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| Headline | London 2012 - Best concert ever |
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Bodo
Jul-16-2012, 00:41 GMT
United Kingdom
  | This was fabulous!
We had Jimmy Cliff, we had Hugh Masekela, Jerry Douglas, LBM. Even the security was dancing during You can call me Al.
3 hour concert by Paul and his friends, and before that another 5 acts.
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Bodo
Jul-16-2012, 01:03 GMT
United Kingdom
| Setlist
http://www.paul-simon.info/PHP/showreview.php?id_c
oncert=1213
So far he has add Me and Julio to the setlist.
Jimmy Cliff was great and seeing Hugh Masekela live was the best thing that ever happened to me. Ray Phiri with his golden guitar and wearing a golden hat is extraordinary. The audience in London was fantastic. Waiting for nearly 7 hours in the front row was worth every minute. Ok it was not waiting, we had 5 "opening" acts. I really loved the first one, she reminds me of Tracy Chapman and she was so happy to be allowed to sign at that event. Great voice Karima Francis.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-4gDfaWFx4 |
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Scaaty
Jul-16-2012, 01:20 GMT
Ireland
 | Great you enjoyed it Bodo!! Bet you're glad You travelled to the cold northern countries for the concert this time:))
Was Paul very energetic - he certainly was in Dublin
BTW me & julio was also played on Friday night in Dublin |
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Isabelle
Jul-16-2012, 01:31 GMT
France
 | Thanks Bodo
So lucky you are ! :) |
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Bodo
Jul-16-2012, 01:39 GMT
United Kingdom
| paul was in a fantastic mood, smiled all time, I saw tears in his eyes when he played sos and the audience sang along,
I forgot to say - the best thing was to meet some people from here and AMPS. |
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Scaaty
Jul-16-2012, 01:52 GMT
Ireland
| I managed to get a good video of him singing SOS THE PHONE WAS BALANCED on a speaker on the stage - so I actually got Paul's voice not through any speakers - only thing I don't seem able to load it on here or on AMPS |
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Brian Hassett
Jul-16-2012, 07:41 GMT
United Kingdom
| Second that emotion, Bodo! Stunning. Speechless. The 4-song mini set by Jimmy Cliff! Including Harder They Come with Paul's band!
I was 7 back from the front rail and the SOS ... it was church-silent -- scary, riveting, eerie -- that many people being that quiet after such a raucous several hours.
when you see the set list -- and then the show -- Graceland is the climax of the show -- it all builds to that one song -- and then it's just what we've seen (and they've played) a million times. Everything (for 2 1/2 hours) built to that defining song.
the zydeco That Was Your Mother was just RIPPIN coming out of the Jimmy Cliff segment.
Homeless is unbelievable. Spiritual. Paul was just beaming.
The two Ladysmith songs before that were jaw-dropping, reverence-evoking hymns.
and I forgot about Jerry Douglas on Boxer! (thanks, B)
and the fiddle player from Punch Brothers played on Dazzling Blue! It was great!
Way exceeded expectations.
and to be comfortably up front, easily able to make beer and bathroom runs with huge krewe and a not unruly crowd.
and no shitty opening bands that you had to endure but instead really good bands you'd wanna experience anyway -- except for that one bad one-octave crap-pop girl, but the rest of it was all Paul's band level players.
for ... 8 hours today in perfect weather during the rainiest summer the country's history.
Proof. |
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Ans
Jul-16-2012, 09:04 GMT
Netherlands
 | You had a great concert Bodo :) I followed the concert reading twitter messages and looking at the pictures people send. There were a few messages that Chevy Chase joined Paul on stage during Call Me All, is this true? People also mentioned they saw Paul McCarntey in the back, they thought he might join Paul but he didn't. And there were a few joke makers who said Paul told them that Art Garfunkel would come out to sing with him. Glad that didn't happen...;-)
Thandiswa Mazwai has a nice twitter account with a few pictures from the rehearsels in Dublin and that she met McCartney backstage.
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Bodo
Jul-16-2012, 09:24 GMT
United Kingdom
| Hi Ans
Not 100% sure but we (Sue, Gerard and me) saw Lorne Michaels sitting backstage. Even from the first row hard to identify, but we never saw a Paul McCartney look-a-like.
There could be Paul McCartney too because he was there the last night.
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Bodo
Jul-16-2012, 09:27 GMT
United Kingdom
| BTW, the concert started exactly at 7:20, I thought that was early. When we finally realized they will not come back for a 3th encore it was 22:15 |
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Mireille
Jul-16-2012, 09:51 GMT
France
| Thanks Bodo for this exciting report ! |
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Bjoern
Jul-16-2012, 12:08 GMT
Germany
 | It's a pitty Jimmy Cliff didn't appear the whole tour. |
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Jozsef
Jul-16-2012, 15:05 GMT
Romania
 | I was thinking several times while watching and enjoying the concert "Zimbabwe concert, ok, I missed", "Central Park, missed", but hey, Hyde Park is both concerts, the realest one I could imagine. I was playing semiconsciously with the images of Central Park and Zimbabwe and projecting these images over the real concert, had a feeling could hardly describe.
And yes, hat off for the spectators, both spontanous and respectful. |
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Lara
Jul-16-2012, 15:45 GMT
Italy
 | It's fantastic to know that everything was as we have dreamt and even much more!!!
Thank you for sharing your impressions! I'm very very glad!! |
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SueR
Jul-16-2012, 19:31 GMT
United Kingdom
 | The concert was truly special, and you've all said it before me - Bodo you were a star, running in through the gates to secure the five of us a place right bang at the front!! Thank you so much - I can't believe we were at the front of 50,000 people. It was all the more special sharing it in our small group. We had some fun. Yes, we saw Lorne Michaels, no Chevy Chase or Paul McCartney though. I am about to post some photos on AMPS, not sure how to post a whole album of them on here? What's the best way? |
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