Paul McCartney gave his first concert in Norway in 11 years at Telenor Arena Tuesday night, it followed the ecstatic reports from Roskilde Festival three days before.
Read the review of the concert at Roskilde- festival here.
The public had high expectations and they were met. There were three differences in repertoire at the two concerts. The opening track was changed, he has rolled between “Magical Mystery Tour” and “Eight Days A Week” throughout the tour, he played “Yesterday” that he “forgot” in Roskilde, and Ringo Starr’s 75th birthday was celebrated with “Birthday” – something that made “Hi Hi Hi” was omitted.
Read the review of the concert at Telenor Arena here.
Only two songs on the set were from before 1965 , no one from between 1982 and 2012. He received many favorites, but there are certainly many he did not fit into.
1. “Eight Days A Week” (1964)
Life is a worn, work eight days a week. The parodied taxi driver in the track is well antithesis of the setting of stage and audience this evening. A perfect stop, served by McCartney and his four fellow musicians.
2. Save Us (2013)
This is the opening track on McCartney’s last studio album, “New”, one of his finest albums in the past 30 years, he clearly wants to show early in the concert that he still has something to come by, in its 74 years.
3. Got To Get You into My Life (1966)
But audiences responded more warmly on this – one of the most popular songs in pop history perhaps best album (“Revolver”). Song’s soul feel emphasized by the horns, but not everyone in the audience gets with the song’s message. “You” is no person, but marijuana, as Bob Dylan introduced the band for the previous year. It would not be the last cannabis-inspired track from McCartney.
4. Good Day Sunshine (1966)
More Revolver, several blowers (mediated via the synth), more sunshine. It is claimed that American band Lovin ‘Spoonful, who had all-time summer single the same year with “Summer In The City”, was the main inspiration when McCartney wrote this the record hot summer of 1966. It is quite humid and stuffy inside the Telenor Arena too.
5. Temporary Secretary (1980)
This song is performed for the first time in Norway, says Paul in his charming Norwegian, as he shifts from bass to violin psychedelic decorated electric guitar. This song from “McCartney 2″ is wearing an uncompromising electronica outfit, which is not everyone thinks dressed man. More than any other songs stand this audience. Not everyone thinks this belongs among McCartney’s peak moments, but it has been decided to giving concert width.
6. Let Me Roll It (1973)
Tonight’s the first Wings song, and the first of three from the classic album “Band On The Run”. McCartney plays electric guitar, and shows that he knows what he is doing. Some might say he exaggerates when he finishes the song with a tribute to Jimi Hendrix which includes a paraphrase of the solo from “Foxy Lady”. But McCartney shows both here and in other parts of the repertoire of the tour that he’s a better guitarist than many of us have ant.
7. Paperback Writer (1966)
The first single The Beatles released that was not about love. The intelligent nonsense text represents what was today’s first singing of format.
8. My Valentine (2012)
Paul sits down at the piano before he introduces the song he wrote to current wife Nancy. Great song, very good atmosphere in the hall.
9. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five (1973)
The atmosphere is screwed up with this simple festpoplåten from “Band On The Run”. Was the first real highlight of Roskilde concert and function well in Oslo.
10. The Long and Winding Road (1970)
Paul is still at the grand piano and turns the mood back down with what was The Beatles last single and still is one of history’s most insistent piano ballads. The background is murky, it is a song written about four people who had been a close and highly creative entity, but which now seem cooperation. Video sequences on stage conveys a different and universal human interpretation of the song.
11. Maybe I’m Amazed (1970)
The best song from Paul’s first solo album, and from all his solo career, was written for his first wife Linda. He performs it alone at the piano, like a soft, glowing and striking contrast to the resigned characterized the previous song, until the orchestra comes in and the intensity is turned up. A wonderful interpretation, Oslo highlight of the concert.
12 I’ve Just Seen a Face (1965)
The closest the Beatles came bluegrass, and tonight first song from “Help”. Paul has taken off his 12-string guitar and the audience enjoying themselves.
13. We Can Work It Out (1965)
This was the eternal optimist song Paul wrote after a dispute with then girlfriend Jane Asher. It did not go well with the relationship, but the song remains to such a degree. Not as intense singing as in Roskilde, but nice enough!
14. Another Day (1971)
Paul’s first solo single was a huge hit then and is still nice. There is a novellistisk text about a lonely woman, related to “Eleanor Rigby.” Pleasant and nice, archetypal Paul – and a reminder of what we miss the most this evening: Songs from his finest solo album “Ram.”
15. Hope for the Future (2014)
The concert freshest song was written for a videogame, and sounds a bit like that, like a distant relative of “Live And Let Die”. Nice song, but the audience was somewhat unfocused. Many took the opportunity to ente rid of fluids, or buy a new beer in the bar.
16. And I Love Her (1964)
The transition to an acoustic department comprised of tonight’s possibly the second oldest song – one of the few recorded live with The Beatles. From “A Hard Day’s Night” and the audience likes what they hear.
17. Blackbird (1968)
The song was written in support of the American civil rights movement has certainly not lost its relevance over the years. McCartney is alone on the stage and lifted up on a podium in front of the classical guitar and knowing video effects. But he did not sing alone sing this all alone. The crowd chimed in fervently show and the song got tonight most cordial applause. Prolonged loud applause after track 17, not yet halfway through the concert.
