Take It Away: The Complete Paul McCartney Archive Podcast
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A few more notes about this latest (and great) Podcast.
Because there were so many songs that Paul and John decided to give away, I missed a few in my previous posts:
*Woman (Peter and Gordon) - The guys collectively love this one. I like it too but maybe they like the song even better than me (particularly the arrangement and orchestration). I saw Peter Asher's show (Nancy on this site was also there) and he speaks so highly of Paul's enormous talent. He should know since he personally saw his unbelievable creativity first hand during the time Paul lived at their house. He played Woman and the other Paul songs that Peter and Gordon did in his set.
* That Means a Lot (PJ Proby) - It was funny listening to PJ Proby (I had never heard of him) doing his Tom Jones take on Paul's song. I clearly remember how big Tom Jones was in America at the time. I like this song a lot (pardon the pun) and so did the guys. I think they said that they like the Beatles Anthology version (with Paul singing the lead of course) much better than PJ Proby's quasi hit in England.
* Thingumybob (Black Dyke Mills Band) - Strictly an instrumental Brass Band number here but again shows Paul's diversity in music genres. Is this the same band that Paul brought in for "Winter Rose/Love Awake" song on Back to the Egg? Their name sounds familiar
*Songbird in a Cage (Charlotte Gainsbourg) - Another song (and artist) that I had never heard. I think this song is much newer. Maybe someone can give me more info. Anyway, it is rather weird and sounds like a cross between something from Paul's McCartney 2 era and one of Madonna's songs (maybe Like a Virgin). Didn't really care for it personally.
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Probably the funniest comment (and interesting!) was on the song Goodbye. Not sure whether it was Chris or Ryan who told this story.
A couple of years ago, Paul ran into a boat skipper who told him that his favorite song of Paul's was "Goodbye". Unbelievably, Paul said he didn't remember the song. That sounded really odd to me but I guess when you have written so many songs over 50 plus years it is possible. The boat skipper than sang bits of the song to Paul. At that point of course, Paul remembered it explaining that he really rushed "Goodbye" out as a quick follow-up to Mary Hopkin's huge hit (Those Were the Days) that Paul also produced. "Goodbye" was also a hit (not quite as big as Those Were the Days) in England, US etc. As the guys mentioned that after hearing how much the "boat skipper's" loved "Goodbye", it does have a"sailer's leaving the port" kind of theme to it. I agree with the guys that it is really Paul's demo that is the real gem here (even better than Mary's hit version). They and I love Paul's singing here and I only wish it was available in great quailty for the real fans. Because Paul wrote it in the late 60's (like 1968 or 1969) I included it in a 70's 2 disc Set for Paul to include in a "Lost and Forgotten" Deep Compilation Package. Besides Paul's vocal, his acoustic guitar on the demo is fantastic as well.
Paul forgetting one of his songs does bring up a subject that Yankeefan and I have been discussing over the last few years relative to Paul's setlists at his live shows. As we know, Paul tends to do the same songs (the big Beatle and Wings' hits) and we wonder how many examples of his good to great Solo songs that he might actually forget. This story about Goodbye was a great example. As I think I have mentioned a couple of times, Paul really needs a "musical director" for his live shows. Someone who can do new arrangements for his "lost" gems and show them to Paul. Maybe on some songs, Paul's 2018 voice would still be very suitable and give his shows more diversity and surprises for the real fans. As an Added bonus, the new songs would also bring about "new" comments from Paul instead of the same stories to the same songs that Paul always recites.
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B J Conlee wrote:
A few more notes about this latest (and great) Podcast.
Because there were so many songs that Paul and John decided to give away, I missed a few in my previous posts:
*Woman (Peter and Gordon) - The guys collectively love this one. I like it too but maybe they like the song even better than me (particularly the arrangement and orchestration). I saw Peter Asher's show (Nancy on this site was also there) and he speaks so highly of Paul's enormous talent. He should know since he personally saw his unbelievable creativity first hand during the time Paul lived at their house. He played Woman and the other Paul songs that Peter and Gordon did in his set.
