Chief Paul McCartney? Not so fast. Weird little story about Paul's nomination to the office of chief of the First Nation reserve of Walpole Island. McCartney, Reynolds not on First Nation Chief list
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...
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]... [I guess when they say it's exclusive to the Japanese Chaos & Creation they aren't kidding.....]
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.
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:
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.
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.
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...
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.
Every copy of,my deluxe Flaming Pie I’ve gotten as a slight dimple in the cover. All from Amazon of course.
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.
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!
There's a lot of things that can be said about "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da". Explicitly political isn't one of them.
I think the writer got confused. It's the "perfect pop song", which can sound like "political" in a wind tunnel: The Beatles 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da' is scientifically "the perfect pop song"
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.