I can see the novelty appeal but yeah it sounds really cheap and unimaginative, loads of pointless repetition, containing only the most skeletally sketched ideas.
― has arlen specter never heard clarence thomas's laugh? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 30 June 2010 23:51 (thirteen years ago) link
part of the appeal
― paul wallowitz and chaimillionaire - get ya mind kashrut (m bison), Thursday, 1 July 2010 00:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Check My Machine is siiiiiick, ty for posting jaxon
― how much can a koala ˁ˚ᴥ˚ˀ (sic), Thursday, 1 July 2010 00:19 (thirteen years ago) link
"Bogey Music" is, in part, intentionally bad because it's supposed to be an exploitation record (the first record made for the emerging Bogey market). But McCartney is such a great craftsman that he also throws in that cool instrumental break. It's also quite chilling when he calls the Bogeys "suckers."
― timellison, Thursday, 1 July 2010 00:41 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't understand that at all.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 July 2010 00:46 (thirteen years ago) link
There's a little note about it in italics on the lyrics page.
― timellison, Thursday, 1 July 2010 00:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Taylor Parkes on Macca in The Quietus: http://thequietus.com/articles/01922-paul-mccartney-the-beatles-wings-the-best-of
― piscesx, Thursday, 1 July 2010 00:47 (thirteen years ago) link
An excellent essay! It strikes the right note: baffled but awestruck. A few months ago my bud and I, listening to "Let'Em In" on satellite radio, marveled at how a song this determinedly ridiculous -- a song about a doorbell! with a doorbell sound! with military snares!! -- sailed into the Top Five.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 July 2010 00:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah I've been waiting for McCartney 3 for like ever. His #'d solo albums are the best.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 1 July 2010 01:08 (thirteen years ago) link
ya hella overrated imo
― max, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 7:42 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
disappointed in u if ur serious
― dmr, Thursday, 1 July 2010 01:15 (thirteen years ago) link
i am, i just cant get into it
― max, Thursday, 1 July 2010 01:18 (thirteen years ago) link
max, does this help?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDBkySeyiDo
― future American striker hero (lukas), Thursday, 1 July 2010 01:21 (thirteen years ago) link
j/k about disappointment obviously but I would have thought it would have been up your alley. Darkroom, Coming Up, Temp Secretary, Check My Machine are all classics imo and the ballads totally grew on me. I just think of it as a great four-tracky weird bedroom pop record.
― dmr, Thursday, 1 July 2010 03:30 (thirteen years ago) link
he was almost my stepdad
― jaxon, Thursday, 1 July 2010 05:07 (thirteen years ago) link
what?
the ballad on it are incredible obviously, waterfalls and one of these days are, I think, two of the best songs he ever wrote (that includes any of the beatles work). and the thin sound of the rest of it is exactly what is good about it.
― akm, Thursday, 1 July 2010 07:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Great essay by Taylor Parkes. I do like the sound of Paul's 70s life-style: happy family life, a sympathetic soul mate who he could make music and go horse-riding with, and being cheerfully bonged out at all times.
I think this might have been one of his happiest times. I remember seeing an interview where he was saying that in the late 70s the Beatles hysteria had died down in the UK - enough that he could get the train from Sussex to Charing Cross and walk to his office in Soho Square without much hassle. One John died the hysteria started up again and that free and easy moment disappeared forever.
― Bob Six, Thursday, 1 July 2010 07:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Loving these outtakes so far. Thanks!
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 1 July 2010 10:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow, "Blue Sway" sounds like Ashra. It even has a tempo change.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 1 July 2010 10:38 (thirteen years ago) link
I do love the Coming Up video, classic Paul. and a nod to the Sparks even
― has arlen specter never heard clarence thomas's laugh? (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 1 July 2010 15:30 (thirteen years ago) link
never been a huge fan of this record ... and yet i'm considering downloading the double lp version on the octaner blog ... paul is sometimes at his best when he's at his most tossed off.
― tylerw, Thursday, 1 July 2010 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm just kidding. Mostly. A few years ago he came into the radio station my mom works at and was flirting with her, but she was recently divorced and didn't see the signs. She's got some of it recorded. He sang her happy birthday.
