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Post by B.E. on Jun 17, 2022 2:55:23 GMT
Friend of mine is at Paul McCartney’s concert at MetLife. Bruce Springsteen appeared. So far they’ve done “Glory Days” and “I Wanna Be Your Man”.
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Post by Kapitan on Jun 17, 2022 11:09:25 GMT
Friend of mine is at Paul McCartney’s concert at MetLife. Bruce Springsteen appeared. So far they’ve done “Glory Days” and “I Wanna Be Your Man”. Cool! Your friend must have gotten quite a thrill.
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Post by kds on Jun 17, 2022 12:21:48 GMT
That would've been awesome to see in person. It seems Metlife is the place to see a Macca show. I remember Billy Joel making an appearance at one of his shows there in a recent past.
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Post by Kapitan on Jun 17, 2022 15:28:44 GMT
Here's something that I hadn't thought of before, but that seems to have been inevitable now that I hear of it: Paul McCartney is releasing a box set of the three McCartney albums this summer. The vinyl or CD packages come with new photos and notes from McCartney.
I know at least the first two are pretty universally admired, and the third had its fans, too. But honestly I think all three are among McCartney's lesser albums. I think I like each of the three less than the previous one, but even that first one didn't seem like much of an album to me.
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Post by kds on Jun 17, 2022 15:49:20 GMT
Here's something that I hadn't thought of before, but that seems to have been inevitable now that I hear of it: Paul McCartney is releasing a box set of the three McCartney albums this summer. The vinyl or CD packages come with new photos and notes from McCartney.
I know at least the first two are pretty universally admired, and the third had its fans, too. But honestly I think all three are among McCartney's lesser albums. I think I like each of the three less than the previous one, but even that first one didn't seem like much of an album to me.
I think the first McCartney album is incredibly overrated. It's got some good material on it, but I think I gave it a seven when we ranked the Beatles releases, but I often see it ranked among not just Paul's best albums, but the best Beatles solo albums. I really do not like II or III at all.
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Post by Kapitan on Jun 18, 2022 23:49:39 GMT
Somewhat surprisingly, here is a solo-career overview of Paul McCartney from Quillette, the Australian-Canadian platform usually dedicated to contrarian political-cultural stuff. And while specific claims can always be argued, it's pretty good. I like this in summary:
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Jun 19, 2022 16:53:09 GMT
Friend of mine is at Paul McCartney’s concert at MetLife. Bruce Springsteen appeared. So far they’ve done “Glory Days” and “I Wanna Be Your Man”. Bruce also came out to jam at the end of the Abbey Road Medley. It's great to hear some good old rock & roll from these two:
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Post by B.E. on Jun 19, 2022 22:33:13 GMT
Thanks for posting those high quality fan videos! I had only seen a much poorer quality snippet of "Glory Days". I really enjoyed that. And it made me happy to see Paul and Bruce up there really enjoying themselves (and sounding pretty good, too). I hadn't heard a recording of Bruce performing live in a while, he can certainly still sing! And, I gotta say, I was really just enjoying hearing (and seeing) Paul play bass on Bruce Springsteen's "Glory Days". Pretty darn cool.
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Post by lonelysummer on Jun 20, 2022 5:33:30 GMT
Here's something that I hadn't thought of before, but that seems to have been inevitable now that I hear of it: Paul McCartney is releasing a box set of the three McCartney albums this summer. The vinyl or CD packages come with new photos and notes from McCartney.
I know at least the first two are pretty universally admired, and the third had its fans, too. But honestly I think all three are among McCartney's lesser albums. I think I like each of the three less than the previous one, but even that first one didn't seem like much of an album to me.
I think the first McCartney album is incredibly overrated. It's got some good material on it, but I think I gave it a seven when we ranked the Beatles releases, but I often see it ranked among not just Paul's best albums, but the best Beatles solo albums. I really do not like II or III at all. I must be living in some alternative universe. McCartney was universally panned upon release; the reviews are a little bit kinder in retrospect, but I would not say it is universally loved; Ram is the album everybody worships now. It was very rare back in the day for a McCartney album to get rave reviews; Tug of War got a 5 star review in Rolling Stone, but many of the other publications were only lukewarm about it. Pipes of Peace was panned everywhere. Strangely, Macca's latter day albums have recieved kinder reviews than most of the earlier stuff. Of course now he's "the legendary Paul McCartney, the last Beatle standing" (Ringo doesn't count cause he's just a novelty act). John Lennon's standing has dropped a bit - they all love John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine - but otherwise, his "solo" albums (including the stuff with Yoko) are considered average at best. And George Harrison's solo career began with a band, All Things Must Pass; and everything after that was mediocre - well, except for Thirty Three & 1/3rd and Cloud Nine and the first Wilburys album. Yeah, I've spent way too much time reading reviews.
