More like Messi and Ronaldo in a 5 aside team with Pele, Beckenbauer and Banks and still being crap.BitterTom wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 4:20pmI get the angle now, bit like if Messi and Ronaldo both went to Arsenal and were crap yeah?101Walterton wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 3:56pmI guess it is all perspective. There are worse songs but this is a Beatle and Stevie Wonder!!!
Still a nice little ditty however
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Living side by side on piano keyboards. A song whose message is well meant but...101Walterton wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 6:37pmMore like Messi and Ronaldo in a 5 aside team with Pele, Beckenbauer and Banks and still being crap.BitterTom wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 4:20pmI get the angle now, bit like if Messi and Ronaldo both went to Arsenal and were crap yeah?101Walterton wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 3:56pmI guess it is all perspective. There are worse songs but this is a Beatle and Stevie Wonder!!!
Still a nice little ditty however
Forces have been looting
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I just recall the video for Ebony and ivory being awful. Too bad John Singleton is dead he could have redone it. Also my theory on McCartney is that the well is dry and has been for quite some time. He's been coasting.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 3:57pmThe awful rep is in no small part because everyone knows that McCartney (and Wonder) can do better, yet, fuck a duck, he keeps emptying the slop bucket. On the other hand, that album has "Take It Away," maybe my favourite solo McCartney songs.
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Hard not to conclude this. The records he did with Youth under the name The Fireman are pretty cool, but, yeah, otherwise there isn't much there to remind us that he was a master of his craft, just shitting genius every morning.revbob wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 7:57pmI just recall the video for Ebony and ivory being awful. Too bad John Singleton is dead he could have redone it. Also my theory on McCartney is that the well is dry and has been for quite some time. He's been coasting.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 3:57pmThe awful rep is in no small part because everyone knows that McCartney (and Wonder) can do better, yet, fuck a duck, he keeps emptying the slop bucket. On the other hand, that album has "Take It Away," maybe my favourite solo McCartney songs.
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Here’s a question though, if McCartney put out some those Beatles pop songs now would we slate him or would we be saying how great they are?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 8:17pmHard not to conclude this. The records he did with Youth under the name The Fireman are pretty cool, but, yeah, otherwise there isn't much there to remind us that he was a master of his craft, just shitting genius every morning.revbob wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 7:57pmI just recall the video for Ebony and ivory being awful. Too bad John Singleton is dead he could have redone it. Also my theory on McCartney is that the well is dry and has been for quite some time. He's been coasting.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 3:57pmThe awful rep is in no small part because everyone knows that McCartney (and Wonder) can do better, yet, fuck a duck, he keeps emptying the slop bucket. On the other hand, that album has "Take It Away," maybe my favourite solo McCartney songs.
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That's a fair question but I'm not a huge Beatles fan either and feel the same way about some of those songs that I do about his post Beatles work. I know that puts me on the outs with a lot of people especially those here. I don't know enough to be able to distinguish which songs are Lennon/McCartney, McCartney/Lennon or just one or the other.101Walterton wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 8:29pmHere’s a question though, if McCartney put out some those Beatles pop songs now would we slate him or would we be saying how great they are?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 8:17pmHard not to conclude this. The records he did with Youth under the name The Fireman are pretty cool, but, yeah, otherwise there isn't much there to remind us that he was a master of his craft, just shitting genius every morning.revbob wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 7:57pmI just recall the video for Ebony and ivory being awful. Too bad John Singleton is dead he could have redone it. Also my theory on McCartney is that the well is dry and has been for quite some time. He's been coasting.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 3:57pmThe awful rep is in no small part because everyone knows that McCartney (and Wonder) can do better, yet, fuck a duck, he keeps emptying the slop bucket. On the other hand, that album has "Take It Away," maybe my favourite solo McCartney songs.
