― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Thursday, 13 February 2003 21:06 (twenty-one years ago) link
Also C: "Jet," "Too Many People," "Let Me Roll It," "Spin It On" (Wings go thrash!)
― mike a (mike a), Thursday, 13 February 2003 22:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― RSPMJLGH (Piano Man), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Arthur (Arthur), Friday, 14 February 2003 01:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Friday, 14 February 2003 10:52 (twenty-one years ago) link
good old dad.
― RJG (RJG), Friday, 14 February 2003 11:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Friday, 14 February 2003 11:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
― the pinefox, Friday, 14 February 2003 13:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Friday, 14 February 2003 21:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
I don't think I've even seen a copy of WINGSPAN in a record store.
I reminded my dad about the 'all the best'-for-christmas thing on friday night when we were in a car. he didn't really remember. he said "and why did she [my mum] buy you that instead?" and I told him again and he understood. then he asked "and why did you want 'faith'??" and the answer was...I was six...I had seen it advertised on television.
― RJG (RJG), Sunday, 16 February 2003 05:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
― dave k, Sunday, 16 February 2003 13:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
Yes, COMING UP is great.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Sunday, 16 February 2003 15:19 (twenty-one years ago) link
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316860328/qid=1045408789/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_3_1/026-5101041-0610836
It's an intimate scrapbook.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Sunday, 16 February 2003 15:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
Capitals are the new italics.
― the pinefox, Sunday, 16 February 2003 16:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
If that's not a special offer I'll EAT MY HAT. Note controversial opinion expressed herein: the best solo Paul McCartney work did not appear until FLOWERS IN THE DIRT. Before anyone rushes to order it, please note that it appears to be two-dimensional.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Sunday, 16 February 2003 17:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
I used to listen to my mum's copy of "All The Best" all the time. On vinyl, too.
― robin carmody (robin carmody), Monday, 17 February 2003 02:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
amazing.
Love Coming Up and C Moon too.
― Charlie (Charlie), Monday, 17 February 2003 02:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 17 February 2003 02:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Monday, 17 February 2003 09:52 (twenty-one years ago) link
And then I wake up.
I had "All the best" on CD for many years, never listened to it, but I'll agree that "Venus and Mars" is a neglected classic, as is the first McCartney LP, very primitive but rather homely.
― Rob M (Rob M), Monday, 17 February 2003 10:55 (twenty-one years ago) link
I had dreams about WINGSPAN last night. or it featured in my last night's dreams. I think it was really big and cost one hundred and twenty-five pounds or twenty-five pounds and was sealed in plastic and didn't tell me the tracklisting.
record shopping w/ allyC, yesterday, we saw many mccartney/wings albums. WINGS AT THE SPEED OF SOUND looked OK but was on cassette and three pounds fifty.
― RJG (RJG), Monday, 17 February 2003 14:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mike a (mike a), Monday, 17 February 2003 15:39 (twenty-one years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Monday, 17 February 2003 15:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
― matt riedl (veal), Monday, 17 February 2003 16:05 (twenty-one years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 17 February 2003 18:45 (twenty-one years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Monday, 17 February 2003 18:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 17 February 2003 19:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 17 February 2003 19:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Monday, 17 February 2003 19:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
Does anyone else like 'Hope of Deliverance'? I think it has a haunting melody.
― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 17 February 2003 19:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Monday, 17 February 2003 20:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
p.s. 'for your love'+'bus stop'=gouldman.
― RJG (RJG), Monday, 17 February 2003 20:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 17 February 2003 21:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
― dleone (dleone), Monday, 17 February 2003 21:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
― robin carmody (robin carmody), Monday, 17 February 2003 23:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
Dud: 'Wings at the Speed of Sound', 'Flaming Pie', 'Driving Rain' (a little better than 'FP'), 'Press to Play' (interesting yet not successful experimentation from Macca in 1986...) & 'Back to the Egg' (consistently average, only 'Old Siam Sir' makes any real impression).
Many albums of his i'm mixed about... yet, overall 'Classic', I maybe go towards this strongly as the general consensus is so unfairly a 'dud' opinion. You have to look deep into his work, and will find much that is good...
― Tom May (Tom May), Thursday, 20 February 2003 22:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Friday, 21 February 2003 22:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mike a (mike a), Friday, 21 February 2003 22:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Friday, 21 February 2003 22:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Saturday, 22 February 2003 01:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ally C (Ally C), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 21:36 (twenty-one years ago) link
Too late, it was in the issue with Santana on the cover.
― dleone (dleone), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 21:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
If one's scratching one's head about how badly Paul's solo cheese wears on the nerves, try the following experiment: program disc one of the white album to only play Paul's tracks. Starts off okay but the unrelenting 'Ob-la-di' to 'Martha My Dear' to 'Blackbird', by the time it gets to 'Rocky Racoon' you'll be clawing your face off.
― Jon Leidecker, Thursday, 27 February 2003 18:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― dave q, Friday, 28 February 2003 11:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
It should be mentioned that it's the MCCARTNEY II version that should be considered "classic." The live version, which Columbia released as a single in the US, pales in comparison (though there's a very strange meteor-shower synth break toward the end).
Am I the only person who thinks BACK TO THE EGG is almost the equal of BAND ON THE RUN/VENUS & MARS? Probably.
