Angreee!
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It just occurred to me what it is about Paul's song "Angry" that seriously limits its coolness. Other people will surely have other reasons, but just listen to the way he pronounces the word "angry": "Angreeee!" Not very rock and roll. Really should be more like: "Angraaay!" Same with the word "crazy": "Crayy-zeee!" Glad I finally figured that out.
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"Angraaay!" would have sounded a bit more Johnny Rotten, wouldn't it. Punk music.
I remember I once read a reivew where the reviewer said that "Angry" sounded like McCartney having fun being angry. And I kind of related to that in my experience of the song. I still love the track. Perhaps it was something he needed to get out of the sytem. In a way, I think maybe "Riding to Vanity Fair" is the angriest song her ever made. Although it is more menacing than aggressive. "Nothing Too Much Just Out of Sight" is wild but perhaps more in a letting loose kind of way than Angry. 
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Not quite Johnny Rotten, really. I meant more like the way he sings, say, "Let's have a party!" in the song "Party" on Run Devil Run. It's not "par-dee," but "par-day." Or even his own song "Party Party" from the Flowers In The Dirt sessions. Just seems more appropriate for a rock and roll song, I think.
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Yeah alright, I just kind of heard "Anarchaaaay.... " like Rotten sings The Sex Pistols song "Anarchy in the UK". He had that very strong "yaaay" pronunciation without sounding artificial. Almost like a trademark. I'm like a three old when it comes to English language and stuff, so it's not really for me to to discuss. I just do it anyway.
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The problem with the song is that there isn't a millisecond of it in which McCartney sounds genuinely angry. He's capable of it -- just listen to "Honey Hush" -- but doesn't quite pull it off here.
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I agree that he doesn't sound genuinely angry on that song, assuming he was supposed to sound angry, one of my least-favorite Paul vocals. He comes off much more sincere anger-wise on something like 'Looking for Changes'.
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Well, I think he is a bit ironic-angry. That might suit the lyric. There is no reason to be angry-angry. It's more like mockery. I don't know if I consider it a great great song, but I enjoy the performance. It's a tight band with Phil Collins on drums and Pete Townshend on guitar. I could have liked to hear a live version. Played fast and furious.
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Brilliant song on a brilliant album.
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Where is THAT video with clips of HM during this song? I can't find it.
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Love the track. Love the lyrics. And he delivered every syllable of it with bona fide cred. I'm buyin' what he's sellin' in that track. And I think having Pete Townshend in the room only inspired him for the better.
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Slightly off-topic: I like the energy he puts on the "Run Devil Run" album as a whole. There's a lot of sincerity on those vocals and he really sounds like he's casting out his demons after losing Linda, especially on "Lonesone Town", "No Other Baby", "Honey Hush" and "Run Devil Run".
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He has a great rock voice. I remember when "Ren Devil Run" came out. I went to a lot of concerts in the 90s and also quite a few rockabilly/rock 'n' roll concerts with people from that type of environment, with the hair and the cars and the whole package. For them, the development of The Beatles was just a disappointment and "Sgt. Pepper" was trash. But they loved "Run Devil Run". It was exactly how they thought McCartney should have sounded, always!
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Bruce M.:
The problem with the song is that there isn't a millisecond of it in which McCartney sounds genuinely angry. He's capable of it -- just listen to "Honey Hush" -- but doesn't quite pull it off here.
Paul sounded sincerely angry in 1971 with classic songs like 'too many people' and 'wildlife'. But in his mid forties and in the mid eighties he can't pull it off anymore. The Stones are a good example. Their songs were genuinely scary in the late sixties and early seventies period. But just a decade later starting with 'under cover of the night', no one took them seriously.
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5th-beatle:
Slightly off-topic: I like the energy he puts on the "Run Devil Run" album as a whole. There's a lot of sincerity on those vocals and he really sounds like he's casting out his demons after losing Linda, especially on "Lonesone Town", "No Other Baby", "Honey Hush" and "Run Devil Run".
Absolutely. Pretty much anything on "Run Devil Run" is light-years ahead of "Angry." RDR just sizzles. "Angry" and most of P2P just lays there.
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By God guys, he's singing "angry" through gritted teeth. Can nobody see/hear/ that?
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JoeySmith:
Bruce M.:
The problem with the song is that there isn't a millisecond of it in which McCartney sounds genuinely angry. He's capable of it -- just listen to "Honey Hush" -- but doesn't quite pull it off here.
Paul sounded sincerely angry in 1971 with classic songs like 'too many people' and 'wildlife'. But in his mid forties and in the mid eighties he can't pull it off anymore. The Stones are a good example. Their songs were genuinely scary in the late sixties and early seventies period. But just a decade later starting with 'under cover of the night', no one took them seriously.
Bulltish.
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By God guys, he's singing "angry" through gritted teeth. Can nobody see/hear/ that?
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I'm not sure if the rockers on those albums are comparable. Maybe at a demo stage... But featured on two albums created with different intentions. "Press to Play" has a sophisticated production while "Run Devil Run" is rock 'n' roll homage.
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moptops:
By God guys, he's singing "angry" through gritted teeth. Can nobody see/hear/ that?
:Whatever he's doing, I just don't think it sounds very "rock and roll" the way he pronounces it. But what about the word "crazy"? Is he just gritting his teeth on the "zee" part? That's a bit awkward. I like the song, and I like what Pete Townshend and Phil Collins bring to it. I just don't personally think Paul was "in the zone" on the vocal in certain parts. He's good on the "What the hell..." lines.
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The opening line addresses any criticisms right away. "What the hell gives you the right to tell me what to do with my life?"
