Brad Nelson
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Post by Brad Nelson on Apr 24, 2022 7:52:25 GMT -8
Don't ask how I got on a McCartney kick. I saw a YouTube video where one guy is going on about the innovations of the Beatles. Link led to link. I didn't even know there was a McCartney III album. Reviews are very positive. But I suspect this is the pressure faced giving the Pope a bad review. You just smile and say "well done." I thought some of the early songs had some punch to them. But the latter half of the album was dull. Still, the man is an icon. In a recent interview from his home, Paul noted that (unlike those of today), most of his songs had a positive bent. And, indeed, most of them do/did. This is easy to lose sight of even if John did disparage some of Paul's material as "granny songs." Still, this fine fellow is getting old. He tries to carry many of these songs in a somewhat high register where I suspect it it easier for him. It doesn't always work. The first ever bit of music paraphernalia I owned was a Beatles doll...of Paul McCartney. My father was a toy salesman at the time and he came home with a set. Undoubtedly I chose last after my older brother and sister. I think my sister took George. My older brother took John. And I took Paul….who was already my favorite from what little I knew about these guys back in probably 64 or 65. Not sure who got Ringo. Probably looked something like this, although there were many variations. Anyway, whatever you think of the music, may be all be kicking so well at his age.
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Post by kungfuzu on Apr 24, 2022 16:52:02 GMT -8
I always preferred Paul's music and persona. Lennon was too much the pseudo intellectual and a miserable son-of-a-bitch to boot. I recall him bragging about spitting in sandwiches he made while working at some restaurant in a British airport.
Like all aging singers, particularly those not trained how to sing, McCartney has lost part of his range and control. It would be unusual for him to sing songs in a higher register as the high notes are generally the first to go. The last time I heard him sing must be something like 10 years ago and his upper register was just not the same as in his younger days.
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Brad Nelson
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Post by Brad Nelson on Apr 25, 2022 7:07:44 GMT -8
I was thinking about this last night. I doubt if I could have gone a week as a member of the band without punching out Lennon. He seemed like an asshole and a prick.
That makes sense. But he does seem to sing in the higher register on many of these songs. It's not for me to judge a music god. But I tried listening to the McCartney III album again and couldn't get much out of it. The instrumentation seemed modern and punchy. But I think (and I'm certainly at that stage) you get to the point where you run out of things to say.
There are advantages to being older and more mature. But certainly one of the advantages of yute is vibrancy and creativity. But none of these songs are foot-tappers or (to my mind) anything memorable.
But I'm not a McCartney basher. I was on that bandwagon early. The very first record I bought was the 45 "If I Fell/And I Love Her." This was back in the days when you could actually take a record off the rack and play it on an in-store record player (which I think me and my brother did).
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