Any news or rumours about new album?
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Cord:
Bruce M.:
But back to the point, I think Paul will record for a while longer, letting the age in his voice show when appropriate and disguising it when he feels he needs to. But barring something unforeseen, there's no reason he shouldn't keep recording for a while, even if he can't always pull it out of the hat live.
Well, he'd better hurry. Paul is now the very same age his dad was when he died - 73.
But he's a hell of a lot healthier!
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Well, he too will one day die. When that happens, I hope it happens suddenly and without pain. That he will not have to sit in the diaper and wonder what his name is. So much for health... For my part, I think it is more frightening than death. What life can do to you in a fraction of a second. A stroke, a heart attack...
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Nancy R:
Cord:
Bruce M.:
But back to the point, I think Paul will record for a while longer, letting the age in his voice show when appropriate and disguising it when he feels he needs to. But barring something unforeseen, there's no reason he shouldn't keep recording for a while, even if he can't always pull it out of the hat live.
Well, he'd better hurry. Paul is now the very same age his dad was when he died - 73.
But he's a hell of a lot healthier!
I doubt if his Dad drank &/or smoked as much as Paul did.
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I just look forward to the day when this non-smoking, non-drinking, non-breathing = maybe you live in eight seconds more era is over. The time would that I had to "live" in the worst time in human history ever.
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Cord:
Well, he'd better hurry. Paul is now the very same age his dad was when he died - 73.
While that is true, health care has advanced quite a lot in the last 39 years since Jim McCartney passed away, plus he was riddled with arthritis for many years before his death, an illness that Paul doesn't appear to be suffering too much from at present. Paul doers tend to look after himself quite well as far as eating and exercise is concerned so hopefully he's got another 10+ more years him yet.
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Bob Hope, Irving Berlin and George Burns all made it to 100. How old were their fathers?
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Yeah, and they all smoked and drank and lived their life to the max. They didn't run and hide, as is the trend now.
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Hendrix Ibsen:
Julian was not shot when he was 40, like his father, so it may be he has a chance. But don't quote me on it, I'm not a 'like father, like son' expert.
His music career was shot at 40...
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We'll probably see something in the form of a "High in the Clouds" soundtrack as the next release with some left-field one-offs in between. I don't think we'll see a proper stand-alone album (Fireman or otherwise) until 2017 or so, but knowing Paul's endless drive and insatiable creative curiosity, he's probably noodling around the studio regularly in between tour legs. Remember that shortly after NEW was released he mentioned that he was in the process of going through several old demos...
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He could cobble together offcuts from many albums past, release it as an album of "new" material. Hell, none of us would know the difference.
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I know I am risking painting myself as narrow-minded, yet in such an admission might even defy that label, but... I don't want classical ventures or other experimentation or covers... I just want PURE McCartney albums. I'm feeling shortchanged this new century. I want REAL albums. Very rare that anything that is a departure to the norm works for any artist. I will say Jeff Buckley's covers on the posthumous release of Cafe Sin-E (with French bit dangled) and Michael Hutchence's experimentation with Max Q are brilliant exceptions, so too the brilliant Graceland album by Paul Simon, but generally I want to listen to an artist plying the trade I fell in love with...... I want a new album! A REAL album. The collaborations, the underwhelming video game bit... just a waste of time. I get it adds to the versatility and all, but no..... give me the real deal!
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Well, he made "The Family Way" soundtrack in between "Revolver" and "Sgt. Pepper". I'm not so sure that if he abandon other projects then it becomes more regular albums. I think it's just part of the ongoing creativity. And that it might affect each other, the good way. He stays open-minded. Forgetting that he is Paul McCartney, if it is possible... but maybe necessary to create high in the clouds. Well, I don't know of course, but he keeps on surprising me with great music. I don't think he needs me telling him how he really should do it.
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If we know anything about Paul, it's that he's constantly creating. We've heard about a guitar album he was working on, the unfinished demos project mentioned, the collaboration with Lady Gaga, and I'm sure there are other irons in the fire we know nothing about. That's just how he rolls. One thing's for sure, he'll surprise us all again when he's ready.
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For about the past 25 years, Paul has been going at a very steady pace, almost like clockwork: an album of new pop/rock material about once every four years (on average). He seems to feel that's enough so that there's enough anticipation built up for something new. He's very methodical. Meanwhile, anything else he does is just "gravy," I think. I'm happy to see him experiment, and I think Mr. Spock is right: we shouldn't expect a full-blown pop/rock album till 2017. Also, consider how lukewarm some people here were about the "New" album and the Collector's Edition bonus tracks. If he put out albums more frequently, there would just be more "substandard" material to criticize, from that standpoint. But not ME, mind you, I enjoy most of what he does... but I appear to be in the minority....
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For about the past 25 years, Paul has been going at a very steady pace, almost like clockwork: an album of new pop/rock material about once every four years (on average). He seems to feel that's enough so that there's enough anticipation built up for something new. He's very methodical. Meanwhile, anything else he does is just "gravy," I think. I'm happy to see him experiment, and I think Mr. Spock is right: we shouldn't expect a full-blown pop/rock album till 2017. Also, consider how lukewarm some people here were about the "New" album and the Collector's Edition bonus tracks. If he put out albums more frequently, there would just be more "substandard" material to criticize, from that standpoint. But not ME, mind you, I enjoy most of what he does... but I appear to be in the minority....
Yet for me a new album every four years is not good enough. I know times have changed, but I'm thinking it's time for a new "proper" album in the next six months. And in the meantime, the little bits he puts out in between, in my mind, are just diversions from his real purpose. I love gravy. Goes well with a leg of lamb. Yum. But give me the lamb every time!
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I wish he would release a folow-up to NEW as soon as possible, but has he had the time to record it in-between tour dates and other commitments? Not to mention that he needs to spend time with his family and friends, of course.
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I think the best we can hope for in the near future is ? and this is a long shot ? a surprise new Fireman album. (Hey, anything's possible.) Otherwise, I expect he'll finish the tour, get the next reissues together for the fall, and then put the finishing touches on "High In The Clouds" early next year. And THEN he can start to think about a NEW album... maybe. But if the sessions drag on again, and if he tours again in 2016, and he's promoting "High In The Clouds," and if there's another Archive reissue in the fall of 2016, a new Paul album isn't really likely till maybe spring of 2017. Just my calculations, based on past performance.
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Sometimes I can miss the days when one could look forward to an album almost every year. I remember Springsteen in the 70s-80s, he released an album only every two years, it was seen as very long time. Nowadays it would almost have been over production, two to three albums in the decade have become common. I don't know why. I wonder if it is the price to pay for a society based on being 'quick and effective'. Time is relative, like Einstein said, therefore time moves faster and a year (or a lifetime) is not so long anymore.
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I hope he does whatever he wants to do. I think he's earned that right.