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Title: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: DaveRam on May 05, 2008, 10:11:21 AM
Which one of these three songs is Paul's best cringe worthy song ? i've picked these three songs as they have come in for some vitriolic criticism over the years , and no doubt  will continue to generate debate for many years to come .(jumping)
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: DaveRam on May 05, 2008, 10:28:01 AM
I've gone with  " We All Stand Together " it's totally brilliant in it's awfulness , i remember when i first heard it , i was gobsmacked . I've just played it again for the first time in many years and it's still stinks , but in a perverse way the lush orchestration is wonderful ? (tongue1)(shakehead2)(teeth1)
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: BlueMeanie on May 05, 2008, 11:11:27 AM
I've gone with 'Mary Had A Little Lamb'. What the hell was he thinking? 'We All Stand Together' was meant as a childrens song, wasn't it? And I quite like 'Silly Love Songs'.
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: DaveRam on May 05, 2008, 11:45:40 AM
Did'nt he write  " Mary Had A Little Lamb " for his kids also ? his vocal on it is really saccharine makes me want to eat the lamb (tongue7)
Was'nt the animated film for  " We All Stand Together " a best selling childrens video in the 80's ?
I also think  " Silly Love Songs " is a good song (thumbsup)
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Andy Smith on May 05, 2008, 01:57:47 PM
i think Mary Had a little lamb is a nice melody even the the lyrics are a bit naff, hehe, but i think
Silly Love Songs is a great little pop tune no matter what people say. so i've gone with We All
Stand Together, i've always thought it works better in the animated film than on record.
it's the only macca track i never play.  ;D
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: harihead on May 05, 2008, 02:11:51 PM
Another excellent topic, DaveRam! You got me chuckling. Thank you.

Okay, I will admit that all of these songs might generate a teensy little raising of the brow by even the most ardent fan. Here is my completely subjective take:

" Mary Had A Little Lamb " - I always hated this song even as a child. Paul only improved it by giving it a less obnoxious melody. While I can question his judgment in putting out this for an astonished fan base (as opposed to confining it to his home where it should have stayed), he was working with historically terrible fare, so he can't be held entirely to blame for the fact that this song continues to be terrible under his shepherdship.

" We All Stand Together " has moments of charm. Yes, it does. I like it when Paul makes forays into classical music, and this was a children's film, so burping frogs etc., however initially surprising, cannot in retrospect be all that astonishing. At some point I intend to look up the B-side to this single, which according to Wiki is "We All Stand Together (Humming Version)" performed by Paul McCartney and the Finchley Frogettes.

" Silly Love Songs " - SCORE! Absolutely hate this. It pegs my obnoxiousness meter. For whatever reason, Paul can write songs that actively irritate me, and this is one. It doesn't help that I'm likely to encounter it in the health club or grocery store, where I am forced to listen to it again and again. Give me burping frogs any day! (But not the lamb; I will take even silly love songs over that obnoxious lamb.)
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: mr kite on May 05, 2008, 02:18:05 PM
Once again DaveRam another great thread  ::)  

We All Stand Together , just for the stick i got when it came out .
Silly Love Songs , great song , i thought .  :-/
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Hello Goodbye on May 05, 2008, 02:54:56 PM
I like all three songs very much so I can't vote in this poll.  Childrens songs are supposed to sound like that and Paul did them well.

Silly Love Songs is a great tune and I like Paul's bass riff.  I saw him do this song in the Wings Over America Tour in 1976.  It was his current hit at the time and the croud just loved it.


(http://www.maccafan.net/Albums/WingsOverAmerica/Live75_3.jpg)
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Paulram on May 05, 2008, 03:44:50 PM
I don't think I've ever heard We all stand together. Have to look it up on Youtube. Yes, I'm going Mary Had a Little Lamb. That song gives me the creeps.(thumbsdown)(shakehead2)
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Geoff on May 05, 2008, 05:11:11 PM
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I've gone with  " We All Stand Together " it's totally brilliant in it's awfulness , i remember when i first heard it , i was gobsmacked . I've just played it again for the first time in many years and it's still stinks , but in a perverse way the lush orchestration is wonderful ? (tongue1)(shakehead2)(teeth1)

That's it exactly; you've nailed it.  8)

Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Andy Smith on May 05, 2008, 09:02:07 PM
Quote from: 743
I don't think I've ever heard We all stand together.

ain't you the lucky one?  ;D

Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Geoff on May 05, 2008, 09:16:04 PM
You haven't heard it? Well, then...  ;D

