Wishes for Paul's New Album?
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jl4761:
yankeefan7:
B J Conlee:
I got onto this thread quite late so if I'm repeating earlier comments, please accept my apology. My wish for Paul's new album to be mostly in the vein of Flaming Pie, Memory Almost Full and Chaos and Creation. The songs and various styles on all 3 albums were terrific. As far as his main producer, I would be happy with Nigel Goodrich, Jeff Lynne or Giles Martin. One thing for sure, I'm hoping that it will not be David Kahne (remember the poor overall sound quality of Memory Almost Full). Besides his main Band, I am also hoping there might be a guest musician/collaborator on 2 or 3 tracks. My first choice would be his son, James. Remember their collaboration on Heaven on a Sunday. I would love to see them work together more in the future. I also wouldn't mind if Paul did a song or two with one or more of his former collaborators...Elvis Costello, Eric Stewart and/or Denny Laine. Contrary to what some might think, I think Paul did some nice tunes with all 3.
Sounds good for the most part. I would not care to see him work with Denny Laine again.
Is Denny Laine and Paul still friends?
I wouldn't exactly say they're "still friends," but they have seen each other at least once since Wings broke up.
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Nancy R:
jl4761:
yankeefan7:
B J Conlee:
I got onto this thread quite late so if I'm repeating earlier comments, please accept my apology. My wish for Paul's new album to be mostly in the vein of Flaming Pie, Memory Almost Full and Chaos and Creation. The songs and various styles on all 3 albums were terrific. As far as his main producer, I would be happy with Nigel Goodrich, Jeff Lynne or Giles Martin. One thing for sure, I'm hoping that it will not be David Kahne (remember the poor overall sound quality of Memory Almost Full). Besides his main Band, I am also hoping there might be a guest musician/collaborator on 2 or 3 tracks. My first choice would be his son, James. Remember their collaboration on Heaven on a Sunday. I would love to see them work together more in the future. I also wouldn't mind if Paul did a song or two with one or more of his former collaborators...Elvis Costello, Eric Stewart and/or Denny Laine. Contrary to what some might think, I think Paul did some nice tunes with all 3.
Sounds good for the most part. I would not care to see him work with Denny Laine again.
Is Denny Laine and Paul still friends?
I wouldn't exactly say they're "still friends," but they have seen each other at least once since Wings broke up.
Hi Nancy! To refresh my memory, did the breakup between Paul and Denny begin after Paul's Marijuana bust in Japan in 1980?
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jl4761:
Nancy R:
jl4761:
yankeefan7:
B J Conlee:
I got onto this thread quite late so if I'm repeating earlier comments, please accept my apology. My wish for Paul's new album to be mostly in the vein of Flaming Pie, Memory Almost Full and Chaos and Creation. The songs and various styles on all 3 albums were terrific. As far as his main producer, I would be happy with Nigel Goodrich, Jeff Lynne or Giles Martin. One thing for sure, I'm hoping that it will not be David Kahne (remember the poor overall sound quality of Memory Almost Full). Besides his main Band, I am also hoping there might be a guest musician/collaborator on 2 or 3 tracks. My first choice would be his son, James. Remember their collaboration on Heaven on a Sunday. I would love to see them work together more in the future. I also wouldn't mind if Paul did a song or two with one or more of his former collaborators...Elvis Costello, Eric Stewart and/or Denny Laine. Contrary to what some might think, I think Paul did some nice tunes with all 3.
Sounds good for the most part. I would not care to see him work with Denny Laine again.
Is Denny Laine and Paul still friends?
I wouldn't exactly say they're "still friends," but they have seen each other at least once since Wings broke up.
Hi Nancy! To refresh my memory, did the breakup between Paul and Denny begin after Paul's Marijuana bust in Japan in 1980?
_________________________________________________________ Sorry to jump in here... Denny was indeed very upset that the Japanese tour was stopped in its tracks because of the bust at the airport. From what I read, the result of the immediate halt to the tour did hurt Denny tremendously in the pocketbook at least from what he said. But after Paul disbanded Wings shortly after, Denny did work with Paul on the subsequent Tug of War album as one of the main guest musicians. That was at least a year later. Not an expert on exactly what caused Paul and Denny to stop talking and working together after Tug of War but I believe much of it was based on a new book written (at least in part) by Denny where he was very negative on the McCartney's during the Wings' years. He was negative not only about Paul but Linda as well. Remember that Denny totally disappeared during the Broad Street project. Eric Stewart suddenly came on the scene to help Paul and Linda on harmonies and later Eric became a music collaborator with Paul during Press to Play. Apparently Denny's book really offended Paul and he stopped having anything to do with him socially and musically. Again, I'm not an expert on the breakup...maybe Nancy or others have much more information.
