A lot of talent on that stage.
Video gets really good at about 3:25.
Great last guest and song.
@big-ryan it's really amazing how Paul McCartney has been such a big part of the zeitgeist for over 60 years. He was 21 when he first played on that stage with the Beatles and now, a few weeks away from 84, he's out there again. Amazing.
I know a lot has been made of his voice slipping. I get it, but I feel like people making that observation sort of miss the point. The fact that he wants to be out there performing, entertaining and bringing joy to people and having fun is what it's all about. We'd all be so lucky to find something good and positive we love half that much.
@big-ryan it's really amazing how Paul McCartney has been such a big part of the zeitgeist for over 60 years. He was 21 when he first played on that stage with the Beatles and now, a few weeks away from 84, he's out there again. Amazing.
I know a lot has been made of his voice slipping. I get it, but I feel like people making that observation sort of miss the point. The fact that he wants to be out there performing, entertaining and bringing joy to people and having fun is what it's all about. We'd all be so lucky to find something good and positive we love half that much.
@ohio-guy 100%. No way anyone will sing at 84 like they did at 24, but he's out there giving it his all and looking like he's having a lot of fun. Good for him!
And many/most singers now, including younger ones like Taylor Swift, rely on backing tracks and pre-recorded vocals during their concerts, so they're lip-syncing at times. McCartney's performance last night was raw. I don't think there was any electronic/technical/AI enhancement. Cool, too, how it was just the house band (Louis Cato et al) playing instruments, not the guys PMcC usually tours with.
McCartney has toured for decades as a solo act, but The Beatles only toured for a couple of years. I think they stopped touring in 1966. McCartney's greatest legacy won't be as a performer but as one-half of the greatest songwriting duo in the history of popular music.
@ohio-guy i heard on the radio willie nelson is coming here this summer with some outlaw festival thing. he's 93. not a chance in hell he can sound good still. i think it's just the novelty of seeing these people in person more than the quality of their show at this point
@ohio-guy i heard on the radio willie nelson is coming here this summer with some outlaw festival thing. he's 93. not a chance in hell he can sound good still. i think it's just the novelty of seeing these people in person more than the quality of their show at this point
I do think there is a fine line these aging performers have to come to terms with eventually. Just like in sports, Father Time is undefeated. This video from a couple years ago of 90 year old Frankie Valli is hard to watch.
To your point though, a lot of the comments on that video defending him are essentially saying people just wanted to be in the same room with him performing.
@ohio-guy i heard on the radio willie nelson is coming here this summer with some outlaw festival thing. he's 93. not a chance in hell he can sound good still. i think it's just the novelty of seeing these people in person more than the quality of their show at this point
Saw Willie for at least the 8th time last summer. Dreadful. Luckily his son Lukas plays with him most of the time & helps him out. Not many bigger Beatles fans than me, I took a 3 credit Beatles class at IU, but watching Macca perform now is like watching Ali fight Holmes & Berbick at the end of his career.
McCartney’s smart enough to not let his voice spoil the show. He still sings better than Bob Dylan ever did.
@ohio-guy you ready to have your mind blown?
michael stipe 66
bono 66
robert smith 67
That is wild to think about. I’ve seen all those guys in concert a few times each. I knew they were all older than me, but if you told me they were all in their late 50s I would have believed you.
As I get older time and age warps a bit I suppose. I’ll be 51 in August and sometimes I have to really stop and think about that…
McCartney’s smart enough to not let his voice spoil the show. He still sings better than Bob Dylan ever did.
I saw Dylan in 1995 at Hara Arena in Dayton. He put on a good show then. I’d seen McCartney in 1993 and the Stones earlier in ‘95 (both in Cincinnati’s Riverfront Stadium).
Dylan’s show contrasted with those big productions seemed so much more intimate. A no frills stage with basic lighting made it feel like we were experiencing something with him as opposed to being wowed. He wasn’t overly engaging, but it just felt like a different, closer experience. For my money he sounded great, though I know people were critical of his voice even then.
I haven’t seen him since. I think I saw that he’s booked out shows for the next few years. I’ve kicked the idea around of going to see him, but I don’t know. I may let that ‘95 show be my lasting impression of him.
https://twitter.com/TruthfulTreason/status/2057939800728936468
I think that’s a bit of revisionism. My life won’t be any different without Colbert’s show, but I did think he was funny. He was dropped because he hurt Trump’s feelings and Paramount bent the knee. That much is plainly obvious.
Colbert will show up somewhere else on a different platform and probably end up with a bigger audience than he had with his traditional CBS show. Sort of similar to Tucker Carlson. All those late night guys will probably end up going that way too.
https://twitter.com/TruthfulTreason/status/2057939800728936468
What a ridiculous take.
If you (or "American Misfit") hate Colbert because of his politics, I get it. But anyone who says he has no talent, or is unfunny or that he killed The Late Show (lol) has no idea what they're talking about.
Colbert is multi-talented. He's a Second City alum, a master of improv and a skilled actor. He won multiple Peabody Awards and Emmys for the "The Colbert Report" and he's done musical theater, including a show at Avery Fisher Hall.
Colbert's criticism of Paramount's $16 million settlement with Trump (calling it a "big fat bribe," followed by the Late Show cancellation announcement three days later) accelerated the end of his show, but its cancellation was inevitable because the late night talk show is an outdated, no-longer-profitable format. The shows cost a fortune to produce at a time when network TV viewership is declining across the board. No one under 50 has a cable subscription anymore. It's a streaming world now.
CBS's 11:35p slot will now be filled by Byron Allen's comics. Allen, a billionaire, is paying CBS for the time slot and keeps the ad revenue. A win-win for Allen and the network.
I think it's a near certainty that The Tonight Show and ABC's equivalent won't continue once Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel's runs end in the next few years. Again, it's a dying format.
@ohio-guy I turned 55. Those three were kind of who we grew up with. I guess I didn’t think about it
Good comics make their audience laugh. Simple as that.
Really good comics can adjust to their audience to make it laugh.
Great comics can make anyone laugh.
Exception: some people don’t or maybe can’t laugh.