Paul's New Album-- "New"-- CONFIRMED
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*Perry*:
Hosanna is actually very good.
It is. Probably was my least favourite first, but now it's up there with the others. It's hauntingly beautiful.
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I love I Can Bet, too. Reminds me of mid-70s Wings. Hosanna is great, too. Really not a duff track on there...some are stronger than others but overall, it's fab! My kids are loving the album, too (they're big Beatles/Wings/Paul fans as well)
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If anyone is having trouble nailing Early Days on guitar here are the chords: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/p/paul_mccartney/early_days_crd.htm I pick the strings like I would be playing Blackbird with a little more emphasis on the bass, I think it sounds just as Paul plays it
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Still loving the album. One song that has really struck me today was Early Days. The song is sparse production sort of minimal and it allows Paul's vocals to stand out and really brings emotions to the for, which is fitting for the lyrics. Some have commented on this track and his vocals but I feel this was intentional, Paul and his 71 year old voice singing and looking back on the early days. His voice hasn't had any effects added on, and the results are very....honest, is the right word.
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Alligator! The way he sings the chorus line gets me every time. There's a thread for headphones, I encourage everyone to listen to the full album at least one time through. The mix on this cd is one of the many highlights and unless you have an insane home or car system your not really hearing the album. I'm so happy with with NEW, I really can't compared it to my other fav Chaos because it's a different sound approach altogether. Thank you PAUL!
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*Perry*:
Hosanna is actually very good.
Its my favourite track on the album.
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chrisstevens:
Still loving the album. One song that has really struck me today was Early Days. The song is sparse production sort of minimal and it allows Paul's vocals to stand out and really brings emotions to the for, which is fitting for the lyrics. Some have commented on this track and his vocals but I feel this was intentional, Paul and his 71 year old voice singing and looking back on the early days. His voice hasn't had any effects added on, and the results are very....honest, is the right word.
I love Early Days as well. My wife, who is what I would describe as a so-so fan, hard the song yesterday and said that his voice didn't really sound that way, that he was trying to sound older, rougher than he is in order to add to the distance of time from those early days. I am not so sure but it is an interesting observation.
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Hosanna was really hyped, well before the album came out. I was a bit put off by that and I don't even know why! Yet, after many listens, its growing steadily on me. I'm really liking the "Stairway to Heaven" Jimmy Page guitar sounds on it. I'm liking the emotion of how Paul is singing it. I'm liking the way it was produced now. The strings! The guitar work. They are very very good. Grower!!!!!!
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I find Hosanna nearly unlistenable. Definitely the low point for me. I like the album overall, though, even though my first impression was not that great. A lot of highlights are emerging for me. I loved Queenie Eye and New instantly. Road is one of his most exciting recordings in years. It is my current favorite.
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I do feel that if he had left Hosanna, On My Way To Work, and Looking at Her off the record, and replaced them with Turned Out, Get Me Out Of Here, and Struggle, you would have had a truly outstanding album from beginning to end. Just my two cents.
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Listening to this album, I realize how many lyrics so fit into my life right now; so weird, cool and a little freaky amazing how that happens.
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The deluxe edition is in my mailbox right now. Can't wait to get home!
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chrisstevens:
Still loving the album. One song that has really struck me today was Early Days. The song is sparse production sort of minimal and it allows Paul's vocals to stand out and really brings emotions to the for, which is fitting for the lyrics. Some have commented on this track and his vocals but I feel this was intentional, Paul and his 71 year old voice singing and looking back on the early days. His voice hasn't had any effects added on, and the results are very....honest, is the right word.
Chris, You nailed it. Right now it is my favorite song on a very good album. It's great how Paul's songs get to you. It sounded so good in the car. I love Paul's simple acoustic songs...i.e. Put It There, Little Willow and now this one.
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B J Conlee:
chrisstevens:
Still loving the album. One song that has really struck me today was Early Days. The song is sparse production sort of minimal and it allows Paul's vocals to stand out and really brings emotions to the for, which is fitting for the lyrics. Some have commented on this track and his vocals but I feel this was intentional, Paul and his 71 year old voice singing and looking back on the early days. His voice hasn't had any effects added on, and the results are very....honest, is the right word.
