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Post by kds on Jun 29, 2022 13:09:13 GMT
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Post by Kapitan on Nov 2, 2022 19:49:54 GMT
After Fred Armisen and Dana Carvey mentioned it during their recent podcast, I put on Wings's Back to the Egg for the first time since we listened as part of our Beatles (+ solo) albums ranking thread.
Guess what: I still love it. In fact, I might like it more now than I did then. I love the guitar sounds. I love the grit in Paul's voice at times. I love the horns in "Arrow Through Me." I would truly have loved to hear more music from this incarnation of Wings, done in a style along the lines of what they did here. I like Tug of War and Pipes of Peace well enough (though McCartney II much less), but this is really fun, good stuff.
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Post by lonelysummer on Nov 5, 2022 6:06:03 GMT
After Fred Armisen and Dana Carvey mentioned it during their recent podcast, I put on Wings's Back to the Egg for the first time since we listened as part of our Beatles (+ solo) albums ranking thread.
Guess what: I still love it. In fact, I might like it more now than I did then. I love the guitar sounds. I love the grit in Paul's voice at times. I love the horns in "Arrow Through Me." I would truly have loved to hear more music from this incarnation of Wings, done in a style along the lines of what they did here. I like Tug of War and Pipes of Peace well enough (though McCartney II much less), but this is really fun, good stuff.
Yes, I would have liked at least one more album from this lineup of Wings. Back to the Egg rocks pretty good, and that was an element missing from Paul's subsequent solo albums. McCartney II is just quirky; Tug of War and Pipes of Peace are more Adult Contemporary.
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Post by Kapitan on Nov 10, 2022 15:19:43 GMT
If you're:
- a fan of Paul McCartney; - a fan of vinyl; and - looking to spend a lot of money
Then Paul McCartney has a deal for you! He has announced The 7" Singles Box, which comprises 80 singles (ranging from 1971-2019) on vinyl. Sixty-five of them are restorations of original singles and B-sides, while the other 15 weren't originally released as singles. It's all remastered at Abbey Road, there's a 148-page book with credits and info and essay, it comes in a wooden box. Oh, and it's $611.98.
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Post by B.E. on Nov 10, 2022 17:40:59 GMT
I haven’t had a chance to check the fan/collector reaction yet, but I think it’s a really cool project but understandably expensive. Way too expensive for me and even if it weren’t I’m not sure I’d purchase just because I’m not really looking to expand my physical collection at the moment. That said, it’s still probably marked up 100% so I can see how that would annoy some people but generally I think collectors overreact on that front. No one is forced to purchase it!
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Post by lonelysummer on Nov 11, 2022 2:52:02 GMT
If you're:
- a fan of Paul McCartney; - a fan of vinyl; and - looking to spend a lot of money
Then Paul McCartney has a deal for you! He has announced The 7" Singles Box, which comprises 80 singles (ranging from 1971-2019) on vinyl. Sixty-five of them are restorations of original singles and B-sides, while the other 15 weren't originally released as singles. It's all remastered at Abbey Road, there's a 148-page book with credits and info and essay, it comes in a wooden box. Oh, and it's $611.98.
I saw this and went to my boxes of 45's to see how many McCartney singles I had. Not a lot. There were quite a few I lost in a flood years ago that i still haven't replaced. Now if we are talking Wings or the Beatles, I have a good stack of Wings 45's, and a large stack of Beatles. I'm just tired of these cash grabs. What everyone has been waiting for is London Town and Back to the Egg archive editions, but I really think it's not going to happen. The end of Wings just reminds Paul of the bust in Japan and it's a period he wants to forget. I suppose next year there will be another anniversary edition of Band on the Run - the only Wings album he seems to like. And I'm sure there will be a deluxe Rubber Soul, among other things. I think we'll get Let it Be - the original film - on DVD before we get the last two Wings albums.
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Post by B.E. on Nov 11, 2022 23:49:56 GMT
Just a teaser, but it gives you an idea of the quality. The picture sleeves look awesome!
Also worth noting that it will be released digitally. Some of the stuff has never been remastered and some b-sides aren't currently available.
