European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Mccartney concert tour heavy on fab four by Ron Mckinney entertainment writer in hard beatles fans rejoice Paul Mccartney has not forgotten his roots. With the opening notes of his off the ground world tour Stop in Frankfurt Germany this week Mccartney ended All doubts that he might forsake the music that revolutionized Rock n Roll. Do these lyrics spark any memories baby you can drive my car. You know i m Gonna be a Star. And baby i love  drive my car circa 1966, was the opening song. And if it was t enough to grab the crowd of 14,000, then the foot stomping Arm pumping music of Lead guitarists Robbie Mclntosh the pretenders and Hamish Stuart average White band keyboardist Wix Wickens and drummer Blair Cunningham did so. This group was tight and quite simply exhilarating with its use of technology to enhance the three decades old beatles music. Mccartney s decision to employ a keyboardist to manufacture a Horn Section was based More on appearance than musical necessity. I actually Don t like the look of too Many people on stage Mccartney said in a pre concert press conference it would be Good for certain songs but we get around  get around it they did. And with More than half of the 2 /2-hour concert dedicated to beatles material Mccartney left the capacity crowd screaming for More. While Mccartney has his critics none could be found at the fest Halle. This concert sold out so fast a second Date was added. And quickly sold out. In past Tours Mccartney has played beatles songs but never to this extent. I used to try to be different from the beatles just because it was a new thing i was doing Mccartney said. But now i m much More happier with the beatles style and i claim it after years of distancing himself from beatles music Paul Mccartney says he s How comfortable playing the songs that first made him famous. Back and enjoy singing it. I think the main changes with my current music Are that the words Are a Little bit More involved with grown up issues  his current hit Hope of deliverance was written about escaping problems although he did t have any specific conflicts in mind. It s really whatever the troubles you re going through. It s deliverance from that whatever your own problem is he said. In his concert Mccartney delivered. After nearly every song particularly after his beatles and wings numbers the show came to a halt while the standing room Only crowd cheered loud and Long. Mccartney 50, appeared pleased and somewhat overwhelmed with the response from the Lively German crowd including some in front who had to be carried out by Security guards. The Rcpt use was More subdued however to his six songs from the off the ground album. From the 1970s Era he played another Day my love let me Roll it and band on the run. He also performed a stirring rendition of and let die which included pyrotechnic special effects and a dizzying Light show that blended with the surrealistic hard driving Rock n Roll. Some of his beatles music included All Malovi lady Madonna. Let i be. Magical mystery tour Long and Mike Oldfield winding Road paperback writer Penny Lane i saw her standing there ,.5gt. Pepper s Lootfy hearts club band and an acoustic version of Michelle and we can it out. Playing an acoustic guitar and accompanied Only by a keyboardist Mccartney his voice never faltering performed a touching version of yesterday. Mccartney who has written More than 50 top 10 american hits said Good Luck has been a constant element in his song writing. Probably my Best son wrote themselves he said. You can sit Down at a piano or guitar for hour and come up with an average on. But a song like y it Ferdig i Don t know if it was one of my Best bet it was one of my most  i dreamed that. I woke up Ore and i had that dream in m Hope oot a once two or three hours. It just came. Don t know How Ycu co it but ecu c Tel when you re doing it. It Uit be s Good. And of ask Souter a Sere s this coming from 5c. I org boys bickering which has been banned by mtg and bbl for its Liberal use of the word. It s Only one word a know Mccartney said this week in Frankfurt Germany. He Yacknow teed though that the word is repeated More than a dozen times in the song. I was watching a film last night on to and Man the language in that forget my song. This was like a the language you d Ever heard was in this film he said. Mccartney recalled that when he was a Beatte a Day in the be and a Frend Saca to the Irish a so had been used from the airwaves. 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