WRy318lhSAk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRy318lhSAk)
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: DaveRam on May 05, 2008, 09:30:25 PM
After playing  " We All Stand Together " this morning the bloody things been in my head all day (hammer2)(teeth1)
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: DaveRam on May 05, 2008, 09:42:30 PM
Thanks Geoff not seen that in yonks , it does work well with the film . Is it a waltz tempo ? it sounds like a waltz , not that i would know (thinker)(smile)
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Geoff on May 05, 2008, 09:57:50 PM
Sorry, I've no idea whether that's waltz tempo or not. But I do know I'm not going to get the damned thing out of my head for the rest of the night. My own bloody fault for posting that Youtube, too. ;D
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: DaveRam on May 05, 2008, 10:41:34 PM
Just been reading the credits for  " We All Stand Together " it's a Paul McCartney / George Martin arrangement and was recorded in 1980 but not released until 1984 . The Orchestra leader is Kenneth Sillito .
Did'nt know George Martin was involved in the arrangement , now i know why the orchestration sounds so lush , it's Mr Martin working his magic (clap)
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: alexis on May 08, 2008, 12:50:55 AM
One that's not on this list, but has a high C.T. (cringeworthy titer) IMO is "Cook of the House". Same album as Silly Love Songs. Used to make a friend of mine apoplectic even to talk about it, much less hear it.

Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: tkitna on May 08, 2008, 01:26:45 AM
'Silly Love Songs' - although I dont find anything cringeworthy about it.
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Sondra on May 08, 2008, 02:08:57 AM
I don't know, but I think he's got songs much more cringe worthy than any of those. Is it fair to compare songs that were written/recorded for children though? Those are always going to come off as corny. Silly Love Songs however is a great catchy uplifting tune. It's a little dated now, but at the time no one thought it was out of place. The only thing about it that makes me cringe  are Linda's backing vocals. God I hate that part with a passion.
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: brain dead_genius on May 08, 2008, 02:21:25 AM
(afraid4)paul mccartny wrote marry had a little lamb? YIKES THATS HORRIBLE
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Sondra on May 08, 2008, 02:28:14 AM
Mary Had a Little Lamb existed long before Paul McCartney ever did. He didn't write it but he was just silly enough to record it. Well, I guess he wrote the tune. Except for that Phantom of the opera part. The music actually isn't bad. If you can make Mary Had a Little Lamb into a catchy pop song you're a freaking genius. And it is catchy. Plus, when you know why he put it out it becomes much less corny and actually sort of cool. Cringe worthy would be the matching orange jump suits they're wearing in the video and Linda playing bongos.
(http://www.freewebby.com/shocked-smilies/cover.gif)

You know, up until about five minutes ago I thought the line went: whose feet were white as snow. I can't believe it took me this long to make the connection to fleece. DUH! Shows how much thought I put into that song though.
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Geoff on May 08, 2008, 04:39:28 AM
Quote from: 216
Shows how much thought I put into that song though.

Don't feel bad; nothing about it suggests Paul put much thought into it either.

(teeth1)
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: DaveRam on May 08, 2008, 10:40:20 AM
I could add somemore if you would  like to give me some suggestions ? " Biker Like An Icon " and the annoying " Temporary Secretary " spring to mind ?
I think children gringe just as much as adults Sandra , parents often embarrass their kids with their goofiness i used to run for the hills when Dad got up to dance at weddings lol
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: BlueMeanie on May 08, 2008, 11:15:01 AM
If I remember rightly 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' was McCartney's response to having 'Give Ireland Back to the Irish' banned by the BBC. So of course, afterwards he promptly gets banned again for 'Hi Hi Hi'.
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: DaveRam on May 08, 2008, 11:58:19 AM
The BBC were such twits in the 70's banning Paul and letting Lou Reed through with " Walk On The Wildside " the old duffer's  just did'nt get Lou's very risgue song (crosseyed2)
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: BlueMeanie on May 08, 2008, 12:11:35 PM
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The BBC were such twits in the 70's banning Paul and letting Lou Reed through with " Walk On The Wildside " the old duffer's  just did'nt get Lou's very risgue song (crosseyed2)

There's an awful lot of stuff that got through, due to the fact that they just didn't understand. They banned George Fornby's 'With My Little Ukelele In My Hand', but not Chuck Berry's 'My Ding-A-Ling'.
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Geoff on May 08, 2008, 12:49:30 PM
Quote from: 971
I could add somemore if you would  like to give me some suggestions ?

