Worst McCartney album?
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JoeySmith:
Give My Regards to Broadstreet is unlistenable to my ears. I like the title tune but the rest of the original songs are banal & the covers - what was the point?? All McCartney albums, despite varying quality, are creative & interesting. This is the only one that it seemed he didnt even try to do something new.
"No More Lonely Nights". "Not Such A Bad Boy" and "No Values" are all equally AWESOME!!!!! Those 3 should have been put together with the best tracks off PIPES OF PEACE to make a solid record.
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JoeySmith:
Give My Regards to Broadstreet is unlistenable to my ears. All McCartney albums, despite varying quality, are creative & interesting. This is the only one that it seemed he didnt even try to do something new.
Unlistenable?! If anything, the BROAD STREET soundtrack showcases Macca's versatility in a wide variety of musical mediums: "No More Lonely Nights" is one of his prettiest ballads and features an exceptional guitar solo by David Gilmour, while "Not Such a Bad Boy" is a fine example of catchy garage band rock. The silky "So Bad" gains new life here and easily outclasses the earlier version on PIPES OF PEACE. "Eleanor's Dream" finds Macca spreading his wings (:lookround
with a mini orchestral epic before "Goodnight Lonely Princess" closes the album on a classy note. All in all, a lovely listen.
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the most unreasonable thing is to hate give my regard to broadstreet,refreshing versions of the old songs and the great no more lonely nights song.I loved the long and winding road version(very emotional
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LP_Quagmire:
JoeySmith:
Give My Regards to Broadstreet is unlistenable to my ears. All McCartney albums, despite varying quality, are creative & interesting. This is the only one that it seemed he didnt even try to do something new.
Unlistenable?! If anything, the BROAD STREET soundtrack showcases Macca's versatility in a wide variety of musical mediums: "No More Lonely Nights" is one of his prettiest ballads and features an exceptional guitar solo by David Gilmour, while "Not Such a Bad Boy" is a fine example of catchy garage band rock. The silky "So Bad" gains new life here and easily outclasses the earlier version on PIPES OF PEACE. "Eleanor's Dream" finds Macca spreading his wings (:lookround
with a mini orchestral epic before "Goodnight Lonely Princess" closes the album on a classy note. All in all, a lovely listen.
I love so bad
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Worst McCartney cd.. hmm, although I don't think he has a bad album and I am really going to be in the minority here is Chaos and Creation in the Backyard. Other than Fine Line, Follow Me, and Anyway / I've Only Got Two Hands I don't ever listen to it.
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Posibbly Wings at the Speed of Sound or Wildlife.But it's relative, because its better than most other artists best stuff.
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LP_Quagmire:
herc:
o elvis didnt record hey jude for a release he was just messing around in the studio
So true!
...and you can tell !
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Also don't understand the universal panning Press to Play gets. Stranglehold is a cracking song, as is Footprints and Only Love Remains.
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stuartjb:
Also don't understand the universal panning Press to Play gets. Stranglehold is a cracking song, as is Footprints and Only Love Remains.
The component parts of Press to Play are quite strong - over half of the album is good, a couple of tracks are outstanding, the cover grows on you, and the little mix illustrations that accompany the tracks are fascinating. The album's problem is Side Two really - Pretty Little Head through Busker to Angry feels weak as hell, before However Absurd salvages matters. If Paul had removed PLH, Move Over Busker and Angry and used them as B-sides and instead substituted songs that were a little more substantial, it would be a game-changer. I do well remember the derision heaped on him at the time for choosing PLH as the second single. As a youngish teenager, it was one of my first memorable experiences of bafflement and complete and total cringing.
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I would say thats a decent assessment TBH - although I quite like Pretty Little Head.I prefer the single mix with the "warmer" Macca vocals to the album mix that sounds like his mike wasn't switched on but his voice was picked up by the drum mikes.
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herc:
Also elvis didnt record hey jude for a release he was just messing around in the studio
It's Get Back that he messed about with, Hey Jude was recorded.
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stuartjb:
I would say thats a decent assessment TBH - although I quite like Pretty Little Head.I prefer the single mix with the "warmer" Macca vocals to the album mix that sounds like his mike wasn't switched on but his voice was picked up by the drum mikes.
I lost my Press to Play singles over the years, so only barely remember the single mix. I also had all the various 12" remixes... I often wonder why Paul succumbed to that particular fad as it was clearly a passing phase and it was a waste of energy and studio time to indulge it. I must say however that I thoroughly enjoyed the long version of Once Upon a Long Ago, the one with the brassy outro.
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BOYCIE:
herc:
Also elvis didnt record hey jude for a release he was just messing around in the studio
It's Get Back that he messed about with, Hey Jude was recorded.
Oh dear - that makes it worse.I think Elvis' version of Hey Jude is awful.He sounds like he struggles to make the high notes.
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stuartjb:
BOYCIE:
herc:
Also elvis didnt record hey jude for a release he was just messing around in the studio
It's Get Back that he messed about with, Hey Jude was recorded.
Oh dear - that makes it worse.I think Elvis' version of Hey Jude is awful.He sounds like he struggles to make the high notes.
respect the king!
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and i dont find elvis hey jude version bad
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herc:
stuartjb:
BOYCIE:
herc:
Also elvis didnt record hey jude for a release he was just messing around in the studio
It's Get Back that he messed about with, Hey Jude was recorded.
Oh dear - that makes it worse.I think Elvis' version of Hey Jude is awful.He sounds like he struggles to make the high notes.
respect the king!
Why?
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Macsback:
herc:
stuartjb:
BOYCIE:
herc:
Also elvis didnt record hey jude for a release he was just messing around in the studio
It's Get Back that he messed about with, Hey Jude was recorded.
Oh dear - that makes it worse.I think Elvis' version of Hey Jude is awful.He sounds like he struggles to make the high notes.
respect the king!
Why?
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herc:
Macsback:
herc:
stuartjb:
BOYCIE:
herc:
Also elvis didnt record hey jude for a release he was just messing around in the studio
It's Get Back that he messed about with, Hey Jude was recorded.
Oh dear - that makes it worse.I think Elvis' version of Hey Jude is awful.He sounds like he struggles to make the high notes.
respect the king!
Why?
Never been into Elvis, liked a few of his songs, thats about it, in his favour tho, he could sing, i'm sure if he was starting out today, he would do quite well on American Idol.
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Macsback:
herc:
Macsback:
herc:
stuartjb:
BOYCIE:
herc:
Also elvis didnt record hey jude for a release he was just messing around in the studio
It's Get Back that he messed about with, Hey Jude was recorded.
Oh dear - that makes it worse.I think Elvis' version of Hey Jude is awful.He sounds like he struggles to make the high notes.
respect the king!
Why?
Never been into Elvis, liked a few of his songs, thats about it, in his favour tho, he could sing, i'm sure if he was starting out today, he would do quite well on American Idol.
elvis dream if he could dream
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Macsback:
herc:
stuartjb:
BOYCIE:
herc:
Also elvis didnt record hey jude for a release he was just messing around in the studio
It's Get Back that he messed about with, Hey Jude was recorded.
Oh dear - that makes it worse.I think Elvis' version of Hey Jude is awful.He sounds like he struggles to make the high notes.
respect the king!
Why?
Exactly