Great work, right there.

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jahisnotdead

12 Blackbird - Some of these songs haven't been too flattering for his voice, but I definitely think his weathered voice sounds just right for this song - which is a work of genius I have to say. I've always loved this song, I once had a transcendent moment with it when I was younger.

Blackbird was great!

1. A Hard Day's Night
2. Hi Hi Hi
3. Can't Buy Me Love
4. Letting Go
5. I Got A Feelin'
6. Come On To Me
7. My Valentine
8. 1985
9. From Me To You
10 Love Me Do
11 FourFiveSeconds
12 Blackbird
13 Dance Tonight - Awesome. I love this song, one of my favorites from his recent work. How can anyone not like this little song? It's like a kitten.

The band is just tight.

Okay, this part sucks super bad, what in the world?

Let's rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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MisterDDDD
Meryl Streep rocking out... any other celeb sightings?

Jon Bon Jovi

Oh I do love Paul BUT
when we are partying Paul, at the show, let’s keep groovin’
I know your heart’s big, but instead of gooey moral lessons,
I wanted to be blasted with
‘Heater Skelter’
must be why I’m a RS fan

Gimme old Wings songs, I’ll take those!

#PaulMcCartneyLive #EgyptStation

1. A Hard Day's Night
2. Hi Hi Hi
3. Can't Buy Me Love
4. Letting Go
5. I Got A Feelin'
6. Come On To Me
7. My Valentine
8. 1985
9. From Me To You
10 Love Me Do
11 FourFiveSeconds
12 Blackbird
13 Dance Tonight
14 Who Cares - I'll save my opinion of the song itself for later, but it's really weird to have those kids dancing on the stage.

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MisterDDDD
Meryl Streep rocking out... any other celeb sightings?

Jon Bon Jovi

I saw Chris Rock too.

#PaulMcCartneyLive #EgyptStation

1. A Hard Day's Night
2. Hi Hi Hi
3. Can't Buy Me Love
4. Letting Go
5. I Got A Feelin'
6. Come On To Me
7. My Valentine
8. 1985
9. From Me To You
10 Love Me Do
11 FourFiveSeconds
12 Blackbird
13 Dance Tonight
14 Who Cares
15 I Saw Her Standing There - Another indestructible rocker. You'd think they would have the "you"'s and the "I's" synced by now, but maybe that's part of the charm.

This is fun, it's like a cool record release party.

#PaulMcCartneyLive #EgyptStation

1. A Hard Day's Night
2. Hi Hi Hi
3. Can't Buy Me Love
4. Letting Go
5. I Got A Feelin'
6. Come On To Me
7. My Valentine
8. 1985
9. From Me To You
10 Love Me Do
11 FourFiveSeconds
12 Blackbird
13 Dance Tonight
14 Who Cares
15 I Saw Her Standing There
16 Fuh You - I can't wait to review this album. I'm really excited to do it, it's like the old days when there was a new album, except now we kinda can share it with everybody this way. Thanks for having this forum here.

#PaulMcCartneyLive #EgyptStation

1. A Hard Day's Night
2. Hi Hi Hi
3. Can't Buy Me Love
4. Letting Go
5. I Got A Feelin'
6. Come On To Me
7. My Valentine
8. 1985
9. From Me To You
10 Love Me Do
11 FourFiveSeconds
12 Blackbird
13 Dance Tonight
14 Who Cares
15 I Saw Her Standing There
16 Fuh You
17 Back In The USSR - Great song of course, but nothing exceptional about the arrangement that made this rendition memorable for me.

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jahisnotdead
This is fun, it's like a cool record release party.

Indeed!

#PaulMcCartneyLive #EgyptStation

1. A Hard Day's Night
2. Hi Hi Hi
3. Can't Buy Me Love
4. Letting Go
5. I Got A Feelin'
6. Come On To Me
7. My Valentine
8. 1985
9. From Me To You
10 Love Me Do
11 FourFiveSeconds
12 Blackbird
13 Dance Tonight
14 Who Cares
15 I Saw Her Standing There
16 Fuh You
17 Back In The USSR
18 Ob La Di, Ob La Da - Supercool. This rocks. Always loved this song as well, and the band comes to life better than the last one, I'd say.

1. A Hard Day's Night
2. Hi Hi Hi
3. Can't Buy Me Love
4. Letting Go
5. I Got A Feelin'
6. Come On To Me
7. My Valentine
8. 1985
9. From Me To You
10 Love Me Do
11 FourFiveSeconds
12 Blackbird
13 Dance Tonight
14 Who Cares
15 I Saw Her Standing There
16 Fuh You
17 Back In The USSR
18 Ob La Di, Ob La Da
19 Birthday - One of the rockingest rock songs in the history of rock imho! It should be performed like a furious punk song, as heavy as possible. Not crazy about the keyboards in this one, but the rest of the band is on fire.

