New Paul McCartney Out There Tour Thread (Part Two)

Thanks for posting. I wonder what the hell Forever True is then?

 

Sarcasm? Me? That's as unlikely as getting a snarky post from knarf...

 

Well, I did it again. Looks like I'll attend back-to-back shows (and, no doubt, I'll wonder why, when I hear some of the verbatim stage chatter!): Missoula & SLC. Already had a seat for Missoula and went online to see if there were any good seats for SLC just now. Up popped a VERY good floor seat (at the $250 point). 3rd row, seat 8.

I even called the venue to ask what how many seats were in a row, and how the numbering went, just to guarantee it was a good spot. Turns out there are 12 seats in the middle section, and ten each on the two front side sections. So I'll be row 3, seat 8. That's gotta be pretty damned close to center stage. Do I bring a cd booklet and toss it onstage in hope of adding to my signed cd collection?

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Maybe you could shout 'Alligator' or 'I Can Bet'?

 

I do have a loud voice.

Years ago ('05) in Portland, I also had killer seats - within the first ten rows - and I yelled something to Paul. Much to my shock, he heard me and responded direct from the stage! Sadly, it's one of the few shows I've never been able to find audio of.

 

That is great. You should definitely shout out again.

I would be shocked if there was no audio somewhere out there. Maybe another forum member has some?

 

I would venture that it is a misreporting of "Celebration".

Celebration

High above this overcrowded place
A distant blackbird flies through space
and all he does
is search for love

Now
with all the time it seemed we had
whatever time I have to spare
will be with you
for ever more

Love is the oldest
secret of the universe

Warm as the touch
of two iridescent flowers
when they discover...

and now
it's all we ever really know
a past and future come and go
because they do,
I'll stay with you.

[Instrumental]

(Choir brings to rest

A past and future come and go
because they do
I'll stay with you

 

don't wonder why. just enjoy the music. growing up in the late 60s and early 70s I could never have dreamed I'd get to hear some of these tunes live and enjoy them each and every time. And songs I never cared about like Lady Madonna I either hit the rest room or check out the crowd enjoying the heck out of the show. The greatest concerts I ever saw were Neil Youg's Weld tour in 1991. I went to 4 shows, and loved every second of every one, yes even with the same setlist. (Though there was zero stage banter at all 4 shows!)

 

I bet you didn't sit through both opening acts all 4 times though I saw two "Weld" shows (perhaps ones you were at as well - MSG and Meadowlands) but the opening acts drove me into the corridor until I could smell the Horse. I guess I was already an old fogey 23 yeas ago.

 

I like Sonic Youth and Social Distortion fine enough, only saw them once on that tour due to waiting outside for maximum scalping opportunities!

 

Bring something you don't care if you get returned to you and give it a shot!

 

Sorry, this just isn't going to happen since the original composer/performer doesn't even take care of his legacy himself. It will be even less than now. In 100 years there are 100,000 hours of McCartney, live in action, performing and talking about Beatles cuts and 'Band On The Run' songs throughout more than half a century, but no recordings of/quotes about deeper cuts. Even McCartney's own wording/approach/promotion around the 'Archive Releases', which should have the main purpose to get the history written well, definitely, in his own words, barely shout "needs to be revalued". Yeah, we get the "kid on the street told me he likes 'Bip Bop'"-story, but nothing of that shows in his setlist, interviews or releases. Hell, a big part of his collection is out of print at this point.

Nobody is expecting him to do an encore of extended versions of 'Blue Sway' and 'Tough On A Tightrope' during stadium shows, but there is a huge middle ground. If McCartney would have brought out singles like 'Young Boy', 'Uncle Albert', 'No More Lonely Nights', even 'Ever Present Past' (lead single, never played wtf!), 'deeper cuts' like 'One Of These Days', 'The Back Seat Of My Car', 'Don't Let It Bring You Down', you name them, through the years, and those would have been released on the - 75% the same - DVD/CD releases, even the 'mass crowd' (where is nothing wrong with) would have revalued and appreciated a larger part of his catalogue. You can't always learn what isn't being teased to you. He's doing fairly well since March 2010 ('Ram On', 'Junior's Farm', 'Letting Go', and so on) but that gap in between 1976 and the 00's stays inexplicable, and isn't going to chance at age 72.

 

I'm with you, but ... do you really think that all the exposure to "Flaming Pie" (the song) in concert all these years would lead to a stronger reception for the song if he played it next month?

 

No, I get what you are saying, no way any solo inclusion at this point will generate a Beatles-moment - as McCartney knows himself too, the quotes in the Rolling Stone about seeing the cameras coming out for any Beatle song, album track or major hit - even after it being included on live releases, but at least it's going down in history a bit stronger, and the crowd who is interested in digger deeper in the catalogue are being given the chance to do so. The other option is ignoring it like what happens now, and that's an even stronger signal to the mass audience, or to the people who are discovering his catalogue many years from now.

 

Paul tapes nearly every soundcheck - someday he could put out a KILLER soundcheck album.

 

Or Paul could put out a live album that only contains solo songs his audiences didn't rabidly embrace. In the tradition of this album:

 

I believe he has complete audio/video recordings of all his concerts (since at least 1975) as well. Has anything been mentioned to confirm (or deny) that?

 

I've searched periodically through the years and never found anyone claiming to have that show...

 

Do you remember what it was that you yelled out?

 

Yeah, I think it was right before Blackbird? Paul was solo onstage and he made some comment like "are you having a good time? People from Portland ... and surrounding areas?" There was a roar, then things got very quiet, so I yelled out "IDAHO" as loud as I could. My son (then 12) and I were about 7-8 rows back in the middle floor and, ironically, there were two women right behind us (that we didn't know) that had mentioned before the show that they had also driven over from Boise to catch the gig.

Anyway, Paul cupped his hand to his ear, pointed right at me, and said something like, "Idaho? Is that where you're from?" and the four of us all yelled back. My son's eyes were about the size of tennis balls - you could just see him, thinking "Paul McCartney just spoke to my dad!" Anyway, I think Paul said something like "well, I'm from Liverpool, 'ya know" and then continued on.

I promise I'll do better if I get to properly interview him!
But it was an awfully cool moment for me and my kid...

 

What a great memory.

On the reprise of the song "Ram On", I've always heard Paul and Linda's mumbled little dialogue as something like this:

PAUL: "Are you havin' a good time?"
LINDA: "I don't know."
PAUL: "Wha--?"

Your version:

PAUL: "Are you havin' a good time?"
MRJINKS: "Idaho."
PAUL: "Idaho?"

 

I'll be seeing Sir Paul for the first time in Minneapolis on August 2nd. I'm taking my 14 year old daughter who is a big Beatles fan. We're both really looking forward to the show.

I'm curious about what sorts of tour swag/mechandise is available at the shows. How many internal organs do I need to see on the black market to afford t-shirts for the two of us?

 

I believe t-shirts are $40-$45 for his current tour - and from what I've seen, they're pretty lame! His official site has up-to-date shirts, too, on the tour-merch page...
Someone at his official site posted this:

 

Thanks. I missed that there was a tour merch page on the official store. I like the idea that there are shirts specific to a particular show.

 

Maybe this is where he reveals some coordination between the tour and the Archive series. I see two or three t-shirts with images from the Ram sessions, one with an image from McCartney, and one that, I think, reads (I can't quite make it out in the photo) "Wings Tour 1976". So, of all the Archive releases so far, all, other than McCartney II, are represented here, albeit somewhat obliquely.