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By TODD STONE
Of The Battalion Staff
Performing for an audience that
appeared to be the parents of today’s
common concert crowd, Paul Mc
Cartney became the toast of Dallas
with an energetic and thoughtful
show at Texas Stadium last Saturday
night.
More than 56,000 first- and sec
ond-generation Beatle fans relived
25 years of some of the best rock ’n’
roll ever made, as McCartney played
his hits from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s.
Two-thirds of McCartney’s 33-
song set were Beatle songs, which
seems to suggest that McCartney has
gracefully accepted that he is a
Beatle first, last and always.
The show began with an 11-min
ute film directed by Richard Lester,
who also directed The Beatles in the
films “A Hard Day’s Night” and
“Help.”
The short film was a recapitula
tion of historical moments paral
leled with McCartney’s music during
these years.
Martin Luther King Jr., Robert
Kennedy, Vietnam and the recent
violence in China were featured
while Beatle songs like “I Want to
Hold Your Hand” and “Long And
Winding Road” played.
Solo McCartney songs “Live and
Let Die” and “Say, Say, Say” were
featured as more recent events were
shown.
McCartney opened immediately
after the film with the grooving song
“Figure of Eight” from his latest al
bum, Flowers In The Din.
He followed with “Jet” from the-
Band On The Run LP, and the
crowd roared with approval as the
six-member band performed the
rousing Beatles tune, “Got To Get
You Into My Life.”
McCartney’s band was first-rate,
but it did not feature any big name
stars. Former Pretender’s guitarist
Robbie McIntosh was the highlight
of the band, playing some stirring
guitar leads and harmonizing well
behind McCartney.
Hamish Stuart, formerly with the
Average White Band; Paul Wickens,
former member of Chris Thompson
and The Islands; and Julian Cope,
once with the Waterboys, rounded
out the rest of this solid band.
For those interested, Linda Mc
Cartney also was onstage. Although
criticized for being underqualified to
be on stage w.ith Paul McCartney,
Linda’s presence did not impair the
quality of the show.
She indistinctly played piano,
tambourine and snare drum. But
she didn’t have to do anything that
required talent, since Paul stole the
show.
McCartney seemed to be having
as much fun as the audience. He
danced around stage, clowned
around with the other musicians and
seemed perfectly at ease.
His energy and zest throughout
the show was contagious. McCartney
acted more like a cheerleader than
musician when talking to the audi
ence: “Oh yeah, we’re going to have
some fun tonight,” “Here’s one you
can bop to.”
McCartney dedicated his perfor
mance of “Fool On The Hill” to “th
ree mates of mine — John, George
and Ringo.”
While McCartney played the song
on a piano bathed in psychedelic col
ors, the floor beneath him rose
about 12 feet into the air and slowly
revolved as he sang.
McCartney also skillfully played
electric and acoustic guitar, four-and
five-string bass guitars and piano.
During the final encore of the Ab
bey Road medley — “Golden Slum
bers,” “Carry That Weight,” “You
Never Give Me Your Money” and
“The End,” McCartney traded some
hip guitar leads with Stuart and Mc
Intosh.
McCartney’s steady bass lines and
Chris Whitten’s drums gave the song
“Coming Up” a funky, uplifting
groove.
The biggest surprise was McCart
ney’s funky, almost rap-like version
of “P.S. I Love You” and “Love Me
Do.” I was almost afraid that Run
DMC was going to appear on stage.
Thankfully, I was wrong.
Finding moments to reminisce
was easy during McCartney’s perfor
mance of Beatle hits.
My favorite moment during the
show came during “Long and Wind
ing Road.” McCartney was especially
captivating as he sang — his voice
was smooth, and the audience was si
lent as he played.
Lor that stretch of time, it seemed
he was personally reminding each
person in the audience how special
Beatle music is to so many.
When hired hand Stuart inter
rupted during the chorus, the spell
was broken, and my moment was
over. Still, everyone around me
seemed to be waiting for their spe
cial song, and to McCartney’s credit,
everyone left satisfied.
From the point of view of a re-
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excluded rpaterial from his Tuy
War album, which contains thel
“Ebony and Ivory” and “Takt
Away.”
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Venus and Mars album, which
tains the up-tempo song “Rw
Show” and the jazzy tune “Listen!
What The Man Said.”
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play them all? McCartney’s pet
mance of “Live and Let Die” (ye
from the James Bond movie)
plenty of cheers as huge explosion
surprised the audience during
beginning and ending verses.
The stage was large, featuring 1
screens that let everyone get ago#
view of McCartney. The moder
lights and lasers supported the si®
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Program lists McCartney’s views
ByTODD STONE
Of The Battalion Staff
tronaut and you’ve been to the
moon, what do you do with the
rest of your life?”
Something rare happened be
fore the Paul McCartney concert
Saturday night. Every person ad
mitted was given a 100-page con
cert program. Free.
In this modern pop-rock age, a
band or a performer giving any
thing away is definitely extraordi
nary. Still, I imagine part of the
program cost was covered by the
nigh ticket price.
The program offered some in
teresting and candid insights
from McCartney about his poli
tics, music and lifestyle.
McCartney’s well-publicized
environmental concerns explain
the presence of a feature story
about “Friends of The Earth.” “F-
riends” is a worldwide organiza
tion that campaigns for a safer
and cleaner environment.
Following are excerpts from
the program listing McCartney's
views on other matters.
Favorite McCartney song:
“The obvious choice is ‘Yester
day’ because it’s the biggest song
ever. It’s done so amazingly, it’s
like applause for what you’ve
done. The other reason it’s my fa
vorite is because I dreamt it.”
Favorite guitarist and bassist:
“Guitar would be Hendrix.
Bass is me, but I’m allowed to say
that aren’t I?”
After The Beatles:
“It’s like if you’ve been an as-
Songwriting:
“Sometimes you’ve only got an
airline sickbag to write it on, ’
notepaper, backs of envelopes,
toilet paper. It’s been done on ev
erything, you know. So it’sjustan
adventure every time I do it.
They ask, ‘Paul, why do you do it:
It can’t be the money? It can’t be
the fame?’ And it’s just that each
time you do it there’s some kind
of mystery to it as to whether
you’re going to pull it off.”
What would McCartney
demonstrate for?
“Apartheid. What happened in
China this year. Amnesty Inter
national.
Favorite saying:
“There’s no hairs on a seagull's
chest.
Secret Ambition:
“To be a good painter. It’s mes
sing with the colors I like. And
faces. Little characters. I’m not
trying to impress anyone except
myself.”
John Lennon:
“The great thing about me and
John is that it was me and John
End of story. When we got in
little room it was me and John sit
ting there, it was me and him who
write it, not all these other people
who think they know all about
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