Question by DDR: How would you consider Paul McCartney a hero? Im doing this project in my European History Class and I have to choose a hero and write a report on him. I really want to do Paul McCartney because hes a really big inspiration in my music playing, but i need a premise to go off that would fit Paul in the hero category. How would you consider him a hero? I need like a message he gave to the world or something that benefited people, so please help me. Best answer: Answer by MBA true legend: Paul McCartney Being a manic Macca fan but yet to see him live, I could not have chosen a better occasion than Sunday’s Liverpool Sound concert at Anfield Stadium to witness the adulation and frenzy that a 65-year-old rocker – with clearly his best years behind him is still able to generate among an audience spanning ages six to 60. The crowd encouragingly cheered local lads the Zutons when they opened the show. Leeds rockers Kaiser Chiefs, who followed, didn’t fare badly either. But it was with the entry of James Paul McCartney (or Paul Mildred McCartney if you go with Peter Kay’s introduction) that the stadium came to its feet. Suddenly, the well dressed middle aged man next to me desperately trying to get into ‘Ruby-ruby-ruby-rubeeey’ so long (and failing) was up and screaming just as wildly as the teenager in the front row. And Macca didn’t disappoint. There was something to excite the Fab Four follower, the Wings worshipper and even the heard-it-all-before ‘expert’ like me desperately hoping for surprises in the much recycled Hey Jude-Let It Be-Yesterday songlist. The hits came thick and fast in the 30-song tight two-hour performance classics like Long And Winding Road, Eleanor Rigby and Blackbird from the Beatles era (imagine a whole stadium singing along to Blackbird!), chart toppers Band On The Run and My Love from the later Wings period and even a sampling from his latest album Memory Almost Full, the mandolin-charged Dance Tonight. But it was the surprises that made the evening truly memorable for me. Surprise one: Dave Grohl. The Foo Fighters frontman, a self confessed fan of Sir Paul, joined his idol on Band On The Run (a track he recently released as a cover) and traded the guitar for drums on two more songs, including the closing song of the evening I Saw Her Standing There, the wide-eyed wonder never leaving his face. Surprise two: the Lennon tribute. Like he did with the Strawberry Fields Forever-Help-Give Peace A Chance medley during his 1990 Liverpool outing, Macca paid tribute to his late partner with a version of A Day In The Life making it the only time he has ever performed this song. The other surprise was In Liverpool, a gentle ballad evoking childhood memories of the city (I spent my early life in Liverpool/Something I’m not likely to forget/People blend with places/Faces that I know but never met). Let alone being performed, this song has never been officially released. I could go on and on about how fantastic Macca was. But I won’t. All in all it was a grand evening with great atmosphere, fantastic music, and a once in a lifetime opportunity to see a true legend in his hometown (seriously, who knows when he’ll be there next). Icing on the cake next morning we even got back our umbrellas that were confiscated at the gates. Go Sir Paul! What do you think? Answer below!
Posted on: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 21:20:43 +0000
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