Wild Life - A New Perspective
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yankeefan7:
RMartinez:
http://www.trunkworthy.com/wild-life-one-mccartney-albums-40-year-journey-from-appalling-to-amazing/
I find it kind of funny how some people like critics when they revisit a McCartney record they trashed when it was released (RAM, Wild Life) and then say maybe it is not so bad many years later. Yet, these same people think records like CHAOS that get real good critical acclaim are just "meh". lol.
I am glad I effected your life!
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RMartinez:
toris:
RMartinez:
toris:
RMartinez:
TommyC909:
Wild Life has 2 riffs, a cover of a mediocre song, an embarrassing Linda vocal, and 4 proper songs. No question it's Paul's low point. By the way, Chaos is his masterpiece.
Yeah. Sure it is. :
Well... I think it would be hard to argue that Chaos is not the more artistic, polished, complete, critically received album of the two.... that being said, if I'm fumbling around for something different to listen to, and one album is at my right hand, the other at my left, more often than not I'd take Wild Life ahead of Chaos. Foibles, Linda's vocals, half-finished songs and all.
I suppose, based on what I have read about it (Chaos, I mean). My listening to it, and others I know who are real fans, just shrugged their shoulders and said "Meh." But it is more polished in the modern sense of the word. It's also probably more polished than Band On The Run. But it isn't better.
Agreed. I still, even after all these years, haven't totally made up my mind on Chaos. Probably for another thread, but it leaves me a little dry. A bit forced at times. I fully appreciate the 'artistic integrity' of it all, and there are some quality tracks, but I kinda wanted to walk away from it feeling better/happier. Lacked a killer track. No great rockers. The choice of single was poor. I kinda have a better time with Wild Life. Nothing wrong with 'rawness' over 'polish', I figure!
I agree! I enjoyed McCartney II, even though it was rough around the edges. I was thinking about this thread and all the comments. In the Beatles, there were two great songwriters, and add an up and coming great songwriter. That means on their albums we got the BEST from all of them, which made for excellent albums. After the break up, they made albums as solo artists, but now had to fill two sides of an LP. That means their not so great stuff ended up on the record. That's not just Paul, but John too, and George. So, I always like about four or five of the songs on their solo records. To me, Paul's crowning achievement as a solo artist was Band On The Run. He really nailed that whole album. And John's was probably the Imagine LP. For George, it would be hard to surpass All Things Must Pass LP. IMO.
Very true on most of their follow-ups. Maybe a couple of exceptions - like, I still think John's first was a doozie, just poorly promoted, or maybe it was too confronting - but overall, yep, I agree. Mind you, I think they became a bit lazy, although maybe that had more to do with the fact they still expected themselves to churn out product on call, and real quickly. To enhance your point, I still like to put together 'compilation' albums of all of them over those first five years.... four of one, five of the other, one here, one there.... and they'd be brilliant albums.... So, yeah, I agree with you.
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It has already been mentioned, but the organic feel of this album is unlike any other in McCartney's catalogue. The remake of Mickey and Sylvia's classic "Love Is Strange" is an under appreciated gem along with the hauntingly poignant Dear Friend and pop brilliance of Tomorrow.
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yankeefan7:
Exactly. "Flaming Pie" was recorded while Linda McCartney was battling breast cancer and "Run Devil Run" was his first record after Linda McCartney's death. I am sure Mr. McCartney was going through a lot while those two records were being done but the records stand up without it also.
For me, Flaming Pis is much better than Wild Life. I know what Paul was dealing with when he made Flaming Pie, but it doesn't really matter. It's the music that counts.
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Shawn:
I do not mean to diminish other great one-two punches, like Big Barn Bed/My Love, BOTR/Jet (incredible), V&M/Rockshow, or even Dance Tonight/Ever Present Past.
Tug of War/Take It Away is a good opening.
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HaileyMcComet:
Shawn:
I do not mean to diminish other great one-two punches, like Big Barn Bed/My Love, BOTR/Jet (incredible), V&M/Rockshow, or even Dance Tonight/Ever Present Past.
Tug of War/Take It Away is a good opening.
I agree 100%, wish Mr. McCartney would have played either one of those songs live.
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If he plays the entire Tug of War album in concert, I'll gladly fly to the United States.
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HaileyMcComet:
If he plays the entire Tug of War album in concert, I'll gladly fly to the United States.
That would be awesome !!!
