AN ODE TO PAUL MCCARTNEY

This summer I had the most incredible experience of seeing Sir Paul McCartney of the Beatles, LIVE IN CONCERT!!!

Me in my supah cool homemade Paul t-shirt that I made for the concert!!

(a couple pix of my fave!!!! all found on the internet)

So Paul and his amazing band came to Minneapolis and my mom and I totally scored and got some really nice field tickets!!! We were so close to him, it was surreal. He played SO MANY Beatles songs and a ton of Wings songs and I knew almost all of them and it was amazing and I cried. He did a tribute to both John and George and it was very sweet and sad and then during Live and Let Die there were HUGE EXPLOSIONS and fireworks and confetti and it was literally so cool and brilliant and UGGGHHHHHH even though it was over 3 hours of concert and over 80 degrees outside he didn't even stop to take a sip of water!!! And he played the piano and his original bass and his guitar and I could have gone on for another 3 hours.. and another!!!!!!!!! People say that aging rockstars aren't as talented as they used to be but this man has such a strong voice and he can rock so hard and literally. It was like seeing Jesus or something.

Here's what the setlist was:

• 1. Eight Days a Week 
     (The Beatles song)
  2. Save Us 
  3. All My Loving 
     (The Beatles song)
  4. Listen to What the Man Said 
     (Wings song)
  5. Let Me Roll It 
     (Wings song)
  6. Paperback Writer 
     (The Beatles song)
  7. My Valentine 
  8. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five 
     (Wings song)
  9. The Long and Winding Road 
     (The Beatles song)
  10. Maybe I'm Amazed 
  11. I've Just Seen a Face 
      (The Beatles song)
  12. We Can Work It Out 
      (The Beatles song)
  13. Another Day 
  14. And I Love Her 
      (The Beatles song)
  15. Blackbird 
      (The Beatles song)
  16. Here Today 
  17. New 
  18. Queenie Eye 
  19. Lady Madonna 
      (The Beatles song)
  20. All Together Now 
      (The Beatles song)
  21. Lovely Rita 
      (The Beatles song)
  22. Everybody Out There 
  23. Eleanor Rigby 
      (The Beatles song)
  24. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! 
      (The Beatles song)
  25. Something 
      (The Beatles song)
  26. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 
      (The Beatles song)
  27. Band on the Run 
      (Wings song)
  28. Back in the U.S.S.R. 
      (The Beatles song)
  29. Let It Be 
      (The Beatles song)
  30. Live and Let Die 
      (Wings song)
  31. Hey Jude 
      (The Beatles song)
  32. Encore:
  32. Day Tripper 
      (The Beatles song)
  33. Hi, Hi, Hi 
      (Wings song)
  34. Get Back 
      (The Beatles song)
  35. Encore 2:
  35. Yesterday 
      (The Beatles song)
  36. Helter Skelter 
      (The Beatles song)
  37. Golden Slumbers 
      (The Beatles song)
  38. Carry That Weight 
      (The Beatles song)
  39. The End 
      (The Beatles song)

As you can see, he played all of the best songs in the world and basically it was the best night of my entire life. Of course I'm devastated that John and George are dead, but I'm glad that Paul is still keeping the Beatles flame alive. And the Wings, for that matter. LONG LIVE SIR PAUL!!!!!

xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Coco