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Sir Paul in St Paul

PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 4:28 am
by Angiekay


Wow...no, I mean WOW!! You guys weren't kidding! What an amazing show!! 2 hrs and 45 minutes and three encores. Is this guy really 63?! I've seen bands HALF his age that couldn't put on a show like this! I'm sitting there, staring at a living legend trying to really comprehend that this guy has had the ear of the WORLD for over 40 years! I grew up listening to my parent's Beatles 8- tracks, so for me, he could have played the old stuff all night, but it was a great mix of old new and everything inbetween. Jet, one of my favorite songs, almost right off the bat. Flaming Pie...what?! The acoustic versions were awesome. "Blackbird", "I Will", "Jenny Wren", "Follow the Sun"...argh! This is so great! The song I was most impressed with was Maybe I'm Amazed. His voice just blew away anything he did the rest of the night. On the down side, I had to sit through The Long and Winding Road and Hey Jude. lol! 'Til There Was You'...YES! I had to call my mom on that one...she was singing over the phone!

Most bands who play this long take an intermission. Not Paul. The guy next to me noted that you never even saw him take a drink of water! I agree Jo, most humble and sincere and a great sense of fun and humor. I could sit there all night and listen to stories of the Beatles. Wouldn't it be fun just to have a drink with him and let him tell stories?! A moment of remembrance for John and George and for Ringo too. At the end of the show he signed albums thrust up at him from the audience. The one man in the world who has the credentials and every right to be the biggest diva in the world and he is the polar opposite. Bands of the new millenium...take notes from a class act and true legend.


Play list:



"Magical Mystery Tour" ('67)

"Flaming Pie" ('97)

"Jet" ('73)

"I'll Get You" ('63)

"Drive My Car" ('65)

"Till There Was You" (a standard, recorded '63)

"Let Me Roll It" ('73)

"Got To Get You Into My Life" ('66 )

"Fine Line" ('05)

"Maybe I'm Amazed" ('70)

"The Long and Winding Road" ('70)

"In Spite of all the Danger" (the Quarrymen, '58 )

"I Will" ('68 )

"Jenny Wren" ('05)

"For No One" ('66 )

"Fixing A Hole" ('67)

"English Tea" ('05)

"I'll Follow The Sun" ('64)

"Follow Me" ('05)

"Blackbird" ('68 )

"Eleanor Rigby" ('66)

"Too Many People" ('71)

"She Came In Through the Bathroom Window" ('69)

"Good Day Sunshine" ('66)

"Band On The Run" ('73)

"Penny Lane" ('67)

"I've Got A Feeling" ('70)

"Back In The USSR" ('68 )

"Hey Jude" ('68 )

"Live and Let Die" ('73)

"Yesterday" ('65)

"Get Back" ('70)

"Helter Skelter" ('68 )

"Please Please Me" ('63)

"Let It Be" ('70)

"Sgt Pepper/The End" ('69)

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 8:38 am
by classicstyxfan
OK, to everyone who got to see Sir Paul this tour, I am very interested in your perception of the new songs.......are you running to the store to buy his new CD, or was it more, "OK, I'll sit through this because the next classic song will come when it's over" ????


Just curious.

Re: Sir Paul in St Paul

PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 7:43 am
by froy
Angiekay wrote:

Wow...no, I mean WOW!! You guys weren't kidding! What an amazing show!! 2 hrs and 45 minutes and three encores. Is this guy really 63?! I've seen bands HALF his age that couldn't put on a show like this! I'm sitting there, staring at a living legend trying to really comprehend that this guy has had the ear of the WORLD for over 40 years! I grew up listening to my parent's Beatles 8- tracks, so for me, he could have played the old stuff all night, but it was a great mix of old new and everything inbetween. Jet, one of my favorite songs, almost right off the bat. Flaming Pie...what?! The acoustic versions were awesome. "Blackbird", "I Will", "Jenny Wren", "Follow the Sun"...argh! This is so great! The song I was most impressed with was Maybe I'm Amazed. His voice just blew away anything he did the rest of the night. On the down side, I had to sit through The Long and Winding Road and Hey Jude. lol! 'Til There Was You'...YES! I had to call my mom on that one...she was singing over the phone!

Most bands who play this long take an intermission. Not Paul. The guy next to me noted that you never even saw him take a drink of water! I agree Jo, most humble and sincere and a great sense of fun and humor. I could sit there all night and listen to stories of the Beatles. Wouldn't it be fun just to have a drink with him and let him tell stories?! A moment of remembrance for John and George and for Ringo too. At the end of the show he signed albums thrust up at him from the audience. The one man in the world who has the credentials and every right to be the biggest diva in the world and he is the polar opposite. Bands of the new millenium...take notes from a class act and true legend.


