EGYPT STATION
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oobu24 wrote:
Jock Tamson wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
Another version to buy!
https://shop.paulmccartney.com/us_en/egypt-station-spotify-exclusive-vinyl.html
Is there a way to buy this in the UK.? I don’t use Spotify but I’d like to get this.
I believe this is what you can use.
Thank you so much Nancy! Great bit of detective work. Now ordered. There’s no link to the Spotify green vinyl version from the Egyptstation.co.uk site - only a link to the other coloured vinyl version which shows as sold out.
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B J Conlee wrote:
oobu24 wrote:
Another review found on another Macca site:
http://www.themortonreport.com/entertainment/music/music-review-paul-mccartney-egypt-station/
Thanks again oobu24. This review by critic, Chaz Lipp, is the best one so far in my opinion. I say this because he doesn't appear to be a Paul fan boy at all but appreciates the all out talent and full career of McCartney...especially his later career since Flaming Pie. Some music critics feel the opposite and always bring Paul's career almost exclusively to his Beatle years. In fact one thing that was great about this review is that Mr. Lipp doesn't bring up any Beatle songs or John Lennon at all.
As far as Egypt Station, Mr. Lipp is quite positive calling it "another keeper among McCartney's string of superbly crafter late period albums."
Another great thing in this review, is that Mr. Lipp gives you an abundance amount of information on almost all the songs (at least as much as you can in a typical musicreview). I had never seen the "times" of each song and we found out here that the 2 intstrumentals (1st and last tracks on the proper album) are each under 1 minute. In general, I think that is probably good.
For people especially on this board (including me), we might find comfort in the fact that Mr. Lipp thinks Come On To Me and Fuh You (especailly the latter) are the weakest songs on the album. I'm paraphrasing but that is the feeling I get from this review and it is definitely true on Fuh You. He calls this song a bald faced stab at contemporay pop music and seems out of place with its "annoyingly now" sound. Mr. Lipp goes on to say that Macca sounds more at home everywhere else on the album. He calls Fuh You a minor detour but he admits it is catchy. Sounds like several here who have said the same thing.
It is obvious to me that he likes many of the other songs much better than Fuh You and Come On To Me.
Tracks Mr. Lipp really likes or loves:
*Confidante - Macca is totally unaccompanied on this one
* Happy With You - He really likes this one too
*Peope Want Peace - initially he found it a tad cringeworthy but he loves the arrangement
*Dominoes - he called this one the most instantly classic McCartney songs on the album
*Who Cares - terrific rocker with his full band
*Back in Brazil - mid tempo Latinish song and one of the most adventurous on the album
*Despite Repeated Warnings - likes the fact that the lyrics that could stand up in practicallly any political era
* Hand in Hand - very nice ballad and mentions that he still delivers a fine vocal
* Caesar Rock - Another rocker where he says Paul vocally still gives a roar with considerable authority
The reviewer specifically talks about Paul's vocals on Egypt Station. He feels that his singing is on par with what we have heard on his more recent albums and emphasizes that he is 76 years old.
All in all (except for Fuh You) I get the feeling he really likes Egypt Station. Even if I end up not liking Fuh You as a whole, I like the fact that it is only 3 minutes.
That was a great freaking review, full of Information and he mentioned the quality of McCartney albums the last 15-20 years. It appears to me, McCartney can very easily do 5-6 songs off this album on his tour and it would be great. In addition to the released singles, sounds like he can rock out with "Who Cares" and "Ceasar Rock". I think it will probably be a no brainer that "Confidante" is part of the acoustic set. Getting more excited about this album coming out.
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Jock Tamson wrote:
oobu24 wrote:
Jock Tamson wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
Another version to buy!
https://shop.paulmccartney.com/us_en/egypt-station-spotify-exclusive-vinyl.html
Is there a way to buy this in the UK.? I don’t use Spotify but I’d like to get this.
I believe this is what you can use.
