C/D Paul McCartney Solo

(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.

Fortunately, he also hasd "Press."

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"

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

"blue sway" is another yeah

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

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.

"Arrow Through Me" is by far the best tune on Back to the Egg.

haha, good to know. it's not too shabby

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

Back to the Egg is an excellent album and yes, this song is great

Linda harmonies are usually A+

Red Rose Speedway might be underrated? I need to listen some more but it all sounds good to me.

Love Big Barn Bed and Single Pigeon.

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.

https://www.stereogum.com/2257275/vinyl-artwork-rejected-by-paul-mccartney-for-being-too-unflattering-is-being-auctioned-for-charity/news/

hahaha that is horrific

Yikes

lmao

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.

Mary, not Stella, I think.

To his immense credit the world's biggest star tried to be as 'umble as possible.

Yep, Mary