McCartney 3?
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Beatles4Ever wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
Kestrel wrote:
A new review of the album. Despite the mentioning of many of the songtitles, it still appears that one has yet to be revealed.
This review is classic example of why I get nervous when McCartney does not have a strong producer to tell him that particulars songs are not good enough for the album and they need to be cut or changed. In this case McCartney is the producer and so he makes every decision without input. If this review is "spot on" it will be another McCartney album that will have some fantastic music but unfortunately a few clunkers. Really looking forward to the release and being able to hear it and form my own opinion.
Maybe look at it this way: Despite a great producer, "Confidante" remained on Egypt Station, vocal intact. On a diffferent day, Paul's vocal could have been terrific. The producer should have nixed the vocal used and waited for that different day. I don't know if any of the questionable songs to which you refer involve a vocal, maybe not. But you are correct: Paul allows songs that just aren't good enough sneak past him and needs someone to tell him that straight away. Also, when any reviewer resorts to the phrase "silly love songs" in reference to McCartney, I lose faith in what else is said in the review If the meandering in some songs is catchy, I may well like them. However, just the name "Lavatory Lil" for a song prepares me for what likely is to come....and it's quite likely not good. I thought that before the reviewer brought it up.....
My apprehension is when he mentions two songs "Deep Down" and Deep Deep Feeling" which last 6 minutes and 8 minutes long. Personally, I don't like "meandering /repetitive" songs. I remember "Rinse The Raindrops" on DR which was 10 minutes long and it might have been barely tolerable if you cut the song in half. IMO another producer possibly tells McCartney make these songs a "bonus" cut or save them for an "Anthology" type album in the future and eliminate it from the CD/album. You mention the vocal on "Confidante" remained in tact with a different producer. There is a difference between a Nigel Godrich who would insist they get a better vocal take and somebody who does not have the confidence to tell McCartney he needs to do better.
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Kestrel wrote:
Paul produced Band On the Run....and that didn't do too badly? Paul didn't produce (alone) Press To Play and Egypt Station, both of which are now judged to be amongst the weakest of his studio album. So the fact trhat McCartney lll was self-produced doesn't prove anything to me.
From what I've read so far the album sounds pretty inventive, pretty imaginative, an album of Paul being Paul and not trying to please anyone else. Its worth pointing out that Paul has mentioned already that these sessions were never meant to be an album, that they were never intended to be released.
I'm quite hopeful that McCratney lll is going to be a welcome return to form.
"Egypt Station" hit the charts at #1 and received very good reviews across the board including review from "Rolling Stone". All his albums should be as "weak" as "Egypt Station".
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
Kestrel wrote:
A new review of the album. Despite the mentioning of many of the songtitles, it still appears that one has yet to be revealed.
This review is classic example of why I get nervous when McCartney does not have a strong producer to tell him that particulars songs are not good enough for the album and they need to be cut or changed. In this case McCartney is the producer and so he makes every decision without input. If this review is "spot on" it will be another McCartney album that will have some fantastic music but unfortunately a few clunkers. Really looking forward to the release and being able to hear it and form my own opinion.
Hey Yankeefan...hope you're doing well!
After rereading this review a few times, I am highly encouraged that we are going to get a good to very good album. Looks like there "might" be a couple of tracks we may not love (the too long, meandering "Deep Deep Feeling" and maybe "Lavatory Lil") but like you said, we will have to hear McCartney 3 for ourselves before we can give out our final opinions. At first glance and from the very beginning of the review, I thought this critic, Gwen Ihnat, might be one of those "Paul hating" writers, but I quickly changed my opinion as I continued to read her review. I also realized quickly that Gwen wasn't one of those Paul fanboy writers either. By the end of this review, I truly thought that Gwen was a very fair critic. Initially, Gwen fairly looks at the potential dangers of Paul noodling in the studio alone and doing everything himself based on the 2 predecessor one man Band albums (McCartney 1 and McCartney 2). To me that's a fair statement. As a big time Paul fan, I wouldn't put McCartney 1 or McCartney 2 in Paul's top 5 or 6 Best Post Beatles' albums either.
