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In this thread I rank my favorite Beatles songs: 204-1. (14 Viewers)

wikkidpissah said:
dont sweat the turbulence buddy - there's a lot of it crossing the pond, but the one place planes never crash is midlantic, know'm'sayin? tranc it out -
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Thanks, man. I'll try not to. I don't get nervous about crashing, really. I worry more about semis on the highways, actually. It's the confinement required for success in a flying tin can that makes me a wee more than a bit claustorphobic. The longer the flight, the more the agitation.

Hoo boy, I'm already dreading it. 

 
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wikkidpissah said:
Crikey. The celebrants may have the one story better than lunar astronauts do. "One small step for man, eh? Well, check this out...."
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Ain't that the truth? 

Braggart #1: "I met the Queen Mum once"

Braggart #2: "I baby sat Ed Sheeran"

Birthday Party Haver: "Hold my beer"

 
rockaction said:
Thanks, man. I'll try not to. I don't get nervous about crashing, really. I worry more about semis on the highways, actually. It's the confinement required for success in a flying tin can that makes me a wee more than a bit claustorphobic. The longer the flight, the more the agitation.

Hoo boy, I'm already dreading it. 
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two words: Xannax

 
I've never the means to really be much of a concertgoer.  Oh, I enjoy going to them, but I've always thought the price charged for most of these shows was beyond outrageous and certainly now, with 5 kids, we don't have the means to attend major concerts.  Shaftdaughter and I had looked at McCartney ticket prices, since he was going to playing in Moline, which is and hour and a half from here.  After seeing what they charged, my daughter jokingly asked if she thought she would raise enough money if she set up a Gofundme for tickets.  However, through an incredibly generous set of circumstances, we were able to get tickets and my daughter and I went on Tuesday night.  I knew it would be by far the most significant concert experience of my life, just barely edging out Extreme with Saigon Kick in 1993 and LL Cool J's "Mama Said Knock You Out" tour in 1992.  

I wanted to get there earlier than we did, and finding parking was challenging.  I just wanted to get in there on time and hopefully get a T-shirt before the show.  Well, we only entered the arena about ten minutes before scheduled show time, so I knew we'd have to wait on the T-shirt.  Silly me, I perhaps thought a nearly 77 year old man would have an intermission in his show.  When the ending orchestral sweetness of "A Day in the Life" started playing the lights went down, I was filled with a feeling I can't describe, which was then only intensified with Paul came out on stage.  To someone who has grown up loving the Beatles, it is hard to put into words what it meant to even be in the same physical space as Paul McCartney, even with him hundreds of feet away on stage.  It was a specific moment I will never forget.  After a few pleasantries, THE chord to start "A Hard Day's Night" came in and away we went.  

I know some of you have seen him before, but I didn't know exactly what to expect going in when we got the tickets.  Then I looked up the setlist from his earlier dates and was blown away that he played 38 songs a night.  With such an embarrassment of riches to choose from, it must have been torture to choose.  3 hours straight, and the dude not only did not front-load the list to sing the more challenging songs at the beginning, he only took 2 sips of water all night.  Unbelievable.  Multiple times, I found myself thinking how selfless he must be.  Now, I know he's making plenty of money from doing this.  But he doesn't need the money.  He doesn't need the applause, the adulation, the chance to play "Blackbird" for the 23,448th time.  He does it simply to give fans the experience.  The chance to share his music, both with people who grew up with it at the time, and those who came upon it later in life.   

The show was epic.  3 hours.  Probably 2/3 Beatles tunes, 1/3 Wings and 1/3 his solo stuff, mainly from "Egypt Station".  

Highlights for me in no particular order:  

- Obviously, I could have heard Beatles tunes all night, but I particularly loved the older stuff.  "All My Loving", "Love Me Do", "A Hard Day's Night", "From Me to You" were all there.  But when he went into "I've Just Seen a Face" (in my top 10) was the pinnacle.  

- His Wings stuff was gold.  "Live and Let Die" was particularly epic and after "Maybe I'm Amazed" I nudged my daughter and told her that right there is why I thought she should play that as her next performance piano/singing piece.  

- I know they weren't as high in K4's rankings, which no one read the writeups on, but "Lady Madonna" and, particularly, "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" were huge highlights.  He had a horn section accompanying his band that added a lot to LM (they were huge on "Got to Get You Into My Life" also).  The crowd sang along with Obla just as much as they did with Hey Jude at the end of the show.  

-I couldn't look over at my daughter during "Let it Be".  I knew she was crying, seeing him perform the song that really, really got her into a love affair with the Beatles and Paul in particular.  I knew I would cry if I looked at her.  We both just stared and listened, transfixed.  After the song, I squeezed her leg and she gave me a big hug.  (Those of you with 16 year old daughters might realize this doesn't happen every day.)  (As I type this, at this very moment, I can hear my daughter upstairs, playing "Let It Be" on her guitar and it's getting dusty in here again.)  

- Ending the concert with "Band on the Run" "Back in the USSR", "Let it Be", "Live and Let Die" and then "Hey Jude" rocked my face right off.  And then the encore was "Birthday", "Sgt Pepper's", "Helter Skelter" and appropriately ending with "Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End".  Are you kidding me?  What did I do to deserve this?  

