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| From | jchasin@nyc.rr.com |
| Subject | Re: New McCartney |
| Date | Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:49:27 -0400 |
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Now that is a downright eerie coincidence.
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Carpenter <Stagefright@msn.com.au>
Date: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 8:05 am
Subject: Re: New McCartney
> Josh wrote..
>
> > Having played Chaos & Creation a bunch now, I think the word I'm
> settling
> > in on is "boring." I liked it a lot at first, but its kind of
> sitting
> > there for me. (Although I think "Jenny Wren" is outstanding,
> and I've
> > heard him speak of it as a follow-up to "Blackbird," both songs
> referring
> > to a woman as a "bird.") Here's my test: put all the songs from
> this
> > album into a playlist on your iPod, and drop "Beware My Love" in
> there,
> > and hit shuffle. See what you think.
****
> Unbelievably, just tonight almost the EXACT same thing happened.
> When i
> first heard the new album, i thought the first 3 songs were
> promising, and
> 30 minutes later felt let down, bored and disappointed. Friends
> told me to
> try again, and i did a few days later, and liked it a bit more
> after a few
> listens (and watching the DVD), but still was quite down on it...
> i just
> thought it was boring. So tonight while driving home i had another
> listen
> and started to think it was ok.
>
> Then while bathing my child tonight, i had my iTunes on on
> shuffle, and
> Beware My Love came on. Now, i love this song, but it was an album
> track
> from one of his less heralded albums of the 70's. And it was
> EASILY the best
> McCartney song i'd heard all day....
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