Thank you so much Nancy! Great bit of detective work. Now ordered. There’s no link to the Spotify green vinyl version from the Egyptstation.co.uk site - only a link to the other coloured vinyl version which shows as sold out.
Not Nancy but you are welcome.
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I can't share specifics, but a European musician who posts on another site has shared his personal impressions of a number of tracks from a private listening session he recently attended (he's been sworn to secrecy so he only shared them privately with a few of us, so alas, I can't provide a link). This is a person who's pre-release impressions of "New" were quite accurate, so I tend to trust him. I'll just say he makes a number of tunes sound a lot more interesting than most of what we've heard so far, including one called "Dominoes" as well as "Despite Repeated Warnings." Based on his impressions I'm really intrigued. I don't think I'll like everything on it, but I suspect there will be at least a few tracks I love.
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Jock Tamson wrote:
oobu24 wrote:
Jock Tamson wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
Another version to buy!
https://shop.paulmccartney.com/us_en/egypt-station-spotify-exclusive-vinyl.html
Is there a way to buy this in the UK.? I don’t use Spotify but I’d like to get this.
I believe this is what you can use.
Thank you so much Nancy! Great bit of detective work. Now ordered. There’s no link to the Spotify green vinyl version from the Egyptstation.co.uk site - only a link to the other coloured vinyl version which shows as sold out.
Thank oobu24 for finding the link where you can buy in $, £ or €!
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Just read a copy of the new Q magazine and Egypt Station gets a very encouraging 4* with the heading stating that "Macca is on vintage form!" It singles out "Dominoes" "Despite Repeated Warnings" and "I Don't Know" as the standout tracks but has special mentions for "Confidante" "Hand in Hand" "Do it Now" and "Happy With You"
This has really got me excited about the album now!
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mike.woodruff_53961 wrote:
Just read a copy of the new Q magazine and Egypt Station gets a very encouraging 4* with the heading stating that "Macca is on vintage form!" It singles out "Dominoes" "Despite Repeated Warnings" and "I Don't Know" as the standout tracks but has special mentions for "Confidante" "Hand in Hand" "Do it Now" and "Happy With You"
This has really got me excited about the album now!
Sounds great and all available reviews have been very positive, still waiting on Rolling Stone which to me is kind of like Broadway show waiting for review from the NY Times.
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
mike.woodruff_53961 wrote:
Just read a copy of the new Q magazine and Egypt Station gets a very encouraging 4* with the heading stating that "Macca is on vintage form!" It singles out "Dominoes" "Despite Repeated Warnings" and "I Don't Know" as the standout tracks but has special mentions for "Confidante" "Hand in Hand" "Do it Now" and "Happy With You"
This has really got me excited about the album now!
Sounds great and all available reviews have been very positive, still waiting on Rolling Stone which to me is kind of like Broadway show waiting for review from the NY Times.
I feel the same...Rolling Stone is still the main one I'm waiting for. I wonder who at RS decides which music reviewer gets that task. I'm just hoping whoever it is, he/she is fair.
Since we are only 10 days away, I'm a little surprised we haven't got more reviews at this point. Maybe I'm just being impatient because I can't wait to get my hands on Egypt Station. Looking also for the review from Jim Fusilli, the pop-rock reviewer from Wall Street Journal. He usually is very fair with McCartney. Yesterday at my local supermarket, I also looked at the latest People Magazine issue (with Aretha Franklin on the cover) but no Egypt Station review yet. We will probably get a ton of reviews next week.
I'm sure there will be a quite a few critics that will take a real shot at "Fuh You". As Mr. Lipp (one of the first detailed reviews we've seen) pointed out, it is a "minor detour" and the only song where Paul doesn't seem at home. I'm expecting much more negativity on "Fuh You" and possibly "Come On To Me".
