McCartney 3?
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Really liked McCartney III!
My top tunes are:
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Deep down: really loved that one.
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Seize the day: this tune has an special vibe, I FEEL this tune. It's really great.
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Deep deep feeling - I really love this one. At first I thought it was too long, but every part of the song has its interesting features! If there are any Bowie fans in the area, I found this kind of song really similar to Bowie's latest works on Blackstar. I loved experimental Macca!
I find bits of Chaos and Creation, Electric Arguments and Memory Almost Full.
I guess my new order would be: 1) Macca I 2) Macca III 3) Macca II.
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thomascbullock wrote:
The thing I keep thinking about this album is how much it sounds "like him." I think that was what turned me off about Egypt Station. That whole record just sounds like it's trying too hard. But this one has the same effortlessness as Chaos and Creation and Flaming Pie had (though perhaps the songs on those 2 are stronger). It's a joy to listen to.
Yes. On Egypt Station he was trying too hard. "Fuh You" best exemplifies that for me. We dont't want to hear you singing those lyrics, Paul. While I do like several of the songs on that album, overall, it is hard to listen to; not one I go back to. This one truly captures him. No outside inflluences or input from people who think they know what a hit record sounds like...or should sound like. Paul followed his instincts. This is clearly who he is....doing exactly what he wants to do. And it all works.
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Beatles4Ever wrote:
thomascbullock wrote:
The thing I keep thinking about this album is how much it sounds "like him." I think that was what turned me off about Egypt Station. That whole record just sounds like it's trying too hard. But this one has the same effortlessness as Chaos and Creation and Flaming Pie had (though perhaps the songs on those 2 are stronger). It's a joy to listen to.
Yes. On Egypt Station he was trying too hard. "Fuh You" best exemplifies that for me. We dont't want to hear you singing those lyrics, Paul. While I do like several of the songs on that album, overall, it is hard to listen to; not one I go back to. This one truly captures him. No outside inflluences or input from people who think they know what a hit record sounds like...or should sound like. Paul followed his instincts. This is clearly who he is....doing exactly what he wants to do. And it all works.
Hey Beatles4Ever...I hear what you're saying about Fuh You. I know there are fans here that are going to vehemently disagree with me but it was "Fuh You" specifically that blew the momentum on ES for me. Unfortunately, Paul listened to Ryan Tedder (the song's cowriter and producer) too much and and made the decision to keep it on the album. It became a track where Paul was ,in my opinion, trying to be" too cute"and hoping for a commercial hit. While "Fuh You" was catchy on the 1st few listens (and happily it was short) the lyrics amounted in my opinion to "cringeworthy fluff" and deceptive in its meaning . And because there were so many good to great songs on ES, it "overshadowed" a few of the true "great" songs on the album. When I hear many of the other ES songs independently on a "full" Paul Solo playlist like Spotify's "This is Paul McCartney" I love many of the ES songs like "I Don't Know, Happy With You, Hand in Hand, Dominoes, Do It Now and Despite Repeated Warnings". Like I said, it blew the momentium of ES for an "album listener"like me. Looking back at other Paul Solo albums, I felt a similar way on Tug of War. I loved that album (especially the 1st 3 songs) but it was the 4th song (the 1st Paul/Stevie Wonder collaboration called "What's That You're Doing") that took the wind out of the sails for me. It was a 6:23 length jam song that went entirely too long.
As far as McCartney 3, I am loving it so far. I'm still digesting all the songs so I will wait another week before I give my full review. But on 1st impression, I'm loving some of the songs (and they're still growing with me) like Find My Way, Pretty Boys, Lavatory Lil, Slidin, Kiss of Venus and Seize the Day.
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Leslie, *Polythene* Pam...or were you just being funny writing Polyethylene Pam?
And I'm one of the ones who disagrees about "Fuh You" but I think the song should have been titled "For You" and then there might not have been all this controversy. I like the song. I don't quite understand why you write this Beatles4Ever:
"We dont't want to hear you singing those lyrics, Paul." The lyric he is singing is "I just want it for you" but it's only in your mind that he's singing something else. It was Ryan Tedder who is to blame for that. Paul should not have listened to him and changed the title.
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Nancy R wrote:
Leslie, *Polythene* Pam...or were you just being funny writing Polyethylene Pam?
That was a definite typo by the time I realized my mistake and went back to fix it, it was past the 30 minute mark... *sigh*
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I'm an old geezer and am admittedly "tech challenged".
