McCartney with Nirvana at 12-12-12 Concert Video

[MarkMgibson]

McCartney mentioned the "Nirvana reunion" thing sort of joking, but it's not like everyone wasn't going to notice anyway. I just watched the concert a couple of hours ago, and I thought McCartney was great. We're not likely to see this sort of star power for very much longer. It won't exist when these guys (McCartney, The Stones, Clapton, The Who, etc) are all gone, or can't perform.

We'll be left with a bunch of Kanye Wests - what a disturbing thought.

[cnltb]

Originally Posted by MarkMgibson

McCartney mentioned the "Nirvana reunion" thing sort of joking, but it's not like everyone wasn't going to notice anyway. I just watched the concert a couple of hours ago, and I thought McCartney was great. We're not likely to see this sort of star power for very much longer. It won't exist when these guys (McCartney, The Stones, Clapton, The Who, etc) are all gone, or can't perform.

We'll be left with a bunch of Kanye Wests - what a disturbing thought.

I'll take the 'nirvana reunion' thingy any day if that saves me from stuff like the other one you mention!

Being left with that kind of thing and only that (although that will not happen) is a disturbing thought indeed.

[Illini10]

I quit watching the concert about 5 minutes into Kanye's whatever that was. I watched the Macca/Nirvana song the next morning and enjoyed it. They looked like they were having fun, they sounded decent and it was cool to see some of my favorites on stage together making music with real instruments and no autotune.

[Rocker949]

Originally Posted by cnltb

I don't mind nirvana. Even like a couple of things I have heard.
My issue with mccartney joining them is that to me nirvana communicated( or possibly comunicated) one thing and mccartney pretty much communicates something quite different.
To me, what these two 'stand for' just doesn't go together and the result is not convincing to me.

Paul is quite different in temperament than John and Kurt, who were both more serious, more brooding, etc. Unfortunately, Paul is the only one left. But he isn't trying to be Kurt Cobain any more than he is trying to be John Lennon, which would be pointless anyway. Just because he was jamming with surviving members of Nirvana didn't mean he had to assume the persona of the person he was replacing.

[MarkMgibson]

I don't know why people are so bothered by it. It's not like Sir Paul is going to join up with Nirvana and start touring. It was a charity bash, and McCartney still knows how to Rock & Roll. Playing slide guitar with Nirvana, who would have imagined that? Very cool, I thought.

[Richland123]

When George Harrison collaborated and joined forces with Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lynne to form the Traveling Wilburys, it worked very well and nobody thought any of those people were trying to be anything similar to their own bands or solo acts. In fact, they became a group all onto themselves which was cool.

[MysticMichael]

Now I've seen everything. Paul McCartney standing up there - looking oh-so-preppy - playing what looks to be a left-handed, short-scale, four-string, electric slide Dobro guitar...with Grohl, Novoselic & Co.

What's next? Debbie Boone joins Metallica?

MM

[SactoBass]

I am a huge Paul fan, but IMO this vid with Nirvana sucked wangus and swallowed.....not because of Paul, but because of the other dudes. I always thought Nirvana sucked bigtime, and I still do.

All IMO, of course.

Paul has waaaaaaaaaay too much class and talent and experience to be on stage with these garage band headbanging monkeys. Same with John Paul Jones playing with those dweebie wannabes in Them Crooked Vultures. What the hell was JPJ thinking??? It's like parking a Lamborghini in the same garage with General Motors products. No......just no.

All IMO.

[cnltb]

Originally Posted by Rocker949

Paul is quite different in temperament than John and Kurt, who were both more serious, more brooding, etc. Unfortunately, Paul is the only one left. But he isn't trying to be Kurt Cobain any more than he is trying to be John Lennon, which would be pointless anyway. Just because he was jamming with surviving members of Nirvana didn't mean he had to assume the persona of the person he was replacing.

I agree. But given what you say I think the name 'nirvana' is even less appropriate.

[fishtx]

horrible...

[Lazylion]

I didn't care for the song, but I think it's real cool that they did it.

[MAJOR METAL]

It would be fun if they did a recording project together.

[JoZac21]

Originally Posted by MAJOR METAL

It would be fun if they did a recording project together.

