Macca's 1987 Phil Ramone album - thoughts, opinions?

"Back On My Feet" wouldn't have been on the album, as it was a B-side. Without doubt the best track from those sessions Ive heard, though.

 

Wow, I consider myself somewhat of a McCartney expert, not a great one, but I have never heard of this project. Very cool post. So would this album have been released instead of Flowers In The Dirt?

 

It was used as a B-side because the album was scrapped, but had they finished it I would imagine this song would have been included.

 

I honestly have never had a problem with Flowers' production aside from the drowning-in-reverb Motor Of Love. It'd be interesting to hear it with rawer production, but as a whole, I think it fits the album perfectly. Nice and smooth, yet not too overdone or anything.

It's really weird, because Off The Ground has a much "rawer" yet overall more boring sound compared to FITD, but the b-sides for that album have great production and style. Why are the b-sides for OTG so different?

I've never found an answer - it's like they come from a different set of sessions or something as they don't seem, imo, to fit with the rest of that album at all (for the most part).

Style Style, Kicked Around No More, Sweet Memories, Keep Coming Back to Love, Long Leather Coat, etc.

Was there some aborted album sessions or something between FITD/Unplugged and OTG?

 

More that Flowers was released in place of this. Who knows what would've happenned with Flowers (if it ever came to pass anyways)

 

Yes, Back On My Feet is a Flowers b-side, but the song and the recording (as far as I know) originate from the Ramone sessions.

 

It isn't actually -- it was the b-side of "Once Upon a Long Ago" in 1987. Paul included it on the "Flowers" reissue in 1993 because of the Costello connection.

 

Paul wrote it in late 1986. I wonder if it's true that it was offered for The Princess Bride film as Wiki tells. I was not able to find a reliable source for this information.

 

Love Come Tumbling Down is one of my favourite Macca songs of this era. I was surprised to read that Paul had offered it to George Harrison to consider recording it!

 

Wow, I never knew that. That would've been quite interesting!

 

Very cool info, this making me hope "Flowers In The Dirt" gets the Archive treatment soon and that most of these songs will be included. I do have a couple songs from the '93 PMC CD.

 

I remember coming across Squid on youtube, thought it was good.

 

"My name is 905...."

 

I once asked the McCartney scholars here if it's Christian Pop or Christian Bop, but can't remember what they said.

 

Seeing as it's now being officially released, we have our answer: BOP.

 

Officially released? What? Where?!

 

It's a bonus track on the upcoming Pipes Of Peace Archive set.

 

Paul was really in a nostalgic mood during those sessions...

 

Either I'm really dense or I'm missing something - what are the last two tracks?