Perhaps someone can" post" the new "Billboard" article/poll on McCartney 3. It basically said that in their Poll, McCartney 3 received the "highest percentage" of votes for "Best new music for the week" getting like 60% of the vote. While this isn't necessarily a total shock since Paul's new album broke on 11/18, I think the surprise is that he got "60%" of the vote.
I'm thinking this couild be very good news for Paul since I would think that Billboard has a very "broad" demographic of voters/readers including many younger fans. It might be telling us that more "younger" music fans are liking what they hear on many of the McCartney 3 songs. I get that Paul's normal fans are mostly like me...older music fans born on Beatles' and Paul music but I'm thinking that a high percentage of Billboard readers and listeners don't exactly fit Paul's normal demographic. 30 or 40% wouldn't surprise me on this recent Poll but 60% seems very good. This could be good news. Maybe songs like Deep Deep Feeling and Deep Down (not Beatlesque type songs)are resonating with a younger audience for Paul. Just a thought.
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Since buying the album (cd) on Saturday I've only had the chance to give it a couple of plays. First impressions are basically that it sounds like a Fireman album without Youth. It feels more like a 'performance' album rather than a 'song' album and as such, it sounds more interesting and 'real' than the glossy mush of Egypt Station. Deep Deep Feeling & When Winter Comes stand out early but I think this is any album that needs to be listened to and appreciated as a whole rather than cherry pick individual tracks. I just need the time to be able to give the album more plays.
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This was posted on Paul's twitter account today
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AndrewMBarros wrote:
This was posted on Paul's twitter account today
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EpyT-afWwAAU5M7?format=jpg&name=medium -
I was told by my wife not to pre-order this album when it was announced it would be released in December. My daughters got it for me as one of my Christmas presents and they knew I was chomping at the bit to hear it so they wrapped it and gave it to me today. My first impression was very good, no real clunkers and every song had some things I liked about it. This album is nothing like the first two IMO and is more in line with the "Fireman" albums or CHAOS. His voice was pretty good and especially effective when he used his falsetto voice. Lyrically the album is not bad either and nothing cringe worthy at first listen. Some quick notes on a few songs below
Long Tailed/Winter Bird - perfect opener for this type an album when McCartney is a one man band. Great acoustic guitar picking for this mostly instrumental song.
Find My Way - Need to listen to it again but I swear the first couple of seconds sounds like a song from "Help". Good uptempo song which would be the one to select if they ever have a single from this album.
Pretty Boys - One of the few times I actually like a McCartney song better for it's lyrics than the melody. Like the story the song tells but musically it is only ok.
Lavatory Lil - I was set up to not like this song just by the song title but I really got a kick out of this barely 2 minute rock number with putdown of a "golddigger". Gee I wonder if it is the lady who remains nameless -lol.
Deep Deep Feeling - Had my reservations due to the length of the song but really liked it. Maybe it is me but it reminds me of a "Coldplay" song and I don't mean that in a negative way, I kind of like Coldplay.
Slidin - I absolutely love this song, really rocks and McCartney is on fire playing guitar. This would be great in concert.
The Kiss Of Venus - This is another one of those beautiful McCartney ballads with some subtle acoustic guitar playing. I also really like the songs lyrics.
Winter Bird/When Winter Comes - Wonderful ending and even stronger than the opening songs. Love it being about living on the farm
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So... three listens in I'm feeling mixed about McCartney III. Still processing and I don't feel fully settled yet, but suspect I'm going to end up placing it roughly midpack in my mental ranking of Paul albums, somewhere near Off the Ground and Driving Rain, but pretty definitely not close to the heights of Egypt Station. There are tracks I like for sure, but nothing yet that I can honestly say I love the way I do Hand in Hand, Dominoes, Confidante and Do It Now. And I'm starting to grow an active dislike for Deep Deep Feeling. But it's all fairly preliminary, not set in stone.
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B J Conlee wrote:
I'm an old geezer and am admittedly "tech challenged".
Perhaps someone can" post" the new "Billboard" article/poll on McCartney 3. It basically said that in their Poll, McCartney 3 received the "highest percentage" of votes for "Best new music for the week" getting like 60% of the vote. While this isn't necessarily a total shock since Paul's new album broke on 11/18, I think the surprise is that he got "60%" of the vote.
