Only One - Kanye West (feat. Paul McCartney) Part 2

Here is some more information about the collaboration, and what might be the next Kanye/McCartney song:

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6450364/kanye-west-new-music-rihanna

Kanye gave a surprise presentation, where he played a new song that may be the Kanye/Rihanna/McCartney song. It is described as having an acoustic guitar sound and 'huge' hooky chorus.

Kanye also spoke about working with Paul, and about what a 'sexy' song Come Together is. He spoke of his amazement when Paul started playing the bass-line of Come Together in the studio with him.

 

And it's here! Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney - FourFiveSeconds:

http://www.stereogum.com/1731414/rihanna-kanye-west-paul-mccartney-fourfive-seconds/mp3s/

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/fourfiveseconds-single/id961384859

 

Hella. Here's another article, with a bonus link to the demo for "New Slaves"

http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment...ey-Kanye-West-Rihanna-Team-Up-for-6038258.php

 

Composers are:

Kanye West, Paul McCartney, Kirby Lauryen, Mike Dean, Ty Dolla $ign, Dave Longstreth, Dallas Austin, Elon Rutberg & Noah Goldstein.

 

Only One - Drops to #85 US Hot 100

 

I don't ever want to read another post on this forum complainimg about modern country or hip-hop songs having too many writers.

 

Video preview: http://ellentube.com/videos/0-jlgg2w4s/

 

Both Paul McCartney and Kanye West have been announced as guests for Saturday Night Live's 40th anniversary special on February 15.

 

Only One has re entered the Hot 100 at #68

http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100

 

Here's the problem with Paul's big-name collaborations. They often serve to propel him up the charts, and they momentarily bring him back into vogue, but they do nothing positive for his legacy.

His collaboration with Stevie Wonder produced the huge hit Ebony and Ivory. But soon it became one of his most mocked efforts. The video with the contrasting black and white vests, the lyrics which contain not an ounce of subtlety - it all adds up to Paul trying too hard.

The same is true of his collaboration with Michael Jackson. It produced successful singles in the short term, but in the long term, because of those singles, he became a laughingstock. The videos are so cringe-worthy. I've seen posters in record stores of Paul and Michael Jackson dancing together with the words "Gay, Gay, Gay" plastered across the top.

So Paul's collaborations with Kanye might get him on the charts, but in the long term this is all going to be seen as a big joke. Paul can be so shortsighted.

 

I love "Only One" and "FourFiveSeconds."
I can't wait to see Sir Paul on the Grammys and hear the next Yeezy-Macca single!
Good times.

 

Yes, Ebony & Ivory is awful. Stevie and Paul's sensibilities were both too sweet and together made for a massive toothache. But Say Say Say is a great pop song and there's nothing "cringeworthy" about the video at all. Not sure what you're talking about there. I rarely see much if any criticism of Say Say Say (except from a certain type of 'rawk' fan who hates pop anyway, and some ever-uptight Beatles fans.)

And why should Paul be held responsible for someone else's homophobia? Not his problem.

The media has been using Paul as a punching bag for years; sometimes he's in favor, sometimes he's ridiculed. Not sure there's much he can do about it. And he certainly shouldn't stop doing things that he wants to do. Because the folks who like to hate on him as a "lightweight" are never going to back off of that because their minds are made up. I'm sure he figures: Eff 'em.

 

It's all rather subjective.

Paul's no different in that than any other music star.

Or, he tries harder to toughen up to prove to everyone that he's not such a "lightweight", which he has done many times. Trying to show "I'm not soft; I can be just as hard as John."

 

I can't understand how Four Five Seconds is any less a 'McCartney' song than With A Little Help was a McCartney song. In both cases, Paul co-wrote the song, and in both cases he didn't sing the lead vocal. That does not stop With A Little Help from being seen as a McCartney or Lennon/McCartney song, and I don't see why it should stop Four Five Seconds from being seen as one either; the only difference is that instead of Ringo singing, it is Rihanna singing.

A more recent example would be Cut Me Some Slack, which is credited to all 4 of the performers on the song, despite Paul singing the lead vocal. Does the fact that Paul sang it mean that Grohl and the others shouldn't share the Grammy and credit, just because they didn't sing, even though they are listed as having co-written it? I see it referred to as being by Sirvana, a title that acknowledges all of their contributions to the song, not just the singers contribution.

 

FINALLY. It's here. The studio version of 'All Day': http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/03/kanye-west-unveils-studio-version-of-all-day-listen/

For those only interested in McCartney, trust me, you want to listen to the whole song (hint: 4:17).

 

Let's play "name that tune." I'll give the vowels.

--e- --e -i-- i- --o-i--

Spoiler

When The Wind Is Blowing

 

Correct!

Spoiler

45 years after composition, finally found its place!

 

So brilliant. That intense game-changing instant anthem, and then at the end McCartney Auto-Tuning all over the place on a trap beat. Boom, in their faces!

 

He needs to stop using the n-word. That is a deal-breaker for me.

 

I cannot believe this; when I listened to the Brit Awards performance of All Day I kept on thinking that it reminded me of something that Paul had written. After a couple of hours thinking about it, it occurred to me that it is 'When The Wind Is Blowing'.

I only didn't mention it here because I didn't know if I was being ridiculous or not. I am glad that I am not alone in hearing it.

Is Paul credited on the song or is this not one of the collaborative songs that he was involved with?

 

Wow that was incredibly offensive.

I'll never listen to that again as long as I live.

Mr. "Cohen" must be spinning in his grave (assuming he's even dead) to know the type of lyrical company he is now keeping.

 

Incredibly offensive is part of the draw. The intended audience thought that Paul McCartney was a new talent that Kanye had just made famous, remember.

Sounds like a B-side from the YEEZUS sessions to me

 

The verse after the whistling, is that Paul? It sounds like him after the first listen