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Paul McCartney & Friends- THE PETA CONCERT FOR PARTY ANIMALS- DVD- 2001-
- PETA/MMI Image Entertainment, Inc./ BMG Company- 743219199393- 300 grn
Paul McCartney stands as arguably the world’s most famous animal rights activist, so who better to headline an effort to increase awareness? That was the thinking behind the folks who organized THE PETA CONCERT FOR PARTY ANIMALS. Paul was clearly the star of the show, where he acted both as host and headliner. However, the title of this DVD credits Paul McCartney & Friends, and the latter fill much of its running time. Actually, we hear very little music during the first 25 minutes of the show. After an exceedingly lame Salute To Laugh-In - during which “celebrities” like Martin Mull and Elvira toss out weak gags in the style of that show - we launch into the formal program. Bea Arthur acts as an off-screen emcee at times. Man, you just haven’t lived until you’ve heard her tell us that we’re about to “rock out”! After that, we go to Macca, who launches the evening and introduces a comedy routine by Ellen Degeneres. Neither funny nor painful, it passes by quickly. Not so the disastrous performance by Margaret Cho that comes next. It appears that her first bits are edited. In the parts we get, she begins with a lame rant about designer Karl Lagerfeld and goes into her status as a “fag hag” before she briefly discusses dogs. Man, when this kind of crowd barely laughs, that’s a bad sign, and this is a bad routine. Improbably, things improve dramatically with the next performer. Sarah McLachlan offers a solo rendition of “Angel” at the piano and performance is accompanied by images of the late Linda McCartney. After a cutesy segment in which Mo Gaffney goes to a grocery store with Chris P. Carrot - some dillhole in a carrot suit - to sway patrons from meat, we get the “highlights” of the PETA Humanitarians Awards. Once that brief segment ends, we finally get to the substantial musical portion of the night. Things open with three songs from the B-52’s. Sarah McLachlan and Chrissie Hynde guest as background singers. Next Chrissie Hynde does a version of “I’ll Stand By You” from the 1994 Pretenders album Last Of The Independents. It’s not one of the band’s better songs, but she does adapt it to make sense during this evening as she dedicates it to the animals. Oddly, though Chrissie Hynde sings live, the backing is taped. Thus end the warm-up acts as we move on to the main event. McCartney plays with the same band who backed him for 1999’s Run Devil Run album as well as a handful of gigs. They run through a smattering of tunes from that record. Overall, this is a nice little performance. Run Devil Run clearly injected new life into Paul after the depression he felt when Linda died in 1998, and his renditions of these songs shows that. Actually, he kicks nice life into some old chestnuts, and they returned the favor for him. Macca offers a loose and lively tear through some good tracks. Overall, The PETA Concert for Party Animals is a decent program, though it’s a weird one. Clearly the folks at PETA hope that the roster of musicians will lead their fans to get the DVD and then the organization will be able to sway them to their cause with the animal rights material the disc offers. Of course, it includes many additional Macca tracks and dispenses with the propagandizing. Overall, THE PETA CONCERT FOR PARTY ANIMALS is a decent little package of live performances. As a possibly irrelevant aside, you have to note this fact: Paul McCartney’s daughters are babes! Wow!
Filmed And Recorded Live To The Benefit Of PETA’s Millennium Concert (PETA - People Of The Ethical Treatment Of Animals) At Paramount Lot, California On 18th September 1999.
Comes In A Standard Plastic DVD Case With Black Tray Includes Insert.
Made In The EU.
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