<p>Saw a great concert last night and wanted to share it with other folks of my generation:</p>
<p>PAUL McCARTNEY!!!</p>
<p>The show opened with a 15 minute video of Paul’s history, starting with his childhood (my 14 yo daughter enjoyed the close-ups of his report card comments) through The Beatles, Wings, going up to last years Superbowl and Live 8 Concert. They then pulled back the curtains as Paul and his band opened with Magical Mystery Tour! He then played for 2 and a half hours including two encores. Four songs from his new album, but otherwise all Beatles & Wings: Drive My Car, Got To Get You Into My Life, Maybe I’m Amazed, Penny Lane, Eleanor Rigby, Back in the USSR, Band on the Run, Let It Be, Hey Jude (with sing-along of course), etc, etc, etc. He looked great and had incredible energy and stamina for a 62 year old. He played a few songs solo acoustic guitar and some on grand piano. The show ended with a rousing Sgt. Peppers sequeing into The End: “The love you take is equal to the love you make”.</p>
<p>The tour is just starting, so I recommend you see him when he comes to your town. If anyone else wants to contribute to this thread with another concert review, chime in. Over the next few months, I have tickets to The Boss, The Rolling Stones, and Neil Diamond. Missed out on U2 tickets, may have to hit Ebay as it gets closer to the show in my town.</p>
<p>Great review, audiophile!
LOVED the concert- but you should have mentioned the pyrotechnics. I almost jumped out of my shoes!</p>
<p>Wonderful blend of old (and some REALLY old) and new. Everyone was hoarse by the end of the concert from singing along. I also enjoyed the stage set-up/lighting. They cleverly “re-made” a lot of the old psychidelic (sp?) St. Pepper-type stuff, and blended it with softer, mellow lighting. Then of course there were those pyrotechnics, just to make sure you were paying attention…</p>
<p>I haven’t been to as many concerts as you, but I didn’t anticipate the sound and heat blast (we wre very close to the stage). Warn us neophytes next time, would ya?</p>
<p>Just wanted to bump this thread up to tell you folks about the best show Ive seen so far this year (and continue to encourage others to post reviews). Its very early in the tour, so theres still a good chance you can catch this concert in your town:</p>
<p>Roger Waters (founding member of Pink Floyd) Dark Side of the Moon. This show harked back to the multimedia extravaganza of the 70s. The show opened with 3-D video and fireworks accompanying the beginning chords of In the Flesh from The Wall. The first set was mostly non stop Pink Floyd favorites, going as far back as Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun. It ended with a giant floating pig above the audience during Sheep from the Animals album.</p>
<p>The second set was a faithful rendition of the Dark Side of the Moon album, start to finish, complete with laser lights shooting through the familiar prism and surround sound effects (chiming clocks, ringing cash registers, etc.). He then came out for the encore set, which opened with the anthem of the Bizarro CC Forum (we dont need no education) and closed with Comfortably Numb, which aptly described about 90% of the audience. I was hoping the other 10% were the designated drivers, but the 30 minutes it took me to get out of the venue parking lot convinced me otherwise. Anyway, great show and highly recommended for Floyd fans.</p>
<p>audiophile yes, yes, yes! I went to see Roger Water’s doing Dark Side of the Moon late summer 2005, at the Hollywood Bowl! An amazing place for a show anyway, but sincerely a spiritual experience for me. I’ll be going for a second helping at the Verizon Wireless Ampitheater in just a few weeks. </p>
<p>Also saw Paul (twice) during his Back in the USA tour (2004?). Great show.</p>
<p>If you ever get a chance to see Van Morrison I highly recommend it. He is an amazing musician that travels with a talented group of jazz/blues folks that will knock your socks off.</p>
<p>I like this thread. Music is my second blood (with film being my first).</p>
<p>I love Van Morrison too. I first saw him as an opening act for Janis Joplin. And I first saw INXS as an opening act for Adam Ant.</p>
<p>We’re going to see Bob Dylan soon, but my favorite recent concert was Brett Dennen. Wonderful singer/songwriter that just is out there on stage being himself–no pretense. I would highly recommend seeing him!</p>
<p>Wow. Didn’t realize this thread was 2 yrs old!! I saw Billy Joel in concert this year. Fun concert, but… funny how we haven’t aged, but he has He did a good job poking fun at himself (his absent hairline, his growing girth, etc). It was a good concert, but I liked the Paul McCartney one (of 2005) better.</p>
<p>audiophile, we already have tickets for the Roger Waters show in June in Oakland, now I can’t wait even <em>more</em>! (And the boys are both coming with us: they both list Pink Floyd among their favorite music, yay!) Thanks for the review and for dusting off the ol’ thread. We’ve also got tickets to see Brian Wilson in June, and something called “HippieFest” in August (The Turtles, Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals, The Zombies with Colin Blunstone & Rod Argent, Mountain with Leslie West & Corkey Laing, Mitch Ryder, Badfinger, and Country Joe McDonald: we expect to be hoarse after that one.)</p>
<p>I hate to be a one track record- and I only attended one of these shows- but H says it was the best concert he has ever seen.