But as I continued to read the review. Gwen stated that the album "turned for her" halfway through McCartney 3. Her exact quote was "fortunately midway through the record, McCartney 3 starts to soar". I loved this review in that the writer actually gives us specific details of many of the songs. Many reviews are incomplete in my experience. Gwen liked many of the tracks including Sliding, Kiss of Venus, Seize the Day, Find My Way, Women and Wives, and the album's 2 bookends "Long Tailed Winter Bird" and Winter Bird-When Winter Comes. She emphasized the lyrics in many of these songs basically saying that like many very good Paul albums these lyrics have depth and meaning. At the same time, she also praised the music and melodies within these songs. While she wasn't saying that McCartney 3 was perfect by any stretch, she did end the review by saying that McCartney 3 "will stand as a proper coda for the singer-songwriter we've been listening to for 50 year...sentimental yet strong, a bit wistful but as always looking ahead". Sounds like this trilogy of albums at the end of his career will be considered quite successul in the long run. Can't wait to hear it myself.
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
"Egypt Station" hit the charts at #1 and received very good reviews across the board including review from "Rolling Stone". All his albums should be as "weak" as "Egypt Station".
It was hyped to #1 (in the US charts) but soon fell out of the top 100 within a couple of months I believe. It did receive very good reviews by paid journalists but its the fans, having had the chance to properly listen to the album after purchase, who who have since given it average / below average ratings. All his albums should be as "strong" as Band On The Run, Flowers In The Dirt, Chaos And Creation In The Backyard.....and hopefully McCartney lll will be.
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Great magazine covers, Oobu! Thanks for sharing!
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Kestrel wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
"Egypt Station" hit the charts at #1 and received very good reviews across the board including review from "Rolling Stone". All his albums should be as "weak" as "Egypt Station".
It was hyped to #1 (in the US charts) but soon fell out of the top 100 within a couple of months I believe. It did receive very good reviews by paid journalists but its the fans, having had the chance to properly listen to the album after purchase, who who have since given it average / below average ratings. All his albums should be as "strong" as Band On The Run, Flowers In The Dirt, Chaos And Creation In The Backyard.....and hopefully McCartney lll will be.
Not sure how you manged to poll the fans who you say give Egypt Station an average/below average rating but you missed this fan who thinks it's excellant. Still in my regular roatation more than 2 years after its release.
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Kestrel wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
"Egypt Station" hit the charts at #1 and received very good reviews across the board including review from "Rolling Stone". All his albums should be as "weak" as "Egypt Station".
It was hyped to #1 (in the US charts) but soon fell out of the top 100 within a couple of months I believe. It did receive very good reviews by paid journalists but its the fans, having had the chance to properly listen to the album after purchase, who who have since given it average / below average ratings. All his albums should be as "strong" as Band On The Run, Flowers In The Dirt, Chaos And Creation In The Backyard.....and hopefully McCartney lll will be.
What is wrong with paid journalist who actually review music for a living? I went on Amazon and "Egypt Station" got 4 1/2 star review (1899 reviews) which is just as good as any other of his top tier albums like FITD. I went on ITUNES and "Egypt Station" got 4 star reviews (470 reviews) so wondering where you got the below average from fans.
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B J Conlee wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
Kestrel wrote:
A new review of the album. Despite the mentioning of many of the songtitles, it still appears that one has yet to be revealed.
This review is classic example of why I get nervous when McCartney does not have a strong producer to tell him that particulars songs are not good enough for the album and they need to be cut or changed. In this case McCartney is the producer and so he makes every decision without input. If this review is "spot on" it will be another McCartney album that will have some fantastic music but unfortunately a few clunkers. Really looking forward to the release and being able to hear it and form my own opinion.
Hey Yankeefan...hope you're doing well!
After rereading this review a few times, I am highly encouraged that we are going to get a good to very good album. Looks like there "might" be a couple of tracks we may not love (the too long, meandering "Deep Deep Feeling" and maybe "Lavatory Lil") but like you said, we will have to hear McCartney 3 for ourselves before we can give out our final opinions. At first glance and from the very beginning of the review, I thought this critic, Gwen Ihnat, might be one of those "Paul hating" writers, but I quickly changed my opinion as I continued to read her review. I also realized quickly that Gwen wasn't one of those Paul fanboy writers either. By the end of this review, I truly thought that Gwen was a very fair critic. Initially, Gwen fairly looks at the potential dangers of Paul noodling in the studio alone and doing everything himself based on the 2 predecessor one man Band albums (McCartney 1 and McCartney 2). To me that's a fair statement. As a big time Paul fan, I wouldn't put McCartney 1 or McCartney 2 in Paul's top 5 or 6 Best Post Beatles' albums either.
