| November 1st, 2005 07:43 AM |
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| Jumping Jack |
Empty seats for Macca? Was the show a bust? Live up to expectations? Were you greeted by Sir Paul?
Young Joeykins, please phone home. A full report is due in full today after a one day grace period for recovery. We gots to know!!! |
| November 1st, 2005 09:14 AM |
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| Joey |
quote:
Jumping Jack wrote:
Young Joeykins, please phone home. A full report is due in full today after a one day grace period for recovery. We gots to know!!!
The Paul McCartney concert at THE QWEST CENTER absolutely " Rocked " !!!!! We had the best seats in the house ( Section 123 , Row 6 , right in front of the stage -- eye level with MACCA !!!! ) . The man is amazing and this will NOT be the last time -- Hell , he should tour again next fall -- Why Not ?!?!
Truly , THE BEST MACCA YET !!!!!!!!!! If he were playing a second gig in Omaha I would surely go one more time .
To my Stonesian Brothers & Sisters in Colorado , please see tonight's MACCA show at the PCenter in Denver and thank your young Joeykins later . Word !
Joeykins ! ™
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| November 1st, 2005 09:31 AM |
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| gimmekeef |
Did he do Uncle Albert?.....lol |
| November 1st, 2005 02:39 PM |
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| Joey |
Frig No !!!!!!!!
FRIG NO !!!!!!!!
W- W- W- What ?!?! ..... Oh , ... sure !!!! :
“ Paul's six car Lexus entourage made it's way along the main road towards the venue entrance at 4:15 pm. Fans were lined up on the opposite side of the street. Paul was in the first car which slowed down as it passed the fans. John Hammel was in the back seat with Paul and was on the side closest to the fans. Paul was on the passenger side and leaned over Hammel to wave, point and give the thumbs up to fans as the car drove by.
Songs heard at the sound check:
"Midnight Special," "Things We Said Today," "Coming Up," "All My Loving," "Celebration," "C Moon," "Friends To Go," "Lady Madonna."
The pre-show started at 8:11 with Freelance Hellraiser once again getting a lukewarm reaction. Paul got onstage to a packed house of over 16,000 at 8:37 pm wearing his usual stage outfit. This was the first time McCartney ever played Omaha and the audience erupted when he hit the stage.
Security was hassling fans with signs making them check them even though they were told by Paul's people that signs were allowed. Some signs were given back.
Some fans wore Halloween costumes hoping to grab Paul's attention.
Paul did his "too hot to touch" gesture (licked his finger and pointed to the audience, pulling it back quickly like it was burned) right after "Magical Mystery Tour."
"Greetings Omaha, Nebraska! We've come from many miles to rock you tonight and rock you we will," said Paul after "Jet."
Rusty's fortune cookie for the evening was "Your talents will be greatly rewarded ... in bed." Evidently "in bed" added to a fortune, is a Chinese restaurant joke.
After "English Tea" Paul started his story about the word "Peradventure" saying that people bring signs that read, "Peradventure an autograph?" Then he pointed to a sign that said, "Peradventure I'm Amazed!" (Congrats to Jim and Kim Juno) "That sign's upside down! We're not going to deal with that one," said Paul as he scanned the audience for more reading material. "This one says 'Please wish Erica a happy birthday'. Happy birthday, Erica!" (Congrats to Erica Argyropoulos) The audience cheered!
Paul didn't tell the "I Will" story after the song.
There were multiple reprises for "I'll Follow the Sun." Macca did his, "I'm not going to do anymore" fake-out pantomime after each one as the crowd begged for more. Someone kept holding a sign that read, "5 TIMES!" Paul looked at the sign, shook his head "no" and went into a fifth reprise, followed by a SIXTH!!! That same fan brought several 8 1/2" x 11" signs which he held up in succession throughout the the show. Paul was noticeably reading them. (Congrats to Danny Goldstein)
Danny held up a sign during "Hey Jude" which said, "Have you heard from Ben and Melissa?" That made Paul and Brian laugh and got a "no" response from Paul.
Paul dedicated "Follow Me" to "my wife and our little baby who just turned two."
Venue security was 'overdoing' their job confiscating glow sticks from super fans near the front of the stage. Paul noticed the glow sticks being taken away and stopped the show to publicly reprimand the concert worker after "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window." "I noticed that there were fans down here in front with glow sticks and security took them away. I'd appreciate it if you'd give them back. Hey! Give them back MAN!" he shouted. "It's silly of them to take them away."