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
B J Conlee wrote:
oobu24 wrote:
Another review found on another Macca site:
http://www.themortonreport.com/entertainment/music/music-review-paul-mccartney-egypt-station/
Thanks again oobu24. This review by critic, Chaz Lipp, is the best one so far in my opinion. I say this because he doesn't appear to be a Paul fan boy at all but appreciates the all out talent and full career of McCartney...especially his later career since Flaming Pie. Some music critics feel the opposite and always bring Paul's career almost exclusively to his Beatle years. In fact one thing that was great about this review is that Mr. Lipp doesn't bring up any Beatle songs or John Lennon at all.
As far as Egypt Station, Mr. Lipp is quite positive calling it "another keeper among McCartney's string of superbly crafter late period albums."
Another great thing in this review, is that Mr. Lipp gives you an abundance amount of information on almost all the songs (at least as much as you can in a typical musicreview). I had never seen the "times" of each song and we found out here that the 2 intstrumentals (1st and last tracks on the proper album) are each under 1 minute. In general, I think that is probably good.
For people especially on this board (including me), we might find comfort in the fact that Mr. Lipp thinks Come On To Me and Fuh You (especailly the latter) are the weakest songs on the album. I'm paraphrasing but that is the feeling I get from this review and it is definitely true on Fuh You. He calls this song a bald faced stab at contemporay pop music and seems out of place with its "annoyingly now" sound. Mr. Lipp goes on to say that Macca sounds more at home everywhere else on the album. He calls Fuh You a minor detour but he admits it is catchy. Sounds like several here who have said the same thing.
It is obvious to me that he likes many of the other songs much better than Fuh You and Come On To Me.
Tracks Mr. Lipp really likes or loves:
*Confidante - Macca is totally unaccompanied on this one
* Happy With You - He really likes this one too
*Peope Want Peace - initially he found it a tagemend cringeworthy but he loves the arrant
*Dominoes - he called this one the most instantly classic McCartney songs on the album
*Who Cares - terrific rocker with his full band
*Back in Brazil - mid tempo Latinish song and one of the most adventurous on the album
*Despite Repeated Warnings - likes the fact that the lyrics that could stand up in practicallly any political era
* Hand in Hand - very nice ballad and mentions that he still delivers a fine vocal
* Caesar Rock - Another rocker where he says Paul vocally still gives a roar with considerable authority
The reviewer specifically talks about Paul's vocals on Egypt Station. He feels that his singing is on par with what we have heard on his more recent albums and emphasizes that he is 76 years old.
All in all (except for Fuh You) I get the feeling he really likes Egypt Station. Even if I end up not liking Fuh You as a whole, I like the fact that it is only 3 minutes.
That was a great freaking review, full of Information and he mentioned the quality of McCartney albums the last 15-20 years. It appears to me, McCartney can very easily do 5-6 songs off this album on his tour and it would be great. In addition to the released singles, sounds like he can rock out with "Who Cares" and "Ceasar Rock". I think it will probably be a no brainer that "Confidante" is part of the acoustic set. Getting more excited about this album coming out.
Regarding People Want Peace, I believe his initial feeling about it....going by title only...was that it was going to be another people-want-peace-in-the world-song. Paul has done several of those. Once he realized it was about inner peace, that altered his opinion.
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B J Conlee wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
mike.woodruff_53961 wrote:
Just read a copy of the new Q magazine and Egypt Station gets a very encouraging 4* with the heading stating that "Macca is on vintage form!" It singles out "Dominoes" "Despite Repeated Warnings" and "I Don't Know" as the standout tracks but has special mentions for "Confidante" "Hand in Hand" "Do it Now" and "Happy With You"
This has really got me excited about the album now!
Sounds great and all available reviews have been very positive, still waiting on Rolling Stone which to me is kind of like Broadway show waiting for review from the NY Times.
I feel the same...Rolling Stone is still the main one I'm waiting for. I wonder who at RS decides which music reviewer gets that task. I'm just hoping whoever it is, he/she is fair.