"Pipes of Peace" would get my vote for being Paul's most cringe-provoking single. It wouldn't be the "best" of them, though; just the one most likely to make me blow lunch.  (barf4)
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: DaveRam on May 08, 2008, 01:23:53 PM
I can't add anymore sorry i forgot about the 24 hour deadline .
I like  " Pipes Of Peace " Geoff and i love the video , it's his only solo # 1 in the UK . The album stinks though the title track and  " So bad " are the only two good songs for me on that album .

" The Other Me " with this lyric really makes me cringe from the album :

I know i was a crazy fool
For treating you the way i did
But something took hold of me
And i acted like a dustbin lid

What a corker lyric  from the man who wrote " Hey Jude "(hammer2)(shakehead2)
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Andy Smith on May 08, 2008, 01:44:50 PM
Quote from: 971

But something took hold of me
And i acted like a dustbin lid

yes, quite poor lyrics in the macca department there.  :P

Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Geoff on May 08, 2008, 01:49:43 PM
Quote from: 971
I know i was a crazy fool
For treating you the way i did
But something took hold of me
And i acted like a dustbin lid

What a corker lyric  from the man who wrote " Hey Jude "(hammer2)(shakehead2)

(bigeyes1)

Dustbin lid! They must have used the vocal track with dummy lyrics by mistake.  ;D

"So Bad" is nice, though.
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: fendertele on May 08, 2008, 03:42:26 PM
mull of kintyre
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Wordno on May 08, 2008, 04:34:05 PM
Actually, I think 'A Wonderful Christmas time" is the worst song and very cringeworthy. Its god awful, I hated the song before I found out McCartney wrote it and was horrified to find out that he wrote it.  I guess I shouldn't have been too suprised being as McCartney has a knack for putting out annoyingly catchy songs. Ugh....what a god awful piece of trash...
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Sondra on May 08, 2008, 07:58:06 PM
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If I remember rightly 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' was McCartney's response to having 'Give Ireland Back to the Irish' banned by the BBC. So of course, afterwards he promptly gets banned again for 'Hi Hi Hi'.

Exactly. It's not meant to be taken seriously. If you think about it in that way, it's actually not that bad. Like Lennon said, Paul's more subtle when he's trying to send a message. He's a genius really because so many people still have no idea what his intentions really were on a lot of his songs. We should break them down some time because I only know a few of the stories.
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: PaulieBear on May 08, 2008, 09:31:55 PM
I actually like Silly Love Songs
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: fendertele on May 08, 2008, 10:10:34 PM
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Actually, I think 'A Wonderful Christmas time" is the worst song and very cringeworthy. Its god awful, I hated the song before I found out McCartney wrote it and was horrified to find out that he wrote it.  I guess I shouldn't have been too suprised being as McCartney has a knack for putting out annoyingly catchy songs. Ugh....what a god awful piece of trash...

i think Macca can write cheese with the best of them, but for some reason ive always loved A wonderful Christmas Time.
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: alexis on May 09, 2008, 12:00:45 AM
"Cook of the House" - does anyone remember this from Wings at the Speed of Sound? One of his best (hurl icon here).

At least it wasn't a hit. One that got lots of airplay was "Let 'Em In". Double hurl here.

And Silly Love Songs always left me cold.

The whole album was drivel, as I recall! Yet it sold well ... go figure.
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Sondra on May 09, 2008, 12:37:50 AM
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Actually, I think 'A Wonderful Christmas time" is the worst song and very cringeworthy. Its god awful, I hated the song before I found out McCartney wrote it and was horrified to find out that he wrote it.  I guess I shouldn't have been too suprised being as McCartney has a knack for putting out annoyingly catchy songs. Ugh....what a god awful piece of trash...

Yes. Even for a Christmas song it's awful. Repetitive and dull. Plus that synthesizer is just so annoying. Or whatever it is.
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: DaveRam on May 09, 2008, 01:19:56 AM
Quote from: 216

Exactly. It's not meant to be taken seriously. If you think about it in that way, it's actually not that bad. Like Lennon said, Paul's more subtle when he's trying to send a message. He's a genius really because so many people still have no idea what his intentions really were on a lot of his songs. We should break them down some time because I only know a few of the stories.

