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Socrates1
Is Macca a little bit boring or is it just me?
It's you. Plus, he's 74 this June. Any show that opens with Hard Day's Night and closes with the Abbey Road trilogy is always great.
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DGA35
Thanks for the info CR. I remember when I saw him in late 2012 in Vancouver, the pyro for Live and Let Die was the most I'd ever seen for any band, more than Motley or KISS! So much smoke in BC Place, then he plays Hey Jude and you could barely see the stage with all the smoke!
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DGA35
I read on line that the last 7 times he's played Mull of Kintyre have all been in Canada and he's never played it in the States?! Not sure why not.
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JumpingKentFlash
Of course the Abbey Road trilogy is good, but he's done it since 2001 now.
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DGA35
Hey Paddy, I'm very surprised that he does back to back nights at his age! I didn't go last night but I figured that his voice wouldn't be as good as the previous night. Did he play Mull of Kintyre again during the encore?
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Paddy2008
I think Paul may have a flu or head cold, voice was shaky in places last night, even when he was talking to the crowd but overall great night.
Prob not as good as 2012 and 2013 but still a Legend and great energy.
The only thing that pisses me off with a show like Paul's is the same stories and jokes at the same point in each show you see.
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DGA35
Hey Paddy, I'm very surprised that he does back to back nights at his age! I didn't go last night but I figured that his voice wouldn't be as good as the previous night. Did he play Mull of Kintyre again during the encore?
Yep the Delta Police Band came on last night also. Ya know what, the fact that he is 73/74 and doing back to back nights is amazing. I was happy with his vocals but you are correct it would have been better on Tuesday night I'm guessing.
I was spoiled with the show in BC Place last time round and again with a show in Seattle a few summers ago. My only gripe was no Helter Skelter! :-)
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DGA35
Hey Paddy, I'm very surprised that he does back to back nights at his age! I didn't go last night but I figured that his voice wouldn't be as good as the previous night. Did he play Mull of Kintyre again during the encore?
Yep the Delta Police Band came on last night also. Ya know what, the fact that he is 73/74 and doing back to back nights is amazing. I was happy with his vocals but you are correct it would have been better on Tuesday night I'm guessing.
I was spoiled with the show in BC Place last time round and again with a show in Seattle a few summers ago. My only gripe was no Helter Skelter! :-)
We got "Helter Skelter" in Seattle with 2 bass players (Krist Novoselic). It was phenomenal & worked real well. Not many songs lend themselves to that but Helter sure did!
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Montrealsuperfan
I was there for night one in Vancouver. Not a huge fan per se, but this was a killer show. Wow- what a catalogue to chose from.
I was up front and the "Live and let Die" pyro and explosions were something else. You could tell that Sir Paul was annoyed that one of the explosions went off to close to him. He was pointing to the roadies and gesturing to his ears with a pined look on his face. He is a pro though and on with the show....
The last comment I have is that both Paul and most of the band are exceptional multi instrument players. Wow!
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Paddy2008
I think Paul may have a flu or head cold, voice was shaky in places last night, even when he was talking to the crowd but overall great night.
Prob not as good as 2012 and 2013 but still a Legend and great energy.
The only thing that pisses me off with a show like Paul's is the same stories and jokes at the same point in each show you see.
His voice has been going for some time unfortunately. In general once he's warmed up a bit he gets better. A disadvantage he has is that apart from Helter Skelter he has songs stuffed with melodic content and they're quite unforgiving if his voice is off.
I've only seen him twice and there was good, bad and brilliant. Overall he was bloody brilliant. 3 hours and close on 40 songs.
The end of Hey Jude was ecstatic until he went into his "all the boys/all the girls" routine. I went from heaven to hell in about 5 seconds.
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whitem8
I was cranking out Electric Arguments today, one of his all time best solo albums. Brilliant.
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whitem8
Mickscary is back! Been a long time since you lurked these halls!
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rbk
In between Busch Stadium in St. Louis and two nights of 20,000 each in Cleveland, Macca is bringing this show to my town to a building that holds 11,000. Apparently the "most intimate" venue on the tour. I haven't seen him since long before Linda died but five minutes from home?? WOOOT!!