― mike a (mike a), Friday, 28 February 2003 16:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― John Bullabaugh (John Bullabaugh), Sunday, 9 March 2003 02:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tom May (Tom May), Sunday, 9 March 2003 19:19 (twenty-one years ago) link
Most obvious cases of search:"Tug Of War", "Flowers In The Dirt", "Band On The Run", "Venus And Mars"
Destroy:"Wild Life", "McCartney II", "Press To Play", "Wings At The Speed Of Sound", "Pipes Of Peace".
Other than the disastrous "Wild Life", even the worst albums contain at least one or two great tracks each though.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 9 March 2003 19:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
The production on that album is definitely classy, but the songs are just too weak for it to avoid the dustbin. "Tug Of War" has the same marvellous production, and contains almost exclusively great songs. (Yes, even "Ebony & Ivory" isn't that bad, really)
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 9 March 2003 19:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
xp well he should bring that pride back and play a bunch of it live
― ufo, Thursday, 2 November 2023 12:16 (five months ago) link
I agree with matt, the bassline on SLS is by far the best thing about that single, and it's a GREAT bassline. I could listen to that on loop for hours on end.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 2 November 2023 17:19 (five months ago) link
(just the bass part that is)
Even if the only song in his solo oeuvre was "Maybe I'm Amazed," that would be enough to make him a classic.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 2 November 2023 22:21 (five months ago) link
Fortunately, he also hasd "Press."
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 2 November 2023 22:43 (five months ago) link
i really think it's a crime paul never did a whole album in the vein of tracks like "silly love songs" and "goodnight tonight"
― ufo, Saturday, 25 November 2023 10:04 (four months ago) link
I think you could put together an album length compilation of stuff he did with a similar vibe - those two, My Love, Arrow Through Me, Take It Away, Dress Me Up as a Robber ... maybe the version of No More Lonely Nights with the squelchy synth bass. I like Write Away, but but I think the mid-80s production make it sound too harsh to fit in with the above, not smooth or lush enough. Secret Friend has a different sound as well, but maybe the ten minute version would work as an outro
― soref, Saturday, 25 November 2023 10:31 (four months ago) link
"blue sway" is another yeah
― ufo, Saturday, 25 November 2023 11:06 (four months ago) link
I’m kind of stunned to see Super 70s Sports on the case:
Name a song you love that doesn’t get played or talked about a ton. I’ll start: pic.twitter.com/EdEhEr60pS— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) March 23, 2024
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 23 March 2024 11:00 (one month ago) link
i'm kind of having a Wings phase and will check this out. i just listented to Wild Life for the first time, which rules and has my wondering why i waited so long.
― budo jeru, Saturday, 23 March 2024 15:25 (one month ago) link
"Arrow Through Me" is by far the best tune on Back to the Egg.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 23 March 2024 15:27 (one month ago) link
haha, good to know. it's not too shabby
― budo jeru, Saturday, 23 March 2024 15:35 (one month ago) link
listening to Red Rose Speedway now. you know, i love Linda's voice. beautiful angel voice. when i think about how people went through the trouble to isolate her vocal tracks so they could shit on her and imply that she somehow didn't deserve to be making music with Paul McCartney -- god it makes me so fucking mad
― budo jeru, Saturday, 23 March 2024 15:36 (one month ago) link
Back to the Egg is an excellent album and yes, this song is great
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Saturday, 23 March 2024 16:25 (one month ago) link
Linda harmonies are usually A+
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 23 March 2024 17:25 (one month ago) link
Red Rose Speedway might be underrated? I need to listen some more but it all sounds good to me.
― brimstead, Sunday, 24 March 2024 15:22 (four weeks ago) link
Love Big Barn Bed and Single Pigeon.
― bookmarkflaglink (Darin), Sunday, 24 March 2024 19:06 (four weeks ago) link
Red Rose Speedway is an all-time favorite of mine. Side B is just about perfect. And personally I'll take Paul/Linda/Denny harmonies over those by Paul/John/George anytime.
― TheNuNuNu, Sunday, 24 March 2024 20:26 (four weeks ago) link
https://www.stereogum.com/2257275/vinyl-artwork-rejected-by-paul-mccartney-for-being-too-unflattering-is-being-auctioned-for-charity/news/
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 28 March 2024 11:13 (three weeks ago) link
hahaha that is horrific
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Thursday, 28 March 2024 13:07 (three weeks ago) link
Yikes
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 29 March 2024 03:57 (three weeks ago) link
lmao
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 29 March 2024 04:06 (three weeks ago) link
Watching Wingspan (on YT) which I haven’t seen since it aired in 2001 – it’s absolutely a love letter to Linda. He’s interviewed warmly by Stella, and it’s full of warm (at times treacly) remembrances of their relationship. The opening 45 minutes that covers Paul and Linda’s unorthodox musical romance, the formation of Wings and rather brave tour of English universities is fascinating. Notwithstanding his own massive celebrity, Paul’s partnership with Linda (replete with open air tour buses with baby cribs on the roof and seafaring recording studios in the Virgin Islands) even now scans as a somewhat unlikely path to superstardom. Have to imagine that it wasn’t a coincidence that he married Heather Mills a year later either.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 12 April 2024 22:26 (one week ago) link
Mary, not Stella, I think.
― Alba, Friday, 12 April 2024 23:13 (one week ago) link
To his immense credit the world's biggest star tried to be as 'umble as possible.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 13 April 2024 00:04 (one week ago) link
Yep, Mary
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 13 April 2024 02:33 (one week ago) link