I'm thinking this couild be very good news for Paul since I would think that Billboard has a very "broad" demographic of voters/readers including many younger fans. It might be telling us that more "younger" music fans are liking what they hear on many of the McCartney 3 songs. I get that Paul's normal fans are mostly like me...older music fans born on Beatles' and Paul music but I'm thinking that a high percentage of Billboard readers and listeners don't exactly fit Paul's normal demographic. 30 or 40% wouldn't surprise me on this recent Poll but 60% seems very good. This could be good news. Maybe songs like Deep Deep Feeling and Deep Down (not Beatlesque type songs)are resonating with a younger audience for Paul. Just a thought.
See link below BJ, I think this is what you are looking for.
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
B J Conlee wrote:
I'm an old geezer and am admittedly "tech challenged".
Perhaps someone can" post" the new "Billboard" article/poll on McCartney 3. It basically said that in their Poll, McCartney 3 received the "highest percentage" of votes for "Best new music for the week" getting like 60% of the vote. While this isn't necessarily a total shock since Paul's new album broke on 11/18, I think the surprise is that he got "60%" of the vote.
I'm thinking this couild be very good news for Paul since I would think that Billboard has a very "broad" demographic of voters/readers including many younger fans. It might be telling us that more "younger" music fans are liking what they hear on many of the McCartney 3 songs. I get that Paul's normal fans are mostly like me...older music fans born on Beatles' and Paul music but I'm thinking that a high percentage of Billboard readers and listeners don't exactly fit Paul's normal demographic. 30 or 40% wouldn't surprise me on this recent Poll but 60% seems very good. This could be good news. Maybe songs like Deep Deep Feeling and Deep Down (not Beatlesque type songs)are resonating with a younger audience for Paul. Just a thought.
See link below BJ, I think this is what you are looking for.
Thanks Yankeefan. That was exactly the Billboard article/poll I wanted to post. Just assuming that Billboard's audience is much broader than the typical Paul McCartney demographic is a good omen for this new album in my opinion. Just hope I'm right here. I think it is safe to assume that Billboard's audience has more of a younger demograhpic andl the fact that McCartney 3 had a 60% vote was a lot stronger than I would have expected. it seems as though songs like Deep Deep Feeling and Deep Down (not typical Beatle boomer type of songs) are probably resonating with the younger crowd pretty well. Maybe McCartney 3 might have "stronger legs" after the "initial 1st month release sales" than many of Paul's previous albums including Egypt Station and New. I guess one key might be if "Deep Deep Feeling or Deep Down" get any radio play from specific segments of the radio market designed for the younger crowd.
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B J Conlee wrote:
Beatles4Ever wrote:
thomascbullock wrote:
The thing I keep thinking about this album is how much it sounds "like him." I think that was what turned me off about Egypt Station. That whole record just sounds like it's trying too hard. But this one has the same effortlessness as Chaos and Creation and Flaming Pie had (though perhaps the songs on those 2 are stronger). It's a joy to listen to.
Yes. On Egypt Station he was trying too hard. "Fuh You" best exemplifies that for me. We dont't want to hear you singing those lyrics, Paul. While I do like several of the songs on that album, overall, it is hard to listen to; not one I go back to. This one truly captures him. No outside inflluences or input from people who think they know what a hit record sounds like...or should sound like. Paul followed his instincts. This is clearly who he is....doing exactly what he wants to do. And it all works.
Hey Beatles4Ever...I hear what you're saying about Fuh You. I know there are fans here that are going to vehemently disagree with me but it was "Fuh You" specifically that blew the momentum on ES for me. Unfortunately, Paul listened to Ryan Tedder (the song's cowriter and producer) too much and and made the decision to keep it on the album. It became a track where Paul was ,in my opinion, trying to be" too cute"and hoping for a commercial hit. While "Fuh You" was catchy on the 1st few listens (and happily it was short) the lyrics amounted in my opinion to "cringeworthy fluff" and deceptive in its meaning . And because there were so many good to great songs on ES, it "overshadowed" a few of the true "great" songs on the album. When I hear many of the other ES songs independently on a "full" Paul Solo playlist like Spotify's "This is Paul McCartney" I love many of the ES songs like "I Don't Know, Happy With You, Hand in Hand, Dominoes, Do It Now and Despite Repeated Warnings". Like I said, it blew the momentium of ES for an "album listener"like me. Looking back at other Paul Solo albums, I felt a similar way on Tug of War. I loved that album (especially the 1st 3 songs) but it was the 4th song (the 1st Paul/Stevie Wonder collaboration called "What's That You're Doing") that took the wind out of the sails for me. It was a 6:23 length jam song that went entirely too long.
