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Paul McCartney's Get Back World Tour

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4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

You can't go wrong with any of Paul McCartney's live recordings. Despite what anyone says about Sir Paul's post-Beatles music, when it comes to live performance, the man always gives 100 percent. He's as hard-working a showman as anyone in rock and always holds his own against virtually every live band. The guy cares about what he does, has a great voice, is a solid innovative bassist and one heck of a pianist. I am certain that almost everyone who attended the 1989 live shows filmed for this DVD ranks it as a night they will never forget.

I wish this DVD were longer, because it focuses almost exclusively on Paul's Beatles hits. I know that many people love hearing McCartney sing the Beatles Greatest Hits, but I'd like to hear more of his solo and Wings material. (In concert at the time, McCartney did include a lot of post-1970 material, but little of it is here save for the beautiful 'Put it There,' 'Live and Let Die,' and 'Coming Up.')

My major problem with the DVD comes from Richard Lester's decision to intercut newsfootage throughout many of the songs. 'The Long and Winding Road' is all but ruined by Vietnam imagery, for example, and by the time I reached the end of the DVD I was uncomfortably reminded of the movie version of 'Beatlemania' which used similar tricks. McCartney is the real deal and doesn't need such trickery. And, yes, that's the same Richard Lester who used to direct great popcorn flicks like 'Superman II' and 'The Three Musketeers' not to mention the Beatles own 'Hard Day's Night.' I've no idea why McCartney allowed Lester to ruin sections of this film with his heavy-handed social commentary.

I'm still giving this 4 stars if only because we get the joy of Paul McCartney rediscovering himself in front of a worldwide audience.

No, not maybe. I am amazed! This collection of 20 songs from his '89-90 world tour is the ultimate! He rocks, plain and simple, from the ever-great "Band On The Run" to the rockous early day remembrance "I Saw Her Standing There." The new material has some of my favorites from Paul like "Put It There" and "Rough Ride." It also includes awesome b/w & some color footage of the 60s and the Beatles! I've said too much already, but this is the best available McCartney video.

I bought the VHS version a couple of years ago, now that I got the DVD version I think it is better in video and sound quality than the tape, but either way, it is an excellent concert video that shows how the good music is. Of course there are songs mising (Silly love songs, let'hem in and so on) but the included ones are enough to get you rocking and singing. I like specially the way "Can't buy me love" ends and "Coming Up" (complete lenght version) starts with a terrific drumer intro, This DVD is by far worth the price. Enjoy!

Paul McCartney is the true KING of Rock and Roll! God help the younger generation which is subjected to the Rap-crap of the day.Buy this DVD.

Wow, I have never seen such an energetic concert before. Everyone's having fun out there, and all his band mates are perfect in what they do. It's a shame he didn't reunite with them. They only problem is that they put footage of different arenas in one song. Like in Get Back, you first see Linda with this casual collared red shirt, and then it changes to this light blue jacket. Same goes with the drummer and Hamish. But the performance out-weighs that fault. This concert is like a dream Paul McCartney concert. I mean, Back in the US and Red Square was good, but the musicians weren't as talented as his old band. And back then Paul was younger, thus he had a lot more energy. I recommend this to any Beatles, Paul McCartney, or classic rock fan. This is a great concert film, maybe the best.

I was at the concert and this comes close to the same thrill

I almost did not buy this DVD because of some poor reviews related to a Paul's tired voice. But, I am glad I ordered this video. Only the first few songs have his vocals off a bit, but once warmed up everything is fine. (If you watch the new Russia release, his voice is a bit off on a few of the first songs too).

The DVD is in full screen, with only slight stretching noticed on a widescreen TV, but is not distracting. The sound is in stereo that sounds good and with my 6.1 decoder on the music flows from all speakers and sounds great.

The song tracks are wonderful, with added video and stock footage from the FAB FOUR days. - I wonder if Yoko Ono gets a piece of the profits..... Overall, this is a great show!!!!

This DVD is highly recommended.

Pretty much all of Paul McCartney's concert tours sicne his triumphant return to the stage in 1989 have had a concert movie or tv special made in conjunction with them (1993's "Paul Is Live", 2002's "Back In The U.S.", 2005's "Live In Red Square" and 2006's "The Space Within Us"), and while all of them are excellent, energetic undeniable proof of Paul's amazing showmanship, none of them have come close to matching the passion, vigor and energy present in 1991's "Get Back" (culled from Paul's 1989-1990 return to the stage).

The 22 songs performed are on here a solid mix of Beatles classics ("Got To Get You Into My Life", "The Long And Winding Road", "Let It Be", "Hey Jude"), solo hits (the only full uninterrupted from start to finish live performance of "Band On The Run", "Live And Let Die"), and then new recordings from his 1989 album "Flowers In The Dirt" ("Rough Ride", "Put It There", "This One").

With his youthful vigor as well as eternally boyish charm and good looks, Paul makes these oldise sound new again, and it also enables the (then) newer tracks to hold their own solid ground against the classics everyone knows.

A lot of people complain about the various news images and whatnot being present during many songs, but I love them. They're nostalgic and often moving, especially the moment during "Fool On The Hill" when Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech is played during the instrumental break, nearly driving my tears whenver I watch it or listen to it on cd.

If there's any complaints I have about this dvd, is that there are some great songs perfromed on this tour that could've been included, such as "Jet", "Ebony & Ivory", "Maybe I'm Amazed", "Things We Said Today" and "My Brace Face", all of which brought down the house as much as any of the numbers on this tape. No worries though, as all of these tracks are available on Paul's magnificent two disc live album from this tour, "Tripping The Live Fantastic".

Overall, "Get Back" is an excellent representation of McCartney, and is one of the finest concert movies ever made.

This Macca tour was huge and great, but this DVD edition lacks of quality. Image is really granny as if they just copied from an old VHS tape. The sound is not 5.1
The addins made by Richard Lester could have been put as a special feature, but not in the middle of songs!
Said that, it is fair to say that the performance of Paul and the band is flawless.

Wow!!!! I looooove this DVD (originally released in laser disc), amazing world tour. I think one of the best features in this dvd is the historical footage and videos. The setlist is absolutely great!