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Wouldn't it? Why doesn't he do full albums? If Roger Waters can make a fortune doing albums, imagine how much Paul could make.
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HaileyMcComet:
Wouldn't it? Why doesn't he do full albums? If Roger Waters can make a fortune doing albums, imagine how much Paul could make.
The difference is Mr. McCartney does not value his solo work and thinks that all people care to hear live is Beatle songs and a few carefully selected Wings songs.
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While everyone on here would love such a concert, Paul is correct that most people attending the shows would be bored by a concert of just one album with the possible exception of band on the run. We've all seen the line to the bathroom grow as soon as he pulls out a new song or lesser known solo song.
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I'd love to see Macca at a smaller venue like the historic Ryman Auditorium performing a show of two albums in their entirety: -NEW -Band On The Run And then encore of choice faves. Then, on to another smaller venue, like Radio City, he could do another show: -NEW -Flaming Pie Three or four nights like this would be phenomenal. And, again, if promoted smartly, the crowd will know it's getting what it bargained for.
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audi:
I'd love to see Macca at a smaller venue like the historic Ryman Auditorium performing a show of two albums in their entirety: -NEW -Band On The Run And then encore of choice faves. At another smaller venue, like Radio City, he could do another show: -NEW -Flaming Pie Three or four nights like this would be phenomenal. And, again, if promoted smartly, the crowd will know it's getting what it bargained for.
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audi:
I'd love to see Macca at a smaller venue like the historic Ryman Auditorium performing a show of two albums in their entirety: -NEW -Band On The Run And then encore of choice faves. Then, on to another smaller venue, like Radio City, he could do another show: -NEW -Flaming Pie Three or four nights like this would be phenomenal. And, again, if promoted smartly, the crowd will know it's getting what it bargained for.
In the early 70's, I saw Jethro Tull at the Nassau Coliseum and they did their latest release which was "Thick As A Brick". It was basically one song which lasted over 40 minutes. They left the stage for a couple of minutes and then did approx another 45 minutes of hits. The crowd did not seem to mind and even enjoyed the opening part of the show. It would be cool to hear Mr. McCartney do any of the records you mentioned in entirety and it would be approx 40-50 minutes of music. I personally think doing two non Beatle records in it's entirety would be a little too much for a casual fan to put up with - lol. He could leave the stage and then come back and do a all Beatle encore for another 45 minutes. He could then do a shorter encore of say 20 minutes and mix in a couple of Wings songs. IMO - this would make us solo fans happy and would still give the Beatle/Wings fans more than half the show.
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yankeefan7:
audi:
I'd love to see Macca at a smaller venue like the historic Ryman Auditorium performing a show of two albums in their entirety: -NEW -Band On The Run And then encore of choice faves. Then, on to another smaller venue, like Radio City, he could do another show: -NEW -Flaming Pie Three or four nights like this would be phenomenal. And, again, if promoted smartly, the crowd will know it's getting what it bargained for.
In the early 70's, I saw Jethro Tull at the Nassau Coliseum and they did their latest release which was "Thick As A Brick". It was basically one song which lasted over 40 minutes. They left the stage for a couple of minutes and then did approx another 45 minutes of hits. The crowd did not seem to mind and even enjoyed the opening part of the show. It would be cool to hear Mr. McCartney do any of the records you mentioned in entirety and it would be approx 40-50 minutes of music. I personally think doing two non Beatle records in it's entirety would be a little too much for a casual fan to put up with - lol. He could leave the stage and then come back and do a all Beatle encore for another 45 minutes. He could then do a shorter encore of say 20 minutes and mix in a couple of Wings songs. IMO - this would make us solo fans happy and would still give the Beatle/Wings fans more than half the show.
Yup. In 2012 I saw Cheap Trick in Albuquerque, they came out and played the complete Live at Budokan album, then launched into another hour of other songs. It can be done.
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If Bruce Springsteen could do a theater/auditorium tour promoting his folk album back in '95, Macca could definitely try this.
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HaileyMcComet:
If he plays the entire Tug of War album in concert, I'll gladly fly to the United States.
And I'd buy your plane ticket. That would be a dream to see that album performed live.
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audi:
HaileyMcComet:
If he plays the entire Tug of War album in concert, I'll gladly fly to the United States.
And I'd buy your plane ticket. That would be a dream to see that album performed live.
Count me in!!!!
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I'll be there! Bring it on.
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Wasn't Paul on the toilet when he sang Wildlife?