Angreee!
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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?
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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?"
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No one has mentioned it yet but there was a remix version on one of the singles. It's essentially the same mix but with an added horn section. I have to say I prefer it to the album version. I would like to see him play it live though.
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I've always liked this song. Voice might be a little "suppressed", but I like it. Sure, the vocals could've been more something from "Back to the Egg" to punch home the song, but I've got a spot for it.
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moptops:
By God guys, he's singing "angry" through gritted teeth. Can nobody see/hear/ that?
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I can! - could never understand the hatred of P2P. It's a masterpiece in my mind.
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Disliking, for whatever reason, Paul's vocal on 'Angry' does not equate to hating Press to Play. I like the album a lot, and I love 'However Absurd', 'Move Over Busker', and 'Talk More Talk'..
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Wyrdskein:
moptops:
By God guys, he's singing "angry" through gritted teeth. Can nobody see/hear/ that?
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I can! - could never understand the hatred of P2P. It's a masterpiece in my mind.
Wow. I can (sort of) imagine someone liking P2P. I can't in my wildest imagination conceive of anyone thinking it a masterpiece.
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Bruce M.:
Wow. I can (sort of) imagine someone liking P2P. I can't in my wildest imagination conceive of anyone thinking it a masterpiece.
There are exercises you can do to improve your imagination. It's easy if you try.
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At the risk of opening a Pandora's box, I'd like to challenge Press-haters to -- production aside -- name one bad song on the album***. _***=excluding "Press" -- it's not a bad song, but naming it just seems like a cheap-shot for some reason_