EGYPT STATION
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Okay all, was working out with my son in his ultra-powerlifting, hundred degree, smelly gym today. The speakers were blasting Metallica, AC/DC, Five Finger Death Punch, and Black Sabbath at earthquake levels! I asked the manager if I could play a new song and get a review from the behomoths that were lifting thousands of pounds. He agreed, and I played "Come On To Me". Well, the song took a whole different meaning hearing it at about 1,000 decibels. Ha. Yes, it rocked! And the weightlifters appeared to absolutely dig it. They could not believe it was Paul McCartney. I can't really give direct quotes, since we are a family audience, but one 350 pound member thought it "#$%%@ rocked!
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wingsoverkc wrote:
Okay all, was working out with my son in his ultra-powerlifting, hundred degree, smelly gym today. The speakers were blasting Metallica, AC/DC, Five Finger Death Punch, and Black Sabbath at earthquake levels! I asked the manager if I could play a new song and get a review from the behomoths that were lifting thousands of pounds. He agreed, and I played "Come On To Me". Well, the song took a whole different meaning hearing it at about 1,000 decibels. Ha. Yes, it rocked! And the weightlifters appeared to absolutely dig it. They could not believe it was Paul McCartney. I can't really give direct quotes, since we are a family audience, but one 350 pound member thought it "#$%%@ rocked!
Great story!
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Paul held an online Q&A session at his Abbey Road gig, and said "I Don't Know" is his favorite song from his upcoming new album "Egypt Station"--so the song has special meaning for him, can't help but wonder why. He didn't really explain, but you can't blame him for wanting something just for him.
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SusyLuvsPaul wrote:
Paul held an online Q&A session at his Abbey Road gig, and said "I Don't Know" is his favorite song from his upcoming new album "Egypt Station"--so the song has special meaning for him, can't help but wonder why. He didn't really explain, but you can't blame him for wanting something just for him.
He also mentioned that of all the songs on the new album, John would have most enjoyed, “I Don’t Know”.
so far, it’s my favorite too!
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pre ordered
hope there are a few suprises in it
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rufus wrote:
pre ordered
hope there are a few suprises in it
Me too! I pre-ordered from Target and they keep putting in a “pending charge” of $18.01 to my AMEX, but I have yet to be actually charged. They shouldn’t charge until Sept. 7th!
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SusyLuvsPaul wrote:
Paul held an online Q&A session at his Abbey Road gig, and said "I Don't Know" is his favorite song from his upcoming new album "Egypt Station"--so the song has special meaning for him, can't help but wonder why. He didn't really explain, but you can't blame him for wanting something just for him.
Thought I read that his wife Nancy's favorite song off the album is Confidante.
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As a "1st Generation Beatlemaniac," I'm addicted to The Beatles Channellon Sirius/XM. "Come On To Me" and "I Don't Know" are nothing short of fabulous! Can't wait for 9/7/18!!
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
SusyLuvsPaul wrote:
Paul held an online Q&A session at his Abbey Road gig, and said "I Don't Know" is his favorite song from his upcoming new album "Egypt Station"--so the song has special meaning for him, can't help but wonder why. He didn't really explain, but you can't blame him for wanting something just for him.
Thought I read that his wife Nancy's favorite song off the album is Confidante.
I have heard "I Don't Know" a couple more times on Sirius Radio recently, and I have to say that the song has really grown on me. I'm used to Paul's older voice so on this type of song (and the subject matter of the lyrics) his vocal doesn't ruin the song for me. The overall "production" on "I Don't Know" is great. I think most fans will really like it once they hear it from the actual CD. I will be shocked if Paul doesn't include it on the actual tour Setlist and I will be very interested to hear his vocal on it. Hopefully, his vocals on the live version will be even better.
I agree with Yankeefan that "Confidante" will also be on the eventual Setlist. Can't wait to hear that one too.
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B J Conlee wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
SusyLuvsPaul wrote:
Paul held an online Q&A session at his Abbey Road gig, and said "I Don't Know" is his favorite song from his upcoming new album "Egypt Station"--so the song has special meaning for him, can't help but wonder why. He didn't really explain, but you can't blame him for wanting something just for him.
Thought I read that his wife Nancy's favorite song off the album is Confidante.
I have heard "I Don't Know" a couple more times on Sirius Radio recently, and I have to say that the song has really grown on me. I'm used to Paul's older voice so on this type of song (and the subject matter of the lyrics) his vocal doesn't ruin the song for me. The overall "production" on "I Don't Kgreat. now" is great. I think most fans will really like it once they hear it from the actual CD. I will be shocked if Paul doesn't include it on the actual tour Setlist and I will be very interested to hear his vocal on it. Hopefully, his vocals on the live version will be even better.
