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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Wilson/McCartney in 2005? |
| Date | Fri, 08 Oct 2004 13:21:20 -0400 |
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AT Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 14:46:20 Andrew wrote:
>(To be honest, though, I wouldn't want to see BW and McCartney work
>together - they're both strong and weak in approximately the same
>areas, so the end result wouldn't be anything either man couldn't do
>on his own).
It's a problem with the emperor's clothes....no one has the balls to
properly edit these guys while they're being produced. Most particularly in
the case of McCartney who seems to use too many producers so as to not allow
anyone time enough to figure out exactly where his weak spots are -- which
is in meandering arrangements and soft instrumentation (there hasn't been a
decent McCartney rock song sing "Back To The Egg"). You need singularly
focused and direction-driven producer calling the shots and getting the best
material out of guys like Wilson and McCartney who aren't afraid to tell
these guys when they suck or that half the crap they're writing is pap. I
feel the same about Stevie Wonder....and it's probably because no producer
exists that can properly harness Wonder's substantial studio prowess that he
hasn't recorded a decent album in nearly 25 years.
Jaimie Vernon,
Bullseye
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