18. Here Today (1982)
K very perhaps most touching moments. The song Paul wrote for his friend John Lennon’s death, was published in “Tug Of War” album. Paul introduced it to tell about all the nice things a’d like to say to the people a care about, so one thinks perhaps that rather wait until next time. But there will not always someone next time.
19. New (2013)
The podium is lowered, the musicians are returned. Paul sits down at elpianoet and have settled need to lift the mood, with the fresh title track from their latest album. .
20. Queenie Eye (2013)
The video wall behind the stage is not very active use during the evening, but there are great scenes both before and during the concert. Not least here, with situational and environmental images from Liverpool during and immediately after the war, in Paul’s childhood. Another song from “New” perhaps whichever worked best. But now dose of modern tunes exhausted. From now on the old hits that apply.
21. Lady Madonna (1968)
Piano rocker Paul wrote strongly inspired by Fats Domino became a monsterhit when it was released and people remember obviously still text.
22. All Together Now (1968)
This is a more curiously touches, nursery rhyme in British music hall tradition that was Paul McCartney’s contribution to the four real songs on “Yellow Submarine” album. Good mood, and one of several moments where the drummer shows his vocal strength.
23. Lovely Rita (1967)
This has not many heard live before. This is one of Paul’s more lettlivede contributions to “Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band,” a loving nidsang to a female parking attendant who was eager to service.
24. Eleanor Rigby (1967)
This is one of Paul’s highest treasured tunes, recorded together with “Sgt Pepper”, but released as half of what many believe is the greatest double single in pail with “Strawberry Fields Forever. ” The atmosphere in the auditorium is soaring. Not many people are now.
25. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (1967)
A personal Pepper favorite, surreal in music and especially text that is verbatim (but slightly more) reproduction of an old circus advertisement. And of course Henry the Horse dances the waltz.
26. Something (1969)
Tonight’s other major snufseøyeblikk. Pauls tribute to his friend George Harrison begins as a ukulele version of Harrison’s most famous song, but going just in time over the full band version. The atmosphere is intense both on stage and in the audience.
27. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (1968)
Macca tullelåt is little more than that, it is a communication of daily life among cool jamaikanere on Petticoat Lane Market in London, and McCartney’s first reggae-based song. But still a little strange that the public would go absolutely bananas right on this. For now it’s a bit of a life of Telenor Arena.
28. Band on the Run (1973)
Here we are talking powerful structured pop song, and version works only bugger, both the epic intro and it easily recognizable synth riff that dominates the singalong friendly main part of the song.
29. Back in the U.S.S.R. (1968)
Quick and fun Beatles rocker, and it is more fun also after the song when Paul tells stories of meetings with high-ranking Soviet citizens after their first concert on the Red Square.
30. Let It Be (1970)
Here we are talking top three on the list of all-time piano ballads, and Paul worked hard to drown the audience sang. But Paul work the hard, he has done throughout the concert.
31. Live and Let Die (1973)
The fourth song from 1973 on tonight’s set, and the most monumental. Both musically and in pyrotechnics. Indoor fireworks are powerful things, and put a proper striker James Bons song.
32. Hey Jude (1968)
Many songs from 1968 as well, and this is by far the most popular. Ages allsanglåt was originally written as a consolation song for Julian Lennon when his parents were going to be separated, and nanana-chorus seemed the time everlasting. But time passed quickly at Telenor Arena, and suddenly thank Paul for the team. But we know there is at least one additional department.
33. Another Girl (1965)
Macca and musicians come back with this. One of the tour’s most surprising choices, but also one of the best functioning. This “Help” -låten is a brilliant pop song, and the band shows the audience that they are as capable to recreate the soundscape of Beatles anno 1965 as Wings in 1973.
34. Birthday (1968)
Of course, had this coming, Ringo Starr’s 75th birthday, and also the birthday of Paul’s late father. The audience votes for and bowls for Ringo.
3. Can not Buy Me Love (1964)
The only one of the singles that defined Beatlemania is on this tour. It does not exactly away.
36. Yesterday (1965)
Ages often performed pop song, and not just the poorest either. He skipped this in Roskilde, but doing it in Oslo. We thought we had heard it enough times, but it was real nice.
37. Helter Skelter (1968)
Paul darkest, most metallic rock song, about the convicted murderer cult leader Charles Manson claims inspired his misdeeds. The crowd at Telenor did not experience content in the same way. The band and McCartney is compelling also as uncompromising rock band, and nothing suggests that almost two and a half hour intense scene efforts corrodes forces.
38. Golden slumbers (1969)
Paul wrote most and the best of “Abbey Road,” which was the last album the Beatles recorded. Perhaps the finest on the entire album is the sequence of songs at the end, all written and arranged by Paul. The opening “Golden slumbers” is based on a poem from 1963 by Thomas Dekker, the conveyed lovely.
39. Carry That Weight (1969)
The part of the sequence with the greatest singing potential.
40. The End (1969)
Yes, unfortunately. The end of The Beatles, the end of this evening. And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make. A fine credo to bring out into the rainy night.
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