Evening of a Lifetime

Last night we experienced one of the greatest moments of our lives, both separately and together. As many of you know, we are HUGE Beatles fans. We both have always loved them, even before we started dating, having grown up in homes that played the Fab Four often. We even named our dog after a GREAT Beatles song: "Eleanor Rigby".

Yesterday, our good friend Brian called Evan up to let him know that Sir Paul McCartney would be playing at the Hollywood Bowl last night, and that it appeared we could get tickets seriously discounted, since it was day-of. We decided to go for it and headed down to the Bowl to see one of the greatest musicians of all time.

Being huge fans of the Beatles, we've followed Paul's solo career, but only enough to know some of his later music. Therefore, while extremely excited to see his show, we really didn't know what to expect. Preparing ourselves to know only some of the music, we settled into our bench seats, looking forward to a fun show.

He started out with a few songs that we knew, but not the words. Evan sipped on his beer while I wrapped my rather thin sweater tighter around me (I don't know why I have such a hard time remembering that it gets COLD at night here) ... and then it began ...

What started out as ten minutes of a few songs to sit back and enjoy, became a three-hour-magical-mystery-tour, a virtual Beatles tribute, performed by the only remaining man that could truly do it justice (sorry Ringo, but it's true). For your reading (and hopefully listening pleasure), I've found a copy of the setlist from last night. Please close your eyes (after reading, of course) and picture 67-year-old Paul McCartney running around a stage for three hours, performing these songs like it was his first time. And if you cry ... it's okay. We did. And if you get chills ... we did too.

So, all I have to say at this point is "Thank You"! Thank you to Brian, who thought of us while searching yesterday. Thank you to our parents for teaching us about this incredible band. And THANK YOU to Sir Paul, for putting on such an incredible show. We will NEVER forget last night.

SETLIST

Venus And Mars
Rock Show
Jet
All My Loving
Got To Get You Into My Life
Highway
Let Me Roll It/ Foxy Lady (Jimi Hendrix cover)
The Long and Winding Road
Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five
(I Want to) Come Home
My Love
I'm Looking Through You
Every Night
Two Of Us
Blackbird
Here Today
Dance Tonight
Mrs Vandebilt
Eleanor Rigby
Something
Letting Go
Sing the Changes
Band on the Run
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Back in the U.S.S.R.
I've Got a Feeling
Paperback Writer
A Day in the Life / Give Peace A Chance
Let It Be
Live and Let Die
Hey Jude

Encore:
Day Tripper
Lady Madonna
Get Back

Encore 2:
Yesterday
Helter Skelter
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
The End

...sigh...