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| From | "Borislow, Gary" <gary.borislow@sage.com> |
| Subject | Re: McCartney was God, I'm not yet over it |
| Date | Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:40:38 -0000 |
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<<I'll bite...
Thomas Walsh/Pugwash
Jason Falkner
Jon Brion
Roger Manning Jr.
the Posies (Dear 23-era)
Steve Eggers (The Nines)
Fiona Apple
Finn Brothers>>
Obviously a matter of opinion, but these artists all rank higher on your
list than McCartney? Somewhat surprising, considering that many of
these are using a playbook that Paul wrote. The two that I, to a
certain extent, agree with you on are Falkner and Eggers. And I would
add Emitt Rhodes and mid-90s Robert Pollard to this list. They're all
consistently great, but really they write the same song over and over
again. It's a fantastic song, but still virtually the same.
One significant thing about McCartney and the Beatles in the 60s is that
they continuously progressed their style, yet almost without fail their
songs remained supremely melodic at their core. I have yet to witness
another artist or band that has been able to do this.
Gary
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