McCartney III Single
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Hopefully Paul not releasing a single means that he's making another dumb mistake like he did with McCartney - not releasing a gem like Maybe I'm Amazed as a single! (in other words, the album contains at least one fantastic song!)
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
My guess is that there might not be a single. You would think with less than a month before release there would have been one by now if they were going to have one.
Yeah, I would have thought so too. But even if there wasn't a single I would have also thought that there would have been a 'radio promo' single released by now.? In a way though, if there isn't a single it comes as a refreshing change as so many artists these days tend to release half their new album as singles before the actual album is even out.
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
Kestrel wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:I checked my ITUNES collection and I have two songs from "Au Revoir Simone" which are called "Lark" and "Stay Golden". I will admit I need to go back and listen to them again and thanks for sparking my interest in them.
Mustn't go off topic really but I must quickly say that Stay Golden is a beautiful song and that Still Night,Still Light is my favourite album. Its chockful of great tunes and performances.
Now back on topic...............where is that single?
My guess is that there might not be a single. You would think with less than a month before release there would have been one by now if they were going to have one.
Hey Yankeefan...maybe the thought is that the numbers for McCartney 3 will be a lot higher without a single based on the early reviews.
To be honest, I still have a lot of skepticism over these early reviews. I'm not an expert on Marketing Music but MPL and Capitol seem to be doiing a lot of exagerated false type of promotion. As a novice, I would think it is pretty easy for both companies to just send out "advanced copies" of McCartney 3 to "only very Macca friendly critics". Kenneth Womack being a Beatle freak would certainly qualify. My biggest problem is that all 4 of these early reviews don't answer the biggest question that fans like Yankeefan and I have:
*How does Paul's vocals sound on McCartney 3?
None of these reviews (especially Ken Womack's) doesn't address this basic question? Can someone talk me out of being so cynical. You would think that none of these critics would put their repuations on the line by overrating Paul's album. I am really hoping that McCartney 3 is a great album and that his vocals sound good but I guess I won't believe it until I hear the album myself. I wanna believe but whenever I've heard Paul's vocals in fairly recent "live" situations he doesn't sound good. I'm thinking of the "Abbey Road Live performance" that Spotfy did to help Paul promote Egypt Station. With his band Paul did a few old Beatle numbers like Love Me Do and Drive My Car where his vocals sounded so rough or when he did Lady Madonna live last Spring in the middle of the pandemic.
I guess I'm still a skeptic. I'm still hoping that this is a great album. I'm so tired of defending Paul's great music talents over the years and a great album now would convince most Beatle maniacs like me of how great Paul is.
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B J Conlee wrote:
*How does Paul's vocals sound on McCartney 3?
None of these reviews (especially Ken Womack's) doesn't address this basic question?
Personally I have no concern about Paul's vocal on the album, as I think its pretty obvious how they are going to sound. If he's writing new material,singing new material and performing live new material, all with his vocals as they are today, then that's okay with me. They might be deeper, more husky, more frail but I think all that can add a desired emotional weight to the music. I won't be comparing Paul's singing on 'lavatory Lil' to that of 'The Long And Winding Road' that's for sure. Its when Paul sings older material in concerts that I have an issue with, because its difficult not to make a comparison with the original recording / earlier performances. That is why I wish in a way he'd packed up live concerts twenty years ago and protected his voice for studio work. But he didn't and his singing / spoken voice is what it is, that's the reality I'm afraid.
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Kestrel wrote:
B J Conlee wrote:
*How does Paul's vocals sound on McCartney 3?
None of these reviews (especially Ken Womack's) doesn't address this basic question?
Personally I have no concern about Paul's vocal on the album, as I think its pretty obvious how they are going to sound. If he's writing new material,singing new material and performing live new material, all with his vocals as they are today, then that's okay with me. They might be deeper, more husky, more frail but I think all that can add a desired emotional weight to the music. I won't be comparing Paul's singing on 'lavatory Lil' to that of 'The Long And Winding Road' that's for sure. Its when Paul sings older material in concerts that I have an issue with, because its difficult not to make a comparison with the original recording / earlier performances. That is why I wish in a way he'd packed up live concerts twenty years ago and protected his voice for studio work. But he didn't and his singing / spoken voice is what it is, that's the reality I'm afraid.
Good points Kestrel. You've made me feel a little better.
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B J Conlee wrote:
Good points Kestrel. You've made me feel a little better.
Thank you, that's good. At least we can still look forward to finding fault with his crummy guitar playing !!
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Kestrel wrote:
B J Conlee wrote:
*How does Paul's vocals sound on McCartney 3?
