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| From | "david henwood" <henwooddavid@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: McCartney B-sides |
| Date | Tue, 27 Sep 2005 13:16:00 -0400 |
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Have to agree with Jamie's comment...I sometimes wonder why Mccartney puts
the better songs out as b sides..."Mama's little girl" is an example of a b
side that I have always liked and wondered how it couldn't have fit on one
of his albums...yet he puts "Biker like an icon" on an album....won't
comment on some of his other picks...
>From: "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: McCartney B-sides
>Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 19:31:17 -0400
>
>At Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 14:56:48 Robert wrote:
>
>>Looks like McCartney is up to his usual tricks, releasing an assortment of
>>B-sides on different editions of the "Fine Line" CD single. In recent
>>history his B-sides haven't been worth the trouble of seeking out, but
>>given the generally high quality of "Chaos & Creation" I'm inclined to try
>>to be something of a completist.
>
>Personally, I always felt McCartney's B-sides to be the saving grace to
>most of his rather shoddy album output. Nearly all the B-sides to the "Off
>THe Ground" album were better than those ON the album. In fact, I have a
>double CD package with the B-sides distilled onto their own disc. I play
>that one and not the actual album.
>
>Your mileage may vary.
>
>
>Jaimie Vernon,
>President, Bullseye Records
>"Not Suing Our Customers Since 1985!!"
>http://www.bullseyecanada.com
>Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
>http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/
>
>
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