Yes, please play more solo songs!

Going to make a list here.

B J Conlee wrote:

joyce wrote:

Guitar World's 1994 interview with Paul about the transitions from Beatles to Wings and his bass playing.

https://www.guitarworld.com/features/paul-mccartney

Joyce

Ironically, I just read this article.  I loved Paul's answers and for once he is very complementary about Wings from beginning to end.

The most interesting part for me was learning how Paul regarded the Hofner as his "trademark" with The Beatles, but then became comfortable with the Rickenbacker for Wings concerts, and also, how his increased responsibilities with Wings did not allow him as much time to put his creative energies into bass playing, as he had done with The Beatles.

Victor wrote:

For some reason "Send Me the Heart" wasn't included on the archive collection release of Venus and Mars.  Wonder why.

Denny re-recorded his vocal for the song before he released it on his Japanese Tears album. Maybe Paul had remembered that Denny wasn't happy with his original vocal so decided not to release it on the archive collection?

joyce wrote:

Paul did an online Q&A with LIPA students in June 2021

https://lipa.ac.uk/pages/news.aspx?artid=382

There are some who are lucky. 🙂

I cannot access the link.

Thank you:)

Nancy R wrote:

Kestrel wrote:

3rd August 1971 ~ Official announcement of Paul's new unnamed band. Various names are considered before settling on Wings about six weeks later.

He picked it on Sept. 13, 1971 right before Stella was born, remember?

Yep, that's the story he's stuck to over the years. 

McCall wrote:

B J Conlee wrote:

Another one of the extra/bonus tracks on the CD edition of Press to Play is "Tough on a Tightrope".   Of the 3 extra tracks (Tough on a Tightrope, It's Not True and Write Away) I like "Tough on a Tightrope" the Best although I also really like "It's Not True" a lot also.

Looking back at the Tracklisting  for Press to Play, personally I think "Tough on a Tightrope" is better than a few of the tracks that made it onto the proper vinyl album.  For example (my opinion only)  I think "Tough on a Tightrope"is better than "Talk More Talk, Pretty Little Head and the title track "Press".  Looking back, I think "Tough on a Tightrope" should not only have been on the album, it should have been its 1st Single.  As a bonus track on the CD, it ended up being the B-Side to the 4th Single on Press to Play..."Only Love Remains".  By that time and as a B-side, it never got any exposure and/or radio airplay.

I really like the song and in retrospect it would have been perfect for the Adult Contemporary Radio Format.  I think the lyrics are more complete than "It's Not True" another Bonus Track and the B-Side to the 1st Single "Press".  I love the bridge and overall lyrics  on "Tough on a Tightrope":

"I'm often accused of giving to little,

It's got me confused , I'm split down the middle

Conflicting reviews of our life coming in

It's tough on a tightrope, Yes, it's tough on a tirghrope

Hear me right, I love you from the bottom of my heart

You make the picture bright

You touch me in a way that no one else could ever do

If you'll only love me, I'll love you.

____________________

Maybe Nancy or Oobu could post the Youtube video of "Tough on a Tightrope" another hidden gem on Press to Play.

Thanks

I agree about Tough on a Tightrope. I like it a lot, much more than Talk More Talk and Pretty Little Head (which are easily my least favorite on the album and among the very few Paul songs I really dislike). And I think Tough on a Tightrope is better than Press too. 
I think all three of the bonus songs (Tough on a Tightrope, It's Not True and Write Away) definitely should have been included on the vinyl album. In my opinion all three are easily better than at least half of the album tracks.

I agree McCall. Btw... I just wrote a post on "Footprints" which I still consider the best song on Press to Play.

I love the new You Tube on Slidin’

love2travel wrote:

Nancy R wrote:

love2travel wrote:

Very interesting Nancy, that must have taken a lot of fillers!

You lost me - what are fillers and what must have taken a lot of them?

Well the picture is gone now, however, in that picture that is gone, there was another drop off that looked like it was quite deep. Right now the houses are at the  level of the upper cliff wall. The fillers are whatever rock, cement and fillers to bring it up to the current level. OK I see the picture now. See how it’s two levels and compare it to the size of the machinery. So they filled all that in.

I understand now, but I don't know if the old photos were taken in the same location as the new photos though.

Nancy R wrote:

Little_Willow_ wrote:

Nancy R wrote:

Little_Willow_ wrote:

I made a little discovery last night on Mr. McCartney's YouTube channel in the "About" section. I let you discover. Maybe you already knew that. But for me it's a hell of a discovery.

https://pin.it/3CF4yJI

Good night 🙂

I'm confused (what else is new?) What is it about this that made it a "hell of a discovery?"

I didn't know Maccaboard was mentioned on Mr. McCartney's YouTube channel. It's the first time I've seen this and it makes me very proud. I thought you could only find Maccaboard on Mr. McCartney's official site.

I have never delved that far into his profile on YouTube. Took me a minute to find the "About" section.

You can get to this site just by typing maccaboard.paulmccartney.com into your browser, too.