- I am just so grateful I had the opportunity to see a legend and experience it with my daughter.  I just felt bad for the dude to my right who was so busy trying to get everything recorded on his phone and then not having enough battery and storage and trying to finagle with that so he could keep recording that he missed the experience.  I tried to keep my phone in my pocket the whole night to just take it all in.  It was truly a once in a lifetime experience that I'll never forget.  

 
Wrigley said:
Pretty much describes everyone I saw there 

I’ve still got wood 

great show
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It's funny, my wife had asked me the day before what was a stereotype about white people that was actually true.  After Tuesday, I'd say going to a Paul McCartney concert.  Not tremendous diversity.  

 
Shaft41 said:
I've never the means to really be much of a concertgoer.  Oh, I enjoy going to them, but I've always thought the price charged for most of these shows was beyond outrageous and certainly now, with 5 kids, we don't have the means to attend major concerts.  Shaftdaughter and I had looked at McCartney ticket prices, since he was going to playing in Moline, which is and hour and a half from here.  After seeing what they charged, my daughter jokingly asked if she thought she would raise enough money if she set up a Gofundme for tickets.  However, through an incredibly generous set of circumstances, we were able to get tickets and my daughter and I went on Tuesday night.  I knew it would be by far the most significant concert experience of my life, just barely edging out Extreme with Saigon Kick in 1993 and LL Cool J's "Mama Said Knock You Out" tour in 1992.  

I wanted to get there earlier than we did, and finding parking was challenging.  I just wanted to get in there on time and hopefully get a T-shirt before the show.  Well, we only entered the arena about ten minutes before scheduled show time, so I knew we'd have to wait on the T-shirt.  Silly me, I perhaps thought a nearly 77 year old man would have an intermission in his show.  When the ending orchestral sweetness of "A Day in the Life" started playing the lights went down, I was filled with a feeling I can't describe, which was then only intensified with Paul came out on stage.  To someone who has grown up loving the Beatles, it is hard to put into words what it meant to even be in the same physical space as Paul McCartney, even with him hundreds of feet away on stage.  It was a specific moment I will never forget.  After a few pleasantries, THE chord to start "A Hard Day's Night" came in and away we went.  

I know some of you have seen him before, but I didn't know exactly what to expect going in when we got the tickets.  Then I looked up the setlist from his earlier dates and was blown away that he played 38 songs a night.  With such an embarrassment of riches to choose from, it must have been torture to choose.  3 hours straight, and the dude not only did not front-load the list to sing the more challenging songs at the beginning, he only took 2 sips of water all night.  Unbelievable.  Multiple times, I found myself thinking how selfless he must be.  Now, I know he's making plenty of money from doing this.  But he doesn't need the money.  He doesn't need the applause, the adulation, the chance to play "Blackbird" for the 23,448th time.  He does it simply to give fans the experience.  The chance to share his music, both with people who grew up with it at the time, and those who came upon it later in life.   

The show was epic.  3 hours.  Probably 2/3 Beatles tunes, 1/3 Wings and 1/3 his solo stuff, mainly from "Egypt Station".  

Highlights for me in no particular order:  

- Obviously, I could have heard Beatles tunes all night, but I particularly loved the older stuff.  "All My Loving", "Love Me Do", "A Hard Day's Night", "From Me to You" were all there.  But when he went into "I've Just Seen a Face" (in my top 10) was the pinnacle.  

- His Wings stuff was gold.  "Live and Let Die" was particularly epic and after "Maybe I'm Amazed" I nudged my daughter and told her that right there is why I thought she should play that as her next performance piano/singing piece.  

- I know they weren't as high in K4's rankings, which no one read the writeups on, but "Lady Madonna" and, particularly, "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" were huge highlights.  He had a horn section accompanying his band that added a lot to LM (they were huge on "Got to Get You Into My Life" also).  The crowd sang along with Obla just as much as they did with Hey Jude at the end of the show.  

-I couldn't look over at my daughter during "Let it Be".  I knew she was crying, seeing him perform the song that really, really got her into a love affair with the Beatles and Paul in particular.  I knew I would cry if I looked at her.  We both just stared and listened, transfixed.  After the song, I squeezed her leg and she gave me a big hug.  (Those of you with 16 year old daughters might realize this doesn't happen every day.)  (As I type this, at this very moment, I can hear my daughter upstairs, playing "Let It Be" on her guitar and it's getting dusty in here again.)  

- Ending the concert with "Band on the Run" "Back in the USSR", "Let it Be", "Live and Let Die" and then "Hey Jude" rocked my face right off.  And then the encore was "Birthday", "Sgt Pepper's", "Helter Skelter" and appropriately ending with "Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End".  Are you kidding me?  What did I do to deserve this?  

- I am just so grateful I had the opportunity to see a legend and experience it with my daughter.  I just felt bad for the dude to my right who was so busy trying to get everything recorded on his phone and then not having enough battery and storage and trying to finagle with that so he could keep recording that he missed the experience.  I tried to keep my phone in my pocket the whole night to just take it all in.  It was truly a once in a lifetime experience that I'll never forget.  
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Oh wow, now I'm crying.  This is probably my favorite post in this whole thread (Binky's screaming goats are a close second, of course).  What a great write-up of what must have been an amazing night.  I'm so happy that you and your daughter were able to experience this together.  

Since I finally broke down and bought tix for Vancouver, I too looked up the set lists on-line and was amazed by what I saw.  I thought they must be in error?  How could he be doing nearly 40 songs?!!?  But there it is; you saw it yourself.  I would have expected an intermission, too.

