Paul's Best Cover Songs
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No Other Baby is probably my favorite and Paul's best. Just the emotion alone.
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Hippy Hippy Shake, Brown Eyed Handsome Man, Maybe Baby, Goodbye, Long Tall Sally, All My Trials, Shake it Off (with Taylor Swift) Just joking about that one, LOL, and there are lots of others which are just super
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A song that popped into mind right now is McCartney's version of Harrison's "All Things Must Pass" on "Concert for George". I think it is touching and one of the highlights of the concert.
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Hendrix Ibsen:
A song that popped into mind right now is McCartney's version of Harrison's "All Things Must Pass" on "Concert for George". I think it is touching and one of the highlights of the concert.
I've been thinking of this thread as mainly about recordings rather than live performances, but I agree that Paul's version of ATMP was beautiful and moving. I wish he'd do that in his shows instead of "Something."
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My favorite cover has always been On The Wings of a Nightengale by Buddy Holly. I always liked Buddy's version too!
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Paul wrote "On the Wings of a Nightingale" for The Everly Brothers (Phil and Don), I thought. (?)
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Hendrix Ibsen:
I enjoy "Kisses on the Bottom". The only gripe I have on that album is that it could use one uptempo song or two or three more. McCartney has said that he made it as a record you can listen to when you come home from work or something and need to relax. You can sit down with a cup of coffee or a glass of wine. These are timeless songs, I think, in that respect, the concept is unnecessary. But it is perhaps inspired by Frank Sinatra's "In the Wee Small Hours" album, as a kind of mood at the moment? Anyway, I've played "Kisses on the Bottom" so much that I can sing along to every song. As is typical McCartney actually. Maybe why I'm here, on his .com.
The last thing I want to hear when I come home from a long day at work are standards and show tunes. Tug of War is a great after work album. It starts slow and builds up, leading from the title song to Take It Away, two of the best opening songs on any of his albums.
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SusyLuvsPaul:
Paul wrote "On the Wings of a Nightingale" for The Everly Brothers (Phil and Don), I thought. (?)
ops: Suzy you sure are 100% correct. Was thinking of some Buddy Holly songs that I had a discussion about, Got them mixeded up!! The Beatles did a better version of Words of Love... [size=7]Hope I redeemed myself somewhat...
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Bruce M.:
Hendrix Ibsen:
A song that popped into mind right now is McCartney's version of Harrison's "All Things Must Pass" on "Concert for George". I think it is touching and one of the highlights of the concert.
I've been thinking of this thread as mainly about recordings rather than live performances, but I agree that Paul's version of ATMP was beautiful and moving. I wish he'd do that in his shows instead of "Something."
Yeah, I agree, it's more like a tribute performed on a special occasion maybe. I was trying to think of songs and there it was, and I just had to mention it.
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HaileyMcComet:
Hendrix Ibsen:
I enjoy "Kisses on the Bottom". The only gripe I have on that album is that it could use one uptempo song or two or three more. McCartney has said that he made it as a record you can listen to when you come home from work or something and need to relax. You can sit down with a cup of coffee or a glass of wine. These are timeless songs, I think, in that respect, the concept is unnecessary. But it is perhaps inspired by Frank Sinatra's "In the Wee Small Hours" album, as a kind of mood at the moment? Anyway, I've played "Kisses on the Bottom" so much that I can sing along to every song. As is typical McCartney actually. Maybe why I'm here, on his .com.
The last thing I want to hear when I come home from a long day at work are standards and show tunes. Tug of War is a great after work album. It starts slow and builds up, leading from the title song to Take It Away, two of the best opening songs on any of his albums.
I think I actually play "Kisses on the Bottom" most often quite late at night. But when I think about it, it applies perhaps other records in this genre too. It's a little bit in the mood music. Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra... I have a 90s reissue of Ella Fitzgerald sings the Rodgers and Heart songbook, it's perfect late in the evening music, and hey, John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman eponymous 1963 collaboration, one of the best crooner albums ever.
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Hendrix Ibsen:
I think I actually play "Kisses on the Bottom" most often quite late at night. But when I think about it, it applies perhaps other records in this genre too. It's a little bit in the mood music. Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra... I have a 90s reissue of Ella Fitzgerald sings the Rodgers and Heart songbook, it's perfect late in the evening music, and hey, John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman eponymous 1963 collaboration, one of the best crooner albums ever.
That's interesting. I like Ella in the mornings. Maybe it's the time difference.