Yes, I know that. 🙂
It's knowing that Maccaboard is there that's just crazy. It means that the forum is important to them.

Thanks friends  for restarting the thread. I was beginning to lose hope. Maybe all is not lost yet. 🙂

love2travel wrote:

I was just speaking with a friend on this subject today. We both were wishing even more things were issued. For me, I’d like to see the concert in St. Petersburg Russia, the one with all of the jugglers and Magritte type costumes and the Cirque de Soleil type acrobats. That looked like such an amazing show and there was so much pre show etc. It looked like a lot of thought was put into the show.  Would also love to see   Oceans Kingdom with all of the beautiful costumes made by Stella. This would make another beautiful DVD.  Also, have wondered why such a limited number of Deluxe sets are made. It seems too many people seem to buy them up for scalping and then charge outrageous prices. If there were more sets available we could all get a chance to buy them. I would personally buy all of the deluxe sets I missed out on and I think others would too! Really really wish I could get that huge deluxe set with Red Rose Speedway, Wild Life and Wings 71-73 deluxe set!! Can’t find one!

I got that one when it came out. The only deluxe I don't have is Wings At The Speed of Sound, but I won the 2-disc version in a Beatles trivia contest!

Toris, I've heard of The Wiggles!

AndrewMBarros wrote:

Finally, today, received the final of the orders, both i bought in pre-sales. They sent it separately must have been the reason for the delay, i think

I had 3 separate shipments.

Here is an image of the back cover. She seems to provide a unique perspective of what went on during those 2002-2004 tours.

Yankeefan2 wrote:

Jock Tamson wrote:

Denny was inducted into the hall of fame in 2018 as a member of the Moody Blues. And he was only with them for a couple of years which seems a touch ironic.

He was included probably because he sang  lead on "Go Now" which I believe was their first hit.

Denny was also a founder member of the Moody Blues, who were basically his group to begin with.

A similar situation arose when Syd Barrett was added to the Hall of Fame as part of Pink Floyd,despite only being with them for a year when they were releasing records.

The Liverpool Echo reprints the Mirror Interview with Paul as he talks about creating Grandude's Green Submarine.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/tv/paul-mccartney-names-favourite-thing-21716732

Dennis Arts wrote:

Hello everyone! The release of Mccartney III Imagined is already some months ago now. However, Paul is always developing new music. We learned about a new song that he played in the 3, 2, 1 documentary for instance. He also said in one of the online conversations that accompanied the release of Imagined, that he was working on a song with a young producer (I forgot his name). So the last few weeks I was wondering when Paul will release new music? I don’t think it will be in the near future, since his precious output has been relatively recent. Maybe some new music will accompany the new book in november? what do you think? Thanks!

This is what I'm wondering too. In addition to "It's a Wonderful Life" which was already mentioned, there's also the music he made for "High in the Clouds". As far as I know that was completed years ago and just hasn't been released. I have no idea if ever will be but I suppose it's possible.

As far as the timing for his next solo album, my hope is that after Egypt Station he had started working on another solo album. Then in quarantine he couldn't work on that one, so he turned to what he could do by himself and made McCartney 3 as it's own self-contained side project. Now, he'd be able to go back and pick back up working on the first album which he would already have a good start on. I have no reason to think any of that is actually true, I'm just hoping  it's something like that so we don't have to wait for 4 or 5 years from McCartney 3 to whatever is next.

Great podcasts!

Nancy R wrote:

Yankeefan2 wrote:

love2travel wrote:

“Paul said his wife did not consider him to be cute.” Lol really?

There is a difference between being cute and being handsome/good looking. Since I am a guy, I will relate this to girls/woman.  Taylor Swift in her 20's was cute, Christie Brinkley was gorgeous.

When Paul was younger, like 20-24, I think he was cute, then later I would describe him as handsome/good looking/gorgeous/hot! 😉😂

Guys in their early 20's look boyish and that IMO is when you can consider them cute. When they age a bit, that is when they can become handsome/good looking.

toris wrote:

In NO order:

And I am sure my list will change on a daily basis…

Maybe I’m Amazed (although, always at number one)

Mull of Kintrye

Band on the Run

Little Lamb Dragonfly

My Love

Silly Love Songs

Rock Show

Goodnight tonight

Coming Up

With A Little Luck

Beautiful Night

Too Much Rain

No More Lonely Nights

So Glad to See You Here

Tug of War

Ballroom Dancing

Daytime Night-time Suffering

Ebony and Ivory (yep!... you heard right!)

Stranglehold

The Back Seat of my Car

It’s Not True

Bluebird

Golden Earth Girl

Call Me Back Again

Live and Let Die

I am sure I have left off too many.....

Toris...except in the early 80's when Ebony and Ivory was being played on every AM and FM Pop radio station every 5 minutes, I really like Ebony and Ivory too.  When you hear it now on a Soul playlist like Pandora or Spotify,  it sounds good.  My wife who is not a big Paul/Bealtes fan likes it too.

PS I lof3 your Press to Play,  Back to the Egg and Singles' choices too.