Play list:



"Magical Mystery Tour" ('67)

"Flaming Pie" ('97)

"Jet" ('73)

"I'll Get You" ('63)

"Drive My Car" ('65)

"Till There Was You" (a standard, recorded '63)

"Let Me Roll It" ('73)

"Got To Get You Into My Life" ('66 )

"Fine Line" ('05)

"Maybe I'm Amazed" ('70)

"The Long and Winding Road" ('70)

"In Spite of all the Danger" (the Quarrymen, '58 )

"I Will" ('68 )

"Jenny Wren" ('05)

"For No One" ('66 )

"Fixing A Hole" ('67)

"English Tea" ('05)

"I'll Follow The Sun" ('64)

"Follow Me" ('05)

"Blackbird" ('68 )

"Eleanor Rigby" ('66)

"Too Many People" ('71)

"She Came In Through the Bathroom Window" ('69)

"Good Day Sunshine" ('66)

"Band On The Run" ('73)

"Penny Lane" ('67)

"I've Got A Feeling" ('70)

"Back In The USSR" ('68 )

"Hey Jude" ('68 )

"Live and Let Die" ('73)

"Yesterday" ('65)

"Get Back" ('70)

"Helter Skelter" ('68 )

"Please Please Me" ('63)

"Let It Be" ('70)

"Sgt Pepper/The End" ('69)

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Angie I think you may have miss heard what he said
He said to remember the dear departed and he said Linda not Ringo
Ringo is not gone
Please Please Me just blew me out of the building
Helter Skelter was out of control that was a scorcher.
Best show of the year for me.

PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 7:47 am
by froy
classicstyxfan wrote:OK, to everyone who got to see Sir Paul this tour, I am very interested in your perception of the new songs.......are you running to the store to buy his new CD, or was it more, "OK, I'll sit through this because the next classic song will come when it's over" ????


Just curious.


I personally do not like the new songs except for Follow Me
Fine Line is cheap
English Tea is the Martha My Dear of 2005
And Jenny Wren is the Can You Take Me Back of 2005
Bathroom Window was fantastic
Ive Got a Feeling rocked
I wish he would have dumped Let Me Roll It For
Listen TO What The Man said
Also The show should have opened with ALL YOU NEED IS Love
Not Magical Mystery tour,
Also Oh Bla Di Oh Bla Da should have been in instead of English Tea'
Still a great show .

PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 7:57 am
by classicstyxfan
Froy, Sir Paul probably has to mix it up a little to avoid boredom, on the other hand, who else has the breadth of material to choose from ?

How cool he threw in the song from the Quarrymen days ? theres one you'll never hear anywhere else !

I had the pleasure of seeing him 2 separate times in the 90's......but admit to maybe just a little regret at not seing him on this tour....hes one of the few performers left touring that is worth the big bucks !

PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 8:02 am
by SuiteMadameBlue
Glad you had a great time Angie.

The set list was great for me since I've never seen him before. I'm just happy going to the concert and having a great time listening to great music :)

Classic, I wish you could've came to the Milwaukee show :)

PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 8:11 am
by bugsymalone
I have been trying to post a thank you to Angie for the setlist. Sheesh! Either the board was slow or gone.

Found out it was UNDER ATTACK! YIKES! Glad it is back online and thanks again, Andrew.

That was a great list of songs Paul performed. It woud have been worth the price of admission for me to hear "Maybe I'm Amazed." What a great song that is. My all-time favorite Paul solo song.

I love "I Will", too.

I see why everyone has enjoyed this show so much.

Bugsy

Re: Sir Paul in St Paul

PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 10:02 am
by Angiekay
froy wrote:Angie I think you may have miss heard what he said
He said to remember the dear departed and he said Linda not Ringo
Ringo is not gone


Could be....but I wasn't the only one to hear Ringo, because the people around me all commented that Ringo wasn't dead, but it was cool to mention him.

PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 12:54 pm
by SuiteMadameBlue
In Milwaukee the people behind me thought he said Ringo too and didn't know that he passed away too. I heard him (Paul) say Linda and then I explained to the same people that Ringo is fine and he should be coming to Summerfest next year and I explained who Linda was.

I'm the one that usually hears something different. :roll:

PostPosted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 12:24 pm
by LordofDaRing
Have not got the new cd yet, but will purchase. I think this song set ups his last year. Although I prefer Hello Goodbye as the opener. Helter Skelter, For no one and Penny Lane are some of his best songs ever. Interesting that he is doing John vocals (I'll get you and Please Please Me). Also the song to many people is an interesting choice. John (post beatles) took this as a swipe at him. He wrote the song How Do You Sleep on his classic Imagine album as a response. Anybody ever heard that one? Wow, great song, but absolutely brutal!