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    15 Favorite Post-Beatle Paul Songs

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    • Bruce M.
      Bruce M. last edited by

      I'm curious as to everyone's favorite post-Beatle Macca songs are. Not the best -- something that's impossible to prove one way or another -- but the songs that are special to you, the ones that stop you in your tracks every time, that make you grin or cry or shiver. Here's mine, in approximately chronological order (because I really can't rank these in terms of quality and wouldn't want to try). All are the original studio recordings unless specified otherwise:

      Maybe I'm Amazed
      Too Many People
      Band on the Run
      Old Siam Sir
      Here Today
      Wanderlust
      The Pound Is Sinking
      Somedays
      Calico Skies
      Too Much Rain
      The End of the End
      Feet in the Clouds
      Sing the Changes (GENYC live version)
      Do It Now
      Hand in Hand

      "The only true patriotism, the only rational patriotism is loyalty to the nation all the time, loyalty to government when it deserves it."

      \--Mark Twain

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      • Nancy R
        Nancy R last edited by

        In no particular order:

        Maybe I’m Amazed, My Love, Jet, Magneto and Titanium Man, Hi Hi Hi, Calico Skies, Somedays, Beautiful Night, No More Lonely Nights, Wanderlust, Appreciate, I Can Bet, Come On To Me, Do It Now, Fuh You.

        I could easily name 15 more!

        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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        • Kestrel
          Kestrel last edited by

          In no order of preference...

          Waterfalls;

          Little Lamb Dragonfly;

          You Tell Me;

          Scared;

          How Kind Of You;

          One Of These Days;

          Love In Song;

          Hosanna;

          Somedays;

          Distractions;

          No Values;

          Riding To Vanity Fair;

          Single Pigeon;

          Some People Never Know;

          Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five.

          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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          • wingsoverkc
            wingsoverkc last edited by

            Picking just 15 in almost impossible, but here goes:

            Silly Love Songs/Listen To What The Man Said/1985/Red Rose Speedway Medley/Smile Away/Back Seat of My Car/Band On The Run/Treat Her Gently, Lonely Old People/London Town/Take It Away/Average Person/Happy With You/Soily/Let 'Em In/Fuh You

            BONUS PICKS:  Venus and Mars Reprise/Dominoes/Beware My Love

            "If you want the Beatles, go see Wings"-George Harrison 1974

            "This is for all the Wings fans!" - McCartney introducing "1985" for the first time on American soil (Phoenix 2010)

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            • LadyLeslie
              LadyLeslie last edited by

              My favorite songs of Paul's are whatever ones  I happen to be listening to at the time! lol  I love them all, would be too difficult to choose.   But if I had to... these would be on the list:

              1. Maybe I'm amazed

              2. New

              3. Queenie Eye

              4. Apppreciate

              5. Mrs. Vanderbilt

              6. 1985

              7. Band on the Run

              8. I Don't Know

              9. Come on to Me

              10.  Jazz Street (Instrumental)

              11. Cosmically Conscious

              12. Front Parlour (Instrumental)

              13. Beautiful Night

              14. Calico Skies

              15.  Silly Love Songs

              Wichita, July 19, 2017 - sign read by Paul

              Macca, Makin' the world a little better since 1942

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              • B
                B J Conlee last edited by

                Great Post Bruce albeit almost impossible for a "true" Macca fan.  This is why I was pushing on many of the "Take It Away" Podcasts reviewing Paul's Post Beatles' albums/sessions for a "By Decade" McCartney Post Beatles Compilation.  This Anthology type package would include many of Paul's lost gems, unreleased and non-album songs.  He has so many and unlike "Pure McCartney" it wouldn't neglect so many sections of Paul's full career and wouldn't focus so much on the hits, singles etc.

                For this list of 15 Post Beatles' songs that you love I will focus more on less commercial type songs with smart, meaningful lyrics:

                Dear Boy

                Single Pigeon

                Don't Let It Bring You Down

                Somebody Who Cares

                The Other Me

                Footprints

                Put It There

                Calico Skies

                Little Willow

                Riding to Vanity Fair

                Mr. Bellamy

                Early Days

                Despite Repeated Warnings

                Who Cares

                Hand in Hand

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                • Yankeefan2
                  Yankeefan2 last edited by

                  Bruce M. wrote:

                  I'm curious as to everyone's favorite post-Beatle Macca songs are. Not the best -- something that's impossible to prove one way or another -- but the songs that are special to you, the ones that stop you in your tracks every time, that make you grin or cry or shiver. Here's mine, in approximately chronological order (because I really can't rank these in terms of quality and wouldn't want to try). All are the original studio recordings unless specified otherwise:

                  Maybe I'm Amazed
                  Too Many People
                  Band on the Run
                  Old Siam Sir
                  Here Today
                  Wanderlust
                  The Pound Is Sinking
                  Somedays
                  Calico Skies
                  Too Much Rain
                  The End of the End
                  Feet in the Clouds
                  Sing the Changes (GENYC live version)
                  Do It Now
                  Hand in Hand

                  No particular order, just listing of my favorites. They appeal to me for different reasons.

