Granny Music
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To answer the author's question, I like sir/our Paul's 'granny' music, too. I enjoy listening to them. There are a few Macca (post-Beatles) songs that I'm not very fond of but I still enjoy listening to.
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Has he written anything tranny music? "Four Five Seconds" may be considered as grammy music. At least the live version. He could make a combination, like a tranny granny song at the Grammy.
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oobu24:
BeesKnees is a font. http://www.identifont.com/samples/ef/Beesknees.gif
I don't know when I'd ever use that. Maybe if I write a children's book.
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I knew I had heard the phrase 'jada jada jing jing jing' somewhere recently. And here it is, by the one and only Scott Walker and the composition "Psoriatic" from his classic 2006 album "The Drift". Can one say that he uses an old cliché in new clothes?
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Hubba, hubba
(It's "jada, jada, jada jada jing jing jing" btw) 
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Hendrix Ibsen:
Yes, I think I can see what Lennon says there. Of the three, and especially solo, I think perhaps Harrison was the one who wrote the fewest rock songs, As a pop style I also think Harrison is closer to adult contemporary, they are less 'silly' than McCartney's pop songs which are more like catchy fun type of hits. Although they overlap and have things in common. Rock & roll and McCartney seems like a thing he always come back to, while Lennon was the one who was 'saved by rock 'n' roll'.
Sorry, but no. George is a lot more subtle, but he could rock when he wanted. If Something is adult contemporary, then Yesterday CERTAINLY is. I can see that Paul might rock more on some songs, but John just KILLS him as a rocker. Now, we might be able to compare songs and reveal Paul's hard rock side, but Lennon will always be known as more of a rocker than Paul. That's just the way it is. Do I think Paul rocks on Soily, The Mess, and Girls School? You bet. But John's legacy doesn't have to contend with a Mary Had A Little Lamb, With A Little Luck, Silly Love Songs, Ebony and Ivory, Say Say Say, or Listen to What The Man Said in his back catalogue.
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RMartinez:
Do I think Paul rocks on Soily, The Mess, and Girls School? You bet. But John's legacy doesn't have to contend with a Mary Had A Little Lamb, With A Little Luck, Silly Love Songs, Ebony and Ivory, Say Say Say, or Listen to What The Man Said in his back catalogue.
You really think those "contend" songs are something Paul should be embarrassed about. Well anyway they were huge hits and excellently crafted pop songs. Sure Mary Had A Little Lamb is a bit twee but it was only really meant for kids. It still went top 10 in the UK and a minor hit in other places.
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I don't think McCartney has anything to be embarrassed of. But he has chosen popular culture... Some of his songs are perhaps not considered cool, just like at school, some students were considered the cool while others were lame. Pop music is rooted in puberty. You can rise above it but you can't escape it.
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Apollo C. Vermouth:
RMartinez:
Do I think Paul rocks on Soily, The Mess, and Girls School? You bet. But John's legacy doesn't have to contend with a Mary Had A Little Lamb, With A Little Luck, Silly Love Songs, Ebony and Ivory, Say Say Say, or Listen to What The Man Said in his back catalogue.
You really think those "contend" songs are something Paul should be embarrassed about. Well anyway they were huge hits and excellently crafted pop songs. Sure Mary Had A Little Lamb is a bit twee but it was only really meant for kids. It still went top 10 in the UK and a minor hit in other places.
Where did I ever use the word embarrass? You did, I didn't. I am talking legacy and what they (Lennon, McCartney, Harrison) are known for. John never recorded songs like those, even Paul wrestles with that legacy to this day. BTW, I like all those songs!
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RMartinez:
Apollo C. Vermouth:
RMartinez:
Do I think Paul rocks on Soily, The Mess, and Girls School? You bet. But John's legacy doesn't have to contend with a Mary Had A Little Lamb, With A Little Luck, Silly Love Songs, Ebony and Ivory, Say Say Say, or Listen to What The Man Said in his back catalogue.
You really think those "contend" songs are something Paul should be embarrassed about. Well anyway they were huge hits and excellently crafted pop songs. Sure Mary Had A Little Lamb is a bit twee but it was only really meant for kids. It still went top 10 in the UK and a minor hit in other places.
Where did I ever use the word embarrass? You did, I didn't. I am talking legacy and what they (Lennon, McCartney, Harrison) are known for. John never recorded songs like those, even Paul wrestles with that legacy to this day. BTW, I like all those songs!
