McCartney III Single
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
Good point. Imagine one of us Americans saying we really did not know who "Adele" was -lol. Just teasing Kestrel -ha ha.
Adele? I assume she must have sold a lot of records in the US then? I have no idea how well known British artists are in the US I'm afraid or how well known US artists are in the UK?
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Kestrel wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
Good point. Imagine one of us Americans saying we really did not know who "Adele" was -lol. Just teasing Kestrel -ha ha.
Adele? I assume she must have sold a lot of records in the US then? I have no idea how well known British artists are in the US I'm afraid or how well known US artists are in the UK?
It depends on the artist. People like Adele or Taylor Swift are international stars and I can't imagine anybody not knowing them. Of course, there are artists that are popular in a country but have not achieved world wide fame. Think of the Beatles in the early 60's before they came to America. For example, I love Lucy Jones who was in "Waitress" on the West End because I love theater plus I remember seeing clips of her on "X Factor".
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oobu24 wrote:
Beatles4Ever wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
Kestrel wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
You had never heard of Taylor Swift?! 🤯
I'd heard the name (or have seen the name) Taylor Swift but thought it was a guy, probably because I'd worked a few years ago with a guy called Taylor. Its obviously a name that can be used by either sex. But I hadn't heard any music by Taylor Swift,mainly because I'm not interested in chart music or listening to the radio. I would have been very surprised if you had heard of Polly Scattergood. She's not really that well known, even in the UK.
I thought you would have seen the big brouhaha with her and Kanye West coming up on stage at the 2009 VMA Awards. P.S. I don't listen to the radio or any current music either but I see stuff online or on TV. (Like on Entertainment Tonight)
https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/8/26/20828559/taylor-swift-kanye-west-2009-mtv-vmas-explained
At the tiime, I thought Kanye was the biggest jerk ever...protesting Swift winning over Beyonce...and snatching away the award from her hands. Now? I'm sort of thinking she had it coming!! Or does now.
No way did ANYONE deserve what Kanye did. What a jerk.
I agree. That was a real a-hole move.
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
It depends on the artist. People like Adele or Taylor Swift are international stars and I can't imagine anybody not knowing them.
For example, I love Lucy Jones who was in "Waitress" on the West End because I love theater plus I remember seeing clips of her on "X Factor".
That's (kind of ) true, although I didn't know Taylor Swift, despite apparently being an international star.
I've never heard of Lucy Jones either. Sorry. The only American act I like (I have all their albums) are Au Revoir Simone, who are popular although probably not hugely popular. Have you heard of them at all?
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Kestrel wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
It depends on the artist. People like Adele or Taylor Swift are international stars and I can't imagine anybody not knowing them.
For example, I love Lucy Jones who was in "Waitress" on the West End because I love theater plus I remember seeing clips of her on "X Factor".
That's (kind of ) true, although I didn't know Taylor Swift, despite apparently being an international star.
I've never heard of Lucy Jones either. Sorry. The only American act I like (I have all their albums) are Au Revoir Simone, who are popular although probably not hugely popular. Have you heard of them at all?
FYI - Lucie Jones is from the UK. I believe she is Welsh. I am sorry I spelled her first name differently. Yes I have heard of "Au Revoir Simone,", they have been around awhile. I have to check but I believe I have bought a couple of their songs on ITUNES.
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
FYI - Lucie Jones is from the UK. I believe she is Welsh. I am sorry I spelled her first name differently. Yes I have heard of "Au Revoir Simone,", they have been around awhile. I have to check but I believe I have bought a couple of their songs on ITUNES.
I think you can probably tell by now that I'm not very hip to who's hot and who's not. Forty odd years ago the charts were my life and I knew everything about everyone making music. Now, I haven't really a clue as to who is popular or who is famous etc. Every now and again on the news there will be a report of such an such a band who have broken up after having had twenty hit singles and five #1 albums.......and I've never even heard of them. I will check out Lucie Jones and I'm glad you've heard of Au Revoir Simone. Given how big the US is, they must be a lot more popular than I thought.
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Kestrel wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
FYI - Lucie Jones is from the UK. I believe she is Welsh. I am sorry I spelled her first name differently. Yes I have heard of "Au Revoir Simone,", they have been around awhile. I have to check but I believe I have bought a couple of their songs on ITUNES.
I think you can probably tell by now that I'm not very hip to who's hot and who's not. Forty odd years ago the charts were my life and I knew everything about everyone making music. Now, I haven't really a clue as to who is popular or who is famous etc. Every now and again on the news there will be a report of such an such a band who have broken up after having had twenty hit singles and five #1 albums.......and I've never even heard of them. I will check out Lucie Jones and I'm glad you've heard of Au Revoir Simone. Given how big the US is, they must be a lot more popular than I thought.
That is ok Kestrel, I have no idea who is hot on the charts today for the most part. Most of the time it is some rap/hip hop artist and while I will recognize a few names, most of them I have no idea who they are -lol. 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.
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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?
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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.
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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.