"One Of These Days"
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Beatles4Ever&Ever:
What's sad about the whole thing is that a lovely song such as "One of The Days" just sort of appeared and disappeared simultaneously in 1980. It got no recogniton...except, seemingly, from a few fans who bought McCartney II. The public at large is totally unfamiliar with this beautiful song. Seems wrong. Paul seems to have lots of little gems tucked away/buried in albums that go virtually unnoticed. Another one of those, for me, is "Don't Let It Bring You Down" from London Town. Love that song. How many people actually know about it...or tons of others he has?
I absolutely love 'Don't Let it Bring You Down' - actually I think it's my favourite McCartney song
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Kestrel:
^ You also missed 'Waterfalls', which,imho, is the best song Paul's written in the last forty years.
I never really liked Waterfalls, it's a bit slow and strange for me. Sorry everyone! I much prefer One Of These. Days, but that's just my oppinion.
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"Tomorrow" is a song I would have liked had Paul sung it in his natural voice. That high-pitched, nasal, pinched "voice" he used just makes it sound too strained; it's just very annoying to me. Just an opinion.
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Raledio:
I never really liked Waterfalls, it's a bit slow and strange for me. Sorry everyone! I much prefer One Of These. Days, but that's just my oppinion.
That's okay, its hardly a hanging offence not to like Waterfalls. Its actually its slowness and strangeness which makes the song so appealing for me. Like traditional nursery rhymes,the lyrics hide more sinister themes.
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Kestrel:
Raledio:
I never really liked Waterfalls, it's a bit slow and strange for me. Sorry everyone! I much prefer One Of These. Days, but that's just my oppinion.
That's okay, its hardly a hanging offence not to like Waterfalls. Its actually its slowness and strangeness which makes the song so appealing for me. Like traditional nursery rhymes,the lyrics hide more sinister themes.
There's also Paul's terrific vocal!
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Beatles4Ever&Ever:
Somehow I just barely found out this beautiful, wistful little gem existed and heard it for the first time...yesterday. I was on iTunes buying some songs and decided, for whatever reason, to give a listen to songs on McCartney II, an album I remember disctinctly disliking. I have to believe this song was left off the album and was a bonus addition as part of the deluxe edition. At any rate, my point is that Paul has several of these terrific little "hidden" gems that most people are totally unaware of, which is a shame. Beautiful gems...gorgeous melody...such as this song deserve to be well known! Deserve to have been hits. His vocal is absolutely gorgeous as well. I purchased it, "On the Way" and "Blue Sway" as a result of that little iTunes visit. I have been listening to "One of The Days" as if it were a "new" song, which it is to me! Thanks Paul!!! (I sort of discovered "Write Away" and "Once Upon a Long Ago" the same way as this song. Love those too.)