tried the trivia

good fun

thanks for the link

Bruce M. wrote:

Beatles4Ever wrote:

Bruce M. wrote:

Yankeefan2 wrote:

"I wish Paul would show more respect for his later work in his concert set lists, but I must say I don't for one second buy the notion that if he just played a few more newish tunes at his shows that this would somehow cement appreciation for his solo work. I've seen plenty of shows by artists I didn't know that well -- maybe a couple familiar hits but not much else -- and even if I liked the other tunes they played, I never remembered any of them after just one listening. Paul has played Here Today on pretty much every tour for over 20 years, and most non-fans still don't know it."

If Paul played more of his solo stuff live there might not be much more appreciation for his solo career but he would show appreciation to all those people who have spent their money on his solo albums and would love to hear more of it live. The reason most non-fans don't know "Here Today" is because they are usually "first timers" and clueless about any music that is not a Beatle song. Maybe they may know a Wings hit or two but that is the extent of it. If they have never seen him live, they will have never heard the song since all they care about is the Beatles and that is fine.

Years ago, I went to see Elton John and I had not seen him since the 70's. He played quite a bit off his new album  (Peachtree Road) at the time  and I had not heard the album before the show. I really enjoyed the new songs and after the concert  bought the album. The difference between Elton and Paul was Elton actually told the audience about the new songs and said how much he like making the album. In other words, he tried to "sell" his new material to his fans. Paul on the other hand, says something real quick like "This is a new song" and is almost apologetic to the audience that he is playing it IMO.

I totally agree that Paul really doesn't promote his new music in his shows, even the few tunes that he does play.  I don't get it. He goes to the trouble to do something like "Carpool Karaoke" to launch a new album (which I loved) but does almost nothing when he's in front of tens of thousands of people who paid a lot of money to see him. It's genuinely baffling.

Paul believes that he is performing the songs he imagines people who are there want and expect to hear.  He has said that when he goes to any concert he asks himself what he wants and expects to hear from whatever artist.  That's his approach to the songs he selects for hiimself.  "The Long and Winding Road," just one example, could have been dropped ages ago.  It's not a must.  Just not sure why he imagines it  is.  People don't think of him as a contemporary artist still creating new music because he doesn't see or think of himself that way either when he's out on tour.

It's like Recording Studio Paul and On Tour Paul are two entirely separate people. I'll always find that baffling.

This is very true. He's endlessly creative in the studio, always creating new songs in all kinds of genres and experimenting. But the concert set lists change so little.

This site is a mess.

Kisses 60k in UK alone, not worldwide.

Flaming Pie and Red Rose 700k in US alone, not Worldwide

Etc etc etc.

I really like Mr. McCartney's music. But I am not in love with him at all. I just like his ideas. The first time I read the Beatles' biography, the one who touched my heart was Mr. John Lennon. 🙂

Bruce M. wrote:

I like all the songs on BJ's list, but I wouldn't call most of them "country." Granted that (unlike "ballad," hehe), there's no precise dictionary definition of what constitutes a country song. Indeed one country station in Idaho found its listeners had wildly different ideas about what makes a song country.  But I don't think San Ferry Anne comes within 50 miles of being country. If anything it has hints of New Orleans and jazz about it. It and a few others on the list don't even strike me as country-adjacent.

Now THAT we can agree on! 😂

Toris, have you considered a career in diplomacy? Some folks in Ukraine could use your help about now.

McCall wrote:

B J Conlee wrote:

Love to see that Michael Buble has done a formal "cover" of My Valentine.  Not always a fan of  "Buble" but he has a huge fan base on "Adult Contemporary" Playlists.  My wife likes playlists on Spotify and Pandora and you always hear Michael Buble.

For Paul fans, this is a huge deal because "My Valentine" will get much  more exposure.  Haven't heard Buble's version yet but I'm sure I will hear it while we're traveling in the car.

Recently, I saw a "list" of Paul's greatest Solo songs, and the writer (don't remember who it was) surprisingly had "My Valentine" at #1 even above Maybe I'm Amazed.  I wouldn't go nearly that far but it is a great ballad.  I love Eric Clapton's guitar solo in the middle.

PS  I did love "Buble's" champagne" commercial

My Valentine is a great song. I've always thought that if Paul had recorded it during his Beatles years it would be regarded as one of his most classic songs.

Yes.....and he has many many songs that would be regarded in just that same way.

Yankeefan2 wrote:

B J Conlee wrote:

Another great "Rock and Roll" Paul song that he did write is:

"No Values" from "Give My Regards to Broadstreet".  Don't know why but this one sounds like it could have been a "Rollingstones" song.  Where does get all of these songs?

I think "Not Such A Bad Boy" from "Broadstreet" could be included also.

Yes! 👍

Maybe he should have retitled "She's A Woman" to She's A Babe" and made it to forerunner of Her Majesty.

Folks:

Here is a good video of how Paul works and calls in a few favors. He starts the song at Hog Hill, gets strings and brass recorded at EMI with George Martin (note how Paul describes the sound he wants), then finishes the mix with backing vocals and such. All seemingly done on analog tape before digital (?):

Dan

GYPSYGIRL wrote:

Someone on social media has said Paul's given out a private number for What's App to fans who send private messages to "The Real Paul McCartney" on FB. I don't buy into it and giving a friendly heads up to anyone ellse who's received this on FB.

