He's probably a very nice chap, but something about Paul McCartney revulses me on a physical level. I get an almost overwhelming desire to turn the channel over when he appears on telly or to look away when I catch a glimpse of his grinning Scouse bake beaming out at me from Starbucks posters. Even when I accidentally overhear one of his songs I see his stupid, wrinkly pixie face.
He's, in my opinion, an irritating old fartknocker and I wish he'd fuck off.
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92Based in his performance on ‘later’ on Friday I suspect he’s going through the beginnings of a public nervous breakdown of Alan Partridge-like proportions. There was a moment in one of his songs where he’s doing a long shouty bit- his trans-atlantic singing voice slipped away, as did any melody and he looked as though he was shouting at an unspecific audience member with the vitriol he should be reserving for blonde women with one leg. Whoa there Macca.
And his ‘piano-side’ chat was fist chewingly painful- filled with nervous erratic behaviour and ‘joking’. There had clearly been a little chat with the lawyers before about what they could and couldn’t chat about, leaving them with not damn much at all. I know Jools Holland is one of the most painful interviewers on the planet, but boy, this was bad…
And his ‘piano-side’ chat was fist chewingly painful- filled with nervous erratic behaviour and ‘joking’. There had clearly been a little chat with the lawyers before about what they could and couldn’t chat about, leaving them with not damn much at all. I know Jools Holland is one of the most painful interviewers on the planet, but boy, this was bad…
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93fiery jack wrote:I get an almost overwhelming desire to turn the channel over when he appears on telly or to look away when I catch a glimpse of his grinning Scouse bake beaming out at me from Starbucks posters. Even when I accidentally overhear one of his songs I see his stupid, wrinkly pixie face.
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95>> Wig can work it out <<
Paul McCartney and the phantom syrup
The backstage area of Later With Jools
Holland this week was buzzing after one
of the show's team loudly claimed that Paul
McCartney had a hairpiece.
FYI: Everyone was calling Macca "Cilla Black"
behind his back, thanks to chipmunk teeth
and skin stretched way too tight on the face.
Paul McCartney and the phantom syrup
The backstage area of Later With Jools
Holland this week was buzzing after one
of the show's team loudly claimed that Paul
McCartney had a hairpiece.
FYI: Everyone was calling Macca "Cilla Black"
behind his back, thanks to chipmunk teeth
and skin stretched way too tight on the face.
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96Lennon and McCartney brought the best out in each other.
On their own, they produced some great stuff and some crap.
Lennon was an intellectual and McCartney was an entertainer.
Wings sold more records than the Beatles did.
McCartney=Not Crap most of the time.
On their own, they produced some great stuff and some crap.
Lennon was an intellectual and McCartney was an entertainer.
Wings sold more records than the Beatles did.
McCartney=Not Crap most of the time.
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97rocker654 wrote:Wings sold more records than the Beatles did.
i want a source on that.
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98rocker654 wrote:Lennon and McCartney brought the best out in each other.
On their own, they produced some great stuff and some crap.
Lennon was an intellectual and McCartney was an entertainer.
Wings sold more records than the Beatles did.
McCartney=Not Crap most of the time.
The quote in bold is (of course) very true. I am also a great admirer of Lennon's solo work, particularly his first two solo outings. Lennon got to a point where he didn't need "the entertainer's" help anymore.
I don't think that Paul ever put out anything that was NOT CRAP without the Beatles.
kerble wrote:Ernest Goes to Jail In Your Ass
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99AAAAAAAARGH wrote:Minotaur029 wrote:seems that it was ultimately Paul's being a little bitch that killed the Beatles, but oh well.
It's the opposite. Let It Be would have never been finished if it weren't for the Paul's insistence on keeping the group together, and Abbey Road would never have been recorded. (I don't know if this is a good thing -- it's shitty human behavior, but it resulted in Abbey Road)
As far as doing what's expected of him -- what about Ringo! I don't feel Paul is being insincere at all; if you look at the way he behaved, composed, and promoted himself while he was in the Beatles, and compare it to now, he's exactly the same.
It wouldn't be fair for me to vote crap or not crap on his music, since I haven't heard anything since The Beatles except Band on the Run and Venus & Mars - both great albums. They have their share of Paul's "granny songs," as John Lennon referred to them, but they're catchy and fun.
A couple of years ago I probably would have said Paul Mccartney is Crap. But I don't think that would fair. I'm sure I'll change my mind later, then change it back, then change it again, etc, etc...
You're right. Paul did keep the Beatles together...but Paul took over the Beatles "franchise." He came up with shitty, half-baked ideas like the Magical Mystery Tour movie. Sgt. Pepper's was almost entirely Paul's concept. John was just perpetually tripping his balls off during this period (but John was also in his own personal hell). He may have brought them into the same room for Let It Be, but Paul was almost always the source of tension. A bossy dude.
Post-Epstein era: George hated him. John hated him. Ringo was just always grateful to be on board (though I don't know how he felt about Paul specifically).
It should be noted that George worked on a lot of the tracks for Imagine. He played a guitar solo on the ultimate "fuck you" to Paul, "How Do You Sleep?" for chrissakes.
kerble wrote:Ernest Goes to Jail In Your Ass
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100The drummer in my brother's band, a talented, good lad, goes to LIPA, which Paul McCartney helped set up and is a lead patron of.
I'm unconvinced the institution is a good idea in itself ("FAME! But in Liverpool!"), but I respect the way in which McCartney followed through the idea with time and money, and this acquaintance seems to benefit from the instruction there at least. McCartney meets students to have one-to-one discussions about their work. Another friend of my brother had one of these meetings and completely froze up, an awe-struck scouser.
I thought that was nice of McCartney. At least he tries, and supports his home city. And I like the Beatles, and I like some Wings songs, fine, so I'm giving him a not crap, WF 6 for many bad songs, sanctimony, and indeed for being the sort to think that "FAME! In Liverpool!" would be a smashing concept.
EDIT: I should add that I love Helter Skelter, and McCartney's curious scream that is in that song and many others.
I'm unconvinced the institution is a good idea in itself ("FAME! But in Liverpool!"), but I respect the way in which McCartney followed through the idea with time and money, and this acquaintance seems to benefit from the instruction there at least. McCartney meets students to have one-to-one discussions about their work. Another friend of my brother had one of these meetings and completely froze up, an awe-struck scouser.
I thought that was nice of McCartney. At least he tries, and supports his home city. And I like the Beatles, and I like some Wings songs, fine, so I'm giving him a not crap, WF 6 for many bad songs, sanctimony, and indeed for being the sort to think that "FAME! In Liverpool!" would be a smashing concept.
EDIT: I should add that I love Helter Skelter, and McCartney's curious scream that is in that song and many others.