Only One- new song by Kanye West, featuring Paul
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Nancy R:
Newfan:
I could not even listen to the song long enough to get to Paul's part. Since Im a newbie I will refrain from climbing on my soapbox. But I will say dang how many times is Kanye going to use the N word. I will leave it at that.
I'm with you! Is there someplace where you can actually fast-forward to the end part where Paul whistles and sings?
Try this
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nobodytoldme:
oobu24:
Bruce M.:
Macca84:
Everyone is talking about the whistling, but no mention of the lyrics at the end. Is it confirmed to be McCartney? It does sound like him.
It sure does. I'd be shocked if it's not him. The song is not my cup of tea, but ...
Paul's song slapped on at the end...When the Wing is Blowing.
You mean the composition McCartney used to incorporate with his co-write 'All Day' by Kanye West. It's used in the intro/hook as well.
Yes but the ending was the original question.
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nobodytoldme:
oobu24:
Bruce M.:
Macca84:
Everyone is talking about the whistling, but no mention of the lyrics at the end. Is it confirmed to be McCartney? It does sound like him.
It sure does. I'd be shocked if it's not him. The song is not my cup of tea, but ...
Paul's song slapped on at the end...When the Wing is Blowing.
You mean the composition McCartney used to incorporate with his co-write 'All Day' by Kanye West. It's used in the intro/hook as well.
Exactly. Paul's demo isn't just "slapped on at the end." How can people not hear that Paul's composition is used throughout the song??? I think some people here who hate rap just have to accept that this McKanye collaboration just isn't for them and is never going to be for them. Paul wanted to collaborate with a controversial and critically acclaimed artist. But that doesn't mean all of us are the intended audience for the result. In fact, I'd saw few of Paul's fans are the intended audience for Kanye's music. Personally I think it would be terrific if more and more young artists would start mining Paul's solo work and using bits and pieces in their music. There's a gold mine of melodies and riffs to be sampled there.
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oobu24:
Michelley:
nobodytoldme:
oobu24:
Bruce M.:
Macca84:
Everyone is talking about the whistling, but no mention of the lyrics at the end. Is it confirmed to be McCartney? It does sound like him.
It sure does. I'd be shocked if it's not him. The song is not my cup of tea, but ...
Paul's song slapped on at the end...When the Wing is Blowing.
You mean the composition McCartney used to incorporate with his co-write 'All Day' by Kanye West. It's used in the intro/hook as well.
Exactly. Paul's demo isn't just "slapped on at the end." How can people not hear that Paul's composition is used throughout the song??? I think some people here who hate rap just have to accept that this McKanye collaboration just isn't for them and is never going to be for them. Paul wanted to collaborate with a controversial and critically acclaimed artist. But that doesn't mean all of us are the intended audience for the result. In fact, I'd saw few of Paul's fans are the intended audience for Kanye's music. Personally I think it would be terrific if more and more young artists would start mining Paul's solo work and using bits and pieces in their music. There's a gold mine of melodies and riffs to be sampled there.
I said I was responding to the original question about the end of the song. But BTW...no one has answered if Paul came onstage at the Britt awards where this was performed live, to sing & whistle his part. I didn't see the performance.
You said it was "slapped on." It's not just slapped on. That's what I was responding to. No, Paul wasn't at the Brits. There was no whistled ending during the live performance. That would not be particularly effective as an ending for a live performance. It works well for the recorded track/album.
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I love 45 Seconds and I also love "Only One" As for "All Day" Nope. I dont like it. I like rap. However the use of the n word in ANY song turns me off. I dont want to get too much into that whole topic. Im excited about Sir Paul collaborating with the newer artists. Imagine a duet with Mary J.Blige ? Imagine Paul collaborating with Common ? It would be a dream come true for me.
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Now #1 on iTunes in the U.S. BTW, there's also a clean version available.
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brettb3:
Now #1 on iTunes in the U.S. BTW, there's also a clean version available.
And despite our views here, Kanye's fans absolutely love it. It's getting much more universal love than the other two tracks. But, as Michelley said, this song is not really "for us." Also, unlike the other two songs, this one IS rap, and this time I can understand people not liking it if they don't like rap in general. I think it's a very creative track, but the n-word certainly turns me off, too.
