Wings/70s Paul poll

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Every Night
14
3%
Man We Was Lonely
3
1%
Maybe I'm Amazed
26
6%
Another Day
12
3%
Too Many People
12
3%
Ram On
7
2%
Dear Boy
6
1%
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
24
6%
Heart of the Country
2
0%
Long Haired Lady
3
1%
Back Seat of My Car
14
3%
Some People Never Know
2
0%
Tomorrow
3
1%
Hi Hi Hi
7
2%
C Moon
6
1%
Live and Let Die
13
3%
My Love
8
2%
Get on the Right Thing
6
1%
Little Lamb Dragonfly
2
0%
One More Kiss
1
0%
Band on the Run
28
7%
Jet
29
7%
Bluebird
5
1%
Let Me Roll It
23
6%
No Words
5
1%
1985
7
2%
Helen Wheels
12
3%
Junior's Farm
17
4%
Sally G
0
No votes
Venus and Mars/Rock Show
5
1%
Listen to What the Man Said
17
4%
Magneto and Titanium Man
3
1%
Spirits of Ancient Egypt
3
1%
Silly Love Songs
10
2%
Let Em In
11
3%
Beware My Love
5
1%
San Ferry Anne
0
No votes
With a Little Luck
9
2%
Backwards Traveller
0
No votes
Mull of Kintyre
2
0%
Goodnight Tonight
5
1%
Daytime Nighttime Suffering
2
0%
Getting Closer
4
1%
Arrow Through Me
4
1%
Rockestra Theme
1
0%
Wonderful Christmastime
4
1%
Waterfalls
5
1%
Temporary Secretary
5
1%
One of These Days
1
0%
Coming Up
13
3%
 
Total votes: 406

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Re: Wings/70s Paul poll

Postby Loki » 09 May 2018, 17:00

Another Day
Albert/Halsey
Hi Hi Hi
My Love
Jet
Bluebird
1985
Junior's Farm
Venus and Mars
Beware My Love


I haven't heard all the tunes in the poll
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Re: Wings/70s Paul poll

Postby sloopjohnc » 09 May 2018, 17:42

Quaco wrote:
sneelock wrote:the thing that never fails to surprise me about McCartney threads is how highly some rate tracks that others file under Turkey Shit.
I know I've chosen some and if you, dear reader, are honest with yourself, I'll bet you did too.

that list is full of some tunes I can hear again & again. that list is full of tunes I hope I never hear again. there seems very little consensus on what the real STINK BUGS are.

I totally agree with this. It seems that love of McCartney music is less objective than love of a lot of other artists' music. Whether because of his cultural position, or something inherent in the music, he hits us deeply and we don't really know why we love one song and not another that may be similar. Some people love "Bip Bop". I don't. But I actually don't hate it, as dumb as it is, because I like the sound. I don't much like "Tomorrow" for some reason, the song or the sound, and that's objectively one of the better-written songs on Wild Life. It's easier to find consensus on George Harrison or Mott the Hoople or Bauhaus albums. But McCartney albums are sort of like your first love -- it's not rational and doesn't really conform to a logical pattern ("I like so-and-so because she has blonde hair/looks like my mother/was nice to me"). You love and hate them irrationally, and other people love and hate them irrationally, and no one quite agrees on why.


Paul McCartney looks nothing like my mother.

Your mother, maybe. . .
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Re: Wings/70s Paul poll

Postby Carl's Son » 09 May 2018, 17:45

Instead of picking 10 can we vote one off? Can we all please vote off My Love?
I can just about handle you driving like a pissed up crackhead and treating women like beanbags but I'm gonna say this once and once only Gene, stay out of Camberwick Green!

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Re: Wings/70s Paul poll

Postby toomanyhatz » 09 May 2018, 17:49

"You Gave Me the Answer" is a FAR superior song to "Your Mother Should Know." Nowhere near close.
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Re: Wings/70s Paul poll

Postby Brickyard Jack » 09 May 2018, 18:24

Davey the Fat Boy wrote:
Diamond Dog wrote:
Davey the Fat Boy wrote:
I actually love that one.


And you dare to criticise.................... oh what's the point! :D


I sometimes prefer Paul in children’s mode and/or music hall mode (both of which he does very well) than to stupid rocker mode.

So yeah...I dare criticize.