But as I continued to read the review. Gwen stated that the album "turned for her" halfway through McCartney 3. Her exact quote was "fortunately midway through the record, McCartney 3 starts to soar". I loved this review in that the writer actually gives us specific details of many of the songs. Many reviews are incomplete in my experience. Gwen liked many of the tracks including Sliding, Kiss of Venus, Seize the Day, Find My Way, Women and Wives, and the album's 2 bookends "Long Tailed Winter Bird" and Winter Bird-When Winter Comes. She emphasized the lyrics in many of these songs basically saying that like many very good Paul albums these lyrics have depth and meaning. At the same time, she also praised the music and melodies within these songs. While she wasn't saying that McCartney 3 was perfect by any stretch, she did end the review by saying that McCartney 3 "will stand as a proper coda for the singer-songwriter we've been listening to for 50 year...sentimental yet strong, a bit wistful but as always looking ahead". Sounds like this trilogy of albums at the end of his career will be considered quite successul in the long run. Can't wait to hear it myself.
All is well BJ, check out PM I sent you awhile ago. Hope you had good time with your family. Anyway, I agree with you about the review. She did good job giving detail opinion about the songs and expressed why she liked or disliked certain songs. I did not see any anti-McCartney sentiment, she did not seem to dislike him and was not a fangirl either -lol. In other words, she did what a critic should do and fairly evaluate the music.
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
B J Conlee wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
Kestrel wrote:
A new review of the album. Despite the mentioning of many of the songtitles, it still appears that one has yet to be revealed.
This review is classic example of why I get nervous when McCartney does not have a strong producer to tell him that particulars songs are not good enough for the album and they need to be cut or changed. In this case McCartney is the producer and so he makes every decision without input. If this review is "spot on" it will be another McCartney album that will have some fantastic music but unfortunately a few clunkers. Really looking forward to the release and being able to hear it and form my own opinion.
Hey Yankeefan...hope you're doing well!
After rereading this review a few times, I am highly encouraged that we are going to get a good to very good album. Looks like there "might" be a couple of tracks we may not love (the too long, meandering "Deep Deep Feeling" and maybe "Lavatory Lil") but like you said, we will have to hear McCartney 3 for ourselves before we can give out our final opinions. At first glance and from the very beginning of the review, I thought this critic, Gwen Ihnat, might be one of those "Paul hating" writers, but I quickly changed my opinion as I continued to read her review. I also realized quickly that Gwen wasn't one of those Paul fanboy writers either. By the end of this review, I truly thought that Gwen was a very fair critic. Initially, Gwen fairly looks at the potential dangers of Paul noodling in the studio alone and doing everything himself based on the 2 predecessor one man Band albums (McCartney 1 and McCartney 2). To me that's a fair statement. As a big time Paul fan, I wouldn't put McCartney 1 or McCartney 2 in Paul's top 5 or 6 Best Post Beatles' albums either.
But as I continued to read the review. Gwen stated that the album "turned for her" halfway through McCartney 3. Her exact quote was "fortunately midway through the record, McCartney 3 starts to soar". I loved this review in that the writer actually gives us specific details of many of the songs. Many reviews are incomplete in my experience. Gwen liked many of the tracks including Sliding, Kiss of Venus, Seize the Day, Find My Way, Women and Wives, and the album's 2 bookends "Long Tailed Winter Bird" and Winter Bird-When Winter Comes. She emphasized the lyrics in many of these songs basically saying that like many very good Paul albums these lyrics have depth and meaning. At the same time, she also praised the music and melodies within these songs. While she wasn't saying that McCartney 3 was perfect by any stretch, she did end the review by saying that McCartney 3 "will stand as a proper coda for the singer-songwriter we've been listening to for 50 year...sentimental yet strong, a bit wistful but as always looking ahead". Sounds like this trilogy of albums at the end of his career will be considered quite successul in the long run. Can't wait to hear it myself.
All is well BJ, check out PM I sent you awhile ago. Hope you had good time with your family. Anyway, I agree with you about the review. She did good job giving detail opinion about the songs and expressed why she liked or disliked certain songs. I did not see any anti-McCartney sentiment, she did not seem to dislike him and was not a fangirl either -lol. In other words, she did what a critic should do and fairly evaluate the music.
