"Underappreciated Genius."
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he was on 'the x factor' because his little girl beatrice wanted to see him on there. she's a big fan of the show. when will that sink in??? he possibly should have labeled electric arguments a paul mccartney cd, but he didn't want to leave off his collaborater and producer, who apparently had a big role in its making. he didn't want to slight him. 'alternative' 'wired, weird, quirky' stuff in the fireman mode, though some say he's done that before sort of with 'mccartney ll' and others. maybe he thought it was just too much to be a 'straight' macca album (electric arguments) there's method to his madness lots of times when some might say he made a mistake. he knew what he wanted and went for it, trusting what he desired and his instincts. he's not a dullard, ya know : history might prove him right
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is it also true that his 'goldfish' was a big fan of bbc'S CHILDREN IN NEED the other week! im sure paul has to say NO to plenty of 'unreasonable requests' from his 6yrold daughter. i should know ,i have one.the other day she asked me if she could have 'ice ceam fish fingers ' for tea! what next.will he now be appearing on 'frannys feet' or 'bear in a big blue house'?... maybe not,im sure the 'ratings' dont appeal as much!
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maybe he will appear in pee wee herman's new stage show pee wee is putting on in los angeles --how many kids have you got anyway? aren't those your twin baby boys in your avatar?? you must be so exhausted (from looking after the kids, i mean ops: )
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they are twin girls !,but yes it is exhausting at times! ive got 3 girls altogether. nadine 6, isla and libby [8 months]. thanks for the interest susy
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gawd you're lucky
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He's under-appreciated by the people who don't appreciate him and not under-appreciated by those who do. Glad that's cleared up. Anyone for a cup of tea?
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Dustbin Lid:
He's under-appreciated by the people who don't appreciate him and not under-appreciated by those who do. Glad that's cleared up. Anyone for a cup of tea?
Yes please, white no sugar.
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Coming up! Like a flower.
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Dustbin Lid:
Coming up! Like a flower.
Yeah right.... So is Christmas. : Your place or mine :
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Ah, well - if you are in Thailand, I think I'd be happier heading into the sun... we're expecting snow here tomorrow!
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Dustbin Lid:
Ah, well - if you are in Thailand, I think I'd be happier heading into the sun... we're expecting snow here tomorrow!
Your welcome any time. The kettles on the boil...
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might need ice tea instead of hot tea in thailand if you've got ice tea there. my sis went up to manhattan last weekend and asked for ice tea with sugar and they acted like they'd never heard of it.
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SusyLuvsPaul:
might need ice tea instead of hot tea in thailand if you've got ice tea there. my sis went up to manhattan last weekend and asked for ice tea with sugar and they acted like they'd never heard of it.
It's quite cool where i am in Thailand... 25 c during the day, 12-16 c at night... Nice...
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BOYCIE:
I don't mean erratic in terms of musical diversity,i mean in terms of the quality of the music.There's a lot of great music but there's quite a bit of mediocre stuff in there too.I think in a career of nearly 40 years as a solo/Wings musician there's bound to be a few misfires in there.
I think you're biased by personal taste here. If you want a soft balad, he's got great ones, if you want a Led Zep look-alike he's got those, good ones...his albums of course don't contain solid hits, no musician puts out solid hit albums, they always have songs that can take a little longer to appreciate. He's had a lot more hits than average, and the "B" songs are often more wonderful on repeat listening that the hits. Not being a music expert, I don't know how to define a bad song, I just know I like almost all of his.
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Wendy2066:
BOYCIE:
I don't mean erratic in terms of musical diversity,i mean in terms of the quality of the music.There's a lot of great music but there's quite a bit of mediocre stuff in there too.I think in a career of nearly 40 years as a solo/Wings musician there's bound to be a few misfires in there.
I think you're biased by personal taste here. If you want a soft balad, he's got great ones, if you want a Led Zep look-alike he's got those, good ones...his albums of course don't contain solid hits, no musician puts out solid hit albums, they always have songs that can take a little longer to appreciate. He's had a lot more hits than average, and the "B" songs are often more wonderful on repeat listening that the hits. Not being a music expert, I don't know how to define a bad song, I just know I like almost all of his.
I don't think anyone's talking about hits or lack thereof. The unpleasant truth is that while Paul has done some great music, he's also done a fair amount of crap over the years. Sorry, but there's just nothing good to say about songs like "I Am Your Singer" or "Average Person."
