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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2018 10:35:15 GMT
So, with the TREMENDOUSLY EXCITING news that Maca is returning to the UK this year (and not Ireland, prick) is anyone else on planning on heading to any of his shows?
The show I saw in Paris in 16 was an amazing special show. 3 hours of non stop history. It was the biggest show in Paris since the attacks, so there was a major elephant on the room, but Paul very elegantly referenced it and just put everyone at ease in a very nice and inviting way.
I cannot wait. If I don't get a ticket I will go ballistic.
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Post by HIStoric on Jul 5, 2018 11:02:17 GMT
I'm glad to see he treated that so elegantly. I went up to see Macca when he came to my country last year and all I can say is WOW. Even if you're only casually into his work I seriously suggest you go if you can for a show you'll never forget.
You have this 75 (now 76!) year old legend playing a 3 hour long show entirely live, and he keeps his energy up all the way as if he was 1/3rd his age or something! Like it's seriously impressive when you consider all the logistics. The show itself is thoroughly enjoyable because Paul tells lots of stories, interacts with the audience (he actually responded to someone who yelled something at him at my show) and he just radiates this feeling that he just seriously loves what he does, and it infects you and you have an incredible time as a result. He even jokes about how all the phones come out for his classics, but then he looks up to a sea of pitch black when he plays one of his new songs
I feel he has perfected his setlist as well. There's lots of classic Beatles songs, a number of great Wings hits and a great number of solo songs both old and new. He played his earliest song (In Spite Of All The Danger) to one of his then-most recent songs, FourFiveSeconds. There were words on the screen and the crowd was singing along. Speaking of crowd sing-a-longs my GOD is Hey Jude a moment you'll never ever forget. There is this beautiful unison the song brings on, this sheer joy that oozes out and you truly feel on Cloud 9 (seeing the way the crowd around me was, I wasn't the only one by far!). He played Mull of Kintyre at my show and I didn't care for that song because the bagpipes annoyed me so, until I heard it at the show. Hearing everyone around me sing it in unison (it was a huge hit here) and seeing Paul bring on a local pipe band to provide back-up was genuinely so moving. Combined with the unison singing of the crowd, it was one of those moments where the song sort of just clicked with me then and there. For once I didn't know the words and was able to just stand in awe of everything going on around me, appreciate everything.
Now of course, I am a huge McCartney fan so I'm a bit biased, but I brought my friend along who isn't THAT into him, but fully respects him and what not. She ended up really enjoying herself! She got into it pretty quickly, laughed along to a number of Paul's quips, and was glad to see there was material in their she fully recognized too - even though she doesn't play him a great deal. It's great because in doing so, Macca appeals to the old and the young, hardcore, casual and even very casuals. Everyone gets what they want!
But in all seriousness, this man puts on a FANTASTIC show and I really cannot recommend it enough. His tickets are more expensive than most, but God is it worth it. People go! Also I'm in love with his two new singles. Quite catchy stuff with his classic McCartney influence. Exciting times
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2018 11:08:58 GMT
My sentiments exactly. Finally seeing Golden Slumbers/The End/Carry That Weight was the most emotional amazing end to a gig ever for me. Also, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five rendered my catatonic as it's my favourite McCartney song!
Sounds like I got the same show more or less as you. There are a couple of numbers I'd love to see at least once, namely Helter Skelter and Get Back. But hell, I'll take any old setlist!
Those 2 songs he played from his latest album last time around are brilliant too, "New" and "Save Us"! Loved em!
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Post by HIStoric on Jul 5, 2018 11:15:32 GMT
My sentiments exactly. Finally seeing Golden Slumbers/The End/Carry That Weight was the most emotional amazing end to a gig ever for me. Also, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five rendered my catatonic as it's my favourite McCartney song! Sounds like I got the same show more or less as you. There are a couple of numbers I'd love to see at least once, namely Helter Skelter and Get Back. But hell, I'll take any old setlist! Those 2 songs he played from his latest album last time around are brilliant too, "New" and "Save Us"! Loved em! Is there a more perfect way to end a show than with The End? Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five has been one of my favourite solo songs by him ever since I first heard it, god that crescendo building towards the end is just incredible aye. As soon as I hear the first few notes on the piano of that song I went wild! He played Helter Skelter for me but sadly not Get Back but with what I got can I really complain?
