(06-25-2013, 12:57 PM)Tusk Wrote: PAUL McCARTNEY AT KENNEDY CENTER HONORS (Complete)
Alec Baldwin's intro is hilarious, (Skip No Doubt 
) Nora Jones, David Grohl and James Taylor do well, but it's 'Sir' Steven Tyler who brings the house down (He also performs the songs I'd love Haley to perform if I were ever able to be rich enough to hire her for a show: "She Came in Through The Bathroom Window" to "Golden Slumbers" to "The End") Paul obviously has great affection for Steven (why can't Steven set up a meeting between Paul and Haley? )
Great finish with chorus of Hey Jude 
Paul's Dad's advice after hearing them perform "She Loves You" for him
Quote: Son, there's enough of these 'Americanisms' around, couldn't you just say 'yes, yes, yes'...
In response to hearing the lyrics "She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah"
Someone posted this ironic video wondering what would happen if John Lennon were to audition for "The Voice"
Tusk, thanks for bring this to our -- or, at least my -- attention. So glad that Sir Paul was feted in this way. I agree with most of your above comments: Baldwin's monologue intro was great (I particularly loved how he sounded "choked up" when announcing that NIH [National Institutes of Health] declared "Beatlemania" with "no [known] cure"); Paul's father's assessment regarding "Americanisms", although I'm glad the young "Sir Paul" didn't heed PaPa's advice. "She loves you, yes, yes, yes" with all those silibants just doesn't work for me. And, if it doesn't work for me when I'm kind of a stickler for good enunciation, how would those without my "attentiveness to detail" handle it?
Personally, I could have lived without either David Grohl or James Taylor. Nora Jones could have done a far better job by herself and whomever joined James Taylor added far more grit & soul to
Hey Jude than James could ever hope to.
But, without a doubt, it was Steven Tyler's medley (and
what a medley it was!!!) that was the highlight of the show! The respect, admiration, and love that Steven displayed was obvious and palpable -- and, ultimately, made the performance. That "Sir Paul" responded in kind, makes it all the more endearing.
I was fascinated by the "Lennon audition" for
The Voice. Even more ironically, that's followed by the "Bob Dylan audition" for
The Voice. It's revealing about the times and what's considered "musically important" these days. And, given how many current stars need to be autotuned, it says even more.
But the McCartney tribute was delightful.
