The work week is rapidly coming to a close which means it’s time for the BROW. In 2008, Liverpool UK is being recognized as the European Capital of Culture and for that reason both Paul and Ringo gave homecoming performances there, the place of their births, earlier this year. During Paul’s Liverpool gig on June 1, he performed a Lennon medley in honor of John that included A Day In The Life. As most of you realize, originally in 1967 John sang the verses of this song while Paul contributed vocals on the middle section (beginning with Woke up, fell out of bed….). It’s ironic that Paul’s own middle section of the song is the very part where he had a slight lyrical flub-up when he left out the found my coat, grabbed my hat line making him have to repeat the made the bus in seconds flat line. Otherwise, it’s not a bad performance although hearing it just makes me wish John could have been there to sing his part himself. In any event, that performance marked the first time A Day In The Life had ever been performed live by any member of The Beatles. Instead of going into the final verse, he goes into Give Peace A Chance at the break. I have another Lennon medley performed by Paul as a b-side to a UK CD single which features Strawberry Fields Forever, Help! and Give Peace A Chance and it was also recorded in Liverpool back in 1990. I may feature this soon too if I hear that any readers out there would like to hear it.

Paul McCartney in Liverpool, UK, June 1, 2008

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