Figure of Eight was the right song to open! It;s an awesome song, I was in his concert at Los Angeles Forum in 1992. He opend with this song and it was my first time to hear this song and it blew me away!!!
As he said in an interview, he first thought of opening with a classic song. But he wouldn't underrate his new band and album so he choose Figure OfEight as opener. And for me it still is the perfect one :-) I was 14 when I saw him back in 1989 and I can still feel the thunder going to my body when he opened ;-) btw 'it was 20 years ago today', well tomorow it will be 20 years ago, to be honest... 'Guten Abend Dortmund'
Amazing. I was also 14 years old when I saw him in Dortmund. And I was blown away too. I remember being very surprised about how powerful it all sounded live - also Got To Get You Into My Life...
After having not toured for 13 years, opening up a show with the unknown "Figure of Eight" was an odd decision. I saw the '89-90 tour 3 times and it finally dawned on me that Figure of Eight wasn't a great choice. The song here is seemingly interminable. He'd have been better off with "I Saw Her Standing There" or "Hello Goodbye"
I was on this world tour .... where can I get the copy of the film ?
urkingod 11 months ago
I was there!!! I was almost " fainted" when Paul's guitar flashed and hit my eyes!
Andox333 2 years ago
Figure of Eight was the right song to open! It;s an awesome song, I was in his concert at Los Angeles Forum in 1992. He opend with this song and it was my first time to hear this song and it blew me away!!!
rjlerias 2 years ago
As he said in an interview, he first thought of opening with a classic song. But he wouldn't underrate his new band and album so he choose Figure OfEight as opener. And for me it still is the perfect one :-) I was 14 when I saw him back in 1989 and I can still feel the thunder going to my body when he opened ;-) btw 'it was 20 years ago today', well tomorow it will be 20 years ago, to be honest... 'Guten Abend Dortmund'
HugoStardust 2 years ago
Amazing. I was also 14 years old when I saw him in Dortmund. And I was blown away too. I remember being very surprised about how powerful it all sounded live - also Got To Get You Into My Life...
stonethobo 2 years ago
He was plugging his "Flowers in the Dirt" CD. Very underrated song and CD as a whole, I always thought.
mezzofondo 2 years ago
After having not toured for 13 years, opening up a show with the unknown "Figure of Eight" was an odd decision. I saw the '89-90 tour 3 times and it finally dawned on me that Figure of Eight wasn't a great choice. The song here is seemingly interminable. He'd have been better off with "I Saw Her Standing There" or "Hello Goodbye"
SouthCoastMass 2 years ago
Well he opened with Hello Goodbye in his 2003 shows.
But figure of eight aint a bad song, but I see your point.
JRGrange25 2 years ago