I saw on the set lists that sometimes "I've Just Seen A Face" is omitted in favor of another song; glad you got it on your show and hope that we will, too.  Ob-La-Di is my stepfather's favorite song, and he is one who grew up with the Beatles and was obsessed with them as a teenager and in college, so I know we'll enjoy that one, too.  Well, most of us; Mr. krista has already declared that that is when he'll be going to get a beer.

Looking forward to Shaftdaughter's rendition of "Maybe I'm Amazed"!!

 
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Shaft41 said:
I've never the means to really be much of a concertgoer.  Oh, I enjoy going to them, but I've always thought the price charged for most of these shows was beyond outrageous and certainly now, with 5 kids, we don't have the means to attend major concerts.  Shaftdaughter and I had looked at McCartney ticket prices, since he was going to playing in Moline, which is and hour and a half from here.  After seeing what they charged, my daughter jokingly asked if she thought she would raise enough money if she set up a Gofundme for tickets.  However, through an incredibly generous set of circumstances, we were able to get tickets and my daughter and I went on Tuesday night.  I knew it would be by far the most significant concert experience of my life, just barely edging out Extreme with Saigon Kick in 1993 and LL Cool J's "Mama Said Knock You Out" tour in 1992.  

I wanted to get there earlier than we did, and finding parking was challenging.  I just wanted to get in there on time and hopefully get a T-shirt before the show.  Well, we only entered the arena about ten minutes before scheduled show time, so I knew we'd have to wait on the T-shirt.  Silly me, I perhaps thought a nearly 77 year old man would have an intermission in his show.  When the ending orchestral sweetness of "A Day in the Life" started playing the lights went down, I was filled with a feeling I can't describe, which was then only intensified with Paul came out on stage.  To someone who has grown up loving the Beatles, it is hard to put into words what it meant to even be in the same physical space as Paul McCartney, even with him hundreds of feet away on stage.  It was a specific moment I will never forget.  After a few pleasantries, THE chord to start "A Hard Day's Night" came in and away we went.  

I know some of you have seen him before, but I didn't know exactly what to expect going in when we got the tickets.  Then I looked up the setlist from his earlier dates and was blown away that he played 38 songs a night.  With such an embarrassment of riches to choose from, it must have been torture to choose.  3 hours straight, and the dude not only did not front-load the list to sing the more challenging songs at the beginning, he only took 2 sips of water all night.  Unbelievable.  Multiple times, I found myself thinking how selfless he must be.  Now, I know he's making plenty of money from doing this.  But he doesn't need the money.  He doesn't need the applause, the adulation, the chance to play "Blackbird" for the 23,448th time.  He does it simply to give fans the experience.  The chance to share his music, both with people who grew up with it at the time, and those who came upon it later in life.   

The show was epic.  3 hours.  Probably 2/3 Beatles tunes, 1/3 Wings and 1/3 his solo stuff, mainly from "Egypt Station".  

Highlights for me in no particular order:  

- Obviously, I could have heard Beatles tunes all night, but I particularly loved the older stuff.  "All My Loving", "Love Me Do", "A Hard Day's Night", "From Me to You" were all there.  But when he went into "I've Just Seen a Face" (in my top 10) was the pinnacle.  

- His Wings stuff was gold.  "Live and Let Die" was particularly epic and after "Maybe I'm Amazed" I nudged my daughter and told her that right there is why I thought she should play that as her next performance piano/singing piece.  

- I know they weren't as high in K4's rankings, which no one read the writeups on, but "Lady Madonna" and, particularly, "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" were huge highlights.  He had a horn section accompanying his band that added a lot to LM (they were huge on "Got to Get You Into My Life" also).  The crowd sang along with Obla just as much as they did with Hey Jude at the end of the show.  

-I couldn't look over at my daughter during "Let it Be".  I knew she was crying, seeing him perform the song that really, really got her into a love affair with the Beatles and Paul in particular.  I knew I would cry if I looked at her.  We both just stared and listened, transfixed.  After the song, I squeezed her leg and she gave me a big hug.  (Those of you with 16 year old daughters might realize this doesn't happen every day.)  (As I type this, at this very moment, I can hear my daughter upstairs, playing "Let It Be" on her guitar and it's getting dusty in here again.)  

- Ending the concert with "Band on the Run" "Back in the USSR", "Let it Be", "Live and Let Die" and then "Hey Jude" rocked my face right off.  And then the encore was "Birthday", "Sgt Pepper's", "Helter Skelter" and appropriately ending with "Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End".  Are you kidding me?  What did I do to deserve this?  

- I am just so grateful I had the opportunity to see a legend and experience it with my daughter.  I just felt bad for the dude to my right who was so busy trying to get everything recorded on his phone and then not having enough battery and storage and trying to finagle with that so he could keep recording that he missed the experience.  I tried to keep my phone in my pocket the whole night to just take it all in.  It was truly a once in a lifetime experience that I'll never forget.  
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What an awesome post.    I saw him three times from 2002-2009.   2004 was in the 20th row.  Each each show was awesome and I'm glad to hear they still are.  My daughter was 14 when we saw him in 2002.  We are going to see "Rain" in eight days.  

 
zamboni said:
https://considerable.com/the-beatles-smallest-gig/

Imagine being one of those lucky 18. Of course, I’m sure about 18,000 people would claim to have been there.
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So cool.  I mean, not for them at the time, but looking back as the people there.