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Impossible to remove them from the historical context. We do judge him against what he did with the greatest band that ever was, which probably generates more disappointment and snark than his current output merits, but even without that there's little to make one stand up and take notice. Put another way, if it didn't have Paul McCartney on the label, how many people would even give a toss to even listen? It's not fair to expect him to be changing the game from album to album like the Beatles did, but, geez, give his a hint of why the Beatles dominated like no other band.101Walterton wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 8:29pmHere’s a question though, if McCartney put out some those Beatles pop songs now would we slate him or would we be saying how great they are?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 8:17pmHard not to conclude this. The records he did with Youth under the name The Fireman are pretty cool, but, yeah, otherwise there isn't much there to remind us that he was a master of his craft, just shitting genius every morning.revbob wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 7:57pmI just recall the video for Ebony and ivory being awful. Too bad John Singleton is dead he could have redone it. Also my theory on McCartney is that the well is dry and has been for quite some time. He's been coasting.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 3:57pmThe awful rep is in no small part because everyone knows that McCartney (and Wonder) can do better, yet, fuck a duck, he keeps emptying the slop bucket. On the other hand, that album has "Take It Away," maybe my favourite solo McCartney songs.
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Yeah, Paul McCartney was awesome in No Doubt.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 8:42pmWe do judge him against what he did with the greatest band that ever was,
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If the Beatles were starting out now would those McCartney songs get the same recognition they currently get? I’d suggest definitely not. They were brilliant at that time as was McCartney’s writing but time has moved on and maybe McCartney’s writing hasn’t.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 8:42pmImpossible to remove them from the historical context. We do judge him against what he did with the greatest band that ever was, which probably generates more disappointment and snark than his current output merits, but even without that there's little to make one stand up and take notice. Put another way, if it didn't have Paul McCartney on the label, how many people would even give a toss to even listen? It's not fair to expect him to be changing the game from album to album like the Beatles did, but, geez, give his a hint of why the Beatles dominated like no other band.101Walterton wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 8:29pmHere’s a question though, if McCartney put out some those Beatles pop songs now would we slate him or would we be saying how great they are?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 8:17pmHard not to conclude this. The records he did with Youth under the name The Fireman are pretty cool, but, yeah, otherwise there isn't much there to remind us that he was a master of his craft, just shitting genius every morning.revbob wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 7:57pmI just recall the video for Ebony and ivory being awful. Too bad John Singleton is dead he could have redone it. Also my theory on McCartney is that the well is dry and has been for quite some time. He's been coasting.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 3:57pm
The awful rep is in no small part because everyone knows that McCartney (and Wonder) can do better, yet, fuck a duck, he keeps emptying the slop bucket. On the other hand, that album has "Take It Away," maybe my favourite solo McCartney songs.
This isn’t to take anything away from the Beatles or McCartney but like a lot of things that were once brilliant and groundbreaking they are now commonplace but remembered fondly for breaking that ground.
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If you ever find fire ants in your shoes, I'll be responsible for that.Flex wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 9:07pmYeah, Paul McCartney was awesome in No Doubt.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 8:42pmWe do judge him against what he did with the greatest band that ever was,
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Motion to have Flex deactivated and crushed into a cube.
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I laughed.Flex wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 9:07pmYeah, Paul McCartney was awesome in No Doubt.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 8:42pmWe do judge him against what he did with the greatest band that ever was,
Also agree with 101s last statement. Which could partially explain my lack of enthusiasm for the Beatles. I heard Black Sabbath before I ever heard the Beatles.
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But those songs would have emerged as they did in 2019 as they in the 60s. Production techniques, promotion and sales, cultural influences—all that make it impossible to hypothesize that. The Beatles were a product of their times as much as they produced their times. It's just impossible to meaningfully think about those songs being written and recorded outside their time. I'm sort of agreeing with you here, but more fully I'm saying that the premise is too difficult or complex to consider.101Walterton wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 9:18pmIf the Beatles were starting out now would those McCartney songs get the same recognition they currently get? I’d suggest definitely not. They were brilliant at that time as was McCartney’s writing but time has moved on and maybe McCartney’s writing hasn’t.
They did have the advantage, like Dylan or Elvis, of being there in the early days. They had the opportunity to shape things. But we appreciate them, in part, because they actually did shape things and push limits in ways that, say, the Dave Clark Five didn't. The Beatles had a marvellously restless spirit. They got bored quickly and needed to try something else. Regardless of era, that's a rare quality (the Clash, duh, come to mind as another band that had that same restlessness). But, definitely, it means more because of when it happened. Much easier to be an innovator at the start than after a form has been established.This isn’t to take anything away from the Beatles or McCartney but like a lot of things that were once brilliant and groundbreaking they are now commonplace but remembered fondly for breaking that ground.
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Still.
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