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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 8:00 am
by wayang
Thirty feet or thirty stories, the only difference is an open or closed casket...

How much could a stunt double cost, the way things are these days?

Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 10:27 am
by britye
So really how far did he fall? John gets shot , George succumbs to illness and Paul slips and falls, imagine the headlines

Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 12:11 pm
by winston
Typically stage trap doors are about 15ft from the floor below. That is still a long way for the man to fall. He must be in good shape.

Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 1:31 pm
by shamustwin
Hemp is a miracle product. Clothing, rope, even fuel and food can be made from it. Very resilient. Perhaps Sir Paul's tissues and bones have absorbed so much, his body's nearly indestructable. This is sarcasm. I'm a huge Paul fan.

Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 1:55 pm
by jingle_jangle
Sarcastic or not, Jerry, you play a mean 235...

Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 12:57 am
by lowendbob
He joked about it last night at the Philly show.
It was the trap door for his piano, and it was about 3 feet.
So much for that horrible review.
The show was a total knockout. Paul may have been a little flat on some songs, but he managed to pull off a great show with lots of energy.
Penny Lane sent chills down my spine. It sounded like the rest of the lads where with him.
I would be surprised if any Macca fans are disappointed.

I was lucky enough to see him arrive around 5:30 for the sound check. He came in with a police escort, arriving in a black Lexus. There may have been about 20 of us standing along the side entrance when he pulled in. He stopped in front of us for a few seconds rolled the back window down and waved and yelled at us.
I must say, he looks a lot better close up than some of the unflattering aging pictures of him lately.
He had his cell phone in one hand while he wave with the other. Looks pretty darn good for a 63 year old rocker.
What a night ! Image

Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 6:36 pm
by shamustwin
Nebraska! Ha!

Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 5:27 pm
by winston
Bob,

I'm glad that it was a good show. Remember, a few comments back that I thought you would end up thinking that your money was well spent. It never does pay to listen to critics.

Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 5:45 pm
by jingle_jangle
I would have loved to hear him do "Penny Lane" live. Dunno about the rest.

Critics are there to feed our preconceptions, it seems, and in the absence of that, to create controversy...

Thinking for ourselves is good advice, and the boys gave it to us back in '65.

In the supermarket today I heard "Live and Let Die". Ugh.

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 2:22 am
by revolver323
Music to thump mellons by?? Heard Paul Anka's latest album of rock done in swing style? I want you to jump ....

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 4:32 am
by shamustwin
Yikes! Anka includes Nirvana on that CD!

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:36 am
by winston
Anka's Diana was a great single. He was not always the antithesis of what is currently considered to be cool.

Not one of my favorites but still deserves considerable respect for his achievements. He's considered to be a Canadian music icon.

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:12 am
by revolver323
Paul Anka's done well, but this latest CD remindsme of Joe Piscopo's Sinatra doing "Under My Thumb" on SNL. Great arrangements of the tunes, though.

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:32 am
by jingle_jangle
He hit an alltime low with "Having My Baby".

Dreck.

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:51 am
by wayang
Whooo-eee! I had all but forgotten that incredible piece of dung...that was a HUGE hit, too. I'd rest my case on that one if it weren't so much fun to keep reiterating what a crapfest Billboard's Top 100 has always been...