Getzlaf15 said:
What an awesome post.    I saw him three times from 2002-2009.   2004 was in the 20th row.  Each each show was awesome and I'm glad to hear they still are.  My daughter was 14 when we saw him in 2002.  We are going to see "Rain" in eight days.  
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We're going to "Rain" on Saturday.  Will let you know how it is!

 
Shaft41 said:
I've never the means to really be much of a concertgoer.  Oh, I enjoy going to them, but I've always thought the price charged for most of these shows was beyond outrageous and certainly now, with 5 kids, we don't have the means to attend major concerts.  Shaftdaughter and I had looked at McCartney ticket prices, since he was going to playing in Moline, which is and hour and a half from here.  After seeing what they charged, my daughter jokingly asked if she thought she would raise enough money if she set up a Gofundme for tickets.  However, through an incredibly generous set of circumstances, we were able to get tickets and my daughter and I went on Tuesday night.  I knew it would be by far the most significant concert experience of my life, just barely edging out Extreme with Saigon Kick in 1993 and LL Cool J's "Mama Said Knock You Out" tour in 1992.  

I wanted to get there earlier than we did, and finding parking was challenging.  I just wanted to get in there on time and hopefully get a T-shirt before the show.  Well, we only entered the arena about ten minutes before scheduled show time, so I knew we'd have to wait on the T-shirt.  Silly me, I perhaps thought a nearly 77 year old man would have an intermission in his show.  When the ending orchestral sweetness of "A Day in the Life" started playing the lights went down, I was filled with a feeling I can't describe, which was then only intensified with Paul came out on stage.  To someone who has grown up loving the Beatles, it is hard to put into words what it meant to even be in the same physical space as Paul McCartney, even with him hundreds of feet away on stage.  It was a specific moment I will never forget.  After a few pleasantries, THE chord to start "A Hard Day's Night" came in and away we went.  

I know some of you have seen him before, but I didn't know exactly what to expect going in when we got the tickets.  Then I looked up the setlist from his earlier dates and was blown away that he played 38 songs a night.  With such an embarrassment of riches to choose from, it must have been torture to choose.  3 hours straight, and the dude not only did not front-load the list to sing the more challenging songs at the beginning, he only took 2 sips of water all night.  Unbelievable.  Multiple times, I found myself thinking how selfless he must be.  Now, I know he's making plenty of money from doing this.  But he doesn't need the money.  He doesn't need the applause, the adulation, the chance to play "Blackbird" for the 23,448th time.  He does it simply to give fans the experience.  The chance to share his music, both with people who grew up with it at the time, and those who came upon it later in life.   

The show was epic.  3 hours.  Probably 2/3 Beatles tunes, 1/3 Wings and 1/3 his solo stuff, mainly from "Egypt Station".  

Highlights for me in no particular order:  

- Obviously, I could have heard Beatles tunes all night, but I particularly loved the older stuff.  "All My Loving", "Love Me Do", "A Hard Day's Night", "From Me to You" were all there.  But when he went into "I've Just Seen a Face" (in my top 10) was the pinnacle.  

- His Wings stuff was gold.  "Live and Let Die" was particularly epic and after "Maybe I'm Amazed" I nudged my daughter and told her that right there is why I thought she should play that as her next performance piano/singing piece.  

- I know they weren't as high in K4's rankings, which no one read the writeups on, but "Lady Madonna" and, particularly, "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" were huge highlights.  He had a horn section accompanying his band that added a lot to LM (they were huge on "Got to Get You Into My Life" also).  The crowd sang along with Obla just as much as they did with Hey Jude at the end of the show.  

-I couldn't look over at my daughter during "Let it Be".  I knew she was crying, seeing him perform the song that really, really got her into a love affair with the Beatles and Paul in particular.  I knew I would cry if I looked at her.  We both just stared and listened, transfixed.  After the song, I squeezed her leg and she gave me a big hug.  (Those of you with 16 year old daughters might realize this doesn't happen every day.)  (As I type this, at this very moment, I can hear my daughter upstairs, playing "Let It Be" on her guitar and it's getting dusty in here again.)  

- Ending the concert with "Band on the Run" "Back in the USSR", "Let it Be", "Live and Let Die" and then "Hey Jude" rocked my face right off.  And then the encore was "Birthday", "Sgt Pepper's", "Helter Skelter" and appropriately ending with "Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End".  Are you kidding me?  What did I do to deserve this?  

- I am just so grateful I had the opportunity to see a legend and experience it with my daughter.  I just felt bad for the dude to my right who was so busy trying to get everything recorded on his phone and then not having enough battery and storage and trying to finagle with that so he could keep recording that he missed the experience.  I tried to keep my phone in my pocket the whole night to just take it all in.  It was truly a once in a lifetime experience that I'll never forget.  
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I see this post has a lot of good comments. 

I have not read it, but if I did, I would say that it moved me - greatly. 

Happy Father's Day, Shaft. 

 
Timely bump as it reminded me that I should post my "Rain" review for @Getzlaf15.  We went to the show last night.  I was skeptical as I couldn't imagine enjoying a bunch of Beatles covers (unless Nipsey does them), and especially from guys who wore the suits and outfits and acted like they were the Beatles, too.  I'd bought these tix after reading great reviews, though, and because I thought I wasn't going to buy Paul McCartney tix and this was my substitute.