And yes! It was right before playing those songs he made that quip I mentioned earlier, where he jokes that the sea in front of him turns pitch black when he plays those newbies, only to reignite when he suddenly starts jamming a Beatles classic. You should check out his new songs, one is this classic catchy rocker (Come On To Me) and the other is this infectious, moving ballad (I Don't Know). I thought I was going to enjoy the up-beat song more because I generally do, but I've come to really enjoy IDK. He'll play those two no doubt, hopefully not over New and Save Us though
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Post by MattyJam on Jul 7, 2018 8:22:48 GMT
I like a bit of solo McCartney (and of course, The Beatles), but I would be afraid I would throw up if I was in attendance at a Macca gig and he started doing Hey Jude. I wouldn't purposely subject myself to ten minutes of excruciating "nah, nah nah, nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah, Hey Jude" if you paid me.
Still got mad love for Macca though, if only for his exquisite Flaming Pie album, which features some of the most heartbreaking and tender songs ever written, for his (at the time) ailing wife Linda. Such a beautiful album.
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Post by HIStoric on Jul 7, 2018 8:52:30 GMT
Still got mad love for Macca though, if only for his exquisite Flaming Pie album, which features some of the most heartbreaking and tender songs ever written, for his (at the time) ailing wife Linda. Such a beautiful album. Somedays is magical.
In 2009 a man by the name of James Richards had the opportunity to do what no human had done before and travelled to a parallel universe. While he was there, he discovered that in this parallel universe, The Beatles never broke up and continued to make music together. He managed to steal a cassette of an album without being caught and smuggled it back to our universe, where he digitised it and leaked it online anonymously.
What we got was Everyday Chemistry. Okay well in reality, it's this cool fan-made mash-up album of their solo efforts and there's this fantastic track called Anybody Else. The main vocals of the song is taken from Somedays and I think you'd really like it! It introduced me to the song.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2018 19:16:49 GMT
Got me and my mates tickets for the o2 this morning. Absolutely delighted! Christmas with Maca!
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Post by Russg on Jul 27, 2018 6:43:08 GMT
Always felt that John was the real talent behind The Beatles tbh.
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Post by TonyR on Jul 27, 2018 16:35:48 GMT
Always felt that John was the real talent behind The Beatles tbh. Yesterday
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2018 17:32:35 GMT
Always felt that John was the real talent behind The Beatles tbh. 80% of Abbey Road
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Post by HIStoric on Jul 28, 2018 22:53:33 GMT
The thing with John and Paul is that while they were both exceptionally great artists on their own, their bond and competitiveness with one other pushed the other to keep trying and push their work even further. They were able to bring out the best in each other and temper the worst. Take one or the other out of the formula and it would change the course of everything significantly. No doubt some fantastic songs would still be made as we saw post-breakup, but they really benefitted from that unique relationship that they had.
Even then, their relationship aside when you read up on all the significant contributions both brought to the bands work over the decade, it feels quite dismissive to just try and negate the works of either one.
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Post by Russg on Aug 4, 2018 20:17:34 GMT
I just really dislike Paul McCartney, not only as an artist, but also as a human being. I never forgot the footage from the day John was murdered, when Paul was asked how he felt about it by a reporter and all he said was "it's a drag."
A drag? Going to work on a Monday morning is a drag. The assassination of your once best friend and fellow bandmate is not a drag, it's a horrific, senseless tragedy. What kind of person would say that?
I can only hope that Paul chose his words poorly on that day and was still in shock, because otherwise it really doesn't come across well.
