lisalou7:
Michelley:
Beatles4Ever&Ever:
So, which newspaper in Britain is more influential--or more widely read --The Telegraph or The Guardian? Anyone know? I ask because the review of Paul's "New" in The Telegraph is glowing....5 out of 5. The reviewer loves it. The one in The Guardian is less so, 3 out of 5 stars. The reviewer says Paul needs someone to edit him, etc., all the usual crap that some people just write down automatically without listening to anything. It's not totally negative, but goes all the way back to 'mentioning Teddy Boy' and how John hated/made fun of it, etc. What any of that has to do with "New" is a mystery. (It really was the comments by some readers of The Guardian, however, that astonished me. Many are absolute trash and very mean spirited. Paul is seemingly loved much more here in the states than in his home country. (When I was in Britain, I was astonished at how trashy many of the newspapers were; they were sort of like The Enquirer is here in America. Not what I had expected of the Brits!!!)
In print, the Telegraph has about 550,000 subscribers, about double the paid subscribers of the Guardian. But online, the Guardian gets 4 million unique visitors a month, compared with 3 million for the Telegraph (which charges for content after a certain amount of views each month). The Guardian is more influential in hipster music circles, which is why that 3-star review hurts. It might have helped sell a few more albums in the UK, where it doesn't look like New will chart all that well, compared with the US and Canada. Gees, the Guardian review is such a cliched review. : : People say Paul is stuck in the past about the Beatles, well, some of these reviewers are too. If any of you get a chance, you should go over there (http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/10/paul-mccartney-new-review)) and support the positive comments (the ones you agree with of course!). That said: 5 stars from the Telegraph A- from Entertainment Weekly 8 out of 10 in Q Magazine 7 out of 10 in NME (amazingly, since they typically hate him) 7 out of 10 in Uncut 7 out of 10 in Clash Magazine. That's pretty damn good!! And lets face it, the last time the reviewers gave Paul uniformly positive praise was more than 3 decades ago.
Great round up Michelley. The Guardian is definitely more hipster and also left of centre. Its actually a good read and still free online. Saying that I thought this reveiw was very lazy and cliched. What Teddy Boy and the 1969 Get Back sessions had to do with New I don't know?? I got the feeling Alexis begrudgingly liked a lot of New but didn't want to let on. Actually The Telegraph review was pretty lazy as well with lots of references to the ex! Baffling.
Michelley, I posted my thoughts on the Guardian review Under the "NEW" Reviews Post. This is the type of review that really disgusts me. From the opening paragraph you know that the critic is obviously prejudice towards Paul. If you want to read more you will find it in the other post. Still under "Not Such a Bad Boy". My main point here is to commend you for all your comments against the Paul haters responding to the review. You really battled them and you were outnumbered. I know that there are a lot of fans of Macca in Britain, but I can't believe the number of haters. Not the first time that a genius gets crushed by his own country/town. I loved your points about all the magnificent Post Beatle albums that Paul has produced...Ram, BOTR, Venus & Mars. How about Chaos, Flaming Pie, MAF etc etc. How about one of the greatest live albums of all time...Wings Over America. The reviewer obviously is a John deciple and believes that John was the Beatles. Any objective person looking at the facts knows this falacy. Just look at the music stupid (that's what I would say to Mr. Petridis. Paul was every bit as important to the success of the Beatles as John (And I'm not putting John down). The 2nd half of the Beatles was dominated by Paul. Most historians would agree with that. Anyway, I did like the fact that this Guardian jerk did like 4 of the songs. These were not the 4 songs I know so far which I love. If I love at least 8 of the songs, I can't wait for the album.