I think thats a really good point Sandra about Paul been more subtle when sending a message , if you take out the love songs from his  work , the bulk of which are Linda related . And then look at the rest of his work it's not always explicit what he's getting at ,  his lyrics are often ambiguous if not completly irrelevant . His story songs just baffle me , 30 odd years i've ponderd over some of them looking for clues as to what he means with little success . I suspect many of them have an autobiographical element ,which is way they fascinate me , then again they might just be nonsense , he's a bit of a conundrum .


(thinker)(thinker)
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: DaveRam on May 09, 2008, 01:36:53 AM
 "Cook Of The House " is an ok song for Linda to sing , it's not brilliant just an average little ditty , an album filler .
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Geoff on May 09, 2008, 02:44:11 AM
Quote from: 403
Actually, I think 'A Wonderful Christmas time" is the worst song and very cringeworthy. Its god awful, I hated the song before I found out McCartney wrote it and was horrified to find out that he wrote it.  I guess I shouldn't have been too suprised being as McCartney has a knack for putting out annoyingly catchy songs. Ugh....what a god awful piece of trash...

It's pretty awful, even for a Christmas novelty song. The descending melody in the middle is nearly as bad as the lyrics:

The choir of children sing their song
Ding dong, ding dong
Ding dong, ding ohhhh
Ohhhhhhh




(barf4)
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: DaveRam on May 09, 2008, 09:33:13 AM
It's interesting that Paul's rockers seem not to be getting a mention so far , are they less cringeworthy ?
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Geoff on May 09, 2008, 12:44:24 PM
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It's interesting that Paul's rockers seem not to be getting a mention so far , are they less cringeworthy ?

You mean like "Give Ireland Back To The Irish?"  (bigeyes1)
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Geoff on May 09, 2008, 01:08:28 PM
Quote from: 971
I think thats a really good point Sandra about Paul been more subtle when sending a message.

"Come and Get It," written in 1969 at about the time The Beatles internal disputes over Allen Klein and other matters were really getting nasty, may be an open letter to John:

If you want it, here it is
Come and get it
Make your mind up fast

If you want it anytime I can give it
But you better hurry 'cause it may not last

Did I hear you say that there must be a catch?
Will you walk away from a fool and his money?

If you want it, here it is
Come and get it
But you better hurry 'cause it's going fast

If you want it, here it is
Come and get it
Make your mind up fast

If you want it anytime I can give it
But you'd better hurry 'cause it may not last

Did I hear you say that there must be a catch?
Will you walk away from a fool and his money?

Sonny, if you want it, here it is
Come and get it
But you'd better hurry 'cause it's going fast
You'd better hurry 'cause it's going fast

Woo, fool that is money

Sorry, if you want it, here it is
Come and get it
But you'd better hurry 'cause it's going fast
You'd better hurry 'cause it's going fast
You'd better hurry 'cause it's going fast



It's not especially subtle, though, I suppose.  :)
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Wordno on May 09, 2008, 02:28:08 PM
Paul can do rockers just fine, that's probably why none have really been mentioned. I love 'Give Ireland Back To The Irish' by the way....lol
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Joost on May 09, 2008, 02:53:16 PM
I think "We All Stand Together" is one of the best songs that Paul ever wrote.

And yes, I'm dead serious.
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Andy Smith on May 09, 2008, 11:34:10 PM
Famous Groupies.. one of the most macca cringeworthy song of all time i think.
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Sondra on May 10, 2008, 01:44:24 AM
Quote from: 1161

"Come and Get It," written in 1969 at about the time The Beatles internal disputes over Allen Klein and other matters were really getting nasty, may be an open letter to John:

If you want it, here it is
Come and get it
Make your mind up fast

If you want it anytime I can give it
But you better hurry 'cause it may not last

Did I hear you say that there must be a catch?
Will you walk away from a fool and his money?

If you want it, here it is
Come and get it
But you better hurry 'cause it's going fast

If you want it, here it is
Come and get it
Make your mind up fast

If you want it anytime I can give it
But you'd better hurry 'cause it may not last

Did I hear you say that there must be a catch?
Will you walk away from a fool and his money?