COMING SOON - The New Album from your new favorite Super Group:

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Includes such classics as:

"Smells Like Lady Madonna"
"All Apologies for the Benefit of Mr. Kite"
"You've Got to Hide Your Love Buzz"
"Come Together as You Are"
"Pennyroyal Lane"
"Drain You into My Life"
"On a Plane Back to the USSR"
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Shaped Box"

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[MarkMgibson]

Originally Posted by JoZac21

COMING SOON - The New Album from your new favorite Super Group:

BEATVANA!!!

Includes such classics as:

"Smells Like Lady Madonna"
"All Apologies for the Benefit of Mr. Kite"
"You've Got to Hide Your Love Buzz"
"Come Together as You Are"
"Pennyroyal Lane"
"Drain You into My Life"
"On a Plane Back to the USSR"
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Shaped Box"

AND MUCH MUCH MORE!!!

ORDER NOW BY SENDING ME YOUR CREDIT CARD NUMBER, BANK PIN, AND SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER IN A PRIVATE MESSAGE!

(available for a limited time only - ACT NOW!)

You forgot "Happiness Is A Warm Gun" - they have to play that one.

[MAJOR METAL]

That was quite humorous, thank you.

[Kenzy]

Originally Posted by JoZac21

COMING SOON - The New Album from your new favorite Super Group:

BEATVANA!!!

Includes such classics as:

"Smells Like Lady Madonna"
"All Apologies for the Benefit of Mr. Kite"
"You've Got to Hide Your Love Buzz"
"Come Together as You Are"
"Pennyroyal Lane"
"Drain You into My Life"
"On a Plane Back to the USSR"
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Shaped Box"

AND MUCH MUCH MORE!!!

ORDER NOW BY SENDING ME YOUR CREDIT CARD NUMBER, BANK PIN, AND SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER IN A PRIVATE MESSAGE!

(available for a limited time only - ACT NOW!)

Most excellent post Had me at "Drain You into My Life" and it was over at "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Shaped Box"

[ArvindJayaram]

I thought the video was pretty cool. And seemed pretty tight to me. Far from horrible.

I've always wondered why older folks couldn't dig rock n'roll in the 50s and 60s. And then they couldn't stand hard rock in the 70s and 80s and metal in the 80s and 90s.

I think it has something to do with perception of distortion. They get apoplectic at the hint of an overdriven tone. And while tolerance has risen over the years, it has yet to catch up with the times.

- Jimmy Rage

[zack01]

Nice to see him rocking hard. No one have a rock voice like Mccartney.

http://youtu.be/lWbPkQFTaqg

http://youtu.be/_dcKwlwPWN8

http://youtu.be/eYwXANmvjD8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkjYk...740788E66163F9

http://youtu.be/nVGvqvN_6jU

[Rahil]

Originally Posted by lavmonga

I thought it was great, it was a big relief that they didn't play a Nirvana song, that would have been gross.

I can't believe nobody is asking about Macca's guitar? What the heck was that thing?

Originally Posted by redsfan73

It was a cigar box guitar. There are a few guys out there who make some pretty nice ones.

Originally Posted by MysticMichael

Now I've seen everything. Paul McCartney standing up there - looking oh-so-preppy - playing what looks to be a left-handed, short-scale, four-string, electric slide Dobro guitar...with Grohl, Novoselic & Co.

it's actually specifically a Matty Baratto 4-string cigarbox guitar





http://www.cigarboxnation.com/forum/...during-nirvana

"Reply by Matty Baratto on December 13, 2012 at 1:29am
Hi guys, yep. Paul was playing one of my Resofiddles with wine box amp. More to come!"






Guitar builder Matthew (Matty) Baratto with one of his custom Cigfiddle cigar-box guitars and his hand made amp inside his North Holllywood shop, February 3, 2011. (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

[Rocker949]

Originally Posted by cnltb

I agree. But given what you say I think the name 'nirvana' is even less appropriate.

You've got three members of Nirvana up there on stage. Pat Smear wasn't a member long, but that isn't the point. So, having three members of a band is actually quite a lot. Personally, I would have called the band Paul McCartney Nirvana. It was all for charity anyway. That's the main point for me. I found this experiment somewhat interesting.