Paul McCartney at the Electric Proms 2007
(The Roundhouse, London, Thursday, October 25th)

Paul McCartney is a great advert for the vegetarian lifestyle, as he performed a set of Beatles, Wings, and solo material with a zest and enthusiasm that made you think his birth certificate was a poor forgery.

Beatles songs flowed at this Roundhouse, Electric Proms gig, broadcast on BBC2 - 'Magical Mystery Tour', 'Eleanor Rigby (admittedly in a lower key - one concession to age)', 'Blackbird', 'Back In The U.S.S.R.', 'Lady Madonna', 'Hey Jude', 'Let It Be'. But, being on the Beeb, numbers like 'Get Back' were omitted - unless you had access to the red button on a digital TV, and could see the whole concert. If you saw it all you could appreciate how good Paul McCartney's band were, and see the emotional tribute to John Lennon - 'Here Today'.

Macca was exchanging banter with the audience all through the gig, as he displayed his musical skills on bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, and then played the mandolin on 'Dance Tonight' - his recent single. Rip-roaring versions of 'Band On The Run' and 'Live And Let Die' were reminders McCartney has produced good songs throughout his career, and not just with The Beatles. Macca closed the show with the early Beatles classic 'I Saw Her Standing There', and the aforesaid 'Get Back'. Can anyone top him as the greatest living pop and rock icon in the world?

- Paul Rance/booksmusicfilmstv.com.

Set List 

Our main Paul McCartney page
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Paul McCartney CDs available from booksmusicfilmstv.com - in association with Amazon
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Memory Almost Full
Memory Almost Full (Deluxe Packaging)
Memory Almost Full
Memory Almost Full [Deluxe Limited Edition]

Chaos and Creation in the Back Yard
Chaos and Creation in the Back Yard [CD + DVD]
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard [VINYL]
Chaos And Creation In The Backyard
Chaos And Creation In The Backyard [SPECIAL EDITION]

Band on the Run

Venus and Mars

Paul McCartney - Ecce cor meum

Paul McCartney