NJR wrote:
Kestrel wrote:
NJR wrote:
With June 1968 photo Linda took at the Beverly Hills hotel:
Is that a photo or a painting of a photo?
Blown up photo I think.
Thanks. I know some artists are so talented that their paintings etc look like photographs. My cousin is one of them, a very talened artist. Oobu24....it could be photoshopped i guess.
NJR wrote:
With June 1968 photo Linda took at the Beverly Hills hotel:
Is that a photo or a painting of a photo? 
NJR wrote:
Here's the story: The photo is a screen grab off of a video a friend of my original friend took! My friend was at the Orlando concert as well and said that he had shaved. Got to check the concert videos on YouTube to verify this.
I know - "Get a life!"
It passes a bit of time and its fun so that's the main thing. 
oobu24 wrote:
Kestrel wrote:
It was the 2022 photo with Paul waving from the car. His hair might be grey but his skin looks far too young, so it was his face (rather than his hair) that looks photoshopped and makes him look younger than how I remembered him forty years ago.
And thinking about it , hasn't he been sporting a 3 day old beard during this tour?
Are you trying to wind Nancy up?
Good job that I'm not on that FB group as I'd probably be banned for life.
NJR wrote:
Kestrel wrote:
NJR wrote:
knights in WHITE satin - The Moody Blues
knights?
I think I prefer your title. 
Warm And BEAUTIFUL ~ Wings
NJR wrote:
Kestrel wrote:
NJR wrote:
Orlando May 28, 2022
Nice photo but it must have been photoshopped? Paul looks a lot younger than he did forty years ago when I saw him at the Take It Away video shoot.
You quoted the 2022 photo taken on the 28th! What photo are you referring to that Paul looks younger?
It was the 2022 photo with Paul waving from the car. His hair might be grey but his skin looks far too young, so it was his face (rather than his hair) that looks photoshopped and makes him look younger than how I remembered him forty years ago.
NJR wrote:
knights in WHITE satin - The Moody Blues
knights?
No More Lonely NIGHTS ~ Paul
NJR wrote:
Orlando May 28, 2022
Nice photo but it must have been photoshopped? Paul looks a lot younger than he did forty years ago when I saw him at the Take It Away video shoot.
NJR wrote:
Yes, I definitely think it depends on when you became a fan. If you were like Stella, asking her dad "What was the name of that group you were in before Wings?"
...or Dhani Harrison who thought his dad was a gardener. 
NJR wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
"It's a shame that Nigel Goodrich didn't become his regular producer like George Martinwith the Beatles. Come to think of it, wasn't it Martin that recommended Goodrich?"
I don't think Nigel and Paul hit it off that well but they created a fantastic album together. Paul has said he did not appreciate Nigel being pretty blunt with him at times. My gut feeling is Paul kind of wants "yes" man around him -lol.
No! Ya think?
I don't think Elvis Costello, Glyn Johns or Hugh Padgham took any nonsense from Paul either which didn't go down well.
NJR wrote:
The difference depends on when the person went solo. Sting was in The Police first, then went solo. He was never in a band after that, or created a band. Rod Stewart was in Faces first, then solo. Phil Collins was in Genesis, then solo. So obviously the bands they were in are not sub-categories! Paul was in the Beatles, then in 1970 he went solo. Then in 1971 he created Wings. After that ended he didn't have a band name and just had basically sidemen and he toured as just Paul McCartney. That's why his solo career is different. For many 1st generation fans, anything Paul did after the Beatles was "solo" even if he did name the group. I went to see Paul McCartney, not the other guys. It's jmho.
...and your jmho is a very valid one. But personally I think Paul being in group A,then going solo,then being in group B doesn't mean that group B is any less of a group than group A. Its just another group. But I think,as you infer, when you first become interested in Paul does alter the way you perceive what follows. In 1976 when I first saw Wings live,I went to see Wings and not just Paul. It was just as amazing for me to see Linda,Denny,Jimmy and Joe as it was to see Paul, as I'm sure it would have been for Beatles fans to have seen John,George and Ringo a decade earlier.
McCall wrote:
NJR wrote:
rbortega wrote:
Do you count Wings' albums as part of Paul McCartney's solo discography or should they be considered separate from his solo work?
I consider anything he did 1970 and on as solo. In other words, not as a Beatle. But a subset of that is Wings from 1971 to 1980. He was always the "star of the show" and only in 1976 did we even get to hear anyone else but Paul sing.
This is how I think of it too. Wings, Paul's touring bands, The Fireman, Paul and Linda, etc, are all sub-categories of "Paul Solo".
Well,I'm certainly going to continue to disagree that Wings were a sub-category act. Wings were Wings, a group in their own right. Its a bit like saying that the Faces were a sub-category of "Rod Stewart solo". Or Roxy Music were a sub-category of "Bryan Ferry solo". How about the Police being a sub-category of "Sting solo"? Or The Jam being a sub-category of "Paul Weller solo"? A list of other examples would be endless. As with most groups, one (or two) of the members will always dominate but that doesn't mean the group is just some form of backing group for that particular member.
Yankeefan2 wrote:
Ok, so you are good with with 80 year old bloke repeating about 20 times in a row (lol), "If you come on to me
Then I'll come on to you". How about 80 year old bloke singing what sounds like "I just want to F*** you".
Ugh, don't get me going on that topic! There's several reasons why I don't like Egypt Station, and that song is one of the main ones.
oobu24 wrote:
IT could have been a different song or even...no song at all. Just listening to the entire album together.
Yeah,either of those could be right. I have a vague memory of seeing a photo of James playing his guitar at the actual HOAS session. If that could be found it would be interesting to compare to the photo below.
Yankeefan2 wrote:
Kestrel wrote:
Probably because they know that Paul is more interested in the hundreds of thousands of satisfied,happy fans who attend his shows / tours and is less interested in the....what? 6 or 7 fans who keep moaning about the setlists on these boards !!
I kind of laugh at people who think those who want to hear a few more solo songs in his set list are moaning/bitching. First, we are actually complimenting Paul and saying he is more of an artist than being a Beatle which ended over 50 years ago. How dare we (lol) want to hear music from the CD's we bought of his solo career music. The outrage of us (ha ha) wanting him to do a couple of great Beatle songs he never did before (Rocky Raccoon, I Want To Hold Your Hand) instead of songs like "In Spite Of All Danger" and "Benefit For Mr. Kite" on a couple of tours. Finally, the 6 or 7 of us (lol) know he is not going to change. We are just expressing frustration that he ignores so much great music he has made in live performances.
I agree and sympathise with your frustration but the bottom line is that Paul's not going to go out of his way to make work for himself just to please a tiny minority of fans,however well founded their views are. Personally I would love to have heard Waterfalls or One Of These Days played live but its not going to happen. Some time back I suggested that his entire setlist should only be made up of songs recorded since 2000 but that's not going to happen either. The current setlist is what it is. Btw, I can well do without the thought of an 80 year old bloke singing 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' to me !! I've only just had my evening meal and I wasn't intending on seeing it again !!!
NJR wrote:
Why don't the Admins of this forum/website ever read what we constantly write and get the message back to Paul?!
Probably because they know that Paul is more interested in the hundreds of thousands of satisfied,happy fans who attend his shows / tours and is less interested in the....what? 6 or 7 fans who keep moaning about the setlists on these boards !!
Here in the UK the supermarket chain Sainsburys stopped selling cds/dvds/vinyl earlier this year and I suspect other supermarkets will follow suit if they haven't already done so. Locally we only have the HMV store left for buying new media related product.