* That Means a Lot (PJ Proby) - It was funny listening to PJ Proby (I had never heard of him) doing his Tom Jones take on Paul's song. I clearly remember how big Tom Jones was in America at the time. I like this song a lot (pardon the pun) and so did the guys. I think they said that they like the Beatles Anthology version (with Paul singing the lead of course) much better than PJ Proby's quasi hit in England.
* Thingumybob (Black Dyke Mills Band) - Strictly an instrumental Brass Band number here but again shows Paul's diversity in music genres. Is this the same band that Paul brought in for "Winter Rose/Love Awake" song on Back to the Egg? Their name sounds familiar
*Songbird in a Cage (Charlotte Gainsbourg) - Another song (and artist) that I had never heard. I think this song is much newer. Maybe someone can give me more info. Anyway, it is rather weird and sounds like a cross between something from Paul's McCartney 2 era and one of Madonna's songs (maybe Like a Virgin). Didn't really care for it personally.
Yes, Black Dyke Mills Band played horns on Love Awake according to this:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_the_Egg
And here’s the info on “Songbird in a Cage”
https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/song/songbird-in-a-cage/
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B J Conlee wrote:
Probably the funniest comment (and interesting!) was on the song Goodbye. Not sure whether it was Chris or Ryan who told this story.
A couple of years ago, Paul ran into a boat skipper who told him that his favorite song of Paul's was "Goodbye". Unbelievably, Paul said he didn't remember the song. That sounded really odd to me but I guess when you have written so many songs over 50 plus years it is possible. The boat skipper than sang bits of the song to Paul. At that point of course, Paul remembered it explaining that he really rushed "Goodbye" out as a quick follow-up to Mary Hopkin's huge hit (Those Were the Days) that Paul also produced. "Goodbye" was also a hit (not quite as big as Those Were the Days) in England, US etc. As the guys mentioned that after hearing how much the "boat skipper's" loved "Goodbye", it does have a"sailer's leaving the port" kind of theme to it. I agree with the guys that it is really Paul's demo that is the real gem here (even better than Mary's hit version). They and I love Paul's singing here and I only wish it was available in great quailty for the real fans. Because Paul wrote it in the late 60's (like 1968 or 1969) I included it in a 70's 2 disc Set for Paul to include in a "Lost and Forgotten" Deep Compilation Package. Besides Paul's vocal, his acoustic guitar on the demo is fantastic as well.
Paul forgetting one of his songs does bring up a subject that Yankeefan and I have been discussing over the last few years relative to Paul's setlists at his live shows. As we know, Paul tends to do the same songs (the big Beatle and Wings' hits) and we wonder how many examples of his good to great Solo songs that he might actually forget. This story about Goodbye was a great example. As I think I have mentioned a couple of times, Paul really needs a "musical director" for his live shows. Someone who can do new arrangements for his "lost" gems and show them to Paul. Maybe on some songs, Paul's 2018 voice would still be very suitable and give his shows more diversity and surprises for the real fans. As an Added bonus, the new songs would also bring about "new" comments from Paul instead of the same stories to the same songs that Paul always recites.
I was always hoping that members of his band would be his musical directors for live shows. I believe one of the band members got him to finally play "Too Many People" years ago. I am sure they probably know his songs better than the man himself. That being said, they can't probably push him too much because it is obvious McCartney is quite comfortable and happy with doing his current setlist with not many exciting changes IMO.
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Nancy R wrote:
B J Conlee wrote:
A few more notes about this latest (and great) Podcast.
Because there were so many songs that Paul and John decided to give away, I missed a few in my previous posts:
*Woman (Peter and Gordon) - The guys collectively love this one. I like it too but maybe they like the song even better than me (particularly the arrangement and orchestration). I saw Peter Asher's show (Nancy on this site was also there) and he speaks so highly of Paul's enormous talent. He should know since he personally saw his unbelievable creativity first hand during the time Paul lived at their house. He played Woman and the other Paul songs that Peter and Gordon did in his set.
* That Means a Lot (PJ Proby) - It was funny listening to PJ Proby (I had never heard of him) doing his Tom Jones take on Paul's song. I clearly remember how big Tom Jones was in America at the time. I like this song a lot (pardon the pun) and so did the guys. I think they said that they like the Beatles Anthology version (with Paul singing the lead of course) much better than PJ Proby's quasi hit in England.