None of these reviews (especially Ken Womack's) doesn't address this basic question?
Personally I have no concern about Paul's vocal on the album, as I think its pretty obvious how they are going to sound. If he's writing new material,singing new material and performing live new material, all with his vocals as they are today, then that's okay with me. They might be deeper, more husky, more frail but I think all that can add a desired emotional weight to the music. I won't be comparing Paul's singing on 'lavatory Lil' to that of 'The Long And Winding Road' that's for sure. Its when Paul sings older material in concerts that I have an issue with, because its difficult not to make a comparison with the original recording / earlier performances. That is why I wish in a way he'd packed up live concerts twenty years ago and protected his voice for studio work. But he didn't and his singing / spoken voice is what it is, that's the reality I'm afraid.
I agree with BJ also, this is a vey good point. For example, his "frail" vocal on "Early Days" really fit the song. Hearing him trying to do "Maybe I'm Amazed" now in comparison to years ago is pretty sad. I am guessing that anybody reviewing this album is quite aware McCartney's voice is not what it once was and is 78 years old so they are not going to make a big deal out of it.
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Here is 16 seconds of "Find Your Way" at
Some flourishes of McCartney II --for those of us who love that album!
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Yankeefan...I guess we're just going to have to wait for the album. After the Thanksgiving weekend, it's only about 12 days away.
Kestrel's optimism made me feel better but the more I think about it, Paul probably wouldn't be releasing McCartney 3 unless he was pleased with the result. If his vocals were poor, he wouldn't be putting it out. It might be as simple as that.
Can't wait for this release.
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B J Conlee wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
Kestrel wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:I checked my ITUNES collection and I have two songs from "Au Revoir Simone" which are called "Lark" and "Stay Golden". I will admit I need to go back and listen to them again and thanks for sparking my interest in them.
Mustn't go off topic really but I must quickly say that Stay Golden is a beautiful song and that Still Night,Still Light is my favourite album. Its chockful of great tunes and performances.
Now back on topic...............where is that single?
My guess is that there might not be a single. You would think with less than a month before release there would have been one by now if they were going to have one.
Hey Yankeefan...maybe the thought is that the numbers for McCartney 3 will be a lot higher without a single based on the early reviews.
To be honest, I still have a lot of skepticism over these early reviews. I'm not an expert on Marketing Music but MPL and Capitol seem to be doiing a lot of exagerated false type of promotion. As a novice, I would think it is pretty easy for both companies to just send out "advanced copies" of McCartney 3 to "only very Macca friendly critics". Kenneth Womack being a Beatle freak would certainly qualify. My biggest problem is that all 4 of these early reviews don't answer the biggest question that fans like Yankeefan and I have:
*How does Paul's vocals sound on McCartney 3?
None of these reviews (especially Ken Womack's) doesn't address this basic question? Can someone talk me out of being so cynical. You would think that none of these critics would put their repuations on the line by overrating Paul's album. I am really hoping that McCartney 3 is a great album and that his vocals sound good but I guess I won't believe it until I hear the album myself. I wanna believe but whenever I've heard Paul's vocals in fairly recent "live" situations he doesn't sound good. I'm thinking of the "Abbey Road Live performance" that Spotfy did to help Paul promote Egypt Station. With his band Paul did a few old Beatle numbers like Love Me Do and Drive My Car where his vocals sounded so rough or when he did Lady Madonna live last Spring in the middle of the pandemic.
I guess I'm still a skeptic. I'm still hoping that this is a great album. I'm so tired of defending Paul's great music talents over the years and a great album now would convince most Beatle maniacs like me of how great Paul is.
Couldn't have stated it any better....my thoughts exactly. The most I've heard is that the vocals are "raw." To me, that would indicate "rough," which would be distressing. I could not listen to him sounding like that (Confidante) for an entire album, no matter the lyrics. As for the term, "returns to form," as has been used, how many times have those words been said over the years in reference to Paul? They seem pointless.
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Not a great sign that there will be no single. Means there isn't one track strong enough / commercial enough (i.e. solid enough vocally perhaps) to merit putting out. Imagine McCartney II with no Coming Up. Kiss of Venus sounds like a good melody but vocal preview on that one sounds shaky. Hope it turns out to be a great record for Paul - the no single thing though is rather concerning.
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Unfortunately I haven’t been able to hear all of the songs, seems they’ve been removed before I’ve found them From what I’ve heard so far, my two favs are Long Tailed Winter Bird really enjoy the guitar work and Kiss of Venus. I did like the harpsichord or clavichord in that one. Interesting story of the LOTUS as well.
