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Paul McCartney gives Israelis a performance to remember
By Amos Harel
Tags: Paul McCartney, Israel 

The elderly British gentlemen with the start of a double chin in Thursday';s paparazzi shots was gone. In his place, a great artist appeared, the last heir to the Beatles' heritage, pleased with himself and proud of his past, sometimes skipping like a kid on the stage at Yarkon Park. After a few too many songs from forgotten solo albums, Sir Paul got back to Beatles classics and to some of Wings' bigger hits.

The audience, bursting at the seams, was carried away by his magic. When Paul McCartney sat down at the piano and played "The Long and Winding Road," more than a few eyes glistened in the audience. Lots of young people were there last night, despite the high ticket prices (NIS 500 on the lawn, NIS 5,000 in the VIP stands), and there were plenty of parents with their kids in tow.

For those who could afford it, McCartney was worth every penny.
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Tzipi, a mother of two and a new immigrant from Britain, had no doubt. "It's thousands of shekels, but the kids know the songs by heart. This kind of thing won't happen again."

McCartney, who got NIS 15 million for the show in Tel Aviv, ran around for more than two and a half hours, played without a break, and even said a few words in Hebrew, including "Shanah Tovah," and "Ramadan Karim" in Arabic for balance's sake.

McCartney ended with "Yesterday" and "Sergeant Pepper," and of course "The End" from "Abbey Road." Sir Paul seemed most in his element singing the theme song from the James Bond film "Live and Let Die." Fireworks lit the sky, and the giant screens showed the artist smiling happily. He said it all as he sang: "When you got a job to do you gotta do it well."

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      1.   paul 04:53  |  russ 26/09/08
      2.   WORTH EVERY SHEKEL 05:40  |  zionist forever 26/09/08
      3.   Excellent show 08:10  |  JR 26/09/08
      4.   Spare a thought 09:12  |  Liz 26/09/08
      5.   Now Bring over the best performer - Bruce Springsteen 10:43  |  B`Galil 26/09/08
      6.   Macca`s voice has GONE 10:53  |  Clickfool 26/09/08
      7.   Paul McCartney 12:15  |  Norman 26/09/08
      8.   40000 fools 12:35  |  alex 26/09/08
      9.   Clickfool 13:52  |  Steve 26/09/08
      10.   Click, you see the bright side of life. Salute! 14:06  |  Israeli citizen 26/09/08
      11.   To Alex # 8 "Les non dupes errent" 14:09  |  Lacanian 26/09/08
      12.   give peace a chance 14:27  |  peter 26/09/08
      13.   Bruce Springsteen 14:31  |  Hen 26/09/08
      14.   WORTH EVERY SHEKEL 15:13  |  Benny 26/09/08
      15.   McCartney in Israel 20:43  |  RS 26/09/08
      16.   For Steve # 9 21:06  |  Clickfool 26/09/08
      17.   Okay Paul I Don`t Know If You Can Read This 21:36  |  Yosemite 26/09/08
      18.   McCartney and his fans 22:27  |  Clickfool 26/09/08
      19.   For Clickfool #16--yes, a brave man 22:45  |  Israeli citizen 26/09/08
      20.   Clickfool 23:43  |  Walter 26/09/08
      21.   Clickfool 00:37  |  Wendy 27/09/08
      22.   This concert should have been.... 02:22  |  Maurice 27/09/08
      23.   Maybe very nice man but primitive music 03:58  |  alex 27/09/08
      24.   Next stop, Sun City! 04:32  |  peacelover 27/09/08
      25.   The Magical Mystical Mystery Tour 10:08  |  Yosemite 27/09/08
      26.   Norman & Alex - two miserable sods 10:55  |  ChanahS 27/09/08
      27.   Shame on you Paul Mc Cartney 12:36  |  Labhras 27/09/08
      28.   PEACELOVER why go to the "new" South Africa murder champions? 14:44  |  PETER SM 27/09/08
      29.   CFOOL you can`t help yourself can you?Sour grapes as with Beckham 14:47  |  PETER SM 27/09/08
      30.   to RS # 15 15:10  |  peter 27/09/08
      31.   street-music concert 17:38  |  to amos harel 27/09/08
      32.   For Peter SM # 29 18:58  |  Clickfool 27/09/08
      33.   Thanks Paul from the bottom of our hearts! 19:38  |  Mel McManus 27/09/08
      34.   # 15 20:08  |  Birdi 27/09/08
      35.   CFOOLL Sopur grapes & denigration is the tenor of your 3 posts. 23:36  |  PETER SM 27/09/08
      36.   Labhras # 27: "John Lennon would be..." the only problem is 23:59  |  Israeli citizen 27/09/08
      37.   now whens the boss coming!!?? 19:14  |  ari 28/09/08
      38.   whatever happened to the days when All Israel turned out to give 19:05  |  glenna 29/09/08
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