Genius McCartney moments

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  1. Radagast

    Radagast Forum Resident

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    Hundreds of things but the first thing that popped into my head was the two interweaved electric guitars during the solo on Maybe I'm Amazed. Another favorite are the multiple solos on Too Many People, and pretty much ALL of side one of Ram. Another vote for Dear Boy... good grief.
     
  2. Jerquee

    Jerquee Take this, brother, may it serve you well.

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    The vocal harmony on Junk.

    The piano part at the end of Magical Mystery Tour.

    The descending vocal melisma parts that follow the 'choruses' in Maybe I'm Amazed (after the word 'understand').

    The electric piano part on Come Together.

    The lyrics to Hey Jude.

    The Taxman solo.

    The harmony vocal on Dig A Pony

    The bass lines on the Sgt. Pepper album.
     
  3. RickH

    RickH Connoisseur of deep album cuts

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    The Beatle-y bass guitar run-up near the end of “Beautiful Night” just before the song breaks into the up-tempo closing
     
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  4. RickH

    RickH Connoisseur of deep album cuts

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    Awesome examples, every one :edthumbs:
     
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  5. Reever

    Reever Forum Resident

    He is an exceptional screamer, whenever he screams.

    Good night.
     
  6. RedRoseSpeedway

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    I hope so too, why wasn’t it included in the FITD Archive release? Maybe we’ll see it in the PTP release
     
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  7. RedRoseSpeedway

    RedRoseSpeedway Music Lover

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    Beware My Love comes to mind. Amazing vocal
     
  8. J Alesait

    J Alesait Forum Resident

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    For me, it's always been the "smiles awake you..." line on Golden Slumbers.
     
  9. Norbert Becker

    Norbert Becker Senior Member

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    The energy of this track, McCartney’s great drumming on display:

     
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  10. aussievinyl

    aussievinyl Appreciator Of Creative Expression

    Even though I haven’t seen him in concert, I’m impressed he got round to playing songs live that he probably never thought he would - I’m thinking songs from Sgt Pepper’s and beyond.

    Some of those bass lines are difficult just to play, never mind singing them. This proves to me he’s a person who loves playing live and who will put in the work. He could get a session bassist, but his standards are too high.

    Whether his voice is up to it nowadays is another matter, but he does not need to work or play live any more, so he keeps it together by doing what he started out doing - being a musician who plays live, but now can do much more difficult things.
     
  11. J Alesait

    J Alesait Forum Resident

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    I'll add his great backing vocals on Night Owl by Carly Simon!
     
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  12. PaperbackPoetWriter

    PaperbackPoetWriter Forum Resident

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    So many
    The blend of vocal "How can I tell you about my loved one/ I love you/ (I can't explain, the feeling's plain to me, say, can't you see?)" genius on "Silly Love Songs"
    The bass-line and overall pop song brilliance of "Take It Away"
    The sound of the acoustic guitar and the stunning strumming sounds of intimacy of "Every Night"
    Paul making the sound of the British phone ringing with his own voice before "We're so sorry, but we haven't heard a thing all day" on "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"
    The amazingly colorful lyrics from "Single Pigeon" echoing a kind of post modern animation scene of a down and out lad who has been turfed by his lover.
    and this is just his solo work...
    so much more
     
  13. tineardrum

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    I agree with everybody. I"I fell" is a great song but I heard a demo on you tube that was just John singing the high part, so I wonder who came up with what on that song. John was in his prime on that one, but Paul sang the high part better.
     
  14. Bruce M.

    Bruce M. Forum Resident

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    Folks have named a lot of the obvious ones, but here are a few that I think are absolutely equal to those:

    The bass line in "People Want Peace"
    The vocal/vocoder interlude in "Feet in the Clouds"
    The lyrics to "The End of the End"
    The piano and vocal performances in "Mr. Bellamy"
    The piano intro to "I Don't Know"
    The chorus to "Dominoes"
    Pretty much everything about "Naked"
     
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  15. Psychedelic Good Trip

    Psychedelic Good Trip Beautiful Psychedelic Colors Everywhere

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    Might be disco but hell it's probably the best disco song ever made. Definitely a McCartney genius moment recording it in October 1978. IMHO
     
  16. Wildest cat from montana

    Wildest cat from montana Humble Reader

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    Cue up ' Revolution '...
     
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  17. Hombre

    Hombre Forum Resident

    Drumming in "Dear Prudence".
     
  18. plentyofjamjars67

    plentyofjamjars67 Forum Resident

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    The vision and musicality of "Penny Lane"

    "Secret Friend": have corner cutters with computers caught up?:D

    Immediately recording "Yesterday" after "I'm Down" at EMI, june 14th 1965

    etc etc
     
  19. RedRoseSpeedway

    RedRoseSpeedway Music Lover

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    One of the best bass lines I’ve ever heard, especially tone-wise
     
  20. Christian Hill

    Christian Hill It's all in the mind

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    pataphysical :)
     
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  21. Bruce M.

    Bruce M. Forum Resident

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    I left one out, though I've mentioned it in other threads:
    The way the ending of "People Want Peace" subtly but unmistakably evokes "Give Peace a Chance."
     
  22. Perian

    Perian Forum Resident

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    A fellow Naked fan? I approve so much!
     
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  23. BeatleStair

    BeatleStair Senior Member

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    There are so many but here are a few:

    - The section in "The Pound is Sinking" where he sings "It didn't happen" - sublime singing
    - The live vocal for "Mumbo" from the recent Wings Over Europe is truly a thing of wonder. Wow!
    - His bass playing throughout Sgt. Pepper
    - His vocal at the end of "Through Our Love" when the orchestra builds - gets me every time, another sublime McCartney moment
    - "Eleanor Rigby", "Blackbird", "Bluebird", "Jenny Wren", "She's Leaving Home", "Helter Skelter", "And I Love Her" - just to name but a very few
     
  24. RedRoseSpeedway

    RedRoseSpeedway Music Lover

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    Another Macca song worth mentioning is “Motor Of Love” I just love it, what a brilliant and lovely love song. One of my favorites!
     
  25. jricc

    jricc Senior Member

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    And 3 counter melodies in one song!
     
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