Video Game Music: "Destiny"
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Just for clarification, that I really liked the song and glad he did it. It's nothing like a "Band on the run" or "Live and let die" but I'd buy the song when it release on iTunes. Just think about if anyone over 60 yrs old, I don't think they spend time for video games like kids. They got so much other things to do. I used to play video games but somehow I stopped playing 15 yrs ago because I thought it's not worth it anymore. One more thing, Even I liked the song, I think He could have done much much better song for the game. He just needed right people to work with it.
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Just heard my local station play a snippet of the song and then say "Come on Paul, what a corny song"
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tugofpeace:
Just heard my local station play a snippet of the song and then say "Come on Paul, what a corny song"
In fairness, Paul has faced similarly unbalanced and mean-spirited vitriol and criticism many times over. Mary Had A Little Lamb, Silly Love Songs, We All Stand Together, Bip Bop (all of Wildlife, actually). These are some of my favorite Paul tracks, but he received nothing but scorn for them. If people working in radio knew what good music was, they wouldn't be working in radio. Paul's music is utterly devoid of cynicism, and often hilarious and disarming in its naïveté and openness. Paul is sometimes so uncool that he makes coolness irrelevant. I salute that side of Paul's work, and I say well done!
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To paraphrase something McCartney himself said once, "it's just a record. It's not something really important."
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I will grant that McCartney's lyrics can occasionally border on the inane, but he walks that line better than most. I find charm in the simple positivity. After all, he also wrote, for example, " I'd like to roll it all up in a ball and spend it with you. You've got the power of love, and love has the power, to make it come true. Here we go...through our love." (Not sure I have the lyrics 100% correct. I'm going by memory). I have no problem with it, personally or artistically. Effective use of cliche, to maximum pleasing effect. For heaven's sake, if Paul wrote Tug of War or Pipes of Peace today, they would likely be derided as unfathomable drivel. Well, I consider them both McCartney classics. Hope is very good. Not perfect, and not representative of his entire catalog, or his entire potential, but pretty damn good, all the same.
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Shawn:
Paul's music is utterly devoid of cynicism, and often hilarious and disarming in its naïveté and openness. Paul is sometimes so uncool that he makes coolness irrelevant. I salute that side of Paul's work, and I say well done!
I love this. So true!
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jennywren:
Shawn:
Paul's music is utterly devoid of cynicism, and often hilarious and disarming in its naïveté and openness. Paul is sometimes so uncool that he makes coolness irrelevant. I salute that side of Paul's work, and I say well done!
I love this. So true!
I agree as well!
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Hmmmm, interesting. I thought I'd sit on this song for a few days before jumping in to give my two cents' worth. On first listen, I had two questions going through my head: 1) Do the vocals suck, and 2) Is the production lame? This might characterize my cynicism in light of recent projects. But, to my surprise, I thought the vocals and the production were both quite strong. As to the composition itself, I think this is a very, very well crafted song. I'm not sure if it has the zing of some of McCartney's best magical melodies. But it certainly feels like solid work from a craftsman who knows how to put together a strong song. The tune does stick in my head rather nicely. I'm not sure if this is the *type* of song that I'd most hope for from Paul. I imagine all the yuppies driving home in their BMW's with this song cranked on their deluxe stereo system, eager to start playing their PS4 when they get home. I'm really curious to see how this song goes over as a single. I think this is Paul's strongest song in a long time. Mind you, I thought Queenie Eye was going to be a hit, but that didn't happen. Sigh. Anyways, great melody, strong, forceful production (a bit bombastic, but hey, it's a video game song). I hope Paul scores big with this
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Lyrics aside, I think the vocal tune is really nice. Slightly unusual and memorable.
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When I listened to this song I kept in mind that it is the song that plays at the end of the video game, when you've completed it (cue heroic inspiring music). If you hear it from that POV it is what I'd expect. The lyrics are kinda cheesy, yes, but he wrote it for the completion of a video game. From the wiki entry on Destiny:
Destiny is set seven hundred years into the future in a post-apocalyptic setting following a prosperous period of exploration, peace, and technological advancement known as the Golden Age.[20] In a universe where humans have spread out and colonized planets in the Solar System, an event known as "the Collapse" saw the mysterious dissolution of these colonies, the end of the Golden Age, and mankind teetering on the brink of extinction. The only known survivors of the Collapse are those living on Earth, who were saved by "the Traveler," a white, spherical celestial body whose appearance centuries before had enabled humans to reach the stars.[21] The Traveler now hovers above the last safe city on Earth, and its presence allows the Guardians ? the defenders of the City ? the ability to wield an unknown power, only referred to as "The Light." The player takes on the role of one such Guardian, and is tasked with reviving the Traveler while investigating and destroying the alien threats before humanity is completely wiped out.
Ok, now the lyrics don't seem quite so cheesy in that context. Seems like they play right into the intended goal of the game. To rebuild humanity.
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Good point, dappa-macca!
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listening again, I still think it is a very good song that fits a game and he sounds great singing it. yes it reminds me of how Paul used to close some of his albums like "Through our love"(Hope is better though), it even made me listen again to this one right now. but whats the problem in that? maybe "through our love" could have been another ending song title to another game
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Nancy R:
Very cool review. Thanks for sharing.
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Shawn:
Nancy R:
Very cool review. Thanks for sharing.
Seconded. It's always nice to read a review from someone who clearly knows their stuff.
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hey bulldog:
Shawn:
Nancy R:
Very cool review. Thanks for sharing.