Since we are only 10 days away, I'm a little surprised we haven't got more reviews at this point. Maybe I'm just being impatient because I can't wait to get my hands on Egypt Station. Looking also for the review from Jim Fusilli, the pop-rock reviewer from Wall Street Journal. He usually is very fair with McCartney. Yesterday at my local supermarket, I also looked at the latest People Magazine issue (with Aretha Franklin on the cover) but no Egypt Station review yet. We will probably get a ton of reviews next week.
I'm sure there will be a quite a few critics that will take a real shot at "Fuh You". As Mr. Lipp (one of the first detailed reviews we've seen) pointed out, it is a "minor detour" and the only song where Paul doesn't seem at home. I'm expecting much more negativity on "Fuh You" and possibly "Come On To Me".
I believe if Paul had officialy named it "For You" and then sung it just the way he does, it would be looked at differently. It could be seen as a more tongue-in-cheek bit of cleverness, not subjected to the more obvious meaning which is ripe for criticism....Paul being his age and all. "Come On To Me" really needs a bridge and to be a bit shorter since he just repeats the same thing over and over....
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Anticipation is really intensifying to almost a fevered pitch on the Net, at least on the Beatles and McCartney related sites, to the upcoming (soon) release of "Egypt Station" as it should; it's been five years since his album "New" and this is, after all, Paul McCartney. I'm wondering if he'll have an intriguing music video featuring his colorful, unique art work, for each or a lot of the new album's songs. I sure enjoy his video for "Fuh You" with the ethnic ladies holding the moon on a string (and sometimes dropping it!) and one is holding a wooden basket of fruit, a green alligator is beside one, and other animals are in the vid all a painting he did, cleverly animated. I'd love more of those.
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Beatles4Ever&Ever wrote:
B J Conlee wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
mike.woodruff_53961 wrote:
Just read a copy of the new Q magazine and Egypt Station gets a very encouraging 4* with the heading stating that "Macca is on vintage form!" It singles out "Dominoes" "Despite Repeated Warnings" and "I Don't Know" as the standout tracks but has special mentions for "Confidante" "Hand in Hand" "Do it Now" and "Happy With You"
This has really got me excited about the album now!
Sounds great and all available reviews have been very positive, still waiting on Rolling Stone which to me is kind of like Broadway show waiting for review from the NY Times.
I feel the same...Rolling Stone is still the main one I'm waiting for. I wonder who at RS decides which music reviewer gets that task. I'm just hoping whoever it is, he/she is fair.
Since we are only 10 days away, I'm a little surprised we haven't got more reviews at this point. Maybe I'm just being impatient because I can't wait to get my hands on Egypt Station. Looking also for the review from Jim Fusilli, the pop-rock reviewer from Wall Street Journal. He usually is very fair with McCartney. Yesterday at my local supermarket, I also looked at the latest People Magazine issue (with Aretha Franklin on the cover) but no Egypt Station review yet. We will probably get a ton of reviews next week.
I'm sure there will be a quite a few critics that will take a real shot at "Fuh You". As Mr. Lipp (one of the first detailed reviews we've seen) pointed out, it is a "minor detour" and the only song where Paul doesn't seem at home. I'm expecting much more negativity on "Fuh You" and possibly "Come On To Me".
I believe if Paul had officialy named it "For You" and then sung it just the way he does, it would be looked at differently. It could be seen as a more tongue-in-cheek bit of cleverness, not subjected to the more obvious meaning which is ripe for criticism....Paul being his age and all. "Come On To Me" really needs a bridge and to be a bit shorter since he just repeats the same thing over and over....
"Come On To Me" is one thing you can partially blame a producer for letting song drag on with McCartney repeating the same thing over and over. Once again I will say, Nigel Godrich did not allow that type of thing to happen on CHAOS and it shows why it was a very good album with no clunkers. I am willing to bet Nigel would have told McCartney not to include "Fuh You" on an album that he produced every other song and did not fit on the album. I actually like "Fuh You" but after reading reviews of the album, it is probably going to stick out like a sore thumb.