As far as McCartney 3, I am loving it so far. I'm still digesting all the songs so I will wait another week before I give my full review. But on 1st impression, I'm loving some of the songs (and they're still growing with me) like Find My Way, Pretty Boys, Lavatory Lil, Slidin, Kiss of Venus and Seize the Day.
And the songs on McCartney III do grow on you. They fit together nicely. At first, there seemed to be no really melodic song that just jumped out at me on first listen, as many of his songs have over the years....but, then they do. There are catchy melodies. He covers the spectrum just doing what he likes and wants to do. When I listen to the album in my car, which is my favorite place to listern...I play it very loud...little touches here and there that I was not quite hearing before just jumped out. I like how "Deep Deep Feeling" just builds and builds and pulls you in. What I inititally thought was too much repetition just is not an issue. (The leftover songs from the Egypt Station sessions....later released....were in several cases stronger than several selected for the album. IMO. Paul seems to do that quite often.)
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Dec. 22, 2020: The new animated video for "When Winter Comes"
Is that an additional bit of new music "Winter Sun" playing over the closing credits?
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Beatles4Ever wrote:
B J Conlee wrote:
Beatles4Ever wrote:
thomascbullock wrote:
The thing I keep thinking about this album is how much it sounds "like him." I think that was what turned me off about Egypt Station. That whole record just sounds like it's trying too hard. But this one has the same effortlessness as Chaos and Creation and Flaming Pie had (though perhaps the songs on those 2 are stronger). It's a joy to listen to.
Yes. On Egypt Station he was trying too hard. "Fuh You" best exemplifies that for me. We dont't want to hear you singing those lyrics, Paul. While I do like several of the songs on that album, overall, it is hard to listen to; not one I go back to. This one truly captures him. No outside inflluences or input from people who think they know what a hit record sounds like...or should sound like. Paul followed his instincts. This is clearly who he is....doing exactly what he wants to do. And it all works.
Hey Beatles4Ever...I hear what you're saying about Fuh You. I know there are fans here that are going to vehemently disagree with me but it was "Fuh You" specifically that blew the momentum on ES for me. Unfortunately, Paul listened to Ryan Tedder (the song's cowriter and producer) too much and and made the decision to keep it on the album. It became a track where Paul was ,in my opinion, trying to be" too cute"and hoping for a commercial hit. While "Fuh You" was catchy on the 1st few listens (and happily it was short) the lyrics amounted in my opinion to "cringeworthy fluff" and deceptive in its meaning . And because there were so many good to great songs on ES, it "overshadowed" a few of the true "great" songs on the album. When I hear many of the other ES songs independently on a "full" Paul Solo playlist like Spotify's "This is Paul McCartney" I love many of the ES songs like "I Don't Know, Happy With You, Hand in Hand, Dominoes, Do It Now and Despite Repeated Warnings". Like I said, it blew the momentium of ES for an "album listener"like me. Looking back at other Paul Solo albums, I felt a similar way on Tug of War. I loved that album (especially the 1st 3 songs) but it was the 4th song (the 1st Paul/Stevie Wonder collaboration called "What's That You're Doing") that took the wind out of the sails for me. It was a 6:23 length jam song that went entirely too long.
As far as McCartney 3, I am loving it so far. I'm still digesting all the songs so I will wait another week before I give my full review. But on 1st impression, I'm loving some of the songs (and they're still growing with me) like Find My Way, Pretty Boys, Lavatory Lil, Slidin, Kiss of Venus and Seize the Day.
And the songs on McCartney III do grow on you. They fit together nicely. At first, there seemed to be no really melodic song that just jumped out at me on first listen, as many of his songs have over the years....but, then they do. There are catchy melodies. He covers the spectrum just doing what he likes and wants to do. When I listen to the album in my car, which is my favorite place to listern...I play it very loud...little touches here and there that I was not quite hearing before just jumped out. I like how "Deep Deep Feeling" just builds and builds and pulls you in. What I inititally thought was too much repetition just is not an issue. (The leftover songs from the Egypt Station sessions....later released....were in several cases stronger than several selected for the album. IMO. Paul seems to do that quite often.)
Agree100% Beatle4Ever. And the songs that I "initially" liked a lot have really grown with me. I think Songs like "Find My Way, Pretty Boys, Sliding, The Kiss of Venus, and Seize the Day could all become classics. "Seize the Day" in particular has grown tremendously with me. I also have to say that I'm also liking "Women and Wives" and "Lavortory Lil" a lot more too.