Chris, You nailed it. Right now it is my favorite song on a very good album. It's great how Paul's songs get to you. It sounded so good in the car. I love Paul's simple acoustic songs...i.e. Put It There, Little Willow and now this one.
I said this on Steve Hoffman's forum and it's worth saying here: I think Paul's decision to leave his frail and decidedly aged-sounding vocal on "Early Days" so unguarded -- not wrapping it in harmonies or electronic trickery to cover up the roughness -- was a brave and artistically brilliant move. But for me at least it's also unbelievably sad -- this song is unmistakably the voice of a man looking back on a youth that was very, very long ago and who knows that at this point he has more past than future. I also think that after giving us this jolting recognition of his mortality, following it on the album with "New" is also bloody genius: Suddenly we're back in 1967, and Paul is sounding as bright, bouncy and energized as ever, show us the old geezer isn't quite dead yet. I love it. Still processing the rest of the album, but "Early Days" left a vivid impression in my first few listenings.
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While impatiently waiting for my Japanese release; I've been streaming the album via youtube. Appreciate is F'IN Fanfreakingtastic....it's inspiring and not necessary a derivative of The Beatles or his typical style (though the reverse effects are reminiscent).
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Bruce M.:
I also think that after giving us this jolting recognition of his mortality, following it on the album with "New" is also bloody genius: Suddenly we're back in 1967, and Paul is sounding as bright, bouncy and energized as ever, show us the old geezer isn't quite dead yet. I love it.
Yes, for sure, seems kind of funny now to think of the fans who complained about his voice on "New" when that first came out. He does sound positively chipper and youthful on it when it comes right after "Early Days"!
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Bruce M.:
B J Conlee:
chrisstevens:
Still loving the album. One song that has really struck me today was Early Days. The song is sparse production sort of minimal and it allows Paul's vocals to stand out and really brings emotions to the for, which is fitting for the lyrics. Some have commented on this track and his vocals but I feel this was intentional, Paul and his 71 year old voice singing and looking back on the early days. His voice hasn't had any effects added on, and the results are very....honest, is the right word.
Chris, You nailed it. Right now it is my favorite song on a very good album. It's great how Paul's songs get to you. It sounded so good in the car. I love Paul's simple acoustic songs...i.e. Put It There, Little Willow and now this one.
I said this on Steve Hoffman's forum and it's worth saying here: I think Paul's decision to leave his frail and decidedly aged-sounding vocal on "Early Days" so unguarded -- not wrapping it in harmonies or electronic trickery to cover up the roughness -- was a brave and artistically brilliant move. But for me at least it's also unbelievably sad -- this song is unmistakably the voice of a man looking back on a youth that was very, very long ago and who knows that at this point he has more past than future. I also think that after giving us this jolting recognition of his mortality, following it on the album with "New" is also bloody genius: Suddenly we're back in 1967, and Paul is sounding as bright, bouncy and energized as ever, show us the old geezer isn't quite dead yet. I love it. Still processing the rest of the album, but "Early Days" left a vivid impression in my first few listenings.
Very good word for his voice on this song..."unguarded". Especially with all the electronics on this album. Great description.
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The lines "May sweet memories of friends from the past, always come to you when you look for them and may your inspiration, long may it last, may it come to you, time and time again" moves this song beyond himself to applying to everyone, especially those growing older and looking back. That had me in quiet tears last night when I was listening in headphones. The transition from this song to the upbeat New is similar to the end of Memory Almost Full when we go from The End of the End to Nod Your Head, except this doesn't signal the end of the album and New is a better song than Nod Your Head.
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"everybody out there" at 1:46 - reminiscent of "Tommy can you hear me"?
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Found out even in my county's smallish Mayberry county-seat town, which only recently got one Starbucks, "New" is on sale at that new Starbucks--and they'll be getting in more copies! I'll get to go there next week Now I'm gonna call the Super Walmart there, and find out. They will get "New" in at Super Walmart "soon" they said.