Paul's Most Psychedelic Songs
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She Said, She Said - Paul receives half of the song writing credit, his vocal & bass contributions listen to & watch this cover:
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I picked This One as being rather psychedelic... just check out the video.
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Andy_Shofar:
She Said, She Said - Paul receives half of the song writing credit, his vocal & bass contributions listen to & watch this cover:
Actually, Paul does not appear on "She Said She Said" at all. I believe John overdubbed the lead harmony vocal (with additional background vocals supplied by George), and George played the bass track. Here's an interview snippet with Paul discussing the song, taken from the book "Many Years From Now": "I like the title She Said She Said, which I think was made up on the session. John brought it in pretty much finished, I think. I'm not sure but I think it was one of the only Beatle records I never played on. I think we'd had a barney or something and I said, 'Oh, f**k you!' and they said, 'Well, we'll do it.' I think George played bass." - Paul McCartney
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"Electric Arguments" is close to a neo-psychedelic masterpiece. There are drops of psychedelia through his solo career to this day, from "Hot as Sun" and surrealistic nonsense lyrics with Wings to "However Absurd" and "Flaming Pie"... Cosmically Conscious... he never lose this aspect, there's psychedelic touches to "New" also. Love it!
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Looks like he's got as many "weird" songs (or more) as John; psychedelic-style songs were decried as downright weird and strange by fans who preferred the more basic straight-up rock n' roll of early Beatles. Even Queen Elizabeth asked, "What's happened to the Beatles?" LOL and have seen pix of girls actually crying over the changes and deploring them. It's the mix that makes it so interesting, the variety. Are the psychedelic type "experimental" songs more creative than the roots rock more basic down to earth kind of musical fare from the Fabs? Does extra thought go into them? More work? Or an equal amount, or even less. "I Am the Walrus" and "Come Together," for example--they read like John sort of strained his brain over these. The lyrics more like T.S. Eliot than Chuck Berry. Very "literary poetic." Free verse.
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Yeah, I think while Lennon in the 70s writes more about how he feels, is McCartney quite surreal and imaginative. Wings is not a psychedelic band but it's psychedelic spices to find either musically or lyrically in many songs. But I don't think experimental songs are necessarily more creative than roots or basic. I think "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" by Pink Floyd is the greatest psychedelic album ever. Syd Barrett... some may think it was all LSD, but it's not that easy, drugs can't write songs... he also had the mind for it, he was the king of psychedelia. But I also love rockabilly, which is kind of primitive and basic. The thing perhaps is that the song works for what it is and less important what it necessarily is.
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I think the most psychedelic song he has written is Monkberry Moon Delight, I love it!
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I am also very fond of Monkberry Moon Delight. I think McCartney should get more recognition for imaginative songs like this.
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I recently discovered this piece and think it absolutely deserves to be mentioned here. It's a complete tragedy that this hasn't been released in a studio version...
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Mr. Spock:
I recently discovered this piece and think it absolutely deserves to be mentioned here. It's a complete tragedy that this hasn't been released in a studio version...
Most logical indeed.
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edcrawf:
Mr. Spock:
I recently discovered this piece and think it absolutely deserves to be mentioned here. It's a complete tragedy that this hasn't been released in a studio version...
Most logical indeed.
No offense, but I find this song very ordinary. I would not put it on the C-side of a B-side.
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Ok, the "India" track, it lacks that extra something to be a great song. As a jam, it is not playful enough, but might work well as a band rehearsal. Was it left off "Driving Rain"? I'd prefer it to "Freedom".
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edcrawf:
Mr. Spock:
I recently discovered this piece and think it absolutely deserves to be mentioned here. It's a complete tragedy that this hasn't been released in a studio version...
Most logical indeed.
