#it’s this one and Flaming Pie and McCartney III

[tenitchyfingers]

Anyway, today’s song of the day is Oh Woman, Oh Why. I’m just so fascinated by Paul’s choice of. shooting a gun as a sound effect. I mean sure, the lyrics mention a gun, but just. recording gunshots in the track. just like that. Truly insane behavior. And the whole thing is just such a banger in itself. My god. And also that picture of him holding the gun, with the headphones. What insanity. The whole album is just such pure unfiltered art and yeah I’m still so BAFFLED that it didn’t climb every chart worldwide and stayed there at least for months.

#macca #ram #oh woman oh why #I’m so in love with this album I sound so insane #it’s this one and Flaming Pie and McCartney III #I mean i love all of his music #but in terms of fave albums… it’s these three for sure #also I found YouTube videos with unreleased macca shit and I’ve been going insane very rapidly because it’s all SO GOOD #also an AI polished version of In Spite of All The Danger #I don’t feel normal really #at all #like I have not been so happy and hype about anything since I was into Free! #and that’s been like what… almost a decade ig #thank you Paul 🙏

[rolloroberson]

Happy Birthday to Sir George Martin, one of the greatest records producers ever and the true 5th Beatle.

Sir George Martin, CBE (3 January 1926 – 8 March 2016) was an English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician. He was referred to as the "Fifth Beatle" in reference to his extensive involvement on each of the Beatles' original albums.Paul McCartney said upon Martin's death, "If anyone earned the title of the fifth Beatle, it was George".

It’s nice to hear his work again on McCartney III on the 1992 cut “When Winter Comes” (originally recorded during the Flaming Pie sessions, on the same day as Calico Skies and Great Day) one of the best songs on a truly wonderful record.

#george martin #the beatles #paul mccartney #mccartney iii #when winter comes #flaming pie #fifth Beatle #great record producers

[krispyweiss]

McCartney Gets U.K. Stamp of Approval

Fifty-nine years after “Love Me Do,” Paul McCartney is getting the U.K. stamp of approval.

The Royal Mail will release 12 stamps honoring the Beatle, Wings man and solo artist with a collection that includes album covers - McCartney, Ram, Venus and Mars, McCartney II, Tug of War, Flaming Pie, Egypt Station and McCartney III - and images of McCartney in the studio in 1970, ’71, ’80 and ’97.

“Paul McCartney remains a vital figure at the center of rock and pop - an artist whose legacy is immense, but whose work continues to generate popular attention and critical acclaim,” the Royal Mail said in a statement. “This dedicated stamp issue is a fitting tribute to one of the UK’s much loved and revered musical icons.”

McCartney joins David Bowie and Elton John, who previously appeared on special postage.

5/8/21

#paul mccartney #the bealtes #paul mcartney and wings #david bowie #elton john

[cormacmclaggens]

McCartney III countdown

Day 7: Bookends (time it was and what a time it was, it was)

Great Day, Flaming Pie

And it won’t be long, oh no, it won’t be long

“‘Great Day’ is a song that Linda and I used to sing when the kids were very small.....the song is identical to how we used to do it 25 years ago.”

One of those charming acoustic ditties Paul’s so great at, originally written in the 70s—shares a bit of melody with “Ram On” and “Big Barn Bed” (“who’s that coming round that corner? Who’s that coming round that bend?”—with a gentle harmony from Linda. A lovely but retrospectively bittersweet cap on the masterpiece that is Flaming Pie, as Linda died a year later.

Man We Was Lonely, McCartney

Now let me lie with my love for the time, I am home

“Linda sings harmony on this song, which is our first duet together.”

(Home)

Q: Will Paul and Linda become a John and Yoko?

Paul: No, they will become Paul and Linda.

Home

#mccartney iii countdown #mccartney iii #paul mccartney #linda mccartney #flaming pie #music #the beatles #mccartney #Spotify

[lastchancevillagegreen]

Under The Christmas Tree:

Flaming Pie Paul McCartney (Capitol)

Originally released in 1997, this becomes the first archival release of McCartney’s that I’ve purchased.  It becomes the first archival release I’ve never heard.  If I think about it, the original release could possibly be down in the basement in my wife’s meager (uncurated) music collection but I won’t swear to it. 

I’m surprised at all of the tracks on that second disc since most of McCartney’s bonus discs seem to generally contain a minimal amount of bonus tracks.  I’m curious to determine if these are lengthy songs or two minute affairs.  Either way, this is going to be an archival release that I actually begin playing (come January) as opposed to just placing it on my shelf saying, one day I’ll listen to it.  I blame this on McCartney III (which I cannot decide if I enjoy or if I tolerate). 

My simple scans: the cover, the back cover.

[aion-rsa]

Paul McCartney Turns Lockdown into Rockdown With McCartney III

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The last time Paul McCartney was stuck alone in his house, his band of many years had broken up. It was the greatest show on the earth, for what that was worth, and fans and press camped out in front of each member’s places to catch any clues to what was going on. McCartney sequestered himself after the Beatles breakup but didn’t fall into any kind of creative abyss. Instead he immersed himself in the studio. He’s done it again. McCartney is his own Wingman and when the pandemic forced him into seclusion he called up the friends who don’t need masks. His arsenal of musical instruments. McCartney III will be out Dec. 11 on Capitol Records.

“I was living lockdown life on my farm with my family and I would go to my studio every day,” McCartney said in a statement. “I had to do a little bit of work on some film music and that turned into the opening track. And then when it was done, I thought, ‘What will I do next?’ I had some stuff I’d worked on over the years, but sometimes time would run out and it would be left half-finished. So I started thinking about what I had.”

