Paul McCartney, one of the famous Beatles from the Sixties, played Brooklyn for the first time on Saturday. Better, at the borough's Barclays Center he delivered some songs he never performed on any previous tour anywhere, reports the NY Daily News.

Sir Paul opened his show with "Eight Days a Week," a Beatles classic he somehow neglected to sneak onto the set list since it first appeared way back in 1964.

It was just one of a handful of pieces McCartney had long left molting that finally earned a live airing for this tour, dubbed "Out There." Others included the foppish "Your Mother Should Know," the sing-along "All Together Now" and the dreamy "Lovely Rita," said the News.

McCartney, even at age 70, found something fresh to give fans, according to the News reports.

That last word proves crucial to understanding a modern Paul McCartney show. It's an event nearly devoid of personal exploration or artistic stretching. Instead, McCartney puts himself entirely at the audience's service, dutifully exercising his role as the sole credible conduit to songs that tap the collective memory of nearly everyone on the planet - even the very young.

As usual, McCartney's show Saturday mixed Fab Four songs with material from Paul's solo career, as well as his days with Wings. Thankfully, he was careful about the latter. He centered those selections on his greatest post-Beatles work, from 1974's "Band On the Run," or hits like "Junior's Farm." His take on the latter had all the pep of the power pop original. He proved as adept at harder Beatles songs, like "Paperback Writer" or "We Can Work It Out" as in languorous ballads like "The Long and Winding Road," or "And I Love Her."

Such faithfulness could have had a sad consequence. It might have made the performers seem like a living diorama, a cold museum instillation. But the clear joy McCartney takes in his beloved catalog, and the force with which he delivered it, brought this thick slice of history alive.