― jaxon, Thursday, 1 July 2010 16:14 (thirteen years ago) link
That's awesome.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 1 July 2010 16:20 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― has arlen specter never heard clarence thomas's laugh? (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 1 July 2010 16:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Re: the (incredibly irritating) video for "Comin' Up", could someone please tell me who the drummer is Macca is impersonating? Bugged me for years - he looks like a cross between David Bellamy (Americans are advised to google here) and Levon Helm.
― I am utterly and abjectly pissed off with this little lot (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 July 2010 16:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh right... Wiki tells me it's supposed to be Ginger Baker but it still looks more like David Bellamy meets Levon Helm to me
― I am utterly and abjectly pissed off with this little lot (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 July 2010 16:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Suggest Ban Permalink
http://octaner.blogspot.com/2007/05/lost-mccartney-ii-album.html
― jaxon, Tuesday, June 29, 2010 12:13 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark
anyone else download from this site but not get track 11?
― mizzell, Friday, 2 July 2010 01:44 (thirteen years ago) link
I got track 11, but my Temporary Secretary was all glitchy.
Strange that those are both tunes from the official release.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 2 July 2010 05:41 (thirteen years ago) link
couple of good songs on this and it's always fun to check out a weird record that actually charted, but as far as strange home-baked home recordings go, 20 times over I will reach for r. stevie moore's 'phonography'
brilliant mutants trying their hardest vs. famous people coasting, make your choice life is really short
np: 'pipes of peace'
― Milton Parker, Friday, 2 July 2010 06:49 (thirteen years ago) link
ha ha np: 'lunchbox / odd sox'
ok yeah, even on auto-pilot, pretty lovable
― Milton Parker, Friday, 2 July 2010 07:00 (thirteen years ago) link
this thread needs a photo of jaxon's mom for completion
― Bob Six, Friday, 2 July 2010 07:36 (thirteen years ago) link
np: 'daytime nighttime suffering'
― Milton Parker, Friday, 2 July 2010 08:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Listened to this for the first time last night - holy shit, this is SICK!!! Why haven't people been drooling over this for years? Completely unlike anything you'd expect from Macca. Reminds me of Ariel Pink somehow... I love "Coming Up" - was it a single or something, cos it sounds very familiar?
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 2 July 2010 09:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Honestly man they have been!
― The reverse TARDIS of pasta (Niles Caulder), Friday, 2 July 2010 10:22 (thirteen years ago) link
COMING UP!!!
So pleased about this thread and this album. Not least because most of these tracks would've most likely been seen as cackhanded garbage in their day, but it's such a surprise to hear Macca doing a kind of electric psychobilly/new wave party record - never thought he had it in him.
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 2 July 2010 10:48 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah "Coming Up" was a single
The B-side, the live Wings version of "Coming Up", became a #1 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 hit in June 1980. The A-side, the McCartney solo version, reached #2 in the UK.
― dmr, Friday, 2 July 2010 11:32 (thirteen years ago) link
also the video is upthread dl, it is a traet
― oh shit a ◕‿‿◕ (sic), Friday, 2 July 2010 14:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I can't get Bogey Music out of my head. I love the little story about how it's an exploitation record for Fungus the Bogeyman.
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 3 September 2010 14:26 (thirteen years ago) link
so someone played the radio slave mix of temporary secretary out a couple weeks ago and it was p much a banger. still cant get into this album but i 'got' it for a second there.
― max, Friday, 3 September 2010 14:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Two-disc and four-disc remaster/expanded versions coming out:
http://thequietus.com/articles/06165-paul-mccartney-reissues-due-in-june
― timellison, Wednesday, 27 April 2011 22:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Nice for you guys. I am looking more forward to "Tug Of War", which is his masterpiece. :)
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 23:26 (thirteen years ago) link
u crazy 4 this one geir!
― coo coo khal (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 23:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Is that everything ?
― Mark G, Thursday, 28 April 2011 00:06 (thirteen years ago) link
I should add it is his masterpiece as a solo act......
