Paul McCartney & Wings - Lady Madonna (Seattle '1976)

[Burnzi2]

Wheres all the English people!

[BeeGeesFan]

This Great!

From Kirsten

[subg88]

If Lennon was so interested in money, why'd he quit the most lucrative band on earth, never toured, and put Yoko Ono on his solo albums?

[punkc4]

Wings Lady maddona best wings song

[veroLoreen]

that voice ...♥♥♥

[ozymandiasone]

I saw this concert, Top Notch. Cheers, Ozy

[yabulanipirata]

Where is John, George and Ringo??

Oh! Forget it! Its a joke!!!

[August1977]

Lennon did not fall out with Paul over musical disagreements, Lennon wanted to use the Beatle's influence to bring about socio-political changes and Paul just saw the Beatles as a profitable carny-act. Paul would say "You gotta give them what they want" and Lennon would say "You gotta give them what they need". The key word here is 'integrity'.

[5COT5MAN]

@August1977 Uh no. They fell out because they were kept in almost communal existence for about 6 years and all had (except Ringo) strong clashing personalities. John's use of Drugs, the presence of Yoko, George's increasingly frequent clashes with John and Paul as well as differing musical direction the break-up was inevitable.

[5COT5MAN]

@August1977 if John had so much "integrity" why did he constantly talk about unfair capitalism and preach understanding whilst rejecting his own son and sitting on his millions (mostly made by the other beatles after the break up). He sang Imagine but when asked why he didn't give any of his money to charity he just shrugged and said "it wouldn't make much difference". The Key word is in fact "hypocritical"

[August1977]

@5COT5MAN I think it's a fallacy to say that you must practise what you preach, as long as you confess your shortcomings you're not a hypocrit.

[5COT5MAN]

@August1977

I would tend to disagree. I just think that if someone is going to tell people what they should be doing then they should be prepared to do it as well. Maybe he would have done more of the stuff he talked about had he lived longer. We'll never know

[August1977]

@5COT5MAN We all want change, but we are held back by the implications of change, however, this doesn't mean we should give up the dream. Maybe Lennon just fought to keep the dream alive in case the future offered more opportunities for change.

[subg88]

@5COT5MAN

The only thing Lennon asked people to do was imagine it. "Imagine no possessions." He didn't say give up all your possessions. But go ahead with your campaign to disparage one of the greats of humanity....

[5COT5MAN]

@subg88

so all the things I'm saying weren't true? He didn't pledge all his money to world peace... and not do it. He didn't treat his son like peace of vermin? I like John Lennon. All I was saying was that he was far from perfect and had flaws. He'd probably hate what people have done to his memory. Go ahead with our mindless passive aggressive rage though. I'm sure Lennon would have loved it.

[subg88]

@5COT5MAN

Passive aggressive rage? LMAO

[5COT5MAN]

@5COT5MAN What else do you call freaking out about some comment you read on YouTube. I mean seriously get over it and enjoy the video

[ancientastronomer]

@August1977 Wow!. So. By YOUR measure, a pediphile, alcoholic catholic

priest would be alright by you as long as he admitted that he was a walking/

talking contradiction? In other words; a LIAR by ANY Measure that in NO way could be trusted? YOU are either the MOST Tolerant person I have EVER come across. OR, YOU are the STUPIDEST FUCKIN MORON I

have EVER had the DIS-Privelidge to come across.

[August1977]

@ancientastronomer Just because someone isn't able to live up to certain principles doesn't mean they should abandon these principles. This has got nothing to do with that what you're implying.

[bkahler419]

@ancientastronomer Lennon openly admitted that money was more addicting than any drug and the irony of singing "imagine no possessions" from a million dollar piano wasn't lost on him. It didn't make his message less true. The man died at the age of 40, still trying to figure everything out.

[onlyjoetee]

@August1977 are you questioning Paul McCartneys intergrity?because he didnt go lie in a bed in a luxury hotel for weeks talking bullshit??LOL...