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B J Conlee:
jl4761:
Nancy R:
jl4761:
yankeefan7:
B J Conlee:
I got onto this thread quite late so if I'm repeating earlier comments, please accept my apology. My wish for Paul's new album to be mostly in the vein of Flaming Pie, Memory Almost Full and Chaos and Creation. The songs and various styles on all 3 albums were terrific. As far as his main producer, I would be happy with Nigel Goodrich, Jeff Lynne or Giles Martin. One thing for sure, I'm hoping that it will not be David Kahne (remember the poor overall sound quality of Memory Almost Full). Besides his main Band, I am also hoping there might be a guest musician/collaborator on 2 or 3 tracks. My first choice would be his son, James. Remember their collaboration on Heaven on a Sunday. I would love to see them work together more in the future. I also wouldn't mind if Paul did a song or two with one or more of his former collaborators...Elvis Costello, Eric Stewart and/or Denny Laine. Contrary to what some might think, I think Paul did some nice tunes with all 3.
Sounds good for the most part. I would not care to see him work with Denny Laine again.
Is Denny Laine and Paul still friends?
I wouldn't exactly say they're "still friends," but they have seen each other at least once since Wings broke up.
Hi Nancy! To refresh my memory, did the breakup between Paul and Denny begin after Paul's Marijuana bust in Japan in 1980?
_________________________________________________________ Sorry to jump in here... Denny was indeed very upset that the Japanese tour was stopped in its tracks because of the bust at the airport. From what I read, the result of the immediate halt to the tour did hurt Denny tremendously in the pocketbook at least from what he said. But after Paul disbanded Wings shortly after, Denny did work with Paul on the subsequent Tug of War album as one of the main guest musicians. That was at least a year later. Not an expert on exactly what caused Paul and Denny to stop talking and working together after Tug of War but I believe much of it was based on a new book written (at least in part) by Denny where he was very negative on the McCartney's during the Wings' years. He was negative not only about Paul but Linda as well. Remember that Denny totally disappeared during the Broad Street project. Eric Stewart suddenly came on the scene to help Paul and Linda on harmonies and later Eric became a music collaborator with Paul during Press to Play. Apparently Denny's book really offended Paul and he stopped having anything to do with him socially and musically. Again, I'm not an expert on the breakup...maybe Nancy or others have much more information.
Wow, never knew that... Weren't they such good friends during Wings? I bet they would have such good memories, if they got together again and remembrances of Linda Sending a healing and forgiveness prayer out into the Universe for those two ð??ð?»ð???ð???
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B J Conlee:
jl4761:
Nancy R:
jl4761:
yankeefan7:
B J Conlee:
I got onto this thread quite late so if I'm repeating earlier comments, please accept my apology. My wish for Paul's new album to be mostly in the vein of Flaming Pie, Memory Almost Full and Chaos and Creation. The songs and various styles on all 3 albums were terrific. As far as his main producer, I would be happy with Nigel Goodrich, Jeff Lynne or Giles Martin. One thing for sure, I'm hoping that it will not be David Kahne (remember the poor overall sound quality of Memory Almost Full). Besides his main Band, I am also hoping there might be a guest musician/collaborator on 2 or 3 tracks. My first choice would be his son, James. Remember their collaboration on Heaven on a Sunday. I would love to see them work together more in the future. I also wouldn't mind if Paul did a song or two with one or more of his former collaborators...Elvis Costello, Eric Stewart and/or Denny Laine. Contrary to what some might think, I think Paul did some nice tunes with all 3.
Sounds good for the most part. I would not care to see him work with Denny Laine again.
Is Denny Laine and Paul still friends?
I wouldn't exactly say they're "still friends," but they have seen each other at least once since Wings broke up.
Hi Nancy! To refresh my memory, did the breakup between Paul and Denny begin after Paul's Marijuana bust in Japan in 1980?