There are so many idiot scammers on the Beatles/Paul FB pages I belong to that answer every post as if they're the real Paul and give a link to talk to him! They get blocked by the Admins pretty quickly, but then another will pop up.

The only legitimate text number is (212) 313-9547 which Paul gave out at his last concert tour in 2019. I get texts all the time on holidays and on other special McCartney events, like when The Lyrics was named Barnes & Noble's book of the year or when the cool "Find My Way" video was released. If you respond, you continue to receive future texts. Of course it's not really Paul himself texting - he has people do it for him, but it's kind of neat when you get one of these texts.

Little_Willow_ wrote:

NJR wrote:

Sorry, but I have no idea what an Animoji is (an animal emoji?) and have no idea how to do it.

Animoji are animated emojis created by Apple. You can also make stickers with them and customize them. For example, create your own portrait.   I suggest that every fan who has an Apple device create an Animoji in the image of Mr. McCartney. See who comes closest.

I still have no idea where to start or how to do this - sorry!

Hi,

Anybody here ever noticed the wrong or dissonant chord at 2:59 on "Mother..." in the song Let It Be?

It's a G7 in the right hand instead of the usual Am and I've always wondered if it was a mistake or intentional.

Any thoughts?

Cheers

"Nicholas Nickleby" isn't Dickens' most famous, but it's great. And it has a wonderful comic villain in one section,  Wackford Squeers (don't you just love Dickens'character names?)

Yes Toris...I felt similar about "Peace in the Neighborhood" and "C'mon People upon first listens on the Off the Ground album.  But as I have said, the "live" versions are so much better than what you hear on the album.  The video that Nancy put up here on a couple of posts just above... really turned me around on "Peace in the Neighborhood"however.  Paul's vocal (at least on the MTV show) sounded so much better especially with Hamish Stuart's great back up vocals and Robbie's equally great guitar solo at the end of the song.  Wix also did a terrific piano on the track as well as Blair's nice drumming.  You could tell that the band really got into the song as well as the audience.

C'Mon People is admittedly "long" but I also liked it much better than the album version.  If you get a chance try giving the MTV/ Ed Sullivan Video a look.  I also loved the takes on "I Owe it All To  You", Off the Ground, Get Out of My Way and Hope of Deliverance.  It was a great show and one that I think Paul should release as a DVD or Blue Ray.

NJR wrote:

Yankeefan2 wrote:

It is amazing that this song winds up on lists of worst Christmas songs. It is just a fun/bouncy song in tradition of the holiday and never intended to brilliant piece of music -lol. You want to hear bad Christmas song, listen to Springsteen doing "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" and it is just awful, sounds like he is shouting instead of singing - ha ha.

Totally agree with entire post! 👍

(The moon must be in the 7th house and Jupiter aligned with Mars!) 😂

I was surprised to learn that, too. It's one of my favorite songs.

I won't be able to see your responses, but wanted you all to see this:

B J Conlee wrote:

Yankeefan2 wrote:

Another thing that would be perfect for your compilation would be songs Paul gave to other artists over the years. You included his demo of "On The Wings Of A Nightengale"  but I have listed a couple of others that would be nice additions. The songs I listed below I think Paul could sing them even with his voice today and do his own version. If not, have the version of these songs done by the artist they were written for with notation they were written by Paul.

Come and Get It - Badfinger

Goodbye - Mary Hopkins

If I Take You Home Tonight - Diana Krall

World Without Love - Peter & Gordon

Woman - Peter & Gordon

Mine For Me - Rod Stewart

Great choices and ideas Yankeefan.  I have heard Paul's own version of Come and Get It and Goodbye (the demo) but I've never heard his version or demo's of World Without Love, Woman, If I Take You Home Tonight and Mine for Me.

Paul really needs the kind of album we're talking about.  Good to great songs he wrote that most people (even Beatle fans) don't really know.  The more I think about it, Spring of 2023 would be a good time.  Right now he's pushing his McCartney Albums (the trilogy), his new Children's Book, new Beatle releases etc.  By the Winter and/or Spring of 2023, a "Leftovers and Rarities type of release might be a good time.

Yes, all  great songs and would love to hear all of the rarities and other songs that didn't make it to an album or single or otherwise unknown by many. They need to come together in one place, so the world can find them and enjoy them as much as we do. I've met too many people who I've introduced to previously unknown Paul songs. Some who have quite a wide range of musical songs and books yet they are shocked to learn about the Fireman or the Classical albums or the Oceans Kingdom ballet. How I would love to show them a video of that too. It was so beautiful with Stella's diaphanous,colorful costumes swirling across the stage.

Some marketing people made a bad decision. 
The song is great. 
Not knowing what a mull is - is a bad excuse

Many don't know what things are in other songs, but they learn them soon enough or accept them as they are. A beautiful song - even on a first listen one could hear that it was about a place and try to find out what this place is or just always listen to it as is and still enjoy how it all goes together. 
Just a bad guess by the music people in the U.S.A. 
The true fan knew it and played it.

The Maybe I'm Amazed and Band On The Run Fan may not have known it. 
As another guess, the USA music people may have heard 1 second of bagpipes and guessed not to play it

because of their poor decision- many would not hear it.