                  House Of Wax

                  My Brave Face

                  Dance Til We're High

                  Too Much Rain

                  Take It Away

                  About You

                  Little Willow

                  Who Cares

                  Soily

                  That Was Me

                  Dear Boy

                  Wanderlust

                  Promise To You Girl

                  Beware My Love

                  Brown Eyed Handsome Man (cover)

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                  • SusyLuvsPaul
                    SusyLuvsPaul last edited by

                    There are sooooooo many...some right off the bat that come to mind I find special delights are No More Lonely Nights, The Other Me, Daytime/Nighttime Suffering,  the When the Night/Lazy Dynamite medley, Bluebird, Too Much Rain, See Your Sunshine, Alligator, New, Only Mama Knows, Do It Now, Early Days, That Would Be Something, Country Dreamers, Heart of the Country, Fuh You, People Want Peace, Happy With You (that's more than 15, it's hard to stop at 15 and there are so many more)...yes

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                    • Bruce M.
                      Bruce M. last edited by

                      Been away for a couple days, but interesting to see everyone's choices. Glad to see Single Pigeon on a couple people's lists. Depending on my mood, I could easily swap it out for one of the songs I listed. I could do the same with Confidante.

                      As for the person who listed Average Person, uh, well... no accounting for taste, I guess. indecision

                      Oh, and for the people who managed to make their lists look normal -- one song per line -- does having an extra space between lines do the trick? This site baffles me sometimes.

                      "The only true patriotism, the only rational patriotism is loyalty to the nation all the time, loyalty to government when it deserves it."

                      \--Mark Twain

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                      • Yankeefan2
                        Yankeefan2 last edited by

                        Bruce M. wrote:

                        Been away for a couple days, but interesting to see everyone's choices. Glad to see Single Pigeon on a couple people's lists. Depending on my mood, I could easily swap it out for one of the songs I listed. I could do the same with Confidante.

                        As for the person who listed Average Person, uh, well... no accounting for taste, I guess. indecision

                        Oh, and for the people who managed to make their lists look normal -- one song per line -- does having an extra space between lines do the trick? This site baffles me sometimes.

                        I just type the song name and then hit enter key which brings it down to the next line, don't know if that makes sense or helps.

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                        • Kestrel
                          Kestrel last edited by

                          Yankeefan2 wrote:

                          Bruce M. wrote:

                          Oh, and for the people who managed to make their lists look normal -- one song per line -- does having an extra space between lines do the trick? This site baffles me sometimes.

                          I just type the song name and then hit enter key which brings it down to the next line, don't know if that makes sense or helps.

                          That's what I do too. A few months ago, setting out a post in that way would only last a few hours before it would automatically be changed into one long sentance. But my post on this thread, made three days ago,has retained its original layout so I assume that coding issue has now been sorted out.

                          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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                            TommyC909 last edited by

                            Impossible task.  I could probaly come up with a list of 50 but not 15.

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                            • wingsoverkc
                              wingsoverkc last edited by

                              Sorry Bruce old boy, but I still LOVE Average Person; my taste is just fine, thank you. My least favorite song on Flaming Pie is Somedays; my least favorite song on Tug Of War is The Pound is Sinking; my least favorite song on Memory Almost Full is The End of The End; and by far my least favorite song on Egypt Station is Hand in Hand.  To each his own.

                              "If you want the Beatles, go see Wings"-George Harrison 1974

                              "This is for all the Wings fans!" - McCartney introducing "1985" for the first time on American soil (Phoenix 2010)

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                              • Bruce M.
                                Bruce M. last edited by

                                Kestrel wrote:

                                Yankeefan2 wrote:

                                Bruce M. wrote:

                                Oh, and for the people who managed to make their lists look normal -- one song per line -- does having an extra space between lines do the trick? This site baffles me sometimes.

                                I just type the song name and then hit enter key which brings it down to the next line, don't know if that makes sense or helps.

                                That's what I do too. A few months ago, setting out a post in that way would only last a few hours before it would automatically be changed into one long sentance. But my post on this thread, made three days ago,has retained its original layout so I assume that coding issue has now been sorted out.

                                That's what I did, so maybe I was the last one to post a list before the bug was sored out.

                                "The only true patriotism, the only rational patriotism is loyalty to the nation all the time, loyalty to government when it deserves it."

                                \--Mark Twain

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                                  TommyC909 last edited by

                                  wingsoverkc wrote:

                                  Sorry Bruce old boy, but I still LOVE Average Person; my taste is just fine, thank you. My least favorite song on Flaming Pie is Somedays; my least favorite song on Tug Of War is The Pound is Sinking; my least favorite song on Memory Almost Full is The End of The End; and by far my least favorite song on Egypt Station is Hand in Hand.  To each his own.

                                  Wow

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                                  • toris
                                    toris last edited by

                                    I'll give it a go....

                                    Maybe I'm Amazed, My Love, Band on the Run, Silly Love Songs (the predictable ones).

                                    The Back Seat of My Car

                                    Little Lamb Dragonfly

                                    Tug of War

                                    The Pound is Sinking

                                    Stranglehold

                                    No More Lonely Nights

                                    Goodnight Tonight

                                    With a Little Luck

                                    Venus and Mars/Rockshow

                                    So Glad To See You Here

                                    Oh Woman Oh Why

                                    I almost threw in It's Not True.

                                    So many others that could've made it, depending on my mood.

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