_________________________________________________________ Sorry to jump in here... Denny was indeed very upset that the Japanese tour was stopped in its tracks because of the bust at the airport. From what I read, the result of the immediate halt to the tour did hurt Denny tremendously in the pocketbook at least from what he said. But after Paul disbanded Wings shortly after, Denny did work with Paul on the subsequent Tug of War album as one of the main guest musicians. That was at least a year later. Not an expert on exactly what caused Paul and Denny to stop talking and working together after Tug of War but I believe much of it was based on a new book written (at least in part) by Denny where he was very negative on the McCartney's during the Wings' years. He was negative not only about Paul but Linda as well. Remember that Denny totally disappeared during the Broad Street project. Eric Stewart suddenly came on the scene to help Paul and Linda on harmonies and later Eric became a music collaborator with Paul during Press to Play. Apparently Denny's book really offended Paul and he stopped having anything to do with him socially and musically. Again, I'm not an expert on the breakup...maybe Nancy or others have much more information.
Thanks BJ, that was much more info than I knew!
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Thank you both Nancy and BJ for the info on both Paul and Denny. It seems that Paul had a similar love/hate relationship with Denny like he had with John. What do you both think?
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From everything I've seen in more recent times (e.g. last 5 years or so), it seems as though Paul and Denny have patched things up. In Denny's U-tube clips and his live appearances (relative small venues), Denny is always quite positive about his years with Paul and Linda. Also as Nancy pointed out, Denny did attend one of Paul's concerts and went backstage to hug/talk with Paul. We're all human and especially in the music business where big money can be at stake, I'm sure that Denny's bitterness about Paul screwing up the whole late Wings tour (Back to the Egg, London Town period) had some merit. When the publisher approached Denny with up front money for a "tell all" Wings book, he probably needed the money especially if he could see the writing on the wall about his future involvement with Paul and Linda. I think the good news is that "time" is often the healer and both Denny and Paul look back at the 70's as mostly great times. The question about Paul and John's love/hate relationship is a totally different and deeper question. That's a complete subject on its own. Paul was already a universal star when Denny joined Wings.
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Nancy R:
B J Conlee:
Not an expert on exactly what caused Paul and Denny to stop talking and working together after Tug of War but I believe much of it was based on a new book written (at least in part) by Denny where he was very negative on the McCartney's during the Wings' years. He was negative not only about Paul but Linda as well. Remember that Denny totally disappeared during the Broad Street project. Eric Stewart suddenly came on the scene to help Paul and Linda on harmonies and later Eric became a music collaborator with Paul during Press to Play. Apparently Denny's book really offended Paul and he stopped having anything to do with him socially and musically. Again, I'm not an expert on the breakup...maybe Nancy or others have much more information.
Thanks BJ, that was much more info than I knew!
If I remember correctly, Denny's then wife Jo Jo also had some negative things to say in the UK tabloids around this time (early 80's) about the McCartneys.
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I fancy many of the sound effects, the bells and whistles so to speak, in Paul songs such as "Press to Play" and "Pretty Little Head" and "Uncle Albert" among many others. "Appreciate" boasts some peculiar B-52-like science fiction oddities for sound effects, to my ears, which produced sort of an uneasy weirded-out feeling here and there. That's just my particular ears.
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B J Conlee:
From everything I've seen in more recent times (e.g. last 5 years or so), it seems as though Paul and Denny have patched things up. In Denny's U-tube clips and his live appearances (relative small venues), Denny is always quite positive about his years with Paul and Linda. Also as Nancy pointed out, Denny did attend one of Paul's concerts and went backstage to hug/talk with Paul. We're all human and especially in the music business where big money can be at stake, I'm sure that Denny's bitterness about Paul screwing up the whole late Wings tour (Back to the Egg, London Town period) had some merit. When the publisher approached Denny with up front money for a "tell all" Wings book, he probably needed the money especially if he could see the writing on the wall about his future involvement with Paul and Linda. Hi BJ! I think the good news is that "time" is often the healer and both Denny and Paul look back at the 70's as mostly great times. The question about Paul and John's love/hate relationship is a totally different and deeper question. That's a complete subject on its own. Paul was already a universal star when Denny joined Wings.