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Post by Kapitan on Jun 20, 2022 11:58:17 GMT
But you're mostly talking about how they were reviewed and received upon release. The past 20 years, most everything I've read takes those first two McCartney albums as innovative, underappreciated-at-the-time classics.
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Post by kds on Jun 20, 2022 14:06:23 GMT
I think the first McCartney album is incredibly overrated. It's got some good material on it, but I think I gave it a seven when we ranked the Beatles releases, but I often see it ranked among not just Paul's best albums, but the best Beatles solo albums. I really do not like II or III at all. I must be living in some alternative universe. McCartney was universally panned upon release; the reviews are a little bit kinder in retrospect, but I would not say it is universally loved; Ram is the album everybody worships now. It was very rare back in the day for a McCartney album to get rave reviews; Tug of War got a 5 star review in Rolling Stone, but many of the other publications were only lukewarm about it. Pipes of Peace was panned everywhere. Strangely, Macca's latter day albums have recieved kinder reviews than most of the earlier stuff. Of course now he's "the legendary Paul McCartney, the last Beatle standing" (Ringo doesn't count cause he's just a novelty act). John Lennon's standing has dropped a bit - they all love John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine - but otherwise, his "solo" albums (including the stuff with Yoko) are considered average at best. And George Harrison's solo career began with a band, All Things Must Pass; and everything after that was mediocre - well, except for Thirty Three & 1/3rd and Cloud Nine and the first Wilburys album. Yeah, I've spent way too much time reading reviews. It seems the years have been kind to the McCartney album as just about every ranking of Paul's albums I've seen in the last 20 years ranks the original Macca album very highly, often in the top five.
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Post by lonelysummer on Jun 20, 2022 16:20:25 GMT
I must be living in some alternative universe. McCartney was universally panned upon release; the reviews are a little bit kinder in retrospect, but I would not say it is universally loved; Ram is the album everybody worships now. It was very rare back in the day for a McCartney album to get rave reviews; Tug of War got a 5 star review in Rolling Stone, but many of the other publications were only lukewarm about it. Pipes of Peace was panned everywhere. Strangely, Macca's latter day albums have recieved kinder reviews than most of the earlier stuff. Of course now he's "the legendary Paul McCartney, the last Beatle standing" (Ringo doesn't count cause he's just a novelty act). John Lennon's standing has dropped a bit - they all love John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine - but otherwise, his "solo" albums (including the stuff with Yoko) are considered average at best. And George Harrison's solo career began with a band, All Things Must Pass; and everything after that was mediocre - well, except for Thirty Three & 1/3rd and Cloud Nine and the first Wilburys album. Yeah, I've spent way too much time reading reviews. It seems the years have been kind to the McCartney album as just about every ranking of Paul's albums I've seen in the last 20 years ranks the original Macca album very highly, often in the top five. I think that's pretty accurate, in terms of his solo career, but does anyone rank it up there with Abbey Road or Rubber Soul?
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Post by Kapitan on Jun 20, 2022 16:40:33 GMT
No.
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Post by B.E. on Jun 21, 2022 0:33:09 GMT
Overall, I'd say McCartney is very well-regarded among fans. It was really only hated by critics and unsuspecting first-generation fans for not being what they expected and for representing the Beatles break up. From the fans who got into the Beatles in the 70s and onward, like I said, it seems to be well-regarded. Not considered his best solo album, but certainly top 5-10 or so.
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Post by jk on Jun 29, 2022 11:32:27 GMT
Here he is at Glastonbury 2022, duetting with John for one last time. Paul had done amazingly well during a gruelling three-hour session on stage so like singing eighty-year-olds everywhere, he's forgiven the odd flubbed note! If this doesn't bring tears to your eyes, nothing will:
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