Much appreciated. For the record, though, I agree with those who say that it's missing something. It feels a bit too repetitive, long-winded, and half-baked. Nonetheless, there's undeniable potential there for it to be phenomenal. If he were to revisit it now as, say, a Fireman track and released it as an ambient/Neo-psychedelic underground track, it could gain considerable attention (so long as there aren't expectations for it to be a commercial hit). I mean, he was able to do more with just a fragment of "When the Wind is Blowing" and morph it into a piggy-backed hit - imagine what a proper reworking of this would be like in a collaborative setting (i.e. Fireman)... Anyone else agree?
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Mr. Spock:
edcrawf:
Mr. Spock:
I recently discovered this piece and think it absolutely deserves to be mentioned here. It's a complete tragedy that this hasn't been released in a studio version...
Most logical indeed.
Much appreciated. For the record, though, I agree with those who say that it's missing something. It feels a bit too repetitive, long-winded, and half-baked. Nonetheless, there's undeniable potential there for it to be phenomenal. If he were to revisit it now as, say, a Fireman track and released it as an ambient/Neo-psychedelic underground track, it could gain considerable attention (so long as there aren't expectations for it to be a commercial hit). I mean, he was able to do more with just a fragment of "When the Wind is Blowing" and morph it into a piggy-backed hit - imagine what a proper reworking of this would be like in a collaborative setting (i.e. Fireman)... Anyone else agree?
No.... your argument is well expressed, but personally I still find the contribution shite. Like, I don't rate it at all. Crapola. A waste of space. Should not be on any "disc" representing a Beatle. But hey, that's just me.
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Hendrix Ibsen:
Ok, the "India" track, it lacks that extra something to be a great song. As a jam, it is not playful enough, but might work well as a band rehearsal. Was it left off "Driving Rain"? I'd prefer it to "Freedom".
"Freedom" = dreadful. Hey, he can't hit the mark every time. But that was a terrible song. Rendered "Hosanna" a masterpiece.
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Yeah, it's not my favorite, I can still enjoy it as a McCartney song, but I guess if I made a list of favorite and least favorite songs there would have to be songs on the top and songs at the bottom.
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Hendrix Ibsen:
Yeah, it's not my favorite, I can still enjoy it as a McCartney song, but I guess if I made a list of favorite and least favorite songs there would have to be songs on the top and songs at the bottom.
At least half of Paul's songs make his fans "cringe", but even if they're all great, they can't all be the greatest. That's the trouble with qualifying art.
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There's no songs that make me cringe. I like his way with music, the sound of his voice... Etcetera. But there are songs that I connect more and less with. Songs I get hooked on and songs drifting by.
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Hendrix Ibsen:
There's no songs that make me cringe. I like his way with music, the sound of his voice... Etcetera. But there are songs that I connect more and less with. Songs I get hooked on and songs drifting by.
For some reason, I used to think all fans felt that way. Whatever bands you like, you like some songs more than others but don't have an intense hatred of much of their material.
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toris:
Mr. Spock:
edcrawf:
Mr. Spock:
I recently discovered this piece and think it absolutely deserves to be mentioned here. It's a complete tragedy that this hasn't been released in a studio version...
Most logical indeed.
Much appreciated. For the record, though, I agree with those who say that it's missing something. It feels a bit too repetitive, long-winded, and half-baked. Nonetheless, there's undeniable potential there for it to be phenomenal. If he were to revisit it now as, say, a Fireman track and released it as an ambient/Neo-psychedelic underground track, it could gain considerable attention (so long as there aren't expectations for it to be a commercial hit). I mean, he was able to do more with just a fragment of "When the Wind is Blowing" and morph it into a piggy-backed hit - imagine what a proper reworking of this would be like in a collaborative setting (i.e. Fireman)... Anyone else agree?
No.... your argument is well expressed, but personally I still find the contribution shite. Like, I don't rate it at all. Crapola. A waste of space. Should not be on any "disc" representing a Beatle. But hey, that's just me.
I hear you criticisms and agree that some of his recent collaborative output isn't my cup of tea, which is why I suggested that it be revived as a Fireman track. I think most here can agree that his Fireman work (especially 2008's Electric Arguments) is among his best solo material post Wings... I certainly wouldn't recommend turning a track like that into an R&B or EDM song