Current Paul McCartney news thread (interviews, articles, miscellaneous)

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by mrjinks, Aug 15, 2016.

  1. LilyMarz

    LilyMarz Forum Resident

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  2. mrjinks

    mrjinks Optimistically Challenged Thread Starter

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    Massive Beatles article in new Rolling Stone:
    And in the End
    I get the feeling this was supposed to run concurrent with the Peter Jackson movie, but RS didn't get the memo it's been postponed...
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  3. jmxw

    jmxw Fab Forum Fan

    One weird thing I've noticed is that She Is So Beautiful does not seem to show up on the MPL site... I have found quite a few of the "one-off" and "oddball" McCartney tracks there for a quick listen, but this one seems to be a no-show...

    Hmm... I guess they [he?] don't want anyone to license that particular track? Seems odd since just about every other PM track is there [including lots of strange stray tracks and a some covers as well]...

    :shrug:

    [I guess when they say it's exclusive to the Japanese Chaos & Creation they aren't kidding.....]
     
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  4. Haristar

    Haristar Apollo C. Vermouth

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    I've always thought that's such a sad picture.

    None of them are smiling and they look tired and defeated. They all look haggard and untidy what with the long hair and the beards (stubble in Paul's case). Other than George's tie they're all wearing dark, dull coloured clothing. There's a shadow over George's face and he's looking at the rest of the band like he's thinking, "I don't belong in this group anymore."

    I know most of the pictures from this photo shoot are like this, but this one particularly stands out to me.
     
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  5. Arnold Grove

    Arnold Grove Senior Member

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    It is not always correct to infer "meanings" from a photo. The photographer could have said: "Now, I want you all to look serious and sad".

    Because shortly before or after the above photo, they also took this photo. Totally different mood and meaning:

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  6. mrjinks

    mrjinks Optimistically Challenged Thread Starter

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    It actually was a bonus download track from Target’s version, back in the day...
     
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  7. Haristar

    Haristar Apollo C. Vermouth

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    That's absolutely true, my inference of that picture isn't completely accurate, but it's just the feeling I get from it.

    That picture is one I don't see as much. It's nice to see them happy together towards the end of their time as the Beatles, even if it is staged like the other picture is.
     
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  8. Arnold Grove

    Arnold Grove Senior Member

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    Even this black-and-white photo shows another viewpoint. It all was an afternoon spent taking various photo shots in different locations at John's house (Tittenhurst). It must have been tiring too. It wasn't so easy to generate the old Beatle perkiness on cue like in their early days.

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  9. Arnold Grove

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    Also Linda was ready to give birth to Mary (I think she did so about 1 week later). So there was a lot going on, besides the "usual" stuff...


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  10. RayS

    RayS A Little Bit Older and a Little Bit Slower

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    A quick skim reveals a number of errors and the baffling statement that “Ob La Di, Ob La Da” is the most explicitly political song on The White Album. Life is too short for me to read this whole thing. :)
     
  11. RayS

    RayS A Little Bit Older and a Little Bit Slower

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    To me this picture will always say “Sweet Apple Trax 2”. :)
     
  12. Arnold Grove

    Arnold Grove Senior Member

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    Yes, Desmond and Molly were cross-dressing members of the Communist Party ... ;)
     
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  13. Arnold Grove

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    More Happy Beatles at Tittenhurst:

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  14. Every copy of,my deluxe Flaming Pie I’ve gotten as a slight dimple in the cover. All from Amazon of course.
     
  15. Arnold Grove

    Arnold Grove Senior Member

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    Inside Tittenhurst and happy again. It was a JOY-FEST!!! ;)


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  16. mrjinks

    mrjinks Optimistically Challenged Thread Starter

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    I haven’t even read it yet! Figured I’d put it here for the wolves to devour first.

    Ray, you’re kinda like an official food taster, but for article content instead.
     
  17. jmxw

    jmxw Fab Forum Fan

    Well, Desmond does do his pretty face and in the evening she's a singer with the band.... ;)
     
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  18. Syd Avett

    Syd Avett Forum Resident

    LOL, I took a late lunch after an already grueling day and I actually feel asleep right at my laptop reading this new RS article! I am not blaming the writer but it is a long article.

    And yeah, I have never before read "Ob La Di, Ob La Da" being called the most political song on an album with the Revolutions, Piggies and Paul's own Blackbird!
     
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  19. BeatleStair

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    Weird and too bad. It's a lovely song.
     
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  20. Haristar

    Haristar Apollo C. Vermouth

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    There's a lot of things that can be said about "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da".

    Explicitly political isn't one of them.
     
  21. Paulwalrus

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    Lol what was the writer smoking.
     
  22. Arnold Grove

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  23. LilyMarz

    LilyMarz Forum Resident

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    Interesting!

    Songs that we find pleasant strike a good balance between us knowing what is going to happen next and surprising us with something we did not expect.”

    To me, that perfectly sums up Paul's music. His music takes me somewhere I did not expect to go. :agree:
     
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  24. omikron

    omikron Avid contributor to Paul McCartney's bank account

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    I always wondered what was in John's belt pouches?
     
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  25. Arnold Grove

    Arnold Grove Senior Member

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    The digestive biscuits that he stole from George... ;)
     
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