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Macca's new song, first performed at Glastonbury, can be downloaded from
http://www.maccacollector.com/glastonbury/

Sadly (so very sadly) you'll think it's like a thousand other McCartney songs. Time to stop now Paul ... please! You have nothing, nothing original at all to say anymore.

[Bruno]

thanks for the link Maria. Any ideas of a site with the full Glastonbury performance by Macca? I'm dying to have the live version of Helter Skelter

[quote by=Maria link=Blah.pl?b=mccartney,m=1088641104,s=0 date=1088641104]Macca's new song, first performed at Glastonbury, can be downloaded from
http://www.maccacollector.com/glastonbury/

Sadly (so very sadly) you'll think it's like a thousand other McCartney songs. Time to stop now Paul ... please! You have nothing, nothing original at all to say anymore.[/quote]

Oddly enough Paul seems to be doing pretty well for himself, even with your disapproval.

Imagine that.

[quote by=misterchaz link=Blah.pl?b=mccartney,m=1088641104,s=2 date=1088649441]

Oddly enough Paul seems to be doing pretty well for himself, even with your disapproval.

Imagine that.

[/quote]

What, you mean financially? Yes, there are plenty of people that buy his stuff, go to his concerts, because of what he once was.

You mean creatively? Forgive me, but no. That well has long dried up.

Oh Charles, you have to go past the Macca veneer to see the truth. But that should be easy: the veneer has been thin for years. In places, you can see that there's nothing left!

[quote by=Bruno link=Blah.pl?b=mccartney,m=1088641104,s=1 date=1088643956]thanks for the link Maria. Any ideas of a site with the full Glastonbury performance by Macca? I'm dying to have the live version of Helter Skelter [/quote]

No, I don't. It'd be good if whoever finds a link posts it here.

[Rowdy]

I wouldn't say the well has dried up.....Driving Rain was his best since Back to the Egg, for me anyway.

[quote by=Maria link=Blah.pl?b=mccartney,m=1088641104,s=3 date=1088654843]

What, you mean financially? Yes, there are plenty of people that buy his stuff, go to his concerts, because of what he once was.

You mean creatively? Forgive me, but no. That well has long dried up.

Oh Charles, you have to go past the Macca veneer to see the truth. But that should be easy: the veneer has been thin for years. In places, you can see that there's nothing left! [/quote]


Again, you see thru your filter of anti-Paulism, so pretty much any observation of yours is going to be tainted.

Yes, of course he is not the same creatively.  Who is?  An artist peaks and ebbs, especialy over 40 years.  Geez.

[Rowdy]

I just listened to Flaming Pie and Run Devil Run for the first time ever....Flaming Pie....Run Devil Run....Driving Rain...

That's one strong set of albums....possibly even his strongest set of three ever. I'd wait until the next album before declaring the well dry.

[quote by=misterchaz link=Blah.pl?b=mccartney,m=1088641104,s=6 date=1088692573]


Again, you see thru your filter of anti-Paulism, so pretty much any observation of yours is going to be tainted.

Yes, of course he is not the same creatively.

[quote by=Rowdy link=Blah.pl?b=mccartney,m=1088641104,s=5 date=1088690723]I wouldn't say the well has dried up.....Driving Rain was his best since Back to the Egg, for me anyway.[/quote]

You jest.

"1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... let's go for a drive."

[quote by=Rowdy link=Blah.pl?b=mccartney,m=1088641104,s=7 date=1088695611]I just listened to Flaming Pie and Run Devil Run for the first time ever....Flaming Pie....Run Devil Run....Driving Rain...

That's one strong set of albums....possibly even his strongest set of three ever. I'd wait until the next album before declaring the well dry.[/quote]

Flaming Pie and Driving Rain showcase Paul's lack of ideas pretty strongly. Run Devil Run I found interesting up to a point, but lacking in real drive and energy.

And I thought the well was running dry around 1973. I tolerated McCartney, really liked Ram, was appalled by Wild Life, and was stunned by how dreadful Red Rose Speedway was. Band On the Run did not quite make up for that. And then there was Venus And Mars, and Speed Of Sound, and ... Yes, oh yes, the well was dry all right.

