Sir Paul McCartney came into town last night and Ian and I went to his concert. It was such a fun night. He sounded so good and was very entertaining. The music was amazing. The weather was perfect. The people around us were NOT obnoxious (that's a first!).
Every time a song started, the girl in front of us would screech, "WoooooooooHooooooooHoooHoooHooo!!" with both fists pumping above her head. I'm pretty sure she was his biggest fan (in the cheap seats, anyway!) She was very entertaining as well!
It was surreal to listen to him play live.
(He's playing the piano on the right of the stage)
He had a fun personality. One lady in the front held up a sign that said, "Paul, you're in Utah. Will you marry us?" He read the sign and replied, "ALL of you?!"
He told all kinds of great stories. One was about how when the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band record came out, he was so honored because the very next night, Jimi Hendrix was playing in concert and had bought the record and learned it and played it as a tribute to The Beatles. In Jimi's signature way, he added all kinds of crazy guitar playing - which totally gets the guitar out of tune. So, he called out to the audience, "Eric? Eric, Are you out there?" (meaning Eric Clapton, who actually was there.) "Eric, will you come up and tune this for me, man?" Pretty cool to hear that story from him!
He played 2 encores adding an additional 45 minutes to the amazing already 2 hour long concert. We could've stayed all night!
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...You're too OLD!!
(Note the lady in the white shirt with blue flowers on it preserving whatever is left of her hearing...I wonder if she use to be one of the girls who screamed and melted in tears whenever the Beatles made an entrance!)
P.S. I was hoping he'd sing this song and he finally did in his second encore. This one's for you, Loretta!
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