October 4, 2023
"Aided by the fact that McCartney is allowed to use Beatles music when almost all other podcasters are not, the appeal is in going deep into material we all know."
"McCartney explains how Eleanor Rigby, from Revolver, was about all the old ladies he knew in Liverpool, many of whom he met while knocking on doors as a boy scout on bob-a-job week. 'So I imagined this lady and I gave her a scenario....' ... She’s cleaning up after someone else’s wedding, she’s putting on cold cream at night from a jar by the door.... 'My mum’s favourite was Nivea,' McCartney says.... 'It kind of scared me.'.... For Beatles nuts this is 18 minutes of pure gold.... An episode on Back in the USSR is also released today, while future instalments — one will be released each Wednesday — will explore Let It Be, Penny Lane and even Mull of Kintyre...."
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That's why McCartney was voted out as speaker.
I learned a long time ago not to believe a thing he says. I have heard him give conflicting stories about how he came to write the same song. He's the Joe Biden of Rock and Roll.
Me mum loved the Nivea cream too. I feel a lot closer to Sir Paul now.
I just checked--the shaving gel I'm using is Nivea Men (Sensitive). (Sensitive, that's me.)
A little dab'll do ya.
Available when the portal opens.
As I kid, I didn’t much care for Beatles music.
Today, I study their music, and think........this is damn near genius. Especially, George Harrison’s songs......yes, I know George was ignored.
Eleanor Rigby is not a rock song. It's actually kinda classical, if anything. The instrumental accompaniment is a string quartet, with nary an electric instrument or drums in sight.
I haven't listened to the podcast, but I think George Martin did the arrangement. It sounds like Martin's work, in any case.
Paul was the bass player in my cousin's old band in the 60s.
My cousin was the lead guitar player.
Just sayin.
In other news, Paul McCartney is Kaiser Solze.
Free Manure While You Wait! said...
I learned a long time ago not to believe a thing he says. I have heard him give conflicting stories about how he came to write the same song. He's the Joe Biden of Rock and Roll
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How about an example or two to support your assertion?
Ya think, for example, that Paul may have incorrectly remembered how he wrote a song, and later had the John or George correct him?
And...what benefit would it be to Paul to lie?
And, of course, if we find you making a mistake here, we will conclude it was a deliberate lie.
See how that works?
I listened to about half of the first episode. I guess because I've paid attention to Beatles history (as a fan but not as a fanatic), I'm hearing nothing I didn't learn many years ago. This feels padded and exploitative.
In addition, the sound quality of Paul speaking is terrible. Software exists (for free!) that can completely solve that problem in one click. Inexcusable.
Wait--other people aren't allowed to podcast about Beatles music? Or use pieces of it?
What happened to "fair use?"
A face in a jar by the door is terrifying.
"For Beatles nuts this is 18 minutes of pure gold"
Maybe. I rarely trust Paul, even when he's discussing his own music. Everything seems self-serving. That seems to be what broke up the band, as time went by, with him kind of having to take over everything after Brian's death and - gulp - that "spiritual" trip to India.
John used to always say The Beatles were overrated, and part of that was Paul's tendency to put his father's "granny songs" on what was supposed to be their Rock records.
This was not only a sweet rendition of an old favorite, but it gave a Marine Corps service member an opportunity to blow everybody away.
Well done.
I won't listen to Eleanor Rigby if I can help it because it makes me feel like life is meaningless. I've had that reaction to it even when I was a little girl. Paul's explanation of the song's inspiration certainly confirms the reason for my feelings.
I'd love to hear what Paul McCartney thinks of Public Enemy's Fear of a Black Planet, as a post-Sergeant Pepper project. Paul's Boutique by (former P.E. label mates) The Beastie Boys was obvious about it. But, for instance, I can't help but reflect on what music will be without The Beatles when I hear High 5 (Rock The Catskills) by Beck. It's a Producers paradise. Did the sheer audacity of The Grey Album blow his mind?
A podcast about what he was doing with George Martin has its limits,...
That Elvis C cover needed some energy, and EC's voice has never been a pleasing one to me; the Marine was a credit to his MOS.
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