We could change the words of The Pound is Sinking to "The Ram price is Sinking" and sing and cheer it down hopefully yet again before the release date.
Posts made by John Mackintosh
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RE: The "Ram" Remaster Thread
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RE: Tug of War--Almost Thirty Years On
BOYCIE:
John Mackintosh:
Try to keep this thread going with some guesswork on what might appear on a Tug of War Deluxe edition. On the second audio CD, we could expect: Ebony and Ivory--the vocal solo of Paul that appeared on the 12 inch single. Rainclouds-B-side of Ebony. I'll Give You A Ring--B-side of the Take It Away single. Boil Crisis--Unreleased track, wasn't this done around then? Any other songs that would fit in, please add them in. Thanks.
Most outtakes are on Pipes Of Pap. I'd have preferred Rainclouds and I'll Give You A Ring on the album rather than the out of place Stevie duets.
I agree with you on either Rainclouds or I'll Give You a Ring being a better selection than at least one Stevie duet, the "What's That You're Doing?" I guess though that saying Stevie was on two albums tracks rather than just Ebony sounded better for publicity purposes.
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RE: Tug of War--Almost Thirty Years On
Try to keep this thread going with some guesswork on what might appear on a Tug of War Deluxe edition. On the second audio CD, we could expect: Ebony and Ivory--the vocal solo of Paul that appeared on the 12 inch single. Rainclouds-B-side of Ebony. I'll Give You A Ring--B-side of the Take It Away single. Boil Crisis--Unreleased track, wasn't this done around then? Any other songs that would fit in, please add them in. Thanks.
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RE: The "Ram" Remaster Thread
Michelley:
CMackbird:
cb70:
I just wet myself a little bit. That is getting pre-ordered all day long.
That gave me a good giggle. But I understand the sentiment! Like a nut, I've spent a bit of time studying that picture. This whole thing is just beautifully designed. And now all we have to do is wait a month for it to arrive before we can start complaining about what it doesn't include. I can't wait to look over those lyrics sheets. WANT! NOW!
WOW! This one impressive looking package, much better than I supposed. Look at the envelope included that must hold the photos, looks like something he would give you if you visited him or something. Very enticing indeed.
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RE: Tug of War--Almost Thirty Years On
SusyLuvsPaul:
I liked Linda's backing vocals "pushing...pulling" during Tug of War, thought they added a lot, I must admit.
I like those as well, as they greatly add to the song. This album sounds so much better on CD than it did on the original vinyl I still have from 1982. Hopefully, we can also hope for TOW to get the updated sound deluxe treatment someday.
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RE: Paul McCartney 2012 Rumours
RMartinez:
WixRocks!:
RMartinez:
WixRocks!:
RMartinez:
Since this thread is about rumors, I will say we will not see any North American dates until Aug or Sept 2012.
Is there a reliable source that generated this rumour? Because a rumour is supposed to have some sort of lead or tip behind it....not just be a shot of hope into the dark.
Ha ha! Really? REALLY? If you go through this WHOLE thread, you are telling me every entry is based on some sort of lead and there are no "shots of hope into the dark??" Baa Ha ha haaaa haa aha ah! Well, let's just say, it looks like Paul will be in Denmark at the end of June and the beginning of July. So, he is open from June 5 - June 29. He may surprise me, but I doubt he will do any concerts in that time frame. Call it speculation. At least not in the USA. Maybe in Europe, which would make sense. There HAVE been rumors he will play for the Olympics in London in July, so I doubt he will come to the USA for a group of shows in July, just to have to go all the way to the UK for one show. Still, I may be wrong. Maybe that will happen. Therefore, careful deduction would point to August or September as a likely time McCartney may do some shows in the USA and Canada. Rumor? No. Speculation? Yes.
Thank you for understanding my concern, and renaming your seemingly prophetic belief accordingly.
I never claimed to be a prophet, but I am a gambling man! Want to wager?? I would probably lose. McCartney has done tour itineraries I could never have dreamed up.
He has history on his side. For August of the past three years, Macca has been on the road here in the States! Keeping fingers crossed that history repeats itself.
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RE: Tug of War--Almost Thirty Years On
BOYCIE:
CMackbird:
BOYCIE:
John Mackintosh:
Listened to Wanderlust short time ago when out in the car. That is one outstanding song. If I had to pick one favorite from the entire album, always hard to do, that would be it. It is also an offspring of the Londontown sessions, one of my favorites from the 1970s.
I'd love Paul to ditch The Long And Winding Road and put Wanderlust in it's place in the live show. The only downside to this proposition is whether Paul could sing it well as it's in a very high range.
I think that would be a real concern Boycie. Tbh I find it hard to think he has neglected it completely since 89 on wards. IMO It really is one of his finest songs, one of my all time faves EVER.
I agree it's a classic if ever i've heard one. The galling thing is Wanderlust and Tug Of War are two of Paul's best post Beatle songs, but they're virtually unknown unless you're a Paul fan. I'd love for Wanderlust to have been issued as the first single off TOW instead of the lame Ebony And Ivory then it might have got some recognition.
