@andrewmbarros Well, now he has to write a new song called His Majesty!

Here’s “Good Ole Freda” with Paul circa 1963 and sometime in the 21st century! I first saw her at Abbey Road On The River around 2012 and she looked pretty much like that.

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@calicoskych2001 said in Why is Post Anything You Want thread locked?:

@njr
I have now split the most recent posts from the locked thread and merged them into the one in TMT.

Okay, thanks!

@yankeefan2 said in Tribute Band Playing Tonight in Atlantic City:

@njr

Thanks, I will check it out. It is all about the music for me, don't care about the "boots and suits" -lol.

I like both! 😉

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@njr said in Denny Laine:

@fast-city-line said in Denny Laine:

@njr said in Denny Laine:

@fast-city-line said in Denny Laine:

Denny is an accomplished clarinet player too -- nice work on Picasso's Last Words doing deeper drollery probably on an Eb clarinet (and it seems he's double-tracking), and old-timey high clarinet soloing in the background of Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five.

Do you have a link proving that info?
For 1985:

Personnel

Paul McCartney – lead vocals, guitar, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, drums
Linda McCartney – backing vocals, keyboards
Denny Laine – vocals, guitar
Tony Visconti – orchestrations
Beaux Arts Orchestra – horns, strings
Personnel per The Beatles Bible

And Picasso’s Last Words:

Personnel

Paul McCartney – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, drums
Linda McCartney – backing vocals
Denny Laine – vocals, guitar
Ginger Baker – percussion
Tony Visconti – orchestrations

And fun fact: Tony Visconti had 2 Beatle-related wives:
Spouse: May Pang (m. 1989–2000), Mary Hopkin (m. 1971–1981)

My memory is that it's on the vinyl liner notes -- will check tomorrow

I looked in the book that came with the Archive edition and
info was the same as what I wrote. I also have it in vinyl, CD and 25th Anniversary Edition! Haven’t checked those yet! 😂

I can't find my vinyl album! I know it's somewhere... It was likely on the inner sleeve, not on the back of the album cover. All these years that little memory of Denny playing the clarinets has just stuck with me; I know I got it from somewhere...

@wandy said in Letter from John to Mrs. Harrison:

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@njr Thanks anyway!

After short Google search, I found this!

https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0118196

Thanks, it looks promising, but they won't preview the only part I need -- the last page!

Ya want something bad enough, ya gotta pay for it! 😂

Yeah, but in this case it's like buying a car from a salesman who won't let you look at the engine!

I know this is probably just another one of your jokes, but the guy would hardly publish the entire thing if he’s trying to sell it! What would be the point of that?

True; but there could be a compromise. He could answer my question "do you include those chords at the very end where the song spins out into an electric guitar solo?" At that point I'd still have to trust his word, but at least I'd have more to go by. In the meantime, I've found 3 different versions of those end chords and will do a comparison soon.

Were you able to contact him or not?
P.S. When I wrote to you about you joking, I was thinking I was writing to @wandy! 😂
Good luck & let us know what happens!

I just sent them an email -- we'll see!

I thought you wuz replying to wandy, too. I thought is she replying to me!

😂 He reminded me of you (“the joker”)

@wandy said in What’s up with paulmccartney.com website?:

@njr said in What’s up with paulmccartney.com website?:

@johnnyv Here’s one version online:
So I sat in the attic, a piano up my nose
And the wind played a dreadful cantata (cantata, cantata)
Sore was I from a crack of an enemy's hose
And the horrible sound of tomato (tomato, tomato)
Catch up (catch up)
Super fury
Don't get left behind (get left behind)
Catch up (catch up)
Super fury (super fury)
Don't get left behind (get left behind, get left behind, get left behind)
When a rattle of rats had awoken
The sinews, the nerves and the veins
My piano was boldly outspoken
In attempts to repeat this refrain
So I stood with a knot in my stomach
And I gazed at that terrible sight
Of two youngsters concealed in a barrel
Smoking monkberry moon delight (om pah om pah pah) ho
Monkberry moon delight (om pah om pah pah)
Monkberry moon delight (om pah om pah pah)
Monkberry moon delight (om pah om pah pah)
Monkberry moon delight (om pah om pah pah)
Oh
Well, I know my banana is older than the rest
And my hair is a tangled beretta (beretta, beretta)
But I leave my pajamas to billy budapest
And I don't get the gist of your letter (your letter, your letter)
Catch up, (catch up)
Cats and kittens (cats and kittens)
Don't get left behind (get left behind)
Catch up, (catch up)
Cats and kittens (cats and kittens)
Don't get left behind (get left behind, get left behind, get left behind)
Oh, monkberry moon delight, yeah, (om pah om pah pah)
Monkberry moon delight (om pah om pah pah)
Monkberry moon delight (om pah om pah pah)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh (om pah om pah pah)
Monkberry moon delight, yeah, yeah, yeah, (om pah om pah pah)
Monkberry moon delight, (om pah om pah pah)
Oh, monkberry moon delight (om pah om pah pah)
Oh, monkberry moon delight (om pah om pah pah)
Monkberry moon delight oh-oh, (om pah om pah pah)
Monkberry moon delight (om pah om pah pah)
Suckin' monkberry moon delight (om pah om pah pah)
(Om pah om pah pah)
(Om pah om pah pah)
Monkberry moon delight (om pah om pah pah)
(Om pah om pah pah)
Monkberry moon delight, (om pah om pah pah)
(om pah om pah pah)
Monkberry moon delight (om pah om pah pah)
Monkberry moon delight oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
(om pah om pah pah)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
(om pah om pah pah)
Try some of this, honey (om pah om pah pah)
What is it? (om pah om pah pah)
Monkberry moon delight, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
(Om pah om pah pah)
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
(Om pah om pah pah)
Monkberry moon delight (om pah om pah pah)
Uh, monkberry moon delight (om pah om pah pah)
Monkberry moon delight (om pah om pah pah)
Monkberry moon delight na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na

