Robbie McIntosh ( guitar) McCartney (guitar) Blair Cunningham (drums-(Prentenders) Hamish Stuart (bass) Average White Band "live" (Ed Sullivan Theatre) NYC
Fantastic Robbie. One of the best guitar hero I ever heard. Don´t forget the magic sound of his man in "PRETENDERS"...... SIMPLY GREAT !!!!!! Note: aologise for my english.
When I first listened to this song back then, I had too much expectations of Paul, like, "More! More!" So I didn't think it was a very good song. But as I listen to it now, it's a really good song! It's a relaxing, cool rock tune. And Linda was well. It brings me to tears.
"Off the ground", the whole album, is vastly underrated. It came out in early 1993, in the middle of grunge and alternative rock, so nobody paid the attention it deserved. Basically all the songs are good, no filler, and it flows (a lost art in recorded music). "Flowers in the dirt" was Paul back to form after his not so great 80s albums, and it had great songs, but it still sounded too 80s. "Off the ground" has the songs, and also the back to basics production, and it sounds fresh to this day. For me, better than "Flowes in the dirt" and also better than "Flaming Pie" which was critically acclaimed after the whole Beatles Anthology and britpop period in 1997. So, in a word, great album, wrong timing.
Most of Paul's career is vastly underrated. The 3 albums you named are great, (Flaming Pie and Off the Ground, alongside Ram, are his 3 greatest albums in my opinion). Just in recent years he started to gain some of the respect that he really deserves. Chaos and Creation, Memory Almost Full and New get positive reviews, and also last year he picked the "Songwriter's Songwriter Award", in which he was voted by other musicians as the best songwriter of all time. But critics (and people in general) are still very unfair with Paul. It's a pity that people only get the recognition they really diserve when they pass away. Especially when you're talking about the most successful musician of all time.
I like the vocal on this live version better than the vocals on the record. They are stronger, more forceful and fit the arrangement better. This live version has a heavier sound.
Great song.I like to see this LIVE.Thank you for this LIVE song.I am a die hard Paul Mc fan.Thank you for uploading this video.Merry Christmas 2022 !!!
Hay have to this band was so much better than Paul McCartney's current band I wonder why he changed at all. Stewart and Robbie macintosh outstanding musicians
In Spanish: Gracias a su amiga Chrissie Hynde cantante de THE PRETENDERS que le cedió a sus músicos. Del PRETENDERS de los 80 salieron Robbie McIntosh y Blair Cunningham el Baterista.