It's a real shame he didn't do Tug of War and Wanderlust during the 1989-90 tour that was closest in time to the album and. as pointed out, his voice was in a higher range back then It would have been sort of like how he did Flaming Pie and Calico Skies in recent years since Flaming Pie, like TOW, wasn't accompanied by a tour coinciding with the album's release. TOW and Wanderlust are just too good to have never been played live.
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RE: Tug of War--Almost Thirty Years On
dance-tonight:
Great album. "Wanderlust" is one of the best songs ever, "Tug of War" a great song in every way, "Take It Away" very catchy. "Dress Me Up as a Robber" is the only song on this record I don't like, but all the other ones are great. Paul at his best in the 80s.
Listened to Wanderlust short time ago when out in the car. That is one outstanding song. If I had to pick one favorite from the entire album, always hard to do, that would be it. It is also an offspring of the Londontown sessions, one of my favorites from the 1970s. As for Dress Me Up as a Robber, that song is so intriguing as it really doesn't have melody, or at least one that is easily accessible, which is unusual for Paul. Trying to whistle it is impossible!
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RE: Tug of War--Almost Thirty Years On
I agree with you on at least one of the Stevie duets, "What's That You're Doing" is the weakest track on the entire album.
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RE: Tug of War--Almost Thirty Years On
To me, Wanderlust, Tug of War, Dress Me Up as Robber and the Pound is Sinking are outstanding. Perhaps because of hearing it live a number of time and then reproduced on liva albums, Here Today has lost some of its power. Especially interesting to hear The Pound Is Sinking in which currencies like the Greek Drachma are named as these have been replaced by the Euro. Of course, many feel Greece will eventually have to go back to the Drachma so the perception of this song's lyrics might have a strange evolution. The Pound is still around and was holding steady on this morning's foreign exchange quotes!
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RE: hello from Belgium!
Welcome to the board! Been to Belgium once and loved it!
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RE: Tug of War--Almost Thirty Years On
BertoneBeatle:
The recording history of that album is a saga on it's own. It's also the album that more or less killed Wings.
Wasn't some of it originally planned to be included in a Wings release? I know Denny Laine is on there on some tracks.
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Tug of War--Almost Thirty Years On
I checked the official release date on the site and it has it down as April 26, which would be for the UK, so please forgive me for starting this thread now but this album is very important to me, for very personal reasons as you will read. I remember it coming out in late April here in the States, just days before my wife and I were married, so it is strongly associated in my mind with that happy event. Ebony and Ivory came out a month or so earlier, I believe, and I remember one of my hardcore Beatle friends NOT liking it,, which mystified me. That song is linked to my driving her and her best friend up to my hometown on a Saturday for a wedding shower and it came on the radio for the first time. Critics hailed Tug of War as either his best post-Beatles album ever or on par with BOTR. I thought what we called Side 2 on vinyl was especially strong especially the last three tracks that get moving with Dress Me Up as a Robber. I put it way up there but since those days it seems to be somewhat overlooked by those who look back on Paul's career and it may no longer be considered in his upper echelon of albums, its place probably taken by Ram which the critics damned to hell in 1971, I hated them for it. As for the album being forgotten, I remember in 2002 when he first did Here Today live, he had to explain to Katie Couric (I think it was) where the song came from as she thought it was totally new! Tug of War came out with Reagan in the White House, Thatcher at 10 Downing Street, the Falklands War and Europe divided between east and west. So much has changed. My funniest memory--my wife getting tired of me playing it everyday. She, of course, knew I was a big fan but she thought that was a bit much. I just said, hey, it's a great album. Thirty years on, we are still married and I still think it was a great album.
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RE: Time Magazine Special Edition for Paul's 70th!
Thanks for passing along this info, Jen, going to put my order in as well. So, we have Ram in May, this publication in June, concerts in U.S. in August like the last three summers???? Of course, there is that little gathering in London that may keep him over there this August.
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RE: OUT THERE- TOUR! pls add UNCLE ALBERT to SET!
Great Idea! This would be the perfect way to promote the Ram reissue. Here's hoping
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RE: The "Ram" Remaster Thread
I was hoping the DVD would have Another Day live from 1993, Too Many People from 2005 and then Ram On from two summers ago. Oh well. I, too, have been avoiding playing Ram to make it all seem fresh and new.
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RE: Paul McCartney Archive Collection
Thanks for all the good news on Ram, I had about giving up on it coming out. Since it originally came out in May 1971, a May release this year is only appropriate. Hard to believe it will have been 41 years!
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RE: Paul McCartney 2012 Rumours
Way to go Australia. Imagine he will be doing Mull of Kintyre down there for all the Scots. Wish I could go.
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RE: Mull of Kintyre and Nottingham Forest FC
That's right! I had forgotten about the Terry Bradshaw and Paul duet! Yes, he was there this year and not Madonna, think that is performer scheduled.
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RE: Petition for Silly Love Songs LIVE!
Add my name to the list of those who would love to have Silly Love Songs live P.S.....Glad he is doing Come and Get It in Europe, it sounds great on youtube.