( in any case- I would highly recommend the box set)
no special effects though, unless you count the sunset</p>
<p>Audio, I hope you are a reviewer- I love your humor He then came out for the encore set, which opened with the anthem of the “Bizarro CC Forum” (“we don’t need no education”) and closed with “Comfortably Numb”, which aptly described about 90% of the audience. I was hoping the other 10% were the designated drivers, but the 30 minutes it took me to get out of the venue parking lot convinced me otherwise</p>
<p>Bethie, saw Bobby D. earlier this year with Merle Haggard opening. Excellent show, I may have even caught him smiling once or twice. </p>
<p>mootmom,
Hippiefest sounds like fun. Saw Brian Wilson on the SMiLE tour a couple of years ago (where he played that album start to finish). He had a great back up band (The Wondermints) and I really enjoyed it.</p>
<p>Would love to see Van the Man, though I’ve read his shows are hit or miss depending on his mood. Have you guys heard the Roger Waters/Van Morrison duet on “Comfortably Numb”? It is on the Departed soundtrack and they played it during a pivotal scene on the Sopranos last Sunday.</p>
<p>Nothing like the old-timey music to get the blood a -goin’.</p>
<p>As long as the next generation doesn’t cut our Social Security, we’ll all be to keep on going to these concerts as long as the Seniro Shuttle stops by the Arena!</p>
<p>My two most recent shows were in March. Taj Mahal/Los Lobos and then Donna the Buffalo a week later. Not much on tap in the foreseeable future except that Drive By Truckers are doing a show as part of Sundown in the City when our D is in Knoxville for orientation. Definitely looking forward to that.</p>
<p>Taj/Los Lobos was an amazing show in a very small venue. Taj did a great set as would be expected. Highlights included a Fishin’ Blues>Corinna, Corinna>Goin Up the Country Gonna Paint My Mailbox Blue.</p>
<p>Los Lobos was mostly acoustic, absolutely incredible.
An acoustic Will The Wolf Survive completely blew me away.</p>
<p>My mom did (before she died). She’d seen Johnny Mathis, when she was in her 20s, and then again when she was in her 70s. He made her swoon time and again. A few others too, like Tony Bennett, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland, once when she and Judy were in their late teens, and once about a year before Judy died. My mom idolized Judy Garland. My mom was a lounge singer for years, so music was huge in our house, and remains so in mine.</p>
<p>So much of the music and singers just a Mom mentions in post 15 is timeless. I’ve told my 90 year old dad to forget the Rod Stewart standards and just dig Sinatra.</p>
<p>Others:
Shirley Horn
Sarah Vaughn
Sammy Davis Jr.</p>
<p>We baby boomers outnumber all other generations so that it’s worthwhile for a lot of these musical acts to keep on playing. I beleive that’s the reason so many more acts will play into their 60s and 70s that acts did from our parents era.</p>
<p>For those folks 10-15 years younger than us, they’re in a baby bust, so the market’s not quite there for those people to relive their youth.</p>
<p>Recently saw Rod Stewart in concert. He can still (at 60something) swagger and strut… the one OMG moment came when someone threw a pair of panties onto the stage. Big, big, white, high-waisted granny pants… it had to have been a joke, but he just twirled them on his finger like they had been a little red thong and then kept dancing.
My D and friends who are all musicians dig Sinatra.</p>
<p>Though now heading into his twilight years he’s still the best sax-man going …even if Coltrane had lived long and well into the 21st century, I believe Sonny would still be ‘the man with the horn;’ walking out of the gig you felt you’d actually been somewhere and done something, he left an impression that matters; the aesthetic sense was tweaked.</p>
He did a good job poking fun at himself (his absent hairline, his growing girth, etc). It was a good concert, but I liked the Paul McCartney one (of 2005) better.</p>