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Post by B.E. on Nov 12, 2022 16:40:58 GMT
I'm just tired of these cash grabs. I've been in a 'collector' mood lately. YouTuber, MeanMrMayo, recently came across a massive Paul McCartney collection. I sort of like to live vicariously through collectors on YouTube from time to time - that's good enough for me. The Part 1 to this video had a ton of interesting stuff. This video was mostly CD singles and promos. ANYWAY, I couldn't help but think of your recent comment. Maybe you'll appreciate his. Cued up:
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Dec 13, 2022 0:01:52 GMT
Paul and Ringo attend the premiere of the documentary, If These Walls Could Talk, at Abbey Road Studios:
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Post by lonelysummer on Dec 13, 2022 20:24:13 GMT
I'm just tired of these cash grabs. I've been in a 'collector' mood lately. YouTuber, MeanMrMayo, recently came across a massive Paul McCartney collection. I sort of like to live vicariously through collectors on YouTube from time to time - that's good enough for me. The Part 1 to this video had a ton of interesting stuff. This video was mostly CD singles and promos. ANYWAY, I couldn't help but think of your recent comment. Maybe you'll appreciate his. Cued up: Mayo's a good guy, and i'm like you - I don't have room for all that vinyl, nor the money, so I just watch what these guys do. And with vinyl prices continuing to soar, I will be buying less of it in the coming years - at least as far as new or collectible stuff. I'll still peruse the bins at my friends' store in Tacoma, as well as the local Savers and Goodwill. I've been buying more 45's the last couple years cause nobody seems to care about them.
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Post by Kapitan on Dec 17, 2022 16:23:45 GMT
Pitchfork reviewed the new McCartney singles box, and while giving it a respectable 7.4, it's got more than its share of snark, elitism, and au courant political commentary (e.g., "Who is this for? Me, that’s who: a 41-year-old white guy ...," or "instead of “Here Today,” his subdued tribute to John that still appears in his concerts, we get “Ebony and Ivory,” a No. 1 Stevie Wonder duet so repellent it practically birthed the Spectacularly Ill-Conceived Pop Star Appeal to Racial Unity subgenre").
But the reviewer (Jayson Greene) says something a couple of times in a tone somewhere between neutral and negative that I consider to be among the best aspects of McCartney (and the few others to whom it fits: Prince, Frank Zappa, Lou Reed, Neil Young). Here are two quotes that make the point:
"And thus begins the story of McCartney’s solo career, a tale of cheery productivity and even cheerier disregard for results."
"If you’re Paul, you just record. If your ideas don’t seem to match up with your best ones, put them out anyway, and hope the next batch yields more inspiration. Few songwriters in history have been less precious or more generous with their gifts. He’s continued writing songs and tossing them out into the wood chipper of expectations, then shrugging with a beatific grin when they are ignored or insulted. Inevitably, within a few years, he’s at it again. There is something perversely heroic about this toil, its utter disregard for anyone else’s notions about the sort of music he should be making. McCartney’s solo career is perhaps the longest sustained war any artist has carried out against their own narrative."
Through the review, it almost seems as if Greene is arguing against those sentiments. I think what he (and other reviewers of other similarly minded artists) miss is, if you're going to take criticism and commercial potential more seriously in doing your "quality control," you're not likely to have those misses, sure--but neither will you have the moments of brilliance. You'll have professional competence. It's like choosing to eat at Perkins or Applebee's instead of neighborhood restaurants: you know what you're getting, and it will almost certainly live both up and down to expectations; while at a neighborhood joint you might get something inedible, or you might get something unbelievable.
You can't have it both ways. You can't have somebody with a devil-may-care attitude and constant urge to just keep working, working, working, but also have it be a consistently pleasant product that he releases. It's one or the other.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Feb 5, 2023 19:49:03 GMT
A new Paul McCartney documentary, Man On The Run, focusing on the post-Beatles' years:
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Post by B.E. on Apr 29, 2023 13:11:13 GMT
Just thought I'd share this since I took the time to do it:
Top 10 Album Openers
1. Band on the Run 2. Too Many People 3. Venus and Mars / Rock Show 4. Tug of War 5. Nothing Too Much Just Out of Sight 6. Let Em In 7. The Songs We Were Singing 8. Fine Line 9. Dance Tonight 10. No More Lonely Nights
By the way, I couldn't help but notice that Paul's got nearly as many solo studio albums [27] as the Beach Boys got studio albums [28] (depending on which ones you count - regardless, it's very close).
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Post by lonelysummer on Apr 30, 2023 2:30:19 GMT
Top 10 Album Openers
1. I Want to Hold Your Hand (obviously I am speaking of Meet the Beatles) 2. Venus and Mars 3. Too Many People 4. Back in the USSR 5. Band on the Run 6. Tug of War 7. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band 8. Big Barn Bed 9. Pipes of Peace 10.A Hard Days Night
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Post by kds on Apr 30, 2023 13:28:25 GMT
Just thought I'd share this since I took the time to do it: Top 10 Album Openers1. Band on the Run 2. Too Many People 3. Venus and Mars / Rock Show 4. Tug of War 5. Nothing Too Much Just Out of Sight 6. Let Em In 7. The Songs We Were Singing 8. Fine Line 9. Dance Tonight 10. No More Lonely Nights By the way, I couldn't help but notice that Paul's got nearly as many solo studio albums [27] as the Beach Boys got studio albums [28] (depending on which ones you count - regardless, it's very close). Swap out Dance Tonight for Lonely Road, and that would probably be my list.
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