The Art of McCartney- Tribute album
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First of all, did we notice that 24 of the 42 songs are from solo and Wings material!! Sweet. And my second favorite rock band, Cheap Trick, doing my second favorite song (Jet) from my favorite rock band (Wings). Holy Batman! Just needed Metallic to do "1985" and I'd be set for life.
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Can't wait to hear this!
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Glad you got the deal, favoritething! It wasn't there long!
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James McCartney plays Hello Goodbye on this with The Cure: http://www.examiner.com/article/first-video-from-upcoming-art-of-mccartney-tribute-lp-features-son-james
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Nancy R:
James McCartney plays Hello Goodbye on this with The Cure: http://www.examiner.com/article/first-video-from-upcoming-art-of-mccartney-tribute-lp-features-son-james
James kinda smiles and sorta looks like he might be enjoying a little bit of this performance. Maybe. I always feel so bad for him. Good for him for performing though. I won't even read any of the comments on the video... there's a lot of brutal people in the world.
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dappa-macca:
Nancy R:
James McCartney plays Hello Goodbye on this with The Cure: http://www.examiner.com/article/first-video-from-upcoming-art-of-mccartney-tribute-lp-features-son-james
James kinda smiles and sorta looks like he might be enjoying a little bit of this performance. Maybe. I always feel so bad for him. Good for him for performing though. I won't even read any of the comments on the video... there's a lot of brutal people in the world.
I have a feeling the Cure may be a big favorite of James's. To me, he does seem to be enjoying himself immensely. Spirited performance. And I must say, Robert Smith has a look that is actually improved with advancing age!
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wingsoverkc:
First of all, did we notice that 24 of the 42 songs are from solo and Wings material!! Sweet. And my second favorite rock band, Cheap Trick, doing my second favorite song (Jet) from my favorite rock band (Wings). Holy Batman! Just needed Metallic to do "1985" and I'd be set for life.
They didn't go much past 1980. Too bad.
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oobu24:
wingsoverkc:
First of all, did we notice that 24 of the 42 songs are from solo and Wings material!! Sweet. And my second favorite rock band, Cheap Trick, doing my second favorite song (Jet) from my favorite rock band (Wings). Holy Batman! Just needed Metallic to do "1985" and I'd be set for life.
They didn't go much past 1980. Too bad.
So bad, you might say. Would have been a nice touch to have something from the latest album. Still, a good collection of songs and artists, I think.
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favoritething:
oobu24:
wingsoverkc:
First of all, did we notice that 24 of the 42 songs are from solo and Wings material!! Sweet. And my second favorite rock band, Cheap Trick, doing my second favorite song (Jet) from my favorite rock band (Wings). Holy Batman! Just needed Metallic to do "1985" and I'd be set for life.
They didn't go much past 1980. Too bad.
So bad, you might say. Would have been a nice touch to have something from the latest album. Still, a good collection of songs and artists, I think.
I Used To Be Bad...lol. But seriously...yes a good collection of songs & artists but I would love to hear some of them cover some of his more current music. Where's Dave Grohl...was he on that list?
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And I must say, Robert Smith has a look that is actually improved with advancing age!
You're are joking, right?
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The Eggman67:
And I must say, Robert Smith has a look that is actually improved with advancing age!
You're are joking, right?
I mean that he has always tried to look scary, and he still does!
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favoritething:
The Eggman67:
And I must say, Robert Smith has a look that is actually improved with advancing age!
You're are joking, right?
I mean that he has always tried to look scary, and he still does!
Well, he does look scary now!
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favoritething:
dappa-macca:
Nancy R:
James McCartney plays Hello Goodbye on this with The Cure: http://www.examiner.com/article/first-video-from-upcoming-art-of-mccartney-tribute-lp-features-son-james
James kinda smiles and sorta looks like he might be enjoying a little bit of this performance. Maybe. I always feel so bad for him. Good for him for performing though. I won't even read any of the comments on the video... there's a lot of brutal people in the world.
I have a feeling the Cure may be a big favorite of James's. To me, he does seem to be enjoying himself immensely. Spirited performance. And I must say, Robert Smith has a look that is actually improved with advancing age!
James' slight smiles are about as expressive as I've seen him, so yeah, I was actually saying it looked like he was enjoying himself (while commenting that he isn't the most expressive person). I'm glad he got in there and did it. IMO he was the most interesting part of the song. It sounded like a generic cover and really didn't sound like the Cure or much different than the original.
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dappa-macca:
favoritething:
dappa-macca:
Nancy R:
James McCartney plays Hello Goodbye on this with The Cure: http://www.examiner.com/article/first-video-from-upcoming-art-of-mccartney-tribute-lp-features-son-james
James kinda smiles and sorta looks like he might be enjoying a little bit of this performance. Maybe. I always feel so bad for him. Good for him for performing though. I won't even read any of the comments on the video... there's a lot of brutal people in the world.
I have a feeling the Cure may be a big favorite of James's. To me, he does seem to be enjoying himself immensely. Spirited performance. And I must say, Robert Smith has a look that is actually improved with advancing age!
