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...McCartney's latest release, Flowers in the Dirt, was modestly successful, and produced one Top-10 hit, "My Brave Face," and the little-known but solid "We Got Married." But strangely enough, the first Paul McCartney world tour since 1976 began almost a year after the album's release. McCartney obviously wasn't counting on the strength of his recent work to draw his overwhelmingly middle-aged crowd...
...McCartney took the zero-risk option and waited until his LP faded off of Billboard's charts, lest recent success detract from his old standards. The crowds, desperately weary of the soundbite, searching for a bit of the past, seemed to especially appreciate the old Beatle ballads...
...McCartney inundated the thirtysomething crowd with nostalgia, wowing their children as well. But once the crowd was safely esconced in the Sixties, McCartney would inevitably jolt them back to reality with a song from his post-Beatle days...
When performing the music he once shared with co-band members, Paul should have at least made it his business to acknowledge John, George and Ringo. But only Lennon--whom McCartney called an "old friend"--got a special dedication in a short rendition of "Strawberry Fields Forever." The idea of McCartney mentioning another Beatle only once seems a bit stingy...
Many believe that the tours of former Beatle members now only serve to add quick cash to their already huge fortunes. McCartney himself is one of the wealthiest people in England. And when McCartney played old Beatles songs as if they were his solo works, it was hard not to question his intentions and find cynical answers...