Sara's review of the Paul McCartney concert

Having me review a Paul McCartney concert is a bit pointless, isn't it?   Here I am a person who spent most of her free time documenting what this man and his three friends did every day of their lives by analyzing photos and story of other people from around the world.   I listen to his music constantly and some people say that I am obsessed.    I actually have been know to say that  if Paul McCartney was selling tickets to come up on stage and fart into a microphone, I would pay for the ticket to see it and would most likely think it was awesome.    So yeah....what can someone like me really say about the Paul McCartney concert?

So let me just say what I overheard two guys (who were in their mid 20's) saying after the show last night:

Guy 1:  "Hey!  I didn't know you were going to be at this show.   That was awesome!"
Guy 2:  "Wow...nice to see you.   That was an amazing show!  I had no idea that Paul McCartney was going to do a show like THAT!   That concert just might be the best show I have ever been to!"
Guy 1:  "Hands down.  Best show ever.   No comparison."

I wanted to interrupt these two guys' conversation and say,  "Duh!  This is Paul McCartney.  What else would you expect?  Of course is he awesome.  Of course his concert is beyond amazing!  That is what he does."

So what made the Paul McCartney show so amazing?   Well first of all, it is the mere fact that you are in the in midst of the greatness that is Paul McCartney.    There is the guy who was in the Beatles....and was John Lennon's song writing partner.   Same guy.   That totally blew me away.   It wasn't some Paul look alike singing his songs, but the real deal.   The second amazing this was that he is 70 years old and didn't take a break for 3  straight hours.   He didn't stop to get a drink of water.  He didn't stop to catch his breath or change clothes or use the bathroom.  He just kept going with more energy than anyone (except for maybe Ringo.  He might be tied with Ringo in that department).  His voice was so strong and he even hit the high notes!  I have no idea what changed from the weak voice that I heard over the summer during some performances (such as the Queen's Jubilee concert) and November, but wow...he sounded like HIM!  The third thing is the songs.  Oh the songs!   One hit song after another.  They just kept coming.   Sure there were songs that I wish he had performed.   But overall.....amazing set list!   My favorites were:  Let me Roll it, Paperback Writer, 1985, Maybe I'm amazed, Blackbird, Dance tonight, Mrs. Vanderbuilt, Lady Madonna and Birthday.  

Here is what I didn't like.  The first thing was the ticket prices.   I spent $168 on my ticket.  It wasn't a "bad" seat, but it wasn't close enough for Paul to see me.   To get in one of the front rows, I would have had to have paid $2,000!!!  That is insane!    There is no reason why the tickets need to go so high except for the mere fact that there are crazy people that are willing to pay thousands of dollars on tickets.

The second thing was that  I did not like the performance of the song, "A Day in the Life / Give Peace a Chance."   Well...I mean I liked it, but it was my least favorite performance.   "A Day in the Life" is one of my favorite Beatle songs, and I like how you hear John first and then Paul and then it goes back to John.   Hearing Paul's voice the whole time just didn't seem right.  I have no problems with Paul performing a song that he typically didn't have the lead vocal on (heck John sang "Saw her Standing there" in 1974 on stage), but somehow Paul singing "A Day in the Life" just didn't work for me because the first part is such a John song.   And then Paul didn't sing the last verse.  There were zero holes in the Albert Hall because he jumped into a very long chorus of "Give Peace a Chance."   For some reason this just seemed strange to me.  Maybe if there was a photo tribute to John going on?  I am not sure.  *shrug*

I am still floating on a Macca high and my thought are all jumbled up.   But here are some photos I took at the concert.   The happy part is that I took them, so I own the copyright and I have the rights to post these photos without anyone complaining about it.