Macca's "Back in the US - Live 2002" DVD and CD



I bought the DVD and the CD of McCartney's 2002 tour last night and watched the DVD.



Oof.



The music for the most part is great, the band is amazing, especially Abe Laboriel, Jr and the performances are energetic, except maybe for that 60 year old man inthe center of the stage. The man's voice is not what it was, but that's a consequence of aging and isn't his fault. The problem for me with this disk is that there is an awful lot of "Paul is great, I'm his biggest fan" and "Look at all the celebrities at his concerts" stuff in between the songs. I laughed out loud (and not in a "that's funny!" way) when they actually gave credits to the various people they featured (Howard Stern and his latest porn star/stripper girlfriend, Paul Stanley of KISS, Jack Nicholson, Michael Douglas, John Cusack, lots of others).



There's a bit much of the "Heather and I are really happy together" stuff, too. It's odd to me that his wife has no real clue about his music (and that's McCartney's description, not mine). At least she's not on stage playing one-fingered keyboards and "singing" like Linda was for all those years.



So, there are a few constants in the world; death, taxes and Macca's continual quest to make sure all of us know he was important in the Beatles, too and not just that John Lennon fellow.



If you are a Beatles fan and a Macca fan then you should get this, if you are a casual fan you probably won't find it all that interesting.