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After just reading Bill King's review of the album...he being the editor of Beatlefan magazine, It's the absolute worst assessment of the album that I have read. He tends to be hyper critical, but this one is beyond the realm. I regret reading it. There's nothing much good about any of it as far as he is concerned. Some bits here and there grow on you...per his impression, but he ranks it pretty much last of the three solo albums.
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Beatles4Ever wrote:
After just reading Bill King's review of the album...he being the editor of Beatlefan magazine, It's the absolute worst assessment of the album that I have read. He tends to be hyper critical, but this one is beyond the realm. I regret reading it. There's nothing much good about any of it as far as he is concerned. Some bits here and there grow on you...per hims assessment..but he ranks it pretty much last of the three solo albums.
Everyone has opinions so I just generally take the overall opinion collected by the different reviews I have read. The Rolling Stone magazine review was pretty good and did mention a flaw or two. While they have given him some very good reviews on albums the last 25 years, they are not McCartney fanboys/fangirls. As somebody who really disliked "McCartney II", I find it tough for anything to be much worse to me. I will say it again, from the reviews I have read this album will have about six or seven really good tunes and probably a couple of misses. I think at this point, we all just have to wait another 18 days and judge ourselves.
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Everything Aflutter wrote:
Not a great sign that there will be no single. Means there isn't one track strong enough / commercial enough (i.e. solid enough vocally perhaps) to merit putting out. Imagine McCartney II with no Coming Up. Kiss of Venus sounds like a good melody but vocal preview on that one sounds shaky. Hope it turns out to be a great record for Paul - the no single thing though is rather concerning.
Would I have liked a single, the answer is yes. Does it concern me, the answer is no. An album can be very good but just not have a commercial/radio friendly type song. His vocals good or bad will be exposed on the album so I don't see why that would prevent them from releasing a single. The decision to not releasing a single could be simply economics. McCartney is not the artist that is going to have a top 10 single so why bother. People who will buy "McCartney III" are going to be the ones who bought his other solo albums and not because they heard some single on the radio,.
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
Everything Aflutter wrote:
Not a great sign that there will be no single. Means there isn't one track strong enough / commercial enough (i.e. solid enough vocally perhaps) to merit putting out. Imagine McCartney II with no Coming Up. Kiss of Venus sounds like a good melody but vocal preview on that one sounds shaky. Hope it turns out to be a great record for Paul - the no single thing though is rather concerning.
Would I have liked a single, the answer is yes. Does it concern me, the answer is no. An album can be very good but just not have a commercial/radio friendly type song. His vocals good or bad will be exposed on the album so I don't see why that would prevent them from releasing a single. The decision to not releasing a single could be simply economics. McCartney is not the artist that is going to have a top 10 single so why bother. People who will buy "McCartney III" are going to be the ones who bought his other solo albums and not because they heard some single on the radio,.
Pretty much the way I feel. It seems to me that Paul is getting a tremendous amount of buzz anyway so by not putting out a single will eliminate any type of negative buzz a new single would produce. Like you said and from the reviews I read, it seemed like "Seize the Day" might have been a good choice for a "single" but again this album is getting so much press anyway that Paul's people and record company probably think a "single" might produce more negatives than positives.
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The Rolling Stone review of "McCartney lll" calls his vocals on it "superbly weathered." Someone said none of the reviews so far address this issue; but Rolling Stone did.
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SusyLuvsPaul wrote:
The Rolling Stone review of "McCartney lll" calls his vocals on it "superbly weathered." Someone said none of the reviews so far address this issue; but Rolling Stone did.
Oh, Bill King, editor and publisher of Beatlefan magazine does. I regret reading his review......quite negative up and down the line. He concedes that some things grow on you, but to say he lacked enthusiasm for the album would be a vast understatement.
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thrillington wrote:
Here is 16 seconds of "Find Your Way" at
Some flourishes of McCartney II --for those of us who love that album!
A bit too much like McCartney II for my taste. It's one of just a couple Paul albums I never listen to. Going to the dentist is more fun.
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I heard the entire song "Find My Way" albeit in bad bootleg quality form...and was digging on it even on first listening ! Also the song after it "Winter"--enjoyed it a lot too even right at first. I don't go by what Beatlefan mag editor Bill King says, I saw his vid about McCartney 3 on YouTube where he was griping he heard the whole thing (the bootleg rough version) and couldn't get into it. I thought of all those glowing reviews from other viable sources and also of my trust in my own ears and sensibilities above anyone else's. How I react, how it sounds to me. It's subjective.