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“Stick out like a sore thumb.” An apt simile!
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Beatles4Ever&Ever wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
B J Conlee wrote:
oobu24 wrote:
Another review found on another Macca site:
http://www.themortonreport.com/entertainment/music/music-review-paul-mccartney-egypt-station/
Thanks again oobu24. This review by critic, Chaz Lipp, is the best one so far in my opinion. I say this because he doesn't appear to be a Paul fan boy at all but appreciates the all out talent and full career of McCartney...especially his later career since Flaming Pie. Some music critics feel the opposite and always bring Paul's career almost exclusively to his Beatle years. In fact one thing that was great about this review is that Mr. Lipp doesn't bring up any Beatle songs or John Lennon at all.
As far as Egypt Station, Mr. Lipp is quite positive calling it "another keeper among McCartney's string of superbly crafter late period albums."
Another great thing in this review, is that Mr. Lipp gives you an abundance amount of information on almost all the songs (at least as much as you can in a typical musicreview). I had never seen the "times" of each song and we found out here that the 2 intstrumentals (1st and last tracks on the proper album) are each under 1 minute. In general, I think that is probably good.
For people especially on this board (including me), we might find comfort in the fact that Mr. Lipp thinks Come On To Me and Fuh You (especailly the latter) are the weakest songs on the album. I'm paraphrasing but that is the feeling I get from this review and it is definitely true on Fuh You. He calls this song a bald faced stab at contemporay pop music and seems out of place with its "annoyingly now" sound. Mr. Lipp goes on to say that Macca sounds more at home everywhere else on the album. He calls Fuh You a minor detour but he admits it is catchy. Sounds like several here who have said the same thing.
It is obvious to me that he likes many of the other songs much better than Fuh You and Come On To Me.
Tracks Mr. Lipp really likes or loves:
*Confidante - Macca is totally unaccompanied on this one
* Happy With You - He really likes this one too
*Peope Want Peace - initially he found it a tagemend cringeworthy but he loves the arrant
*Dominoes - he called this one the most instantly classic McCartney songs on the album
*Who Cares - terrific rocker with his full band
*Back in Brazil - mid tempo Latinish song and one of the most adventurous on the album
*Despite Repeated Warnings - likes the fact that the lyrics that could stand up in practicallly any political era
* Hand in Hand - very nice ballad and mentions that he still delivers a fine vocal
* Caesar Rock - Another rocker where he says Paul vocally still gives a roar with considerable authority
The reviewer specifically talks about Paul's vocals on Egypt Station. He feels that his singing is on par with what we have heard on his more recent albums and emphasizes that he is 76 years old.
All in all (except for Fuh You) I get the feeling he really likes Egypt Station. Even if I end up not liking Fuh You as a whole, I like the fact that it is only 3 minutes.
That was a great freaking review, full of Information and he mentioned the quality of McCartney albums the last 15-20 years. It appears to me, McCartney can very easily do 5-6 songs off this album on his tour and it would be great. In addition to the released singles, sounds like he can rock out with "Who Cares" and "Ceasar Rock". I think it will probably be a no brainer that "Confidante" is part of the acoustic set. Getting more excited about this album coming out.
Regarding People Want Peace, I believe his initial feeling about it....going by title only...was that it was going to be another people-want-peace-in-the world-song. Paul has done several of those. Once he realized it was about inner peace, that altered his opinion.
Great Post Beatles4Ever.
Regarding "People Want Peace" I think you nailed it relative to what Mr. Lipp was trying to say about the song. I was rushing trying to get out the door this morning (you can see by my typos)but upon rereading the review, I think you are absolutely right.