We all enjoyed the show, and it was much better than I expected!  The "pretending" to be the Beatles thing wasn't annoying as they didn't talk between songs except to introduce a guy who played some of the piano parts and percussion (and they introduced him with his real name, not as George Martin).  So other than the outfits it didn't feel like mimicry.  Well, I guess it kind of did because they were playing note-by-note the originals, but they did it really well.

The guy who was doing the Paul parts was especially good.  Apparently he is the son of the guy who had done it for many years before.  Also he is right-handed but switched to left to do the shows.  The Ringo guy did the Ringo parts very well but didn't switch to being left-handed.  "George" was also quite good.  The only disappointment was "John," whose voice just wasn't up to the task.  It was especially noticeable on Twist And Shout.

The show was billed as having an Abbey Road tribute due to the 50th anniversary of its release, and I guess they did do quite a few from that record, but it was much more heavily weighted to older stuff.  I predicted that they would leave "Because" out of the show, but surprisingly they did that one but didn't play "Something" (which I thought was a slam dunk), "I Want You" or "Octopus's Garden."  Another to me pleasant surprise was "Lovely Rita"!  Lots and lots and lots of Sgt. Pepper's.  Very little White Album or Revolver.

Here's the whole set list:

  1. All My Loving
  2. Please Please Me 
  3. This Boy (the John guy actually did this one fairly well)
  4. I Want To Hold Your Hand
  5. A Hard Day's Night
  6. If I Fell
  7. You Can't Do That
  8. Yesterday
  9. I Feel Fine
  10. We Can Work It Out
  11. You're Going to Lose That Girl
  12. Day Tripper (I might have missed one before this; I was singing "You're Going To Lose That Girl" so fervently I temporarily lost track)
  13. Twist And Shout
  14. Drive My Car
  15. The Word
  16. Eleanor Rigby
  17. Nowhere Man
  18. In My LIfe
  19. Good Day Sunshine
  20. Ob-La-Di
  21. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
  22. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
  23. With A Little Help From My Friends
  24. Fixing A Hole
  25. She's Leaving Home
  26. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite
  27. Lovely Rita
  28. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise)
  29. Come Together
  30. Maxwell's Silver Hammer
  31. Here Comes The Sun
  32. Because
  33. Abbey Road medley (all of it...oh look out!)
  34. Hey Jude (encore)

 
krista4 said:
Timely bump as it reminded me that I should post my "Rain" review for @Getzlaf15.  We went to the show last night.  I was skeptical as I couldn't imagine enjoying a bunch of Beatles covers (unless Nipsey does them), and especially from guys who wore the suits and outfits and acted like they were the Beatles, too.  I'd bought these tix after reading great reviews, though, and because I thought I wasn't going to buy Paul McCartney tix and this was my substitute.

We all enjoyed the show, and it was much better than I expected!  The "pretending" to be the Beatles thing wasn't annoying as they didn't talk between songs except to introduce a guy who played some of the piano parts and percussion (and they introduced him with his real name, not as George Martin).  So other than the outfits it didn't feel like mimicry.  Well, I guess it kind of did because they were playing note-by-note the originals, but they did it really well.

The guy who was doing the Paul parts was especially good.  Apparently he is the son of the guy who had done it for many years before.  Also he is right-handed but switched to left to do the shows.  The Ringo guy did the Ringo parts very well but didn't switch to being left-handed.  "George" was also quite good.  The only disappointment was "John," whose voice just wasn't up to the task.  It was especially noticeable on Twist And Shout.

The show was billed as having an Abbey Road tribute due to the 50th anniversary of its release, and I guess they did do quite a few from that record, but it was much more heavily weighted to older stuff.  I predicted that they would leave "Because" out of the show, but surprisingly they did that one but didn't play "Something" (which I thought was a slam dunk), "I Want You" or "Octopus's Garden."  Another to me pleasant surprise was "Lovely Rita"!  Lots and lots and lots of Sgt. Pepper's.  Very little White Album or Revolver.

Here's the whole set list:

  1. All My Loving
  2. Please Please Me 
  3. This Boy (the John guy actually did this one fairly well)
  4. I Want To Hold Your Hand
  5. A Hard Day's Night
  6. If I Fell
  7. You Can't Do That
  8. Yesterday
  9. I Feel Fine
  10. We Can Work It Out
  11. You're Going to Lose That Girl
  12. Day Tripper (I might have missed one before this; I was singing "You're Going To Lose That Girl" so fervently I temporarily lost track)
  13. Twist And Shout
  14. Drive My Car
  15. The Word
  16. Eleanor Rigby
  17. Nowhere Man
  18. In My LIfe
  19. Good Day Sunshine
  20. Ob-La-Di
  21. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
  22. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
  23. With A Little Help From My Friends
  24. Fixing A Hole
  25. She's Leaving Home
  26. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite
  27. Lovely Rita
  28. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise)
  29. Come Together
  30. Maxwell's Silver Hammer
  31. Here Comes The Sun
  32. Because
  33. Abbey Road medley (all of it...oh look out!)
  34. Hey Jude (encore)
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No Across the Universe? 😥

Seriously, it sounds like a lot of fun tho.

 
krista4 said:
Timely bump as it reminded me that I should post my "Rain" review for @Getzlaf15.  We went to the show last night.  I was skeptical as I couldn't imagine enjoying a bunch of Beatles covers (unless Nipsey does them), and especially from guys who wore the suits and outfits and acted like they were the Beatles, too.  I'd bought these tix after reading great reviews, though, and because I thought I wasn't going to buy Paul McCartney tix and this was my substitute.