The "glow stick nazi" was shown on video screens giving the sticks back to the fans as the audience booed and then cheered when the sticks were given back. You never know
what kind of trouble you're going to get into with those," said Paul. And then he pointed to the people in the nosebleed seats with glow sticks and said, "You'll be next to get busted." Paul cautioned with sarcasm, "Now don't hurt yourselves with those things!"
Brian Ray had his say about the glow sticks when he was introduced, "Don't let them ever tell you that you cannot bring those glow sticks in!"
A female fan threw flowers to the stage during "Band on the Run." Paul mouthed "For me?" and she nodded "yes."
Paul screwed up second verse of "Penny Lane" and looked at Rusty with an "Oh sh*t!" look.
Wix said, "One of our spirtual centers is in the Bahamas the other one is Omaha" which got a huge cheer.
Paul did the "Baby Face" intro before "Hey Jude."
After "Helter Skelter" Macca did the finger wiggle with Abe. He also gave one to Rusty earlier in the show.
For the final encore Paul came out wearing his red "no more land mines" T-shirt as usual and waved the American flag. Rusty had the Nebraska State flag.
During "Sgt. Pepper" Rusty was laughing about something as he played his guitar. Brian caught the joke, laughed at Rusty and playfully picked the guitar strings with his TEETH! Paul shook his head at the both of them. All three pushed each other as they played dueling riffs.
Since it was the day before Halloween, Paul's crew dressed in awesome Halloween costumes and stood in the photo pit during "Please Please Me." At the end of the song he invited them all onstage saying, "Yeah, they're getting ready for tomorrow." The audience cheered. Some of the band members were laughing at the costumed crew. Bill Bernstein was dressed up like Frankenstein, others were dressed as Darth Vader, Yoda and Freddie Krueger.
"OK get off my stage," joked Paul before he started "Let It Be." The crew made their exit.
At end of the show Paul pointed to a light blue T-shirt that said, "Mind the Gap, Mac" which he caught. Paul picked up a white stuffed monkey with a "I Love (heart) NY" on the front. The "NY" was crossed out and a "NJ" was there instead. A fan threw roses. Paul put one of them in his mouth before he left the stage.
He signed several items including a "Revolver" album, a "White" album and a British flag with "MCCARTNEY '05" on it (Congrats to Michael Klinski). Paul signed 3-4 items at both ends of the stage and got pelted by the confetti machines at either sides of the stage.
"We named our first daughter 'Cartney' after you Sir Paul" pointed to by Paul, "Happy Birthday Erica" also pointed out by Paul. "I've Got Blisters on my fingers," "Oh Yeah!" and "Oh No" pointed to by Paul during "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window" and "I've Got A Feeling" (Congrats to Ann McDermott and Mary Diassi), "
http://www.macca-central.com/macca-news/morenews.cfm?ID=1953
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| November 1st, 2005 02:50 PM |
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| Gimme Shelter |
I'll be seeing Paul one night after the Stones this month. |
| November 1st, 2005 03:05 PM |
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| Lil Brian |
The real treat will be Sunday, January 29th. We want the Stones! |
| November 1st, 2005 03:09 PM |
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| Joey |
quote:
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I'll be seeing Paul one night after the Stones this month.
I would like to nibble your elbows . |
| November 1st, 2005 03:27 PM |
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| Lil Brian |
Dave Robel interview
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| November 1st, 2005 03:29 PM |
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Asked and Answered: Drummer is the beat behind the bands
BY NIZ PROSKOCIL
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
Have you heard the one about the drummer?
Dave Robel
• Has a room in his house called the Rimshot Lounge with barstools made from drums.
• He belongs to the Nebraska Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the International Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
• You can catch Robel in action when he plays with the Tijuana Gigolos at 9 p.m. Friday at Downtown Blues,
1512 Howard St.
"I'm in a four-piece band - three musicians and a drummer."
Or how about this one: "How can you tell when the stage is level?"
"The drummer drools out of both sides of his mouth."
Drummers are the Rodney Dangerfield of the music world: They get no respect.
Well, they do this month.
November is International Drum Month, according to the Percussion Marketing Council, an industry trade association.
In honor of International Drum Month, we had a little percussion discussion with Lincoln drummer Dave Robel, 57, who plays in three bands.
Drum roll, please.
Q. What sparked your interest in music?
A. My mom and dad used to play a lot of swing records and boogie-woogie. I was 7 years old, and I remember watching Elvis on "The Dorsey Brothers Show." I like rock 'n' roll, rockabilly, blues, western swing, soul. I even like some jazz and classical music.