[12stringsforme]

This song is so much better with Linda.

[DerekBayRoberts1]

Oddly, this was the first time i heard this song was from "Wings Over America", then i heard The Beatles version. For some reason, it just seems to me this song works better as a Wings song than a Beatles song. I know that opinion isnt too popular.

[soaringvulture]

Wicked piano from the bass player.. What can't that boy do?

[mrhatalex]

What a freaking showman.

[philidor70]

Great song from the greatest!!

[Cazarellagaia]

I think he really loves performing this :)

[MarkToTheSky]

Paul is such a groovy musician. just everything he creates, is so very good, even if it's not that good like in SOME of his solo stuff, it's still good, that's how good he is. If he's a hero to you, you know how I feel. haha.

[Mikelan082]

On the Beatle's Lady Madonna he played the piano and Rickenbacker Bass according to Mark Lewisholn.John and George played their lead guitars through overdriven amps.

[hardcoreyouser]

I daresay this version is better than the Beatles version

[blondauge]

How dare you say that? this version already fails with the guitar part, pianos and any wind instruments can't replace the guitar riff like in the original beatles-release. But, of course, he sings-, and plays the piano, very well...

[hardcoreyouser]

I know, but he makes the piano part so much more interesting, with the added notes in.

[ruffgar66]

Watch him on the beginnig of the song lol.

[ruffgar66]

oh Paul! sing man, he just sings his heart out, don't care the faces he makes! (canadians in the audience)

[hardcoreyouser]

well the lighting doesnt help the faces...

[marcmgm]

Having the sax makes this song rock.

[niiccoonicolas]

exelent song...exelent show!!!! long live paul!

[KennethKaniffFromCT]

awesome song

[lesassassins]

I think Lennon was the only one saying bad things about his former bandmates.

[TheTubetastiktuber]

@lesassassins Every one of them saidbad things about all of them at one point or another. George didn't talk to John for the last few years of John's life. They were all friends that got into arguements of business and money. In the end, they all loved each other.

[ekocentric]

@lesassassins I think that John had a few issues and could not be held to some of the looney things that he said (and he has been my favorite since the early 1960's and always will be.) They spent the early years from the late 1950's to about 1969 or '70. Even normal people would be able to see things in each other that they wouldn't want to see. My feeling is that if it came down to it John would have been there for the others for the same reason that they broke up..closeness. They were bros.

[yellowpepper9]

@lesassassins Never listened to George's interviews, then

[sunnylee84]

@lesassassins that's absolutely true. along with the poser-Beatles fan number one - Yoko Ono :(

[silverysongs]

@lesassassins He wasn't. Paul later admitted that some of his songs which later provoked John's How Do You Sleep were (or included) digs at John.

[matco24]

@lesassassins yea I love John, but he could be a bit of an ass

[onlyjoetee]

@lesassassins john lennon was a fucking arsehole really,lets face it!!!

[Tinc00lb3ans]

@onlyjoetee

If you can't say anything good about people especially Legends than don't say anything at all....

*cough* *cough* douch *cough*

[onlyjoetee]

@Tinc00lb3ans does being a legend exempt a person from criticism?he was a fucking arsehole who happened to be good at writting songs,thats all....

[Tinc00lb3ans]

@onlyjoetee

The I guess you don't know who John Lennon was enough before you actually started judging him.

[onlyjoetee]

@Tinc00lb3ans i dont need to actually know him,i have perspicacity...

[JohnLennoninmyGuitar]

@onlyjoetee

John has been through really fucking hard times... You can't blame him. And all the pressure with Beatlemania, you really REALLY can't blame him

[onlyjoetee]

@JohnLennoninmyGuitar successful musician,hit after hit,loved by millions,multimillionaire?yes all very hard,fuck off man!!

