Riding to Vanity Fair
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my favorite song on Chaos
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Too Much Rain the best song on that album by a mile, in my humble opinion.
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toris:
Too Much Rain the best song on that album by a mile, in my humble opinion.
I think several tracks are in a near tie for best: Too Much Rain, Riding to Vanity Fair, Jenny Wren and Friends to Go. This is a great album, even if it is a little too low-key for some fans.
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Bruce M.:
toris:
Too Much Rain the best song on that album by a mile, in my humble opinion.
I think several tracks are in a near tie for best: Too Much Rain, Riding to Vanity Fair, Jenny Wren and Friends to Go. This is a great album, even if it is a little too low-key for some fans.
Yep, Friends to Go right up there too... I really rate the album, but I'm a little tucked in my ways... in the sense, I'd have liked a coupe of rockers in the mix.... just for balance... but, that's just me....
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toris:
Bruce M.:
toris:
Too Much Rain the best song on that album by a mile, in my humble opinion.
I think several tracks are in a near tie for best: Too Much Rain, Riding to Vanity Fair, Jenny Wren and Friends to Go. This is a great album, even if it is a little too low-key for some fans.
Yep, Friends to Go right up there too... I really rate the album, but I'm a little tucked in my ways... in the sense, I'd have liked a coupe of rockers in the mix.... just for balance... but, that's just me....
Friends to Go is one of my favorites. Mainly because Paul wrote it because he thought of George at the time and also I can relate to the lyrics of the song Friends to Go.
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Great composition, no big gestures but with something that boils inside. I wonder if he had a difficult period when he made "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard". There is something about the album that has more darkness in it than any other he has made. It's still McCartney pop but also partly "Blood on the Tracks" and "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band", I think. His most 'serious' album to date. "Flaming Pie" has sad and vulnerable moments but this is more like something miserable.
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I'd thought "Friends to Go" was about H.M., as well as "Vanity Fair" and their compositions was a catharsis for him.
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Hendrix Ibsen:
Great composition, no big gestures but with something that boils inside. I wonder if he had a difficult period when he made "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard". There is something about the album that has more darkness in it than any other he has made. It's still McCartney pop but also partly "Blood on the Tracks" and "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band", I think. His most 'serious' album to date. "Flaming Pie" has sad and vulnerable moments but this is more like something miserable.
There is definitely some darkness on this album that is unusual for Paul -- particularly in "Vanity Fair," which I think is the only Paul song where the predominant mood is bitterness. That's just not a place Paul goes by and large.
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I agree, bitterness.. It must be the only song where he let that kind of feeling fill the song completely, he is famous for his optimism, sort of. Although he can write sad songs. Perhaps because he prefers to write songs that way. When "Chaos and Creation" came out I thought actually it was a breath of fresh air, in place for that kind of songs too. His misery becomes my pleasure. It's just the way it is with music. Thanks, Paul!
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toris:
Too Much Rain the best song on that album by a mile, in my humble opinion.
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wingsdgm:
toris:
Too Much Rain the best song on that album by a mile, in my humble opinion.
Too Much Rain" has a hook that reminds me waaay too much of The La's "There She Goes" (coincidentally, a band from Liverpool).
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audi:
wingsdgm:
toris:
Too Much Rain the best song on that album by a mile, in my humble opinion.
Too Much Rain" has a hook that reminds me waaay too much of The La's "There She Goes" (coincidentally, a band from Liverpool).
Interesting. I don't have this song in my collection but in this age, I may find it on youtube...
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Catchy 60s pop with jangly guitars. It's not the worst thing I know about.. Maybe I can hear some similarities? Yes maybe, I have nevertheless not words to explain it. Conclusion: I like both songs. Everything is connected, influences... Jesus turned water into wine. McCartney's song is darker, The La's is a little more summer pop. Well... The melody line.