He even mentions 2 songs in particular...Pipes of Peace and Peace in the Neighborhood. It makes total sense that Mr. Lipp was anticipating from the title that Paul would be using similar types of "universal"peace lyrics (he mentions cringe worthy!) and he did change his mind upon finding out that Paul was taking a different path to "inner peace". He also mentions that he loves the arrangement. Hopefully, another track we will really like.
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
Beatles4Ever&Ever wrote:
B J Conlee wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
mike.woodruff_53961 wrote:
Just read a copy of the new Q magazine and Egypt Station gets a very encouraging 4* with the heading stating that "Macca is on vintage form!" It singles out "Dominoes" "Despite Repeated Warnings" and "I Don't Know" as the standout tracks but has special mentions for "Confidante" "Hand in Hand" "Do it Now" and "Happy With You"
This has really got me excited about the album now!
Sounds great and all available reviews have been very positive, still waiting on Rolling Stone which to me is kind of like Broadway show waiting for review from the NY Times.
I feel the same...Rolling Stone is still the main one I'm waiting for. I wonder who at RS decides which music reviewer gets that task. I'm just hoping whoever it is, he/she is fair.
Since we are only 10 days away, I'm a little surprised we haven't got more reviews at this point. Maybe I'm just being impatient because I can't wait to get my hands on Egypt Station. Looking also for the review from Jim Fusilli, the pop-rock reviewer from Wall Street Journal. He usually is very fair with McCartney. Yesterday at my local supermarket, I also looked at the latest People Magazine issue (with Aretha Franklin on the cover) but no Egypt Station review yet. We will probably get a ton of reviews next week.
I'm sure there will be a quite a few critics that will take a real shot at "Fuh You". As Mr. Lipp (one of the first detailed reviews we've seen) pointed out, it is a "minor detour" and the only song where Paul doesn't seem at home. I'm expecting much more negativity on "Fuh You" and possibly "Come On To Me".
I believe if Paul had officialy named it "For You" and then sung it just the way he does, it would be looked at differently. It could be seen as a more tongue-in-cheek bit of cleverness, not subjected to the more obvious meaning which is ripe for criticism....Paul being his age and all. "Come On To Me" really needs a bridge and to be a bit shorter since he just repeats the same thing over and over....
"Come On To Me" is one thing you can partially blame a producer for letting song drag on with McCartney repeating the same thing over and over. Once again I will say, Nigel Godrich did not allow that type of thing to happen on CHAOS and it shows why it was a very good album with no clunkers. I am willing to bet Nigel would have told McCartney not to include "Fuh You" on an album that he produced every other song and did not fit on the album. I actually like "Fuh You" but after reading reviews of the album, it is probably going to stick out like a sore thumb.
While we haven't heard Egypt Station yet, I have a strong feeling that you both are right and they might possibly be the 2 clunkers on the album. Not the first time that Macca worked too hard on a "single" to promote an album and it works out to be one of the worse songs on the album...think Press on Press to Play. Actually if all the other tracks (12 not counting the beginning and ending instrumentals) are between good and very good and far more McCartneyesque, I will be thrilled.
When the bigger reviews hit in a few days, I will be very surprised if some of them will crucify "Fuh You" for all the reasons we have seen (here and in many comments on the internet). I'm just hoping that the song doesn't detrack from the overall review/grade of Egypt Station particularly if the other songs are as positive as these early reviews are saying. Sometimes one or two inferior/bad songs in the review can overcome the quality of the whole album. I hope that doesn't happen.
As far as "Come On To Me", I have more hope about the overall track as not being a clunker to the whole album. Like "Fuh You", this is also another example Paul trying to be "modern". It is so obvious on "Fuh You" that it does really stick out like a sore thumb. I have a little more optimism for "Come On To Me". While I agree with you on the overly repetitiveness of the track, I do like the overall production. After a few repeat listens, the song to my ears does have a bridge. It is subtle, but when the horns come in "solo" midway in the song, it does act like a bridge that makes it less repetitive. I really like the horns too. As far as the rest of the song, I like the way the different instruments meld toward the end of the song and especially into the "Yes I Will" parts. You distinctively hear that glorious bass, piano, guitar and horn parts along with Paul's 2 part vocals blending so well together.
