Posts made by Adrian A

DanTheFan:

Remember, ordinary people laugh at the Daily Mail and The Guardian (they probably have spiteful comments too) as they're at opposite ends of the spectrum. One hates everything on the left, the other hates everything on the right whilst they both think they're correct and blame the ills of the world on anything but themselves. I actually had an argument with my history teacher the other day (im an upper-sixth former), she never liked the Beatles at all but said 'he should give it up as he's made all his money' to which I replied, he did the Olympics for a £1 and 'If you were a billionaire that loved touring and gets thousands of people singing your songs every night, would you want to stop?'. I was in a bad mood on the day, and she can irritate me sometimes. For some reason, people here in the UK look down on success or equate it with arrogance, I don't even see how people can accuse Paul of having a big ego or whatever. He's not an Elton making jabs at others all the time or criticising. Most people who work with him and musicians are in awe, the only thing I can think of is that he dyes his hair - but older women do it. Perhaps he'll stop the hairdye and he'll get everyone fawning over him, just like what happened to Tom Jones.

Please tell your History teacher from me that she's an ignorant cow who has no knowledge of the creative spirit. She might do a job she hates for the money, but a true musician will continue to write, perform and entertain for all their life for the musical fulfilment that it brings to themselves and others.

dcshark:

This Is It

That album would have to start with a re-working of Spin it On.

Swansongs

AbbeyRoadCrosser:

Seriously! Leo Sayer, he was great on 'The Muppets' and all, but really!

Just one of a growing chorus

I posted a whole thread about this, but it seems to have been taken down (I'd like to know a valid reason because no forum rules were broken) Leo Sayer tells Mccartney to quit: http://infobeatlesjpgr.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/leo-sayer-no-fan-of-paul-mccartney.html?spref=fb Update - ok it was thread merged, but maybe important enough for its own thread? Never mind. See what you think. The olympics have brought up such a wave of animosity against the poor man.

Great concert, with great sound Did they apply some sort of frequency filter to the vocal feed on You Gave Me the Answer to give it that old, compressed sound? Also, the drumming is looser, less tight than Abe Laborial, probably due to a less prominent kick drum. Quite noticeable in Magneto and Titanium man and a few others. Yeah and great vocals - no feeling of "will he reach it?" in the line "my love does it good". Voice much sweeter then. Anyone notice the sparklers on Band on The Run? Can't see that being allowed today.

Michelley:

And the widespread public perception seems to be that he struggled and that is sure to have done some damage to his reputation, and that will affect the future success of his albums.

I don't that is the widespread perception at all. And the other point is that albums are not the way to go anymore. With illegal downloads and record stores going out of business, they are only used to publicise a tour, where the main revenue is made - not the other way around as it used to be. There will always be a loyal fanbase for his albums, but no artists are pinning their hopes on album sales right now - hence the trouble they are going to in re-packaging albums in ever-more elaborate ways.

"Train Wreck" is a complete exaggeration. Missing a few notes is not a train wreck - missing most notes is. So long as he's keeping himself happy and making the world happy, I say keep going, at least until the general public are disgusted - like they were by Cheryl Cole's performance.

I think we should set up a new poll Will Paul be in a wheelchair before he retires? No - only joking, a bit too nasty, but he loves what he does so much I can't see him ever stopping.

At what age have other vocalists retired? Have any kept performing well into their 70s? I could do with some expert input on that - failing that, I will google the question.

that's a really beautifully-produced cover version. fabulous work!

His piano playing is pretty good, on a par with his guitar skills. What is more brilliant is his ability to contruct a great song out of a simple riff. Let Em In is very simple, for example. Here the bass stays fixed on Bb as the right hand changes between two chords. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five is not very hard, as the bass stays fixed on Eb as the chords change between Eb and Cm before heading off to Ab. What is great is how the piano here does not follow the vocal line. It is hard to sing this at the same time as play when the piano is doing something very different. Martha My Dear is quite hard to play, though. Lady Madonna is also one of the harder ones as the Left hand has a mind of its own. We really need a definitive publication of his actual piano parts, instead of piano-vocal editions which try to compress all the band's parts onto one piano. Not all of us have the time or ability to learn all the piano parts by ear, so I would love a book like that.

I can't understand people getting so excited about this - it is very disappointing and the DVD footage is pitifully small. Great album, but not enough new stuff to temp me

Are some of the tracks actually noticeably different on the mono album or is it just a case of them being mono instead of being stereo?

Is there really much of a difference between the stereo and mono versions? I'm a bit disappointed with this deluxe set too. I never really rated Thrillington in the first place. Surely there must be more worthwhile gems in the archives? If these rather expensive box sets don't offer anything extra special, it just seems like an elaborate way of re-selling old goods.

Very good - a big improvement. You could make this song really good with some audio editing tricks and more reverb on the vocals.

SusyLuvsPaul:

thanks for re-linking that video I posted. The other links don't seem to be working though!

SusyLuvsPaul:

You had never heard the Cranberries before?

Sorry, I have been a geek and lived in a closet. Heard of them, but never actually heard them. I never listen to music on radio which doesn't help.

SusyLuvsPaul:

Fowlis just sounds a bit ordinary to my ears, that's all. I've heard a lot of other female Irish and or Scottish singers who sound like her. Well, you asked. I did say I'd like to have a cd by her and that band.

To be honest, I'm not expert enough to say for sure - I like her voice, and it sounds pitch perfect, pure and clean and not too strong (which I see as a benefit for the style). However, I do rate the other musicians who I know are Scotland's finest.

The irony is that Status Quo don't even take themselves seriously. Just a few older guys having a bit of fun with five power chords and a backbeat.