Sonny, if you want it, here it is
Come and get it
But you'd better hurry 'cause it's going fast
You'd better hurry 'cause it's going fast

Woo, fool that is money

Sorry, if you want it, here it is
Come and get it
But you'd better hurry 'cause it's going fast
You'd better hurry 'cause it's going fast
You'd better hurry 'cause it's going fast



It's not especially subtle, though, I suppose.  :)
Compared to songs in which John is sending a message, it's extremely subtle. I just think Paul is deeper than given credit for. He's no dummy. I think a lot of people miss that about him (not at DM's, but in general) and think he's just some shallow happy go lucky guy and Lennon was the only deep thinker in that partnership. I think Paul was every bit his equal in terms of intelligence and talent. He just chose to project a nice guy image and Lennon went out of his way to be controversial and artsy. So of course that's what people go with. When you think about it, John was actually a better PR guy than Paul in that he was able to create this god like genius image for himself. He always said he hated it when people perceived him as such, but he really fed right into it. And I think he knew exactly what he was doing.
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Geoff on May 10, 2008, 05:05:40 AM
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Compared to songs in which John is sending a message, it's extremely subtle. I just think Paul is deeper than given credit for. He's no dummy. I think a lot of people miss that about him (not at DM's, but in general) and think he's just some shallow happy go lucky guy and Lennon was the only deep thinker in that partnership. I think Paul was every bit his equal in terms of intelligence and talent. He just chose to project a nice guy image and Lennon went out of his way to be controversial and artsy. So of course that's what people go with. When you think about it, John was actually a better PR guy than Paul in that he was able to create this god like genius image for himself. He always said he hated it when people perceived him as such, but he really fed right into it. And I think he knew exactly what he was doing.

The media cliches about everyone are usually awful; John's current image as the sappy prophet of universal peace and brotherhood is almost as obnoxious as Paul's image as the lightweight crowd pleaser and nearly as wrongheaded. There is an iota or two of truth in both of those cliches, but they're more substitutes for thinking amongst the lazy than they are useful descriptions, even of the simplest kind.

And you're absolutely right about both of them being excellent PR guys who knew how to play the media. It might also be worth adding, too, that Paul's decision to be the diplomatic, "normal" alternative to John was in fact a far greater act of rebellion against convention, rock and roll style, than was John's choice to conform to what was, after all, the usual rock and roll type: loud rebel.  :)
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: fendertele on July 07, 2008, 03:21:06 AM
i love silly love songs and a wonderful christmas time ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Jane on July 07, 2008, 05:47:21 PM
I can`t agree with some of the comments above. It is Paul who always knows what he is doing. The only mistake was Heather. He is a very down-to-earth guy, he knows what he wants, and what he is after. This is one of the reasons why George refused to play with him after they disbanded, as Paul always pulled the blanket to himself, and, i think, John just didn`t care, he was a more above-the-earth guy. In 1974 George admitted that he`d " join a band with John Lennon any day, but he couldn`t join a band with Paul McCartney". Besides, George also spoke about the fact of McCartney/Martin consortium which was so dominant on the last Beatles sessions. No doubt, Paul is very charming, clever, talented. But he follows his head, while John followed his heart.
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: aspinall_lover on July 07, 2008, 06:05:45 PM
"A Wonderful Christmas Time"..........yuk-O!!!!  And I like "Silly Love Songs" just for the bass...........Macca kicks butt with the bass in that song.
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Geoff on July 07, 2008, 06:09:50 PM
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"I like "Silly Love Songs" just for the bass...........Macca kicks butt with the bass in that song.

I want to throw in a plug on behalf of "Silly Love Songs," too: it would be a better song if it were a minute and a half shorter, but it's a good lazy summer afternoon song and I quite like the sentiment.  :)

Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: fendertele on July 07, 2008, 07:11:55 PM
Quote from: 1161

I want to throw in a plug on behalf of "Silly Love Songs," too: it would be a better song if it were a minute and a half shorter, but it's a good lazy summer afternoon song and I quite like the sentiment.  :)


i think it has a really great intro, those chords he plays really gets me, is it normal as you get older to start to like the things you wouldn't give the time of day to when you were a teenager ? i swear i used to tear into boybands and manufactured pop for being cheesey but even silly love songs takes the biscuit.

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Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: aspinall_lover on July 07, 2008, 07:33:25 PM
^^^^^^^Yep, fender, when you get older, your taste in music and such changes.  
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Geoff on July 07, 2008, 08:26:43 PM
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is it normal as you get older to start to like the things you wouldn't give the time of day to when you were a teenager ?

Absolutely; or at any rate it's certainly been true in my case: half the stuff I used to listen to when I was sixteen makes me cringe now, and other people I used to feel smugly superior to sound pretty good. Judgments change.

