I've seen great reviews for the Wings Over Europe Live disc!

Can't believe McCartney made the gigantic mistake of not making this a stand alone disc that everyone could buy?!  What was he thinking?  He should know that any rare live Wings released officially is going to be a very hot item!  I hope this same mistake isn't made in the future When he releases Wings last live shows!

Oh and I can't wait to get my hands on Wings Over Europe!

Listened to the whole album twice, of course I'll need to hear it on my bose system, but my initial thoughts...

After hearing the entire album... McCartney's voice sounds really good.
I Don't Know
Come On To Me
Back In Brazil, are good.

Who Cares is better, I like the guitars but it's way too short and could have used a guitar solo.
Hunt You Down/Naked/C-link is my fave on the album. Something finally really rocks and the changes and McCartney's guitar playing add to the mix.
Seems Like the bass playing isn't as prominent throughout as I'd like.

The rest just didn't do anything for me, Despite Repeated Warnings has a nice middle section but for me it's a disappointment.
I don't hear anything on this album as good as the best of McCartney solo.

I'll listen again on a much better system, was really looking forward to it and had high hopes, but for me this album is just okay, not as good as MAF or New. Not enough in the rock direction, really wish McCartney would get a producer that understood that.
Just my very humble opinion.

McCartney has always tried different sounds and styles, the variety in his music is one of the absolutely beautiful things aobut it!

Fuh You doesn't do it for me, it doesn't sound like Paul McCartney, it's too far away from his strengths to me.  Of the three songs so far, Come On To Me is the best.

I wish McCartney would get away from all these type producers and get a producer that understands rock and roll!

Get his band in the studio and write in his style, and not worry about being contemporary.  McCartney's roots are rock and roll not this current sounding stuff.  I give him total credit for staying in the game and trying out new things, but his classic style of writing is more than good enough!

Here's a better clip of McCartney performing his new single.  Just click on the link below.

Yankeefan2 wrote:

left hand man wrote:

As long as McCartney performs live, I will want him to perform more of his fantastic music!

A bunch of us do but we have come to understand it is not going to happen  !!

Maybe not, but as long as he performs live, I will continue to ask and keep hope alive!

As long as McCartney performs live, I will want him to perform more of his fantastic music!

Again, McCartney gets no excuses from me, and my post are not just wishful thinking!

Over all these decades, McCartney has had plenty of time to change his setlist!  This isn't something that just started recently, people have been asking for changes since the 90's, I know because I'm one of them!  I saw his setlist becoming predictable and staying Beatle heavy back then, and it has remained that way!  The people seeing him for the first time thing is tired and old now, they've had all these decades to see McCartney's Beatle heavy setlist!

More people know his more current music than you think, just look at Youtube and all the different musicians and people doing versions of his more current music!  How many of his more current albums were in the top ten?  His standards album was #1 on the billboard jazz chart!  There's just no excuse for it anymore, the man has the material, he should be reaching much deeper than he does!

Yes he's 75, but he's still performing live and if he can still sing the songs he does, he can still add new ones!  He's probably going to add songs from his new album, so he could add songs from thru out his career!  As I posted earlier, he could do songs he hasn't done since the 70s, if they were good enough then, believe me they are probably even better now!

No one can tell me, crowds wouldn't be thrilled to hear Big Barn Bed, The Mess, Smile Away, Getting Closer, I've Had Enough, I Can Bet, That Was Me, House Of Wax, Take It Away, No More Lonely Nights, One Of These Days, Cafe On The Left Bank, Beware My Love, Best Friend, With A Little Luck, etc.

He plays some fantastic songs during his soundchecks, why not add them to the actual show?  The song Alligator is one of them, another is Friends To Go, two great songs, why not do them in the show?!  I just don't get it?

When it comes to live performance, Paul McCartney is leaving so much fantastic music just lying on the table?!

I'm making no excuses for McCartney, he should change his setlist!

The man has the quality material, he has the band they can rehearse any song, so there's no excuse!  If he can play a song like Temporary Secretary, he most certainly can play songs that are way better!

No one expects him not to play some hits, but how about the rest of the show, he could easily swap out some songs, and he could even play Wings/solo songs that he has before, especially the ones that he hasn't done since the 70s like...

Getting Closer, The Mess, Smile Away, Big Barn Bed, Best Friend , I've Had Enough and how many does he have to choose from the rest of his career?  Something that blows my mind is how he doesn't perform a fantastic song like I Can Bet?!  That song would be absolutely awesome and is just screaming to be performed live!  Did he ever play House Of Wax, That Was Me for American audiences?  In fact did he ever perform any of those songs I listed above for American Audiences?

It's just my opinion, but McCartney's lack of performing more of his Wings/solo material since the 70s, is the one strike against his live performance legacy!  Changing one or two songs just doesn't cut it, his setlist became predictable years ago!  It's really sad because it doesn't have to be!

Would be absolutely awesome if McCartney opened with The Mess, and then backed it up with Getting Closer!  Now that would be a show I'd like to see!

If people haven't seen McCartney's Beatle heavy show after all these years, oh well!

It's way past time he dedicated at least one tour to his Wings/solo material!

My wish for McCartney's new album is that he finally record with his band!  He has yet to record a FULL ALBUM using only his band!  They've done bits and pieces, but it's way past time they recorded a whole album.  How long have they been together, it's time!