Q. How old were you when you started drumming?
A. Seventeen. That's when the hormones started moving and grooving. I thought it was a good way to get chicks. (Laughing.) When I was young, I liked Gene Krupa. He was a jazz drummer with the Benny Goodman Orchestra. I was smitten by the beat. It's something primal. I used to go to teen dances in the '60s and see bands like the Coachmen. I was pretty shy, so I'd just stand there and watch the drummer.
Q. So why play drums and not some other instrument?
A. If I hadn't, I'd probably be sitting in the penitentiary for murder or something. It's a good release. You can really take out your anger and frustration. It's better hitting a drumhead than someone else's head. And I realized I wasn't smart enough or good enough to play guitar. (Laughing.)
Q. Who's your favorite drummer?
A. Animal from "The Muppet Show." I just like the idea of this crazed guy with a stupid grin playing drums. He seems to epitomize what people think a drummer should be. He's an animal.
Q. Who are other drummers you like?
A. Mitch Mitchell from the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Ginger Baker from Cream. One of my favorite drummers in the world is Ringo Starr, and Charlie Watts from the Rolling Stones.
Lincoln drummer Dave Robel has created a room in his home he calls the Rimshot Lounge, with barstools made from drums. Around the "lounge" are some of the dozens of snare drums and drum sets he owns.
Q. How often do you play drums?
A. Every week with (one band). Maybe eight to 10 times a month with the Tijuana Gigolos, and with Charlie Burton & the Dorothy Lynch Mob about four or five times a month.
Q. Do you go through a lot of sticks?
A. Maybe one or two a night, depending on the show. If you play rock 'n' roll bars and blues bars, you start bearing into the beat, and next thing you know the stick flies away.
Q. How many drums do you own?
A. Six sets and about 30 to 40 snare drums.
Q. What qualities make a good drummer?
A. Generally speaking, the drummer needs to have good time. They're the foundation in the band. And the other guys build around that. The bass and drums are very important. They're the rhythm section. If you have a good, solid rhythm section, then it makes it easier for the guitar player, the keyboards and the horns to do their thing. And you got to have a good ear. You have to know when to play loud and when to hold back.
Q. You've played drums with a long list of talent. Anyone in particular you really enjoyed working with?
A. Bo Diddley, Willie Dixon, J.B. Hutto, Magic Slim.
Q. What do you enjoy besides drumming?
A. I'm an electrician by trade. And I'm a record collector. I have a couple thousand records. And I like girls.
Q. What about all the stereotypes of drummers? Have you seen the movie "Spinal Tap?" They make drummers out to be dumb and with no social skills.
A. Drummers are always the butt of jokes. I think it's because we're not smart enough to play guitar. (Laughing.) The drummer's always in the back. They say drummers should be heard and not seen.
Q. So do drummers get all the groupies?
A. (Laughing.) The roadies get all the groupies.
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| November 1st, 2005 03:46 PM |
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| Joey |
Lil Bri...
( Rocks Off Member )
I would like to clutch you to my bosom and sweetly and gently stoke your young , moist , sweaty , glistening , GLISTENING lil' Brian forehead and just say ....................well , ........... , " THANKS " for being ................................well , ....you !
Flack the Y ! |
| November 1st, 2005 04:00 PM |
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| Lil Brian |
I've see him before. I'm sure it was a good show. I'm not chappin' him. 
oh fuck, i wonder if I'll be greeted now... |
| November 1st, 2005 04:33 PM |
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| Joey |
" i wonder if I'll be greeted now..."
You SHALL be greeted !!!!!
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| November 1st, 2005 05:56 PM |
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You too shall be greeted in January!
For many, day was all Paul
BY NIZ PROSKOCIL
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
Paul McCartney at Qwest Center Omaha, Oct. 30, 2005
It was Paul McCartney to the rescue.
Paul McCartney performs before about 16,000 adoring fans at the Qwest Center Omaha on Sunday night. The 63-year-old former Beatle was energetic, chatty and relaxed, even two dozen songs into the set.
During his nearly three-hour performance Sunday night at the Qwest Center Omaha, the rock icon rescued the audience from radio's one-hit wonders with a 36-song set list of Beatles, Wings and solo material from five decades.
And he also rescued a pair of fluorescent green glow sticks after a security guard seized them from a fan.