Flipping eck! I think he was smoking more than Monkberry Moon Delight the night he wrote that one. I was listening to Ram the other day. Its sounds just as great as it did when it first came out😃✌️

😂 Supposedly, “Monk” came from how Stella and/or Mary pronounced “milk” but he did change it to something you smoked in the song! (except the “genius lyrics” says “sucking” not “smoking!” Lol!)
So does this one!
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/paulmccartney/monkberrymoondelight.html

@kㅤ said in Paul & Ringo party down!:

Your link does not seem to work

Can you see this Twitter link? You have to turn the sound on.

I forgot - they won’t let you post Twitter links on here for some stupid reason. 🙄

@njr said in Can anyone remember my post from many years ago?:

@fast-city-line said in Can anyone remember my post from many years ago?:

@njr said in Can anyone remember my post from many years ago?:

@fast-city-line I’ve only been around here since 2011 (the site has been here since 2002) but I remember someone somewhere, either here or on FB comparing Paul to Angela Lansbury. I may have even seen the Craig Ferguson (not Kilborn) show. Found this with quick Google search:

Apr 30, 2009 — On the Late Show With Craig Ferguson, Shirley Manson simply can't get out of her head that Paul McCartney looks like Angela Lansbury.

And this:

Oct 12, 2022 — "Do we have a picture of Paul McCartney" (Craig Ferguson's long-running joke about Angela Lansbury)

Yeah, Ferguson did it also, but Kilborn as far as I know started that comparison (he preceded Ferguson as host of that same show).

Oh! I didn’t realize Ferguson took over for Kilborn.

Yeah, Kilborn "retired" early. On his last show in 2004, he opened a $1,000 bottle of whiskey and shared it with his last guest (whom I can't remember and can't find online)

Don McLean's "American Pie" Discusses the Impact Of "The Day the Music Died"

Well that is quite nice.

@wandy said in It's A Bit Late But...:

Sure isHope your having a good day (sunshine)

Thanks @wandy I hope you have a great day too. 🙃

@njr said in It was 65 years ago today…:

@wandy said in It was 65 years ago today…:

@njr said in It was 65 years ago today…:

@wandy When I was at St. Peter’s Church in 2016 having just seen the Eleanor Rigby gravestone for the 2nd time, I saw this “little old man” sitting on a bench near the church. He was holding a large framed photo from Paul’s Liverpool Institute and I think he said he was a year or two ahead of Paul, so he had to be about 78 at the time! I asked if I could take a close up of the photo (I’d seen it before many times)

Nice pic. I spotted Paul😃

Yeah I zoomed in on him and didn’t photograph the entire picture which was about 2 feet long and 1 foot wide!
I wonder if Ivan is the tall guy with glasses in the back row behind Paul?

Haven't a clue, I'm afraid.

I've noticed in a couple of recent pictures that it looks like Mary has braces. It's hard to see but if you zoom in you can see them.

2022mary-mccartney-embraces-ringo-starr-at-if-these-walls-could-sing-beatles-documentary-premiere.jpg

@littlewillow Thanks!

Wow! That is a lovely acoustic performance!

Is the black guitar supposed to be this one?

https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/v319/njr/Paul McCartney and The Beatles/.highres/Paul_1984b_zps20714b52.jpg?fbclid=IwAR1tqi9XvDwGP-2yIn31KxBz8YMxActCqgWTOTXCBGJ69eOsa0clETvNd3s

@toris said in Wings:

@njr said in Wings:

@toris said in Wings:

I will get myself in trouble.... but Paul was Wings.... I think Denny did a great job.... as in, he contributed three or four great songs... and he might have been great as a stabilizer... he might be underrated in that role... Again and Again and Again is a great song... I love it...I reckon Steve Holly was getting very popular... but c'mon... no Paul... No Wings.

Just an fyi, it’s Steve Holley and you neglected to mention the great lead guitarist Laurence Juber. He’s (to this day) phenomenal! I probably mentioned before that I’ve met them both several times irl - super nice guys! Even met their wives - Laurence’s (Hope) had a short stint on The Brady Bunch show when she was a young teen.

I'm pretty sure I know which one Hope was... I think she was Greg's girlfriend when Bobby let loose the frogs when they were at the drive-in. I might be wrong. And she played a couple of different roles. Never the same character. I can picture her, as she was then... I was just a kid, but I loved the Brady Bunch.

Me too! She played 3 roles: (at least one was Greg’s girlfriend)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063878/characters/nm1149342

She and Laurence also appeared on the Brady Bunch Reunion 35th special in 2004 and the 50th reunion in 2019! She was the daughter of the show’s creator, Sherwood Schwartz! Her acting name was Hope Sherwood.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1149342/bio