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Paul McCartney at the Electric Proms 2007
(The Roundhouse, London, Thursday, October 25th)
Paul McCartney is a great advert for the vegetarian lifestyle, as he
performed a set of Beatles, Wings, and solo material with a zest and
enthusiasm that made you think his birth certificate was a poor
forgery.
Beatles songs flowed at this Roundhouse, Electric Proms gig, broadcast
on BBC2 - 'Magical Mystery Tour', 'Eleanor Rigby (admittedly in a
lower key - one concession to age)', 'Blackbird', 'Back In The
U.S.S.R.', 'Lady Madonna', 'Hey Jude', 'Let It Be'. But, being on the
Beeb, numbers like 'Get Back' were omitted - unless you had access to
the red button on a digital TV, and could see the whole concert. If
you saw it all you could appreciate how good Paul McCartney's band
were, and see the emotional tribute to John Lennon - 'Here Today'.
Macca was exchanging banter with the audience all through the gig, as
he displayed his musical skills on bass, acoustic guitar, electric
guitar, piano, and then played the mandolin on 'Dance Tonight' - his
recent single. Rip-roaring versions of 'Band On The Run' and 'Live And
Let Die' were reminders McCartney has produced good songs throughout
his career, and not just with The Beatles. Macca closed the show with
the early Beatles classic 'I Saw Her Standing There', and the
aforesaid 'Get Back'. Can anyone top him as the greatest living pop
and rock icon in the world?
- Paul Rance/booksmusicfilmstv.com
http://www.booksmusicfilmstv.com/Music/PaulMcCartneyElectricProms.html
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