Jpost McCartney coverage is pretty McAwesome

September 25, 2008 - 9:17 PM by

Paul is not DeadSo as I write this over 50,000 people have decent upon HaYarkon Park to hear Paul McCartney perform. I love the Beatles as much as the next guy, I really wish I was there, but alas, I could not justify the absurdly high ticket price. Am I regretting the decision? Yeah, a bit. The 490 NIS (roughly $150) won’t mean anything a year from now but there are still lighting fixtures that need to be installed in our apartment, a mini-fake kitchen I need to build for my daughter, a garden that needs to be tended, etc. You get the idea. There won’t ever be another band like the Beatles, and I won’t be able to tell my kids one day that I saw one of the Beatles perform. Though I did see Brian Wilson perform Pet Sounds in London a few years ago and that was pretty spectacular. So at least I got to see one music legend in my life.

Coverage of this show has been out of control. I think McCartney is getting more coverage than the Pope’s visit to Israel back in 2000.

The Jerusalem Post’s coverage has been enjoyable. It’s had a real giddy tone to it. Editor in chief David Horowitz interview with McCartney was obviously a personal career highlight for him and his uber-excited tone and enthusiasm jumps right off the page. A few of the recent headlines:

• Speaking words of wisdom

• Analyze This: How McCartney could rock Ahmadinejad’s world (actually an excellent opinion piece)

• Good Day Sunshine!

• McCartney’s concert kicks off in TA

My fellow Israelity blogger David even dared to bring up the old myth of Paul McCartney’s death and replacement with an impostor (Paul rebuffed this in yesterday’s press conference, which certainly made David’s day).

Tags: , , , , , • Category: Music 

Comments

2 Comments on Jpost McCartney coverage is pretty McAwesome

  1. David-Joe on Sat, Sep 27th 2008 1:09 AM

    2. Exactly why is there such a fuss over him?

    And he comes to Israel at the TAILEND of his career – why didnt he come very much sooner? Oh thats right…. he would have sold NO records in the Arab countries and other Muslim nations!

    Israelis are such sops! My fellow countrymen are prepared to be thankful for mere scraps!

  2. Hillel Wachs on Mon, Sep 29th 2008 6:57 AM

    3. The tickets were not really that expensive. This is the price of any significant show in a major Eiropean city. If you were in London or Berlin and wanted to see McCartney or similar it would not have cost less. By Israeli standards it WAS wicked expensive….although Deep Puple was 420 NIS

Leave a Comment





© 2012 ISRAELITY | Sitemap