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    Macca’s best 25 songs of the past 25 years

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    • Nancy R
      Nancy R last edited by

      https://beatlefansomethingnew.wordpress.com/2018/06/21/maccas-25-best-of-the-past-25-years/

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      • Kestrel
        Kestrel last edited by

        First off, I haven't visited that link as I didn't want to be influenced by someone elses listing.

        Also, I couldn't come up with a 25 but 10 cuts came easily to mind so I'll go with them.

        So in no particular order, my top 10 faves are:

        Somedays

        Heaven On A Sunday

        You Tell Me

        Queenie Eye

        Hosanna

        Scared

        How Kind Of You

        Riding To Vanity Fair

        This Never Happened Before

        A Certain Softness.

        Ok,I'll post this up and then go and visit that top 25 list and see how many of mine are on it. 

        -------------------

        Ok, there's a lot of lists on that site when I was only expecting one. 3 of my choices were on one persons top 25 but only 2 or 1 appeared in the other lists. At least one of my choices did appear on someone's top 25. 

        Wembley Empire Pool, London  (Wings) 21st October 1976.

        'Take It Away' video shoot Elstree studios, London 23rd June 1982.

        'Give My Regards To Broad Street' film premier, London 29th November 1984.

        Docklands Arena rehearsal concert, London 5th February 1993.

        Run Devil Run launch party, Equinox Club, London 30th September 1999.

        O2 Arena, London 22nd December 2009.

        O2 Arena, London 5th December 2011.

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        • LadyLeslie
          LadyLeslie last edited by

          It's so difficult to choose just 25 favorites, there's so many to like... I guess my favorites are every song I happen to hear, at the time I'm listening to them, lol

          But these songs are the ones I enjoy listening to the most, that are "non-Beatle" songs (not necessarily in order of preference):

          1. Silly Love Songs
          2. Maybe I'm Amazed
          3. Mrs. Vanderbilt
          4. Band on the Run
          5. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five
          6. Let Me Roll It
          7. Temporary Secretary
          8. Cosmically Conscious
          9. Beautiful Night
          10. Calico Skies
          11. My Love
          12. Queenie Eye
          13. New
          14. Appreciate
          15. Jazz Street (unreleased jam session)
          16. Arrow Through Me
          17. Uncle Albert / Hands Across the Water
          18. Come on to Me
          19. This One
          20. My Brave Face
          21. Coming Up
          22. Don't Say Goodnight
          23. Lovely Linda, with the flowers in her hair
          24. Somedays
          25  No more lonely nights

          Wichita, July 19, 2017 - sign read by Paul

          Macca, Makin' the world a little better since 1942

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          • Nancy R
            Nancy R last edited by

            LadyLeslie wrote:

            It's so difficult to choose just 25 favorites, there's so many to like... I guess my favorites are every song I happen to hear, at the time I'm listening to them, lol

            But these songs are the ones I enjoy listening to the most, that are "non-Beatle" songs (not necessarily in order of preference):

            1. Silly Love Songs
            2. Maybe I'm Amazed
            3. Mrs. Vanderbilt
            4. Band on the Run
            5. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five
            6. Let Me Roll It
            7. Temporary Secretary
            8. Cosmically Conscious
            9. Beautiful Night
            10. Calico Skies
            11. My Love
            12. Queenie Eye
            13. New
            14. Appreciate
            15. Jazz Street (unreleased jam session)
            16. Arrow Through Me
            17. Uncle Albert / Hands Across the Water
            18. Come on to Me
            19. This One
            20. My Brave Face
            21. Coming Up
            22. Don't Say Goodnight
            23. Lovely Linda, with the flowers in her hair
            24. Somedays
            25  No more lonely nights

            The songs are only supposed to be from the past 25 years (since 1993) so that leaves out Maybe I’m Amazed and a lot of the others you listed. Back to the drawing board! Lol!

            Omni, Atlanta, GA May 18, 1976, Feb. 17, 1990

            GA Dome, Atlanta, GA May 1, 1993

            Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA May 12, 2002

            FedEx Forum, Memphis, TN May 26, 2013

            Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA Oct. 15, 2014

            Infinite Energy Center, Duluth, GA July 13, 2017

            Bon Secours Arena, Greenville, SC May 30, 2019

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            • Nancy R
              Nancy R last edited by

              In no particular order, mine are Calico Skies, Little Willow, Somedays, Heaven On A Sunday, Beautiful Night, Appreciate, I Can Bet, Save Us, New, Alligator, Only Mama Knows, Lonesome Town, Jenny Wren, Young Boy and Come On To Me. ( I know that’s not 25, but I don’t think I have that many favorites from the last 25 years. If we added 1970-1992, it would be easy!)