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B J Conlee wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
B J Conlee wrote:
I'm an old geezer and am admittedly "tech challenged".
Perhaps someone can" post" the new "Billboard" article/poll on McCartney 3. It basically said that in their Poll, McCartney 3 received the "highest percentage" of votes for "Best new music for the week" getting like 60% of the vote. While this isn't necessarily a total shock since Paul's new album broke on 11/18, I think the surprise is that he got "60%" of the vote.
I'm thinking this couild be very good news for Paul since I would think that Billboard has a very "broad" demographic of voters/readers including many younger fans. It might be telling us that more "younger" music fans are liking what they hear on many of the McCartney 3 songs. I get that Paul's normal fans are mostly like me...older music fans born on Beatles' and Paul music but I'm thinking that a high percentage of Billboard readers and listeners don't exactly fit Paul's normal demographic. 30 or 40% wouldn't surprise me on this recent Poll but 60% seems very good. This could be good news. Maybe songs like Deep Deep Feeling and Deep Down (not Beatlesque type songs)are resonating with a younger audience for Paul. Just a thought.
See link below BJ, I think this is what you are looking for.
Thanks Yankeefan. That was exactly the Billboard article/poll I wanted to post. Just assuming that Billboard's audience is much broader than the typical Paul McCartney demographic is a good omen for this new album in my opinion. Just hope I'm right here. I think it is safe to assume that Billboard's audience has more of a younger demograhpic andl the fact that McCartney 3 had a 60% vote was a lot stronger than I would have expected. it seems as though songs like Deep Deep Feeling and Deep Down (not typical Beatle boomer type of songs) are probably resonating with the younger crowd pretty well. Maybe McCartney 3 might have "stronger legs" after the "initial 1st month release sales" than many of Paul's previous albums including Egypt Station and New. I guess one key might be if "Deep Deep Feeling or Deep Down" get any radio play from specific segments of the radio market designed for the younger crowd.
I hope you are right and this album has some "legs" on the charts. I think it will do fine the next couple of weeks but after that is when the McCartney management team has to work to keep interest alive with the album since there are no tours. The one bad thing which I brought up before was this was released too late for Grammy award nominations and it may not be remembered in late 2021. Whether people respect the Grammy awards or not, they do give an album publicity and that usually does help sales a bit.
My daughters are in their early 30's and heard it while I played it for the first time. They seemed to like "Slidin", "Find Your Way" and "Deep Deep Feeling" the best. Not sure if that would be typicial reaction of a younger audience but I thought I would mention it -lol.
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Bruce M. wrote:
So... three listens in I'm feeling mixed about McCartney III. Still processing and I don't feel fully settled yet, but suspect I'm going to end up placing it roughly midpack in my mental ranking of Paul albums, somewhere near Off the Ground and Driving Rain, but pretty definitely not close to the heights of Egypt Station. There are tracks I like for sure, but nothing yet that I can honestly say I love the way I do Hand in Hand, Dominoes, Confidante and Do It Now. And I'm starting to grow an active dislike for Deep Deep Feeling. But it's all fairly preliminary, not set in stone.
I'm feeling pretty close to where you are at this point Bruce. I'm at the point after repeated listens that the good tracks I initally liked are sounding even a lot better. Now I'm loving songs like "Find My Way, Pretty Boys, Sliding, The Kiss of Venus and Seize the Day". These songs might be just as good as the great songs on Egypt Station, Chaos, MAF, Tug of War and Flaming Pie. If I feel the same way in another couple of weeks, I might have McCartney 3 in my Top 5 of Paul's Post Beatles' albums.
My big questions about how good McCartney 3 might end up being is still with the 2 long "jam" songs...Deep Deep Feeling and Deep Down. If they don't grow with me substantially I would probably place McCartney 3 like you in the middle of the pack. I have to say that at this point I'm liking "Deep Down" more than "Deep Deep Feeling". It's shorter (5:53 vs. 8:26) and I'm liking the R&B groove on "Deep Down"a lot more so the length of the track is less of a problem. The "horns" on "Deep Down" are also breaking up the monotonous parts of the song so it's really growing on me. I'm still on the fence with "Deep Deep Feeling" as to whether it will become the clunker on McCartney 3. The rest of the album is really good in my opinion.