Hey Yankeefan...I'll check out the PM and get back to you.
The only thing that I wished Gwen Ihnat would have detailed a little more in her review is Paul's vocals on the album. Since she appeared to be a very honest critic, I have to infer that she was already familiar with Paul's "older voice" from Egypt Station and that she didn't have any serious problems in general with his vocals. Personally, I'm hoping that since Paul was forced into not touring because of the pandemic, his older voice from his studio is sounding stronger.
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First, Egypt Station is a very very good album, i love it !and knows many Paul fans that love the album too! In a 30 album poll the album sits in a 10 without a doubt with the Band on the run, the Ram, The flaming pie and the Chaos being the first four for the almost entire groups of regular fans, second...whats the problem with Macca voice?, for my 2 cents he only sounds bad to me in Confidante, and that song is the only one that i didnt like in Egypt modern macca masterpiece Station!
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I'm so curious about this new album that will be "all Paul" in the same way McCartney 1 and McCartney ll are, in that he produces, plays, writes and sings everything, decides what order the songs will play, etc. This is really something big to look forward to, and we're all grateful and excited to hear it. The cover art reminds me of a UFO or extraterrestrial alien, does it anyone else? It makes me think of Whitley Strieber books from the 90's that intrigued and frightened me, which were science fiction, but he insisted they were factual, really happened to him. That author had quite an imagination. I know it's actually dice set on its edge. A metaphor for "this is a roll of the dice, wonder what people will think of this music"? The song title "Long Tailed Winter Bird" made me wonder, a bit, if it was inspired by his wife, she's very tall. And "bird" is Brit slang for "woman." Just a whimsical fleeting fancy, that thought. It might be about an actual bird. It's probably not about her and maybe I shouldn't have thought that. Maybe the album's overall bucolic theme is a throwback to how country living was romanticized in the 60's. "Getting back to nature" and "we've got to get ourselves back to the garden" hippie sentiments. And inspired by his surroundings, his environment during lockdown.
It would be a thrill to have a turntable and one of the highly prized colored vinyl albums, to hear McCartney lll through that medium. Will any of you be able to listen to Paul's new music in this cool retro way?
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
What is wrong with paid journalist who actually review music for a living? I went on Amazon and "Egypt Station" got 4 1/2 star review (1899 reviews) which is just as good as any other of his top tier albums like FITD. I went on ITUNES and "Egypt Station" got 4 star reviews (470 reviews) so wondering where you got the below average from fans.
I pay far more attention to people (such as yourself presumably) who have reviewed a product they have paid for rather then someone who is paid to review a product.
This is my goto site for checking out reviews and ratings. As you can see, 'Egypt Station' is down in the bottom tier of Paul's albums ratings wise and a long way off from the higher rated Band On The Run, Ram, Chaos.....etc.
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
Kestrel wrote:
Paul produced Band On the Run....and that didn't do too badly? Paul didn't produce (alone) Press To Play and Egypt Station, both of which are now judged to be amongst the weakest of his studio album. So the fact trhat McCartney lll was self-produced doesn't prove anything to me.
From what I've read so far the album sounds pretty inventive, pretty imaginative, an album of Paul being Paul and not trying to please anyone else. Its worth pointing out that Paul has mentioned already that these sessions were never meant to be an album, that they were never intended to be released.
I'm quite hopeful that McCratney lll is going to be a welcome return to form.
"Egypt Station" hit the charts at #1 and received very good reviews across the board including review from "Rolling Stone". All his albums should be as "weak" as "Egypt Station".
Agree that Egypt Station is one of his better albums. I'm not aware of it being judged to be among his weakest....or by whom. I rather liked Press to Play as well. He did leave off some of his better songs at the time. I would have made a few changes on what made the album proper, but I never considered it to be weak. I reserve that for "Wild Life."
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Kestrel wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
What is wrong with paid journalist who actually review music for a living? I went on Amazon and "Egypt Station" got 4 1/2 star review (1899 reviews) which is just as good as any other of his top tier albums like FITD. I went on ITUNES and "Egypt Station" got 4 star reviews (470 reviews) so wondering where you got the below average from fans.