After performing the Beatles classic "Eleanor Rigby," McCartney momentarily stopped the show to scold the concert worker for confiscating the glow sticks from a woman near center stage.
Several boos were heard before the security man appeared on a video screen returning them to the fan, who by then was glowing as much as the sticks.
She and some 16,000 other McCartney fans had plenty of other reasons to beam at his sold-out show.
The concert marked the first time McCartney performed in Omaha. He never came here with the Beatles or Wings.
The show was an event. Many fans made it a daylong celebration.
Hours before the arena's doors opened, fans mingled about, taking pictures of tour buses behind the building and the video marquee on the corner of 10th Street and Capitol Avenue that displayed McCartney's picture.
A few hours before the show, Sally Sheehan and Amber Volquartsen stood outside the building with their ears pressed to a thick glass door.
With cameras dangling from their necks, the mother and daughter from Stanton, Iowa, were doing their best to make out the muffled music coming from inside as McCartney and his band ran through sound checks before the show.
"I'm melting," said the 31-year-old Volquartsen, who was wearing devil's horns and a bright red wig in hopes that it would be easier for McCartney to spot her in the crowd.
Margaret Wilson and her friend Kay Brittain drove three hours from Ray, Mo., to attend the show.
"She's had butterflies all day," Wilson said of her friend.
Brittain, who had an oversized "I Love Paul" button pinned to her shirt, said she's been a McCartney fan since 1964.
"I was 14 and he had those beautiful eyes," said Brittain, who was attending her third McCartney concert.
First-time McCartney concertgoer Mike Deleo of Omaha, who was clad in a white "Fab 4" jersey, was peering through binoculars at tour buses parked behind the arena.
"I love Paul," said Deleo, 41, said. "I love his music."
All the excitement outside didn't come close to the anticipation inside the arena in the moments leading up to the show.
Opening act DJ Freelance Hellraiser tried his best to warm up the crowd by mixing an assortment of McCartney songs with various dance beats. The predominately baby boomer crowd didn't seem to get it and looked puzzled throughout much of the DJ's 15-minute set.
But they erupted with cheers and sprung from their seats when McCartney and his four-piece band walked on stage following a short film showing the star through the ages.
After kicking off with a raucous version of "Magical Mystery Tour," McCartney addressed his adoring audience.
"Greetings Omaha, Nebraska! We've come from many miles to rock you tonight and rock you we will!"
And then it was one show-stopping number after another. There was "Jet" and "Band on the Run" from his days with Wings. There were several new songs from his latest album, "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard."
And, of course, there were plenty of Beatles songs, which made up the bulk of the set list.
Backed by his impeccable band - drummer Abe Laboriel Jr., keyboardist Paul "Wix" Wickens, guitarist Rusty Anderson and bassist-guitarist Brian Ray - McCartney delivered such Beatles hits as "Let It Be," "Penny Lane," "The Long and Winding Road," "I'll Follow the Sun," "Hey Jude," "Yesterday," "Helter Skelter," and so many other classics.
The 63-year-old singer, boyish-looking in jeans and a blazer, was energetic, chatty and relaxed, even two dozen songs into the set.
"It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," 17-year-old Ashley Hoesing of Omaha said of the show.
For concertgoer Jeff Farrar of Omaha, it didn't matter that he didn't have the best seats in the house.
For what was his fifth McCartney concert, Farrar settled on obstructed-view seats behind the stage.
"I don't care where I sit," he said. "I just want to see him. The back of his head is good enough for me."
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| November 1st, 2005 05:56 PM |
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Macca just kicked a few dents in the Qwest, the Stones are gonna blow the fucking lid off the place. |
| November 2nd, 2005 03:23 PM |
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| Joey |
Phoggy ...................................
You are much loved by The Joey !!!!
Joeykins ! ™
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| November 2nd, 2005 04:06 PM |
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| Jumping Jack |
The Qwest will be torn and frayed when the Stones leave it!!! Please, please, please, stay away from the chili dogs. While the Qwest is new, the surrounding infrastructure is not. Simultaneous flushing could result in a disaster worse than the Superdome. Oh the horror!!! |
| November 2nd, 2005 04:11 PM |
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[quote]Jumping Jack wrote:
The Qwest will be torn and frayed when the Stones leave it!!! "
Damn Straight My Brother !
" Please, please, please, stay away from the chili dogs. While the Qwest is new, the surrounding infrastructure is not. Simultaneous flushing could result in a disaster worse than the Superdome. "
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