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B J Conlee wrote:
Bruce M. wrote:
So... three listens in I'm feeling mixed about McCartney III. Still processing and I don't feel fully settled yet, but suspect I'm going to end up placing it roughly midpack in my mental ranking of Paul albums, somewhere near Off the Ground and Driving Rain, but pretty definitely not close to the heights of Egypt Station. There are tracks I like for sure, but nothing yet that I can honestly say I love the way I do Hand in Hand, Dominoes, Confidante and Do It Now. And I'm starting to grow an active dislike for Deep Deep Feeling. But it's all fairly preliminary, not set in stone.
I'm feeling pretty close to where you are at this point Bruce. I'm at the point after repeated listens that the good tracks I initally liked are sounding even a lot better. Now I'm loving songs like "Find My Way, Pretty Boys, Sliding, The Kiss of Venus and Seize the Day". These songs might be just as good as the great songs on Egypt Station, Chaos, MAF, Tug of War and Flaming Pie. If I feel the same way in another couple of weeks, I might have McCartney 3 in my Top 5 of Paul's Post Beatles' albums.
My big questions about how good McCartney 3 might end up being is still with the 2 long "jam" songs...Deep Deep Feeling and Deep Down. If they don't grow with me substantially I would probably place McCartney 3 like you in the middle of the pack. I have to say that at this point I'm liking "Deep Down" more than "Deep Deep Feeling". It's shorter (5:53 vs. 8:26) and I'm liking the R&B groove on "Deep Down"a lot more so the length of the track is less of a problem. The "horns" on "Deep Down" are also breaking up the monotonous parts of the song so it's really growing on me. I'm still on the fence with "Deep Deep Feeling" as to whether it will become the clunker on McCartney 3. The rest of the album is really good in my opinion.
In the beginning, I thought "Lavatory Lil" was going to be the "Love it or hate it" song but it appears that may be "Deep Deep Feeling" for people on this board. For the most part, critics seem to like the song although most would not mind it being cut down a bit and I agree with them. Even with the length issue, I think it is too good to be considered a clunker. Included another review (see link) that is excellent in depth review and I enjoyed it.
https://www.xsnoize.com/album-review-paul-mccartney-mccartney-iii/
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
B J Conlee wrote:
Bruce M. wrote:
So... three listens in I'm feeling mixed about McCartney III. Still processing and I don't feel fully settled yet, but suspect I'm going to end up placing it roughly midpack in my mental ranking of Paul albums, somewhere near Off the Ground and Driving Rain, but pretty definitely not close to the heights of Egypt Station. There are tracks I like for sure, but nothing yet that I can honestly say I love the way I do Hand in Hand, Dominoes, Confidante and Do It Now. And I'm starting to grow an active dislike for Deep Deep Feeling. But it's all fairly preliminary, not set in stone.
I'm feeling pretty close to where you are at this point Bruce. I'm at the point after repeated listens that the good tracks I initally liked are sounding even a lot better. Now I'm loving songs like "Find My Way, Pretty Boys, Sliding, The Kiss of Venus and Seize the Day". These songs might be just as good as the great songs on Egypt Station, Chaos, MAF, Tug of War and Flaming Pie. If I feel the same way in another couple of weeks, I might have McCartney 3 in my Top 5 of Paul's Post Beatles' albums.
My big questions about how good McCartney 3 might end up being is still with the 2 long "jam" songs...Deep Deep Feeling and Deep Down. If they don't grow with me substantially I would probably place McCartney 3 like you in the middle of the pack. I have to say that at this point I'm liking "Deep Down" more than "Deep Deep Feeling". It's shorter (5:53 vs. 8:26) and I'm liking the R&B groove on "Deep Down"a lot more so the length of the track is less of a problem. The "horns" on "Deep Down" are also breaking up the monotonous parts of the song so it's really growing on me. I'm still on the fence with "Deep Deep Feeling" as to whether it will become the clunker on McCartney 3. The rest of the album is really good in my opinion.
In the beginning, I thought "Lavatory Lil" was going to be the "Love it or hate it" song but it appears that may be "Deep Deep Feeling" for people on this board. For the most part, critics seem to like the song although most would not mind it being cut down a bit and I agree with them. Even with the length issue, I think it is too good to be considered a clunker. Included another review (see link) that is excellent in depth review and I enjoyed it.
https://www.xsnoize.com/album-review-paul-mccartney-mccartney-iii/
Thanks for the review Yankeefan, I enjoyed it.
One thing for sure. McCartney 3 is the best of the 3 in the Trilogy. McCartney 3 is easily better than McCartney 2 and it is more "complete" as a full album than McCartney 1. What a great way to end this tough year especially if you're a Paul fan.