I was fortunate to see the legendary Paul McCartney at the Citizen's Bank Field in Philadelphia the other night.The only other time I was able to see Mr. McCartney was back in 2002 on his Driving Rain tour. To this day, it still holds up as my favorite concert. To see an artist and one song after another think, "my God, he wrote this one too", is a pretty remarkable feeling. At that show, as with this recent show also, he touched on solo work, Wings classics and Beatles classics, of course. This time around he did 8 Beatles songs he he did not do the last time I saw him, and between the two shows he touched only the tip of the iceberg.
14 years on from that last show, his voice shows a little sign of age, but overall he still sounds great. I did notice a little strain in his voice around 90 minutes into the show, but he still sounded incredibly good, especially given the fact that he is 74 years old.Of course if i did not know he was 74 years old, I
would never know it by looking and listening to him. He could come out, play a 2 hour show and most people would be very satisfied. Instead, he played for 2 hours and 45 minutes, and I never felt he was phoning in his performance.
As with the other time I got to see him, although his setlist remains pretty much unchanged from show to show, and his onstage banter probably is the same night to night, I never feel as if he is going through the motions. He seems genuine from the moment he walks on the stage, and has an endless amount of charisma. And he does come across as truly grateful for the support of his fans.
The concert consisted on many Beatles classics, some of the more popular ones and a few deep cuts, a few Wings classics and even the first song he had recorded with one of the first bands he was in,The Quarrymen.
And during a section where people were brought up the show signs they made up, a young couple got engaged. Paul was happy to let the guy propose saying " I don't mind, this has nothing to do with me".
Prior to the show, a DJ kept the crowd entertained with a mix of Beatles and Wings songs, some by McCartney and the Beatles and some by other artists. Here is a rundown of those songs;Dizzy Miss Lizzie/Jet/Live & Let Die outro/Rocky Raccoon/I'm Down/Rock N Roll Music/Come Together/Why Don't We Do It In the Road/Uncle Albert/Polythene Pam/Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band/Memphis Tennessee/Her Bulldog/I'm a Man/Say Say Say/Revolution/Juniors Farm.
And then an amazing concert by one of the greatest of all time. I can say that I was as grateful as I was the last time I got to see him live. Long may he play.
Setlist
Hard Days Night(Beatles song)
Save Us
Can't Buy Me Love(Beatles Song)
Letting Go(Wings song)
Temporary Secretary
Let Me Roll It(Wings song) / Foxy Lady(Jimi Hendrix cover) outro
I've Got a Feeling(Beatles song)
My Valentine
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five(Wings song)
Here,There and Everywhere(Beatles song)
Maybe I'm Amazed
We Can Work it Out(Beatles song)
In Spite of All the Danger(Quarrymen song)
You Won't See Me(Beatles song)
Love Me Do(Beatles song)
And I Love Her(Beatles song)
Blackbird(Beatles song)
Here Today
Queenie Eye
New
The Fool on the Hill(Beatles song)
Lady Madonna(Beatles song)
FourFiveSeconds
Eleanor Rigby(Beatles song)
Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite(Beatles song)
Something(Beatles song)
Ob-La-Di,Ob-La-Da(Beatles song)
Band on the Run(Wings song)
Back in the USSR(Beatles song)
Let it Be(Beatles song)
Live and Let Die(Wings song)
Hey Jude(Beatles song)
Yesterday(Beatles song)
Hi Hi Hi(Wings song)
Birthday(Beatles song)
Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End(Beatles song)
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