I agree with the person (I forgot who posted this sorry!) who said that 
you either dig Macca or you don't.

I like 'Press to Play'. I think the songs are really good. I think the 
"up the moment" production from 1985 sounds silly, but it is a record 
of it's time.

I like 'Driving Rain' a lot, though "Freedom" is silly, I just skip it. 
'Driving Rain' sounds a lot more upbeat to me than "flaming pie'. 
Listening to 'flaming Pie' now, it sounds like an album of love songs 
to his dying wife.

And hey "Ode to a Koala Bear" is awesome! I love that tune! Not the 
most serious tune, but does everything have to be?

"Ebony & Ivory" is essentially a children's song, and a brilliant one 
at that. Maybe I see this  tune this way since I teach K-5 general 
music, but a lot of Beatles/McCartney songs really work great as 
childrens music.

I could defend all his stuff, but I am a blind fan.

On another note, what about the nostalgia factor?

Everyone has so many memories with artists that have been around a long 
time that how could anything they do match up to something they did 
when you were young and just discovering music?

John Ashfield
www.thebobbleheads.com