James' slight smiles are about as expressive as I've seen him, so yeah, I was actually saying it looked like he was enjoying himself (while commenting that he isn't the most expressive person). I'm glad he got in there and did it. IMO he was the most interesting part of the song. It sounded like a generic cover and really didn't sound like the Cure or much different than the original.
You're right, his smiles are slight, but I can just see his eyes lighting up. I agree that it doesn't sound very Cure-ish, really, and James's keyboard playing is a highlight.
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My only concern is this... The use of McCartney's band for all these artist? I like McCartney's current band, in fact I think they are the best band he's had since Wings in 1976, they are perfect for him. I was hoping these different artist would be using their own musicians, the musicians they usually work with. I think that would help to make these songs more of their own interpretations. I don't just want these artist merely singing over the same musical arrangements that McCartney's band would do if McCartney was singing. Smokey Robinson isn't going to approach So Bad the same way McCartney would. Will or can McCartney's band bring that soulful feel that Smokey needs, or the feel that all of these different artist will need? I hope there's no need for concern, but it is the one that I have.
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Robert Smith looks a lot like an ageing Elizabeth Taylor these days
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Sir Guy Grand:
Robert Smith looks a lot like an ageing Elizabeth Taylor these days
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left hand man:
My only concern is this... The use of McCartney's band for all these artist? I like McCartney's current band, in fact I think they are the best band he's had since Wings in 1976, they are perfect for him. I was hoping these different artist would be using their own musicians, the musicians they usually work with. I think that would help to make these songs more of their own interpretations. I don't just want these artist merely singing over the same musical arrangements that McCartney's band would do if McCartney was singing. Smokey Robinson isn't going to approach So Bad the same way McCartney would. Will or can McCartney's band bring that soulful feel that Smokey needs, or the feel that all of these different artist will need? I hope there's no need for concern, but it is the one that I have.
I think what's happening is that Paul's band is just playing for the singers who don't have their own band. The Cure video didn't show anyone from Paul's band. Hope I'm right. On the other hand, if his band has learned how to play all these songs, maybe that's an indication that Paul could play more solo stuff in his live set, as I know we've discussed elsewhere.
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"Yesterday, Willie Nelson"
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oobu24:
favoritething:
oobu24:
wingsoverkc:
First of all, did we notice that 24 of the 42 songs are from solo and Wings material!! Sweet. And my second favorite rock band, Cheap Trick, doing my second favorite song (Jet) from my favorite rock band (Wings). Holy Batman! Just needed Metallic to do "1985" and I'd be set for life.
They didn't go much past 1980. Too bad.
So bad, you might say. Would have been a nice touch to have something from the latest album. Still, a good collection of songs and artists, I think.
I Used To Be Bad...lol. __________________________________________________________ But seriously...yes a good collection of songs & artists but I would love to hear some of them cover some of his more current music. Where's Dave Grohl...was he on that list?
_____________________________________________________________________________ Favorite Thing, Don't want to dampen your enthusiam and yes there are a number of tracks that i would be interested in hearing...On the Way (BB King) , Wanderlust, So Bad (Smokey Robinson), No More Lonely Nights and Letting Go (Heart). THe Bonus Cuts also have Put it There, Run Devil Run and Smile Away (Alice Cooper) which I would also love to hear. As Oobu24 hinted, this ambitious collecction seems to fall short in covering Macca's complete career. Why aren't there more songs from the last 30 years or so...let's say post No More Lonely nights and So Bad. After the Broad Street album, the only 2 tracks after Broad Street came out are Put It There and Run Devil Run and they are both Bonus tracks where you have to pay a lot more money for the complete package. I'm not talking about adding obscure songs here. If I was going to list Macca's Best 40 Post Beatles songs, i would probably have 15 of them post Broad Street. If there were even 7 or 8 more songs from the last 25 years then I would be much more excited. Maybe if this is successful they could do a volume 2 with only songs from 1980 onward with more younger artists. When you think about the great songs from Flaming Pie, Memory Almost Full, Chaos, Flowers in the Dirt, New etc. that could have been covered (primarily in my opinioin by young artists) it is dissapointing. I'm talking about songs like: Souvenir (by a current Soul/R&B Artist) Little Willow Callico Skies Young Boy Figure of 8 This one Hope of Deliverance Ever Present past House of Wax Alligator Queenie Eye Lonely Road And there are other examples of songs that are hidden gems that belong on a McCartney tribute album. Again, i am glad that this Tribute package is coming out but I just wished it presented a better balance of Paul's entire career. paul is one of the few aging pop-rock artists where is latter year imput is just as good as his 70's songs. I am also surprised that Dave Growl is not on the tracklist. I would like to hear his full version of Maybe I'm Amazed. His partial version at the Washington DC Macca tribute was amazing. As much as I like Billy joel, i'm not sure his chops are as good as Dave on a song like MIA. I also wished that Elvis Constello was one of the artists. It just seems that Elvis can do a good job on any Macca song. i'm thinking of Warm and Beautiful at the Linda Tribute Concert or even Penny Lane at the White House Special. As i said, i still look forward to hearing a good number of cuts on this package. i only hope that some day we will get something like this emphasizing his great songs from after 1985.