Denny was big in his own right being in The Moody Blues. For the record, The Moody Blues fame, or any other band for that matter, can NEVER be compared to that of The Beatles fame! But Denny was well established in his own right before joining Wings! Thinking about it now, it doesn't make sense in comparing the love/hate relationship of Denny and Paul to John and Paul. They are two different relationships, Paul and Denny are two different people with two different personalities! I am glad that Paul and Denny have patched up their friendship and are on speaking terms. Maybe someday they'll work together again. Only time will tell. Take care BJ.
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JoeySmith:
Nancy R:
B J Conlee:
Not an expert on exactly what caused Paul and Denny to stop talking and working together after Tug of War but I believe much of it was based on a new book written (at least in part) by Denny where he was very negative on the McCartney's during the Wings' years. He was negative not only about Paul but Linda as well. Remember that Denny totally disappeared during the Broad Street project. Eric Stewart suddenly came on the scene to help Paul and Linda on harmonies and later Eric became a music collaborator with Paul during Press to Play. Apparently Denny's book really offended Paul and he stopped having anything to do with him socially and musically. Again, I'm not an expert on the breakup...maybe Nancy or others have much more information.
Thanks BJ, that was much more info than I knew!
If I remember correctly, Denny's then wife Jo Jo also had some negative things to say in the UK tabloids around this time (early 80's) about the McCartneys.
She was very negative, as I recall. Yup.
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B J Conlee:
Not an expert on exactly what caused Paul and Denny to stop talking and working together after Tug of War but I believe much of it was based on a new book written (at least in part) by Denny where he was very negative on the McCartney's during the Wings' years.
My memory is slightly different. There was to have been a book written about Wings but not by Denny. He was interviewed though over many hours/days by the authors in which Denny said a lot of positive things about his time with Wings and some negative things. It was an honest interview and not some happy clap-trap which bore no reality to what it was like working with the McCartney's in the 70's. However, the book deal fell through and the authors edited their material and sold it to a British tabloid newspaper for publication. Naturally, the tabloid press only wanted the warts and all tales and weren't remotely interested in anything positive about the McCartneys. Subsequently,in print, it came out as if Denny had been interviewed by the tabloid press and that he hadn't got anything positive to say about the McCartney's. Unfortunately that's how the British media works and still does. Build them up so that they can knock them down again. Like most people who have friends at work, its the work that is the common bond. And when you stop working together, then friendships slip because you no longer have that shared interest in what you use to do. I don't think there was any great fall out between Paul & Denny, they just drifted apart and followed different paths.
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Kestrel:
B J Conlee:
Not an expert on exactly what caused Paul and Denny to stop talking and working together after Tug of War but I believe much of it was based on a new book written (at least in part) by Denny where he was very negative on the McCartney's during the Wings' years.
My memory is slightly different. There was to have been a book written about Wings but not by Denny. He was interviewed though over many hours/days by the authors in which Denny said a lot of positive things about his time with Wings and some negative things. It was an honest interview and not some happy clap-trap which bore no reality to what it was like working with the McCartney's in the 70's. However, the book deal fell through and the authors edited their material and sold it to a British tabloid newspaper for publication. Naturally, the tabloid press only wanted the warts and all tales and weren't remotely interested in anything positive about the McCartneys. Subsequently,in print, it came out as if Denny had been interviewed by the tabloid press and that he hadn't got anything positive to say about the McCartney's. Unfortunately that's how the British media works and still does. Build them up so that they can knock them down again. Like most people who have friends at work, its the work that is the common bond. And when you stop working together, then friendships slip because you no longer have that shared interest in what you use to do. I don't think there was any great fall out between Paul & Denny, they just drifted apart and followed different paths.
That sounds more plausible. The tabloids really twist things to make a buck. Sadly, alternate facts are becoming a world wide problem, because of this.
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My wish is that it is available here and I don't have to go to Tokyo to get it. Or download it illegally online. Not that I would do that.
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HaileyMcComet:
My wish is that it is available here and I don't have to go to Tokyo to get it. Or download it illegally online. Not that I would do that.
Good luck and would love to hear some news on when it might be completed and released.
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We'll hear about it, that's for sure.
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how long must we wait to hear it, you think?
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Is it finished??? Going to check with my friend who got me an early release once.
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Gordy JS:
Here's a video of Denny Seiwell talking about the new songs that Paul has written & how he got to listen to them. One of the songs is called 'I Don't Know' & has Ringo on the drums. Sounds promisingThanks for finding that! Were you at the fest? He also said at the very end that Paul changes his story (about songs) & won't tell you what it's about. We all know that!