* Thingumybob (Black Dyke Mills Band) - Strictly an instrumental Brass Band number here but again shows Paul's diversity in music genres. Is this the same band that Paul brought in for "Winter Rose/Love Awake" song on Back to the Egg? Their name sounds familiar
*Songbird in a Cage (Charlotte Gainsbourg) - Another song (and artist) that I had never heard. I think this song is much newer. Maybe someone can give me more info. Anyway, it is rather weird and sounds like a cross between something from Paul's McCartney 2 era and one of Madonna's songs (maybe Like a Virgin). Didn't really care for it personally.
Yes, Black Dyke Mills Band played horns on Love Awake according to this:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_the_Egg
And here’s the info on “Songbird in a Cage”
https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/song/songbird-in-a-cage/
Thanks as usual Nancy. I know I can count on you..."everything Macca".
I thought the Black Dyke Mills Band sounded familiar. While I was reading the Wikipedia information on Back to the Egg, I couldn't help read some of the vicious reviews/quotes on "Back to the Egg" at the time. I couldn't believe how negative some of them were. I think some of the rock reviewers in the 70-80's really had it out for Paul. I actually think that Back to the Egg is quite underrated relative to Paul albums. While it had some flaws, I favor it more than other albums like Pipes of Peace, both McCartney 1 and 2, At the Speed of Sound, Red Rose Speedway and Wildlife. I think some rock critics just don't understand a multi-genre type composer like Paul.
Thanks also for the info on Charlotte Gainsbourg. Didn't realize that Paul wrote the song as late as 2011. As I said, it has a little bit of McCartney 2 in it but the spoken word portion by Charlotte sounds just like Madonna in one of her hits.
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You’re welcome!
Oh, on Paul’s Twitter account today he mentioned that Red Rose Speedway came out this week in 1973 ( I was finishing up my Senior year in high school!) He asked what our favorite songs from the album were. I’ve always had a soft spot for My Love and Little Lamb Dragonfly.
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Nancy R wrote:
You’re welcome!
Oh, on Paul’s Twitter account today he mentioned that Red Rose Speedway came out this week in 1973 ( I was finishing up my Senior year in high school!) He asked what our favorite songs from the album were. I’ve always had a soft spot for My Love and Little Lamb Dragonfly.
I saw that and read through many of them. I was surprised how many actually like the Medley. Way too repetitious for me and too MOR/Barry Manilou for me.
I like your 2 plus I would add Single Pigeon. Short but I love it (I like Linda's harmonies too). I actually like the 1st 7 songs of Red Rose but I just keep thinking how great the album could have been. According to the guys on this Podcast, the record company wanted more soft, ballad type stuff from Paul and that is why he ended Red Rose with the Medley. I think Paul was trying to do the Abbey Road (B-side) kind of thing but unfortunately the songs weren't there in my opinion. And he left so many great songs off the album. It should have had a few more rock tracks like "The Mess" (fantastic b-side to the My Love single) Hi, Hi Hi, and Give Ireland Back to the Irish. And I love songs like Mama's Litte Girl, I Lie Around and Country Dreamer that were originally planned as part of a Double Album. Like everything with Paul, he writes so many songs that sometimes he doesn't know what's great from just average. By the way, didn't like "the Loop" either when he had much better songs for Red Rose. All in all, it is still a terrific album for the 1st 7 songs.
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
B J Conlee wrote:
Probably the funniest comment (and interesting!) was on the song Goodbye. Not sure whether it was Chris or Ryan who told this story.
A couple of years ago, Paul ran into a boat skipper who told him that his favorite song of Paul's was "Goodbye". Unbelievably, Paul said he didn't remember the song. That sounded really odd to me but I guess when you have written so many songs over 50 plus years it is possible. The boat skipper than sang bits of the song to Paul. At that point of course, Paul remembered it explaining that he really rushed "Goodbye" out as a quick follow-up to Mary Hopkin's huge hit (Those Were the Days) that Paul also produced. "Goodbye" was also a hit (not quite as big as Those Were the Days) in England, US etc. As the guys mentioned that after hearing how much the "boat skipper's" loved "Goodbye", it does have a"sailer's leaving the port" kind of theme to it. I agree with the guys that it is really Paul's demo that is the real gem here (even better than Mary's hit version). They and I love Paul's singing here and I only wish it was available in great quailty for the real fans. Because Paul wrote it in the late 60's (like 1968 or 1969) I included it in a 70's 2 disc Set for Paul to include in a "Lost and Forgotten" Deep Compilation Package. Besides Paul's vocal, his acoustic guitar on the demo is fantastic as well.