I pay far more attention to people (such as yourself presumably) who have reviewed a product they have paid for rather then someone who is paid to review a product.
This is my goto site for checking out reviews and ratings. As you can see, 'Egypt Station' is down in the bottom tier of Paul's albums ratings wise and a long way off from the higher rated Band On The Run, Ram, Chaos.....etc.
Ok, I guess we can all find different sites for ratings and opinions. I would say the general opinion on this board is that "Egypt Station" is a pretty good album and that includes myself. Weak McCartney albums to me are things like "McCartney II", "Wild Life", "Pipes Of Peace" etc. I have said many times on this board that CHAOS is probably the best post Beatle album McCartney has done, it is flawless IMO. While BOTR is acknowledged as McCartney's best after the Beatles by most people, I have gotten very tired of it. I think it is overplayed by any radio station that plays his post Beatle songs and in concert. I was never as crazy about RAM as a lot of people, thought it was mediocre when it was released and like it a bit better now. Does "Egypt Station" have some flaws, yes it does but even with them it is still a very solid album IMO.
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
I would say the general opinion on this board is that "Egypt Station" is a pretty good album and that includes myself. Weak McCartney albums to me are things like "McCartney II", "Wild Life", "Pipes Of Peace" etc. I have said many times on this board that CHAOS is probably the best post Beatle album McCartney has done, it is flawless IMO. While BOTR is acknowledged as McCartney's best after the Beatles by most people, I have gotten very tired of it. I think it is overplayed by any radio station that plays his post Beatle songs and in concert. I was never as crazy about RAM as a lot of people, thought it was mediocre when it was released and like it a bit better now. Does "Egypt Station" have some flaws, yes it does but even with them it is still a very solid album IMO.
I agree with (almost) everything you've written there. Chaos...is probably the best (or one the best at least) album's Paul has done post-Beatles. And I totally agree that the Band On The Run album has probably been weakened by becoming over familiar during the last 47 years, however graet the album is. And it is a great album....still. But I'll draw the line at Egypt Station. That's another Pipes of peace / Off the Ground / Memory Almost Full type album. All style and no substance. Or as my old Granny use to describe a woman up her road as being 'all front and no knickers'. I can also apply the chocolate easter egg analogy. Fancy packaging on the outside but when you bite into the egg itself, its disappointingly hollow. With the exception of I Don't Know, the rest is pleasant but ultimately bland and uninteresting. But hey, its all subjective. But McCartney lll sounds like its going to be less commercial (I've read they can't even find a single to pull from it) and more adventurous, which will suit me fine.
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Kestrel wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
I would say the general opinion on this board is that "Egypt Station" is a pretty good album and that includes myself. Weak McCartney albums to me are things like "McCartney II", "Wild Life", "Pipes Of Peace" etc. I have said many times on this board that CHAOS is probably the best post Beatle album McCartney has done, it is flawless IMO. While BOTR is acknowledged as McCartney's best after the Beatles by most people, I have gotten very tired of it. I think it is overplayed by any radio station that plays his post Beatle songs and in concert. I was never as crazy about RAM as a lot of people, thought it was mediocre when it was released and like it a bit better now. Does "Egypt Station" have some flaws, yes it does but even with them it is still a very solid album IMO.
I agree with (almost) everything you've written there. Chaos...is probably the best (or one the best at least) album's Paul has done post-Beatles. And I totally agree that the Band On The Run album has probably been weakened by becoming over familiar during the last 47 years, however graet the album is. And it is a great album....still. But I'll draw the line at Egypt Station. That's another Pipes of peace / Off the Ground / Memory Almost Full type album. All style and no substance. Or as my old Granny use to describe a woman up her road as being 'all front and no knickers'. I can also apply the chocolate easter egg analogy. Fancy packaging on the outside but when you bite into the egg itself, its disappointingly hollow. With the exception of I Don't Know, the rest is pleasant but ultimately bland and uninteresting. But hey, its all subjective. But McCartney lll sounds like its going to be less commercial (I've read they can't even find a single to pull from it) and more adventurous, which will suit me fine.