I love those songs of Paul too. And he has some killer rock songs. He and John. I wish we could've seen how John would've worked his way through the "80's pop" period. The manufactured Stock Aitken Waterman period. I'm figuring he would've laughed his way through it, Perhaps put an end to it. Certainly would not have embraced it.
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The 80s was only a modest warm-up to what is (synthetic manufactured pop) on the charts today. There was one artist who went a completely different way in the decade, and it was Tom Waits. He made a few albums that was better suited for what was to come in the 90s.
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Paul's post-Beatles songs are more enjoyable than John's, George's or Ringo's. And I think, musically, he is/was superior to the three. But sometimes there are some things on Paul's songs that would make you cringe: "It's just another day... Chint chint chint chirnt chirnt... / Take me to junior's farm.... / Don't go after polar bears..."
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jessiemillano:
Paul's post-Beatles songs are more enjoyable than John's, George's or Ringo's. And I think, musically, he is/was superior to the three. But sometimes there are some things on Paul's songs that would make you cringe: "It's just another day... Chint chint chint chirnt chirnt... / Take me to junior's farm.... / Don't go after polar bears..."
I agree with your first two sentences, but not the rest. I love Another Day and what's wrong with Junior's Farm? That was the nickname of the guy who owned the farm. And it's "don't go chasing polar bears" which is a bit odd, but doesn't make me cringe. Oh well, to each his own.
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I love 'don't go chasing polar bears'. It's an original thought and creates an odd image in your head. McCartney is the king of imaginary words and nonsense lyrics in poular music. Especially with Wings in the 70s. At the height of 'make believe'.
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Hendrix Ibsen:
I love 'don't go chasing polar bears'. )
Waterfalls has some great lines. From the comic opening line of: 'Don't go jumping waterfalls, please keep to the lake' which is basically saying 'Go and jump in the lake'
to the far more sinister lines of: 'Don't run after motor cars, please stay on the side Someone's glossy motor car might take you for a ride.' A veiled threat if ever there was one. -
Maybe that motor car line wasn't a "veiled threat" and instead showed caring concern. That's what I'd like to think, anyway
The tempo of this song is kind of draggy, odd-sounding, a bit weird--actually the melody and tempo sound a little bit ominous and too slow. -
RMartinez:
I never had a problem with those types of songs. I think John was talking about things like Maxwell's Silver Hammer and Honey Pie. Got To Get You Into My Life was more Stax or Motown, I doubt John had a problem with that. As far as Ob La Di, John complained about how many times they had to do it to get it "perfect." John would have hated You Gave Me The Answer but would have loved Call Me Back Again.
I don't think John meant "Honey Pie" as he even played the guitar solo on that one. If he had a problem with it I'm sure he would have left it to George or Paul to play the solo.
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patrice:
RMartinez:
I never had a problem with those types of songs. I think John was talking about things like Maxwell's Silver Hammer and Honey Pie. Got To Get You Into My Life was more Stax or Motown, I doubt John had a problem with that. As far as Ob La Di, John complained about how many times they had to do it to get it "perfect." John would have hated You Gave Me The Answer but would have loved Call Me Back Again.
I don't think John meant "Honey Pie" as he even played the guitar solo on that one. If he had a problem with it I'm sure he would have left it to George or Paul to play the solo.
I think John played on a LOT of Paul songs he would have called "granny music." It was just John being sarcastic about Paul, like a big brother.
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RMartinez:
patrice:
RMartinez:
I never had a problem with those types of songs. I think John was talking about things like Maxwell's Silver Hammer and Honey Pie. Got To Get You Into My Life was more Stax or Motown, I doubt John had a problem with that. As far as Ob La Di, John complained about how many times they had to do it to get it "perfect." John would have hated You Gave Me The Answer but would have loved Call Me Back Again.
I don't think John meant "Honey Pie" as he even played the guitar solo on that one. If he had a problem with it I'm sure he would have left it to George or Paul to play the solo.
I think John played on a LOT of Paul songs he would have called "granny music." It was just John being sarcastic about Paul, like a big brother.
I agree with you about John just being sarcastic like a big brother!
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SusyLuvsPaul:
Maybe that motor car line wasn't a "veiled threat" and instead showed caring concern. That's what I'd like to think, anyway
It can be taken that way as well, Susy
