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| From | "Josh Chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Macca and the Snhark |
| Date | Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:22:32 -0500 |
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While I agree that McCartney has put out drivel throughout his career, and I
agree that Martin was also able to reign his self-indulgent side in, I still
think that his work has been strong throughout his solo career, if
intermittently. And I think Driving Rain is a good record, not a bad one.
Again, these things are a matter of taste, not absolutes. I didn't like it
at first, but I think one has to remember it is a deeply sad record,
redolent of his loss of Linda, and he really works better happy-go-lucky
(although Tug of War, recorded right around Lennon's assassination, was one
of his strongest.) There are very few Macca albums where even on the worst,
I can't find a song or two that is salvageable. To wit:
Give My Regards to Broad Street: "I'm Not Such a Bad Boy"; the live
"Ballroom Dancing"
Off the Ground: "Hope of Deliverance," "II Owe it All To You"
Pipes of Peace: "So Bad," "The Man," "Sweetest Little Show"
Press: "Footprints"; the "bonus track "Its Not True"
I thought Flowers in the Dirt was actually a particularly strong effort.
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To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: Elton used to have it..
> At Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 17:34:43 Miguel Motta wrote:
>>I think I shared this here once, but George Martin also had that authority
>>with McCartney... During >the "Tug of War" sessions Martin actually stood
>>up to the Macca ego and after auditioning the >songs he had slated for the
>>album indicated which ones were good and which ones weren't...
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