Time for Sir Paul McCartney to call it a day?

[Clogiron]

5 hours ago, tim2 said:

Springsteen's Broadway show was a perfect example of what you can do when you're 70. Beuatiful recollection of his early life and career with chilling solo/acoustic versions of some of his best songs.

I think it's easier for a solo artist to remain relevant than a band over time, I've seen and heard some of his solo shows including those recent ones but for me it just doesn't have the same appeal, his last really great album to my mind was Nebraska, a solo effort far superior to BITUSA and especially when those tracks got the full band treatment later.

[Niels]

I liked some of the Wings songs.

The note you never wrote (Wings at the speed of sound) is my favourite though it was originally sung by Denny Laine.

For no one is my favourite of his Beatles work. 

[Copa]

The current concert scene in Canberra includes Bananarama, Suzi Quatro and Leo Sayer. Paul McCartney would fit right in.

[Futtocks]

17 hours ago, Niels said:

I liked some of the Wings songs.

The note you never wrote (Wings at the speed of sound) is my favourite though it was originally sung by Denny Laine.

For no one is my favourite of his Beatles work. 

Wings were pretty good at their best. But when a band is the project of an ex-Beatle, it is always going to be compared unfavourably.

And Emmylou Harris' rendition of 'For no one' is quite possibly my favourite Beatles cover.

[bazzzz65]

On 2/22/2019 at 12:26 PM, Shadow said:

 

I dread to think what their summer 2019 tour will be like, embarrassing for all concerned I imagine.

Except their bank managers!!

[gingerjon]

19 hours ago, Copa said:

The current concert scene in Canberra includes Bananarama, Suzi Quatro and Leo Sayer. Paul McCartney would fit right in.

Come to Hastings.

We had Showaddywaddy last week.

[Stan Doffarf]

8 hours ago, Futtocks said:

Wings were pretty good at their best. But when a band is the project of an ex-Beatle, it is always going to be compared unfavourably.

And Emmylou Harris' rendition of 'For no one' is quite possibly my favourite Beatles cover.

'Wings - the band the Beatles could have been.'

Sheer genius from Alan Partridge.

[Clogiron]

Back in the 90s when satellite tv included all the German channels: ARD, SAT 1, SAT3 etc their Saturday night variety shows always included numerous British groups from the 60/70s who were still popular over there. The likes of Smokie, Mindbenders, Procol Harum or parts thereof certianly prolonged their career's over there.    Latterly it's the Cruise Ships that cover that market for entertainers: Jakki Graham, Jim Tavare, Jools Holland spring to mind unfortunately, but hey its a living I suppose

[Bleep1673]

He IS 78 though, and it's not as though he needs the money any more.

[Bleep1673]

18 hours ago, gingerjon said:

Come to Hastings.

We had Showaddywaddy last week.

And don't forget the annual Beatles weekend, now into it's mid 20th year

[Hammerless Nail]

On 2/22/2019 at 2:38 PM, Wiltshire Rhino said:

He should have been retired after this monstrosity 

 

I'm not sure that was the tipping point, coming as it did after the musical emetic "Ebony and Ivory" and his involvement with Michael Jackson's risible "The Girl Is Mine".

"The Frog Chorus" merely revealed that the barrel he'd long been scraping the bottom of turned out to have a hidden basement.

[gingerjon]

1 hour ago, Bleep1673 said:

And don't forget the annual Beatles weekend, now into it's mid 20th year

http://www.hastingsbeatlesday.org.uk/

[johnmatrix]

Loved to have seen him in his pomp, not so much now. 

 

[graveyard johnny]

can we add paul weller to this list? build a funeral pyre of fred perry t shirts stripped off bald 50 something blokes having a mod life crisis to celebrate.