[Bruno]

the name of the new song seems to be 'Any Destination' and not 'Follow Me', at least that's what NME's website says, here's the setlist:

'Jet'
'Got To Get You Into My Life'
'Flaming Pie'
'All My Loving'
'Let Me Roll It'
'She's A Woman'
'Maybe I'm Amazed'
'The Long And Winding Road'
'In Spite Of All The Danger'
'Blackbird'
'We Can Work It Out'
'Here Today'
'All Things Must Pass'
'Yellow Submarine'
'I'll Follow The Sun'
'Calico Skies'
'Eleanor Rigby'
'Drive My Car'
'Penny Lane'
'Get Back'
'Band On The Run'
'Back In The USSR'
'Live And Let Die'
'I've Got A Feeling'
'Lady Madonna'
'Hey Jude'
'Yesterday'
'Any Destination'
'Let It Be'
'I Saw Her Standing There'
'Helter Skelter'
'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' / 'The End'

if you listen to the lyrics of the song you can hear 'any destination' a couple of times; not as much as follow me though.

[Rowdy]

I love Venus and Mars....lots of different stuff on there.....Flaming Pie and Driving Rain are for the most part unlike anything he's ever done (soundwise anyway, lyrically, Paul is always kind of meh). I can honestly see why people wouldn't care for a lot of his solo work. It's definitely somewhat frustrating in the lack of effort, but if you have all of the albums, it's a bit exciting because every song is different from the next.

[quote by=Maria link=Blah.pl?b=mccartney,m=1088641104,s=8 date=1088712756]

Everyone has their "filters", biases and preferences. To say that any observation of mine is tainted is to say everyone's is. "Tainted" is the wrong word to use in this context.

****Not at all.  Not everyone predicates all opinions on their filters.  You clearly do.  No big. 

And yes, an artist "peaks and ebbs" (as you put it; the metaphor is "ebbs and flows", but that is by-the-by).

****Yes, I am aware I mixed my metaphors.


And Macca has been at the "ebb" for a long time now.
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****In your filtered opinion.

[Sondra]

Peaks and valleys, ebbs and flows-who cares. McCartney's talent and creativity should hardly be questioned. Just because the guy isn't at the top of the charts anymore doesn't mean he's washed up. He's still a great performer and has the ability to move people beyond belief.  It's too bad he isn't going to be fully appreciated until he's gone.

[quote by=Maccalvr link=Blah.pl?b=mccartney,m=1088641104,s=14 date=1088732082]Peaks and valleys, ebbs and flows-who cares. McCartney's talent and creativity should hardly be questioned. Just because the guy isn't at the top of the charts anymore doesn't mean he's washed up. He's still a great performer and has the ability to move people beyond belief.

Dear Charlie,

I wish you'd learn how to use the quote box. Please stop replying inside AND outside.

Also: you say Not everyone predicates all opinions on their filters.  You clearly do.  No big.
But EVERYONE has "filters" or biases. That's what makes different opinions. The point is, your Macca filter is coarse-grained, letting through too much. Mine is fine-grained, sieving out lots and lots of rubbish. To change the metaphor, I set the standards bar higher than you.

Your friend,
Maria

[tkitna]

[quote by=Maria link=Blah.pl?b=mccartney,m=1088641104,s=15 date=1088751432]
I predict the exact opposite to you when he's gone. Paul, the manipulator, won't be there to promote himself like he does now. His post 1970s work will be seen for the mostly (mostly) vacuous fluff it actually is. Only, his Beatle work WILL remain.
[/quote]

Yes, but thank god we'll have Georges stellar solo career to comfort us.  :

[Sondra]

His talents ARE increasingly being questioned? Right. Not by anyone that matters. I wouldn't be surprised if it were the same people who bought the bogus stories about how Lennon did everything creative and Paul was just the pretty face with the silly songs. The guy has already made his place in history and that will stand on its own. Not too many other people have done what he did. Contrary to what you believe, I don't own a single solo album of his and I'm not crazy about a lot of the post-Beatle stuff, but I still respect the guy for what he did and think he's a great performer. So what did Lennon do that was so spectacular after the Beatles? If Double Fantasy was the direction he was going in then he wasn't too far from the "vacuous fluff" you think Paul put out. 

[Sondra]

[quote by=tkitna link=Blah.pl?b=mccartney,m=1088641104,s=17 date=1088754103]

Yes, but thank god we'll have Georges stellar solo career to comfort us.