              Omni, Atlanta, GA May 18, 1976, Feb. 17, 1990

              GA Dome, Atlanta, GA May 1, 1993

              Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA May 12, 2002

              FedEx Forum, Memphis, TN May 26, 2013

              Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA Oct. 15, 2014

              Infinite Energy Center, Duluth, GA July 13, 2017

              Bon Secours Arena, Greenville, SC May 30, 2019

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              • LadyLeslie
                LadyLeslie last edited by

                Nancy R wrote:

                LadyLeslie wrote:

                It's so difficult to choose just 25 favorites, there's so many to like... I guess my favorites are every song I happen to hear, at the time I'm listening to them, lol

                But these songs are the ones I enjoy listening to the most, that are "non-Beatle" songs (not necessarily in order of preference):

                1. Silly Love Songs
                2. Maybe I'm Amazed
                3. Mrs. Vanderbilt
                4. Band on the Run
                5. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five
                6. Let Me Roll It
                7. Temporary Secretary
                8. Cosmically Conscious
                9. Beautiful Night
                10. Calico Skies
                11. My Love
                12. Queenie Eye
                13. New
                14. Appreciate
                15. Jazz Street (unreleased jam session)
                16. Arrow Through Me
                17. Uncle Albert / Hands Across the Water
                18. Come on to Me
                19. This One
                20. My Brave Face
                21. Coming Up
                22. Don't Say Goodnight
                23. Lovely Linda, with the flowers in her hair
                24. Somedays
                25  No more lonely nights

                The songs are only supposed to be from the past 25 years (since 1993) so that leaves out Maybe I’m Amazed and a lot of the others you listed. Back to the drawing board! Lol!

                Oops! lol   Well, I guess I can just say, every song in "Flaming Pie," and "New" and the two latest singles "Come on to Me," and "I Don't Know." but I do like "Kisses on the Bottom " as well... I'm sure that all adds up to more than 25, lol

                Wichita, July 19, 2017 - sign read by Paul

                Macca, Makin' the world a little better since 1942

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                • Golden Earth Girl
                  Golden Earth Girl last edited by

                  Oooh fab to see mention of Golden Earth Girl! It's such an underated song! I don't agree that it brings Wanderlust to mind; it's closer to Warm and Beautiful, well, the piano intro is anyway! Glad New is there although I would have swapped Save Us with Queenie Eye.

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                  • SusyLuvsPaul
                    SusyLuvsPaul last edited by

                    "From a Lover to a Friend" is beautiful

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                    • Anthony B.
                      Anthony B. last edited by

                      Here's my list in chronological order. I stuck to songs from solo studio albums (nothing from side projects like "Electric Arguments", or "Ecce Cor Meum"), and no covers, only songs that he's written.

                      Off the Ground (1993)

                      1. Hope of Deliverance

                      2. Mistress and Maid

                      3. Golden Earth Girl

                      4. The Lovers That Never Were

                      Flaming Pie (1997)

                      5. The Song We Were Singing

                      6. Somedays

                      7. Calico Skies

                      8. Little Willow

                      9. Beautiful Night

                      Run Devil Run (1999)

                      10. Run Devil Run

                      Driving Rain (2001)

                      11. Lonely Road

                      12. About You

                      Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (2005)

                      13. Jenny Wren

                      14. At The Mercy

                      15. Too Much Rain

                      16. This Never Happened Before

                      Memory Almost Full (2007)

                      17. Ever Present Past

                      18. Only Mama Knows

                      19. You Tell Me

                      20. Mr. Bellamy

                      21. The End of the End

                      Kisses on the Bottom (2012)

                      22. Only Our Hearts

                      NEW (2013)

                      23. Alligator

                      24. Queenie Eye

                      25. New

                      Check out a cover of "Put It There" I did with my brother and our dad!

                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpfPEydYyxk

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                      • K
                        Kevin last edited by

                        Appreciate

                        Calico Skies

                        Early Days

                        English Tea

                        Fine Line

                        Follow Me

                        Friends to Go

                        Great Day

                        I Do

                        Jenny Wren

                        Little Willow

                        Mr. Bellamy

                        My Valentine

                        New

                        Promise to You Girl

                        Road

                        Sing the Changes

                        Somedays

                        The Song We Were Singing

                        This Never Happened Before

                        Vanilla Sky

                        Vintage Clothes/That Was Me/Feet in the Clouds

                        What It Is

                        Why So Blue?

                        Young Boy

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                        • Nancy R
                          Nancy R last edited by

                          Anthony B. wrote:

                          Here's my list in chronological order. I stuck to songs from solo studio albums (nothing from side projects like "Electric Arguments", or "Ecce Cor Meum"), and no covers, only songs that he's written.

                          Off the Ground (1993)

                          1. Hope of Deliverance

                          2. Mistress and Maid

                          3. Golden Earth Girl

                          4. The Lovers That Never Were

                          Flaming Pie (1997)

                          5. The Song We Were Singing

                          6. Somedays

                          7. Calico Skies

                          8. Little Willow

                          9. Beautiful Night

                          Run Devil Run (1999)

                          10. Run Devil Run

                          Driving Rain (2001)

                          11. Lonely Road

                          12. About You

                          Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (2005)

                          13. Jenny Wren

                          14. At The Mercy

                          15. Too Much Rain

                          16. This Never Happened Before

                          Memory Almost Full (2007)

                          17. Ever Present Past

                          18. Only Mama Knows

                          19. You Tell Me

                          20. Mr. Bellamy

                          21. The End of the End

                          Kisses on the Bottom (2012)

                          22. Only Our Hearts

                          NEW (2013)

                          23. Alligator

                          24. Queenie Eye

                          25. New

                          Good list!

