Paul McCartney, Hayarkon Park, Tel Aviv -Donald Macintyre
The Hebrew was on the basic side but no less appreciated for that by the crowd of 45,000 in Tel Aviv's Hayarkon Park last night. "Shalom Tel Aviv, shana tova," ("happy new year"), Sir Paul McCartney told them before wheeling into "Hello Goodbye".
But as one of the great audience wooers of modern times he kept at it, striking a special chord with "ha shir haze mukdash le Linda" ("This song is for Linda") before sitting at the piano on a huge stage to pay a widower's homage to his first wife with "My Love".
But by the time he got to "Here Comes The Sun" and "Back In Ihe USSR", an hour into the set, the crowd were warmed up – with even the paramedics dancing on the grass. They joined in with "Let It Be" and "Get Back" and when he exhorted them to "ashiru iti Alan Jude" ("sing with me Hey Jude") they were well up for it.
By the time he got to "I Saw Her Standing There" they were rocking. "You're so cool tonight," he told them appreciatively.
[The Independent-UK]
The Hebrew was on the basic side but no less appreciated for that by the crowd of 45,000 in Tel Aviv's Hayarkon Park last night. "Shalom Tel Aviv, shana tova," ("happy new year"), Sir Paul McCartney told them before wheeling into "Hello Goodbye".
But as one of the great audience wooers of modern times he kept at it, striking a special chord with "ha shir haze mukdash le Linda" ("This song is for Linda") before sitting at the piano on a huge stage to pay a widower's homage to his first wife with "My Love".
But by the time he got to "Here Comes The Sun" and "Back In Ihe USSR", an hour into the set, the crowd were warmed up – with even the paramedics dancing on the grass. They joined in with "Let It Be" and "Get Back" and when he exhorted them to "ashiru iti Alan Jude" ("sing with me Hey Jude") they were well up for it.
By the time he got to "I Saw Her Standing There" they were rocking. "You're so cool tonight," he told them appreciatively.
[The Independent-UK]
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