New McCartney tribute "The Art of McCartney" to feature Dylan, Brian Wilson, Barry Gibb and more

My ratings: out of 10 :

1. Maybe I 'm Amazed (Featuring Billy Joel) 7
2. Things We Said Today (Featuring Bob Dylan) 2
3. Band On The Run (Featuring Heart) 8
4. Junior s Farm (Featuring Steve Miller) 8
5. The Long And Winding Road (Featuring Yusuf ) 5
6. My Love (Featuring Harry Connick, Jr.) 9
7. Wanderlust (Featuring Brian Wilson) 8
8. Bluebird(Featuring Corinne Bailey Rae) 8
9. Yesterday(Featuring Willie Nelson) 8
10. Junk (Featuring Jeff Lynne) 7
11. When I m Sixty Four (Featuring Barry Gibb) 3
12. Every Night (Featuring Jamie Cullum ) 7
13. Venus And Mars/ Rock Show (Featuring Kiss) 9
14. Let Me Roll It(Featuring Paul Rodgers ) 8
15. Helter Skelter(Featuring Roger Daltrey ) 7
16. Helen Wheels (Featuring Def Leppard) 8
17. Hello Goodbye( Featuring The Cure with James McCartney) 6
Disc: 2
1. Live And Let Die (Featuring Billy Joel) 6
2. Let It Be (Featuring Chrissie Hynde) 5
3. Jet (Featuring Robin Zander & Rick Nielsen ) 6
4. Hi Hi Hi (Featuring Joe Elliott) 7
5. Letting Go (Featuring Heart) 9
6. Hey Jude(Featuring Steve Miller) 1
7. Listen To What The Man Said (Featuring Owl City) 8
8. Got To Get You Into My Life (Featuring Perry Farrell) 8
9. Drive My Car (Featuring Dion) 7
10. Lady Madonna (Featuring Allen Toussaint) 5
11. Let 'Em In (Featuring Dr. John) 4
12. So Bad (Featuring Smokey Robinson) 8
13. No More Lonely Nights (Featuring The Airborne Toxic Event ) 7
14. Eleanor Rigby (Featuring Alice Cooper) 4
15. Come and Get It (Featuring Toots Hibbert With Sly & Robbie) 9
16. On The Way (Featuring B.B. King) 9
17. Birthday (Featuring Sammy Hagar) 7

 

They could wipe the floor together, you mean... I like Macca much more anyhow.

 

Is it true that the band playing on the record is always macca's touring band ? Or just for some tittles?
BTW, of what i've heard so far, I like BB King rendition of On The Way.

 

I'm compiling 1 disc which includes:
Junior's Farm Steve Miller
The Long and Winding Road Yusuf
Wanderlust Brian Wilson
Bluebird Corinne Bailey Rae
Junk Jeff Lynne
Let Me Roll it Paul Rodgers
Hello Goodbye The Cure/James Mac
Jet Cheap Trick
Letting Go Heart
Drive My Car Dion
Lady Madonna Allen Toussaint
So Bad Smokey Robinson
No More Lonely Nights The Airborne Toxic Event
On The Way B.B. King
Run Devil Run Wanda Jackson

The titles in bold are my favorites.

 

I hear lots that I like...
Corrine Baileys Bluebird is absolutely beautiful.
Hearts Letting Go is a definite highlight.
Paul Rodgers Let Me Roll It
BB King On The Way
Smokey Robinson So Bad
Kiss Rockshow
Hager Birthday
Def Leppard Helen Wheels
Daltrey Helter Skelter

Yeah there's lots on this to like!

I asked on the other thread, has there ever been another collection like this where so man famous top level recording artist covered another artist on one collection like this? I've never ever heard of one. Is this history?

 

you like that version of My Love Ugh!

 

yes i do I love it,, and I don't need to apologise for it. It's beautiful

 

When I heard it I rather wondered what had happened to Harry Connick's voice. He was always accused of sounding like a Sinatra impersonator, but I've never felt it so forcibly as in his performance there. I like the song "My Love" a lot and have certainly enjoyed Connick as well but the combination just doesn't seem to work (for me at least).

 

actually it happens all the time,

usually with much better songwrtiters and just as wonderful, if not better, artists doing the songs.

 

check this one out:

wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_Karma:_The_Amnesty_International_Campaign_to_Save_Darfur

or this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goin'_Home:_A_Tribute_to_Fats_Domino

and another:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_Into_You:_A_Tribute_to_Jackson_Browne

 

HA. Good one.

 

"much better songwriters" than McCartney? First time I've noticed that there is also a Steve Hoffman Music Forum in a parallel universe...

 

i have been sitting here thinking should i reply, then no, don't go there, then, yes go ahead you know you want to.

so i have to ask;

do you really, truly believe that paul mccartney is a better songwriter than john lennon or jackson browne?

 

other tribute albums you might want to give a listen to:

bob dylan - 30th anniversary concert - (this one is all live)

jim capaldi - also live

there a couple of hendrix tributes out there .

and others could probably name quite a few more.

 

Yes. But I get the feeling you're unwilling to acknowledge that this is a very widely-held opinion. Why can't you just be happy with your opinion? Why do you feel the need to disparage others'?

 

Jackson F*****g Browne?

 

While there is not one way to get all the tracks in one purchase, I will skip this.

 

Darlene Love had one of the best tracks on here...........shouldn't have been relegated to bonus.

I still don't love this collection. Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Darlene Love, and Allen Toussaint are my favorites..............though Allen's would've been better with his own band or solo piano.

 

I'll probably end up buying this for the Dylan song (keep on hating, you haters), though I loathe having to buy a double CD for just one song, it's hell to be a completist. I'm sure the Paul Rodgers song will also be great, at least...
I'll probably wait for a reasonably priced second-hand copy, the purse is almost empty...

 

a widely held opinion on this forum, yes.

but i am not going here again. i should never have typed a word.

won't happen again.

enjoy the album.

 

Yeah, right. The day you stop taking shots at McCartney (or any of the other classic artists you deem "overrated") is the same day that Hoffman board suddenly embraces rap.

 

I'm more of a "John guy", and yes - I still feel Paul McCartney is a better songwriter than John Lennon.
As for Jackson Browne, I like Ringo Starr's writing better.

 

When I said widely-held, I was not referring to this forum. I read virtually everything that appears online about the Beatles. That's the information I was using to make the widely-held claim, at least with respect to Lennon and McCartney.

You think Lennon was better and that's your right and that's fine. But 'a lot of people' think McCartney was better. I just don't get why that bothers you so much.

 

you obviously have never listened to a single note or word of jackson browne's repertoire.

i truly feel sorry for you. you've no idea what you have been missing

 

I agree with Lennon but not Browne - Lennon and McCartney were roughly equal,but John's high points were slightly greater than Paul's.

As for the album - saw a review somewhere that labelled it the worst tribute album ever. Harsh...