                          Omni, Atlanta, GA May 18, 1976, Feb. 17, 1990

                          GA Dome, Atlanta, GA May 1, 1993

                          Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA May 12, 2002

                          FedEx Forum, Memphis, TN May 26, 2013

                          Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA Oct. 15, 2014

                          Infinite Energy Center, Duluth, GA July 13, 2017

                          Bon Secours Arena, Greenville, SC May 30, 2019

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                          • B
                            B J Conlee last edited by

                            Anthony B. wrote:

                            Here's my list in chronological order. I stuck to songs from solo studio albums (nothing from side projects like "Electric Arguments", or "Ecce Cor Meum"), and no covers, only songs that he's written.

                            Off the Ground (1993)

                            1. Hope of Deliverance

                            2. Mistress and Maid

                            3. Golden Earth Girl

                            4. The Lovers That Never Were

                            Flaming Pie (1997)

                            5. The Song We Were Singing

                            6. Somedays

                            7. Calico Skies

                            8. Little Willow

                            9. Beautiful Night

                            Run Devil Run (1999)

                            10. Run Devil Run

                            Driving Rain (2001)

                            11. Lonely Road

                            12. About You

                            Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (2005)

                            13. Jenny Wren

                            14. At The Mercy

                            15. Too Much Rain

                            16. This Never Happened Before

                            Memory Almost Full (2007)

                            17. Ever Present Past

                            18. Only Mama Knows

                            19. You Tell Me

                            20. Mr. Bellamy

                            21. The End of the End

                            Kisses on the Bottom (2012)

                            22. Only Our Hearts

                            NEW (2013)

                            23. Alligator

                            24. Queenie Eye

                            25. New

                            Anthony,

                            Good to see you back here.  Like your list a lot.  "Only Our Hearts" is a really good "forgotten" one so I'm glad you included it.  One addition I would have to make is "Early Days" which I love.

                            PS As always, I love your version of "Put It There".

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                            • B
                              B J Conlee last edited by

                              Kevin wrote:

                              Appreciate

                              Calico Skies

                              Early Days

                              English Tea

                              Fine Line

                              Follow Me

                              Friends to Go

                              Great Day

                              I Do

                              Jenny Wren

                              Little Willow

                              Mr. Bellamy

                              My Valentine

                              New

                              Promise to You Girl

                              Road

                              Sing the Changes

                              Somedays

                              The Song We Were Singing

                              This Never Happened Before

                              Vanilla Sky

                              Vintage Clothes/That Was Me/Feet in the Clouds

                              What It Is

                              Why So Blue?

                              Young Boy

                              Kevin,

                              Another good list.  I see you went as far as to do it in alphabetical order.  I love "Why So Blue" that didn't even make the final cut for Chaos and Creation.

                              These lists just show how many good to great songs Macca has written since the early 90's.  And we haven't touched the surface if you include more B-sides, Unreleased songs like "Why So Blue".

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                              • Anthony B.
                                Anthony B. last edited by

                                B J Conlee wrote:

                                Anthony B. wrote:

                                Here's my list in chronological order. I stuck to songs from solo studio albums (nothing from side projects like "Electric Arguments", or "Ecce Cor Meum"), and no covers, only songs that he's written.

                                Off the Ground (1993)

                                1. Hope of Deliverance

                                2. Mistress and Maid

                                3. Golden Earth Girl

                                4. The Lovers That Never Were

                                Flaming Pie (1997)

                                5. The Song We Were Singing

                                6. Somedays

                                7. Calico Skies

                                8. Little Willow

                                9. Beautiful Night

                                Run Devil Run (1999)

                                10. Run Devil Run

                                Driving Rain (2001)

                                11. Lonely Road

                                12. About You

                                Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (2005)

                                13. Jenny Wren

                                14. At The Mercy

                                15. Too Much Rain

                                16. This Never Happened Before

                                Memory Almost Full (2007)

                                17. Ever Present Past

                                18. Only Mama Knows

                                19. You Tell Me

                                20. Mr. Bellamy

                                21. The End of the End

                                Kisses on the Bottom (2012)

                                22. Only Our Hearts

                                NEW (2013)

                                23. Alligator

                                24. Queenie Eye

                                25. New

                                Anthony,

                                Good to see you back here.  Like your list a lot.  "Only Our Hearts" is a really good "forgotten" one so I'm glad you included it.  One addition I would have to make is "Early Days" which I love.

                                PS As always, I love your version of "Put It There".

                                BJ,

                                Thanks! Yeah, I always felt "Only Our Hearts" was an overlooked gem, I love that song. "Early Days" is a great one too, although I always felt that he should have gone with his initial thoughts in regards to going back and recording a "proper", more polished vocal for it - the song deserved it. Thanks again for the kind words, very much appreciated!

                                Check out a cover of "Put It There" I did with my brother and our dad!

                                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpfPEydYyxk

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