Excellent write-up.wwolfeDecember 24 2007, 22:14:54 UTC
My best friend mark and I have always been big fans of "Ram." The "We believe and we can't be wrong" part near the end of "Back Seat of My Car" is maybe my favorite moment from Paul's post-Beatles career - always raises the hair on the back of my neck whenever I hear it.
There's only one listenable version of "Wonderful Christmastime": the Barenaked Ladies' rendition on their "Barenaked For the Holidays" album. It's about 30 seconds long and it's played on one of those rinky-tink organs that has its own drum machine - like the kind played by Will Ferrell and Ana Gasteyer in their SNL skits as cheeseball entertainers. BNL's version does exactly what it ought to do: it takes the piss, and gets out.
Re: Excellent write-up.funkmastermoDecember 24 2007, 22:33:10 UTC
I'll have to check out that BNL version, 30 seconds is about all I could ever take of that song. Heh.
Also, that moment in "Back Seat" is excellent. I love when they do the key shift, that "Woah, oh, oh---YEAAAAAH" part. One thing that tends to get lost in the shuffle when talking about Paul and the Beatles and all that is that Paul, Linda, and Denny Laine really had a good vocal blend. Some other songs I really enjoy that don't get much mention:
"Some People Never Know" and "Tomorrow" from Wings Wild Life.
Re: Excellent write-up.wwolfeDecember 25 2007, 02:38:22 UTC
"Some People Never Know and "Wanderlust" are also two of my faves. The latter has one of the best melodies Paul's written - and the counterpoint at the end is (I don't think it's an exaggeration to say) majestic. "Some People" works as a statement of purpose for Paul's solo career, lyrically. It's also one of the few songs that stretches out and kind of ambles along for an extended time that works for me. Critics always praise Van Morrison for being good at this, but I've never heard anyone take notice of how well Paul did it on this song.
Among my favorite-but-overlooked tracks are "So Bad" (really good Smokey Robinson style song) and "Little Willow" - you could put together a great album of songs featuring just Paul and his acoustic guitar, starting early Beatles and continuing right to the present.
Re: Excellent write-up.funkmastermoDecember 25 2007, 03:36:04 UTC
Absolutely, when that bridge part comes back in to counter the melody on "Wanderlust," I would agree that majestic is the perfect word for it. It very well could be the greatest song about the injustice of a billionaire white man getting busted for marijuana possession
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There's only one listenable version of "Wonderful Christmastime": the Barenaked Ladies' rendition on their "Barenaked For the Holidays" album. It's about 30 seconds long and it's played on one of those rinky-tink organs that has its own drum machine - like the kind played by Will Ferrell and Ana Gasteyer in their SNL skits as cheeseball entertainers. BNL's version does exactly what it ought to do: it takes the piss, and gets out.
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Also, that moment in "Back Seat" is excellent. I love when they do the key shift, that "Woah, oh, oh---YEAAAAAH" part. One thing that tends to get lost in the shuffle when talking about Paul and the Beatles and all that is that Paul, Linda, and Denny Laine really had a good vocal blend. Some other songs I really enjoy that don't get much mention:
"Some People Never Know" and "Tomorrow" from Wings Wild Life.
"Little Lamb Dragonfly" from Red Rose Speedway.
"Mamunia" from Band on the Run.
"Wanderlust" from Tug Of War.
All worth a listen or twelve.
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Among my favorite-but-overlooked tracks are "So Bad" (really good Smokey Robinson style song) and "Little Willow" - you could put together a great album of songs featuring just Paul and his acoustic guitar, starting early Beatles and continuing right to the present.
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In fact, I discussed this song with my mom and my sister this year, going over it's horridness and how it just gets stuck in your head.l
Hate it.
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