Paul's upcoming album review they say its HOT!
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Something about this just doesn't seem right. From someone who is very careful not to let something out until he is happy with it....this is the second reported 'listening party' where half finished songs or snippets have been played. And this time this sound quality is indistinct ! If true .. what is the point in this ? It hardly creates the right sort of buzz prior to release which is normally the intention. And don't most songs normally get titled shortly after being written.
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According to Scott, these random samples of what has been completed so far were not played in any precise order or selected for any particular reason. Nevertheless, what he wished to make clear in his preface to the listening session was his opinion that the music ultimately to be included on this forthcoming album is Paul?s "best work since the late ?70s".
The quote about Paul's "best work since the late '70's" made me laugh, Scott obviously hasn't any knowledge of the slating the last two Wings albums got from the critics.
For me if Paul's new album had the feel the energy and the diversity of Back To The Egg, but with much stronger songs it would be fantastic and rewarding. I love BTTE, but if the lyrics were stronger it would be one of Paul's best post Beatle records, but i guess we could say that about plenty of Paul's albums that are let down by lazy lyrics.
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BOYCIE:
According to Scott, these random samples of what has been completed so far were not played in any precise order or selected for any particular reason. Nevertheless, what he wished to make clear in his preface to the listening session was his opinion that the music ultimately to be included on this forthcoming album is Paul?s "best work since the late ?70s".
The quote about Paul's "best work since the late '70's" made me laugh, Scott obviously hasn't any knowledge of the slating the last two Wings albums got from the critics.
For me if Paul's new album had the feel the energy and the diversity of Back To The Egg, but with much stronger songs it would be fantastic and rewarding. I love BTTE, but if the lyrics were stronger it would be one of Paul's best post Beatle records, but i guess we could say that about plenty of Paul's albums that are let down by lazy lyrics.
Just wondering which songs you were thinking about on BTTE? I recall his use of the phrase "my salamander" in "Getting Closer" was a bit weak, but nothing else comes to mind at the moment.
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Beatles4Ever&Ever:
BOYCIE:
According to Scott, these random samples of what has been completed so far were not played in any precise order or selected for any particular reason. Nevertheless, what he wished to make clear in his preface to the listening session was his opinion that the music ultimately to be included on this forthcoming album is Paul?s "best work since the late ?70s".
The quote about Paul's "best work since the late '70's" made me laugh, Scott obviously hasn't any knowledge of the slating the last two Wings albums got from the critics.
For me if Paul's new album had the feel the energy and the diversity of Back To The Egg, but with much stronger songs it would be fantastic and rewarding. I love BTTE, but if the lyrics were stronger it would be one of Paul's best post Beatle records, but i guess we could say that about plenty of Paul's albums that are let down by lazy lyrics.
Just wondering which songs you were thinking about on BTTE? I recall his use of the phrase "my salamander" in "Getting Closer" was a bit weak, but nothing else comes to mind at the moment.
Hitting the chisel - making a joint.
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A poster wrote that of 50 new Paul songs "only 12" will be really good--that's bollocks and B.S., I say
Look who we're dealing with, here--Paul Mc., who has had only a few real clinkers or song bombs during his entire career, I think. Just a very few sort of bad ones in comparison to an impressively extensive song catalogue or ouevre
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The more I read the article the more I think it's fake - songs have no titles yet (!) unfinished songs, indistinct sound at a playback (!) songs similar to Free As a Bird and Come And Get It - all so unlikely .......
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PDS:
The more I read the article the more I think it's fake - songs have no titles yet (!) unfinished songs, indistinct sound at a playback (!) songs similar to Free As a Bird and Come And Get It - all so unlikely .......
Or just a lazy observer. Maybe there's piano in a couple of songs and they reach for any comparison they can think of. (I remember reports from R.E.M.'s listening party for their "Around The Sun" album that compared it to "Automatic For The People"...umm, no, not even close.) Could it be fake? Maybe, but at any rate, looking at the producers involved, it's likely to be a combination of very modern combined with the retro touches that are Mark Ronson's trademark, plus some of the crunchy guitars and deep bass of Paul Epworth's mixing work.
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This does not sound promising. By comparing it the "the late 70s", it doesnt look like the album will approach the mid 70 highlights of Band on the Run thru At the Speed of Sound.
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SusyLuvsPaul:
A poster wrote that of 50 new Paul songs "only 12" will be really good--that's bollocks and B.S., I say
To be honest, that wouldn't surprise me one bit.
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PDS:
The more I read the article the more I think it's fake - songs have no titles yet (!) unfinished songs, indistinct sound at a playback (!) songs similar to Free As a Bird and Come And Get It - all so unlikely .......
And no detail as to the style of the tracks, nobody can even remember one line of a song...the length of the songs...still not one title... I mean if it's Paul Effing McCartney - you'd at least ASK ABOUT THE STUFF! So I call bollocks too.
