Posted on 05/16/2025 9:25:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Paul never says it outloud, but thru his actions, like this one with Bab’s show he is at home with the resistance.
Where will they do this together... I thought Bab’s moved out of the US, like a half dozen times or so ago? Canada, Britian, France? Oh, that’s right she is still here in the US.
Based upon listening to a late release of his four or five years ago Paul McCartney isn’t the singer he was. He had one of the best all around voices in the game but he releases things now that you wouldn’t expect to hear even on a quick demo.
Yes,there are those who disagree.
After this launch, she’ll announce her 9th “Farewell Tour”.
Personally, I preferred the Joe Piscopo/Eddie Murphy rendition.
Mine too.
I love both Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney, but I hated that duet.
It could be there’s so thing inherently creepy about two celebrities doing a duet in the first place. It’s all about their being celebrities and not letting the music stand on its own.
The worst ever was Mick Jagger and David Bowie. That one scarred me for life
I agree John Lennon’s solo career sucked, but then he was not a great contributor in the last few Beatle albums either. He was best in the early and mid albums where he and Paul blended together. It seems like the Beatles went their separate ways musically long before the band broke up.
McCartney’s solo albums were awesome. The wings period was not great IMHO but there were some good songs that came out of it.
George’s solo stuff was prolific and musically impressive - but I always thought it was kind of formulaic pop songs with no heart. “I got my mi d set on you” being a prime example.
George’s best post Beatles music was with the Traveling Willberries.
So did I !!!
I thought it was this great song:
https://rodgersandhammerstein.com/song/babes-in-arms/my-funny-valentine/
The Crypt Keeper and Crypt Keeperette sing together.
Cute.
I agree John Lennon’s solo career sucked, but then he was not a great contributor in the last few Beatle albums either. He was best in the early and mid albums where he and Paul blended together. It seems like the Beatles went their separate ways musically long before the band broke up.
John did smack, while Paul only did pot.
Never use "taps" and "Barbra Streisand" in the same sentence, ever again.
That song was written by someone else, and performed by James Ray. I think George Harrison was a fan.
James Ray - I've got my mind set on you (1962)
All of the Beatles did covers of people they liked in their solo careers.
All duets?
No, not all.
I make a distinction between two types of duets:
One is where you have a duo that sang together from the beginning, like Simon & Garfunkel, The Everly brothers, Sonny & Cher.. the list goes on.. these I absolutely love.
Then there’s what I call the over-the-hill celebrity duets, which tend to happen not because of the musical quality, but because of the name recognition - I can’t explain it.. the same thing bugs me in movies like Ocean’s Eleven or something where every single character is a past star that hasn’t had a big role for a while. It’s like a celebrity employment opportunity..
Having multiple celebrities kind of cheapens it for me - like Hollywood squares.
I also hated the “So-and -so performs for the Obamas” concerts - same kind of attention whore celebrity vibe.
I’d rather have actors disappear into their character so you can forget they are acting and get pulled into the story. Maybe it’s just me.
Same with these celebrity duets - it just seems like it’s all about the celebrities and not the music.
AND.. they do tend to be sappy and somewhat conceited.. as if we in the audience should consider ourselves lucky to be in the presence of two celebrities for the price of one.
By far my favorite recordings or videos are the early ones where they were not yet famous and that performance put them on the map. I love the old bootleg videos of Joni Mitchel when she was still in Canada and no one had heard of her. Or the debut Ed Sullivan performances..
“Rhythmically (Starkey), melodically, and harmonically, though...you do have to hand it to them. Do you not?”
Most definitely . Personally speaking , with the exception of 2 or 3 tracks off of Abbey Road , I never got on with any of their albums post Revolver .
Studio band.
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