Has the setlist for Paul McCartney's upcoming Scotland show somehow been revealed ahead of the show? Or is what we're about to show you a fraud?
An item credited to the Scotland Sunday Mail/Daily Record with no byline (and we couldn't find the article on their website) and reprinted online by an unlikely source, California Chronicle, a reputable website, gives the following as the "likely" set list for Hampden on June 20.
Here's the list as printed on the link:
Venus And Mars, Rock Show, Jet, All My Loving, Got To Get You Into My Life, Highway, Let Me Roll It, Foxy Lady, The Long And Winding Road, Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five, (I Want To) Come Home, My Love, I'm Looking Through You, Every Night, Two Of Us, Blackbird, Here Today, Dance Tonight, Mrs Vandebilt, Eleanor Rigby, Something, Letting Go, Sing The Changes, Band On The Run, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Back In The USSR, I've Got A Feeling, Paperback Writer, A Day In The Life, Give Peace A Chance, Let It Be, Live And Let Die, Hey Jude, Day Tripper, Lady Madonna, Get Back, Yesterday, Helter Skelter, Sgt. Pepper's, The End.
If this is correct, the changes from the Puerto Rico setlist would be "Got To Get You Into My Life" instead of "Drive My Car" and "Letting Go" (which is moved to later in the set); "(I Want To) Come Home") instead of "Let 'Em In"; "I'm Looking Through You," "Every Night" and "Two of Us" instead of "I've Just Seen a Face" and "And I Love Her"; and "Letting Go" added before "Sing the Changes."
Surprisingly, there's no "Mull of Kintyre" on the list, which is strange since "Mull" would be a likely song in a Scottish gig.
And more curiously, this set list matches the Jobing.com Arena setlist song-for-song. (See that setlist here.) Another theory, perhaps less likely, is that the article was not meant to be seen online since California Chronicle is a political site and this was supposed to be stashed in someone's private folder.
The item also reproduces what it says are some quotes from Paul, with some curious ones that gives more weight to the fact it may be someone's imagination.
- "There are a few songs I've never played since we recorded them. I've just started doing Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da which is a nice rockin' tune and it's gone down a storm." (When did you ever hear Paul use that expression?)
- "It was always difficult to do Paperback Writer because it had complicated four-part harmonies. Ringo couldn't really get the harmony thing so it was left to the three of us to cover it. We did it once in Japan but that was it. We didn't enjoy it because we didn't do a good job on it. But I heard it played at a party - in the middle of all this hip music - and it sounded good." (Would Paul say that about Ringo?)
- "In my band we can cover the harmonies. I think we make a better job of it than The Beatles did. "I wouldn't say that about much stuff ... but I think we actually do." (Better than the Beatles? Does that sound like Paul McCartney to you?)
Well, enjoy the setlist -- if it is that, anyway. And we've linked to what we know isa real Paul McCartney interview from the Daily Record below. At least we think it is.
Any amateur Sherlock Holmes types want to chime in with theories? Feel free. We'll let you know if we get any more information on this.
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Comments
Yes, Paul said that about Ringo and Paperback Writer in an interview on Absolute Radio a few weeks ago. He was purely talking about the Beatles as a live act right before they stopped touring because it became too difficult to get the harmonies right and they couldn't hear themselves. If you listened to the interview it in no way came off like he was taking a dig at Ringo or saying his band was better than the Beatles in general - only when it came to performing certain songs which is just realistic because of improved technology.
As for the set list... I would say it's an educated guess based on the previous shows but he will probably add a couple of new songs. I doubt the paper really knows anything, especially since Paul probably hasn't made any final decisions yet.
I heard that interview and agree with AJ's take on it. No insult or dig was meant at all. In fact it seemed like Paul made it clear that he in no way meant it in an insulting way.
The set list is someone's guess. Why would he not play Mull in Scotland?
Fake. But it won't be that different in the end. It's just another of cut and paste articles, very common to these days.
Even if this is the actual set list, there is a strong possibility he could still play "Mull of Kintyre," especially for that location.
I saw him in concert in Halifax, Nova Scotia, last summer, and he ended up playing "Mull of Kintyre" as a surprise during the encore. If you will note, Halifax was the only stop on Macca's tour where he played the bagpipe number, perhaps because he knew it would be well-received in the city with a lot of Celtic heritage.
Since Scotland has (obviously) more Celtic background, I would be surprised if he didn't perform "Mull of Kintyre" at that stop.
I live a short distance from Paul's place in Sussex (UK) and I have had the good fotune to meet him on several occasions, the last being on Thursday 20th May 2010. The set list is not quite accurate and I have heard the band rehearsing - so although most of the songs are in there, the prder of play is not correct to what they have been rehearsing. Regarding Pauls' comments about vocal abilities of the current band against that of The Beatles - of course the new band is better - evry one of them is a first class musician and vocalsit in there own right - they were hand picked by Paul for a specific task and it is no accident that they have been the most popular line-up in post-Beatles shows. Not only that, they 'gell' as a unit - they all have a very toiletry sense of humour and respect eachothers' abilities and musical history. Paul was the most versitile musician in The Beatles - no mistake. The Beatles were superb in their day but as a live band post 1966 - they were not that hot.
i love - "rain" / "nowhere man" - "only sleeping " - "strawberry
fields" - "tomorrow knows" - and all the piano ballads (many-paul
is brill at them (with strings/hammond/ or synth ??)
- ideas ???
how many songs had "love" in the title ?? this before the
"summer" of love ..... !
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