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Friday, July 17, 2009

Brit Music Scene

Paul McCartney On ‘The Late Show With David Letterman’

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 09:04 PM PDT

Paul McCartney is a true living legend of music, a band of people ever-shrinking due to the inevitability of death. OK, so his solo stuff may not be all that, and Wings were truly awful. Oh, and his personal life of late has left a little bit to be desired, what with the one-legged gold digger and all. But McCartney was in The Beatles, and wrote some of the best songs ever while working with John Lennon. And that’s enough for me.

On Wednesday night (July 15) Paul McCartney made his first ever appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman, apparently after years of being asked and saying no. Letterman interviewed the singer and musician and McCartney also performed two songs on the show in front of a large crowd which had gathered on Broadway.

In the interview, McCartney talked about how it had felt to be a part of The Beatles as they spearheaded the British invasion, playing the same stage in the Ed Sullivan Theater that he was now sat in. McCartney agreed with Letterman’s sound bite as to what it must have been like for The Beatles, “four guys on a very, very long spring break, just like the best time four guys could ever have.”

On the roof of The Ed Sullivan Theater, McCartney and his band then played two songs which appeared on the show. They first played The Beatles classic Get Back and then Sing the Changes from his latest CD, Electric Arguments. After the show had ended, McCartney treated the crowd to a mini-concert, playing Coming Up, Band on the Run, Let Me Roll It, Helter Skelter, and Back in the USSR.

Overall, it was a very good first (and probably last) appearance on the show for Paul McCartney, who is still revered despite the PR disasters of the last few years. David Letterman was clearly pleased to have at last got his man, and the assembled audience were ecstatic to get to see the former Beatle play live for free. Which is never a bad evening’s entertainment.

[Photo Source: Newscom]

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