We all enjoyed the show, and it was much better than I expected!  The "pretending" to be the Beatles thing wasn't annoying as they didn't talk between songs except to introduce a guy who played some of the piano parts and percussion (and they introduced him with his real name, not as George Martin).  So other than the outfits it didn't feel like mimicry.  Well, I guess it kind of did because they were playing note-by-note the originals, but they did it really well.

The guy who was doing the Paul parts was especially good.  Apparently he is the son of the guy who had done it for many years before.  Also he is right-handed but switched to left to do the shows.  The Ringo guy did the Ringo parts very well but didn't switch to being left-handed.  "George" was also quite good.  The only disappointment was "John," whose voice just wasn't up to the task.  It was especially noticeable on Twist And Shout.

The show was billed as having an Abbey Road tribute due to the 50th anniversary of its release, and I guess they did do quite a few from that record, but it was much more heavily weighted to older stuff.  I predicted that they would leave "Because" out of the show, but surprisingly they did that one but didn't play "Something" (which I thought was a slam dunk), "I Want You" or "Octopus's Garden."  Another to me pleasant surprise was "Lovely Rita"!  Lots and lots and lots of Sgt. Pepper's.  Very little White Album or Revolver.

Here's the whole set list:

  1. All My Loving
  2. Please Please Me 
  3. This Boy (the John guy actually did this one fairly well)
  4. I Want To Hold Your Hand
  5. A Hard Day's Night
  6. If I Fell
  7. You Can't Do That
  8. Yesterday
  9. I Feel Fine
  10. We Can Work It Out
  11. You're Going to Lose That Girl
  12. Day Tripper (I might have missed one before this; I was singing "You're Going To Lose That Girl" so fervently I temporarily lost track)
  13. Twist And Shout
  14. Drive My Car
  15. The Word
  16. Eleanor Rigby
  17. Nowhere Man
  18. In My LIfe
  19. Good Day Sunshine
  20. Ob-La-Di
  21. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
  22. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
  23. With A Little Help From My Friends
  24. Fixing A Hole
  25. She's Leaving Home
  26. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite
  27. Lovely Rita
  28. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise)
  29. Come Together
  30. Maxwell's Silver Hammer
  31. Here Comes The Sun
  32. Because
  33. Abbey Road medley (all of it...oh look out!)
  34. Hey Jude (encore)
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We had a great time.  About 7 rows behind the pit.   Went with my daughter who loves the Beatles. Of you recall,  she chose in my life as our sons at her wedding to dance to.  When it came on, I welled pretty bad, but amazingly did not lose it. She loved the show. 

 
Saw Yesterday with my fiancee last weekend. It wasn't the greatest thing ever but it was a good, fun movie. Anyway, I had never really gotten deep into the Beatles. Just knew their most famous songs. She grew up listening to a lot of Beatles with her parents but had forgotten a lot of their stuff.

We've spent the past week going through their albums and reading along with this thread. These writeups, from both @krista4 and OH are so awesome and helpful. (And apparently also wrong and terrible, at least from what I read).

We just both wanted to say thank you for this thread.

 
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Murph said:
Saw Yesterday with my fiancee last weekend. It wasn't the greatest thing ever but it was a good, fun movie. Anyway, I had never really gotten deep into the Beatles. Just knew their most famous songs. She grew up listening to a lot of Beatles with her parents but had forgotten a lot of their stuff.

We've spent the past week going through their albums and reading along with this thread. These writeups, from both @krista4 and OH are so awesome and helpful. (And apparently also wrong and terrible, at least from what I read).

We just both wanted to say thank you for this thread.
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This is such a lovely post.  Thank you for this and please thank your fiancee as well (when are you tying the knot?).  Sorry I didn't see earlier but just got home from a 16-hour hike and am dying!  Hope you'll stick around and read through - lots of people here have abundant knowledge, stories, and even talent!  Despite the fact that I ranked everything wrong ( :)  ) it was a fabulous experience and little sub-community we formed!

I have some updates from seeing "Yesterday" on Tuesday, receiving my new turntable and stereo system and puzzling over which Beatles album side to listen to first, and having the Paul concert on Saturday!  But I'll wait until the latter is done and type more then.

Thanks again for such a wonderful post that made my achy day.

 
krista4 said:
... just got home from a 16-hour hike ...
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Sorry for the hijack, but how has your hiking been lately? 

16 hours is a step up from the arcs we last discussed. It sounds great.

Also, I have gained over 10 pounds since my low point in the spring, and my doctor has approved more physical activity for me. Thus, I am debating where to begin. I am not ready for Red River Gorge, so I think I will start with Iroquois Park. Have you been to the lookout points there? I once fell off the wall while drunk. Not nearly as far as my Half Moon Arch fall, but I did get hurt worse on this one. I actually shed some blood, but it was all a laugh in the end.

I hope to be doing overnight trips by the fall, if everything goes to plan. Maybe I will visit the Gorge then.

 
krista4 said:
This is such a lovely post.  Thank you for this and please thank your fiancee as well (when are you tying the knot?).  Sorry I didn't see earlier but just got home from a 16-hour hike and am dying!  Hope you'll stick around and read through - lots of people here have abundant knowledge, stories, and even talent!  Despite the fact that I ranked everything wrong ( :)  ) it was a fabulous experience and little sub-community we formed!