I agree with Yankeefan that "Confidante" will also be on the eventual Setlist. Can't wait to hear that one too.
I hope so. I don't really dislike "I Don't Know"...and I don't really dislike Paul's "older voice." I do dislike that he combined touring and recording so his older voice didn't have a chance to recover and, thus, became his hoarse voice. I would have thought he would prepare himself for the studio before laying down vocals that are going to be around forever. Maybe if he double tracked the vocal, or harmonized, at the beginning...as he does later in the song...so that the hoarsness didn't hit you head on immediately, I could have better appreciated it. As it stands, when I first heard the song....I winced as soon as he started singing. I wish that were not the case, but......that hasn't changed on repeat listenings.
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B J Conlee wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
SusyLuvsPaul wrote:
Paul held an online Q&A session at his Abbey Road gig, and said "I Don't Know" is his favorite song from his upcoming new album "Egypt Station"--so the song has special meaning for him, can't help but wonder why. He didn't really explain, but you can't blame him for wanting something just for him.
Thought I read that his wife Nancy's favorite song off the album is Confidante.
I have heard "I Don't Know" a couple more times on Sirius Radio recently, and I have to say that the song has really grown on me. I'm used to Paul's older voice so on this type of song (and the subject matter of the lyrics) his vocal doesn't ruin the song for me. The overall "production" on "I Don't Know" is great. I think most fans will really like it once they hear it from the actual CD. I will be shocked if Paul doesn't include it on the actual tour Setlist and I will be very interested to hear his vocal on it. Hopefully, his vocals on the live version will be even better.
I agree with Yankeefan that "Confidante" will also be on the eventual Setlist. Can't wait to hear that one too.
Neither of the singles have knocked me out even after repeated listens. They are decent songs but nothing that has gotten me really excited about Egypt Station. On one of the other threads, somebody said "Confidante" is fantastic so I am looking forward to hearing it.
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"I Don't Know" has grown on me with a few listenings (I'm consciously trying not to listen to either of the new tunes too much -- mostly want to wait for the album). I still find "Come On To Me" pretty forgettable.
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I don't think this is Paul's last studio album. Paul is still as energetic and creative as ever. He is not someone who is going to retire.
I personally like Paul's voice at this stage of his career. For a song like "I Don't Know" the voice fits well. Paul is 76 and his songs are mature and reflective and his voice reflects this. The song is about indecision and questioning oneself, things that people do as they get older. A song like "Early Days" on New would not had been as effective if Paul would have sung it in 1979 in his vocal prime as it was a song about looking back as an elder toward earlier days.
Of course, "Come On to Me" is a stomp and has youngish lyrices, something we don't expect from a 76 year old (which makes it fun and playful).
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Heck no this is certainly "not his last studio album"--the songs apparently still flow through/from him, praise God, that well has not dried up. It's what he does. And he does it so well. "Early Days," I think, would still have been fantastic if he'd come out with it as a lad not long after Beatlemania, could have referred to his childhood and adolescent experiences.
(to Yankee Fan) You should be excited at the prospect of a new Macca album, methinks, despite your not being very fond of those you've heard so far (and those could still grow on you in the context of hearing the entire album, there are a few on "New" I'm just now getting into real good, appreciating more fully).
He's got an exuberant youthful spirit and frolics around on stage much more than, for example, Dylan. He doesn't perform jumping jacks onstage like Ringo, but I'm glad he doesn't, that he spares or saves it for playing guitar and piano and singing !
Man am I looking forward to Egypt Station, and we don't have long to wait (Sept. 7), hot dawg
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I wonder if his new song "Fuh You" which I've not heard yet, from his upcoming new album Egypt Station, is about Cheeto (so-called POTUS), LOL
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SusyLuvsPaul wrote:
Heck no this is certainly "not his last studio album"--the songs apparently still flow through/from him, praise God, that well has not dried up.
Time will tell of course. Declining health / his death will sooner or later end Paul's career but its highly unlikely he'll retire. If Paul does retire from touring though hopefully that will mean an increase in productivity in the recording studio?
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Kestrel wrote:
SusyLuvsPaul wrote:
Heck no this is certainly "not his last studio album"--the songs apparently still flow through/from him, praise God, that well has not dried up.
Time will tell of course. Declining health / his death will sooner or later end Paul's career but its highly unlikely he'll retire. If Paul does retire from touring though hopefully that will mean an increase in productivity in the recording studio?
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, Paul will tour in some capacity until he physically cannot do it anymore. He will probably drop dead one night on stage after doing Hey Jude for the 2 millionth time!