Paul forgetting one of his songs does bring up a subject that Yankeefan and I have been discussing over the last few years relative to Paul's setlists at his live shows. As we know, Paul tends to do the same songs (the big Beatle and Wings' hits) and we wonder how many examples of his good to great Solo songs that he might actually forget. This story about Goodbye was a great example. As I think I have mentioned a couple of times, Paul really needs a "musical director" for his live shows. Someone who can do new arrangements for his "lost" gems and show them to Paul. Maybe on some songs, Paul's 2018 voice would still be very suitable and give his shows more diversity and surprises for the real fans. As an Added bonus, the new songs would also bring about "new" comments from Paul instead of the same stories to the same songs that Paul always recites.
I was always hoping that members of his band would be his musical directors for live shows. I believe one of the band members got him to finally play "Too Many People" years ago. I am sure they probably know his songs better than the man himself. That being said, they can't probably push him too much because it is obvious McCartney is quite comfortable and happy with doing his current setlist with not many exciting changes IMO.
I always thougth that Wix would be the guy (Brian and Rusty seem to be very busy with their own writing) but I think you are right. Paul is too comfortable doing the same songs he can do in his sleep.
I'd like to see a producer like Giles Martin take many of Paul's "unknown" songs (unreleased and written for other artists) and convince Paul to do a "new" album of them. He has so many and this podcast proves it. Some of the British invasion type Paul songs that I only knew vaguely but now see their potential for new arrangements are:
*I'll Keep You Satisfied - I love this one!
*From a Window - ditto and love the bridge
*I Don't Want to See You Again - I forgot this one that Peter and Gordon did
*Like Dreamers Do
* Nobody I know - Another Peter and Gordon one
* Woman - the guys thought this was the best one of the group
Throw in some unreleased songs like On the Wings of a Nightingale, Goodbye, Yvonne, Waterspout etc. and you easily have an album.
And how about Paul forgetting he wrote Goodbye for Mary Hopkin. That blew my mind.
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I forgot to mention that if you go to the latest Podcast (Songs Paul Gave Away) Ryan and Chris have also added sample snippets of most of the songs they discuss here. Just click onto the Spotify and Apple recordings highlighted.
It was great listening to these songs. Besides the British Invasion type songs written primarily by Paul (Billy J. Kramer, Peter and Gordon etc.) , I liked hearing the Paul songs done by Female Artists like Cilla Black, Peggy Lee and most recently Diana Krall. My favorites from these artists are:
*Step Inside Love (Cilla Black) - also check out the demo version with Paul playing a great acoustic guitar.
*Let's Love (Peggy Lee) - love this jazzy interpretation by Ms. Lee
*If I Take You Home Tonight (Diana Krall) - Again I love the jazzy feel of this Paul song written during the Kisses sessions
Sadly both Cilla Black (2015) and Peggy Lee (2001) are deceased.
The Apple samples/snippets (longer than the Spotify ones) adds more songs written by George Harrison for artists like Billy Preston and Doris Troy. Doris Troy was very interesting to me. I never realized that Doris Troy was a Beatles' Apple artist. Sadly , Doris Troy also passed away I believe in 2014. I'm familiar with Doris Troy mainly because she wrote one of my alltime favorite songs...Just One Look. Personally, I'm getting married this December in Lakeland FL and we will surely have "Just One Look" among our dance songs at the wedding. It is a perfect Wedding song. Not surprising of course...we will be playing a few Beatle and Paul songs.
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B J Conlee wrote:
I forgot to mention that if you go to the latest Podcast (Songs Paul Gave Away) Ryan and Chris have also added sample snippets of most of the songs they discuss here. Just click onto the Spotify and Apple recordings highlighted.
