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You mean the DVD from Band on the Run? It's good if you're in a real kick for Paul.

mithveaen said:

BTW It was interesting that Paul sang that one in Mexico. Maybe he doesn't make the connection (and I'm sure many people don't) but the first 2 lines "Oh, no one ever left alive, in 1985 will ever do" reminded me of the 2 earthquakes that almost destroyed the capital city in 1985. I didn't lose any relative but I know people who did, and can't talk about it. It made a big impression on me.

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I have to believe he did not make the connection. Nor did any of his people. It's a great song, but that first line does have great significance in your country. Yes, the song was recorded many years before 1985, but still…

At the same time, I'm not going to lambaste him for including it in the set list because I am quite sure it was not intentional. 

LOL! Very good Marcelo and Skye.

 

Oh and it's nothing bad Zig that he played that song, there's a song from Soda Stereo that says wake me up after the earthquake and people took it as an "anthem".

 

Now I can't get out of my head Mrs. Vanderbilt  BTW Does anybody know why did he choose that last name? I like that song, it reminds me of the Graduate movie with the excellent Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman.

GniknuS said:

Check out this article from some website. http://www.beatlesbible.com/pe…..vandebilt/

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Thank you so much! I always forget that this website has been updated a lot lately. The webmaster must be quite busy.. poor guy.

Marcelo said:

Going far off-topic: I came with this "This one" gag reading this thread, so, it's fictional. But it happens that english speakers have this kind of confusion in real life. Now, I'm wondering about this (help me, mithveaven): I can't really tell if this kind of situations could happen in spanish, my language; seems to be an english phenomenum.

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Mhhhhh in Spanish? Talking about bands, not really. I don't know any band that uses a grammar words (who, that, when, etc) as names of bands. Neither gerunds. In English is cool to say "Smashing Pumpkins" or "Rolling Stones". But in Spanish you translate it as "Aplastando calabazas" or "Rodando piedras". (which BTW sounds quite funny jajajajaja).

 

The thing is, that in Spanish is weird to use verbs as nouns. We have different words for that, for example "She's swimming" we use the verb "Nadando" but if you talk about the activity "Swimming" that's "Natacion". Mhh that's interesting, I'd talk with my boss about it.

 

Now, if you say "Something" that's Spanish "Algo". In English it works well as the name of a song, but in Spanish people would be scratching their heads saying "Something…. what?" you need more information. It's not enough. So imagine if you name a band "Los Quienes" people would say "Los quienes que??" I mean, yeah you're the whos, but the who's what?

 

Marcelo said:

On topic: I'm hearing "Flowers in the Dirt" album. That's a good one, right? I'm not into Paul's (in fact, nor George's nor Ringo's) solo career, I only know some songs.

Which are the best Paul's solo albums?

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I'm on a kick with Band on the Run. I got it to start my Paul's solo albums collection but I find myself listening to it a lot…. damn Paul