Now I have only heard "Come On To Me" 6 or 8 times at this point. Once I hear the song as part of the album, it just may be too repetitious where I start to skip it... but I'm hoping that I like the music part so much that I find it to be a good album cut. It is a tad long but at a little over 4 minutes, I'm hoping that as one reviewer said, it doesn't overstay its welcome. We will see of course.
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Fuh You and Come On To Me are Paul being playful, funny, cheeky and not meant to be taken so seriously as many are doing, and will probably prove to add to the album's McCartneyesque diversity and eclectic nature in an amusing way. Perhaps they're situated in brilliant places on the album to do that. "Fuh You" features some Beatlesque art rock swirls and flourishes towards the end that give the light hearted ditty more texture and depth musically, and more meaning, memories and history. This song has garnered a lot of attention and speculation, which perhaps intensifies the spotlight on the upcoming release, heightens the anticipation. I don't think these two companion piece songs, each rather naughty and saucy, are "duds" as some charge. "Despite Repeated Warnings" will be a heavy message contrast to these two. One reviewer calls it a veiled rebuke to Donald Trump, and another says it's about Brexit. Maybe it touches on both, indirectly, poetically. It sounds like an interesting, provocative protest song from the master (well, actually, Bob Dylan is the master of those) and one wonders if it will prove more substantial and hefty than "Freedom" and "Hope of Deliverance" in sound and lyrics. While not as sometimes lugubrious as "House of Wax" and not as long drawn out seeming. "Confidante" sounds like it will be quite touching. Many different emotions might be elicited by songs in "Egypt Station."
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SusyLuvsPaul wrote:
Fuh You and Come On To Me are Paul being playful, funny, cheeky and not meant to be taken so seriously as many are doing, and will probably prove to add to the album's McCartneyesque diversity and eclectic nature in an amusing way. Perhaps they're situated in brilliant places on the album to do that. "Fuh You" features some Beatlesque art rock swirls and flourishes towards the end that give the light hearted ditty more texture and depth musically, and more meaning, memories and history. This song has garnered a lot of attention and speculation, which perhaps intensifies the spotlight on the upcoming release, heightens the anticipation. I don't think these two companion piece songs, each rather naughty and saucy, are "duds" as some charge. "Despite Repeated Warnings" will be a heavy message contrast to these two. One reviewer calls it a veiled rebuke to Donald Trump, and another says it's about Brexit. Maybe it touches on both, indirectly, poetically. It sounds like an interesting, provocative protest song from the master (well, actually, Bob Dylan is the master of those) and one wonders if it will prove more substantial and hefty than "Freedom" and "Hope of Deliverance" in sound and lyrics. While not as sometimes lugubrious as "House of Wax" and not as long drawn out seeming. "Confidante" sounds like it will be quite touching. Many different emotions might be elicited by songs in "Egypt Station."
Good Thoughtful Post Susy.
I can only speak for myself, but it's not that the 2 Egypt Station "singles" in question (Fuh You and Come On To Me) are bad, terrible songs in themselves. When it comes to an album, "production" is very important. From what I've heard from these songs on Sirius Radio or Youtube, my concern (once I actually hear the album in full) is how they will "fit" with the rest of the album.