I have some updates from seeing "Yesterday" on Tuesday, receiving my new turntable and stereo system and puzzling over which Beatles album side to listen to first, and having the Paul concert on Saturday!  But I'll wait until the latter is done and type more then.

Thanks again for such a wonderful post that made my achy day.
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Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the movie and hearing about the concert. We're getting married in November and are now focused on how to work in as many Beatles songs as possible.

For reasons I can't really explain we started with the Help! album and moved forward (mostly) chronologically. Did Let It Be last night. Leaving today on a short trip so will take a little break from focused listening and reading. Then will start back at the beginning and continue to use this thread as a guide.

 
Murph said:
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the movie and hearing about the concert. We're getting married in November and are now focused on how to work in as many Beatles songs as possible.

For reasons I can't really explain we started with the Help! album and moved forward (mostly) chronologically. Did Let It Be last night. Leaving today on a short trip so will take a little break from focused listening and reading. Then will start back at the beginning and continue to use this thread as a guide.
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Lots of great reasons to start with the Help album.  Not sure that it is the best Beatles album but it is my favorite.   Probably.   Today.  

 
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Man of Constant Sorrow said:
Sorry for the hijack, but how has your hiking been lately? 

16 hours is a step up from the arcs we last discussed. It sounds great.

Also, I have gained over 10 pounds since my low point in the spring, and my doctor has approved more physical activity for me. Thus, I am debating where to begin. I am not ready for Red River Gorge, so I think I will start with Iroquois Park. Have you been to the lookout points there? I once fell off the wall while drunk. Not nearly as far as my Half Moon Arch fall, but I did get hurt worse on this one. I actually shed some blood, but it was all a laugh in the end.

I hope to be doing overnight trips by the fall, if everything goes to plan. Maybe I will visit the Gorge then.
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I've been pretty bad about it but am trying to recover my groove and get out more.  I'm very happy to hear that you're going to be able to increase your activity!  That's great about the weight gain.  I haven't been to Iroquois Park in ages but remember that it's beautiful.  Sounds like a nice place to start.

 
Murph said:
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the movie and hearing about the concert. We're getting married in November and are now focused on how to work in as many Beatles songs as possible.

For reasons I can't really explain we started with the Help! album and moved forward (mostly) chronologically. Did Let It Be last night. Leaving today on a short trip so will take a little break from focused listening and reading. Then will start back at the beginning and continue to use this thread as a guide.
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Help! is a fantastic place to start.  Based on where I ranked the songs it turned out to be my second favorite (after Revolver), but as DocHolliday alluded to that could change every day.

Regarding the movie...apparently I should have read more about it and learned it was at its core a rom-com, which isn't in my top 6,502 genres of movies.  I would have seen it anyway, but would have been better prepared for some of the sappiness.  Still, I enjoyed it quite a lot.  Thought the lead actor was charming and his singing was mesmerizing; brought a whole new sense to the songs. His voice was lilting and gentle in all the right spots to make it interesting, and rough in all the right spots, including that fabulous version of "Help!" near the end.  Kate McKinnon was on fire and kind of stole every scene she was in.  Had many actual laugh-out-loud moments for me.  And I actually like the fact that they didn't explain the outage, or why some people remembered, or why some things still existed but some non-Beatles-connected things also didn't.  But of course Oasis didn't - that was a funny moment.  Loved the sound of the period where the lights were all going out, building as if it were A Day in the Life and ending with that chord after he's hit.  There were some plot points and lines I particularly appreciated but don't want to give anything away for people who haven't seen it.  

 
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We saw "Yesterday" tonight, and enjoyed it a lot.  Unlike Krista, whose thoughts I actually read, I knew it was a rom-com, which is also not in my top 6,432 genres of movie.  But we so rarely see movies in the theater that it was a stated point to go and see this one.  I didn't love all of it, but I got a few laughs out of it and enjoyed the music. although the song he uses to beat Ed Sheeran at the songwriting contest is a big😭. 

Looking forward to Krista's review of Paul's show tomorrow night.  

 
Saw Yesterday a couple of nights ago with my wife and we enjoyed it greatly.  I thought it was wonderfully entertaining and quite special.  As others note, the rom-com element was nothing great (and not too convincing).  But the placement of various songs in the overall plot was intriguing and highlighted the brilliance of the Beatles.  And that one scene ...OMG, how touching.  

I recommend the movie.  Go and enjoy the experience; sit back and feel joy during the credits.

 
tri-man 47 said:
 And that one scene ...OMG, how touching.  
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I'm trying to figure out how we could discern which scene without giving too much away.  At first I thought you might mean my favorite scene, which was the one backstage at the big Gorleston show, with the two "weirdos."  But then I realized you might mean the scene after that, at the beach house.  Loved them both in any case.

 
krista4 said:
I'm trying to figure out how we could discern which scene without giving too much away.  At first I thought you might mean my favorite scene, which was the one backstage at the big Gorleston show, with the two "weirdos."  But then I realized you might mean the scene after that, at the beach house.  Loved them both in any case.
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The latter (so as not to say more for now).

