I was told it's all solo Paul, written performed and produced, for what it's worth.

oobu24 wrote:

eric in boise wrote:

oobu24 wrote:

SusyLuvsPaul wrote:

what's the album cover going around look like ?  thanks for info ! that might or might not be the cover to Paul's upcoming new album

Note: I feel the need to point out this artwork has no connection to my report about Mc3.

If people think it looks fake/unbelievable, I would wholeheartedly agree.  But I have no information on album art...

haha...a disclaimer! We were talking about covers that were going around on the internet. That is what I posted. It is not an official cover. I went back to edit that post but could not. This ridiculous site will only let you edit for an hour after the post has been made.

Oh, I know.  You're fine, oobu!  I just didn't want people thinking "that cover looks fake, so the story must be BS." There's no connection, other than that someone was probably INSPIRED by the story to do a mock-up of an album cover.

A couple more folks at Hoffman have now gone "on the record" confirming the album today.

oobu24 wrote:

SusyLuvsPaul wrote:

what's the album cover going around look like ?  thanks for info ! that might or might not be the cover to Paul's upcoming new album

Note: I feel the need to point out this artwork has no connection to my report about Mc3.

If people think it looks fake/unbelievable, I would wholeheartedly agree.  But I have no information on album art...

Yankeefan2 wrote:

SusyLuvsPaul wrote:

No offense, but what are your sources, eric from boise, and how were you told ? Are your sources impeccable ? how is it that you found out? I tried to get on Hoffman's music forum, but for some reason was unable to access it this time, although I have, in the past. I tried several times this time. Will keep on trying.

Thanks for info.

I don't see why Yankeefan "hated" McCartney 2; although of course music taste is subjective, mainly. Not all its songs are "weird" or unusual.

Simply put Suzy, I am not a fan of synth pop/electronica music which is the essence of "McCartney II". The only song of McCartney's that I dislike more than "Bip Bop" (lol) is "Temporary Secretary" which just grates on my last nerve listening to it. While others love "Coming Up", I find it repetitive and annoying.  The only song on "McCartney II" that I enjoy is "Waterfalls".  As you said music taste is subjective, to each their own -lol

You don't even like One Of These Days?  That's a pretty straightforward ballad, IMO...

SusyLuvsPaul wrote:

No offense, but what are your sources, eric from boise, and how were you told ? Are your sources impeccable ? how is it that you found out? I tried to get on Hoffman's music forum, but for some reason was unable to access it this time, although I have, in the past. I tried several times this time. Will keep on trying.

Thanks for info.

I don't see why Yankeefan "hated" McCartney 2; although of course music taste is subjective, mainly. Not all its songs are "weird" or unusual.

Hey Suzy,

I wrote a lengthy post over there explaining everything; I'll just link it here:

https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/current-paul-mccartney-news-thread-interviews-articles-miscellaneous.578098/page-228#post-24884432

Tried to anticipate all the questions I'd get and answer them best as I could.

oobu24 wrote:

^ Of course. The time to get excited is AFTER an official announcement but we can all speculate until then. Looks like Eric, you have ben chosen to be the spokesperson for this one. lol

I don't accept that role!  

I got a tip that seemed unbelievable to me but, after vetting it to the best of my abilities, I was convinced. I then published just PART of what I'd been told, to see if anyone could confirm it.  It took a couple weeks, but yesterday two separate Hoffman-ites both managed to tell me exactly what I'd been told, and at that point it seems fair to tell all, rather than sit on it.

50 years after 1, and 40 years after 2, I believe  it's time to count to 3!

love2travel wrote:

eric in boise wrote:

love2travel wrote:

Yay!! So looking forward to new McCartney material.  I thought I had seen a picture of him with Nuno and it looked like they were playing a song  together, I'm then imagining there will be other musicians as well from that picture. I've always wished he would play with Chris Martin too!

Nope.  Let's just say Paul's recording methods were a model of "social distancing" for this project!

This is going to be interesting... can't wait!  Any ideas on a title or any song info?

No song info, but take a look at the other topic near the top of the board right now.  Ought to tell you everything you need to know!

love2travel wrote:

Yay!! So looking forward to new McCartney material.  I thought I had seen a picture of him with Nuno and it looked like they were playing a song  together, I'm then imagining there will be other musicians as well from that picture. I've always wished he would play with Chris Martin too!

Nope.  Let's just say Paul's recording methods were a model of "social distancing" for this project!

AlienGirlWorx wrote:

First rounds on me if you are right E.I.B.

I cheers to you tonite, friendo!

Two weeks ago, when I first heard the news - even though the source sounded impeccable - I was still a wee bit skeptical.  But when I got two different sources confirming that info within an hour of each other this morning, any doubts vanished.

I think we'll hear official confirmation in a month or so. I don't hang around a lot here (I find the aesthetics of this discussion board obnoxious), but I'm frequently on the Hoffman board, if you know what that is.  My avatar is identical there.  

AlienGirlWorx wrote:

Hint: if you like to share "best of the year" lists with family over the holidays, I strongly suggest doing that over Christmas instead of Thanksgiving this year!

I'm not forgetting this E.I.B. Everything is crossed!

Egypt Station is cracking good, and an important Macca album to me amongst many important Macca albums in my life. I find it as weird (F.Y., B.2.B, She's A Rock) and wonderful (I Don'T Know, H.I.H., D.I.N.) as anything else in his catalogue.

"The charts" are a flippin' joke. Fat Cats pay top dollar to show they "won," and I'm not in anyway talking about our Paul here.

And I am more than bought and sold for "McCartney 3!"Give me full white-haired mad-scientist lab coat Paul banging pans and making voices, PLEASE! This man deserves to reflect as weird as our current times are.

Go Ape Paul! We got Sweet Bananas!

I came here wanting to share my news, and your initial post in this thread was so on-target, it seemed the best one to respond to.

I'm just as excited as you are!  Don't know if we'll get "mad scientist" Paul or Grandpa Paul, strumming his acoustic, but I'm genuinely stunned we'll be getting an album at all (for some crazy reason, I thought Egypt might be his final solo album - I'm thrilled to be WRONG!).