But feel free to go on slamming boy bands; I can't imagine any circumstance (or state of intoxication) in which any of them would sound much good.  8)

Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: cubanheel on July 07, 2008, 09:32:10 PM
... We all stand together! (pom pom)...
Love it!!! I even tolerate Rupert the thoroughly wet and weedy bear! I made my kids watch this and read the book until they loved it as I do (or they wouldn't get any dinner).(frog)
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: JimmyMcCullochFan on July 07, 2008, 09:32:41 PM
Out of those three, I enjoy Silly Love Songs the most.

This is from an email that Tim Hinkley sent to me about his memories of Jimmy and SLS is mentioned.

"Jimmy's 30 day jail term was freaky. He had purchaseda Rolls Royce and had so many drunk driving offencesthat they finally gave him the jail term. He was inPentonville and we used to take him food. In thosedays you were allowed to include a half bottle of wineif you took a prisoner a meal ! I remember Jimmy saying how he could hear the strains of a Wings song(might have been Silly Love Songs) eminating from thelocal pub on Pentonville High Road. Jimmy had a bigcushion on the drivers seat of the Roller and I alwayshad this vision of him speeding past a cop car and thecops saying to each other, "hey, there's a little kiddriving that rolls royce, blimey, I think he's drunk!"
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: aspinall_lover on July 07, 2008, 10:08:13 PM
But off the beaten path of these three songs............I "cringe" when I hear "My Love"..............as John would say, "Sappy Paul love song".............however.............."Maybe I'm Amazed" live on the "Wings Over America" LP is the "bomb".  Any remarks????
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Geoff on July 08, 2008, 02:45:31 AM
^^^ "Maybe I'm Amazed" is one of Paul's half dozen best solo songs, direct and "honest" in John's sense of the word in a way most of his solo output is not. It's all about Linda, of course. The best version is on McCartney, I think.  :)
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: aspinall_lover on July 08, 2008, 03:28:44 AM
No, Geoff, I like the "live" version of it better.  It ROCKS!!!!
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Jane on July 08, 2008, 05:24:41 PM
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^^^ "Maybe I'm Amazed" is one of Paul's half dozen best solo songs, direct and "honest" in John's sense of the word in a way most of his solo output is not. It's all about Linda, of course. The best version is on McCartney, I think.  :)

I absolutely agree with this comment. And about - " on McCartney ", too.
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: PaulieBear on July 08, 2008, 11:15:34 PM
I think that some of his songs are just long.
I just don't like that some are bits songs that are put together like and Band on the Run.
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Andy Smith on July 09, 2008, 01:26:41 AM
Quote from: 977
I just don't like that some are bits songs that are put together like and Band on the Run.

and Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey?  :P

Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: PaulieBear on July 10, 2008, 08:10:46 PM
yes! oh I wrote "like and band on the run"

 ;D
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: maninthequeue on July 17, 2008, 09:48:55 PM
Back to the original question..... my vote would have to go to We All Stand Together. To think excluding Mull of Kintyre it is Paul's second best selling post Beatles single in the UK.

Whilst had it not been for two of the biggest ever selling singles in UK chart history (Band Aid - Do They Know Its Xmas & Wham! - Last Christmas/Everything She Wants) it would have been the Christmas #1 of 1984.

Musically it is so WTF. I'm sorry but no way could John have come up with something as demented, yet brilliant. A track which your head tells you it is an embarrassment. Yet your heart knows it is a work of Godlike genius, that you know you'll start singing when you are drunk.
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: Paul Doherty on July 24, 2008, 01:52:12 PM
Waterfalls....dont go chasing polar bears
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: fendertele on July 24, 2008, 06:06:07 PM
listneing to silly love songs right now ;) its good cheese
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: MandyBuglet on May 18, 2009, 09:29:27 PM
*says in little meek voice* I like "Silly Love Songs"...
Title: Best Cringeworthy Song
Post by: silverworld on August 29, 2009, 10:40:29 AM
Its a difficult question. In my case, my preferred song change during the time, following my states of mind. In this moment, I listen a lot How soon is now, some weeks ago I listened always All abous us.So, for me, its difficult to choice a songs that is the best.
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: georgeharrisonluver on September 04, 2009, 05:10:09 AM
*says in little meek voice* I like "Silly Love Songs"...

so do I  :-[
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: nyfan(41) on September 06, 2009, 03:59:25 AM
Paul's most cringeworthy song is 'Freedom'
Title: Re: Best Cringeworthy Song ?
Post by: lucy~(-_-*... on October 14, 2009, 01:29:08 PM
yea ,freedom ;yes