Ok, we will just disagree a bit about "Egypt Station". We have veered of the subject and I am looking forward to "McCartney III". It does not bother me that it will be less commercial and I find it interesting they think they can't even pull a single from it. My only concerns have been one review mentioning two songs that were pretty long and described as meandering. IMO there are very few songs that are 6-8 minutes long that are of high quality. (yes I know - "Hey Jude" -lol) In addition, I read that somebody said his vocals were "very raw", that may not be good but guess we will know shortly. Anyway, I am thrilled we are getting more new music and amazed that even at 78 he still continues to be creative.
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Kestrel wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
I would say the general opinion on this board is that "Egypt Station" is a pretty good album and that includes myself. Weak McCartney albums to me are things like "McCartney II", "Wild Life", "Pipes Of Peace" etc. I have said many times on this board that CHAOS is probably the best post Beatle album McCartney has done, it is flawless IMO. While BOTR is acknowledged as McCartney's best after the Beatles by most people, I have gotten very tired of it. I think it is overplayed by any radio station that plays his post Beatle songs and in concert. I was never as crazy about RAM as a lot of people, thought it was mediocre when it was released and like it a bit better now. Does "Egypt Station" have some flaws, yes it does but even with them it is still a very solid album IMO.
I agree with (almost) everything you've written there. Chaos...is probably the best (or one the best at least) album's Paul has done post-Beatles. And I totally agree that the Band On The Run album has probably been weakened by becoming over familiar during the last 47 years, however graet the album is. And it is a great album....still. But I'll draw the line at Egypt Station. That's another Pipes of peace / Off the Ground / Memory Almost Full type album. All style and no substance. Or as my old Granny use to describe a woman up her road as being 'all front and no knickers'. I can also apply the chocolate easter egg analogy. Fancy packaging on the outside but when you bite into the egg itself, its disappointingly hollow. With the exception of I Don't Know, the rest is pleasant but ultimately bland and uninteresting. But hey, its all subjective. But McCartney lll sounds like its going to be less commercial (I've read they can't even find a single to pull from it) and more adventurous, which will suit me fine.
Kestrel,
I always respect your opinions but as ususal we will have to agree to disagree about Egypt Station. I also totally disagree with your opinion about Memory Almost Full being another "all style and no substance" type of Paul Post Beatles' album. The only problem with MAF in my opinion was the production and loudness of sound. MAF was one of Paul's most personal and honestl albums and I love songs like Ever Present Past, Only Mama Knows, You Tell Me, Mr. Bellamy, That Was Me, Vintage Clothes, House of Wax and the great "The End of the End". See Your Sunshine in my opinion is another severely underrated gem on MAF.
As far as Egypt Station, I don't consider the bulk of the album being "hollow". Unfortunately the record company and Paul himself spent far too much time promoting Fuh You and Come On To Me which are catchy but indeed "hollow" as you say. Besides the great "I Don't Know", I think many of the underrated and least publicized songs on Egypt Station are the exact opposite of hollow. These underrated gems include Dominoes, Despite Repeated Warnings, Confidante, Hand in Hand, Do It Now, People Want Peace and Happy With You. Personally I think "I Don't Know" and "Dominoes" make my Top 10 List of Paul's All Time Best "Post Beatles' songs. Those 2 songs alone doesn't make ES an "all style and no substance" criteria for my taste. But as we both have said, music is subjective. Even Paul's lower rated albums like Wildlife, Press to Play, Pipes of Peace, Off the Ground or Driving Rain all have hidden gems. That is another reason that I can't wait to hear McCartney 3.
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
Ok, we will just disagree a bit about "Egypt Station". We have veered of the subject and I am looking forward to "McCartney III". It does not bother me that it will be less commercial and I find it interesting they think they can't even pull a single from it. My only concerns have been one review mentioning two songs that were pretty long and described as meandering. IMO there are very few songs that are 6-8 minutes long that are of high quality. (yes I know - "Hey Jude" -lol) In addition, I read that somebody said his vocals were "very raw", that may not be good but guess we will know shortly. Anyway, I am thrilled we are getting more new music and amazed that even at 78 he still continues to be creative.
I guess being a fan of Let's Eat Grandma I've become use to songs starting with long instrumental introductions before weaving in and out of the song proper. I think most of us can remember Paul's vocals on 'Lady Madonna' back in April (I think it was) so that's a pretty good indicator of what's to come. I agree though that it is a thrill to know that we're going to hear 45 minutes of new material in a months time, and from what's been reported so far, it could well be the most interesting set of songs since Electric Arguments.