*just the
― birdistheword, Friday, 11 November 2022 14:51 (one year ago) link
I know temp sec has had a huge revival and I'm a big fan of the song myself but that doesn't mean the 7" should sell for big money, it's not like the song isn't on McCartney II.
― akm, Friday, 11 November 2022 16:15 (one year ago) link
yah mc2 is still like a $5-10 record
― kurt schwitterz, Friday, 11 November 2022 18:19 (one year ago) link
i just saw him live and he puts on a good show for being in his 80s but he really has odd taste in his own material. like, he played for over 2.5 hours and has enough hits that he could have played solely iconic crowd-pleasers, and definitely didn't do just that, but it wasn't like he was pulling out great deep cuts for the real heads either? and the only lennon song he played was "being for the benefit of mr. kite" of all things, though i guess maybe that's because he's been taking credit for co-writing it in interviews in the last decade
probably the weirdest thing was when he played only half of "you never give me your money" straight out of "fuh you" (which is just an awful song lol)?
despite being as maligned as it is, "ob-la-di ob-la-da" got one of the very biggest reactions from the crowd. granny music is eternal i guess
i did get a rather good view despite having bought one of the cheapest seats, no idea why it was like that but i'm certainly not complaining. certainly many people who paid hundreds more would have had worse views
― ufo, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 14:28 (ten months ago) link
wow, he played "Junior's Farm" and "Letting Go"!
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 16:50 (ten months ago) link
despite being as maligned as it is, "ob-la-di ob-la-da" got one of the very biggest reactions from the crowd.
the older i get, the more i like this song
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 17:59 (ten months ago) link
I saw him do the former at Yankee Stadium - it's one of my favorite recordings from him and he didn't do it when I saw him earlier at Citi Field, so I was very pleased. I saw him do the latter at MSG in 2017, and I had completely forgotten about it - excellent deep cut.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 20:14 (ten months ago) link
i think we got "letting go" at each of the last two shows I went to, and one even had a horn section
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Thursday, 2 November 2023 03:50 (ten months ago) link
he had a horn section this time, it was nice. though it was funny when there were the occasional synth horns used that he didn't bring out the real horns for
― ufo, Thursday, 2 November 2023 06:32 (ten months ago) link
Sometimes I think Paul's just world's greatest jingle writer. It may be crap but it sticks in the memory like a bad infection that won't go away.I have a similar suspicion: his best musical moments might have come about when he was simply exploring for himself what sounds really pleasing to the ear when you’re heavily stoned… A few snatches of notes that are insanely catchy that he then later extends into a song.
― Dr Drudge (Bob Six), Thursday, 2 November 2023 08:21 (ten months ago) link
ob-la-di the only beatles song my mum likes, and I have to agree that it's a cracker
― #1 García Fan (H.P), Thursday, 2 November 2023 09:38 (ten months ago) link
Yeah I get why so many people hate it but I’ve always liked it. It’s fun, catchy and the production is pretty good (I think he doubled the bass so the sound is pretty fat).
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 2 November 2023 11:16 (ten months ago) link
i feel pretty indifferent to it, it's far from the worst of paul's "granny music" but also pretty far from his best work
― ufo, Thursday, 2 November 2023 11:22 (ten months ago) link
It was an unexpected highlight when I saw him at Glastonbury in 2022. Fat sound indeed.
I love me some Wings but less a fan of the rockers so the early Junior's Farm wasn't a highlight back then, though I sort of enjoyed the bemusement in the crowd ("Do we know this? Are we into it?")
― Alba, Thursday, 2 November 2023 11:25 (ten months ago) link
It puzzles me that he never plays Silly Love Songs any more. I wonder if some songs just remind him of Linda too much.
― Alba, Thursday, 2 November 2023 11:26 (ten months ago) link
Though setlist.fm says he hasn't played it since 1976!
― Alba, Thursday, 2 November 2023 11:28 (ten months ago) link
he has barely ever played anything from ram in concert so truly who knows what goes into his choices
― ufo, Thursday, 2 November 2023 11:33 (ten months ago) link
"silly love songs" is a classic and one of the very best wings songs, i would have loved to have heard it. sometimes people throw about 'ram invented indie pop' which doesn't make much sense to me but "silly love songs" sure anticipated a fair amount of it
― ufo, Thursday, 2 November 2023 11:38 (ten months ago) link
On Ram, when responding to its latter-day status among fans, he's said that he finds it hard to listen to himself as it was recorded at such an unhappy time for him.
― Alba, Thursday, 2 November 2023 11:47 (ten months ago) link
i wonder if he'd like it more if it had been correctly acclaimed at the time
― ufo, Thursday, 2 November 2023 11:57 (ten months ago) link
Ram's public embrace and rejection by critics was for years a point of pride for him.
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 2 November 2023 12:03 (ten months ago) link
I think SLS is OK apart from the bassline, which is right up there with “Michelle” for my favourite Macca. I can’t believe some of the stuff he played on the Fabs records.
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 2 November 2023 12:14 (ten months ago) link
xp well he should bring that pride back and play a bunch of it live
― ufo, Thursday, 2 November 2023 12:16 (ten months ago) link
I agree with matt, the bassline on SLS is by far the best thing about that single, and it's a GREAT bassline. I could listen to that on loop for hours on end.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 2 November 2023 17:19 (ten months ago) link
(just the bass part that is)
Even if the only song in his solo oeuvre was "Maybe I'm Amazed," that would be enough to make him a classic.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 2 November 2023 22:21 (ten months ago) link
Fortunately, he also hasd "Press."
