That's what i'm looking forward to Caveat! Can't believe i was able to get tickets. I just want to get myself acquainted with some of his solo stuff too. A gig is just so much better when you know all the songs, although i'm sure it's going to be amazing anyway, thanks for the suggestion.
Paul McCartney's Greatest Hits?
That would be a short CD.
Paul McCartney's Greatest Hits?
That would be a short CD.
I always liked the Pipes of Peace song. Hardly ever hear it anymore though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVK_mJrLbmY
Brings me back to when i was a young boy and thought war could be sorted out over a sing song and a game of fottie, innocent days.
There is absolutely no doubt that Lennon was the real talent but I think recent musical history treats Paul unfairly.
The cliché is that Paul wrote all the sweet bouncy stuff and John wrote all the inventive, melodically odd and innovative stuff. There is a bit of truth in this, best highlighted by double A side Strawberry Fields/Penny lane, but Lennon wrote some sugary stuff too.
Don't forget too: Yesterday, Eleanor Rigby, Michelle, Lady Madonna, The Long and winding Road, Blackbird, For no one, Here There and Everywhere and especially in terms of innovation Helter Skelter ... all Paul.
Many more genuine classics as well. He wasn't all just When I'm 64, Ob la Di Ob la Da and stuff like that.
Another problem is that Lennon was arguably 'cool' but Paul was and is, not cool. At all.
come together
The other point is that even though they largely wrote alone, especially in the last half of the Beatles, I think the competition and ultimate collaboration that went on in the studio improved each other's writing and songs. When solo, I think the both suffered.
Err...John's song I believe - no?
Drive my Car - agree with you there anyway. An advantage Paul had over John IMO was his grasp of R&B. Get Back is another good example.
John's downfall was that he was overly concerned with doing something 'different' a lot of the time. Sometimes this backfired. Paul mainly kept pumping out the melodies, but not without some innovation too it has to be said.
In contrast though, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Tomorrow Never Knows, Norwegian Wood - for example - I honestly don't think Paul could have written in his wildest dreams.