[JohnLennoninmyGuitar]

@onlyjoetee

His father left him when he was 3. He lived with his aunt for years. His mother was killed. And you can't enjoy being a star when you have to be on tour and record constantly. Learn some before you look like a jackass

[onlyjoetee]

@JohnLennoninmyGuitar Boo fucking hoo,its so hard when you're a multimillionaire rockstar with the world at your feet,boo hoo fucking hoo,fuck off man!!cant enjoy being a star when you're doing EXACTLY what you always wanted to do?fuck off!!

[JohnLennoninmyGuitar]

@onlyjoetee

You try being the best band in the world! The Beatles had to play in fucking strip clubs when they started! 15 pounds a week, they lived in a shithole, they had to play constantly for the entire night. They didn't just suck dick to get a record deal. And they didn't enjoy it being stars. They had one or two days off. The rest they spent touring or recording. And whats worst is that the shithead rednecks in the US went batshit on what John said about Jesus.

[onlyjoetee]

@JohnLennoninmyGuitar oh boo fucking hoo the Beatles had to spend lots of time doing exactly what they loved,my heart bleeds!!If they didnt enjoy being stars they could have given it up and got jobs in a factory or down the mines,nobody forced them to be stars!!boo hoo!!

[JohnLennoninmyGuitar]

@onlyjoetee

And just when John at his peak, he was killed. Inconsiderate trolls like you are dumb and scum. Go back to your mother's basement

[onlyjoetee]

@JohnLennoninmyGuitar he was killed so what?people are killed everyday!!

[JohnLennoninmyGuitar]

@onlyjoetee

I hope you're one of them today :)

[onlyjoetee]

@JohnLennoninmyGuitar this might come as a total shock to you son,but everyone dies!!LOL

[JohnLennoninmyGuitar]

@onlyjoetee

Good job Einstein! You figured that out!

[onlyjoetee]

@JohnLennoninmyGuitar Einstein?hahahahaha werent you the one who hoped i would die one day??as if you wouldnt?hahahahaha

[jnoble12]

Note that Paul played the older Beatles songs during this era without ever mentioning any of his former bandmates

[WouterJ]

He wasn't the only one though, when Ringo performed beatles songs he would say they were "from those other lads" he used to play with. And when John Lennon played madison square garden and played beatles songs he never announced them as such.

[jnoble12]

it's a crying shame Lennon died before they were all able to get back on good terms with each other. I have no doubt that if he wasn't killed they would have done at least one or two reunion shows by now, pre-2001 and George's passing

[WouterJ]

I'm convinced that The Beatles would have played Live aid if Lennon had not died. That was a cause that he truly would have believed in.

[TheWAShow]

It is said that Paul was on good terms with John in 79/80.. So if John never died we may still have the Beatles around..

[jnoble12]

don't forget George. Yeah like I said before, by the year 1990 or 2000 at the most they absolutly would have gotten back together to record something or play a one-off show. Lennon seemed more at peace with himself and the others once he got off drugs and the lawsuits were over by the late '70s/1980

[NeilFraudstrong]

@TheWAShow

I believe 150% that The Beatles would have reunited. John and Paul were always friends, but their egos got in the way. The last phone conversation they had was very positive. Paul said it gave him lots of peace after John's murder.

[spiko16]

@TheWAShow george harrison is die!!!!

[silverysongs]

@TheWAShow What about George...

[tauntingfrenchman1]

@TheWAShow at least until 2001, but i agree

[THeMaskedBlogCritic]

@TheWAShow As early as 74 actually. But you are absolutely right.

[QVrat123]

Well he only played songs that he wrote himself during his years with the Beatles back then, keep in mind that George played his Beatles stuff never mentioned them too and so did John

[keylargo333]

Paul is beautiful

[MutantLarva]

paul..should u read this comment..go back to the way you "ended" lady madonna on this clip...thank u very much!!!!!!!!!1

[stag7882004]

I love it when artists make a different sounding version of the song. Paul does great with this number.

[Ahcoooo]

this is awesome i love the beatles

[MGBrun]

i was there great concert

[watchingallthetime]

this was the first concert performance in the Seattle Kingdome.

[OnParr]

Great footage... thanks.