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Post by kds on Mar 11, 2021 13:22:02 GMT
I think I'll take a pass at this project. A lackluster album from a legend covered by a collection of artists I really don't care about or have never heard of.
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Post by The Cincinnati Kid on Mar 11, 2021 13:32:22 GMT
I expect this will turn out how I felt about the original album. I'll give it a few full listens, like a few of the tracks, and maybe one or two make it to my current favorites playlist. I'm mildly surprised Taylor Swift isn't on it given the media coverage of them leading up to the album's release.
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Post by Kapitan on Mar 11, 2021 13:35:58 GMT
I'm mildly surprised Taylor Swift isn't on it given the media coverage of them leading up to the album's release. Great observation. I hadn't thought of it, but once you mention it, I am, too. I wonder whether that had been a plan at some point, or at least discussed.
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Post by kds on Mar 11, 2021 14:07:53 GMT
Maybe Taylor was considered "too mainstream" to be in this bunch.
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Post by B.E. on Mar 12, 2021 1:35:54 GMT
Are these pure covers, or is McCartney producing? I do not believe Paul is producing. It's funny, I just got an email from Spotify on Paul's behalf. Apparently, I'm a "top fan" and an exclusive limited edition green vinyl is mine for the taking until March 18th. It also noted that Paul "curated" the album. That sounds about right - it's sanctioned, it's official. I like that. I'd say that I'd prefer just a career-spanning covers album, but those tend to be pretty hit-and-miss, too. I think covering entire albums, and releasing them side-by-side, is more interesting. I get that you're just not big on III, but I'm talking as a general rule/practice. Personally, I'm not really interested in covers of hits. A career-spanning "deep cut" covers album could be pretty cool, though. Understandably, I don't think many of those exist.
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Post by kds on Mar 12, 2021 13:39:11 GMT
Are these pure covers, or is McCartney producing? I do not believe Paul is producing. It's funny, I just got an email from Spotify on Paul's behalf. Apparently, I'm a "top fan" and an exclusive limited edition green vinyl is mine for the taking until March 18th. It also noted that Paul "curated" the album. That sounds about right - it's sanctioned, it's official. I like that. I'd say that I'd prefer just a career-spanning covers album, but those tend to be pretty hit-and-miss, too. I think covering entire albums, and releasing them side-by-side, is more interesting. I get that you're just not big on III, but I'm talking as a general rule/practice. Personally, I'm not really interested in covers of hits. A career-spanning "deep cut" covers album could be pretty cool, though. Understandably, I don't think many of those exist. I've seen a few covers albums of this kind, but they're usually for classic albums like Machine Head or The Wall.
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Post by Kapitan on Mar 12, 2021 13:43:50 GMT
That's what I was thinking when I made my comment about not being excited. I agree that in theory covering an album straight through might be more interesting, but this album? It wasn't even very good when it was by Paul McCartney, so I don't see how a mishmash of covers would help a lot.
If it were Band on the Run or Ram or something, that would be different.
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Post by kds on Mar 12, 2021 13:50:12 GMT
That's what I was thinking when I made my comment about not being excited. I agree that in theory covering an album straight through might be more interesting, but this album? It wasn't even very good when it was by Paul McCartney, so I don't see how a mishmash of covers would help a lot.
If it were Band on the Run or Ram or something, that would be different.
I'd even take something like Off the Ground over this. But, MIII has been pretty well received. Why, I have no clue.
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Post by Kapitan on Mar 12, 2021 13:52:44 GMT
But, MIII has been pretty well received. Why, I have no clue. I would guess it has a lot to do with the marketing of it as third in a series, the man on his own doing it all, etc. (Never mind that he's actually done other albums almost entirely alone outside of the McCartney series...) To some extent, I just think people wanted to like it.
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Post by kds on Mar 12, 2021 13:59:52 GMT
But, MIII has been pretty well received. Why, I have no clue. I would guess it has a lot to do with the marketing of it as third in a series, the man on his own doing it all, etc. (Never mind that he's actually done other albums almost entirely alone outside of the McCartney series...) To some extent, I just think people wanted to like it. That's probably got a lot to do with it. And, I do think every artist has their share of "ista" type fans who'll defend anything they release. I mentioned an old friend of mine who definitely fell into that category for Sir Paul. Not that there's anything wrong that as long as they're not assholes about it.
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Post by Kapitan on Mar 12, 2021 14:07:24 GMT
Definitely there are those fans--and they become more so when talking to not-those-fans. It's a funny thing, like the cliche about how your family might fight but they join forces to REALLY fight outsiders.
This type of fan will bicker and argue (about who killed who...*) about everything wrong with every song or album, but to a non-fan? Full-throated defense!
*Sorry, Monty Python Holy Grail quote slipped in there... Gotta read that part with what I think is a cockney accent. "Bicker an' argue about 'oo killed 'oo."
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Post by kds on Mar 12, 2021 14:10:33 GMT
Definitely there are those fans--and they become more so when talking to not-those-fans. It's a funny thing, like the cliche about how your family might fight but they join forces to REALLY fight outsiders.
This type of fan will bicker and argue (about who killed who...*) about everything wrong with every song or album, but to a non-fan? Full-throated defense!
*Sorry, Monty Python Holy Grail quote slipped in there... Gotta read that part with what I think is a cockney accent. "Bicker an' argue about 'oo killed 'oo."
That sort of fandom is pretty common with Baltimore sports fans. Our fans have a way of being relentlessly negative about our players (even ones who've recently won MVP awards unanimously), but if a non fan or somebody from the National media has a cross word, watch out.
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Post by lonelysummer on Mar 16, 2021 4:35:09 GMT
A tribute album for a brand new album? What a bizarre concept! It smacks of desperation to me. Meanwhile, fans continue to clamor for archive editions of London Town and Back to the Egg - the final Wings albums; an era Paul doesn't like to revisit. In some respects, I can understand that. Probably reminds him of Jimmy McCulloch's death, and bickering with Denny Laine. They've archived all the other Wings albums, though, seems the logical move would be to complete the cycle.
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Post by Kapitan on Mar 16, 2021 11:48:20 GMT
A tribute album for a brand new album? What a bizarre concept! It smacks of desperation to me. It is a little unusual, though it has become very common for pop and hip hop artists to do "remixes" (in ironic quotes because the modern term doesn't seem to just mean remixing what the artist recorded, but adding significant new material, making them more or less partial covers, partial remixes) of new songs. This is kind of an extension of that concept, in my mind.
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Post by kds on Mar 16, 2021 12:35:59 GMT
A tribute album for a brand new album? What a bizarre concept! It smacks of desperation to me. Meanwhile, fans continue to clamor for archive editions of London Town and Back to the Egg - the final Wings albums; an era Paul doesn't like to revisit. In some respects, I can understand that. Probably reminds him of Jimmy McCulloch's death, and bickering with Denny Laine. They've archived all the other Wings albums, though, seems the logical move would be to complete the cycle. I'm sure those massive reissues are forthcoming. Granted, I think Flaming Pie is Paul's last good album, but if that album warrants a boxset, then surely the Wings material does.
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