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'clips of wings playing live at abbey road are fantastic'--can you find these on youtube? and the poster says they perform 'soily' and '1985' there, and other rare ones done live, and it all sends chills up his spine and is spellbinding and showcases 'paul at his best' and 'the best rock vocalist on the planet'
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I think the worst you could say about I Am Your Singer is some will find it boring. It's got a lovely flute-like section, his voice is nice...not a hit, but it's not a bad song. What's wrong with "Average Person?" It's peppy, interesting. I see I'm not alone in liking it
The ones I'm not keen on are the Western flavoured ones like "Brown-eyed Handsome Man, but that's personal taste becuase I don't like the genre much. Those songs you mentioned seem to me to be fine album fillers, what do you expect a whole album full of Band on the Run? No musician fills a whole album with hits, there are always quieter, experimental, different, sometimes actually bad, if you can get someone to define clearly what a bad song is. It's the same for any musician, with Paul having a higher percentage of hits per album, more albums per year I believe on average... -
Wendy2066:
BOYCIE:
I don't mean erratic in terms of musical diversity,i mean in terms of the quality of the music.There's a lot of great music but there's quite a bit of mediocre stuff in there too.I think in a career of nearly 40 years as a solo/Wings musician there's bound to be a few misfires in there.
I think you're biased by personal taste here. If you want a soft balad, he's got great ones, if you want a Led Zep look-alike he's got those, good ones...his albums of course don't contain solid hits, no musician puts out solid hit albums, they always have songs that can take a little longer to appreciate. He's had a lot more hits than average, and the "B" songs are often more wonderful on repeat listening that the hits. Not being a music expert, I don't know how to define a bad song, I just know I like almost all of his.
C'mon everyone is biased by personal taste.I've followed Paul for 36 years and it would be dishonest to say everything was great.Many of my favourite Paul moments are not the "Hits" and are his hidden jewels.Paul's best album for me is RAM and it contains one US hit and the rest is an eclectic and eccentric joy.Music like most art is subjective, so another persons masterpiece is another's mediocrity.I think in Paul's case a poor song tends to be the lyric more than the music for me.I think sometimes his lyrics aren't as finished as they could be,he's even admitted it.Who knows really why we love a song it's just a magic thing.
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Wendy2066:
I think the worst you could say about I Am Your Singer is some will find it boring. It's got a lovely flute-like section, his voice is nice...not a hit, but it's not a bad song. What's wrong with "Average Person?" It's peppy, interesting. I see I'm not alone in liking it
The ones I'm not keen on are the Western flavoured ones like "Brown-eyed Handsome Man, but that's personal taste becuase I don't like the genre much. Those songs you mentioned seem to me to be fine album fillers, what do you expect a whole album full of Band on the Run? No musician fills a whole album with hits, there are always quieter, experimental, different, sometimes actually bad, if you can get someone to define clearly what a bad song is. It's the same for any musician, with Paul having a higher percentage of hits per album, more albums per year I believe on average...Historically, there are quite a few musicians who have filled their albums with hits. Usually accidentally.
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Dustbin Lid:
Wendy2066:
I think the worst you could say about I Am Your Singer is some will find it boring. It's got a lovely flute-like section, his voice is nice...not a hit, but it's not a bad song. What's wrong with "Average Person?" It's peppy, interesting. I see I'm not alone in liking it
The ones I'm not keen on are the Western flavoured ones like "Brown-eyed Handsome Man, but that's personal taste becuase I don't like the genre much. Those songs you mentioned seem to me to be fine album fillers, what do you expect a whole album full of Band on the Run? No musician fills a whole album with hits, there are always quieter, experimental, different, sometimes actually bad, if you can get someone to define clearly what a bad song is. It's the same for any musician, with Paul having a higher percentage of hits per album, more albums per year I believe on average...Historically, there are quite a few musicians who have filled their albums with hits. Usually accidentally.
Yeah but not EVERY album. It may happen, accidentally usually as you say, once in an act's career but it's rare that it happens every time they release an album, especially if they release alot of them. I think the point was that you aren't generally going to find acts with all their albums filled with hits or "songs you like". I figure that is the reason that many people have the "3 song rule" where they have to like at least three songs before they buy the whole album - a) it means the album is probably good quality and will have other songs they like and b) even if it doesn't, at least with the three it has enough to make the purchase almost worthwhile. Because yeah, it is kind of expected that there will be quite a bit of "filler", stuff that some people might like but isn't really likely to be a hit and some that are just not all that good.
The unpleasant truth is that while Paul has done some great music, he's also done a fair amount of crap over the years. Sorry, but there's just nothing good to say about songs like "I Am Your Singer" or "Average Person."
All the person said was that they liked nearly all of Paul's songs. One person's crap is another person's treasure so to speak. So what if he's made some crap songs(which almost ALL rock and pop songwriter/musicians do--that includes his fellow Beatles), it doesn't negate the great ones. Each song is an individual thing, if it's good, it's good.