Post by frozenhero on May 25, 2016 12:04:56 GMT
Just came across this interesting article about Paul McCartney.
www.superdeluxeedition.com/reviews/paul-mccartney-allowed-to-trot-out-same-old-stories-for-bbc-mastertapes/
What caught my eye in particular was the point about the setlist as well as some comments. Some of it sounded very familiar.
Paul Sinclair: "Paul Weller, one of the many celebrity guests (why do celebrities need to be in the audience?) actually asked the most interesting question of the session when he queried whether Paul resented always having to play Beatles hits in place of newer material. McCartney batted it away with a rather bland answer about how when he goes to concerts, all he wants to hear is the hits, too! This rather misses the point that McCartney doesn’t play his own ‘hits’ either. Say Say Say and No More Lonely Nights have never been played live, for example."
And some comments:
"McCartney has unfortunately turned into a parody of himself."
"No surprise, the guy does the same speeches in between songs at every concert he ever plays. If you’ve seen one concert in the last 15 years, you’ve seen them all."
"The other part of this is that Macca is not as interested in his past work as much as we are. So he has nothing to say."
Sounds familiar to you as well?
www.superdeluxeedition.com/reviews/paul-mccartney-allowed-to-trot-out-same-old-stories-for-bbc-mastertapes/
What caught my eye in particular was the point about the setlist as well as some comments. Some of it sounded very familiar.
Paul Sinclair: "Paul Weller, one of the many celebrity guests (why do celebrities need to be in the audience?) actually asked the most interesting question of the session when he queried whether Paul resented always having to play Beatles hits in place of newer material. McCartney batted it away with a rather bland answer about how when he goes to concerts, all he wants to hear is the hits, too! This rather misses the point that McCartney doesn’t play his own ‘hits’ either. Say Say Say and No More Lonely Nights have never been played live, for example."
And some comments:
"McCartney has unfortunately turned into a parody of himself."
"No surprise, the guy does the same speeches in between songs at every concert he ever plays. If you’ve seen one concert in the last 15 years, you’ve seen them all."
"The other part of this is that Macca is not as interested in his past work as much as we are. So he has nothing to say."
Sounds familiar to you as well?
