I recently found a Beatles blog which had a George Harrison playlist by someone who used the same rules that I recently used to make a couple of setlists so I thought I'd post mine and see what people think.
So here is my Post-Beatles McCartney setlist. There aren't many rules – it just needs to be able to fit onto one CD. That's the tricky part because that forces you to trim it down quite a bit. I also wanted this to be a good introduction to McCartney's music for someone who wasn't familiar with it and I wanted it to be a good listening experience so the order took some thought. Here's what I came up with.
Name | Album | |
1 | The Lovely Linda | Wingspan: Hits and History |
2 | Big Barn Bed | Red Rose Speedway |
3 | Jet | Wingspan: Hits and History |
4 | English Tea | Chaos and Creation in the Backyard |
5 | Pipes Of Peace | Wingspan: Hits and History |
6 | Live And Let Die | Wingspan: Hits and History |
7 | Motor Of Love | Flowers in the Dirt |
8 | Band On The Run | Wingspan: Hits and History |
9 | Ever Present Past | Memory Almost Full |
10 | Another Day | Wingspan: Hits and History |
11 | Mull Of Kintyre | Wingspan: Hits and History |
12 | Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey | Wingspan: Hits and History |
13 | Only Mama Knows | Memory Almost Full |
14 | Beautiful Night | Flaming Pie |
15 | Venus And Mars / Rockshow (Single Edit) | Wingspan: Hits and History |
16 | Dance Tonight | Memory Almost Full |
17 | Maybe I'm Amazed | Wingspan: Hits and History |
18 | Every Night | Wingspan: Hits and History |
19 | Tug Of War | Wingspan: Hits and History |
20 | My Brave Face | Flowers in the Dirt |
21 | Your Loving Flame | Driving Rain |
There are three big ballads on here – McCartney often ends his album with one of these – and I like them a lot but I needed to somehow put them on here in a way that made sense. So I split the 21 songs into three parts and ended each part with one of the ballads – that helped me give the list some flow. My daughter Bethany questioned the inclusion of "English Tea." Feel free to suggest other options.
3 comments:
"Dear Boy" is a really lovely song and deserves to be included. Just my opinion, of course.
Thanks, Martin - so, if I were to add "Dear Boy" what should I leave off?
Wow, interesting list! I probably would have chosen 75 percent different songs. Which just goes to show how awesome McCartney's output has been.
Ones I'd have on my disc include Junk (unplugged version), Back Seat of My Car, Let Me Roll It, London Town, Getting Closer, Rockestra Theme, No Words, Call Me Back Again, Take It Away, Ballroom Dancing, Put It There...
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