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What's totally bullocks and insane is anyone believing that McCartney wrote 50 songs and only 12 of them are really good! How absolutely ridiculous!! Is anyone really gullable enough to believe such an insane statement? It totally surprises me that anyone could say it doesn't surprise them! When did Paul McCartney ever have a track record that bad, sure some say that his output since the Beatles hasn't been good for the most part, but that's totally insane and a bunch of bullocks as well! Do people really judge how good an album is by the lyrics! The lyrics? So the rest can be absolutely fantastic, but because the lyrics don't say what you think they should that causes the album to not be as good? If that's the case, I know a whole bunch of songs that would never ever have had the chance to be hits, because many of the lyrics don't make any sense at all. Tutti Fruity comes to mind as does I Am The Walrus. Since when did so called good lyrics become a criteria in rock and roll? As long as the lyrics aren't offensive or vulgar, I have no problem, this is rock and roll not rocket science!
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left hand man:
What's totally bullocks and insane is anyone believing that McCartney wrote 50 songs and only 12 of them are really good! How absolutely ridiculous!! Is anyone really gullable enough to believe such an insane statement? When did Paul McCartney ever have a track record that bad, sure some say that his output since the Beatles hasn't been good for the most part, but that's totally insane and a bunch of bullocks as well! Do people really judge how good an album is by the lyrics! The lyrics? So the rest can be absolutely fantastic, but because the lyrics don't say what you think they should that causes the album to not be as good? If that's the case, I know a whole bunch of rock songs that would never ever be hits, because many of the lyrics don't make any sense at all. Tutti Fruity comes to mind as does I Am The Walrus. Since when did lyrics become a criteria in rock and roll? As long as the lyrics aren't offensive or vulgar, I have no problem, this is rock and roll not rocket science!
I didn't mention anything about lyrics, other than nobody supposedly hearing the songs has quoted any. But really...50 songs and only a dozen, "really good," doesn't mean the remainder are rubbish. The big batch of songs recorded for TOF/POP left about a third that were less than "really good." There's still heaps left over from Driving Rain that disn't make the cut. There's the story about Godrich telling Paul to "come up with better songs." No, I really wouldn't be surprised. When Paul is good he's VERY GOOD, and when he's ordinary, he's well, ordinary. Peace Brother!
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I would be totally surprised, and wouldn't believe anyone that made such an insane statement! Paul McCartney has never ever been that bad, 12 out of 50, how can anyone even begin to believe such total nonsense? As for Godrich, I don't agree with him either, (how many hits has he written, and who is he to tell the greatest songwriter in the entire history of popular music to come up with better songs?) some of those songs were probably great the way they were, it's just that Godrich is anti rock and roll! It's one reason I don't want him to ever produce another McCartney record! He can take his slow depressing approach to music somewhere else! McCartney should work with producers that undrestand he's a rocker not some deep emotionally injured artist! A producer that pushes McCartney to do what he does best, not what the producer wants him to do, a producer that encourages not discourages him from using his band. A producer that understands McCartney's strengths!
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JoeySmith:
This does not sound promising. By comparing it the "the late 70s", it doesnt look like the album will approach the mid 70 highlights of Band on the Run thru At the Speed of Sound.
I wouldn`t worry too much about that- it`s just a random number used by someone who doesn`t know that much about Paul. I have been hearing people say "McCartney hasn`t produced a good album in 20 years" for the last 30 years!
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left hand man:
McCartney should work with producers that undrestand he's a rocker not some deep emotionally injured artist!
McCartney should work with producers who understand he`s both - and many more things as well.
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No he's not both! McCartney has always been an optimistic artist, nothing emotionally injured about the man! Yes he's gone through hard times just like the rest of us, but he has always kept his optimism no matter what! Any producer working with him should know that about him and play to his strengths.
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I bet that guy is in hot water with Concord!!! But the event did happen and there's reasons why nothing is posted or reported..about all that can be said at this point...choose to believe what you will
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Not unbelievable to me that songs could be untitled. Plenty of Beatles songs had "working titles" till close to release date (Mark I, Hello Hello, etc.), and you could look at a lot of McCartney songs and imagine that the title is kind of arbitrary (Promise To You Girl, Feet In The Clouds). Or maybe the Concord people simply didn't tell the listeners the song titles, just saying, "Hey, listen to these! It's Paul McCartney!"
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left hand man:
No he's not both! McCartney has always been an optimistic artist, nothing emotionally injured about the man! Yes he's gone through hard times just like the rest of us, but he has always kept his optimism no matter what! Any producer working with him should know that about him and play to his strengths.
Hmm, you need to listen to some of his albums again. Alot of darkness and pain on Ram, for instance. It really annoys me that some fans are so intent on him being a "rocker". If we are really talking about his strengths, then his true strength is for melody. But he is so complex- which is what makes him a genius. No one should limit him.