It was great listening to these songs. Besides the British Invasion type songs written primarily by Paul (Billy J. Kramer, Peter and Gordon etc.) , I liked hearing the Paul songs done by Female Artists like Cilla Black, Peggy Lee and most recently Diana Krall. My favorites from these artists are:
*Step Inside Love (Cilla Black) - also check out the demo version with Paul playing a great acoustic guitar.
*Let's Love (Peggy Lee) - love this jazzy interpretation by Ms. Lee
*If I Take You Home Tonight (Diana Krall) - Again I love the jazzy feel of this Paul song written during the Kisses sessions
Sadly both Cilla Black (2015) and Peggy Lee (2001) are deceased.
The Apple samples/snippets (longer than the Spotify ones) adds more songs written by George Harrison for artists like Billy Preston and Doris Troy. Doris Troy was very interesting to me. I never realized that Doris Troy was a Beatles' Apple artist. Sadly , Doris Troy also passed away I believe in 2014. I'm familiar with Doris Troy mainly because she wrote one of my alltime favorite songs...Just One Look. Personally, I'm getting married this December in Lakeland FL and we will surely have "Just One Look" among our dance songs at the wedding. It is a perfect Wedding song. Not surprising of course...we will be playing a few Beatle and Paul songs.
Congrats to you, my friend! My first husband (father of my twins), who was/is a Beatles fan, and I had Here, There and Everywhere and My Love played on the piano prior to the ceremony. (Instrumental only) This was in 1981, so you will have many more solo Paul to choose from. Beautiful Night and Calico Skies would be my two top choices!
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Nancy R wrote:
B J Conlee wrote:
I forgot to mention that if you go to the latest Podcast (Songs Paul Gave Away) Ryan and Chris have also added sample snippets of most of the songs they discuss here. Just click onto the Spotify and Apple recordings highlighted.
It was great listening to these songs. Besides the British Invasion type songs written primarily by Paul (Billy J. Kramer, Peter and Gordon etc.) , I liked hearing the Paul songs done by Female Artists like Cilla Black, Peggy Lee and most recently Diana Krall. My favorites from these artists are:
*Step Inside Love (Cilla Black) - also check out the demo version with Paul playing a great acoustic guitar.
*Let's Love (Peggy Lee) - love this jazzy interpretation by Ms. Lee
*If I Take You Home Tonight (Diana Krall) - Again I love the jazzy feel of this Paul song written during the Kisses sessions
Sadly both Cilla Black (2015) and Peggy Lee (2001) are deceased.
The Apple samples/snippets (longer than the Spotify ones) adds more songs written by George Harrison for artists like Billy Preston and Doris Troy. Doris Troy was very interesting to me. I never realized that Doris Troy was a Beatles' Apple artist. Sadly , Doris Troy also passed away I believe in 2014. I'm familiar with Doris Troy mainly because she wrote one of my alltime favorite songs...Just One Look. Personally, I'm getting married this December in Lakeland FL and we will surely have "Just One Look" among our dance songs at the wedding. It is a perfect Wedding song. Not surprising of course...we will be playing a few Beatle and Paul songs.
Congrats to you, my friend! My first husband (father of my twins), who was/is a Beatles fan, and I had Here, There and Everywhere and My Love played on the piano prior to the ceremony. (Instrumental only) This was in 1981, so you will have many more solo Paul to choose from. Beautiful Night and Calico Skies would be my two top choices!
Thanks so much Nancy. Your choices of Beatles' songs at the wedding are superb. The ones I had on my list were:
*Twist and Shout (Beatles' version of course) - For a fast dancing number after dinner. There will be many older, boomer age people there and most people can easily dance the "twist"
* And I Love Her - good wedding song at any time of the wedding
* Here There and Everywhere - good background music either before dinner or during
* Blackbird - again good background music either before dinner or during
* Maybe I'm Amazed - slow song during the dancing segment (I like the studio version since it is not as long)
I like your choices especially:
*Calico Skies - could be a great one before the "entrance" or as background music during dinner. I've listened to the "Working Classical" version (instrumental) on YouTube and it is beautiful. Several people said in the comments that it is a great wedding melody
*Beautiful Night - another one that I didn't consider but it could be a terrific wedding song
* My Love (instrumental version from Working Classical) - yet another good choice.