It will be like Tiny Tim, who actually had a heart attack on stage doing Tiptoe Through The Tulips! He was only 64.
On November 30, 1996, he was playing at a gala benefit hosted by the Women's Club of Minneapolis. He had let his third wife ("Miss Sue") know before the performance that he was not feeling well, but did not want to disappoint the fans. By the end of his performance, most of the audience had left. While performing his last number of the evening, he suffered another heart attack on stage in the middle of a rendition of his hit, "Tiptoe Through the Tulips". His wife asked him if he was feeling all right, and he said he was not; she was helping him back to their table when he collapsed, and never regained consciousness.[18] EMTs performed on-site CPR, and transported him to Hennepin County Medical Center, where, after many revival attempts at the hospital, Tiny Tim was pronounced dead nearly an hour later.[19][2] His remains are entombed in a mausoleum in Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis.
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Nancy R wrote:
Kestrel wrote:
SusyLuvsPaul wrote:
Heck no this is certainly "not his last studio album"--the songs apparently still flow through/from him, praise God, that well has not dried up.
Time will tell of course. Declining health / his death will sooner or later end Paul's career but its highly unlikely he'll retire. If Paul does retire from touring though hopefully that will mean an increase in productivity in the recording studio?
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, Paul will tour in some capacity until he physically cannot do it anymore. He will probably drop dead one night on stage after doing Hey Jude for the 2 millionth time!
There's a world of difference between touring and playing live. I think Paul (given the opportunity) will stop touring and concentrate on smaller and (relatively) low-key shows,basically going back to his beginnings. By the time Paul gets to (for example) 80, he'll not want the hassle of airports, hotels and playing in big venues when he can get the same buzz from playing to a smaller audience closer to home.
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Kestrel wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
Kestrel wrote:
SusyLuvsPaul wrote:
Heck no this is certainly "not his last studio album"--the songs apparently still flow through/from him, praise God, that well has not dried up.
Time will tell of course. Declining health / his death will sooner or later end Paul's career but its highly unlikely he'll retire. If Paul does retire from touring though hopefully that will mean an increase in productivity in the recording studio?
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, Paul will tour in some capacity until he physically cannot do it anymore. He will probably drop dead one night on stage after doing Hey Jude for the 2 millionth time!
There's a world of difference between touring and playing live. I think Paul (given the opportunity) will stop touring and concentrate on smaller and (relatively) low-key shows,basically going back to his beginnings. By the time Paul gets to (for example) 80, he'll not want the hassle of airports, hotels and playing in big venues when he can get the same buzz from playing to a smaller audience closer to home.
I feel Paul should do whatever is comfortable for him. Performing his music before a live audience (of whatever size) means so much to him, I doubt he'd ever stop unless he was forced to for health reasons, and even then I think he'd still continue working with music in some capacity, such as continuing to write songs, helping the students at LIPA or working on music documentaries or even his own autobiography. If anyone close to him (professionally or personally) would try to advise him to slow down, I don't think he'd ever want to do that until HE is ready, and I think as long as he's healthy and it's something he enjoys, he should continue performing for as long as he wants. His fans will always love him and his music, so will always be there for him, and support him, for as long as he continues to sing for us, and beyond.
There may be some concern among his fans because he seems to have limited his number of appearances this year, but there's been many times in the past that he's chosen to only do a few shows, or take a break and do none at all. I think it's wonderful that he's been getting back to his roots recently, and spending more time in Liverpool and London, and reconnecting with his past. It probably means a lot to him, and is no doubt a source of strength to him as well. I don't think he should quit or slow down until he's ready. Making music is such a huge part of who he is, and contributes so much to his happiness and well-being, he should continue with it for as long as he wants.
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Kestrel wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
Kestrel wrote:
SusyLuvsPaul wrote:
Heck no this is certainly "not his last studio album"--the songs apparently still flow through/from him, praise God, that well has not dried up.
Time will tell of course. Declining health / his death will sooner or later end Paul's career but its highly unlikely he'll retire. If Paul does retire from touring though hopefully that will mean an increase in productivity in the recording studio?
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, Paul will tour in some capacity until he physically cannot do it anymore. He will probably drop dead one night on stage after doing Hey Jude for the 2 millionth time!
There's a world of difference between touring and playing live. I think Paul (given the opportunity) will stop touring and concentrate on smaller and (relatively) low-key shows,basically going back to his beginnings. By the time Paul gets to (for example) 80, he'll not want the hassle of airports, hotels and playing in big venues when he can get the same buzz from playing to a smaller audience closer to home.
That’s why I said “in some capacity.”