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brettb3:
Now #1 on iTunes in the U.S. BTW, there's also a clean version available.
Hi, what do you mean by a clean version?
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5th-beatle:
brettb3:
Now #1 on iTunes in the U.S. BTW, there's also a clean version available.
Hi, what do you mean by a clean version?
Did you read the lyrics? Probably many words were beeped out.
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Wow. Powerful hip hop song & cool to hear Paul's contribution at the end. Getting great fan buzz. Good to see Paul at the cutting edge of pop music again!
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oobu24:
Nancy R:
Newfan:
I could not even listen to the song long enough to get to Paul's part. Since Im a newbie I will refrain from climbing on my soapbox. But I will say dang how many times is Kanye going to use the N word. I will leave it at that.
I'm with you! Is there someplace where you can actually fast-forward to the end part where Paul whistles and sings?
Try this
Ok. Listened. I'll never listen to that again. Paul's part, as a fan, is not worth waiting for, why is it even in there? Well, now Paul can say he worked with a famous rap person, and maybe get back to doing something he is actually good at. Dear God.
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RMartinez:
oobu24:
Nancy R:
Newfan:
I could not even listen to the song long enough to get to Paul's part. Since Im a newbie I will refrain from climbing on my soapbox. But I will say dang how many times is Kanye going to use the N word. I will leave it at that.
I'm with you! Is there someplace where you can actually fast-forward to the end part where Paul whistles and sings?
Try this
Ok. Listened. I'll never listen to that again. Paul's part, as a fan, is not worth waiting for, why is it even in there? Well, now Paul can say he worked with a famous rap person, and maybe get back to doing something he is actually good at. Dear God.
He's doing EXACTLY what he's good at: Making interesting, surprising music in different ways with different collaborators.
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Bruce M.:
RMartinez:
oobu24:
Nancy R:
Newfan:
I could not even listen to the song long enough to get to Paul's part. Since Im a newbie I will refrain from climbing on my soapbox. But I will say dang how many times is Kanye going to use the N word. I will leave it at that.
I'm with you! Is there someplace where you can actually fast-forward to the end part where Paul whistles and sings?
Try this
Ok. Listened. I'll never listen to that again. Paul's part, as a fan, is not worth waiting for, why is it even in there? Well, now Paul can say he worked with a famous rap person, and maybe get back to doing something he is actually good at. Dear God.
He's doing EXACTLY what he's good at: Making interesting, surprising music in different ways with different collaborators.
If you say so. But this is not interesting. Though it is surprising. And different.
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Michelley:
nobodytoldme:
oobu24:
Bruce M.:
Macca84:
Everyone is talking about the whistling, but no mention of the lyrics at the end. Is it confirmed to be McCartney? It does sound like him.
It sure does. I'd be shocked if it's not him. The song is not my cup of tea, but ...
Paul's song slapped on at the end...When the Wing is Blowing.
You mean the composition McCartney used to incorporate with his co-write 'All Day' by Kanye West. It's used in the intro/hook as well.
Exactly. Paul's demo isn't just "slapped on at the end." How can people not hear that Paul's composition is used throughout the song??? I think some people here who hate rap just have to accept that this McKanye collaboration just isn't for them and is never going to be for them. Paul wanted to collaborate with a controversial and critically acclaimed artist. But that doesn't mean all of us are the intended audience for the result. In fact, I'd saw few of Paul's fans are the intended audience for Kanye's music. [..]
Exactly. It's especially entertaining to see the bitter tone, while they don't even have their very own Paul McCartney to clutch at straws to knock down relevant artists like Kanye West.
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nobodytoldme:
Michelley:
nobodytoldme:
oobu24:
Bruce M.:
Macca84:
Everyone is talking about the whistling, but no mention of the lyrics at the end. Is it confirmed to be McCartney? It does sound like him.
It sure does. I'd be shocked if it's not him. The song is not my cup of tea, but ...
Paul's song slapped on at the end...When the Wing is Blowing.
You mean the composition McCartney used to incorporate with his co-write 'All Day' by Kanye West. It's used in the intro/hook as well.