 
Saw Paul again last night.  Take it from somebody who's seen a lot of bands, and in particular a lot of old farts in the last few years, due to my lady's tastes.. No old fart still has it like he does.  ####### great ,S.  3 hours of energy and badassery, never feels canned, never feels tired

 
Ok, I'm more than a bit late with my Paul concert report.

First the set list:

A Hard Day's Night

Junior's Farm

All My Loving

Letting Go

Who Cares

Got to Get You Into My Life

Come On To Me

Let Me Roll It (ending with "Foxy Lady")

I've Got a Feeling

Let 'Em In

My Valentine

Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five

Maybe I'm Amazed

I've Just Seen a Face

In Spite of All the Danger

From Me To You

Dance Tonight

Love Me Do

Blackbird

Here Today

Queenie Eye

Lady Madonna

Eleanor Rigby

Fuh You

Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!

Something

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

Band on the Run

Back in the U.S.S.R.

Let It Be

Live and Let Die

Hey Jude

Birthday

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)

Helter Skelter

Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End
 
My thoughts in no particular order!

As many have mentioned, Sir Paul's energy was indescribable.  Our group each realized we were exhausted just from watching/dancing along, so how he could do this seemingly without a pause was incredible.  No breaks, nearly three hours, over 35 songs.  And he almost never even stopped for a sip of water!

Highlights for me:

I had the usual set list up, so I was ready in case this came on.  He alternates between this and "We Can Work It Out," so I was thrilled to get my 4th (or better) favorite song.  

The first bit of the show was more tending toward newer stuff, so the crowd was less energetic.  An exception was "Let Me Roll It," which was a blast.

There was no part of the show more rocking, in my opinion, than "Band on the Run" followed by "Back in the U.S.S.R."  Just a ####### jam.

If I had to choose a favorite song, it was, shockingly, "Something."  Paul started it by himself on ukelele, which gave a sweet start.  Then it went into the full band but with photos of George or George/Paul together being beamed throughout.  It felt intimate and loving and beautiful.  Oddly, there weren't any such moments w/r/t John despite many John songs being performed.  Anyway, it was a gorgeous tribute to George.

Of the new songs, "Fuh You" was the standout in terms of performance and crowd reaction.  Perfect power pop.

"Eleanor Rigby" was performed with the keyboardist as the only accompaniment, joining Paul with the string parts done with effects on that keyboard.  It worked really well.

"Dance Tonight" would be a throwaway song but was elevated by the charming dance performance from the terribly-non-Ringo drummer.  Super cute.

Paul was amazingly facile with the crowd.  Though he told a lot of (great) stories that began with, "I always tell this story," they seemed natural and unrehearsed.  But more impressive was his interaction with the crowd.  For reasons I can't fathom, people were allowed to bring signs into the venue, but it led to some nice moments where he looked into the crowd and riffed off the signs.  One of the best was a woman who had been to over 100 Paul shows! 

I picked a bad time to go to a show with huge pyrotechnics as they had on "Live and Let Die," just having read (based on a recommendation in the book thread here) the book about 100 people dying due to pyro at a Great White show in Rhode Island in the early aughts. I spent the whole song eyeing the nearest emergency exits and evaluating whether we needed to retreat.

His horn section and the rest of the backing band were mostly phenomenal.  Only downers were the George Thorogood/Gary Busey mosh-up playing guitar/bass backup, and to a certain extent the drummer.  The drummer was technically good, but mashed away rather than having the style and more reserved but compelling technique of a Ringo. 

Disappointments(!):

"Helter Skelter" is a favorite (#25) of mine, but a combo of it being late in the set and the terrible acoustics of the venue made it a muddled mess, almost unrecognizable.

There were a few places in the set where Paul had been doing an "either/or/or."  I was sooooo lucky to get my #4 over "We Can Work It Out," as mentioned above, as well as getting my #12 of "All My Loving" over "Can't Buy Me Love."  A little disappointed, though, to get "Junior's Farm" over "Hi Hi Hi," but massively disappointed to get "Birthday" over...are you ready for this..."Yesterday" or "I Saw Her Standing There."  How does "Birthday" even make the list compared to those two?

Not so much a disappointment to me, for the rest of the crowd, was when Paul announced he was going to do a song from Sgt. Pepper's.  Much excitement!  Then he launched into "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite."  Much confusion!  It was like no one knew the song at all.  Well maybe they do now.

ETA:  Don't worry!  Those three clips, plus a failed attempt at "All My Loving," were my only videos!  I was just watching and enjoying.

 
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krista4 said:
I've been pretty bad about it but am trying to recover my groove and get out more.  
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Bad - bad girl; get to you groove!  🏃‍♀️

I kid. 😁

I'm very happy to hear that you're going to be able to increase your activity!  That's great about the weight gain.  I haven't been to Iroquois Park in ages but remember that it's beautiful.  Sounds like a nice place to start.
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Thnx much. I can't do the rough terrain yet, as my foot is still slightly impaired, but improving by the day. I almost have my full range of motion back - and no more need for a cane. Thus, I am sticking to pavement and easy trails for now. 

krista4 said:
My thoughts in no particular order!

As many have mentioned, Sir Paul's energy was indescribable.  Our group each realized we were exhausted just from watching/dancing along, so how he could do this seemingly without a pause was incredible.  No breaks, nearly three hours, over 35 songs.  And he almost never even stopped for a sip of water!

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This whole thing is sweet.

I am shooting for Sir Paul's energy, but will be happy to follow in his shadow. 

 
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