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 Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:57 am Post subject: 7/18 Shea show |
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Amazing show even though it took forever to get home. I lost track of
the song order, but I'm sure someone will post it shortly. It was
unbelievabily hot and humid, I don't know how Billy wore THAT black
jacket. He kept wiping down with a wet towel - even wearing it on his
head.
The show started about 8:50 with The Natural theme and ended at
midnight.
National Anthem (just Billy at the piano)
Miami 2017 (with added Mets lyrics - they said the Mets could stay/for
one more show at Shea - or something like that)
Angry Young Man
My Life
The Entertainer
Summer Highland Falls
Zanzibar
(Magnificent Seven theme) The Ballad of Billy the Kid
Allentown
Downeaster Alexa (with violin by a guy from the Transiberian
Orchestra)
NY State of Mind (with Tony Bennett)
Root Beer Rag
Movin' Out
Goodnight Saigon
Don't Ask Me Why
This Night (which he dedicated to Little Anthony and the Imperials)
Keeping the Faith
(Spanish Harlem./Under the Boardwalk) An Innocent Man
Shameless (sung by Garth Brooks wearing a Mets jersey, BJ on piano and
sang a chorus)
She's Always a Woman
Lullabye
River of Dreams with A Hard Day's Night in the middle
Walk this Way (performed by Steven Tyler - I don't think BJ was even
on the stage)
We Didn't Start the Fire
My Generation (performed by Roger Daltrey, some background vocals by
BJ)
I Saw Her Standing There (Paul Mc Cartney with BJ on piano)
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
You May Be RIght
encores
Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
Only the Good Die Young
Piano Man
Let it Be (McCartney on piano and vocals with BJ sitting there in awe)
I thought it was great that BJ let Paul have the final moment at Shea.
That's all I can remember now. Correct me because I know my list is
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| Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:04 am Post subject: Re: 7/18 Shea show |
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Paul McCartney Joins Billy Joel at Shea Stadium
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/19/nyregion/19joel.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin |
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| Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:17 am Post subject: Re: 7/18 Shea show |
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Billy Joel rocks Shea with some all-star guests
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/ny-etjoel0719,0,4335745.story |
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| Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:28 am Post subject: Re: 7/18 Shea show |
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McCartney Plays Shea 42 Years Late
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,385542,00.html |
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| Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 2:07 pm Post subject: Re: 7/18 Shea show |
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Billy Joel sings us one last song at Shea
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2008/07/19/2008-07-19_billy_joel_sings_us_one_last_song_at_she.html |
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| Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 2:58 pm Post subject: Re: 7/18 Shea show |
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VIDEO: Billy Joel and Paul McCartney, "Let It Be"
http://weblogs.newsday.com/entertainment/music/blog/2008/07/video_billy_joel_and_paul_mcca.html |
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| Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:11 pm Post subject: Re: 7/18 Shea show - CORRECTED SET LIST (I got one from the |
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On Jul 19, 2:57 am, Streetlife <strtl...@aol.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Amazing show even though it took forever to get home. I lost track of
the song order, but I'm sure someone will post it shortly. It was
unbelievabily hot and humid, I don't know how Billy wore THAT black
jacket. He kept wiping down with a wet towel - even wearing it on his
head.
Again, Billy didn't deviate from the planned set list much....
All the surprise guests' entrances were on the sheet except Sir Paul - |
I guess he wanted to keep this one a secret until the end.
Souvenir was an audible on Wed night and made the set list on 7/18 -
however he ran out of time and didn't play it.
| Quote: | The show started about 8:50 with The Natural theme and ended at
midnight.
National Anthem (just Billy at the piano)
Miami 2017 (with added Mets lyrics - they said the Mets could stay/for
one more show at Shea - or something like that)
Angry Young Man
My Life
The Entertainer
Summer Highland Falls
Zanzibar
Allentown
(Magnificent Seven theme) The Ballad of Billy the Kid
NY State of Mind (with Tony Bennett)
Root Beer Rag
Movin' Out
Goodnight Saigon
Don't Ask Me Why
This Night (which he dedicated to Little Anthony and the Imperials)
Keeping the Faith
Downeaster Alexa (with violin by a guy from the Transiberian
Orchestra)
(Spanish Harlem./Under the Boardwalk) An Innocent Man
Shameless (sung by Garth Brooks wearing a Mets jersey, BJ on piano and
sang a chorus)
She's Always a Woman
Captain Jack
Lullabye
River of Dreams with A Hard Day's Night in the middle
Walk this Way (performed by Steven Tyler - I don't think BJ was even
on the stage)
We Didn't Start the Fire
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
My Generation (performed by Roger Daltrey, some background vocals by
BJ)
You May Be Right
Encore #1
Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
Only the Good Die Young
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Encore #2
ENTER SIR PAUL
| Quote: | I Saw Her Standing There (Paul Mc Cartney with BJ on piano)
SHE LOVES YOU WAS ON THE SET LIST BUT NEVER PLAYED - LET IT BE WAS |
CALLED AS AN AUDIBLE....
| Quote: | Piano Man
SOUVENIR - NEVER PLAYED BY BILLY - PROBABLY DUE TO TIME |
CONSTRAINTS....
| Quote: | Let it Be (McCartney on piano and vocals with BJ sitting there in awe)
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| Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 6:17 pm Post subject: Re: 7/18 Shea show |
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| Why in the world was Roger Daltry there? |
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| Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:25 pm Post subject: Re: 7/18 Shea show |
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On Jul 21, 2:17 pm, jimroberts2...@gmail.com wrote:
| Quote: | Why in the world was Roger Daltry there?
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The Who played there in 1982 (?) |
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| Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:26 pm Post subject: Re: 7/18 Shea show |
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The Hollywood Reporter
Concert Review: Billy Joel
Bottom Line: Pop music history came full and perfect circle Friday
night.
By Frank Scheck
Jul 21, 2008
Pop music history came full and perfect circle Friday night, when
Billy Joel performed the last-ever concert to be presented at the soon-
to-be-torn-down Shea Stadium. As part of his dynamic three-hour,
career-spanning show featuring an array of surprise guest stars, the
final performer was Paul McCartney, who with the rest of the Beatles
gave birth to stadium rock with their landmark 1965 show in the same
venue.
Dubbed "The Last Play at Shea," the evening, which was being filmed
for an upcoming documentary feature, was the second of two sold-out
shows. The first, two nights earlier, featured such surprise guests as
Tony Bennett, John Mayer, Don Henley and John Mellencamp.
Bennett made a reprise appearance Friday, demonstrating his vocal
agelessness on a touching duet with Joel on his hometown anthem, "New
York State of Mind." Later in the evening, he was followed by a Mets
jacket-clad Garth Brooks, performing "Shameless" and apparently
returning the favor from when Joel did a cameo at his own massive
Central Park show; Steven Tyler, delivering a full-throttle rendition
of "Walk This Way"; and Roger Daltrey (the Who played Shea in 1982),
who galvanized the crowd with "My Generation."
But it was the late appearance of the former Beatle who provided the
evening with its chief emotional resonance. McCartney nostalgically
referenced the '65 appearance by performing "I Saw Her Standing
There," with Joel happily reduced to the role of backup singer. "It's
so cool to be back on the last night," McCartney said. "We were here a
long time ago. We had a blast that night ... we're having another one
tonight." He then closed the show with "Let It Be," providing a
suitable emotional capper to the historic event.
Well, it wasn't really the emotional capper. That was left to the
headliner, who sent the crowd off with the attitudinal stance of a
true New Yorker: "Don't take any shit from anybody!" he admonished. |
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