onewilyfool Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 ool.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 . Let's see - a whole song with two finger chords that leaves you wanting more and a turning Happy Birthday into a hit. Talent. B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Two more - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Cool! Not to be too negative....Sir Paul is MY least favorite Beatle. Jes' Sayin' and Jes' me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobouz Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Well, I've never thought of Paul as my least favorite Beatle, but it surprises me that I can't think of anything he's put out after the Beatles that I really liked in a big way. John & George - yes, Paul - no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 - can't think of anything he's put out after the Beatles that I really liked. . . Eeehh, something changed yes - as if he jumped a fence. Did you ever try Ram ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobouz Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Hmm - don't know what Ram refers to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Hmm - don't know what Ram refers to. Hehe, guess it could refer to a bit of everything. In this case it's the second album by McCartney - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 That was very cool... His melody he was whistling over it as well.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brians356 Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 He's actually quite a good whistler. Loud, clear, and on pitch. I guess now we know who did the whistling on Beatles and post-Beatles recordings. I was in high school when "Ram" came out, and was quite taken by most of it. I haven't listened to it for decades, dunno how it has aged for me. There are some good tracks on the seminal "McCartney" as well as I recall. None of the Beatles as solo artists came up to the sum of the parts, for me, but I'm not going out on a limb there, I suppose. I gravitate towards George, who was the go-to guitarist in the Beatles, and his songs speak to me somehow. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 He's actually quite a good whistler. Loud, clear, and on pitch. I guess now we know who did the whistling on Beatles and post-Beatles recordings. I was in high school when "Ram" cam out, and was quite taken by most of it. I haven't listened to it for decades, dunno how it has aged for me. There are some good tracks on the seminal "McCartney" as well as I recall. None of the Beatles as solo artists came up to the sum of the parts, for me, but I'm not going out on a limb there, I suppose. I gravitate towards George, who was the go-to guitarist in the Beatles, and his songs speak to me somehow. Brian Lennon does the careless whistling in the outro of the somewhat gloomy Two of Us (I was always a bit provoked by that contrast). Remind me please, where else do we have whistling in the B-catalogue? When looking at it, I could see 2 maybe 3 fantabulous 70tiesBeatles albums, if the guys had wanted it. But you can't put paint back in the tube, can you. . . . Try a Ram rerun. It's still fine on a clear spring day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 333 Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 I gravitate towards George, who was the go-to guitarist in the Beatles, and his songs speak to me somehow. Brian George had incredible phrasing. His later slide work was particularly good. Paul was/is a very good electric guitarist, too, with a less melodic, more blistering style than George. He played lead on George's Taxman, and his own Back In The USSR, Helter Skelter, Sgt. Pepper, and Drive My Car. He and George also played the unison riff in And Your Bird Can Sing, and they both took turns with John on the solos on The End. That's also Paul on Good Morning, Paperback Writer, Ticket To Ride, and Another Girl. Conversely, George (and John) sometimes played bass if Paul was playing guitar as they laid down basic tracks! It's amazing how much each Beatle grew as musicians during their (relatively) brief recording career together, and how much George (especially) matured as a songwriter. His late Beatle-career songs, while few (like Something and While My Guitar Gently Weeps), are easily the match of Lennon and McCartney's best. Red 333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brians356 Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Red 333, I guess I relate to their early live performances, like on the Ed Sullivan Show, where Paul played bass, John and George played guitar, but George seemed to be doing the heavy lifting, while Paul and John sang the most prominent vocals. I agree, Paul was a great guitar player in his own right, and John did his share. George, who was nearly three full years younger than John, was invited to play with the Quarry Men at age 15 owing to his prodigal talent on guitar. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 In my eyes the difference is that Paul really did control the electric and could be considered the most robust and potent guitarist of the band. George, more fragile and sensitive, might have been the finest 6-string poet, but never really managed to make the guitar bite. As for Lennon, he was always unpredictable strong/unstable (and no big bass-player) – one day delivering f.x. the splendid solo for Get Back, the next goofing round, forgetting lyrics and falling off bike. . . I wouldn't pick one above the other - the whole magic is the foursome – but the power and overview from McCartney kept a lot of things together. Oouuhh, , , let's not forget Here Comes The Sun, one of the best songs ever written ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincentw Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 this is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PickitPaul Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 How about George's "Old Brown Shoe", i always loved the line, "when i grow up, i want to be a singer, wearing rings on every finger" George had some great tunes. But Paul kept it all together. Especially from St. Pepper on to Abbey Road. Beatles would have fallen apart shortly after St. Pepper if not for Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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