Seconded. It's always nice to read a review from someone who clearly knows their stuff.
I think the article has it right. Hope is really a typical McCartney "big" number. It's solid. It's positive. I do not understand the hate. The lyrics are no more trite than some of the other album closers mentioned in the article. Paul sometimes employs liberal doses of cliche. Lots of writers do. In addition to the songs mentioned, I would add Back Seat of My Car, Morse Moose and the Grey Goose, However Absurd, and Road. Hope is in the same company - both in terms of style, and quality. It leans a little more in the direction of Through Our Love, but in no way do I regard that as a bad thing. Maybe it comes relatively easy to Paul. So what. We should all be so lucky. Try writing one of these catchy, memorable, cheesy, epic songs. I've tried many times. It's not easy. I love it, and I sincerely "hope" that Paul has more epic songs to come.
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Shawn:
hey bulldog:
Shawn:
Nancy R:
Very cool review. Thanks for sharing.
Seconded. It's always nice to read a review from someone who clearly knows their stuff.
I think the article has it right. Hope is really a typical McCartney "big" number. It's solid. It's positive. I do not understand the hate. The lyrics are no more trite than some of the other album closers mentioned in the article. Paul sometimes employs liberal doses of cliche. Lots of writers do. In addition to the songs mentioned, I would add Back Seat of My Car, Morse Moose and the Grey Goose, However Absurd, and Road. Hope is in the same company - both in terms of style, and quality. It leans a little more in the direction of Through Our Love, but in no way do I regard that as a bad thing. Maybe it comes relatively easy to Paul. So what. We should all be so lucky. Try writing one of these catchy, memorable, cheesy, epic songs. I've tried many times. It's not easy. I love it, and I sincerely "hope" that Paul has more epic songs to come.
I agree wholeheartedly. I was going to mention However Absurd as another example of an epic song in a similar vein that really I like, then saw you'd already name checked it yourself, thus saving me the effort. I like it when Paul thinks big and is more ambitious. He can produce trite throwaway fluff like the Meat Free Monday song without even thinking about it - and unfortunately, it shows. I like Hope because vocally, it shows shades of the old Macca I love; the solo-era Paul who wasn't always trying to be a Beatle; the guy who'd belt out the spine-chilling middle eight to The Pound is Sinking like he had faith in the material, and really meant it. When he's passionate about the subject, and throws himself in to it 100%, the end result is usually excellent. Give me a passionate Paul McCartney song with a committed performance over his more work-a-day work every time.
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hey bulldog:
Shawn:
hey bulldog:
Shawn:
Nancy R:
Very cool review. Thanks for sharing. ��
Seconded. It's always nice to read a review from someone who clearly knows their stuff.
I think the article has it right. Hope is really a typical McCartney "big" number. It's solid. It's positive. I do not understand the hate. The lyrics are no more trite than some of the other album closers mentioned in the article. Paul sometimes employs liberal doses of cliche. Lots of writers do. In addition to the songs mentioned, I would add Back Seat of My Car, Morse Moose and the Grey Goose, However Absurd, and Road. Hope is in the same company - both in terms of style, and quality. It leans a little more in the direction of Through Our Love, but in no way do I regard that as a bad thing. Maybe it comes relatively easy to Paul. So what. We should all be so lucky. Try writing one of these catchy, memorable, cheesy, epic songs. I've tried many times. It's not easy. I love it, and I sincerely "hope" that Paul has more epic songs to come.
I agree wholeheartedly. I was going to mention However Absurd as another example of an epic song in a similar vein that really I like, then saw you'd already name checked it yourself, thus saving me the effort. I like it when Paul thinks big and is more ambitious. He can produce trite throwaway fluff like the Meat Free Monday song without even thinking about it - and unfortunately, it shows. I like Hope because vocally, it shows shades of the old Macca I love; the solo-era Paul who wasn't always trying to be a Beatle; the guy who'd belt out the spine-chilling middle eight to The Pound is Sinking like he had faith in the material, and really meant it. When he's passionate about the subject, and throws himself in to it 100%, the end result is usually excellent. Give me a passionate Paul McCartney song with a committed performance over his more work-a-day work every time.
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Shawn:
hey bulldog:
Shawn:
Nancy R:
Very cool review. Thanks for sharing.
Seconded. It's always nice to read a review from someone who clearly knows their stuff.
I think the article has it right. Hope is really a typical McCartney "big" number. It's solid. It's positive. I do not understand the hate. The lyrics are no more trite than some of the other album closers mentioned in the article. Paul sometimes employs liberal doses of cliche. Lots of writers do. In addition to the songs mentioned, I would add Back Seat of My Car, Morse Moose and the Grey Goose, However Absurd, and Road. Hope is in the same company - both in terms of style, and quality. It leans a little more in the direction of Through Our Love, but in no way do I regard that as a bad thing. Maybe it comes relatively easy to Paul. So what. We should all be so lucky. Try writing one of these catchy, memorable, cheesy, epic songs. I've tried many times. It's not easy. I love it, and I sincerely "hope" that Paul has more epic songs to come.
Really agree with your comments and have to agree with your songs mentioned. I do find it epic and think it could well be a movie soundtrack song. Love the concept of Hope, which is a thread of so many Paul songs... the positive thread that has kept my interest in Paul's songs since first hearing his music! Great song
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ITunes now has a soundtrack for Destiny for $9.99, running a little under 2.5 hrs. It doesn't appear to contain Hope...