Exactly. Paul's demo isn't just "slapped on at the end." How can people not hear that Paul's composition is used throughout the song??? I think some people here who hate rap just have to accept that this McKanye collaboration just isn't for them and is never going to be for them. Paul wanted to collaborate with a controversial and critically acclaimed artist. But that doesn't mean all of us are the intended audience for the result. In fact, I'd saw few of Paul's fans are the intended audience for Kanye's music. [..]
Exactly. It's especially entertaining to see the bitter tone, while they don't even have their very own Paul McCartney to clutch at straws to knock down relevant artists like Kanye West.
The "bitter" tone may not just be reserved for the "style" of music/talking, but even more so the distasteful and antagonistic lyrics.... and quite juvenile lyrics... Apparently Mr. K is in his late 30's.... I might be a purist, in the sense I've never really been into music or a movie or a television show that relied on profanity/an offensive nature as its chief differential... Give me the Marx Brothers (two generations removed), or Seinfeld or Get Smart (a generation removed) or Star Wars/Back to the Future/Raiders.... OR The Beatles.... they did not rely on profanities/the offensive.... when used in context, a profanity can be quite effective.... but, when it is used in ridiculous abundances, profanity/the offensive is a gimmick.... and divisive... and Mr. Kardashian is far proving himself a gimmick of the highest order.... Move over Tiny Tim.
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Bruce M.:
RMartinez:
oobu24:
Nancy R:
Newfan:
I could not even listen to the song long enough to get to Paul's part. Since Im a newbie I will refrain from climbing on my soapbox. But I will say dang how many times is Kanye going to use the N word. I will leave it at that.
I'm with you! Is there someplace where you can actually fast-forward to the end part where Paul whistles and sings?
Try this
Ok. Listened. I'll never listen to that again. Paul's part, as a fan, is not worth waiting for, why is it even in there? Well, now Paul can say he worked with a famous rap person, and maybe get back to doing something he is actually good at. Dear God.
He's doing EXACTLY what he's good at: Making interesting, surprising music in different ways with different collaborators.
This track is great. (But not if you are uncomfortable with rap.) I notice no one objected to Paul's munching celery on Brian Wilson's album. No one questioned why Paul wasted his time doing that; most people in fact find it amusing. But somehow Paul contributing in substantial ways to Kanye's work (including the melody and chords progression that runs through All Day) is a bad thing?? :
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oobu24:
Nancy R:
Newfan:
I could not even listen to the song long enough to get to Paul's part. Since Im a newbie I will refrain from climbing on my soapbox. But I will say dang how many times is Kanye going to use the N word. I will leave it at that.
I'm with you! Is there someplace where you can actually fast-forward to the end part where Paul whistles and sings?
Try this
link is not working?
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toris:
The Beatles.... they did not rely on profanities/the offensive.... when used in context, a profanity can be quite effective.... but, when it is used in ridiculous abundances, profanity/the offensive is a gimmick.... and divisive... .
It's not a gimmick. It's the way black rap artists have long been taking a perjorative word and making it their own. It's similar to the way gay activists in the 80s and 90s took the word "queer," which had long been a slur hurled at gay people, and began using the word themselves. They reclaimed the word from the anti-gay crowd. Now you have academic departments at universities with "queer studies" programs. This use of the N word in rap music is the same thing and it's nothing new for Kanye or for rap. It's a continuing effort to take the word out of the hands of racists, twist its meaning, and rob it of its power to hurt. I think Kanye's repetitive use of it in All Day is obviously part of that. I'm probably not explaining this well and I'm not black so its a word I would never use or even feel comfortable singing. But it doesn't bother me at all to hear Kanye twist the meaning of a slur in a rap song. If he's making you uncomfortable by repeating it so much, I think that's exactly what he's trying to do.
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I agree..."All Day" is the best single that McCartney has had since the early 70's when he still had an edge. Here is to hoping that he stays on the path of hip hop and industrial music for the rest of his career!~
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There's a lot of coattail riding going on in all directions with these songs. So unnecessary. It won't hurt McCartney's legacy. But it certainly won't help it. In ten years we will read bios on McCartney and they will say something like, "Then, for reasons unknown, in 2015 McCartney decided to collaborate with some hip hop performers whose names have since been forgotten. By 2016, he returned to his true passions and produced his best pop and rock CD since NEW, which today are rare collector's items."