If anyone else has any suggestions, please let me know.
PS "Just One Look" (Doris Troy) will definitely be played during the dancing segment and "At Last" (Etta James) is the song picked out by my fiance for the Bride and Groom Dance. I love that one too.
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Congrats BJ.
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oobu24 wrote:
Congrats BJ.
Thanks oobu24.
Got an email from Ryan Brady (one of the commentators for these Paul McCartney podcasts) but he wouldn't tell me the guests they have lined up for the next Podcast...Flaming Pie. We will just have to wait and see.
Ryan liked my idea of someone like Giles Martin producing a new album for Paul with new arrangements for the many "unknown" songs that Paul gave away. Maybe something like that could happen in a few years if Paul gets tired of being on the road.
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B J Conlee wrote:
oobu24 wrote:
Congrats BJ.
Thanks oobu24.
Got an email from Ryan Brady (one of the commentators for these Paul McCartney podcasts) but he wouldn't tell me the guests they have lined up for the next Podcast...Flaming Pie. We will just have to wait and see.
Ryan liked my idea of someone like Giles Martin producing a new album for Paul with new arrangements for the many "unknown" songs that Paul gave away. Maybe something like that could happen in a few years if Paul gets tired of being on the road.
Here are a couple versions of Paul's Celebration. Beautiful for a wedding.
Jose Carreras, " Celebration", by Paul McCartney
Lang Lang performs "Celebration" at the Gershwin Prize for Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney "Celebration" (soundcheck)
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oobu24 wrote:
B J Conlee wrote:
oobu24 wrote:
Congrats BJ.
Thanks oobu24.
Got an email from Ryan Brady (one of the commentators for these Paul McCartney podcasts) but he wouldn't tell me the guests they have lined up for the next Podcast...Flaming Pie. We will just have to wait and see.
Ryan liked my idea of someone like Giles Martin producing a new album for Paul with new arrangements for the many "unknown" songs that Paul gave away. Maybe something like that could happen in a few years if Paul gets tired of being on the road.
Here are a couple versions of Paul's Celebration. Beautiful for a wedding.
Jose Carreras, " Celebration", by Paul McCartney
Lang Lang performs "Celebration" at the Gershwin Prize for Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney "Celebration" (soundcheck)
Thanks OOBU24.
I have always loved that melody. Never thought of it necessarily for a wedding but now I do. It is so uplifting for a Wedding Celebration. I will have to show it to my fiance.
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While I'm waiting for Chris and Ryan's next podcast (Flaming Pie and their surprise special guests) I going to list a "preliminary" 90's 2 disc set for a future "Lost and Forgotten" Paul McCartney future compilation. I have already done an 80's and 70's 2 Disc set. I am primarily using research from Wikipedia and YouTube along with these Podcasts which have been very good.
Like the previous decades, the 90's have lots of "lost and forgotten" material. The Off the Ground Sessions were very fruitful for this kind of material alone. Besides all the "extra" material (unreleased, B-sides etc.) I found very good "live" material especially from Off the Ground and Run Devil Run that were actually better than the original studio albums. I also found some very good covers from Paul during the 90's. Here is my prelimary list:
90's 2 Disc Set for a future "Lost and Forgotten" Compilation
Disc 1
*1. Style, Style (B side and Disc 2 Off the Ground) better than several of the tracks on the original CD
* 2. Getting Out of My Way (Live Ed Sulivan theater Promotional show
* 3.. Hope of Deliverance - Live, Rare 1993 Version
* 4. C'mon People - "Single" Version
*5. I Can't Imagine - B-Side to C'mon People (another great extra Off the Ground track left off the original album
*6. Keep Coming Back to Love - B-side to C'mon People
*7.. Lone Leather Coat (B-side to Hope of Deliverance)
*8. Kicked Around No More - (great extra Off the Ground track left off the original album)
*9. Sweet, Sweet Memories - (great extra Off the Ground track left off the original album)
*10. I Owe it All to You (Live - the Ed Sullivan Theater promotional show) nice slide guitar work by Robbie and good harmonies from Hamish...better than original version