The tracks were cut live with Paul on vocals, guitar, and piano. He overdubbed bass and drums later. “Paul hadn’t planned to release an album in 2020, but in the isolation of ‘Rockdown,’ he soon found himself fleshing out some existing musical sketches and creating even more new ones,” reads the album description. The process began when he returned to an unreleased track from the ‘90s, “When Winter Comes,” which had been co-produced by the late George Martin. When creating a new section for the song, he came up with the song “Long Tailed Winter Bird,” which will open the album.

“Each day I’d start recording with the instrument I wrote the song on and then gradually layer it all up; it was a lot of fun,” McCartney said in a statement. “It was about making music for yourself rather than making music that has to do a job. So, I just did stuff I fancied doing. I had no idea this would end up as an album.”

Linda McCartney, Paul’s wife who died of cancer in the late 1990s, shot the photos for the McCartney and McCartney II albums. The cover and photos for McCartney III were photographed by his daughter Mary, as well as his nephew Sonny. The packaging will also include photos from McCartney’s cellphone.

The album spans a “vast and intimate range of modes and moods, from soul-searching to wistful, from playful to raucous and all points between — captured with some of the same gear from Paul’s Rude Studio used as far back as 1971 Wings sessions,” according to the McCartney III description. “And Paul’s array of vintage instruments he played on the new album have an even more storied history, including Bill Black of Elvis Presley’s original trio’s double bass alongside Paul’s own iconic Hofner violin bass, and a mellotron from Abbey Road Studios used on Beatles recordings, to name but a few.”

McCartney III will be available digitally and on CD and vinyl, which will be handled by Third Man Records. McCartney III is his 18th solo album. McCartney’s last album was Egypt Station from 2018. Earlier this year, he reissued the 1997 album Flaming Pie.

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McCartney hasn’t been entirely out of the public eye during the lockdown. In April, he performed “Lady Madonna” on the One World: Together at Home telethon to raise money for the World Health Organization and frontline healthcare workers through Global Citizen. He also switched up to a completely different instrument than we’ve heard the multi-instrumentalist play. Paul blew trumpet on an all-star version of “When the Saints Go Marching In” for the New Orleans Preservation Hall Foundation. The performance helped support out of work musicians.

McCartney III release date is Dec. 11 on Capitol Records. 

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[soundverse]

May 2017 Album Playlist

Heavy D - Waterbed Hev (1997) #20thanniversary Faith No More - Introduce Yourself (1987) #30thanniversary Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007) #10thanniversary Feist - The Reminder (2007) #10thanniversary Ne-Yo - Because of You (2007) #10thanniversary Foster The People - III (2017) Missy Higgins - On A Clear Night (2007) #10thanniversary Airling - Hard to Sleep, Easy to Dream (2017) The Turtles - Happy Together (1967) #50thanniversary Kenny Loggins - Celebrate Me Home (1977) #40thanniversary Supertramp - Even in the Quietest Moments... (1977) #40thanniversary Van Morrison - A Period of Transition (1977) #40thanniversary Herbie Hancock - VSOP (1977) #40thanniversary Natasha Bedingfield - N.B. (2007) #10thanniversary Chuck Berry - After School Session (1957) #60thanniversary Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977) #40thanniversary 10CC - Deceptive Bends (1977) #40thanniversary Tori Amos - American Doll Posse (2007) #10thanniversary Michael Buble - Call Me Irresponsible (2007) #10thanniversary Rush - Snakes & Arrows (2007) #10thanniversary Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond (2007) #10thanniversary Bjork - Volta (2007) #10thanniversary The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (1987) #30thanniversary Meredith Brooks - Blurring the Edges (1997) #20thanniversary Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie (1997) #20thanniversary Asgeir - Afterglow (2017) The Sugarhill Gang - Sugarhill Gang (1980) Kurtis Blow - Kurtis Blow (1980) Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message (1982) Houdini - Whodini (1982) Brother Ali - All the Beauty in This Whole Life (2017) Forest Swords - Compassion (2017) Pond - The Weather (2017) Hanson - Middle Of Nowhere (1997) #20thanniversary Fu Manchu - We Must Obey (2007) #10thanniversary Nick Murphy - Missing Link (2017) Swing Out Sister - It's Better to Travel (1987) #30thanniversary The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? (1967) #50thanniversary Paramore - After Laughter (2017) Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever (1977) #40thanniversary Modest Mouse - The Fruit That Ate Itself (1997) #20thanniversary Heart - Little Queen (1977) #40thanniversary Battles - Mirrored (2007) #10thanniversary Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight (2007) #10thanniversary Maps - We Can Create (2007) #10thanniversary The Avett Brothers - Emotionalism (2007) #10thanniversary Mötley Crüe - Girls, Girls, Girls (1987) #30thanniversary Rufus Wainwright - Release the Stars (2007) #10thanniversary Maroon 5 - It Won't Be Soon Before Long (2007) #10thanniversary Soundgarden - Ultramega OK (1988) Soundgarden - Louder Than Love (1989) Temple Of The Dog - Temple Of The Dog (1991) Soundgarden - Batmotorfinger (1991) Soundgarden - Superunknown (1994) Linkin Park - One More Light (2017) Snoop Dogg - Neva Left (2017) Foo Fighters - The Color And The Shape (1997) #30thanniversary Michael Jackson - Blood On The Dance Floor: HIStory In The Mix (1997) #20thanniversary

#may #2017 #album #playlist #soundverse #music #10thanniversary #20thanniversary #30thanniversary #40thAnniversary #50thanniversary