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Post by mjjfan810 on Aug 7, 2018 6:35:50 GMT
I just really dislike Paul McCartney, not only as an artist, but also as a human being. I never forgot the footage from the day John was murdered, when Paul was asked how he felt about it by a reporter and all he said was "it's a drag." A drag? Going to work on a Monday morning is a drag. The assassination of your once best friend and fellow bandmate is not a drag, it's a horrific, senseless tragedy. What kind of person would say that? I can only hope that Paul chose his words poorly on that day and was still in shock, because otherwise it really doesn't come across well. I've seen the footage you're talking about and I didn't get the impression he was being disrespectful or flippant about John's murder at all. What was he meant to do? Collapse in a heap on the floor and break down in tears just to prove his anguish to the reporter? Paul is a very English kinda guy, and us Brits aren't known for outward displays of maudlin emotion, but Paul would've been heartbroken, that much is certain.
It's a bit harsh to sum up someones entire personality on one comment from nearly 40 years ago. I'm not a huge Beatles fan, was always more a Stones guy myself, but to dismiss the talent of Paul McCartney really just highlights your own ignorance on musical culture.
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Post by HIStoric on Aug 7, 2018 19:57:28 GMT
I just really dislike Paul McCartney, not only as an artist, but also as a human being. I never forgot the footage from the day John was murdered, when Paul was asked how he felt about it by a reporter and all he said was "it's a drag." A drag? Going to work on a Monday morning is a drag. The assassination of your once best friend and fellow bandmate is not a drag, it's a horrific, senseless tragedy. What kind of person would say that? I can only hope that Paul chose his words poorly on that day and was still in shock, because otherwise it really doesn't come across well. Imagine waking up one day to find out your best friend, one of the most important people in your life was just slaughtered in the street by some maniac out of nowhere. You spend all day in the studio, struggling to comprehend the news, crying your heart out as you reminisce over the good times and listen to art you two made together... memories of the good times flooding back, then finally you're leaving the studio and not only do a bunch of strangers ambush you and shove cameras in your face, but they ask questions that are very obviously designed to provoke you into a reaction. They ask what you did and you tell them you just didn't feel like playing today in the studio, so instead you just wanted to "listen to some stuff" and the reporter has the fucking AUDACITY to ask you 'why'?! Seriously go watch the footage again. Paul is very, very obviously uncomfortable there and still in shock. His comments are short and sharp, he's pacing around back and forth on the spot, looking around a lot and refusing to give the reporter eye contact as he responds - all the while trying to play it cool because he knows they're playing on the situation to get something that'll make them money off his grief and suffering. I guess you could say they kind of did with that statement, but I have to give him credit for holding it together because I think if I were in his boots, I wouldn't be able to and I would go completely off at those reporters - especially after that insensitive moron had the gall to ask him 'why' he spent the day listening to John's music. I think you need to show some compassion. It's quite sad you seem to base a good amount of your opinion on him from a single, off-hand comment he made in a very obviously emotional state. This isn't a comment he made years later, but instead one when his friend hadn't even been dead for 24 hours yet. I wouldn't expect anyone in that situation to be in the right frame of mind so soon after something so tragic, and I certainly wouldn't be judging them on such a thing nearly 40 years later. He's only a human at the end of the day.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2018 13:56:32 GMT
I just really dislike Paul McCartney, not only as an artist, but also as a human being. I never forgot the footage from the day John was murdered, when Paul was asked how he felt about it by a reporter and all he said was "it's a drag." A drag? Going to work on a Monday morning is a drag. The assassination of your once best friend and fellow bandmate is not a drag, it's a horrific, senseless tragedy. What kind of person would say that? I can only hope that Paul chose his words poorly on that day and was still in shock, because otherwise it really doesn't come across well. You should really re-evaluate how you perceived that comment! I think it was always clear that Paul was in shock, and wasn't prepared, or ready yet to put into words what had happened. I sincerely hope you dislike Paul's music because you simply don't like his songs, and not because of how you read into the comment he made after John's death!
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