*11. Peace in the Neighborhood (Live 1993 Version) Shorter and better than the studio version; good harmonies from Paul and Hamish and Robbie's great solo guitar work at the end. You hardly hear the latter on the studio version
*12. Biker LIke an Icon - (Live 1993 Version) Much better thant the studio version; Paul's vocal here is terrific and Robbie's slide guitar is great
*13. Lover's That Never Were - Demo version with Paul and Elvis Costello
* 14. Mistress and Maid - LIve version with Paul and Elvis
* 15. Off the Ground - Live 1993 version from Mexico
*16. MIdnight Special - (Unplugged Version not on album) - Robbie's mandolin here is great
*17. Big Boys Bickering - another good track from the Off the Ground sessions
*18. All My Trials - tradional folk song put out as a Great Britain single in 1990
* 19. Golden Earth Girl
(Disc 2 to be continued)
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Disc 2 (90's Lost and Forgotten Future Compilation)
*1. Young Boy (single version or the Live Oprah Show- 1997)
*2. Beautiful Night (single version)
*3. Calico Skies (best live version; maybe the version that had the live orchestra)
*4. Same Love (B-side to Beautiful Night)
*5. Heaven on a Sunday
* 6. Broomstick (B side to Young Boy)
*7. Mama's Little Girl (B- Side to Put It There released in 1990)
*8. LIttle Willow
*9. Souvenir
*10. Love Come Tumbling Down (B-Side to Beautiful Night)
*11. Bring It on Home to Me (Sam Cooke) Rehearsal to Live show in 1993... Great vocals by Paul & Hamish and great guitar solo by Robbie
*12. Good Rocking Tonight (best live version available; first done on the MTV Unplugged performance
*13. Fabulous (extra track from Run Devil Run but not on proper album
*14. What It Is (Run Devil Run; best live track available)
*15. Honey Hush (Live; LA Peta Show)
*16. Brown Eyed Handsome Man (LIve; LA Peta Show)
*17. No Other Baby (Live; LA Peta Show)
*18. Try Not to Cry (LIve; LA Peta Show)
*19. Lonesome Town (Live; LA Peta Show)
*20. Run Devil Run (Live; LA Peta Show
* 21. Somedays (tribute to Linda)
As usual and expecially before the rest of the 90's will be completed by these Podcasts, I'm sure there are a few "lost and forgotten" 90's songs that I'm missing here. The point is that Paul easily has enough songs from each decade that would make a fabulous Compilation (2 Discs for each decade) for the "real" fans. What I also think would be great for the true fans is to have a package that avoids duplication from earlier Compilations (e. g. Pure McCartney) as much as possible. Several Flaming Pie and Off the Ground tracks are not included in the above list because they were part of the Pure McCartney Deluxe Compilation. The other thing that I think would be great for fans like me would be rare/live recordings from Paul albums (e.g. Off the Ground, Flaming Pie, Run Devil Run) rather than the exact recordings from the original studio albums. Like many big time fans like me, I already some of those albums already. My preferance would be the live, rare recording that are as good or even better. I have done that in these cases...Off the Ground, Flaming Pie and Run Devil Run. I think most of the ones I have included here are actually better and more exciting.
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BJ, too bad you aren’t in charge of what album compilations Paul releases! The funny thing is, if you wrote down every single song Paul has ever written and showed it to him, he probably wouldn’t remember at least a third of them!
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Thanks Nancy. And yes, I was shocked with the story of Paul forgetting the song "Goodbye". It was a "hit" back in the day that he wrote for Mary Hopkin. He also did a great demo of it that many fans (including Chris, Ryan and their guest on this podcast) thought was at least equally as good. With a story like that, it is not surprising to me that Paul's setlist stays as rigid as it has been particularly over the last 6-7 years. Paul just seems to play songs that he's comfortable playing. For the most part his additions are songs that he brings back from previous shows. To do songs that he has never, ever played before (especially Solo materieal) would be "work" for him especially if he doesn't leisurely play them for fun from time to time.
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Nancy R wrote:
BJ, too bad you aren’t in charge of what album compilations Paul releases! The funny thing is, if you wrote down every single song Paul has ever written and showed it to him, he probably wouldn’t remember at least a third of them!
Nancy, I think he would probably not remember two thirds of them especially when it comes to his solo songs.