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 | Title : Back in the U.S. Live 2002
Author : Paul McCartney
Release Date : 20021126
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $19.98
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Editorial Reviews :
Critics may quibble over the creative roller coaster that's been Paul McCartney's post-Beatles solo career, but few can deny his status as one of rock's most buoyant live performers and consistent crowd pleasers. That drive to stake his claim onstage (said to be one of the factors that drove the Fabs to dissolution) energizes this otherwise largely backward-looking collection of performances from his 2002 world tour; fully two-thirds of the double-disc's 35 tracks hail from the Beatles catalog, with the rest slanted toward early solo-career standouts like 'Jet,' 'Maybe I'm Amazed,' and 'My Love.' But Mac and his focused backing quartet deliver them with a punchy edge and sense of abandon that's largely MIA on previous McCartney live releases. Other than pausing for tributes to his fallen comrades ('Here Today,' a solo acoustic paean to John Lennon followed by a touching, ukulele-backed nod to George Harrison with 'Something'), it's largely a rollicking career retrospective from a musician whose restless drive to perform invests this collection with something more than mere nostalgia. The singer who invoked Bach at 22 may still refuse to act his age, but here that's not a bad thing at all.
Buyer Reviews :
McCartney will never lose his touch and this double disc proves that although we will never see a Beatles concert, we still have Paul. Punctuated with mostly Beatles tunes, the sound is crisp and McCartney and his band strut thier stuff with abandon! I've never quite heard a rock concert so full of clean energy! Even songs like, 'Coming Up', which I never liked, is pure fun. When I saw the set list, I was skeptical, but even mediocre tunes like, 'Vanilla Sky' and 'Your Loving Flame' stand out. 'Live And Let Die' is a great adaption and 'Something' brings a tear to the eye. The 'Wings' songs were carefully chosen with only the ones that McCartney dominated being sung. When the concert reaches, 'Let It Be', the rest of the show is gut-wrenching nostalgia - the best kind. God, I hope he tours again.
(by Marty from SF)
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