My concern is also far more on "Fuh You". Paul uses a totally different producer on this track than all the other songs on Egypt Station. On top of that, this producer (Ryan Tedder) is pretty much a "now" producer with his reputation based on providing today's Top 40 type music or today's hits. In other words, here today and gone tomorrow type stuff. Judging by one of the latest detailed reviews (The Morton Report, Chazz Lipp) "Fuh You" is the one song in Mr. Lipp's opinion that is totally out of place with the rest of the songs. Now this is a reviewer that likes Paul McCartney and especially his latter period music (from Flaming Pie on). You rarely get that from many of today's music reviewers. They will talk about Paul from his Beatle days and maybe Wings' 70's hits. Mr. Lipp actually references "Peace in the Neighborhood" in this review so that told me a lot. You rarely see reviewers reference a deep Macca Solo album cut. While you could tell that Mr. Lipp didn't care for "Fuh You" he does give the song some credit for being catchy. He doesn't kill the song being on Egypt Station but calls it a "minor detour"off the general tightness of all the other songs. We will see how other reviewers rate Egypt Station in the coming days and weeks. My prediction is that many won't be nearly as kind.
As I said, by itself, Fuh You is not a terrible song for what it is. But Paul's reputation as a songwriter is for writing very Beatlesque or Wings style songs and this is as far from this (mostly from a "production" point of view) as you can get. Beatleque does not mean that there is an absense of diversity. All the Beatles (especially Paul) had a great deal of diversity in their songs and albums. And George Martin (the 5th Beatle) deserves a lot of credit too. I love Paul's diversity also in his Solo songs. Besides his ballads, many of Paul's songs have a fusion of rock, soul, R&B, jazz, country etc etc.
While "Fuh You" has some of the things you mention (playful, funny, cheeky), the production doesn't sound like a Paul song. It frankly sounds like many other today's top 40 songs...here today and gone tomorrow. While I give credit to Paul for trying to get a hit (in today's Top 40 scene and from a much younger generation) it would have to be a home run to resonate. This might be considered a "bunt single" at best in today's scene. The young kids aren't going to buy a Paul McCartney album. In retrospect, it might have been better served as a B-side or single only and not on the album.
I hope I feel better after hearing the full album and how "Fuh You" fits on the album. If it is just a minor detour (it's only 3:15 in length) and most of the other songs sound classic Paul, then it might still be considered by many to be a "top tier" album. Can't wait to get my hands on Egypt Station.
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As a 50 year fan of McCartney (got the White Album for my 11th birthday), I'm just not getting the debate over "Fuh You" and "Come On To Me". IMO, these two songs just blast into my headphones and make me realize why I have loved his music for half a century. They are loud, fun, risque, and just plain rock. And as always, I go to my twenty something children. My daughter told me yesterday, "thanks Dad, I can't that "Fuh You" song out of my head". I really respect everyone's opinion on this site (even Bruce and Kestrel), but don't understand the negativity surrounding these two songs. I love them.
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Interesting side note: "Come On To Me" has been fairly successful on radio as Paul singles of the modern era go. It's currently no. 8 on the U.S. Mediabase "Triple A" chart (for those who don't follow these things, that stands for Adult Album Alternative -- basically rock stations that don't cater to kids, one of the last radio formats still relatively friendly to older artists). Now this is a far cry from the days when the Beatles and Wings used to dominate the Top 40, but this is the highest Paul's ever gotten on this chart as far as I can tell. Alas, even Adult Contemporary radio has mostly abandoned artists of Paul's vintage in favor of more modern artists like Taylor Swift and Maroon 5, but at least he's getting a smattering of radio play on stations that probably reach potential buyers of the album. Fuh You, by the way, is getting almost no radio pickup.
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wingsoverkc wrote:
As a 50 year fan of McCartney (got the White Album for my 11th birthday), I'm just not getting the debate over "Fuh You" and "Come On To Me". IMO, these two songs just blast into my headphones and make me realize why I have loved his music for half a century. They are loud, fun, risque, and just plain rock. And as always, I go to my twenty something children. My daughter told me yesterday, "thanks Dad, I can't that "Fuh You" song out of my head". I really respect everyone's opinion on this site (even Bruce and Kestrel), but don't understand the negativity surrounding these two songs. I love them.
I’m with you! (I was 13 in 1968 and have been a fan since late Dec. 1963 when I heard I Want To Hold Your Hand!)