tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post8052481593026977958..comments2024-03-28T14:09:53.330-07:00Comments on The Song In My Head Today: Holly A Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17828633442418722187noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-68502706483808216032009-04-13T14:22:00.000-07:002009-04-13T14:22:00.000-07:00My Paul McCartney concert story. When he launched...My Paul McCartney concert story. When he launched the Wings Over America tour in 1976, I stood in line at Ticketron at the Summit Mall for a couple hours, only to discover that the guy in front of me bought the last tickets. Much wailing and lamenting ensued. The, on the day of the concert, a friend told me a couple hundred tickets were on sale (the stage apparently wasn't as big as they'd expected). So he and I hopped in my mom's big tank of a Buick station wagon (pre-emission controls!) and drove, no exaggeration, 100 MPH to the Mall, covering the eleven miles in six minutes. I sprinted to the Ticketron and got four seats right next to the stage. In the middle of the show, Paul did a long acoustic set, with just him and his guitar, concluding (if I recall correctly) with "Yesterday." When he finished, I was in such a stage of addled bliss, that I kept applauding after everyone else had stopped, causing Paul to look right at me and wave. As a Beatles lover - really, no other artist could I say truly changed my life - that was one of the peaks of my existence. Glad you finally got to experience the magic first-hand.wwolfenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-70510249346855020032009-04-07T19:51:00.000-07:002009-04-07T19:51:00.000-07:00Only on the last two numbers, the group finales, "...Only on the last two numbers, the group finales, "Cosmic Consciousness" and "I Saw Her Standing There." Otherwise Paul had his regular back-up group. They're quite good, actually.Holly A Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828633442418722187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-30706437644829188812009-04-07T19:42:00.000-07:002009-04-07T19:42:00.000-07:00I'm really glad you finally got to see Paul live! ...I'm really glad you finally got to see Paul live! He's simply amazing in concert, I've seen him twice, in 1993 and in 2005. His voice is still so damn good! He can still hit all those notes he hit 40-plus years ago! This is such a great song, one of his highlights on Revolver. (Actually, all of his songs on Revolver are highlights!) Did Ringo play drums with Paul at the concert?Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04638783212215818291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-58241863662206105362009-04-06T10:46:00.000-07:002009-04-06T10:46:00.000-07:00Well, it just goes to show how the era of "coded" ...Well, it just goes to show how the era of "coded" drug messages inspired extra creativity -- by the time he'd worked over this song to make sure it could also be taken as an innocent love song, those lyrics were air-tight! Nowadays when you can say anything you please in a rock song, I kinda miss all that subterranean tension.<BR/><BR/>Paul was right about the herbal remedies, anyway -- they've never let him down. ;)Holly A Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828633442418722187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-51512480205968946322009-04-06T07:52:00.000-07:002009-04-06T07:52:00.000-07:00Actually, it's Paul's song about falling in love w...Actually, it's Paul's song about falling in love with herbal remedies. <BR/><BR/>I still love the song, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com