Home
News
In Focus
Business
Metro
Nation
World
Sports
Feature
Opinion
View more »Opinion Columns
Wan LixinOpinion deputy editor of Shanghai Daily
Restaurants get off to a quick start thanks to game-changing policies
High service charges on event ticket refunds call for further regulation
Sunday
- Subscribe
McCartney returns to famous NY theater
Source: Agencies |
July 17, 2009, Friday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
PAUL McCartney returned to the Ed Sullivan Theater on Wednesday, 45 years after the Beatles made their United States television debut there.
This time, McCartney put on an outdoor show atop the theater's marquee for thousands of fans in New York. The performance was shown during the former Beatle's first appearance on the "Late Show With David Letterman."
The Beatles made their American television debut on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on February 9, 1964.
During his Letterman appearance, McCartney recalled that it was "kind of scary" the first time the Beatles appeared on Sullivan's show.
However, he didn't acknowledge it when a floor manager asked "you nervous?" when the curtain was about to be raised for McCartney to perform "Yesterday" alone without his bandmates.
"You should be," McCartney said the manager told him. "There's 73 million people watching."
Letterman said that his impression of the Beatles was that it was four guys on a long spring break, having a great time. The Beatles went briefly to Miami the first time they came to the US.
"The British car firm loaned us an MG each and, you know, there was a beach and sand and girls and, come on!" McCartney said.
Letterman and McCartney talked about the ex-Beatle's friendship with the late Michael Jackson. The two men recorded the duet "The Girl Is Mine" on Jackson's "Thriller" album.
McCartney advised Jackson to think about music publishing as an investment.
Jackson bought rights to many of the Beatles' songs, and McCartney's hopes of getting a deal with him were in vain.
"We kind of drifted apart after that," McCartney said. "But he was a lovely man, massively talented and we miss him."
McCartney opens a US tour today at Citi Field, which is the New York Mets stadium that opened this year.
The Beatles played in the Mets previous home, Shea Stadium, in 1965.
This time, McCartney put on an outdoor show atop the theater's marquee for thousands of fans in New York. The performance was shown during the former Beatle's first appearance on the "Late Show With David Letterman."
The Beatles made their American television debut on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on February 9, 1964.
During his Letterman appearance, McCartney recalled that it was "kind of scary" the first time the Beatles appeared on Sullivan's show.
However, he didn't acknowledge it when a floor manager asked "you nervous?" when the curtain was about to be raised for McCartney to perform "Yesterday" alone without his bandmates.
"You should be," McCartney said the manager told him. "There's 73 million people watching."
Letterman said that his impression of the Beatles was that it was four guys on a long spring break, having a great time. The Beatles went briefly to Miami the first time they came to the US.
"The British car firm loaned us an MG each and, you know, there was a beach and sand and girls and, come on!" McCartney said.
Letterman and McCartney talked about the ex-Beatle's friendship with the late Michael Jackson. The two men recorded the duet "The Girl Is Mine" on Jackson's "Thriller" album.
McCartney advised Jackson to think about music publishing as an investment.
Jackson bought rights to many of the Beatles' songs, and McCartney's hopes of getting a deal with him were in vain.
"We kind of drifted apart after that," McCartney said. "But he was a lovely man, massively talented and we miss him."
McCartney opens a US tour today at Citi Field, which is the New York Mets stadium that opened this year.
The Beatles played in the Mets previous home, Shea Stadium, in 1965.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