1. A Hard Day's Night
2. Hi Hi Hi
3. Can't Buy Me Love
4. Letting Go
5. I Got A Feelin'
6. Come On To Me
7. My Valentine
8. 1985
9. From Me To You
10 Love Me Do
11 FourFiveSeconds
12 Blackbird
13 Dance Tonight
14 Who Cares
15 I Saw Her Standing There
16 Fuh You
17 Back In The USSR
18 Ob La Di, Ob La Da
19 Birthday
20 Lady Madonna - This is my only problem with McCartney live. I like new and obscure stuff. He could jam on two chords for ten minutes and funk the place up, but he knows that stuff doesn't play live for 99% of audiences. They want to hear Beatles favorites, while I'm hoping for sonic craziness and nasty jams. The song is a classic, though. If you like the hits, Paul delivers.

This is a GREAT setlist! imo

1. A Hard Day's Night
2. Hi Hi Hi
3. Can't Buy Me Love
4. Letting Go
5. I Got A Feelin'
6. Come On To Me
7. My Valentine
8. 1985
9. From Me To You
10 Love Me Do
11 FourFiveSeconds
12 Blackbird
13 Dance Tonight
14 Who Cares
15 I Saw Her Standing There
16 Fuh You
17 Back In The USSR
18 Ob La Di, Ob La Da
19 Birthday
20 Lady Madonna
21 Let It Be - The candles... soooooooo cheesy. Just stop. As a McCartney fan, this is about the time I think about hitting the exits. I've gotten a great jump on traffic that way in the past. I don't like this at all. Song is classic, but there's nothing inspired. The new stuff and deep tracks have an edge precisely because they aren't guaranteed crowd pleasers. I just want more daring stuff than this.

1. A Hard Day's Night
2. Hi Hi Hi
3. Can't Buy Me Love
4. Letting Go
5. I Got A Feelin'
6. Come On To Me
7. My Valentine
8. 1985
9. From Me To You
10 Love Me Do
11 FourFiveSeconds
12 Blackbird
13 Dance Tonight
14 Who Cares
15 I Saw Her Standing There
16 Fuh You
17 Back In The USSR
18 Ob La Di, Ob La Da
19 Birthday
20 Lady Madonna
21 Let It Be
22 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Nice!

1. A Hard Day's Night
2. Hi Hi Hi
3. Can't Buy Me Love
4. Letting Go
5. I Got A Feelin'
6. Come On To Me
7. My Valentine
8. 1985
9. From Me To You
10 Love Me Do
11 FourFiveSeconds
12 Blackbird
13 Dance Tonight
14 Who Cares
15 I Saw Her Standing There
16 Fuh You
17 Back In The USSR
18 Ob La Di, Ob La Da
19 Birthday
20 Lady Madonna
21 Let It Be
22 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
23 Helter Skelter - Another one of the finest and heaviest rock songs in music history. If this song doesn't rock your face off, what's wrong with you, stupid? GET HEP. And a great version, they're jamming hard.

1. A Hard Day's Night
2. Hi Hi Hi
3. Can't Buy Me Love
4. Letting Go
5. I Got A Feelin'
6. Come On To Me
7. My Valentine
8. 1985
9. From Me To You
10 Love Me Do
11 FourFiveSeconds
12 Blackbird
13 Dance Tonight
14 Who Cares
15 I Saw Her Standing There
16 Fuh You
17 Back In The USSR
18 Ob La Di, Ob La Da
19 Birthday
20 Lady Madonna
21 Let It Be
22 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
23 Helter Skelter
24 Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End - WOW. Some of my favorite Beatles music right here. Just fantastic. I absolutely love this section of Abbey Road. To me this is a fairly obscure track(s) compared to something like Hey Jude. And about the perfect set closer, wouldn't you say?

I'd say it was a great show overall, I enjoyed it quite a bit. And the price was right, for sure!

What did everyone think?

Time waits for no one

I liked it, i haven't seen Paul live since 1993, Paul "Wix" Wickens being the only remaining band member and I thought he's surrounded by some great players, doing great songs and everyone is having a great time, Rock N' Roll 101.

Some choice cuts, Loved "Hi Hi Hi" and "I Got A Feeling"

It's repeating now, so maybe it'll loop for a few days

Fantastic. Great band but...

I watched the first three songs. Paul's voice is too rough. He did sound a little better on Corden. I was considering seeing him if he toured again, but between what he sounds like these days and ticket prices, it's not likely.

