wrote:
Another GREAT McCartney show in Fort Worth!!!!! In my opinion It's DEFINITELY worth the price of admission, go if you can. Paul's voice was in good form and he seemed to be having a good time. I always look around at the audience while he's singing a song and look at all the happy faces.
I see you changed your profile pic! Cool photo!
Hi Nancy
Yeah, i had that picture of my son up since 2005. I figured i tortured him enough. He's 26 now and he wanted me to change it for a while. The new profile picture was from Cleveland August 17th 2016 .
Thought it looked familiar... Nice. Glad you had a great show in Fort Worth!
I sent you a PM a while back did you get it?
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RE: Soundcheck Experience
oobu24 wrote:
NJR wrote:
Clickable link:
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/paul-mccartney/2022/oakland-arena-oakland-ca-7bb78210.html
What's funny is that Paul's soundchecks are longer than the Beatles ever played in concert! (Hamburg doesn't count! I meant a proper concert.)
And I bet Paul makes way more money from that soundcheck than all 4 of them made back then.
without a doubt!
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RE: Ft Worth
lauralovespaul wrote:
What a great show in Ft. Worth! Paul looked and sounded great. The visuals were outstanding as well as the sound. The people around me were a mix of "original" fans, twenty somethings, kids and everything in between. I especially loved seeing the younger fans singing along to all the songs. The couple next to me were twenty somethings who had "My Valentine" as their wedding song and it was so sweet to see them singing and swaying to the song. (My wedding song, "Maybe I'm Amazed" came on a few songs later and we enjoyed that together.)
The only negative is Ticketmaster. I paid more than I've ever paid for tickets and had the worst seats I've ever had! And this includes front row center, section in Denver and a VIP experience Kansas City. A young woman standing next to me at the "drive by" (which was amazing because he actually had his car stop!) bought a ticket the day before with a better seat than mine for what I paid. Ticketmaster "released" some tickets.
Oh well, in the end I saw a fantastic show and that's what matters! Go see him if you can!
Front row center anywhere is an impossible ticket, that's awesome!! That must have been some show!
Ft. Worth was a fantastic show!
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RE: Ft Worth
NJR wrote:
forget 64 wrote:
Another GREAT McCartney show in Fort Worth!!!!! In my opinion It's DEFINITELY worth the price of admission, go if you can. Paul's voice was in good form and he seemed to be having a good time. I always look around at the audience while he's singing a song and look at all the happy faces.
I see you changed your profile pic! Cool photo!
Hi Nancy
Yeah, i had that picture of my son up since 2005. I figured i tortured him enough. He's 26 now and he wanted me to change it for a while. The new profile picture was from Cleveland August 17th 2016 .
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RE: Ft Worth
Another GREAT McCartney show in Fort Worth!!!!! In my opinion It's DEFINITELY worth the price of admission, go if you can. Paul's voice was in good form and he seemed to be having a good time. I always look around at the audience while he's singing a song and look at all the happy faces.
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RE: SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles - May 13, 2022 Confirmed
https://variety.com/2022/music/news/paul-mccartney-sofi-stadium-got-back-concert-review-1235267081/
Sounds like another great concert!!! Can't wait to see the show!!!
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RE: SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles - May 13, 2022 Confirmed
Annika wrote:
Got my soundcheck e-mail from SLO Tix, and check-in is from 3:00 - 3:30 PM.
So, the problem?
The earliest you can book parking at SoFi is starting at 3:30 PM...
Wow! I would try calling SLO Tix, and then the stadium. Good Luck
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RE: Oakland CA May 6
K wrote:
I remember seeing him doing San Francisco Bay Blues in 2013. I wonder of he will do it at one of the Oakland shows.
He played that song a lot at the sound checks in the past. He would dedicate it to Shelley, a wonderful women who amongst many other things , ran the sound checks. Unfortunately we lost her a couple of years back.
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RE: Oakland CA May 6
paulfan11 wrote:
-lady.madonna- wrote:
paulfan11 wrote:
8 more days, can't wait! I'll be at both shows.
Wow!!! That's great that you are attending both shows! < jealous >
See you on the 8th!!
This will be the first time I've seen Paul twice within a few days! I live so close, so I figured I'd go to both.
Thats great, very jealous! From the reviews I've read and from past experiences i'm sure you're going to see a great concert!! Enjoy!
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RE: MetLife Stadium, New Jersey - June 16, 2022 Confirmed
DrivinFan wrote:
Less than 2 weeks until the first night of the tour in Spokane...and 2 months until MetLife rocks again!!
Can't wait for the tour to start !!!!