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PAUL McCARTNEY : LIVE IN DES MOINES, IOWA 2005 |
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Disc One (74:29)
Disc Two (73:12)
Label : TMQ Venue : The Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa, USA Recording Date : October 27, 2005 Quality : Soundboard Recording (A+) Concert Review (Des Moines Register) : More than 40 years after Ed Sullivan introduced America to the Beatles, Sir Paul McCartney finally stepped on stage in Des Moines. In his sold-out concert Thursday night at Wells Fargo Arena, McCartney even took a stab at Jimi Hendrix, another left-handed guitarist who forever changed the face of rock `n' roll. McCartney tacked the signature riffs from Hendrix's "Foxy Lady" onto the end of his own "Let Me Roll It," flanked by his hotshot tour guitarists Rusty Anderson and Brian Ray. Not that McCartney's debut performance in Des Moines was what you would call loose or daring. He pretty much stuck to the set list and routine banter that's been reported in previous stops on his "US" tour. There should have been more moments like, literally, "The End," the final song of the night during which McCartney, Anderson and Ray bounced guitar solos between them and strayed far beyond the familiar recorded version. Concert Review (The Macca Report) : McCartney's Lexus motorcade arrived directly from the airport around 5 pm. There were about 50 fans waiting and Channel 13's helicopter circled above prompting Macca to wave out of the sunroof. Paul was sitting on the right side of the car where he opened the window and waved to the fans on both sides of the car as the car zoomed by. Paul's band members were in the other car's that pulled in with Paul. Brian and Rusty got out of one Lexus and waved to the crowd. Songs heard at the sound check: "Coming Up," "All My Loving," "C Moon," "Celebration," "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," unidentified rockabilly song, "Things We Said Today," Message Jam instrumental, "Lady Madonna." Des Moines was fired up for the concert. There were Paul 'US" Tour banners all over the city, not just at the venue. Paul opened the sold out brand new Wells Fargo Arena - as the first rock act - toted as the Premier Opening of the arena. Very few people sat down from the first note to the last. After the first song, Paul did his "too hot to touch" gesture to the audience. The band did the "Foxy Lady" jam after "Let Me Roll It" and there were 4 reprises of "I'll Follow the Sun." Rusty's read a fortune cookie: "A friend never asks for your money, only your time, in bed." Someone had a sign with a photo of a 7-month-old boy with the caption under the photo saying "Great Nephew Drew." That caught Paul's attention. Paul said, "There's a sign here that says 'Great Nephew Drew'. MY great nephew Drew???" Paul denied paternity and joked, "I NEVER met her!" (Congrats to Nancy and Fred Akers) Later Nancy and Fred raised another sign that had a cartoon bubble of Drew saying, "Got Me Hooked, sign my pic?" Paul recognized the sign holders and joked, "Got me hooked, by Great Nephew Drew!" Paul scolded a fan who tried to engage him in conversation while he was introducing a song. "They can't hear you," he informed the person. Paul proceeded with the intro, stating, "I'm determined to do this..." Macca asked for "a moment of appreciation for our dear departed loved ones, John, George and Linda" to which the audience responded with a standing ovation. Paul made a special dedication to Heather and Bea for "Follow Me" saying, "I'd like to dedicate this next song to my lovely wife and our baby daughter whose birthday is tomorrow." There was no "Baby Face" intro for "Hey Jude." Paul's gave his concert lesson of the word "Peradventure" which was passed along to Wells Fargo employees the next day as "The Word Of The Day." In fact one of the banks posted it as "Today's Word" the day after the show. Brian said, "Des Moines is my favorite crowd so far..." Paul said that he wished he hadn't waited so long to perform in Des Moines. For the last encore, Paul came out with the American flag. Rusty had the Iowa State flag and Wix carried his tiny British flag. At the end of the show someone threw a stuffed monkey on stage which Paul picked up. Macca began acting like a monkey which encouraged the rest of the band to do the 'monkey dance." Autographed by Paul: A "CHOBA B CCCP" Russian album (Congrats to Craig and Kathy Cermak), a White Album (with "Happy Birthday Beatrice" written on it), a "Let It Be" album, and a portrait of Paul and Heather (Congrats to artist Tom Vaccaro CLICK to read story) Signs in the audience: "My Irish eyes are smiling" acknowledged by Paul after mentioning 'Irish girl" astronaut Irene Collins (Congrats to Kathy and Craig Cermak), "Happy Birthday Bea," "Please sign my Clouds book," "Paul Rocks Des Moines" acknowledged by Paul (Congrats to Linda Robbins), "Hello From Los Angeles," "Paul Rocks US." |