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Re: Wings/70s Paul poll

Postby NMB » 09 May 2018, 19:12

toomanyhatz wrote:"You Gave Me the Answer" is a FAR superior song to "Your Mother Should Know." Nowhere near close.


I wasn’t disputing that, just suggesting that 4 songs in that style imight be too many. If 2 of the others didn’t exist I might regard it more fondly.

I just YouTubed Mary Had A Little Lamb and actually it’s OK. Ish.
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Re: Wings/70s Paul poll

Postby Darkness_Fish » 09 May 2018, 22:25

Mike Boom wrote:
Darkness_Fish wrote:
Hodgson's Tears wrote:- unless we're talking about 'Jet'!

I fucking hate that song.

Then again, I don't like anything on this list, either.


... he's no Matthew Wilder, thats for sure.

I'd pick any of those three 80s turds over anything I've heard on this list. And I'd choose them over the risk of hearing anything else, if Jet is a benchmark.
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Re: Wings/70s Paul poll

Postby Sneelock » 09 May 2018, 22:40

JET!
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Re: Wings/70s Paul poll

Postby BARON CORNY DOG » 09 May 2018, 23:32

Carl's Son wrote:Instead of picking 10 can we vote one off? Can we all please vote off My Love?


I will not.
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Re: Wings/70s Paul poll

Postby Carl's Son » 10 May 2018, 11:48

I hate My Love not just because it's an awful song(which it is) but because it was a big hit, one which lots of casual listeners will have heard and seems to confirm all their worst suspicions of Paul McCartney as the drippy balladeer.

I feel like this song has definitely put people off delving deeper into music they would enjoy.

That said, if My Love was a Suicide style snippet I'd have a lot of time for it.
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Re: Wings/70s Paul poll

Postby trans-chigley express » 10 May 2018, 12:00

Carl's Son wrote:Instead of picking 10 can we vote one off? Can we all please vote off My Love?

There are 20 songs I’d vote off before My Love on the list

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Re: Wings/70s Paul poll

Postby naughty boy » 10 May 2018, 12:02

I'd still like to know why 'Band On The Run' is so popular!
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Re: Wings/70s Paul poll

Postby Bent Fabric » 10 May 2018, 12:14

Hodgson's Tears wrote:I'd still like to know why 'Band On The Run' is so popular!


Performance, vibe, sound.

I think that crunchy little guitar motif at the top setting up the band coming in is one of those "Yeah!" things I'm always ready to hear. Paul's trademark out of tune bass (cf. Abbey Road), the major minor tension in that A section with the blend of the three voices (nice arrangement how he sings the first two lines solo before bringing in the "ragged but right" reinforcements), and he only sings that bit once before moving on to that A minor B section with the handclaps , chunky guitar and Moog...which in turn erupts into the relief of the sunny 12 string acoustic (eventually joined by the playful slide guitar). I think the song in its sound and structure very much evokes the narrative of freedom and escape.

Not sure what THE RABBLE are getting out of it, mind - but that's me.

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Re: Wings/70s Paul poll

Postby naughty boy » 10 May 2018, 12:17

:D

OK - thanks J!

I'll have to give it another listen. I'm not sure my chakras can handle all that palaver
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Re: Wings/70s Paul poll

Postby Diamond Dog » 10 May 2018, 12:26

Hodgson's Tears wrote:I'd still like to know why 'Band On The Run' is so popular!


I love the adrenaline rush where the acoustic kicks in before "Well the rain exploded with a mighty crash...".

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Re: Wings/70s Paul poll

Postby Diamond Dog » 10 May 2018, 12:27

I'm gobsmacked at how poorly "Back Seat Of My car" is doing!
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Re: Wings/70s Paul poll

Postby Scally Mcgrew » 10 May 2018, 12:46

Diamond Dog wrote:I'm gobsmacked at how poorly "Back Seat Of My car" is doing!


Me too!
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Re: Wings/70s Paul poll

Postby naughty boy » 10 May 2018, 12:46

me three
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.

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Re: Wings/70s Paul poll

Postby Matt Wilson » 10 May 2018, 14:26

Not only that, but since Ram is the most popular Paulie album here, you'd think something besides "Uncle Albert" would be dominating.

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Re: Wings/70s Paul poll

Postby NMB » 10 May 2018, 16:24

Matt Wilson wrote:Not only that, but since Ram is the most popular Paulie album here, you'd think something besides "Uncle Albert" would be dominating.


Monkberry Moon Delight maybe?
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