RMartinez:
McCartney was Paul getting back to basics, which is what it sounds like. It is cool!
I think McCartney is a very good album too. "Maybe I'm Amazed" is obviously a great song and I think the rest of the songs are very listenable too. It deserves more than a three star rating in my estimation.
DrivinFan:
Here's an article with photo from the show last night: http://missoulian.com/news/local/mccartney-mines-career-spanning-catalog-in-missoula-concert/article_4e714afc-1d23-11e4-a1c3-0019bb2963f4.html
Thanks for posting the review. It was a good review. I have to agree with the reviewer about the comparison between shows by Paul and those of Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan is an incredible song writer, but when I saw him play last year it was far from a great performance.
RMartinez:
Maccafan82:
5th-beatle:
RMartinez:
The reviewer said, "Thankfully no 'Silly Love Songs' or 'Ebony and Ivory.'"
What a fool... on the hill.
I'll agree that I am thankful he didn't play Ebony and Ivory, but that line was a cheap shot. Why would he play it live without Stevie? And Silly Love Songs would bring the house down.
I agree!
The review is from a 60 something guy who tries to come across as a hipster. He once said that U2 was a better band than the Beatles. Considering that - I thought it was a pretty positive review. I don't think I've met or heard from anybody that doesn't think it was a great show.
http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/269710731.html One review of the Minneapolis show.
I got my tickets. It should be a great show.
audi:
So Dave Clark taking credit for hit songs that he didn't write is acceptable in your book? How... ...conservative of you.
Thanks for the information on the DC5 Audi. I looked at one rock site and someone wrote that the only thing Dave Clark ever wrote for the DC5 was a weekly check.
Nancy R:
Other songs Paul wrote about Jane: We Can Work It Out You Won't See Me I never heard I've Just Seen A Face was about Jane. It was written in 1965, over 2 years after he met Jane. More likely about a girl he met he'd like to replace her with! P.S. Before someone says, what about And I Love Her? Paul said in an interview that it wasn't written with any girl specifically in mind. (I bet Jane loved hearing that!)
According to Peter Miles' book both of those songs were written on the piano at the Asher house. Paul would have had a hard time explaining to his girl friend why he wrote a song about another girl at the Asher house. 
Erik in NJ:
What book has the best coverage (details and accuracy) of their time together. It's a very interesting time in Paul's life I think.
"Many Years From Now" by Barry Miles has a lot of details on Paul's life and his recollection of the creation of Lennon/McCartney songs. I'm sure other people on this site prefer other books.
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Nancy R:
I've been wanting to hear Paul do this live forever! What other songs were written to or about her? Thanks, Erik
"I've Just Seen A Face" is supposed to be about Jane Asher. Paul said "For No One" is probably about a fight he had with Jane.
Erik in NJ:
He was pretty popular with a handful of hits--I'm not sure I would say he was "huge." He apparently left Apple after that first record which in and of itself was nothing to write home about.
I was reading about James Taylor and Apple Records. Apparently at that time Allen Klein was "downsizing" Apple and Peter Asher encouraged him to switch record companies for the sake of his career.
Erik in NJ:
I heard recently in a Howard Stern interview with Paul that George basically turned down Crosby, Stills, and Nash for a recording deal on Apple Records. Since they are more talented than most who appeared on Apple (even their first album was quite strong), I'm a bit surprised at this lapse in reasoning. Certainly CSN on Apple would have been a real coup for the company and I believe Steven Stills did appear as a musician on at least one Apple album. Thanks for any insight.
I found this link..http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/crosby-stills-nash-on-apple-records.55507/ Apparently George liked the music of CSN, but was miffed because Steven Stills wanted Paul to produce the album. Paul was too busy to produce it anyway. John nixed the deal by saying their music was "twee nonsense". He also said the same thing about the band Yes.
Thanks for the review Erik. The Concert for George is coming up on my Netflix queue and I'll have to see if my observations match yours. You seem very astute so I probably won't find much to quibble about.
Some have called McCartney manipulative and not so open because of that.
I'm not quite sure how being positive translates into being manipulative. Some of the interviews John gave after the Beatles were downright nasty. He seemed to have mellowed out as the years wore on though.
Erik in NJ:
Rock Lobster! Sounded just like Yukko!
Rock Lobster wasn't one of my favorite B-52 songs, but it wasn't Yoko bad I read that the reason John didn't perform at Concert for Bangladesh was that George asked John to play without Yoko. John told Yoko about it and she apparently had a fit. According to Peter Brown John and George didn't speak for a few years after that.
Randy, I listened to that song on ITunes and it sure didn't sound much like the B-52s to me.
rich n:
Tough question - but I think for me, the Golden Slumbers medley is not only my favorite Beatles song...but perhaps the peak of all things rock and pop
I agree about the Golden Slumbers medley being great. John and Paul seemed on top of their game in those songs. I was a freshman in college when it came out and the music reviewer for the college paper slammed Abbey Road unmercifully. I still shake my head at what a pompous idiot that reviewer was.
RMartinez:
moptops:
Not having John and George around gives Paul freedom not to do but to say what he wants, with regards Beatles legacy, largely unopposed. Ringo is too nice or not interested to engage him. Although he did say something recently along the lines of "Paul thinks he's the only living Beatle..." So even Ringo can get a jibe in. At the 50th anniversary concert it is Ringo who first acknowledges John and George - then Paul follows with what sounds to me, "oh yes, I'd better say something about them too!" Criticism can be good. And on occasion, criticism of Paul is absolutely warranted: absolutely.
I watched the "Beatles Anthology" on Netflix a few weeks ago. There were a lot of interviews with Paul, George and Ringo together and separately. Most of the time Ringo seemed unable to remember details of songs etc. Ringo sang "Yellow Submarine" on the Grammy's salute to the Beatles and I never heard him give a shoutout to Paul for writing the song. That seemed pretty unusual. When Paul performed "I Saw Her Standing There" he gave John Lennon credit for co-writing the song. I am surprised that there is so much animosity to Paul on this site when it is a Paul McCartney site. I can understand some criticism, but a few of the posters are really snarky towards Paul
In a Rolling Stone interview George Martin said he was told by the Beatles that they wanted "Let it Be" to have a raw sound. John then gave the album to Spector to "tidy up a few songs" Spector then proceded to add strings and women's voices without any input from Paul. George Martin might have been miffed at Paul for the "She's Leaving Home" flap, but it didn't stop him from working with Paul on the rest of "Sergeant Pepper" tracks and later on "Live and Let Die".
The "Spectorized" version of the TLAWR was always one Beatles song that I couldn't stand. I've never read the Doggett book, but one thing I've read is that John seemed to harbor some resentment towards George Martin because he thought Martin spent more time with Paul in the studio than John. Martin says that was because Paul spent more time in the studio than John in the latter years of the Beatles. I've seen that as a reason why Spector produced "Let It Be" and not George Martin. I still think it is odd that Paul wasn't allowed any input on the production of TLAWR I will try to see if the Doggett book is in the local library to see if that book has a different outlook on the "Spectorization" of TLAWR.