Okay, I'm going to try and review Egypt Station, as a long time of Paul McCartney's solo stuff.

I don't automatically hate on an album because there are some songs I don't like. I used to make lots of mix tapes, so I still think of going through an album and choosing songs that I would want to hear again and leaving off the ones that I wouldn't. It's as simple as that.

So, how many keepers does Egypt Station have, in my little Book O' Music?

First, I have to say I'm glad I followed my instinct and waited until I got the Target version with two extra songs, because one of them is my favorite song on the record!

1. Opening Station - Not really a song, just a little bookend.
2. I Don't Know - Not really a bad song, but not my thing. It might grow on me with time, but my first instinct is to say no to this one.
3. Come On To Me - I'm not really that crazy about it, but suppose it's okay enough for a second listen. I do like the horn riff. Yes.
4. Happy With You - No. I can comfortably say I don't like this song at all.
5. Who Cares - I kind of like the music, but the lyrics are so on the nose it makes the song embarrassing. Sorry to say that I would leave this off any mixtape.
6. Fuh You - It's just like Paul McCartney to follow a terrible song with a great one! I really like this one, and think it's a clear highlight of the whole record. It sounds very modern and mellow and supergroovy. In a way, it's a little masterpiece. Paul took the F*** You concept away from Harry Nilsson and CeeLo Green who used it as a negative, and turned it into a romantic song. This is, imho, a really good song. Big keeper, baby!
7. Confidante - I didn't really like the sound of this at first since I automatically long for the grungy funky rockers, but hearing it again I really like where the lyrics go on this one, and the music and sincerity eventually won me over a minute into it. Yes.
8. People Want Peace - I think this is the kind of stuff people don't like about McCartney's music. I would take a pass on this one. No.
9. Hand In Hand - I guess this is the Chaos and Creation In The Backyard callback song. It's okay enough if you look at it in that way, but this is not the type of music I would feel the need to return to, so I vote no.
10. Dominoes - Kinda split on this one. I'm not really a fan. No.
11. Back In Brazil - I really like this one, but I suppose I could understand why others wouldn't. It's more off the wall than the other stuff here. But to me it's quite enjoyable and reminds me of '80's McCartney. Yes.
12. Do It Now - No. I hunger for rocking!
13. Caesar Rock - Oh yeah. I like this one a lot. A rock song that feels fresh and different.
14. Despite Repeated Warnings - Wow. An anti-Trump song. And perfectly timed with the news. But does the reality hang over the song like a ghost and make it unpleasant on some level? Maybe if I think of it as a reworked Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey, it would relieve me from having the song remind me of Trump. It's musically complex and I like the way the music changes. Yes for me.
15 Station II - Another interlude that bookends the travel portion of the album. Now we reach Egypt Station.
16. Hunt You Down/Naked/C Link - Yeah, this is the kind of rock that I like. It almost doesn't sound like Paul McCartney at all for some reason. Another multi-level medley that really hits the sweet spot where the music doesn't feel like it has anything to prove. I think his voice sounds good here, too.
17. Get Started - No. I like the rockin' ending, but not enough to listen to the whole song. It just sounds pretty weak. Nothing inspired in the songwriting, so this one is a letdown that I wouldn't miss too much.
19. Nothing For Free - Again McCartney follows a sucko song with a winner. He's so weird that way. This one really is my favorite off the whole record. McCartney is back with some sick electronic beats. It sounds modern and different and that refrain is INSANELY CATCHY. To me, this track just swings and rocks and spills its excellence all over the floor. This is a bonus track and not the first single? Shows you what I know about the music business.

Final score: 8 keepers out of 16 songs. I guess that's a 50% rating, not great, but for me it would make a very nice 8 song album that I could really enjoy again and again.

Thanks for reading this!

Paul McCartney's Egypt Station keepers, ranked from best to not best:
Nothing For Free
Fuh You
Caesar Rock
Back In Brazil
Confidante
Despite Repeated Warnings
Hunt You Down/Naked/C Link
Come On To Me

LOL, I can’t believe ‘Helter Skelter’ was the encore!

I will look it up on utube later this weekend, and THANK YOU utube and Paul,
it was a joy to have a ‘right now with the world’ moment.

I didn't catch the beginning, and shut it off at the young girls coming on stage talking about bullying- I had other things to do, but truthfully it breaks up his shows for me. My show in Sacramento I left early before the encores/ end songs, and missed ‘Jet’ one I really dig too.

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I watched the first three songs. Paul's voice is too rough. He did sound a little better on Corden. I was considering seeing him if he toured again, but between what he sounds like these days and ticket prices, it's not likely.

He did sound rough but I enjoyed the parts I saw. I'm going to watch it in its entirety tomorrow.