Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Paul McCartney and His Music Creates Memories

Paul McCartney wraps up his summer 2009 stadium tour tonight with a concert in Atlanta, GA. And like the previous shows in cities like Boston, New York and Washington DC, it promises to be a night of memories - both for fans and for McCartney himself.

At 67, Paul McCartney is one of music's biggest legends. And The Beatles are nothing less then a cultural phenomenom that will most likely never be matched. So a McCartney concert is so much more then simply three hours of some of the best pop and rock songs every written... not that that wouldn't be enough. It's tens of thousands of people revisiting their youth together. Remembering the first time they heard a certain song or saw The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show. It's a whole new generation seeing the music giant live for the first time, watching graphics of the upcoming Beatles Rock Band video game play on the big screen - the latest way fans will be able to emerge themselves into the Beatles experience.

And it's a chance for McCartney himself to celebrate with the fans, remember friends who are now gone and reflect on the journey so far.

Members of the Memorable Moments team attended McCartney's Fed Fex Field concert in DC earlier this summer. Early in the show,McCartney joked that when The Beatles first played in America they could barely hear themselves play because of the screams of the female fans were defeaning. And on cue, every woman in the stadium screamed in joy. "Yeah, that was the noise," joked McCartney. "Excpet now, we have bigger amps."

In addition to a great mix of hits of The Beatles, Wings and his solo career, McCartney surprised the crowd with a quick jam of "Foxy Lady" in tribute to Jimi Hendrix and then talked about how Hendrix learned Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band and played it live at one of his shows just three days after the Beatles first debuted it.

He played "Blackbird" and spoke about how he wrote it in response to what was happening with the Civil Rights movement.

He pulled out an old ukulele that George Harrison gave him as a gift and then played "Something" on it as a tribute to his former bandmate. John Lennon was also remembered with a solemn "Here Today" and "Give Peace a Chance."

And while the final song was "The End," every fan there knew that there is no chance of McCartney's music or memories ever ending.

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1 comment:

jlowe said...

Great story. However, "Something" was in tribute to the Beatle who wrote and sang it originally: George Harrison, not John Lennon.