Worst McCartney album?
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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
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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.
FTD (Follow That Dream) is a specialty label dedicated to preserving the recordings of Elvis Presley. What follows is excerpted from their website... 'Hey Jude': A cover of the popular Lennon/McCartney song. Elvis recorded his version at American Studio's in 1969 as a jam song and it was never meant to be released. This song gets mixed reactions from Elvis fans out there. My view? I think it is great. Elvis isn't trying to be like The Beatles, he is still Elvis Presley. The key is changed to a point where Paul McCartney probably could never even sing it in. For me it is fresh with the American Studio's band playing with, and the end section of the "Na Na Na Na" has Elvis' voice sounds so raw and fresh when singing "Jude Jude Jude". However it does prove that it was a jam when Elvis indeed laughs at the end. http://home.online.no/~ov-egela/elvisnowftd.html For the record, I'm not big on Elvis' cover of "Hey Jude;" it's one of those songs that will always be associated with the original artist. However, as an informal jam that was only released due to a shortage of material, I can't be too hard on it, and I doubt The Beatles were too upset about being covered by Elvis...
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Wings~Wild Life
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Macsback:
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.
Ouch!
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People listent to what the man said(i'm talking about Lp Quagmire)
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LetMeRollIt:
Wings~Wild Life
aaawww.... yer not wrong tho. although i simply love it.
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Lonely Princess:
Get On The Right Thing:
Mclenarr:
RRS. but I still like it.
=( big barn bed, get on the right thing, etc etc good reasons to like it...
You forgot "Loup (1st Indian on the Moon)..."
lol. sadly, i didn't... but single pigeon , Little Lamb Dragonfly, when the night .. ilove those songs...