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Thursday, 28 April 2011 00:30 (thirteen years ago) link
that reissue looks dope EXCEPT it is shiiiiitty to put an edit of Check My Machine on the regular bonus disc and the full-length only on the extra-bonus one, and apparently w/ Band On The Run the 3-disc cost US$20 and the 4-disc cost US$100?!??!??!?!??!?!wtf
― Unusatralian (sic), Thursday, 28 April 2011 01:51 (thirteen years ago) link
amazon lists the deluxe of this at $60 which means it will be less than that. I'm excited, love this album.
― akm, Thursday, 28 April 2011 02:19 (thirteen years ago) link
wasn't the 4th disc 'much the same' as the extra disc of a few years ago?
― Mark G, Thursday, 28 April 2011 08:19 (thirteen years ago) link
I will check this machine....
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Thursday, 28 April 2011 09:02 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't care about "Check My Machine" (which is rubbish, frankly), but the album may benefit from the remastering if they do a good job. It doesn't sound very convincing on the current version.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Thursday, 28 April 2011 21:18 (thirteen years ago) link
"Darkroom" is so great sounding on the original vinyl! Super hot, warm, great separation.
― timellison, Thursday, 28 April 2011 22:00 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah man there are like 5 records i miss owning and this is absolutely one of them, "Summer's Day" sounded SO good with a beer in hand
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 28 April 2011 22:08 (thirteen years ago) link
sick
― trapped out the barndo (crüt), Thursday, 22 October 2020 01:07 (three years ago) link
Is this the one with Gary Cherone?
― bagel in the streets, donut in the sheets (morrisp), Thursday, 22 October 2020 01:25 (three years ago) link
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 22 October 2020 04:41 (three years ago) link
IMHO, his last decent record, Chaos & creation... was made almost entirely by himself, so bodes well for me, perhaps.
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 22 October 2020 12:22 (three years ago) link
agreed
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 22 October 2020 12:48 (three years ago) link
Just noticing that Mr H Atom is very William Onyeabor.
― vmajestic, Saturday, 11 December 2021 20:56 (two years ago) link
I love that Get Back has sent all us ILMers to revive every solo McCartney thread en masse.
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 12 December 2021 00:35 (two years ago) link
(and yes, good call)
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 12 December 2021 00:38 (two years ago) link
great call
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 12 December 2021 01:08 (two years ago) link
Sorry that McCartney ii is sick, hope he feels better soon
― hopefully this review helped someone (Neanderthal), Sunday, 12 December 2021 01:24 (two years ago) link
wow yet another example of me being right on the internet for starting this thread
― class project pat (m bison), Sunday, 12 December 2021 01:25 (two years ago) link
Personally I credit dmr
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 12 December 2021 04:10 (two years ago) link
with starting the thread? bold choice.
― class project pat (m bison), Sunday, 12 December 2021 14:23 (two years ago) link
Picked up a vinyl Beach Boys Love You today, and upon revisiting I feel it is the Pet Sounds to McCartney II's Sgt. Pepper.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 13 December 2021 03:43 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1xpvmyTceE
― MaresNest, Thursday, 12 October 2023 18:10 (eight months ago) link
alex is killing it at the moment
― blazin' squab (NickB), Thursday, 12 October 2023 23:14 (eight months ago) link
very fun video!
― not the one who's tryin' to dub your anime (Doctor Casino), Friday, 13 October 2023 12:14 (eight months ago) link
I wish paul would play “temporary secretary” live again. it’s great that he did it in 2015 but he may not know just how big it still is now. the people have spoken!
― houdini said, Friday, 13 October 2023 12:51 (eight months ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 13 October 2023 18:06 (eight months ago) link
xp It looks like he played it one time in 2022, but that was during a VIP soundcheck set. Other than that he hasn't played it since 2017. I'm still futilely hoping he'll whip out "Secret Friend" one of these days...
― J. Sam, Friday, 13 October 2023 19:14 (eight months ago) link
secret friend is mr bellamy to temporary secretary's fuh you
weird spacey mccartney is so much more fun than creepy horny mccartney and I don't know why that song has caught on so much lately other than the wtf is this the silly love songs guy factor (which you can get with other better songs)
― Left, Friday, 13 October 2023 20:11 (eight months ago) link