Why Paul McCartney?
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"why Paul?" is the question i ask myself pretty often expecially when i check my bank account after each purchase (tickets included : ) This is the only answer
Nancy R:
Cause he writes damn good songs and was (is) pretty damn hot to boot!
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He's an incomparable musical genius, and an amazing human being.
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beatlesfanrandy:
He's an incomparable musical genius, and an amazing human being.
Yes, he gives that impression. At least we all believe that, those of us here.
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audi:
5th-beatle:
Because he's a living legend. He's the Mozart and Beethoven of the 20th and 21st centuries.
And that is not an overstatement.
I think this is the real answer, if there is one. He's an artist. Period. Impossible to list the genres, I think.
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walliebaby:
blue jay hey:
the explicit version hehe on a serous note on these quotes will or should we be asking for royalty checks?? you dont have to answer if you dont want too
If the book ever gets published, we'll talk then. ETA: I'd never include anything in the book that I didn't get permission for from the member who gave the quote, anyway. I'm not trying to cheat anyone out of anything, promise!
lol right on : )
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Hm. I'd have to say the reason is that his was the first music that registered in my head as a youngster. Music was just beginning to have a coherent meaning. His use and arrangement of melody and harmonies, modulations in a specific way stuck with me. I think the Howard Goodall documentary explains it much better than I can. Plus, he's hot.
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Deej:
Hm. I'd have to say the reason is that his was the first music that registered in my head as a youngster. Music was just beginning to have a coherent meaning. His use and arrangement of melody and harmonies, modulations in a specific way stuck with me.
pretty much the same here my mom would always play his stuff also along woth the beatles etc when i was a kid but my music expereince grew from there thanx mom
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I knew who Paul McCartney was long before I knew who The Beatles were. True.
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Paul McCartney symbolizes everything I live for. The Beatles started it. Genius writing, paired with remarkable personalities. The timing wasn't right- they were right. No other band has evolved so rapidly and still maintained a marvelous balance of quantity AND quality. But Paul takes it beyond this, he is more than a Beatle. His journey wasn't over and he continued this method of "Quantity AND Quality" with Wings through the 70's and well into his own solo career till the end, I suppose. His songs are real, inspiring, breath-taking, well-crafted and, entertaining. He then takes this into the live setting and quite literally breathes life into songs that are approaching their 50th anniversaries and sound like they could've been written yesterday. Nothing is comparable (or even close) to what this music does to me, and many, many others. It's beyond Bach and Beethoven etc. It is far more expressive. .....an' that's all I have ta say 'bout that
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Deej:
Hm. I'd have to say the reason is that his was the first music that registered in my head as a youngster. Music was just beginning to have a coherent meaning. His use and arrangement of melody and harmonies, modulations in a specific way stuck with me. I think the Howard Goodall documentary explains it much better than I can. Plus, he's hot.
Yeah, and I liked his "Aeolian cadences" as well!
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audi:
I knew who Paul McCartney was long before I knew who The Beatles were. True.
(You young whippersnapper!)
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Nancy R:
audi:
I knew who Paul McCartney was long before I knew who The Beatles were. True.
(You young whippersnapper!)
'Tis true. My earliest song memories from Paul are "Silly Love Songs" and "Coming Up" -- and I remember the night I watched the video for the latter on SNL in 1980. Still, for some reason, it wasn't until the mid-'80s that I realized that "Hello Goodbye" was not a Wings song. Honest-to-God truth.
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Why? I've wondering this question all my life, but mostly after 05.11.2011, and thinking what happened to me that night, the only answer that I found is LOVE, he can share THE LOVE with us when he is on the stage. I mean, that is why we are here, I think is not the same when you only have hear or seen him in pictures or records, the LIVE experience is what make the difference. Of course all the things you named here are right: musical genius, handsome man, good man, good father and husband...etc...
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audi:
Nancy R:
audi:
I knew who Paul McCartney was long before I knew who The Beatles were. True.
(You young whippersnapper!)
'Tis true. My earliest song memories from Paul are "Silly Love Songs" and "Coming Up" -- and I remember the night I watched the video for the latter on SNL in 1980. Still, for some reason, it wasn't until the mid-'80s that I realized that "Hello Goodbye" was not a Wings song. Honest-to-God truth.
What were you, about 10 in 1980? So, it's understandable.. Do you remember when John was killed? Did you know about the connection between John & Paul in 1980?
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Nancy R:
audi:
Nancy R:
audi:
I knew who Paul McCartney was long before I knew who The Beatles were. True.
(You young whippersnapper!)
'Tis true. My earliest song memories from Paul are "Silly Love Songs" and "Coming Up" -- and I remember the night I watched the video for the latter on SNL in 1980. Still, for some reason, it wasn't until the mid-'80s that I realized that "Hello Goodbye" was not a Wings song. Honest-to-God truth.
What were you, about 10 in 1980? So, it's understandable.. Do you remember when John was killed? Did you know about the connection between John & Paul in 1980?
I didn't know who John Lennon was until around 1981, which was the same year I found out who The Beatles were. I watched the movie I Wanna Hold Your Hand on tv one night and loved it.
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Nancy R:
Deej:
Hm. I'd have to say the reason is that his was the first music that registered in my head as a youngster. Music was just beginning to have a coherent meaning. His use and arrangement of melody and harmonies, modulations in a specific way stuck with me. I think the Howard Goodall documentary explains it much better than I can. Plus, he's hot.
Yeah, and I liked his "Aeolian cadences" as well!
Lol. True. In his Beatles days I think it was the Dorian mode tunes that got me hooked. Not to mention the pandiatonicism.
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audi:
Nancy R:
audi:
I knew who Paul McCartney was long before I knew who The Beatles were. True.
(You young whippersnapper!)
'Tis true. My earliest song memories from Paul are "Silly Love Songs" and "Coming Up" -- and I remember the night I watched the video for the latter on SNL in 1980. Still, for some reason, it wasn't until the mid-'80s that I realized that "Hello Goodbye" was not a Wings song. Honest-to-God truth.
at least your honest about this but there was a point i thought the beatles were playing in wings over america lol
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for all the reasons everybody as mentioned
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I discovered Paul- I mean really discovered his music- after buying Wings Greatest on tape in Woolworths in Oban Scotland in August 1987. I was 19 years old and on holiday by myself. I was really struck by the originality of the songs and I went on to buy all his solo LPs and then moved on to the Beatles stuff. I travelled a lot to Scotland on my own and took all my Paul music with me on tape. He just became the soundtrack to the happiest times of my life. Then in 1993 I was listening to Golden Earth Girl and although I knew the song was about about Linda, I also felt the song was about me. I've never ever felt that connection to an artist. It kind of helped to seal that emotional bond with him. When I'm sad, depressed or angry his music makes me good about myself again and i love him. Simples.
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Golden*Earth*Girl:
I discovered Paul- I mean really discovered his music- after buying Wings Greatest on tape in Woolworths in Oban Scotland in August 1987. I was 19 years old and on holiday by myself. I was really struck by the originality of the songs and I went on to buy all his solo LPs and then moved on to the Beatles stuff. I travelled a lot to Scotland on my own and took all my Paul music with me on tape. He just became the soundtrack to the happiest times of my life. Then in 1993 I was listening to Golden Earth Girl and although I knew the song was about about Linda, I also felt the song was about me. I've never ever felt that connection to an artist. It kind of helped to seal that emotional bond with him. When I'm sad, depressed or angry his music makes me good about myself again and i love him. Simples.
Great story!!