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 2 November 2023 22:43 (ten months ago) link
i really think it's a crime paul never did a whole album in the vein of tracks like "silly love songs" and "goodnight tonight"
― ufo, Saturday, 25 November 2023 10:04 (ten months ago) link
I think you could put together an album length compilation of stuff he did with a similar vibe - those two, My Love, Arrow Through Me, Take It Away, Dress Me Up as a Robber ... maybe the version of No More Lonely Nights with the squelchy synth bass. I like Write Away, but but I think the mid-80s production make it sound too harsh to fit in with the above, not smooth or lush enough. Secret Friend has a different sound as well, but maybe the ten minute version would work as an outro
― soref, Saturday, 25 November 2023 10:31 (ten months ago) link
"blue sway" is another yeah
― ufo, Saturday, 25 November 2023 11:06 (ten months ago) link
I’m kind of stunned to see Super 70s Sports on the case:
Name a song you love that doesn’t get played or talked about a ton. I’ll start: pic.twitter.com/EdEhEr60pS— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) March 23, 2024
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 23 March 2024 11:00 (six months ago) link
i'm kind of having a Wings phase and will check this out. i just listented to Wild Life for the first time, which rules and has my wondering why i waited so long.
― budo jeru, Saturday, 23 March 2024 15:25 (six months ago) link
"Arrow Through Me" is by far the best tune on Back to the Egg.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 23 March 2024 15:27 (six months ago) link
haha, good to know. it's not too shabby
― budo jeru, Saturday, 23 March 2024 15:35 (six months ago) link
listening to Red Rose Speedway now. you know, i love Linda's voice. beautiful angel voice. when i think about how people went through the trouble to isolate her vocal tracks so they could shit on her and imply that she somehow didn't deserve to be making music with Paul McCartney -- god it makes me so fucking mad
― budo jeru, Saturday, 23 March 2024 15:36 (six months ago) link
Back to the Egg is an excellent album and yes, this song is great
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Saturday, 23 March 2024 16:25 (six months ago) link
Linda harmonies are usually A+
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 23 March 2024 17:25 (six months ago) link
Red Rose Speedway might be underrated? I need to listen some more but it all sounds good to me.
― brimstead, Sunday, 24 March 2024 15:22 (six months ago) link
Love Big Barn Bed and Single Pigeon.
― bookmarkflaglink (Darin), Sunday, 24 March 2024 19:06 (six months ago) link
Red Rose Speedway is an all-time favorite of mine. Side B is just about perfect. And personally I'll take Paul/Linda/Denny harmonies over those by Paul/John/George anytime.
― TheNuNuNu, Sunday, 24 March 2024 20:26 (six months ago) link
https://www.stereogum.com/2257275/vinyl-artwork-rejected-by-paul-mccartney-for-being-too-unflattering-is-being-auctioned-for-charity/news/
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 28 March 2024 11:13 (five months ago) link
hahaha that is horrific
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Thursday, 28 March 2024 13:07 (five months ago) link
Yikes
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 29 March 2024 03:57 (five months ago) link
lmao
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 29 March 2024 04:06 (five months ago) link
Watching Wingspan (on YT) which I haven’t seen since it aired in 2001 – it’s absolutely a love letter to Linda. He’s interviewed warmly by Stella, and it’s full of warm (at times treacly) remembrances of their relationship. The opening 45 minutes that covers Paul and Linda’s unorthodox musical romance, the formation of Wings and rather brave tour of English universities is fascinating. Notwithstanding his own massive celebrity, Paul’s partnership with Linda (replete with open air tour buses with baby cribs on the roof and seafaring recording studios in the Virgin Islands) even now scans as a somewhat unlikely path to superstardom. Have to imagine that it wasn’t a coincidence that he married Heather Mills a year later either.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 12 April 2024 22:26 (five months ago) link
Mary, not Stella, I think.
― Alba, Friday, 12 April 2024 23:13 (five months ago) link
To his immense credit the world's biggest star tried to be as 'umble as possible.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 13 April 2024 00:04 (five months ago) link
Yep, Mary
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 13 April 2024 02:33 (five months ago) link
I always thought Junior's Farm was nonsense lyrics, but it's actually a clever little thing about capitalism, isn't it? Looking forward to One Hand Clapping coming out.
― timellison, Saturday, 4 May 2024 19:47 (four months ago) link
whenever people ask him about his lyrics he tends to respond with stories about his life at the time which seem only vaguely relevant at best - which makes me think he writes based on his current vibes first and if some meaning coalesces out of it he just sort of shrugs and moves on if he even notices
so frustration with the business end of the beatles could end up with a song that is anti-capitalist almost by mistake
I also have a whole thing about him being neurodivergent and linda giving him permission to stop masking around her and just be his weirdest self which combined with the drugs ended up producing some of the loopiest lyrics of all time (which even at their most nonlinear tell you more about him than he ever will in plain language - much like how his off script ramblings in interviews are his most revealing moments but are easily dismissed)
― Left, Saturday, 4 May 2024 21:34 (four months ago) link