Jeff, you have some nerve going after me after you viciously personally attacked Rev link because he didn’t agree about auto tune. It’s on the thread announcing the upcoming release of the Citi Field cd. You are a sick man.

You want to hear Paul McCartney on autotune? listen to Band on the Run. Someone autotuned the original record and the autotune is obvious. On Citi Field he sounds every bit as real as he does at Halifax, where I’m told there is no autotune.

http://www.ilictronix.com/search/label/band on the run

Some of the logic written here is insane. I only think it sounds good but it really doesn’t because it’s too loud for me to judge. Concerts wouldn’t exist if everyone thought they liked it but weren’t sure. Also, he typically does about 35 songs per show and each tour will always give us about 18 to 20 songs that will always be played. If he does a tour and omits some of the obvious songs like Yesterday and Let it Be, there will be a lot of pissed off people.

There’s usually about 15+ songs that we don’t usually hear. At Citi Field there were four songs from his most recent works. Unfortunately, people use those songs for bathroom breaks because they came to hear all of the oldies. If I have to go I’ll do so during a familiar old song. People are paying a lot of money for his show and he knows that he has to give them what they paid for.

The genius of the century award goes to Jeff. He figured I’m some neo con who hates others that don’t think like me and then gives himself a pat on the back for thinking he can figure out my politics. Jeff, you aren’t even close and you need to get a life. I will offer you a start: Being that you’re the genius who can read minds and is the know all on auto tune why don’t you do something no other critic here or on other forums has been able to do:
Tell us what songs on the cd have auto tune. But tell us at what time in each song does auto tune kicks in.

On the link above autotune is obvious. Just as it’s obvious on Cher’s song, “I Believe”. If he was using autotune on the Citi Field cd/dvd his vocals in halifax would suck, and they don’t.

Ok. I was at the Citi concert – no pitch correction live. When I watched the concert on tv last week I actually commented on Macca being MORE in tune than I remember. Then, I could hear all of the artifacts from the software.

I work as a musician and an engineer and I can guarantee the use of pitch correction in post. It’s horribly blatant as well. What’s funny is that you can use the plugin judiciously and blend it to be hardly noticable. His was obviously a tactic to get the product out quickly.

I heard even more auto-tune on the Rock & Roll HoF 25th Ann concert. Art Garfunkle sounded like a robot. That’s heartbreaking.

They do it because he deaf can’t hear it and the dumb buy it. I don’t mean any offense. (I bought it myself) The industry will keep pumping out crap until the people speak out with their cash.

And, come on… Star Wars?? Really???? That many people can’t be wrong.

your comment makes it seem that YOU’RE the one that’s out of touch.

why are you criticizing retroblog when it’s obvious McCartney DID indeed rely on autotune?

I thought retroblog was right on the money with his review.